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January 29, 2014
75 cents | Volume 49, Issue 3 Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County A publication of
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Did Manitou Springs pave way for Palmer Lake to legalize pot? Issue heats up over marijuana sales in area By Danny Summers
Dsummers@ colorado communitymedia.com Now that Manitou Springs has allowed legalized sales of marijuana, will other municipalities in El Paso County follow suit? That is the question on a lot of people’s minds in the Tri-Lakes area these days. On Jan. 21, the Manitou Springs City Council voted 6-1 to allow retail marijuana stores in
the city. Sales will be limited to just two shops, neither of which will be allowed in the busy downtown district. On Jan. 1, pot merchants in the state — mostly Denver — opened their doors to legalized recreational marijuana sales. El Paso County and other communities in the Pikes Peak region, however, banned the retail shops. Amendment 64, which was passed in November 2012, gives individual municipalities the power to make their own decisions on whether to allow retail pot. City officials in Manitou Springs have said that 68 percent of its residents support Amend-
ment 64. Palmer Lake Planning Commissioner Jim Adams is a proponent of allowing retail marijuana sales in Palmer Lake. “The only question for town council or the citizenry to consider is whether or not to profit from (the tax of) cannabis sales in Palmer Lake in a well-regulated environment, or remain untaxed and unregulated on the black market,” Adams said. Dino Salvatori, owner of Palmer Lake Wellness Center said that legalized sales of marijuana in the Pot continues on Page 5
Manitou Springs became the first El Paso County municipality to allow the legalized sales of marijuana in its city. Is Palmer Lake next? Courtesy photo
Discovery Canyon Campus to get a portable building
Wescott Fire gets its BARK Tri-Lakes based Animal Angels Resource Foundation presents kit to help to save animals’ lives
Elementary school is overflowing
By Danny Summers
By Danny Summers
Dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com
Dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com
The Wescott Fire Protection District Station 1 now has a BARK! As in Breath of Air Recovery Kit. Wescott got its BARK in a presentation on Jan. 17 when the Tri-Lakesbased Animal Angels Resource Foundation presented the deThose interested in partment with sponsoring a BARK for the lifesaving the community can conequipment for tact info@aarfhelp.org pets caught in or www.aarfhelp.org fire and disaster. for more information, or “When dicall Whipker at 719-661saster strikes, 1131 or 855-4PetHelp. family pets can become victims too,” said Janet Whipker, president of Animal Angels Resource Foundation. “Animal companions can die in fires from smoke asphyxiation and are often victims of pet emergency situations. “Firefighters, first responders and other search and rescue groups can feel helpless when confronted with an animal victim and want to help, but often lack the proper equipment to do so.” Whipker presented the BARK kit to Firefighter Wayne Krzemien, Fire Chief Vinny Burns and sponsor donor Kenneth Kowaiski. The kit is on Ladder Truck 1. The BARK kit is designed for animals instead of human faces and provides the opportunity to more efficiently administer oxygen to the animal. “This gives us more of an opportunity
Space is at a premium at Discovery Canyon Campus. And since expansion is not an option at the present time, a portable building will be installed at the elementary portion of the school. That word came down on Jan. 14 when DCC elementary principal Christina Serola sent out an Academy District 20 alert informing parents of the new development. The Tribune called Serola for comments, but questions were directed to District 20 spokesperson Nannette Anderson. “Estimates from the facilities department are that the portable purchase, placement, equipment, and furnishings — so that it’s complete for students and staff on the first day of school in August 2014 — is $130,000,” Anderson said. “That includes handicap accessible ramps and railings, as required by law, and all security measures noted in the 20Alert.” In her email, Serola noted the portable will be new; not one moved from another school. “Academy District 20 has very specific guidelines for the type and color of its portables so that they blend in with existing buildings,” Serola said in her email. “This addition will be used as permanent classrooms for fourth or fifth graders when school starts in August 2014. It will not be used for any Discovery courses.” Portables are not uncommon to many District 20 and District 38 schools that have had to deal with overcrowding issues because of a spike in population in the TriLakes area. “Portables are often added when enrollments peak in emerging new neighborhoods,” Serola said in her email. District 20 has portable buildings at
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The Wescott Fire Protection Agency received a Breath of Air Recovery Kit (BARK) from the Animal Angels Resource Foundation on Jan. 17. Pictured from left to right is firefighter Wayne Krzemien, fire chief Vinny Burns and sponsor donor Kenneth Kowalski. Courtesy photos
The Breath of Air Recovery Kit (BARK) is designed for animals instead of human faces and provides the opportunity to more efficiently administer oxygen to the animal.
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