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Tribune sold to local owners Plans to intensify community focus
made friends across Palmer Lake, Monument, Gleneagle, Woodmoor and Black Forest.” The Vogrins have long admired the area. “Cary grew up in rural Wisconsin and we love the character, charm and friendly people unique to small towns. We know there are great stories to tell here and we’re excited to practice community journalism at its purest level.” The Vogrins and Rich Tosches are familiar names in the region, having worked 20-years plus at area newspapers. Cary Vogrin worked at the Rocky Mountain News and then the Colorado Springs Gazette after arriving in the area in 1994 from the San Francisco Bay Area where she was an award-winning editor at the Contra Costa Times daily newspaper. In 2007, she left The Gazette to start a Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake pizza franchise. Bill Vogrin came to the region in 1994 after 13-plus years writing for The Associated Press in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois. He held various writing and editing positions at The Gazette, including City Editor, before launching his Side Streets neighborhood column in 2002. Tosches was a reader favorite
Staff report Your local newspaper, the TriLakes Tribune, got a whole lot more local when it was purchased Friday by longtime residents of the Pikes Peak region: Cary and Bill Vogrin of Colorado Springs. To buy the Tribune, the Vogrins teamed with Susie Burghart and Rich Tosches, who also have deep roots in the community. The two couples formed Pikes Peak Newspapers Inc. to purchase the paper from Colorado Community Media in Highlands Ranch. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. “Cary and I are thrilled to immerse ourselves in the Tri-Lakes community,” said Bill Vogrin, who will serve as editor and write a weekly column. He will join longtime publisher Rob Carrigan, who will remain in that position. “We have accompanied Rob and his wife, Niki Miscovich, on frequent visits to the area,” Vogrin said. “With them, we have enjoyed concerts and festivals, discovered great restaurants and pubs and
Former owners Gerald Healey and his wife Ann Macari, with new owners Cary and Bill Vogrin. Photo by Rob Carrigan as a columnist at The Gazette, the Colorado Springs Independent, the Rocky Mountain News and the Denver Post. He came to the region in 1993 from the Los Angeles Times, where he was a sports writer and humor columnist. He started his career at United Press International. And Burghart is well-known as a longtime resident, Colorado Col-
lege graduate, philanthropist and member of her alma mater’s board of trustees. “The very best newspapers are the ones that readers, customers, sources and the community itself, take great pride of ownership and trust in. Bill and Cary, Rich and Susie understand that. I am proud to be associated with owners that demonstrate such high ideals and
understanding of our important local, local, local mission. I plan to do my level best, to seek that trust and partnership with the community,” said Carrigan, who will continue to write his “Restless Native” column for the Courier but will shift more of his attention to expanding services to subscribers and advertisers. “Our goal is to build on the strong foundation Rob has in place at the Tribune and make it even better,” Bill Vogrin said. “We want the Tribune to tell folks things they didn’t know about the Tri-Lakes region, to entertain them, introduce them to their neighbors and be a place to turn to for help when they have problems.” Gerald Healey, publisher of Colorado Community Media, said he and his wife, Ann Macari, were happy the paper would stay in local control. “We’re pleased to sell to a local family with a strong newsroom background who is committed to community journalism,” Healey said. “The newspapers will benefit greatly from having Bill, a longtime area resident who understands local issues, as editor and president.” Healey said the sale would allow CCM to sharpen its focus on its 15 suburban Denver publications.
Tri-Lakes 4th of July Events POSTAL ADDRESS
Palmer Lake Elementary School to benefit from Fun Run proceeds Staff report WHAT
The Tri-Lakes area embodies its strong community ties and involvement in hosting its annual 4th of July festivities: Palmer Lake Fun Run, pancake breakfast, street fair, music festival, and parade.
TRI-LAKES TRIBUNE (USPS 418-960)
OFFICE: 325 Second Street, Suite R Monument, CO 80132 PHONE: 719-687-3006 A legal newspaper of general circulation in El Paso County, Colorado, the Tri-Lakes Tribune is published weekly on Wednesday by Colorado Community Media, 1200 E. Highway 24, Woodland Park, CO 80863. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT MONUMENT, COLORADO and additional mailing offices.
WHO
Superintendent Karen Brofft, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, will join community members in the Monument Hill Kiwanis Annual 4th of July Parade. Palmer Lake Elementary School staff and volunteers host the 33rd Annual Fun Run. St Peter Catholic Church Knights of Columbus host its annual pancake breakfast. The TriLakes Chamber of Commerce organizes the Monument Street Fair, and the Town of Monument coordinates the Music Festival.
POSTMASTER: Send address change to: 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129
WHEN
DEADLINES: Display: Thurs. 11 a.m. Legals: Thurs. 11 a.m. Classifieds: Mon. 10 a.m.
St Peter Catholic Church Pancake Breakfast: 7-10 a.m., Saturday, July 4 Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Street Fair: 8 a.m. – 3 p.m., Saturday, July 4 Monument Hill Kiwanis Children’s Parade: 9:30 a.m., Saturday, July 4, 2015 Monument Hill Kiwanis Parade: 10 a.m., Saturday, July 4 Monument Music Festival: Noon-9 p.m., Saturday, July 4
PL E ASE RECYCLE T HI S C OPY
Fun Run: 7 a.m., Saturday, July
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WHERE
Race: Palmer Lake Santa Fe
The Tri-Lakes area embodies its strong community ties and involvement in hosting its annual 4th of July festivities: Palmer Lake Fun Run, pancake breakfast, street fair, music festival, and parade. Photo by Rob Carrigan Trailhead, Palmer Lake Pancake Breakfast: St Peter Catholic Church, 55 N. Jefferson St., Monument Parade and Music Festival: Downtown Monument Street Fair: Second Street and Washington streets, Monument
HOW
Parade spectators are encouraged to come early, park at Palmer Ridge High School or Lewis-Palmer High School, and ride the free LPSD bus to and from downtown Monument (donations accepted). Pancake breakfast: free coffee from 6:30 a.m. on, adult tickets $7, children (younger than 12) $4, military and first responders in
uniform-free.
HIGHLIGHTS 7 a.m. - Fun run begins. 7 a.m. - Pancake breakfast begins. 8 a.m. - Street Fair begins. 9:30 a.m. - Children’s parade begins. 10:00 a.m. - Parade begins. Noon - music festival begins