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Few surprises in Tri-Lakes area elections County Commissioner Glenn reelected

By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com While there were major shakeups nationally in the political landscape, few surprises, if any, occurred in the Tri-Lakes area.

As expected, republican Doug Lamborn won reelection in the U.S. House District 5 race with 60 percent of the vote, easily outdistancing his democrat counterpart, retired Air Force general Irv Halter.

Republican County Commissioner Darryl Glenn was reelected for another term in District 5; collecting 80 percent of the vote in a landslide victory over democrat challenger Thomas Joseph Nieman.

Several republicans were unchallenged in their races; State Senator Kent Lambert (District 9), State Representative Paul Lundeen (District 19) and State Representative Terri Carver (District 20).

Republicans also won big around the rest of the County, and even at the state level. But Glenn, a Doherty High School and Air Force Academy graduate, said this not the time for his party to be resting on it s laurels.

“We can’t take anything for granted; this is really only halftime,” said Glenn, who has represented the

El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, right, is all smiles during Congressman Doug Lamborn’s meet-and-greet Oct. 8 at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. On Glenn’s left is a serious looking Monument mayor Rafael Dominguez. Photos by Danny Summers Tri-Lakes area as a County Commissioner since 2010. “I know I need to continue to go out and talk to the people and hear what their concerns are and take action.

We, as republicans, need to continue to focus on the issues from the federal level all the way down.”

It is no secret that Glenn aspires to take his political career to a higher level; specifically making a 2016 run for the Colorado Senate seat that is being held by democrat Michael Bennet.

Republican Cory Gardner easily defeated incumbent democrat

Mark Udall Nov. 4 for the other Senate seat.

Glenn would not comment specifically on running for Bennet’s seat, but said an announcement could be coming sooner than later.

“We’re still looking things over,” Glenn said.

Glenn ran an aggressive campaign for reelection, despite his challenger being basically invisible from the public eye.

“Throughout the whole thing we were campaigning the same way if we had one person or 10 people in the room,” Glenn said.

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.

Glenn added that his immediate focus will remain on issues close to home, such as fire mitigation and parks projects, but he is hoping to meet with more business leaders in the area to discuss ways of creating job growth.

“The economy is still struggling,” Glenn said. “The No. 1 things people are in need are jobs.”

Jobs are always a concern in Palmer Lake, but the big issue – again – on the table this election centered on marijuana. Ballot measure 300 – asking for a tax on legalized sales of recreational marijuana - lost 713 to 631.

A similar measure lost in April by 57 votes.

Ballot measure 301 – which prohibits marijuana sales in the town until November 2017 -passed 707 to 634.

On the flip side, the city of Manitou Springs has had legalized sales of recreational marijuana since the spring, but there was a measure on the ballot to prohibit marijuana sales in the town. Measure 2G lost 64 percent to 36 percent, meaning Manitou Springs remains the only municipality in El Paso or Teller County Election continues on Page 2

What is the future of recreational pot in Palmer Lake?

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Town’s residents have twice voted down recreational marijuana sales locally

By Danny Summers

dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com Ballot initiatives regarding legalized sales of recreational marijuana in Palmer Lake have been rejected twice this year by voters in the town.

The latest defeat came on Nov. 4 when initiative 300 was defeated 713 to 631.

Meanwhile, initiative 301 prohibiting legalized sales of recreational marijuana sales in the town until November 2017 passed 707 to 634.

But concerns and questions remain on both sides.

“I don’t want to fight it,” said Dino Salvatori, owner of Palmer Lake Wellness Center and the most recognized face in the town’s propot camp. “I want to go back to work. I want to fill up the bowling alley with my (products).

“I just want to do what I’m doing. I don’t to be messed with and I don’t want to mess with anybody.”

Salvatori is renovating the old Pinz bowling alley and plans to move into that location by the end of the year.

In March, Salvatori obtained his wholesale license, which allows him to grow his own marijuana. He has also obtained an extraction license.

Extraction is complex and potentially dangerous. The methodology required for proper extraction is so precise that individuals who produce cannabis extracts of especially high quality are considered “extract artists.”

Salvatori does his extraction in a safe and controlled environment. It is illegal to extract with-

Karen Stuth, a pro marijuana advocate, addresses the Palmer Lake Town Council on Oct. 9. Photos by Danny Summers out a license, yet some people do, which has led to explosions.

During a Nov. 6 special meeting of the Palmer Lake Town Council, some residents expressed concerns about non-licensed citizens doing extractions in their homes.

The Council is expected to look at the issue in greater depth at the regularly scheduled Nov. 13 meeting.

Palmer Lake residents Chris Amenson and Gary Lockwood are the authors of initiative 301. They hope, like many on both sides of the pot issue, that the town’s marijuana talk dies down.

“The majority of the people living in Palmer Lake do not want retail/recreational marijuana sales here,” Lockwood said. “They obviously feel the negatives outweigh the positives. With the passage of 301, it is clear that they don’t want to be asked to repeatedly vote on this issue again and again.

“Of course there will be some resistance. This is a very passionate issue on both sides. I would hope they now realize they are in the minority on this issue, accept the fact that the majority of their neighbors don’t agree with them, and move on with life.”

Marijuana has been classified

Palmer Lake Town Council members took plenty of notes during the marijuana portion of the Oct. 9 meeting. as a Schedule 1drug of the Controlled Substance Act since 1971.

Legalized sales and possession of recreational marijuana was famously passed into law in Colorado in 2012. Legalized sales of the drug began in various municipalities and counties around the state in January of this year.

Every municipality in El Paso County, with the exception of Manitou Springs, opted out in 2013. Manitou Springs put a moratorium on the issue until its city council made it law earlier this year.

Amenson believes the Town of Palmer Lake should focus on other ways of creating revenue.

“The Town has many wonderful

assets which should be leveraged including its retail and business communities; its location between Denver and Colorado Springs, its proximity to the National Forest as well as the deep civic commitment and capabilities of our citizens,” Amenson said. “The Town should develop, publish and implement a long-term strategic plan which identifies and plans to utilize our unique features for the benefit of all. This way all of us can know where we are going as a community and how we will get there.

“One advantage is that we could then bounce decisions such as retail marijuana sales against that plan and make informed decisions using the criteria of the plan.”

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Colorado becomes third state to achieve 100 Firewise communities For the Tribune More than 100 Colorado communities have now earned Firewise Communities/USA recognition – an accomplishment achieved by only three states – for taking steps to reduce their wildfire risk.

“Reaching the one hundred community benchmark is a major accomplishment,” said Cathy Prudhomme, the community outreach program manager for the National Fire Protection Association’s Wildland Fire Operations Division.

“Until now, only two of the program’s 41 participating states have achieved that level of participation.”

The national Firewise Communities/ USA recognition program is administered by the NFPA and provides a template for wildfire safety at the neighborhood level. The Colorado State Forest Service serves as the liaison between Colorado communities and the NFPA to help private landowners with wildfire mitigation and education efforts.

Under the program, communities develop an action plan that guides residential risk-reduction activities, while engaging and encouraging neighbors to become active participants in building a safer place to live. To become a recognized Firewise Community/USA, com-

munities must: Obtain a wildfire risk assessment from the state forestry agency or a local fire department. Form a board or committee, and create an action plan based on the assessment. Conduct a “Firewise Day” event at least once every year. Invest a minimum of $2 per capita in local Firewise actions annually.

“Becoming a Firewise Community/ USA helps communities learn about wildfire risks while working with local firefighters, forestry professionals and national researchers to reduce those risks,” said Courtney Peterson, wildfire mitigation education coordinator for the

CSFS. “Neighbors build stronger bonds with each other when they rally toward a common cause for the good of the neighborhood.”

In just the past three weeks, three Colorado communities received the Firewise Communities/USA designation for the first time, bringing the total of such communities in the state to 101.

For more information about the Firewise Communities/USA recognition program or to view a full list of Firewise communities, go to firewise.org. To learn more about wildfire mitigation in Colorado, go to csfs.colostate.edu.

Ringleader sentenced for multiple bank robberies Staff report Brock Butson, the ringleader in a series of eight bank robberies during 2013, was sentenced yesterday in Division 12, to a total of 192 years. Butson, 52, along with his two sons, was arrested on September 5, 2013 in connection with the series of eight holdups and one attempted robbery, which occurred from May through August

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to have legalized sales of marijuana.

The town of Ramah voted down 2B (marijuana retail legalization) 42 to 11. The town voted yes, 27-to 26, on a 2A (marijuana tax) in the event 2B won.

Interestingly, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) passed legalized marijuana legislation. Colorado and Washington are the only states that currently

of 2013. He was sentenced to 24 years per holdup (seven bank robberies and one attempted robbery), with concurrent sentences applied for conspiracy or attempt included in each of the separate cases.

“The conviction and sentencing of Mr. Butson concluded a complex and lengthy investigation for the CSPD Robbery Unit, involving hundreds of-hours committed to this intensive investigation. Prosecutors

from the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office also work long hours to bring about such results. Deputy DA’s Matt Roche and Brien Cecil worked closely with Robbery Detectives throughout the past 14 months to bring a successful close to this pattern of violent crimes,” says Catherine Buckley of Colorado Springs Police.

Butson’s sons, Braden and Nicolas, have already been sentenced for their involve-

ment in these cases.

“Robberies are typically very traumatic for the victims, with long-lasting negative effects. Numerous victims were affected by the actions of these suspects, as there are nearly always multiple victims in these situations. Hopefully, the positive outcome of this investigation brings some peace for all of the involved victims and their families,” Buckley said.

have legalized sales of marijuana.

Back on the local front, Proposition 1A retaining revenue for parks - passed with 70 percent of the vote. You can read more on that ballot measure and how it will affect parks, trails and open spaces in the Tri-Lakes area by going to trailsandopenspaces.org.

Proposition 1B - Pikes Peak Drainage (storm water) authority – went down in defeat 53 to 47 percent. Voters turned down the measure to create a regional storm water authority, despite all of El Paso County’s flood problems.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob

Beauprez, who visited Monument Academy in October while on the campaign trail, was ahead most of the night in his bid to unseat incumbent John Hickenlooper. Beauprez collected 61 percent of the vote in El Paso County, but Hickenlooper received the bulk of votes in places like Boulder and Denver County and was ahead by about 25,000 votes with almost 95 percent of precincts reporting.

Republican El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams easily won the race for Secretary of State.

Republican Bill Elder was unchallenged in the county sheriff’s race.

Republican Chuck Broerman was unchallenged for clerk and recorder.

The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office released a statement saying that results from the election will not be finalized until the official canvass occurs around Nov.14. Military and overseas voters are also allowed to return their ballot until Nov. 12.

During that same time, voters that had discrepancies that could potentially void their ballot (such as forgetting to sign the return envelope, etc.) are allowed time to resolve any remaining issues.

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Groups launch ‘Turkey Team’ community turkey drive Staff report Care and Share Food Bank, Springs Rescue Mission and Catholic Charities of Central Colorado’s Marian House have joined forces to host a joint, region-wide community turkey drive for the 2014 holiday season. “The Turkey Team” goal is to raise turkeys collectively to meet the need of our Southern Colorado neighbors in need this holiday season.

The partnership brings back major events from last year, Panera Bread’s A Gobble for All Turkey Drive, Sunny 106.3 and News 5’s Take a Turkey to Work Day, drop offs at Security Service Field and new this year is Catholic Charities Stuff the Bird Turkey Drive.

“It is only through collaborative community efforts can we accomplish a goal of feeding our neighbors in need,” said Lynne Telford, CEO Care and Share Food Bank. “By combining our efforts to meet the needs we hope to provide more turkeys, the Thanksgiving centerpiece, this holiday season.”

“We at Springs Rescue Mission are excited to continue our partnership with Care and Share, Catholic Charities,

media partners, Panera Bread, and Sky Sox Baseball to help families through the 10,000 turkey effort,” said Springs Rescue Mission President & CEO Larry Yonker. “Our wonderful and caring community consistently shows its generosity and we believe that they will again display their goodwill and enable this partnership to exceed its goal.

“Catholic Charities of Central Colorado is thrilled to join the collaboration with Care and Share, Springs Rescue Mission, and the many partners and community members who are instrumental in providing help and creating hope to those in our community who need it the most. Something as simple as providing a turkey means so much to those we serve. It allows many families and individuals to celebrate a traditional holiday, and all that goes with it, who otherwise would not be able to,” said Rochelle Schlortt, Catholic Charities chief communications officer.

“Panera Bread is once again proud to lend a helping hand this holiday season in a community that is filled with a need to help the hungry,” said Amy Kaplan, Director of Marketing for Panera Bread

in Colorado. “The Panera Bread Turkey Drive is our way of showing appreciation for what we have through giving back to our community.”

“The Sky Sox are proud to partner with this incredible group of Colorado Springs community partners in an effort to make a significant impact this holiday season,” said Sky Sox President and General Manager Tony Ensor. “We are truly thankful to be a part of this community and this effort to help those most in need. We hope that the citizens of Colorado Springs will come out in large numbers to support this worthy cause and drop off their contributions as Security Service Field.”

When “Take a Turkey to Work Day” began eleven years ago, 2,500 turkeys were needed to feed needy families over the holidays in Southern Colorado.

This year, the requests have exceeded 10,000 turkeys, Sunny 106.3 hopes to help achieve this goal by partnering with KOAA News First 5.” Captain Dan, Morning Show Host, Sunny 106.3 says, “We are thankful for the efforts of city employees, businesses and churches who have organized their own turkey drives

in support of ours.”

Complete list of all events: Friday, Nov. 14, you can drop off your frozen turkey at any of the following locations from 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.Springs Rescue Mission, Security Service Field, Calvary Worship Center or Compassion International.

Join Catholic Charities of Central Colorado at the Marian House Soup Kitchen on Monday, Nov. 17, for the Stuff the Bird Turkey Drive. Bring your frozen turkey anytime between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Panera Bread will host their annual A Gobble for All Turkey Drive from Nov.17, through Nov. 23. Drop off your frozen turkey at any Colorado Springs Panera Bread location and receive $3 off any turkey salad or sandwich.

Join Sunny 106.3 and News 5 Today for Take a Turkey to Work Day on Friday, Nov. 21. Organize your office to collect turkeys and bring them to a participating Walmart location (Eighth Street, Palmer Park, Chapel Hills) from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m.

Holiday food drive collection set at Ent locations For the Tribune Ent Federal Credit Union is joining the fight against hunger with its 17th annual holiday food drive to help local families in need.

Non-perishable food items and mon-

etary donations may be dropped off at all Ent Service Centers through Dec. 31.

Donations will benefit: Care and Share Food Bank for Southern Colorado, which distributes food to more than 340 agency outlets throughout southern Colorado and Food Bank

of the Rockies, which provides food and supplies to more than 1,000 agencies in the greater Denver area and throughout northern Colorado.

Both Care and Share and Food Bank of the Rockies are part of Feeding America, the nation’s largest charitable hunger-

relief organization. Learn more about these agencies online at CareAndShare. org and FoodBankRockies.org.

To find the Ent Service Center, visit ent.com/locations.

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OUR Community CAN’T AFFORD UNAFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY Affordable power energizes our local economy – but we can’t take it for granted. The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new carbon regulations that would dramatically increase electricity prices and cost jobs. The EPA is accepting public comments on its energy mandate until Dec. 1.

It’s time for all of us to speak up for affordable electricity.

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Work continues on Interstate 25

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Driving speeds north of Briargate Parkway have returned to 75 mph. However, work zone signs will remain in some areas while crews handle asphalt sealant/ touch-up and “punch list” work on the Interstate 25 expansion project. Periodic, short-distance daytime lane closures will continue through mid-November, requiring temporary speed reductions for driver and worker safety. Speed limits south of Briargate Parkway remain at 65 mph (the posted speed limit before construction began in early 2013.)

Ackerman overlook work continues

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During its regular Tuesday meeting, the Board of El Paso County Commissioners adopted a Proclamation encouraging all residents to, “extend the heartfelt greeting, “Thank you for your service” to each and every veteran they meet,” as they mark this coming Tuesday, Nov. 11, as Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada.

“The freedoms we enjoy today are protected by our men and women in the United States Armed Forces and these protectors of liberty put their lives on the line every day to safeguard our way of life,” said Commissioner Chair Dennis Hisey as he read the Proclamation into the record.

“Approximately 77,000 veterans call the Pikes Peak region home and all residents of El Paso County, Colorado, should join in the pride and appreciation to all veterans.”

The 11th of November 1918, marked the cessation of combat in World War I, what was then the most destructive and far-reaching war in history.

Congress officially recognized that the recurring anniversary of the date, which would come to be known as Armistice Day. In 1954, Congress amended its earlier legislation by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting in its place the word “Veterans” thereby expressing its intent that Nov. 11, should be a day to honor American veterans of all wars.

“Every year we are so honored to do this resolution.

It is a very small thing to say thank you,” said Commissioner Vice-Chair Amy Lathen.

“Our freedoms in this country are because of the sacrifices made by you and your families.”

Veterans who attended the meeting Tuesday thanked the County Commissioners for their ongoing support of the El Paso County Veterans Services Office which assists thousands of local veterans and their families each year as they navigate the often difficult application process required to obtain Veterans’ benefits.

“Thank you for your continued service to this community, in the ethics, integrity, and honor in which you serve,” said Commissioner Peggy Littleton.

Events honoring veterans are planned around the County.

A Veterans Day observance ceremony was held at The Retired Enlisted Association at 834 Emory Circle in Colorado Springs, Tuesday, Nov.11.

On Saturday, Nov. 9, the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade lined up at St. Vrain Street and went south to Vermijo Avenue.

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State pledge of support for COC recognized For the Tribune The Board of El Paso County Commissioners at its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday approved a resolution officially thanking the Colorado Economic Development Commissioners and the state Office of Economic Development and International Trade for recognizing and supporting the opportunities presented by the City for Champions projects.

“City for Champions is projected be a catalyst for job creation and business growth by providing enhancements to our regional tourism industry,” said Commissioner Sallie Clark as she read the Resolution into the record.

“The official signed Resolution of state economic support of City for Champions from the Colorado Economic Development Commissioners and the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade exemplifies their ongoing commitment to eco-

nomic growth for Colorado.”

The Colorado Economic Development Commission earlier this year approved the final details of an agreement for $120.5 million in state tax incentives for the City for Champions project over the next 50 years to support City for Champions projects.

The application for Regional Tourism Act dollars was submitted last year.

“I just think it is appropriate for us to thank the state for recognizing and having the faith that we can be more than we are today,” concluded Commissioner Sallie Clark.

“This is an extraordinary reward to our community,” said Commissioner Vice-Chair Amy Lathen. “The state has found trust in this proposal to the extent that they have granted, essentially, a rebate of sales tax dollars which we will generate locally to be invested here instead of somewhere else in the state.

We thank them for recognizing this potential and for allowing us to keep

and invest dollars they are going to collect regardless.”

“I don’t always follow all of the advice my mother gave me, but she did tell me that when somebody does something nice for you, you should say “thank you,’” said Commissioner Chair Dennis Hisey.

City for Champions envisions four venues that will attract many more out of state visitors to Colorado: The U.S. Olympic Museum, Colorado Sports and Event Center; a UCCS Sports Medicine and Performance Center, and U.S Air Force Academy Gateway Visitor Center.

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Education: Voters support open negotiation Proposition 104 passes easily, other state measures canned

By Mikkel Kelly mkelly@coloradocommunitymedia.com Voters signaled a want for greater transparency in school board business by passing Proposition 104 — the one of four statewide ballot questions to earn a green light on Election Day. Based on mid-evening results Tuesday, Proposition 104 was headed for victory by a 2-to-1 margin, and as of Wednesday morning the count was 69 percent in favor to 30 percent opposed.

Adams County District 50 Superintendent Pamela Swanson said, “I am in favor of transparency as long as we have a level playing field.”

She said she is optimistic how the measure will work as long as the interpretations of the statute are level.

At its core, Proposition 104 would “require that local school boards or their representatives negotiate collective bargaining agreements in open meetings,” as highlighted in the blue book.

Proponents support the measure as a way to ensure greater oversight of school board work in negotiations. On the other side, opponents argue that contract issues can be sensitive and difficult and are better handled in the private settings of executives sessions.

“I think the time has come, in essence, for government associations to have to do their negotiations in public, just as they have to deliberate in a public setting. So I think it a significant plus for taxpayers,” said Republican Kevin McCasky, president of Jeffco EDC (Economic Development Corporation) and a former Jefferson County commissioner.

Jane Urschel, deputy director of the Colorado Association of School Boards, said, “I am not surprised. I think what happened is most districts do not bargain so it seems logical to do this board work in public.”

Jeff Wasden, president of the Colorado Business Roundtable, said the passage shows that voters can still pass independent issues.

“We are still a pretty conservative state and people expect transparency,” he added.

Other state questions Amendment 68 failed by a margin of 71 percent to 28 percent based on unofficial Wednesday morning results. The measure would have allowed casino gambling at horse racetracks in Arapahoe, Mesa and Pueblo counties, with the

gambling revenue to support K-12 education in the state.

Proponents stated the measure could have provided up to $114.5 million each year for public schools or about $132 per student beginning in the budget year 2016-17, as well as provide jobs in the region.

Opponents countered that the measure competes with the 1990 statewide approved limited-stakes gambling in Central City and Black Hawk in Gilpin County, and Cripple Creek in Teller County. Further opponents say gambling has a negative effect on surrounding communities and the measure doesn’t give a say to voters whether gambling is allowed in their communities.

“It shows that people want to hold true to mining towns and support those communities,” Wasden said.

Amendment 67, dubbed the “personhood” amendment, was not expected to pass by many political experts and lost by a margin of 64 percent to 35 percent based on unofficial Wednesday morning results.

The measure would have amended the state constitution to stating the terms “person” and “child” in the Colorado criminal code and noting the state wrongful death statutes must include the term “unborn human beings.”

Support for the amendment stated the amendment would protect pregnant women and unborn children by making it illegal to kill or harm an unborn human being, according to the official state ballot information booklet, known as the “blue book.”

The opposing argument stated the amendment is unnecessary and unclear, allowing government intrusion into personal health care decisions.

Proposition 105 was tagged for defeat with a margin of 66 percent to 33 percent.

The measure would have required that foods that are genetically modified or produced contain the words “produced with genetic engineering” and require the Colorado Department of Health and Environment to develop regulations and oversee the labeling requirements.

Proponents claimed the labeling will increase the availability of information about Colorado’s food supply, noting the issue is not whether genetically engineering is good or bad, but rather that consumers should be informed.

An arguments against stated the proposition could result in higher food prices as the cost of labeling and compliance is passed on to consumers. Also the measure conflicts with nationwide voluntary labeling standards that already provides consumers with reliable information on GMO products.

No boys allowed: Fly fishing class 101 for women only Staff report Learn how to hook a real catch with Colorado Parks and Wildlife during a two-day fly fishing course designed for women only. Beginners are especially encouraged to attend. The course will be held Nov. 15 and 16 and will walk through the basics of fly fishing.

The course will begin with classroom instruction on the 15th and run from 9 a.m. to noon. The classroom portion of the course will be held at CPW’s southeast region office, 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs.

The following day, participants will get the chance to practice what they have learned on the river below the Pueblo Reservoir dam, 640 Pueblo Reservoir Rd., Pueblo, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fishing rods and flies will be provided. Waders are recommended but not required.

Space is limited and those interested must pre-register at register-ed.com.

Participants will need to purchase a one day or annual fishing license valid for Nov. 16 prior to the 16th. For questions and more information, contact Sabrina Hurwitz, at 719-227-5231.

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Need to make clear choices It is my understanding that there is very specific reasons that donkeys, rather than horses were used initially in the mining industry. Among those reasons is the innate reaction of each when its ears brush against something unexpected.

A donkey or burro will duck his head with the unexpected brush-up whereas a horse will rear up on its hind legs. Because you can’t have large animals rearing up on hind legs in a mine, thus the animal of choice became donkey and derivatives.

The derivatives came in the form of selective breeding to encourage the size and strength of horse but the useful tendency to duck as evident in donkeys. This is where the hybrid, the mule, appeared on the scene.

In the political process, we have of course, the two dominant parties, Republicans and Democrats, represented by Donkeys and Elephants.

Mark Twain had some interesting things to say about Republicans and Democrats.

“I had been accustomed to vote for Republicans more frequently than for Democrats, but was never a Republican and never a Democrat. In the commu-

nity, I was regarded as a Republican, but I had never so regarded myself. As early as 1865, or ‘66 I had this curious experience: that whereas up to that time I considered myself a Republican, I was converted to no-party independence by the wisdom of a rabid Republican. This was as man who was afterward a United States Senator, and upon whose character rests no blemish that I know of, except that he was the father of the William R. Hearst of today, and therefore grandfather of Yellow Journalism — that calamity of calamities.”

Which is basically saying Mr. Twain saw benefit in straddling the fence. As I do, to some extent —except when comes down to actually voting, as in recent experience.

In the primaries, of course, you must

make some sort of declaration. Either you are for us or you are against us. Either you are Democrat or a Republican, but in area where you are not likely to get elected dog catcher without the proper party affiliation, some races naturally are decided in the primaries by the dominant party’s electors.

Representative government at its best asks voters to make choices. A political science professor I spoke with recently notes that there isn’t a dimes worth of difference between the two parties anyway.

“The Republicans are out-promising the Democrats,” he says. So you might as well operate in the dominant one, because that allows you to make more choices and in effect, be a better voter.

Choice, however, is the very essence of the political process.

I hope, however, you see where I am going with this. I don’t think it is good for us, if what we are really creating is a process that breeds candidates that are as strong as an elephant but able to keep their head down and won’t rear up on their

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Hill Climb gets a longer name every year Nearly 100 years ago — 1916 to be exact — Spencer Penrose had the idea to have an automobile race to the top of Pikes Peak.

Penrose, among the top philanthropists in Colorado Springs history, was thinking more about his personal interests at the time. He had recently completed a widening of the carriage road that led to the top of Pikes Peak. He decided to encourage tourists to visit by creating a race to the clouds.

Penrose, of course, later founded The Broadmoor Hotel 1918, built the Will Rogers Shrine to the Sun in the 1930s, and was responsible for the creation of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo and El Pomar Foundation.

That first race to the summit of America’s Mountain was known as the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb. Over the years the race changed sponsorships and by the 1980s was known as the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Following the 2013 race, the name of the race was changed to The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Now the name of the race is changing again with Platinum Sponsor Gran Turismo coming on board.

As of Nov. 5, the official name of the race is now The Broadmoor Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Brought to you by Gran Turismo.

When will the madness stop? At what point will organizers of the race (it has

been run by the Colorado Springs Sports Corporation for several years) stop making the race read more like an advertisement than the world’s coolest and most famous hill climb?

The answer, of course, is not until CEO’s and presidents of large companies stop writing gigantic checks to the Sports Corp.

Some people reading this may think that I am against the idea of the Hill Climb making money. Not so. I love covering the race and find it to be one of the most media accessible events I have ever been a part of in my 25 years as a journalist.

It’s not very often you get to take photos of yourself next to a $1 million-plus racing car, much less talk to the guy who drives it up America’s most famous mountain at speeds exceeding 150 mph on straightaways.

But I am old school. I refer to the race as the Hill Climb. Occasionally I will call the event “The Race to the Clouds.” If you

have ever attended a Hill Climb, or even driven to the top of the Pikes Peak yourself, you know that you weather conditions can change in a matter of moments. Where it might be sunny and 95 degrees and sunny in Manitou Springs, could be drizzly and 39 at the top of the Pikes Peak.

When I think of the Hill Climb the names of former superstar drivers like Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Bobby Unser quickly come to mind. More recently, skilled and successful international drivers like Nobuhiro “Monster” Tajima, Rod Millin and Romain Dumas have brought fame to the race.

But there is still the good-old-boy network of racers like Randy Schranz of Colorado Springs and his son, Layne (formerly of the Springs who now lives in Birmingham, Alabama). The Vahsholtz family of Woodland Park - Leonard, Clint and Codie — is the most prolific racing family in terms of victories in the history of the Hill Climb, winning over 40 events.

And then there are the famous local drivers of yesteryear like Nick Sanborn, Ralph Bruning and all those early Unser racers who gave the race a flavor all its own.

Now back to Gran Turismo, which is the first Platinum Sponsor in the Race to the Clouds’ history.

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District 20 has many reasons to be thankful Academy District 20 has many reasons to be thankful as we begin the holiday season. I want to congratulate our district’s high school marching bands.

Air Academy High School reigns as the Colorado Class 4A State Champions for the fifth-consecutive year. Liberty High School placed second, Rampart High School placed fourth, and Pine Creek High School placed 10th in the state competition. Our district is often commended for its commitment to music education and the students and staff members in our marching bands are excellent examples of our continued support of arts and music education.

Throughout the school year I think it’s important to update our community about progress on my initiatives.

There are nine initiatives developed by our board of education, our leadership team, and me. There are three I would like to focus on this month.

Student fees are a concern for any parent. Throughout this school year, a committee of parents and staff members will be making recommendations about standardizing fees to ensure our district has a fair and consistent fee structure. The work of this committee is expected to be finished so that our board of education, which annually approves student fees, can act on any changes for the 2015-16 school year.

Another initiative we’re working on is in our special education department.

The Special Education Task Force has met twice this year and has divided up into subgroups. The subgroups are addressing such topics as communication, best practices, effective allocation and use of paraprofessionals, and establishing consistent criteria for students entering and exiting the access to special education services.

The third initiative I want to discuss this month addresses high school graduation requirements. There are new Colorado Department of Education and Colorado legislative mandates for graduation requirements. The Academy District 20 Graduation Requirements

Task Force will study the district’s existing graduation requirements to make sure they meet and/or exceed the new state requirements. The 28-member task force began its work by reviewing the Colorado Department of Education information about its new guidelines, which become effective beginning with seventh grade students in 2015-16 for their graduation in 2021.

--Two of our high school counselors, Martha Hinson from our Academy Online High School, and Andrea Lucero from Rampart High School, will be presenters at the 2015 National Association of School Psychologists annual convention in Orlando. They are both on the Academy District 20 Crisis Team and they will be discussing our district’s responses to the Waldo Canyon Fire in 2012 and the Black Forest Fire in 2013.

The will share interventions and strategies for a comprehensive mental health response to natural disasters.

--Thanksgiving Break is November 24-28 and schools will be closed. I want to wish all of our students and their families a relaxing and safe Thanksgiving Holiday. I am always grateful for the support of our community which demonstrates its commitment to the success of our students each and every day.

(Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of schools in Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for the TriLakes Tribune. You can follow him on Twitter @markhatchell. Like Academy District 20 on Facebook.)

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: In response to the full page ad for the organization Catholics for Choice that ran the week of Oct. 20: As a “cradle Catholic,” I am very concerned that readers of this paper might assume this organization represents mainstream Catholicism. It most assuredly does not. You cannot be a member of the Roman Catholic community and support Pro Choice. This statement has been issued

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hind legs when they travel down a mine tunnel. Isolating opportunity for choice is no good either.

Such a process is rife with danger.

Pretty soon there is only one kind animal in the hole. No room for difference of opinion, no diversity, the politics of compromise, and a bunch of elephants, or donkeys, or mules running things to the exclusion of everyone else. In my opinon, that is not really good for voters either, who need to be able to make clear choices.

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Everett Knight Houser July 16, 1919 – Oct. 23, 2014

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before locating in Palmer Lake.

He met and married Anna Jean Durant in 2002 on his 83rd birthday.

They enjoyed many years of travelling to England, Florida, friends and families in Indiana, Kansas, Illinois and a 1937 Palestine High School classmate in Arizona.

His hat, tall frame and cowboy boots inspired a young boy at London’s Heathrow Airport. The boy saw his boots then looked up and up and up and when he saw his cowboy hat he said “John Wayne.”

He and Anna sang a lot – old songs. Most recent was “How much is that doggie in the window”.

He is survived by his wife Anna Jean, daughters Heather Simpson, Palmer Lake, Wendy Beano, Arizona, adopted daughter Cynthia Ruthchild, California, a grandson Justin Straker, Canada, a sister, Janice Jack, Florida and step children Donald and Drevvis Durant, Colorado.

A memorial service is pending and will be in Lawrence, Kansas.

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Everett K. Houser passed away peacefully at home in Palmer Lake under hospice care.

Everett was born July 16, 1919 in Morgantown, Indiana to Everett Warren and Regina Houser. The family moved to Palestine, Illinois, where he attended school.

He played football and made all conference in basketball, graduating from the Palestine High School in 1937.

He attended the University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati, Ohio for three years, an engineer major.

He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1944, the U.S. Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946 as a fighter pilot in Okinawa and the Marine Corps Reserve until 1951, leaving the service as a Captain.

He married Patricia Zelenskas in 1946 who preceded him in death.

He was employed as a plant engineering manager at the Rohr Aircraft Corporation in California before moving to Lawrence, Kansas where he did a lot of fishing.

He lived in Wyoming

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“The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is an event I’ve followed since my childhood,” said Kazunori Yamauchi, creator of the Gran Turismo franchise. “We’re thrilled to become a part of one of the most historic and prestigious motorsports events in the world.

“Pikes Peak is such a unique race, there’s truly nothing that it can be compared to.”

Yamauchi is correct in his assessment, as I have already pointed out, but can’t he just have the Gran Turismo name on a big banner and call that good enough? Probably not and here is why.

The Gran Turismo series, created by Polyphony Digital Inc., is one of the most successful video game franchises of all time and has sold over 72 million units worldwide since being introduced to the market in 1997. Over 300,000 unique users connect with the series daily and have participated in logging more than 3 billion online races totaling over 45 billion online miles.

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tuce, potatoes and other produce.

In additional crops in the high mountain meadows included hay, oats, alfalfa, sweet clover and field peas which were being grown as feed crops for animals.

These crops were in high demand by ranchers in the area, as well as out in eastern Colorado. A steady potato crop had developed late in World War I, and was popular even on smaller farms. The Ute Pass area was seen as one of the bright spots of Teller County, as the gold fields near Cripple Creek were suffering from bad times. During the war many of the mines had cut back operations as the young men left the mines and joined the military.

The agricultural success was short lived. Shorter winters and longer summer weather had increased the growing season, but by the early 1930s, a more normal growing season returned to the area. The shorter growing seasons hit the farmers hard, and during the country’s depression, these crops proved to be of no help.

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oped a relationship with Gran Turismo and couldn’t have asked for a better organization to become partners with,” said Tom Osborne, Chairman of the Hill Climb.

“Yamauchi-san is such an incredibly talented and well respected individual: to have him put the name of the brand he has built from the ground up on our race is a true honor.”

So, there you have it. The second-oldest race road race in the western hemisphere (the Indianapolis 500 started in 1911) probably has the longest name of any road race in the world.

I wonder what Spencer Penrose would say today if he were around to see how the race has grown? My guess is he would like financial part of the equation, and he might even be thrilled with how the race is marketed, since he was a PR wiz before it was fashionable to be a PR wiz.

I just don’t know if I am sold on all the commercialism. How do you feel?

Next year’s race is June 28, 2015. It will be the 93rd running.

In addition to the celebration of the events 100th Anniversary in 2016, the Hill Climb will hold its 100th Running tentatively on June 26, 2022. The Hill Climb was not held in 1917 and 1918, and from 1942 through 1945 because of the first and second World Wars.

When we shop we rarely think about the lettuce. Ninety years ago most of the lettuce sold in the Pikes Peak Region was actually grown near Divide and Woodland Park. Where once cattle roamed, and a prospector or miner went, became lettuce fields in the early 1920s.

The extension service from Colorado State University started an experimental crop near Divide, and almost immediately the farmers in the area took a look at the results. The farmers met with businessmen and planned for a market for their proposed crops. The ice ponds at Lake George had been closed in 1919 after the Colorado Midland railway was abandoned west of Divide. A new lake was dug just east of Divide by Alf Coulson and equipment from Lake George’s ice house was brought in. There was also a lake at Midland to provide ice for shipping lettuce.

The ice business flourished and Alf Coulson, owner of the Coulson lakes at Divide, reported that annually he shipped 150 carloads to the D&RGW and C&S railroads and several to the Colorado Trading and Transfer Company at Victor, and now had orders in hand for the next cutting of ice.

About 1,800 tons of ice was stored at Divide for the lettuce and other vegetable crops. Steady trains of farm crops traveled down Ute Pass to Colorado Springs. Freight trains usually made up of ore from Cripple Creek now included large numbers of cars loaded with let-

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by our bishops and pastors locally. How can anyone ignore the “rights” of the innocent human being in utero by focusing solely on a woman’s right to do what she wants with her body? The developing child is not part of a mother’s body. As Christians, we pray for a conversion of heart in all those who support “choice.”

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Two graders team up using plow blades to clear drifts on a gravel road in rural El Paso County. Area crews are ready for the worst snow conditions that may come down this winter. Courtesy photo

Roads crews ready for winter

By Dave Smith

Contributing writer Correctly forecasting weather is often a guessing game as variable as well, the weather itself. With that in mind what are those responsible for area streets and highways doing to make sure roads are safe for driving this winter?

Weather forecasts come from a wide range of sources like scientific models, historical data and trends which are gathered and interpreted in various ways. The folks in charge of keeping roads drivable are utilizing some of them to prepare for the coming winter, but caution is the key.

Tom Tharnish, director of public works for the town of Monument, is looking at all possibilities in getting ready for what the coming months may bring.

“We are preparing for heavier than normal (snow) based on last Spring – we had more rain- but it is hard to tell,” he said, “We are fully ready.”

According to Tharnish training for the season has already been completed and back up plans, working in shifts in the case of large storms for example, are in place. Employees with commercial driver

licenses are cross trained to operate snow removal equipment in those situations.

The stockpile of salt and sand is in place.

Tharnish is not worried about potential shortages in the event of very heavy storms in other parts of the country as happened last season.

“I am not too concerned,” with getting needed salt and sand, he said, “We have a good relationship with our suppliers and they will go down at all hours to get us what we need.” A new storage shed to better protect the supply was recently built.

The town is in pretty good shape between equipment and crew. He noted an experienced crew and a high quantity of equipment for a town the size of Monument are good when dealing with the unpredictable winters of Colorado.

When large storms hit Tharnish said there is a plan prioritizing which routes get snow removal attention first. Schools, emergency facilities and major routes get first priority in those cases. While the city often gets a handle on roads in its jurisdiction, getting to other places can still be an issue.

“A lot depends on roads outside of Monument’s control,” he said. There are some

agreements in place that have Monument and El Paso County trading responsibilities for some roads.

According to Max Kirschbaum, operations manager for El Paso County Public Services Department- Transportation the county and Monument have agreements in place for about three miles of roads. The county also handles the roads in other areas like Chipita Park and Cascade on Highway.

“Each plows a bit for each other. Sometimes it makes sense instead of setting an arbitrary boundary,” Kirschbaum said.

El Paso County crews are ready. Winters go from average to harsh with regularity so being prepared for anything is important.

“Our preparation is done,” said Kirschbaum. Training is complete, new drivers and operators are ready, equipment inspection is done and everything is in satisfactory condition. “We are working on our stockpiles, there is still a national shortage of coarse rock salt but we are working with a different vendor. We bought or regular (quantity) plus some more.” The supply of 2,000 tons was taken at one time and he said it is all loaded and ready.

“We don’t care what the predictions are.

We are preparing for the worst and if it is gentler than that is all the better,” Kirschbaum said.

Colorado Department of Transportation is responsible for 6 million lane miles in the state. According to CDOT spokesman Bob Wilson crews are ready taking a similar approach.

“We go into every year not knowing,” said Wilson. “We prepare for the worst and expect the best. Weather can change quickly so we always go into it full-force and that is what we are doing this year. We are not letting down our guard.”

November is when the season starts to show itself, Wilson said so plans can begin to take further shape as the month progresses.

“Generally the first significant snowstorm comes around Halloween, so we could see something soon,” he said.

Because forecasts are not completely accurate even with today’s technology and Colorado weather tends to have a mind of its own, those who clear the roads are prepared for whatever falls. Be sure to keep abreast of current conditions via media outlets and act appropriately to stay safe.

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Front Range moves into new building Grand Opening celebration set For the Tribune In 1972, a young mobile vet named Richard Beck decided to open a “brick and mortar” office to support his truck-based practice. He found a building at 418 3rd Street in Monument, (on the corner of Third Street and Beacon Lite Road) and moved in.

Beck called the practice Front Range Animal Hospital, and so it remains to this day. The hospital was staffed by Beck and one receptionist/technician for some 15 years while he continued to make house calls and ranch calls, and about 20 years had passed before another doctor was added to the staff.

Around 1985 or ‘86 an energetic, young veterinarian, Kristin Woestehoff came to work at Front Range Animal Hospital, in 1991 she became a partner in the business.

Today Woestehoff continues to practice medicine and works closely with Beck to manage the day-to-day operation of the hospital.

Over time, the tiny hospital on Third Street became too cramped, and in 2002 it was remodeled to accommodate the upsurge in patient load that accompanied the population growth in the Tri-Lakes area. By 2012 it had become painfully clear that the size of the expanded building was inadequate to meet the needs of the community’s pets and their humans and plans were begun to transform Front Range Animal Hospital again.

After an exhaustive search of suitable buildings and locations a site was chosen at 487 West Highway 105, South of Serrano’s Coffee (where the Christmas Tree lot has previously been located), and construction began in the spring of this year.

On Nov. 3, the first clients walked through the front doors into the expansive lobby of the Front Range Animal Hospital’s new 5,100 square foot facility. With its six examination rooms, separate surgical and dental areas, and a state of the art laboratory. Front Range Animal Hospital becomes possibly the largest animal healthcare facility in the Tri-Lakes area. Offering, digital dental and full-body x-ray, state-of-theindustry patient monitoring, and soon to begin in-house ultrasound services, Front Range may well be the most technologically advanced hospital in town.

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An external play area is marked improvement from the previous facilities. Photos by Rob Carrigan

New surgery facilities stand ready. patient/client care that is unsurpassed. It’s staff of five veterinarians, and an additional 18 receptionists, assistants, and technicians bring experience spanning decades.

And with its collective eye set squarely on the future of veterinary medicine, front Range Animal Hospital will surely be at the fore in animal health for years to come.

A grand opening and open house is planned for Dec. 6, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the hospital and all are welcome to come see the new facility and meet the staff of Front Range Animal Hospital.

New lab areas, examination rooms, surgery bays, dental stations, pharmacy, kennels, reception area and much more offer a much-improved vet hospital in the Monument Plaza area.

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The Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District administration office located along Second Street in Monument has its only designated parking space for a disabled driver located in the back parking lot next to a garbage bin. Photos by Danny Summers

Helping to empower those with disabilities Two Black Forest residents steadfast in efforts to make area more accessible for those with disabilities

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dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com Rachael Stafford and Kent Kelley are Black Forest neighbors who both were evacuated from their homes when the June 2013 Black Forest Fire consumed the area.

But the two have much more in common and are heavily involved in a cause that affects more than 64,000 El Paso County residents; about 11 percent of the population.

Stafford is project director for the Rocky Mountain ADA (American with Disabilities Act) Center. Kelley is the consulting services director for Meeting the Challenge, which funds Rocky Mountain ADA. “The disability community the largest minority in the world and the only one I can join,” said Stafford, as she was walking down Second Street in Monument

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recently taking mental notes on the roads, businesses and parking lots that still do not meet the standards set forth by the ADA act of 1990.

“I can’t become an African American or some other ethnic group, but if I am disabled my world would probably change in a significant way.”

Strafford, who is also an attorney, is in South Dakota this week helping to kick off the 25 th anniversary of the ADA Act that was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush July 26, 1990.

According to Stafford, businesses and cities had two years to comply with many of the conditions set forth in the law.

“Here we are almost 25 years later and we still have not come that far,” Stafford said. “It’s really sad.

“Some things are as simple as maintenance, but the biggest thing is educating people.”

Stafford and other ADA staff and volunteers work tirelessly to bring as much awareness to the disability community as possible. They work with businesses, cities and groups throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region.

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“We don’t proactively knock on the door of a business and say you have X-Y-Z problems out there, however, if a business called us and asked us to give them training, or ask for resources then yes, we can do that,” Stafford said. “Meeting the Challenge can take that next step and tell someone what they need to do.”

Stafford added that her ADA chapter receives thousands of calls each month from individuals and businesses with questions, complaints or wanting more information.

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The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life.

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“Several years ago there was a class action lawsuit against King Soopers (in the Jackson Creek area) because of insufficient disability accessible parking,” said Kelley, who lived in Gleneagle for 16 years before moving to Black Forest.

“As part of that class action suit King Soopers changed their parking lot and modified their parking lot to increase the number of disability accessible parking spaces.

“They probably would have gotten around to it eventually, but what we often find are design flaws from the beginning.”

Stafford and Kelley walked the historic Monument district recently, not for the purpose of picking on individual businesses, or other entities, comply with ADA standards, but more so for the purpose of getting a closer look at just how little advancement has been made with the implementation of the laws associated with the 1990 ADA act and the numerous amendments over the years.

What was evident to them were how few parking spaces were available for those with disabilities along the streets and at many businesses. Those businesses with wheelchair ramps were usually poorly maintained (gravel, cracks in the cement, etc.) and signage indicating disability parking was either non-existent or did not comply with the law.

And while most of the streets in the historic downtown area had sidewalks that were available for use for those in wheelchairs - or those visually impaired - many were unsafe and even guided disabled people into the middle of busy traffic intersections rather than on a straight path to the next street corner Even the playground area between the District 38 Administration Building (aka “Big Red”) and former Grace Best Elementary School was not designed to allow somebody in a wheelchair to directly enter the play area. A six-inch concrete curb/wall acted as a barrier.

“Where Monument is sitting is pretty common to where a lot of historical cities are sitting, which is they have this area of old, which didn’t necessarily take into consideration any accessibility,” Stafford said. “Now they have development plus redevelopment of historical accuracy, so they have a lot of buildings that are sitting in between.

“They have this lovely new area that largely will be accessible if it’s under the construction code and they have old areas that probably need a lot of work, and they’ve got this historical area that has its own sets of considerations with the construction laws of what they need to do and what would be recommended to increase business access.”

Stafford and Kelley are also sensitive to another stigma associated with people with disabilities - the word handicap and the symbol that is associated with it, such as parking space signs.

“Pretty much everyone knows that symbol, but what has happened with the handicap word is this negative connotation,” Stafford said. “Now, using that word to describe someone has set up boundaries and parameters.

“Now people with disabilities want to change that. They don’t want to be defined by this term that has set this arbitrary stigma against them. So now we focus on the me first and my defining characteristic later.”

The District 38 Administration Building, also known as Big Red, has four parking spaces for drivers with disabilities near its front entrance. However, there are no sign posts in front of the spaces as required by law.

The Tri-Lakes YMCA has four parking spaces for its disabled drivers near its front entrance with sign posts that indicate where those spaces are.

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Tax laws undermine legalization of pot Lack of deductions may prove crippling to stores

By Katie Kuntz

Rocky Mountain PBS I-News The Nov. 4 elections meant sweeping victories for the marijuana industry nationally, but in Colorado, the outcome was more of a mixed bag.

Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia legalized recreational marijuana, while only some communities in Colorado chose to expand businesses. Voters in Lakewood, Manitou Springs and Federal Heights passed initiatives allowing retail marijuana shops to operate, while voters in Palmer Lake and Ramah in El Paso County voted against recreational sales.

Nearly 100 new businesses received their licenses from Colorado regulators on Oct. 1.

Yet many of these new, voter-approved pot shops may find it difficult to survive a drug war-era tax code that already threatens many established businesses.

Under the code, the federal government stands to make more money from the sale of marijuana than those legally selling it. And that could be enough to shut down many shops.

“It’s almost like they want us to fail,” said Mitch Woolhiser, while walking through his store called Northern Lights Natural Rx in Edgewater. “Everything I do is aimed at keeping us in business because if I don’t, then (the feds) win. And I’m not going to let them win.”

Woolhiser believes the federal government is actively seeking to undermine his business.

Woolhiser first opened shop in 2010, selling medical marijuana. He started selling recreational pot when it became legal in Colorado at the start of this year. Last year, his business didn’t earn a profit. Had he been selling anything but cannabis, he would not have owed federal income tax, as he ended up with a loss.

Instead, he ended up paying close to $20,000 to the IRS because of a 1980s tax code called 280E. “I believe that the feds extend the drug war through 280E,” said Jordan Cornelius, a Denver accountant who has worked with Woolhiser and many other marijuana companies in Colorado. “If (the federal government) can’t

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Whether the government is actively enforcing the punitive code in an effort to undermine the legal marijuana business remains unclear.

The Justice Department, Drug Enforcement Administration and Internal Revenue Service declined comment.

However, an IRS spokesperson provided a

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2010 letter written in response to several lawmakers in Colorado, Massachusetts, Arizona and California who had asked the IRS to stop enforcing the tax code in states that legalized the sale of medical marijuana. The IRS letter pointed out that only Congress could make that change.

“The result you seek would require the Congress to amend either the Internal Revenue Code or the Controlled Substance Act,” the IRS letter said.

Though multiple members of Congress received the letter, there has been little effort to amend the code.

Instead, the federal government collects taxes on what it considers an illegal drug because the Supreme Court ruled more than 50 years ago that everyone has to pay taxes — even those who make their money illegally.

Then, in 1982, Congress amended the U.S. tax code to include 280E, which says businesses selling a Schedule I or II drug — like marijuana, heroin, methamphetamine or cocaine — cannot deduct all of their regular business expenses.

The rule means that the “costs of the product,” like the soil and fertilizer used to grow plants, are deductible. But the “costs of selling,” like advertising, rent and utilities — even salaries for employees — are not deductible.

“If it made sense, I would feel better about following it,” said Rob Corry, Denver attorney and marijuana advocate. “I don’t see why production is deductible — they are still producing marijuana!”

But that quirk in the tax code has helped many cannabis companies stay in business in Colorado. Medical marijuana stores were required to grow their own product, and there-

fore had some associated deductions.

As of Oct. 1, cannabis companies are no longer required to grow the products they sell.

But without growing, many may soon find that they will have very few, if any, business deductions when filing federal taxes next April.

“A lot of people think that the marijuana industry is just a license to print money,” said Taylor West, deputy director of the National Cannabis Industry Association. “And it’s just not the case.”

West works for an association of more than 750 cannabis-related businesses across the United States, and says that 280E results in her clients paying more than 70 percent of their profits in taxes to the federal government.

Sometimes, the rates are far higher than that.

“A lot of times, instead of paying a tax rate that should be 30 to 40 percent, they are paying rates between 80 or 90 percent,” said Cornelius, the accountant. “I even have a client right now that is paying more than 100 percent effective tax rate.”

Mac Clouse, a University of Denver finance professor who studies the industry, said the status quo creates an inherent and perhaps fatal conflict.

“The problem is that we have passed laws that allowed these medical marijuana and recreational marijuana companies to do business,” Clouse said. “But we have all these other laws, tax laws, federal laws that make it incredibly difficult if not utterly impossible to survive.”

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Academy really does attract the best and brightest AFA ranks No. 4 on prestigious list of smartest college students `Staff report The Air Force Academy really does attract America’s best and brightest.

According to Business Insider’s recent list of the smartest colleges in America, released Oct. 28, the Academy ranked fourth, topping 96 other public schools across the nation.

The list features 104 colleges, with Georgia Institute of Technology ranking first, the University of California-Berkeley coming in second and College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia ranking third.

The list was determined by average ACT and SAT test scores schools report to US News.

The Air Force Academy comes in at No. 4 on the list, and the other service academies also receive high marks. West Point came in at 16, followed by Navy at

17, the Coast Guard Academy 18 and the Merchant Marine Academy at 21.

The Business Insider previously published a list of The 600 Smartest Colleges In America, followed its most recent list of 104 Smartest Public Colleges in America. In that list of The 600 Smartest Colleges, the Air Force Academy was tied for 49th place, followed by the other services academies, starting with West Point at 111.

Admission into the Academy remains highly competitive due to its presti-

gious academic programs. Candidates are generally not competitive for an appointment if they score below 580 verbal and 560 math on the SAT Reasoning Test, and below 24 English or reading and below 25 math or science reasoning on the ACT. According to the Academy Admissions website, students recently entering the Air Force Academy are generally in the top three percent of their high school class.

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Now, was that Smith, or Jones?

By Rob Carrigan

rcarrigan@colorado communitymedia.com Grand Larceny, Age: 27, Height: 5’9”, Weight: 165 pounds., Build: Well-Built, Hair: Dark Flaxen, Eyes: Blue, Complexion: Light, Born: New York City, Occupation: Cowboy, Received from: Fremont County, Sentenced: July 15, 1894, Remarks: Has no wife or parents, features regular, small deep-set eyes, good conduct, Two cut scars on back of head, has a small red scar under left eye, red mark on left side of back, small brown mole on calf of left leg, a wellbuilt young man.

Basically, on processing card, the convict lied.

Cassidy claims to have been born in New York and his parents are deceased. Cassidy was in fact, born to Anne and Max Parker in Utah and was the eldest of 13 children: and called Robert Leroy Parker. Brother Dan Parker, inmate No. 164, was held at the Territorial Prison in 1890 for robbing the United States Postal Service.

Nothing really new here, but I had encountered it before.

Sutton’s Law is related to legendary 1930s outlaw Willie Sutton’s often quoted (and probably falsely attributed) response to a reporter who asked why he robbed banks.

“Because that’s where the money is.”

I have wondered out loud before why that law didn’t seem to apply for the “Wild Bunch” and the Cripple Creek District.

As a kid growing up in southwestern Colorado, nearly every wide spot in the road down there claimed some connection to the heralded outlaws. With the gang holding up the San Miguel Valley Bank in Telluride, supposedly robbing the train at Stoner, holing up at Dunton Hot Springs, and several associated robberies in the Grand Junction, Delta and Vernal, Utah, areas, in addition to Harry “Sundance” Longabaugh’s stint working on his uncle’s ranch near Cortez as just some of the historically possible links the stories were difficult to dispute.

Then there is the haunting photograph of the five dapperly dressed fellows at the turn of the century, three seated, two standing behind. From left to right: Harry A. Longabaugh, a.k.a. “The Sundance Kid,” William Carver, Ben Kilpatrick, a.k.a. “The Tall Texan,” Harvey Logan, a.k.a. “Kid Curry” and Robert Leroy Parker, a.k.a. “Butch Cassidy.” The photo was taken Nov. 21, 1900, at John Swartz’s studio in Fort Worth, Texas, near the Hell’s Half Acre section of town the gang was known to frequent, and probably has appeared on more “wanted” posters than any photo in the last century.

But the outfit is given credit for robbing trains, mines, banks and other businesses all over the West - Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Utah, Montana, South Dakota, Arizona, Texas, Nevada and Oregon. And their height of operation corresponds perfectly with the Cripple Creek District’s heyday. Why didn’t the “Wild Bunch” knock over any easy targets in the wild district?

It was where the money was. Once I speculated that maybe the answer was Love.

According to the information submitted to the Colorado Archives by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society and posted by USGenWeb, “Love was the last community to officially debut in the Cripple Creek District, acquiring a post office in 1894.” Research by Jan MacKell indicated that village located at the far east end of the district was made up of ranchers, a few miners, sawmill workers and maybe dairy workers. But, notes the archive project, “Love was remote enough, however, that members of outlaw Butch

iah “Kid” Curry, and Ben Murphy as Jeded l Heyes in “Alias Pete Duel as Hanniba y photos urtes Smith and Jones.” Co

“Alias Smith and Jones” was a western TV series that originally aired on ABC from January 1971 to January 1973, starring Pete Duel as Hannibal Heyes and Ben Murphy as Jedediah “Kid” Curry, outlaw cousins who were trying to reform. Duel’s character was supposedly the brains of the operation, and Murphy’s part provided a fast draw and muscle.

The show was inspired, at least in part, by success of the 1969 blockbuster film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The names “Smith” and “Jones” actually originated from a comment in the 1969 movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, when, prior to one of their final hold-ups, the characters are outside a bank in Bolivia and Sundance turns to Butch and says: “I’m Smith and you’re Jones.”

The real “Kid Curry,” Harvey Logan, was actually a member of the real ‘Wild Bunch’ comprised the real Butch Cassidy, Sundance Kid, and other notable outlaws of the early 1900s.

Logan, contrary to his TV counterpart, was a cold-blooded killer, reportedly killing as many as nine law enforcement officers, and several others.

Unfortunately, actor Pete Duel died of a self-inflicted gun shot on New Years Eve in 1971. The series replaced him with another actor, and continued for another 17 episodes, but it never recovered. Fans, I guess, didn’t buy the identity switch.

I’ve have been thinking about identity, and alias, and outlaws, as it relates to the old West and such, and the real Kid Curry, Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid, and how hard it was to keep track of people before the internet and search engines.

A few weeks ago, when I visited the Wyoming Territorial Prison, of which Butch Cassidy was a short term guest, I noticed that amazingly enough, criminals such as Cassidy were not always completely honest in what they told prison officials.

From Wyoming Territorial Prison Records, Processing Card: George Cassidy, prisoner No. 187, Alias “Butch” Cassidy, Crime:

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Cassidy’s notorious Wild Bunch also felt secure in procuring a hideout there shortly after the community was founded.”

Not only is that possible, I would guess, with the amount of money flowing around these parts at that time, it would be silly for an outlaw not to locate nearby.

Jan MacKell, who served for years as the director of the Cripple Creek District Museum, set me straight.

“You referenced something I had written about it.

Well alas, further research revealed that the Bob Lee I found in Love was not the Bob Lee of the Wild Bunch.

(Bob was a cousin to Harvey Logan and was implicated in the 1899 robbery at Wilcox, Wyoming - the one where they blew the train car to smithereens). Still, the Wild Bunch did hang around in these parts, particularly after the robbery, and Bob Lee was arrested at the Antlers Saloon (formerly Uncle Sam’s Casino) in March of 1900. Just thought you would want to know.”

Of course I would, and I asked about where her information originated.

“Some of it came from Pinkerton files and other came from books about the wild bunch, I had many sources when I researched this. The Pinkerton files are tricky — some have been lost, some are open to the public and some are closed files. I got some information from Wyoming since that is where the Wilcox robbery was. J. Maurice Finn was Bob Lee’s lawyer and a newspaper account I read had him huffing and puffing all over the courtroom. Funny to picture.”

Indeed it is.

And while I was in the speculation mode, I have always wondered about whether Etta Place (Harry Longabaugh, a.k.a. Sundance kid’s love interest) might really be Ann or Josie Bassett as some historians have postulated. The Bassetts, of the Brown’s Hole area in Northern Colorado and Utah and famous for their interaction with Tom Horn, had numerous connections to the gang, but for whatever reason, have never been definitively linked and most discount the possibility.

The first photo above is Ann Bassett and the second is image of Longabaugh and Place taken in New York.

Incidentally, MacKell is the author of several books about rough and tumble times in the mining districts including “Brothels, Bordellos and Bad Girls,” and has a new title scheduled to appear in March called “Red Light Women of the Rocky Mountains,” but I guess that is all together a different kind of “love.”

Additional speculation about who Etta Place was, is also intriguing.Others sources suggest that Etta Place may have in fact been Laura Bullion, who was a member of the gang. For several years in the 1890s, she was romantically involved with outlaw Ben Kilpatrick (“The Tall Texan”), a bank and train robber and an acquaintance of her father. In 1901, Bullion was convict-

ed of robbery and sentenced to five years in prison for her participation in the Great Northern train robbery.

She was released in 1905 after serving three years and six months of her punishment.

Most experts agree that Butch and Sundance probably met Etta at a bordello around 1900, probably run

by Fannie Porter, according to Tony Hays.

“Near unanimous consensus among researchers is that Butch and Sundance met Etta at Fannie Porter’s brothel in San Antonio sometime in 1900,” he said.

“The Pinkerton Agency, which had a strong interest in Etta, described her as attractive, speaking with an educated tone. Estimates of her birth year range from 1878 to 1882 or 1883. Rumors suggest that she was a cousin of Longabaugh’s since Longabaugh’s mother was a Place. Speculation is that she and Sundance had met sometime around 1900,” Hays says.

“The last recorded appearance by Etta was in summer of 1909 in San Francisco, the year after Butch and Sundance were reportedly killed in a gun battle with Argentinian soldiers. Indeed, there are those researchers who say that Etta died in South America as well.

But a woman of Etta’s description attempted to secure documents declaring Sundance dead. She was unsuccessful, and the woman known as Etta Place rode off into the sunset.”

Hays searched the census information and found Fannie Porter, running a “boarding house.”

“Fannie, herself little more than a girl in 1900, claimed to be of British extraction. The birthdates did not help all that much. Of the five girls in Fannie’s “boarding house,” all were born in or around 1878-80. One girl in the household intrigued me beyond the others.

Twenty-two year old Madaline Wilson appears in the census immediately beneath Madam Fannie. Like Fannie, she is listed as of English birth, immigrating to the United States in 1884 when she was six. Now here’s where the conjecture has to come in. It is quite possible that she had changed her name, but does that dictate that she would have changed her date of birth, country of origin, and date of immigration?”

Hays asked.

And a British accent, tempered by 16 years in America, might be described as “refined,” he speculated.

And, Madaline Wilson disappears after the 1900 census, when Etta was in her period of historical significance as the historians would say.

Of course, there was a bunch of second-guessing on whether Butch and Sundance had actually been killed in Bolivia. Misidentification had happened before, as early as 1898, when the Salt Lake Herald on May 17, 1898, reported “Butch Cassidy is still alive,” after first reporting he had been killed in Price, Utah.

“Sheriff J. H. Ward of Evanston, Wyoming, who was probably the best posted man in the inter mountain states upon criminal matters, reached Price the morning of May 16, 1898, in response to a telegram calling him there to identify the men in jail, and the corpse supposed to be that of Cassidy. Sheriff Ward for 13 years past had been a sheriff in Wyoming, and during

that time had Cassidy in his jail for three months and was with him daily,” reported the paper.

“On inspecting the body, Sheriff Ward positively asserted that it was not Cassidy, and that while the complain and build of the men were very similar, the body in no other particular resembled Cassidy, and bore none of the battle scars of the famous robber. Sheriff Ward was of the opinion that the body was that of Bob Alias continues on Page 18

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Culp, Alias Red Bob, a notorious cattle thief, from Wyoming. Cassidy was in jail awaiting trial for horse tearing, and a close description was made by Sheriff Ward of all his peculiar marks, and he was absolutely positive that this was not the man,” the paper said. But Parker, Longabaugh, Logan and the others, for whom history has had a devil of a time keeping track of anyway, likely were among the neighbors next door.

But we may never know because Butch might have been going by George Cassidy, Tom Gillis, James Ryan, Santiago Ryan, Santiago Maxwell, J.P. Maxwell, James Lowe, Santiago Lowe, George Ingerfield. And Sundance maybe he took up the name Harry Alonzo, Harry Place, Enrique Brown, H.A. Brown, Frank Smith, J.E. Ebaugh, J.E. Thibadoe, Frank Jones, Frank Bozeman, Harry Brown or Frank Boyd.

Kid Curry also had a reputation of loving and leaving. Reports said he would often return from a train or bank robbery, get drunk and lay up with prostitutes

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PIKES PEAK Workforce Center offers monthly

classes on topics such as resume writing, interview skills and more. Workshops are free and take place at the main office, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 1107, Colorado Springs.

Call 719-667-3730 or go to www.ppwfc.org.

TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-4810600 or e-mail ebryson@farmersagent.com.

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After

Hours meets from 5-7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members.

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ing Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.

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until his share of the take was gone. Numerous prostitutes would name him as the father of various “love childs” that sometimes were referred to as “Curry Kids.” Some sources credit Kid Curry with as many as eighty-five children, though the real number was probably closer to five or six.

To complicate things on the Kid Curry front, in addition to the Wild Bunch, the Kid, Harvey Logan, also rode with Sam Ketchum, who was the brother of Tom “Black Jack” Ketchum and Ezra Lay. Also muddying the water, was the fact that Curry (Logan) liked to hide out in San Antonio, Texas.

While there he met prostitute Della Moore (also known as Annie Rogers or Maude Williams), with whom he became romantically involved. At the time of their meeting, she was working in Madame Fannie Porter’s brothel, which of course, was a regular hideout for the Wild Bunch gang. In October 1901, Della Moore was arrested in Tennessee for passing money tied to an earlier robbery involving Curry. The gunman is credited shortly afterwards with killing two policemen in Knoxville in a shootout and escape on Dec. 13, 1901.

On June 7, 1904, Kid Curry was tracked down by a posse outside of what is now Parachute, Colorado. Curry and two others had robbed a train and they stole fresh

horses owned by Roll Gardner and a neighbor. Gardner and the neighbor set out after them and joined up with a posse and continued tracking, caught up the outlaws, who then shot Gardner’s and his neighbor’s horses from under them. Gardner found cover while his neighbor started running. Kid Curry took aim at the neighbor and Gardner shot Curry. The wounded Curry then fatally shot himself in the head to avoid capture.

The other two robbers escaped.

But even in death, nothing is for sure. Rumors persist that Curry was not killed in the fire fight, and was misidentified, having actually departed for South America with Butch Cassidy and Sundance. Noted Pinkerton agent Charlie Siringo, who had pursued Logan for years, resigned Pinkerton’s shortly thereafter, believing they got the wrong man.

Robert Parker’s sister (and others in the family as well) swears her brother visited the family in 1925 for a family reunion. Some say he lived in Pacific Northwest for years, after going straight.

Actor Ben Murphy, went on to play many different characters since his stint as “Kid Curry” in the TV show “Alias Smith and Jones.”

THINGS TO DO

is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com.

Recreation

AMATEUR RADIO Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Lakes Monutemnt Fire Protection District Station 1, 18650 Hwy 105. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Call Joyce Witte at 488-0859 for more information.

ADULT RECREATIONAL and intermediate

pick up volleyball is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.

BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is

conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stuff and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Jefferson streets in Monument. The money benefits Lewis-Palmer community schools.

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonprofit organization that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months.

Contact info@fomp.org or Chris at 719-488-9850.

GENTLE YOGA with Nancy Stannard is offered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard nancystannard55@gmail.com for details and to attend first class.

THE PIKES Peak chapter of Pheasants Forever meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month (except June, August and September) at the Colorado Division of Wildlife Training Classroom in the back of the building at 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

PIKES PEAK Jugglers is an informal group of jugglers ranging in skill from beginners to professionals. The group meets weekly, from 3:30-5 p.m. Sundays, at the downtown

YMCA. This is a free activity, and one does not need to be a member to participate. All those with a fun attitude are invited to join. Call 719-477-9978.

THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m.

Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837.

VINI E Crostini, 6 flight wine tasting paired with moZaic tasty bites is at 5 p.m the first Saturday of the month at 443 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Cost is $40 per person.

Social

THE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets from 1-4 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at Black Forest Lutheran Church, 12455 Black Forest Road. No membership, no dues, no obligations; just an opportunity to get together and socialize. Some individuals play dominoes, others work on their needlework or other projects that they bring, and some just watch and talk. Light snacks and coffee and lemonade are furnished. The Black Forest AARP Chapter 1100 sponsors the Senior Social but you do not have to be a chapter member to attend. All ages are invited. Bring a friend Call the church office at 719-495-2221.

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Teammate Tylar Fugate (3) looks on as Lewis-Palmer’s Lydia Bartalo receives a serve and passes it to the setter during the Nov. 8 Class 4A state championship volleyball match against Ponderosa. Lewis-Palmer won the match, 3-1 to repeat as state champs. Photo by Tom Munds

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It was never a given that Lewis-Palmer would repeat as Class 4A state volleyball champions.

But it certainly was expected by a large segment of the Rangers’ loyal legion of followers.

Beginning with its first match of the season Aug. 28 against Pueblo West, to its final showdown with No. 2 seed Ponderosa Nov. 8 at center court of the Denver Coliseum, Lewis-Palmer dominated each opponent along the way.

A four-set victory (25-22, 15-25, 25-22 and 25-12) over a gritty Ponderosa squad completed the Rangers’ undefeated season and gave them a record of 29-0. Soon after the victory, Lewis-Palmer players were hoisting the state championship trophy.

“We played with the most intensity we have all season,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Susan Odenbaugh. “Pondo is a good team and they pushed us the hardest we’ve been pushed all season.

“A lot of coaches came up to me and said it was one of the best championship matches they’ve seen in a long time.”

Lewis-Palmer, the No. 1 team in the state among all classifications and winners of 35 consecutive matches dating back to last season, established control of the first set against Ponderosa by bolting out to a 6-0 lead. The Rangers never gave up the advantage.

But Ponderosa made adjustments in the second set as the Rangers fell behind 8-0.

“Pondo came out pretty intense and our block wasn’t as strong,” Odenbaugh said.

“We chipped away and got close, but they eventually pulled away.

Tied at one set apiece, the two teams played an intense third set with the Rangers pulling it out by three points.

With the momentum clearly in LewisPalmer’s favor, the Rangers poured it on in the fourth set.

“Our blocks came on and we were able to stop their outside hitters,” Odenbaugh said. “It was the best serve receive and best defense we played; probably all season.”

Lewis-Palmer senior all-American outside hitter was her usual dominant self. In the championship match “Hammer” led the team in kills (16), digs (11) and serve receive (20).

Smith, who will attend Purdue next fall, is one of only two seniors on the team. The other senior is right side hitter Nicole Montgomery, who will attend Kansas on a track scholarship.

The two girls are expected to sign their national letters of intent during a signing party at the school on Nov. 12.

Lewis-Palmer’s defeated Air Academy in three straight sets to begin the Class 4A state volleyball tournament Nov. 7 at Denver Coliseum. Elizabeth Reich, No. 8 and Alexa Smith, No. 7, in orange jerseys, are ready on defense. Courtesy photo “At the beginning of the season we have a team building party at my house,” Odenbaugh said. “At the end of that party Alexa said we are capable of going undefeated this season. I told the girls I think we can do it, but we have to work really hard.

“Looking back on the season I think this was a stronger team than we had last year.

We were more balanced and diverse.”

The Rangers - ranked among the top teams in the nation in a couple of polls came within a whisker of winning three consecutive state championships. They lost to Cheyenne Mountain in the finals in 2012 after being up 12-4 in the critical third game. Cheyenne Mountain won the match in four sets.

Lewis-Palmer is 56-2 over the last two seasons, and 80-7 since the start of the 2012 campaign.

The Rangers were an incredible 83-5 in sets this season.

Lewis-Palmer’s continued success the three decades is due in huge part to Odenbaugh. She was assistant coach under legendary Don Lash (now at Coronado) for 13 seasons before taking over the head job in 2002. She was part of state championship teams as an assistant in 1993 and 2001, and guided the Rangers to the state championship game in 2009.

Lewis-Palmer has missed the state tournament just once (2010) since Odenbaugh

Lewis-Palmer’s Lydia Bartalo (4) spikes the ball wide of a pair of Ponderosa blockers during the Nov. 8 Class 4A state volleyball championship match. Lewis-Palmer won the match, 3-1 to repeat as state champs. Photo by Tom Munds has been the head coach.

“We should be strong again next year,” Odenbaugh said. “Mariah Evans is one of the best setters in the state and we’re going to be just as strong defensively. And we have the same schedule as next year with a lot of the top 4A and 5A teams in the state.

“We just have to come together as a team.”

In addition to Evans, other top players

expected to be back for the Rangers are middle blockers Elizabeth Reich and Lydia Bartalo, libero Emily McCurley, defensive specialist Tylar Fugate, and outside hitters Nicole Mack and Michaela Putnicki.

Interestingly, all five state championship teams this year were the same as in 2013. It is the second time in Colorado history that has occurred.

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Titans lose to Air Academy, 2-0, in state championship soccer game No. 2 TCA (19-1) lost to No. 1 Kadets (20-0) at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on Nov. 8

By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com For the third time in four seasons, The Classical Academy boys’ soccer season ended with a loss in a state championship game.

The latest setback occurred Nov. 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. In a match of unbeatens in the Class 4A title match, it was Air Academy that came out on top 2-0 after 80 minutes of action.

Air Academy (20-0, the No. 1 seed in the 32-team state tournament) scored two second-half goals, thanks in large part to standout forward Austin Dewing, who entered the game as the all-classification leading scorer in goals (34) and points (90) by a large margin. In the state finals, Dewing’s talent was on display.

Dewing and the Kadets broke though in the 59th minute when Dewing put a few tricky moves on the TCA defense before getting hammered in the box, which resulted in a Titans’ foul.

That set up a personal kick for the Kadets, but rather than taking the shot himself, Dewing’s cousin, senior James Sims, stepped up and found the back of the net to give Air Academy a 1-0 lead.

Fourteen minutes later, another hard foul in the box on Dewing set up another cousin, David Louthan, for a penalty kick. Louthan nailed it, giving the Kadets a 2-0 lead and the momentum.

“Austin’s two cousins stepped up and finished the job for him so that was just a family thing,” Air Academy coach Espen Hosoien said. “Maybe it was rock, paper, scissors at dinner yesterday or something, but James is solid. I think Austin was fine not having to take those PK’s.”

Dewing, who usually takes the free kicks, said he had not problem spreading the wealth to other members of his family.

“I totally trust my teammates quite a bit and they were rock solid,” Dewing said.

TCA sophomore midfielder Jeremy Baldes gave Dewing his due.

“He’s a good player, but our defense did a good job of marking him,” Baldes said. “He didn’t have too many opportunities.”

TCA (19-1, the No. 2 seed), had only allowed two goals in two other matches this season - 6-2 over Widefield on Sept.

23 and 10-2 over Mesa Ridge on Sept. 25.

The Titans outscored the opposition 93-14 this year.

But Air Academy was even more dominant, outscoring opponents 102 to 5.

The Titans allowed as many as two goals in a match just once - 6-2 over Thompson Valley on Oct. 22.

“We blew some scoring opportunities,” Baldes said. “We just couldn’t finish.”

Air Academy’s march to the title capped off one of the most dominant seasons in Colorado boys soccer history. Air Academy also won the 4A title in 2010. The Kadets won the 5A championship in 1990.

This was TCA’s first year at the 4A level after being among the premier 3A teams in the state for much of the last decade.

The Titans lost 3A state title games in

TCA sophomore Jeremy Baldes, No. 13 in dark jersey, goes up for a header as teammate Andrew Peck, No. 15 far left, gets ready to receive the pass during the Titans’ state championship game with Air Academy Nov. 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. Photos by Alison Henry

TCA senior Michah Mesward hoists the Titans’ state runner up trophy Nov. 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City.

2011 and 2013.

TCA’s team this season consisted of mostly underclassmen. Sophomore Titus Grant led the team in goals with 29. Baldes had 13 goals and a team-leading 20 assists, while another sophomore, Jaden Borja, had 18 goals and 8 assists.

TCA senior goalkeeper Micah Mesward missed about half the season with a knee injury, but played splendid in the postseason, allowing just five goals in five playoff games.

“We have a hard-working team and we had a good season,” Baldes said. “I think we will come back next year and be successful again.”

TCA’s Jeremy Schenck, No. 2 in dark jersey, tries to work his way down field against an Air Academy player during the state championship match Nov. 8 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park.

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Discovery Canyon senior halfback Spencer Chambers, No. 4 in dark jersey, breaks loose on a 22-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter against Berthoud on Nov. 7. Discovery Canyon, seeded No. 1 in the Class 3A playoffs, easily defeated the No. 16 seed 41-0 at District 20 Stadium. Photos by Brian Arnold

Thunder begins state football playoffs with 41-0 victory over Berthoud Discovery Canyon is the No. 1 overall seed in 3A and travels to No. 9 Delta for quarterfinals

By Danny Summers

dsummers @coloradocommunitymedia.com Discovery Canyon’s first-round football playoff victory Nov. 7 at District 20 Stadium ended years of frustration for thousands of people who have supported the purple, silver and black attack over the years.

A 41-0 thumping of the No. 16 seed Berthoud meant that the Thunder (11-0) - the No. 1 overall seed - would be moving onto the quarterfinals of the Class 3A playoffs for the first time in school history.

Discovery Canyon will play at No. 9 Delta (8-3).

“This feels so good to finally get over that first-round loss and get this win,” said Discovery Canyon senior receiver/linebacker Dylan Draper, a three-year starter.

“Our support is amazing and we’re glad we can finally win this playoff game.”

Draper knows all too well what it feels like to be on the wrong end of a postseason blowout. In 2012 and 2013, the Thunder was seeded No. 2 and No. 1, respectively, only to lose on the swanky District 20 turf to a much lower seed.

“Obviously we worked hard last year, but there’s something different about this team,” Draper said. “It’s carried us all season and it will keep carrying us.”

This has looked like a different Thunder team, even though many players from those previous squads were in attendance or are now working with the team.

“These guys deserve it more than anyone,” said Alec Wirtjes, a three-year starting quarterback for the Thunder who is working as a volunteer assistant coach for the team this season. “They’ve worked so hard the entire season. I’ve never seen a group work harder than this. We didn’t work this hard. They work harder than we did and they deserve it.

“They did want they needed to do all season and they came out and did it again.

They weren’t scared and they rose to the occasion. These guys were all my best friends last year and they deserve this success.”

Wirtjes planed on attending the Air Force Academy and playing football this year, but a concussion suffered during basic training ended his military and football

Discovery Canyon sophomore Zane Nichols, No. 14 in dark jersey, zones in on Berthoud quarterback Cody Braesch, No. 7 in white jersey, during a first-round playoff game Nov. 7 at District 20 Stadium. plans - for the time being - so he asked Discovery Canyon head coach Shawn Mitchell if he could help out with the Thunder as an assistant.

Several of Wirtjes’ former teammates were in the stands for the game with Berthoud. There was Jackson Spalding, a freshman at the Air Force Academy, wearing his military uniform with pride. He was joined by former Thunder standouts Michael Beiswinger, Ben Christy, Ben Gilson and others who felt the sting of postseason losses.

“They were all up there in the student section supporting us,” Mitchell said.

The victory allowed Mitchell to get a big gorilla off his back. It was his first-ever playoff victory in six career postseason games. He was winless in three attempts when he was the head coach at Harrison.

Mitchell left Harrison after the 20062007 school year to start the Discovery Canyon football program from scratch.

“When we made the move (up) to 3A (in 2010) we took some beatings those first two years,” Mitchell said. “And then to assert ourselves in 2012 and 2013, only to have disappointing ends to our seasons, we wanted to avoid that this year.

“Coaches had to take on a different ap-

proach and the team needed to take on a different approach. It wasn’t about Xs and Os. It was about attitude and being prepared for what was ahead of us.”

Discovery Canyon’s potent offense this season, led by senior quarterback Andrew Hall, made sure early and often that the playoff game with Berthoud would not end in frustration. His 7-yard touchdown scamper at the 10:28 of the first quarter gave the Thunder its first-ever postseason lead.

“It was awesome to punch it in early like that,” Hall said. “It gives us momentum early in the game and it was a good step for us.”

The game with Berthoud was almost a complete reversal from the Thunder’s regular-season finale when it defeated Canon City, 34-31, in overtime.

“We had a lot of bumps and bruises coming into this one, but we prepared well and won the week,” Hall said.

Midway through the first quarter Hall hooked up with senior fullback Blake Lawrie on a 13-yard touchdown pass and the route was on.

The Thunder scored three more touchdowns in the second quarter to blow the game wide open. Senior halfback Spencer Chambers had a 22-yard touchdown run,

while Hall and senior halfback Scott Betzer added touchdown runs of 1 and 6 yards, respectively, to give the Thunder a 34-0 halftime lead.

Hall has rushed for 20 touchdowns this season and thrown 9 touchdown passes.

Lawrie scored the Thunder’s final touchdown on a 78-yard run at the 5:55 mark of the third quarter. Because the Thunder was up by 40 points the clock ran for the remainder of the game due to the Colorado High School Athletic Association (CHSAA) rules.

“I was thinking `Don’t get caught,’” said Lawrie, who ran virtually unchallenged down the field toward the end zone.

Lawrie, who also starts at defensive end, had three quarterback sacks.

Lawrie finished with a game-high 112 yards on just seven carries. He did not begin the year as a starter on offense. He took over the fullback duties when senior Alex Weber went down with a right forearm injury during Week 4.

“We always have Alex Weber on our minds because his season was cut short because of injury,” Draper said. “We’ve been playing for him all season. He’s our brother. But we’ve also been playing for our coaches and our fans.”

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Lewis-Palmer’s Alexa Smith named to all-American volleyball team Rangers’ senior is headed to Purdue for college

By Danny Summers

dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lewis-Palmer High School senior outside hitter Alexa Smith is nicknamed “Hammer” by her teammates and fellow classmates. Her powerful kills have caused more than one opposing player to duck for cover.

On Nov. 5, Smith was honored for her skills by being named to the Under Armour Girls High School All-American First Team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).

“Alexa has been on the All-American Watch List for the AVCA for several years,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Susan Odenbaugh. “This is quite an honor. The AVCA is one of the top volleyball organizations in the United States in college and high school.

“You have to be pretty good to make their list.”

The 150 players selected for this year’s teams represent 36 states and 139 high schools. Many have already committed to play collegiate volleyball at some of the top programs in the country. Smith is committed to Purdue.

Each of the players on the First Team will be invited to play in the Under Armour All-America Volleyball Match & Skills Competition. The event will be held at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City on Dec. 19th in conjunction with the 2014 AVCA Annual Convention.

You can get further information by going to www.avca. org.

Requirements for nomination were that the studentathlete be in her senior year of high school, that she be nominated by her high school coach, that her coach be a member of the AVCA and that her individual season statis-

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THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets

at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.

COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-4889031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org.

COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Colorado Springs Police Department, Gold Hill Division, 955 W. Moreno Ave, Colorado Springs. Visit https://coloradoranger.org/index.php/troops/troop-i or email info@coloradoranger. org GIRL SCOUTING offers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends,

learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603.

GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meeting is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at 719-433-5396 or Bob Duckworth at 719-481-4608, or visit www. sertoma.org.

tics versus all opponents for the entire season be entered into MaxPreps; a free service that aggregates and distributes data on high school sports.

“Alexa will finish her high school second in kills in Colorado history,” Odenbaugh said.

Smith has over 1,900 career kills. Her totals are down this year (310 entering the state tournament) because LewisPalmer has played fewer sets than in years past. The Rangers are 71-4 in sets and ranked No. 1 in the state, and are among the top teams in the nation.

“There’s not a position on the court that Alexa is weak in,” Odenbaugh said. “She can play up front, serve receive well, play the back row, wherever we need her.”

Smith is the only player from Colorado named to the First Team. Only two other players from the Pikes Peak region were honored. Rampart’s August Raskie and Castle View’s Madison Laufenberg were named Honorable Mention.

Smith and Nicole Montgomery are the only two seniors on the Lewis-Palmer team this season.

“Alexa and Nicole will be missed, but our program will still be in a good spot next year,” Odenbaugh said.

The AVCA, with its headquarters in Lexington, Kentucky, is managed by Associations International. The mission of the AVCA is to advance the sport of volleyball with AVCA coaches at the epicenter of leadership, advocacy and professional development.

The AVCA has a membership of 6,400 and provides a professional network for those individuals and companies dedicated to enhancing and promoting the sport. Members include collegiate, high school, club, youth and Olympic coaches, as well as volleyball club directors.

The AVCA also provides education to volleyball coaches, recognition of elite players and coaches, promotion of volleyball competitions throughout the world, and networking opportunities for volleyball products and services providers.

assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail info@ monumenthillkiwanis.org

LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome.

Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.

MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668.

THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the first Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-5929311 for reservations.

MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are no meetings in June, July and August.

Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October.

HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the first Wednes-

day of every month.

THE PALMER Lake Art Group meets on the second Saturday of the month at the group’s Vaile Hill Gallery, 118 Hillside Road. Call 719-488-8101 for information.

ITALIAN CLUB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you. Membership is open to men and women. More information at www.sonsofitalypp.com.

PALMER DIVIDE Quiltmakers meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Church at Woodmoor. Contact Carolyn at 719-488-9791 or hockcf@aol. com.

KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing

THE PIKES Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women

Lewis-Palmer senior Alexa Smith has been named First Team all-American by the American Volleyball Coaches Association. Courtesy photo

offers information by calling 719-532-0021.

PIKES PEAK Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chapter, 1st Cavalry Division Meeting is at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at the Retired Enlisted Association, 834 Emory Circle, Colorado Springs. We are a non-political, nonprofit soldier’s and veteran’s fraternity. Anyone who has been assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division anytime, anywhere, is eligible for membership. Friends of the Cav who have not served with the Division are eligible for Associate membership. We are family orientated so please bring significant other. We participate in local parades, do food shelf, picnics, Christmas party. Come join us for great camaraderie, make new friends, possibly meet old friends from the First Team. Contact Paul at 719-687-1169 or Al at 719-689-5778.

ROTARY CLUB of InterQuest meets at 4:46 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights at Northgate, 12105 Ambassador Drive (Voyager Parkway and Celestial Drive) in Colorado Springs. Guest always welcome. Serve with intergrity, love our community and have fun. Call Scott Allen at 719-338-7939.

SILENT SPRINGS Social Group is a social group for hard of hearing and deaf adults. Sign language users are welcome. Dining out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail silentspringscos@hotmail.com.

TAI CHI in the Park meets from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays in Big Red Park (behind the District 38 building in Monument). Limited instruction will be offered to those who do not know tai chi. Club is a way to get people together to introduce them to tai chi, and for those who already know it to have a time and place to meet one another. Club is free to join. Instructors from White Crane Tai Chi will help through warm-up, session and warm down. Open to all ages.

TOASTMASTERS FACC Masters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http://faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-481-3738.

TRANSMISSION MEDITATION The simplest, most potent way to serve humanity and help transform our world. Dynamic aid to personal growth. Group meditations at 7 p.m. every Monday and Thursday in Palmer Lake. Call 303-494-4462 for local group information and directions. Go to www.TransmissionMeditation.org.

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TRI-LAKES AMERICAN Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake.

Contact Ed at 719-481-2750.

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TRI-LAKES CROP Club meets on the third Saturday of the month. Call

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TRI-LAKES CRUISERS car club meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month in the Monument Fire Station on Hwy 105. Open to all makes and models of automobiles. It is a family oriented club that does several cruises and social events throughout the year. The club does a car show every June to benefit Tri-Lakes Cares.

For more information visit: www.tl-cruisers.org.

TRI-LAKES FRIENDS of the Libraries meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month from September through June at Monument Library.

THE TRI-LAKES Lions Club meets the first Thursday of every month at Monument Hill Country Club. The social is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting is at 7 p.m.

The International Association of Lions Clubs is the largest service club in the world with over 1.35 million members. The Lions are known as the “Knights of the Blind.” By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. Lions clubs are groups of community minded men and women who are interested in helping serve their communities. For information about the new Tri-Lakes Lions Club, contact the club’s president, Dave Prejean, at 719-492-8274. More information is available at lionsclubs.org.

TRI-LAKES NONDENOMINATIONAL Men’s Gathering meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Pinecrest Lodge in Palmer Lake. Continental breakfast is included. Call Basil Marotta at 719-487-9500.

TRI-LAKES PARENTS of Multiples Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Child care is provided for a minimal fee. New members and visitors are welcome. E-mail tlpoms@yahoo.com or call 719-488-6785.

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Palmer Ridge sent eight gymnasts to state finals Bears finished 15th out of 18 teams in Class 5A

By Danny Summers

dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com The Palmer Ridge gymnastics team - a combined District 38 program that also includes athletes from Lewis-Palmer - qualified eight members for the state tournament.

The event was held Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 at Thornton High School.

The Bears finished 15th among 18 teams in Class 5A and had an overall team score of 103.43.

Overland won the team title with a score of 184.97, defeating Broomfield by less than half of a point.

Competing for Palmer Ridge was: Kianah Cordova (beam, uneven bars and floor). Isabel Tellez (beam and vault), Kimberly Loidolt (beam and floor), Rachel Westfall (uneven bars

and floor), Annabel Husak (uneven bars and vault), Rayne Liu (floor), Tara Fugatee (vault) and Kendall Schade (vault).

Schade scored a 9.100 her final vault performance, giving her the highest individual score among all Palmer Ridge athletes.

“With two of our top girls out, as a team we scored our best team score at regionals,” said Palmer Ridge coach Kathy Clowes. “We just missed making it to state as a team. We were 13th team out of 12 (that advanced to state from regionals).”

Clowes added that she is considering having her team compete in off-season summer league that would lead into the 2015 season.

“Optional level gymnasts would perform unique routines with requirements set by the National Federation of State High School Association,” Clowes said. “The level of difficulty in an optional routine determines what level (1-5) the optional gymnast will compete.

Palmer Ridge will hold its team banquet Nov.15th at The SunDance Studio at 6:30 p.m.

The Palmer Ridge gymnastics teams finished 15th out of 18 teams at the Class 5A state meet. Photo by Danny Summers

SALOME’S STARS

crossword • sudoku

FOR THE WEEK OF NOV 10, 2014

GALLERY OF GAMES

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) A rejection of your attempt to be friendly leaves you with two choices: Try again, or give up. If you want to make another effort, go slowly.

Let things develop without pressure.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) It could be a problem dealing with unfamiliar people who do things differently from what you’re used to. But rely on that strong sense of purpose to get you through this difficult period.

& weekly horoscope

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) To avoid neglecting a personal matter because of a demanding new workplace schedule, start prioritizing immediately. Knowing how to apportion your time takes a little while to set up.

crossword • sudoku & weekly horoscope

GALLERY OF GAMES

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) It won’t be easy to avoid some of the pressures that come with change. Best advice: Take things a step at a time, and you’ll be less likely to trip up while things are in a chaotic state.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) A much-talked-about workplace change could be coming soon. Be sure to get all the details involved in the process, and once you have them, you can decide how you want to deal with it.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22)You might still believe that your trust was betrayed, although the facts would appear to prove the opposite. But by the week’s end you should learn something that will help set the record straight.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) Holiday plans could be a challenge because of shifting circumstances. But a more settled period starts by midweek, allowing you to firm up your plan-making once and for all.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) The facts continue to be on your side. So make use of them in dealing with any challenge to your stated position. Also, open your mind to the offer of help from an unlikely source.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21)There could still be a communication problem holding up the resolution of a troublesome situation. Stay with it, and eventually your message will get through and be understood.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) A possible change in your workplace schedule might create a chaotic situation for a while. But once things begin to settle down, you might find that this could work to your advantage.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) A recent job-linked decision might need to be reassessed because of the possibility of finding benefits you might have overlooked. Check out all related data to help in the search.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) A personal situation you agreed to might not be as acceptable to the other person involved in the matter. Avoid pressuring and bullying. Instead, seek common ground by talking things through.

BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for touching people’s minds as well as their hearts. You would make an outstanding educator.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Bernard G. Gustafson, Deceased Case Number: 2014 PR 31156 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of El Paso County, Colorado on or before March 5, 2015 or the claims may be forever barred.

Erika Porter Personal Representative 2515 Akron Street Denver, Colorado 80238 Legal Notice No: 932405 First Publication: November 5, 2014 Last Publication: November 19, 2014 Publisher: Tri-Lakes Tribune

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the MISTY ACRES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (the “District”) for the year of 2015.

A copy of the proposed budget is on file in the office of Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C., 380 Perry Street Suite 220, Castle Rock, CO 80104, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the District to be held at 20055 Alexandria Dr., Monument, Colorado, on Nov 20th, 2014 at 6:00 P.M. Any interested elector of the District may inspect the proposed budget and amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to final adoption of the budget and amended budget.

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The occupants of the following storage units are hereby notified that contents will be sold Nov. 24, 2014 @10:00 am at Academy View Storage 14080 Struthers Rd Colorado Springs, CO. 80921 Unless all monies due & owed are paid in full (cash) by 10:00AM Nov. 24, 2014.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Palmer Lake Sanitation District for the ensuing year of 2015; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Palmer Lake Sanitation District where same is open for public inspection; Such proposed budget will be considered during a public hearing at a regular meeting of the Palmer Lake Sanitation District Board of Directors to be held at 120 Middle Glenway, Palmer Lake, Colorado on Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

Any interested elector of such Palmer Lake Sanitation District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

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