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City Manager ousted by Downtown Development Authority in surprise move

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com Weeks after losing its executive director, the Downtown Development Authority board voted 5-3 last week to remove David Buttery, Woodland Park city manager, as its interim director.

Buttery had replaced Brian Fleer, who resigned his position in May as executive director of Economic and Downtown Development Authority.

The decision surprised at least one board member and even Buttery, who found himself ousted by a handful of business owners in the community who serve on the board.

Voting to remove Buttery were: Merry Jo Larsen, owner of The Cowhand; Tanner Coy, owner of Tweeds Fine Furnishings; Jan Wilson, owner of Curves; Jerry Good, owner of Williams Log Cabin Furniture; and Elijah Murphy of the Historic Ute Inn. Good and Murphy

are new to the board.

Voting to retain Buttery were: new board member Ellen Carrick, former travel agency owner, as well as Alpine Firearms owner Jon DeVaux and Al Born, county coroner. Board member and City Councilman Noel Sawyer was absent.

“We are going to function without a director/coordinator for the time being,” said Larsen, who was re-elected chairman of the board at the meeting July 12.

“We have nothing on the table at this time to warrant guidance. We want to handle our own affairs, to be a more active board. At this time, we choose to be independent.”

In the past, the DDA’s executive director also served as the city’s economic development director in a dual role reflecting the partnership between the authority and the city. In that arrangement, the authority paid one-third of the executive’s salary.

Photo by Pat Hill Merry Jo Larsen was one of five members of the DDA board who voted to remove the city manager as the interim director.

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Memorial Park renovation Term limits debate re-ignited as county asks voters for more time weeks behind schedule

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com

Photo by Pat Hill The redevelopment project of Memorial Park is expected to be completed by September.

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com Maybe you were among the people wondering why the Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration was not held at Memorial Park, showing off its months of renovation.

That’s because the $2.4 million overhaul of the park, started in July 2015, is behind schedule and still weeks from completion.

Weather is being blamed for the delays and the project now is expected to be finished in September.

“We are making progress and I am as anxious as the next person to get it finished,” said Woodland Park’s city manager, David Buttery.

Recent rainstorms have delayed the project, Buttery said, noting that this month the construction crew is finishing up the decorative concrete work in addition to lining the interior of the pond.

“Hopefully, the pond work will be finished before the next rainstorm,” Buttery said.

The 3.32-acre park is the oldest in town, having been dedicated in 1938. This is the first significant renovation of the park since 1984.

Changes includes digging out and restoring its 12-foot-deep pond and installing jets in the middle and a sand beach on the west side.

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Should Teller County officials be limited to two four-year terms, as voters in 1994 decided, or should those limits be abolished?

That question will face voters again in the Nov. 8 general election after a July 14 decision by the Teller County Commission.

Commissioners Marc Dettenrieder, Dave Paul and Norm Steen approved a resolution that asks voters to again decide the issue 22 years after limits were approved.

In 1994, Colorado voters approved an amendment to the state Constitution to impose term limits by a narrow margin of 51 percent in favor and 48.9 percent opposed with 1.1 million votes cast. Term limits placed on Colorado’s members of Congress and Senate were deemed unconstitutional and overturned.

Since 1994, 23 counties have eliminated term limits, legally opting out of the measure.

In arguing for ending term limits, Dan May, 4th Judicial District Attorney, pointed to the rural nature of Teller County.

“I see huge differences between Teller and El Paso counties,” May said in testimony to the board. “Here, people know exactly what their elected officials are doing. People know how well offices are being run.”

While the county’s officials are competent and professional, May said, that

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hasn’t always been the case.

“Just a couple of years ago, it cost this county $250,000 in one of the offices that had to be taken over by the Secretary of State.”

May was referring to the former clerk & recorder, J.J. Jamison, who was forced to resign her position after being accused of several infractions.

“You have a competent clerk (Kyrstal Brown) in that position now, so the question is, in a rural community, if you find a ‘John Elway’ do you really want term limits?” May said.

The issue affects the clerk, assessor, coroner, commissioners, sheriff, surveyor and treasurer, but not the district attorney.

To strengthen his argument, May highlighted the service of former Commissioner Jim Ignatius, who served from 2003-13, including a partial two-year term when he filled a vacancy.

“Jim represented this county spectacularly,” May said. “He was recognized as a true leader across the state. I would recommend that you refer this issue to the voters.”

In a letter written to the commissioners, which May read, Ignatius recommended opting-out of term limits.

“When I left office, I was elected to 32 national, state, regional and local boards,” Ignatius wrote.

Doloretta Barber agreed with May and Ignatius that a small, rural county like Teller can’t afford to run off expert public officials.

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FARMERS MARKET – FRIDAY, JULY 22 What: Woodland Park Farmer’s Market

featuring vegetables, breads, pies, pastries, jams, honey & pickles, salsas, pastas, birdseeds, birdhouses & toys, pet treats & miscellaneous items, natural meats, eggs, cheeses, flowers and plants, a variety of hot foods & drinks and seasonal specials When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Friday, July 22 Where: Behind Vectra Bank at the corner of U.S. Highway 24 and S. West St. in Woodland Park.

Info: Call Judy Crummet, 719-648-7286 or visit www.wpfarmersmarket.com

MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE – SATURDAY, JULY 23 What: Racers ages 2-5 to Pro Adults will compete

in Rocky Mountain State Games event.

When: Adventure zone and facepainting starts at 8 a.m. followed by Strider race at 1 p.m. USA Cycling will be on hand to officiate the adult catagories, Single Speed, Clydesdale, Cat. 1, 2 and 3. Serrano’s will be on hand to offer lunch specials.

Where: Aspen Valley Ranch, 1150 South West Road, Woodland Park Cost: Free to public. Race participants: $10 for kid 2-5; $30 for youth; $40 for adults. USA $10 oneday license for adult races.

Info: Visit ColoradoSpringsSports.org or contact Deborah Maresca, 719-689-3435

For The Courier Bert West of Divide was elected to a three-year term as a trustee of Kiwanis International at the 101st Annual Kiwanis International Convention in Toronto, Canada, last month.

West is a third-generation member of Kiwanis, a volunteer service organization that serves the children of the world.

He joined in 1988 and has had 27 years of perfect attendance.

He is a member of the Kiwanis Club of Ute Pass-Woodland Park and previously belonged to the Kiwanis Club of Woodlake and the Sequoia-Visalia Kiwanis Club. He is a life member.

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RAILROAD DAYS – SATURDAY, JULY 23

What: Historian/Courier columnist Mel McFarland narrates his “Last Train to Cripple Creek” video as part of the day-long Railroad Days festivities that include dedication of a new Railroad Room at the Cripple Creek District Museum.

When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, July 23. (Video plays at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., at the Cripple Creek Heritage Museum.)

Where: Cripple Creek Info: Call the Heritage Center at 689-3289 or the Museum at 689-9540.

HISTORY TOURS - SATURDAY THROUGH SEPT. 17 What: Take a 90 minute walking tour

of historic downtown Woodland Park, starting at the Museum Center in History Park, and including local flora and fauna.

When: 10 a.m., Saturdays; Docent-led tours of the cabins in History Park begin at 11 a.m.

Where: Ute Pass Historical Society & Pikes Peak Museum, 231 E. Henrietta Ave., Woodland Park Cost: Free, donations accepted Info: Call Judy Perkins, 719-686-7512 or visit UtePassHistoricalSociety.org

“We have chosen not to spend our portion of the money on staff (including administrative assistant Carol Lindholm),” Larsen said.

At the meeting, the board developed an agenda that does not include an EDC director.

“We would like to help more of the existing business-retail environment and address some of our blighted areas, like Buck’s (the former bar and now an empty building),” she said. “We’d like to focus on those rather than bringing new businesses to town.”

First up for the board is a retreat, along with a workshop, to define goals and needs.

“At that time, we will look for a coordinator who can provide those needs,” Larsen said. “It could be a grant-writer, a negotiator, or someone with expertise in economic development.”

For the past several years, the public has questioned the DDA board about the lack of development in its property in Woodland Station, in the center of downtown.

In March, board member Tanner Coy laid out a plan for the station that included hosting events.

“With a little bit of landscaping, mowing and leveling, we could have had events there all summer,” Larsen said.

For now, those plans are up in the air.

The day after the meeting, DeVaux called the vote ill-advised.

“David is the city’s liaison to the DDA and is probably one of the best guys I know to work out negotiations,” he said. “The vote caught me by complete

In the July 13 edition of The Courier, a front-page story about the Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration incorrectly identified the director of the Wind Symphony. The director is Craig Harms, who founded and directs the Wind Symphony, which played in the pavilion at the Ute Pass Cultural Center.

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surprise.”

With the partnership between the city and the DDA, there’s a system of checks and balances, DeVaux said.

As far as the DDA’s plans to improve existing businesses, DeVaux is skeptical.

“There is no money for that,” he said.

Asked if he was surprised, Buttery answered flatly: “Yes.” Over the past several years, Buttery has acted as the interim DDA director after the resignations of the late Joe Napoleon, Beth Kosley and Fleer. Each fulfilled the dual role of economic and downtown development.

“It was felt by the DDA board and others, up to this point, that the workload didn’t warrant a full-time position in either role,” Buttery said.

The vote was entirely legal, Buttery said.

“In the DDA bylaws, they have the ability to appoint an executive director,” he said.

As a result of the DDA vote, the two positions will be separate.

“The DDA board gets to decide who they want as their executive director,” Buttery said. “I get to decide what to do for economic development.”

In recent years, the 15-year-old DDA has struggled to find a tenant for its 10acre Woodland Station property downtown. It lost the Woodland Aquatic Center last September in a controversial decision by Buttery that erupted into months of heated debate in the community.

Now the board seems to be changing direction to perhaps use its property for events.

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“I am honored to have been selected by my fellow Kiwanis club members for this opportunity to help guide our volunteer service organization,” said West. “Kids need Kiwanis, in communities in Colorado and around the world, and I’m proud of our efforts to help children thrive, prosper and grow.” His term begins Oct. 1.

West is a member of his club’s Ute Pass Hall of Fame and he is a former Rocky Mountain District governor. Also, he is a past president of the Woodlake and the Ute Pass-Woodland Park clubs.

A roofer by trade, West and his wife, Sandy, have been married for more than 30 years. They have two adult children, Megan and Lauren.

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In Loving Memory ROBERT D. “BOB” CAMPBELL Robert D. “Bob” Campbell 89 of the Guffey Area died July 7, 2016 at home surrounded by family.

Bob was born May 28, 1927. Except for the two years in the Army, he never lived more than five miles from where he died, at home, on the Campbell Ranch.

On June 1, 1949, he married Mary Coon, the niece of a neighboring rancher. They were married 67 years, and raised four children

on the ranch. Bob ranched his entire life with his Dad, brother, and, son.

He is survived by his wife, Mary, his sister, Joy Lundy, one son, and three daughters.

He is also survived by six grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and many cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends.

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Term Limits Continued from page 1A “Take Krystal, who has done an excellent job,” she said.

“It takes a long time to train somebody to be as efficient as she is.”

With term limits, there is a risk that future commissioners, for instance, would not have the experience to be able to secure gaming and other funds for Teller County, said Robert Barber.

But not everyone who testified thought opting out of term limits was a good idea, including Mick Bates, a member of Leadership in the Rockies program.

“I feel strongly that a person should go to a government position, serve a period of time and then go back to the private sector,” Bates said. “You could pick a number of people who are very competent at this.”

Commissioner Paul acknowledged that it was his idea to craft the resolution.

Like May, Paul voted for term limits in 1994, but has since changed his mind.

“I think term limits might be a good idea at the national and state levels,” he said. “We have a situation that

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any qualified elector, under the law, can fill out the paperwork and run for office. The only exception to that is the one person who may have eight years of experience. And I don’t like the government telling me what to do.”

Dettenrieder, on the other hand, threw in a zinger.

“I don’t think I should sit here and judge whether or not it should be on the ballot based on my opinion,” he said.

“The people of Teller County should decide.”

While the commissioners voted unanimously on the resolution, Steen said he’d vote against the measure in November.

“I am sitting in Jim Ignatius’s seat and, if it weren’t for term limits, I would not be here,” Steen said. “Jim would still be here, without a doubt.

“I’m in my first term and serve on 35 boards, will likely be the president of Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments that controls $350 million in local budgets and chair a couple of state committees.

“It is not unfeasible for a person in the first term to become quickly up to speed.”

Crowds celebrate annual Gold Rush Days in Victor

By Halle Thornton halle.thornton@yahoo.com Palmer Lake resident Claudia Godec has been coming to Gold Rush Days in Victor for three years now and thinks that Victor “is Colorado.”

“This has flavor,” she said, explaining why she made the drive up Ute Pass on Saturday, July 16, to the annual Gold Rush Days festival. “This place has what you’re looking for.”

Godec has been a resident of Colorado for years and loves the historic mining town.

“I would live here if I could,” said Godec.

Godec’s favorite store in Victor is the Victor Trading Co., where she buys her brooms because of the quality.

“I tell all my friends to buy brooms from them, they’re the best quality.”

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shelters, gazebo, restrooms, a fishing dock, playground, basketball court, benches, picnic tables and drinking fountain.

Concrete walkways were installed throughout the park along with new lighting.

The community event shelter over the pond is expected to host weddings and community activities. Open space was added for greater active recreation opportunities.

When it finally reopens, it will again host community special events such as the Fourth of July Celebration, Cruise Above the Clouds Car Show and Art Festivals.

The project got a $350,000 grant from Great Outdoors Colorado, or GOCO, and a $40,000 Fishing Is Fun grant from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, which will stock the pond, once it is refilled.

Because of funding shortfalls, some features such as the planned splash pad had to be eliminated. To raise funds, the city is offering special naming rights for amenities like the gazebo, park shelter, arbor or playground.

For $100, a donor can be listed on a donor wall. For information, call Cindy Keating, director of the parks and recreation department at 687-5211.

BIZ BUZZ Pictured at right: Samantha Kelley recently purchased the CPA firm in Woodland Park from her boss, Rick Chulick. Kelley has been part of the firm, now called Kelley and Chulick Certified Public Accountants since 2014. Photo courtesy of Scott Kelley.

According to the Roshek Report, 62 homes sold in Teller County and Ute Pass in May.

Woodland Park man dies in car crash near Cripple Creek

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com 34-year-old Thadius David Pittenger, of Woodland Park, died of a broken neck on July 16 after the 1995 Jeep Wrangler he was driving went off the road and struck a tree, according to Teller County coroner Al Borne, who conducted an autopsy Monday morning. Pittenger was traveling westbound on Teller County Road 82 near Cripple Creek,

Pittenger was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to Colorado State Patrol Trooper Tim Sutherland, the driver lost control and began to skid off the roadway.

Pittenger was about two-tenths of a mile east of Colorado 67, outside of Cripple Creek, when the crash occurred about 9 p.m.

Colorado State Patrol spokesman Nate Reid said the crash is under investigation.

Reid added that alcohol and speed are not considered factors at this time.

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In Woodland Park, of 23 homes sold, the highest-priced, at 409 Falcons Rest Pl., was $929,000, the lowest, at 97 Hedges Cr., was $155,000.

In Divide, of 19 homes sold, the highest-priced, at 352 Lost Lake Dr., was $625,000, the lowest, at 363 Sportman Ln., was $115,000.

In Florissant, of 14 homes sold, the highest-priced, at 831 Highland Mdws. Dr., was $415,000, the lowest, at 55 Arapahoe Dr., was $50,000.

In Ute Pass, of 6 homes sold, the

highest-priced, at 7775 N. Topeka Ave., was $470,000, the lowest, at 9525 Fountain Rd., was $194,000.

Nicole Dindino has been hired as a program aide at Daybreak, an Adult Daycare Center, in Woodland Park. Paula Levy opened the center in May 2015.

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National Night Out a great time to heal, build community PIKES PEAK BILL Bill Vogrin billvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

In a couple weeks, on Aug. 2, some 15,000 neighborhoods across the nation will gather to celebrate National Night Out. The event is billed as an “annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.”

We’ve never needed such a night more than we do right now. The entire nation needs it, including right here in Teller County. Especially our kids.

Don’t fool yourself that we’re immune to such events as the horrors we’ve witnessed in Dallas; St. Paul, Minn.; Baton Rouge, La. and countless other communities all the way back to the pivotal event two years ago when Ferguson, Mo., erupted in prolonged, violent protests after what many perceived as a police officer’s brutality against a black man.

Obviously, we don’t have the same situation here. There is no large minority population or government housing projects teeming with generations of poor where the crime rate is astronomical and opportunities few.

But just down the road in Colorado Springs, we’ve seen the video of brothers Benjamin and Ryan Brown, who are black, being pulled out of car by a white police officer, their faces shoved into snow and arrested during a simple traffic stop.

The March 25, 2015, incident prompted a complaint by the ACLU of unnecessary force and an internal affairs investigation by Springs police into the actions by Officer David Nelson. The agency cleared him of wrongdoing, despite comments by a fellow officer suggesting Nelson escalated the confrontation. The Brown/ACLU complaint is pending.

Then last July, video surfaced of another Springs police

officer, Tyler Walker, body-slamming a young white woman onto her face, breaking one of her teeth, while she was in custody and belligerent at Memorial Hospital in 2013. The victim sued and Walker was given unspecified disciplinary action by the department, according to news reports.

I’m not arguing these are proof of widespread police brutality. And I’m certainly not saying there is a culture of police targeting blacks in the region.

In fact, I’ve found the Woodland Park Police and the Teller County Sheriff’s Department to be open and accessible and always professional and even-handed in my dealings with them.

I’m simply saying the mood, nationwide, is troubling and we should not ignore it or avoid these difficult conversations. Otherwise, we risk getting caught in the same riptides that have swept our cities. All it takes is one incident for things to explode.

A great trend being adopted by law enforcement nationally and in the Pikes Peak region is the “Coffee with a Cop” program. It’s a great idea that puts police officers in a relaxed setting where they could meet the folks they serve and protect. It humanizes the police and opens a healthy dialogue with the public.

National Night Out is another opportunity that shouldn’t be wasted.

The premise is simple: Neighbors get to know each other in a community picnic setting and develop friendships.

Then, when they see something amiss at that new friend’s home, they are more likely to get involved and call police.

The first “Night Out” was in 1984 and it evolved, as part of the Neighborhood Watch movement, into a bonding opportunity between neighbors and with police, as well.

Woodland Park hosted its first Night Out last year with this exact goal. Sponsored by Courier columnist and longtime Woodland Park businessman Cord Prettyman, the event was a great start.

And this year the event promises to be bigger and bet-

ter. It’s planned for 5:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 2, at the Ute Pass Cultural Center, 210 E. Midland Ave. I hope the community responds to their initiative.

Make it a big party. Come grab a free Jimmy John’s sub.

Grab a free drink. Gather ‘round at 6:30 p.m. for the special ceremony honoring our law enforcement officers.

Then stick around and genuinely get to know them.

Typically, police and sheriff’s offices will bring some of a variety of squad cars, SWAT teams and specialized equipment, which are magnets for kids.

And that’s the biggest opportunity of all. Bring your kids to meet the women and men in uniform.

The images on TV are powerful and might make you believe all police go around brutalizing and killing blacks and other people of color. Or that all people of color are criminals. Of course that’s not true. But kids are especially vulnerable to such suggestions.

We need to teach them the vast majority of police are good people who run toward the gunfire to protect us.

It’s also a good opportunity for each of us to talk to our kids about how to respond to police to avoid confrontations and diffuse situations that can rapidly escalate out of control.

Whattya say? Doesn’t everybody need a night out, once in a while?

Protect your baby blues from the sun and other threats FIT AND HEALTHY Cord Prettyman cordprettyman@msn.com

One of the great wonders of the human body is its ability to repair or replace damaged cells. Red blood cells, for instance, live about 120 days. Every day, approximately 1 percent of your red blood cells are replaced by a fresh generation.

The lens of the human eye, however, is an exception.

The cells of the lens of the eye are not replaced and the proteins of the lens are never replenished. Simply put, your eyes cannot repair themselves from the damage that accumulates over a lifetime.

Most Americans know that sunlight can damage their skin. But in one survey of 1,000 adults, only 6 percent were aware sunlight can damage the eye.

Further, only 18 percent of Americans take precautions to protect their eyes from the sun.

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The lens of the eye is responsible for adjusting focus.

Behind the lens lies the retina, the thin lining of the back of the eye.

The retina is the eye’s miracle. This patch of tissue, about the size and thickness of a postage stamp, dissolves and creates a new image every tenth of a second.

The macula is the part of the retina that distinguishes fine detail at the center of the field of vision.

Numerous studies have shown that exposure to ultraviolet light can contribute to a number of ocular complications. Photokeratitis, or “snow blindness,” is a painful but reversible sunburn of the cornea. Cataracts are due to accumulating damage to the proteins of the lens and pterygium is an abnormal growth on the eye’s surface that can require surgery.

The most serious long-term consequence to UV light exposure is macular degeneration from the accumulation of damage to the retina. Retinal diseases are the leading cause of blindness in the U.S. today.

Unprotected, excessive exposure to the sun’s rays, especially during early childhood, is harmful to the eyes.

The risk for retinal damage from the sun’s rays is greatest in children younger than 10, although the consequences are not usually apparent until adulthood.

Here’s what the experts recommend to minimize your risk of becoming a UV radiation ocular casualty: All children should wear “real” sunglasses, not toy

sunglasses.

All sunglasses are not the same. Effective sunglasses need to be rated to block out 99 to 100 percent of UV radiation.

Use sunglasses with large lenses that wrap around for maximum protection.

Dark colored sunglasses do not necessarily provide better protection. A chemical coating applied to the lens is responsible for UV protection.

Ordinary sunglasses without a chemical coating actually make the situation worse because the dark lenses cause the pupils to dilate allowing more of the dangerous UVA radiation to damage the lens and retina.

Contact lenses advertised as UV-absorbing are not a substitute for sunglasses.

Don’t be misguided by price. Higher-priced sunglasses usually reflect fashion and not UV protection.

Wear a hat with at least a three-inch brim for additional eye protection.

Be proactive in protecting your eyes. They are irreplaceable.

Sports Editor DANNY SUMMERS dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

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Cord Prettyman is a certified Master Personal Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Rehab Studio in Woodland Park. Reach him at 687-7437, at cordprettyman@msn.com or at cordprettyman.com.

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Remembering the last run of the Colorado Midland RESTLESS NATIVE Rob Carrigan robcarrigan@yourpeaknews.com

“A railroad is like a lie, you have to keep building it to make it stand.”

–Mark Twain

“One of the things the government can’t do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.”

–Lee Iacocca

It was a serious pain to switch from standard-gauge rails down to the narrow gauge to get through the mountains. Making transfers to different rolling stock (on both ends of the journey), smaller payloads, special equipment required and other elements were problematic.

But building a full-width track, through twisting canyons and on precipitous rock walls, up nearly impossible grades, was a daunting task for early railroad track engineers.

The Colorado Midland claims the title of being the first standard-gauge line to be built through the Rockies. Like the distance between the eyes of Bunyan’s blue ox Babe, the tracks were two ax handles and a plug of chewing tobacco wide, (four feet, eight inches) compared to the narrow gauge’s three-foot span.

Organized in 1884 by area pioneer banker Irving Howbert, and implemented and guided in its infancy by the sheer will of businessman James J. Hagerman, the line pressed on up through the Ute Pass and eventually made it as far as Grand Junction.

Originally, they intended going on to Salt Lake City, but with the discovery of gold in Cripple Creek, the strategy shifted to a branch line leaving from Divide, headed south to the mining district. That effort became a tangled mess with construction delays that eventually stopped it dead in its tracks.

Some of the original investors formed a new company called the Midland Terminal Railway and it carried its first cargo into and out of the district, (at least as far as Gillette Flats) in 1894.

Other railroads followed suit and by the turn of the century, multiple roads were servicing the district. But their success was short-lived. During World War I, railroads were nationalized and by 1918, one competitor, “The Short Line” had shut down.

The Colorado Midland stopped service shortly afterward, but its track from Colorado Springs to Divide was assimilated by the Midland Terminal Railroad, which by that time, the majority of ownership was in the hands of Spencer Penrose and A.E. Carlton and tied to mining efforts in region.

They used it mostly to transport ore to the Golden Cycle Mill in Old Colorado City from the mines in Victor, Cripple Creek and the other mining hamlets in the District.

Regularly scheduled passenger trains ran until 1931, but according rail expert Mel McFarland, two terminals on “the Westside” burnt in the winter of ’31. The train continued to run until the Golden Cycle ceased operation at its Westside mill in 1949. Be sure to attend McFarland’s presentations in Divide and Cripple in the coming days, described elsewhere in this paper.

One last passenger train ran in February of 1949. Such notables as former Gov. Ralph Carr and legendary radio announcer and newsman Lowell Thomas attended that last ride.

In the late 1980s, John Graham, owner, publisher and editor of the Pikes Peak Journal and his staff completed the following project about the last run of the Midland Terminal Railroad.

Winter wasn’t the proper season for such an event, but it couldn’t wait until spring. By then, all the locomotives would be gone.

So despite the chilly weather, a sizable crowd turned out on the morning of Feb. 6, 1949, at the Midland Terminal Railway yards on 21st Street to help write a page of history. The last passenger train from Colorado Springs to Cripple Creek was scheduled to leave on its final trip.

Ed Chonka, a Westside resident who was born and raised near Bott Street next to the sprawling, 500-acre mill and railroad complex operated by Golden Cycle Corporation, was one of the many people who felt the empti-

Former Midland Roundhouse at 21st Street and U.S. Hwy 24 in Colorado Springs. ness associated with the railroad’s impending demise.

He showed up with his camera to document the Midland Terminal’s last hooray.

“I wish I had taken even more pictures than I did,” said Chonka. “But it was real sad. It was such a change. Suddenly the railroad wouldn’t be there anymore. It was like someone dying.”

Before the day ended, Chonka recorded scenes of Engine 59, one of railroad’s oldest war horses, pulling four passenger cars up Ute Pass en route to Cripple Creek and the once generous gold fields which gave birth to the Midland Terminal 54 years earlier.

Chonka, riding in a car driven by his brother Chuck, took pictures of the train as it chugged its way past many landmarks and stations which are only memories today - Becker’s Spur, Manitou Iron Springs, Lime Rock, Crags, Bison, Edlowe, and Ice House Spur.

Hoot Sullivan, an engineer who had worked his way up through the ranks after starting as a worker on a section crew, was also on hand that February day in 1949.

“I felt so badly about it,” the Westside resident recalls.

“It was like having the rug pulled out from under me. I was young and thought I had everything I wanted. I was an engineer. Suddenly, there was nothing to look forward to.”

Sullivan wasn’t alone. In the coming weeks, 120 Midland Terminal employees lost their jobs. Some of them later found temporary work when Commercial Metals Company of Dallas, a salvage company which hired local crews to tear out the 56 miles of rail between Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek.

Two weeks after the last passenger trip, the Midland Terminal ran its final freight run to Cripple Creek, returning with 31 ore cars, 27 of them empty, and miscellaneous equipment from depots in Midland, Divide, Woodland Park, Cascade and Manitou Springs. Although all the official “good-byes” had already been said during the passenger train ceremonies, the last freight run was a more befitting tribute to the memory of the Midland Terminal.

Hauling ore and freight, not passengers, was really what the railroad was all about, right from the beginning.

Born during the scramble to get to the Cripple Creek and Victor gold fields in the mid-1890s, the Midland Terminal was a survivor of an incredible and oftentimes cut-throat railroad boom which featured four other main contenders - the Colorado Midland, the Denver and Rio Grande, Florence and Cripple Creek, and the Cripple Creek and Colorado Springs.

The competition was fierce with the Colorado Midland and Midland Terminal working the northern route into the gold fields from Divide, and the D&RG and Florence and Cripple Creek teaming to work a southern route from Florence. Plying the most direct and probably most difficult line was the CC&CS, which reached the gold fields via what is today’s the Gold Camp Road.

Benefiting from the booming railroad activity in the late 1890s and early 1900s was Colorado City and its oreprocessing mills - Golden Cycle, Colorado-Philadelphia, Standard, and Portland. Colorado City had experienced previous boom eras because of railroad expansion, primarily in the 1880s after the Colorado Midland had carved out a route to Leadville through Ute Pass. The early gold rushes into the Colorado mountains had set the stage

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for Colorado City to become a staging area for workers headed for the Cripple Creek mines.

When production in the gold fields began declining after the turn of the century, the struggle for survival among the railroads and the mills intensified. More than $24 million worth of gold had been produced from ore from Cripple Creak in 1902; by 1917, that figure was down to $10 million and dropping.

The Colorado Midland went under in 1918, but the Midland Terminal acquired much of its equipment and continued operating.

“The railroad, however, was moving in a direction that spelled its own end,” wrote author Mel McFarland in his book, “The Cripple Creek Road.” “The Midland Terminal was becoming dependent upon the output of Golden Cycle-owned mines.”

The railroad’s passenger service was quickly becoming a thing of the past, thanks mainly to the automobile. The company was running in the red between 1923 and 1929, and by 1931, passenger service was essentially eliminated.

A passenger car would, on occasion, be added to the daily freight runs in the summer, but the Midland Terminal was primarily in the business of hauling ore.

For 18 more years the railroad fought to stay alive and managed to overcome a number of obstacles, including devastating floods in 1935 and 1947, and a drastic decrease in mining activity during World War II. Struggling also during this time was the Golden Cycle Mill, which seldom produced at over half its capacity.

Labor problems, including a strike by workers who were seeking wage increases, added to the Midland Terminal’s woes in 1948. The Golden Cycle Corporation which by that time owned both the Midland Terminal and Golden Cycle Mill - finally decided to abandon the railroad and to close the mill in Colorado City in favor of a new facility in Elkton near Cripple Creek.

So when a final farewell trip was planned for Feb. 6, 1949, people like Ed Chonka and “Hoot” Sullivan, whose lives on the Westside were entwined with the railroad’s history, turned out to get a last look.

“After the last passenger trips, I remember watching some of the locomotives being cut up with torches,” Chonka recalls. “It was hard to believe. I had watched them heading back and forth to Cripple Creek since I was a kid.”

One of the cruelest aspects of the Midland Terminal’s demise, as far as historians and restoration groups are concerned, was its almost complete elimination in a short period of time.

A few remnants remain today, including some of the terminal building complex which is now occupied by Van Briggle Pottery (Van Briggle has recently relocated) and Ghost Town, and the tunnels along side U.S. Highway 24 in Ute Pass, but most of the physical evidence - including all the locomotives - that made the Midland Terminal an essential part of Old Colorado City and the Westside has disappeared.

“I wish the city still had the railroad around,” Sullivan said. “It would be a real asset, I think, for the tourist trade.

To be able to take visitors over what was once the life-line to Cripple Creek.

“It would be something.”

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50 Years Ago – The Ute Pass Courier on July 21, 1966 Mayor resigns: Woodland Park Mayor Glenn Davis re-

Scout honored: C.H. “Dee” Crumbaker of Woodland

signed July 14 at a special meeting of the Town Council.

Elected in April, Davis said his family is moving to Edmond, Okla., where he will take over as the state director of the Oklahoma division of the Pacific-Atlantic Life Insurance Co. Mayor Pro-Tem John Wondergem, an 18-year resident, will serve as acting mayor.

Park was awarded the Vigil Honor Order of the Arrow by the Boy Scouts of America. Crumbaker started in scouting in 1931 and is a member of the Ha-Kin-Shay-A-Ki lodge.

Stampede scramble: A prime attraction of the 1966 Ute Trail Stampede in Woodland Park will be the “Mad Scramble” – a new event to the area. It features an arena full of cowboys trying to keep their mounts on the backs of bucking broncos and charging bulls. The 17th annual Stampede runs July 29-31 and features steer wrestling, calf roping, bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, Brahma bull riding, girls barrel racing daily. Admission is $2 adults, 75 cents for children.

Candidate visit: Judge J. Edgar Chenoweth, a Republican, spoke to a group of Teller County Republicans at the Community Hall in Divide. Chenoweth is seeking to return to Congress in the 3rd District. He served 22 years in Congress before being defeated in 1964 by Frank Evans, a Democrat. Chenoweth practices law in his hometown of Trinidad. He promised to work to get the price of gold increased so mines in Cripple Creek can be re-opened.

Campers invited: The Woodland Park Camp Ground, two miles north on Deckers Highway, is open and charges $2 per car. Special rates apply for campers by the week or month. Hot showers. Managers are Bob and Jeri Smalling.

Garbage cans mandatory: Legal Notice: Every owner or occupant of any house, dwelling, hotel, restaurant, apartment in this town shall provide for such building a vessel, no larger than 32 gallons for garbage. The vessel shall be made of metal, water tight with a close-fitting metal cover Every occupant, tenant or person in charge of such house, apartment, hotel, dwelling, restaurant or building shall cause to be deposited in said vessel all garbage produced in or brought therein.

Water pump discussed: The Pikes Peak Community Club met at the home of Glen Johnston in Divide. Discussion was held on the installation of a water pump to get water at the Community Hall. The pump was then installed. With a few minor repairs, we will have water soon.

Tale of turkeys, a fire, a famous artist and the Paradise Lodge CABOOSE COBWEBS Mel McFarland

A couple of items attracted my attention in the news from 1937. Both happened, as was described, as east of Woodland Park. We might not think so today, as we have a bigger town some 80 years later.

The first was in May 1937, when there was a big fire, caused by a stove used to heat the building at Friendfield Turkey Ranch. Yes, that was the name of the place.

It seems the smoke was seen by area residents and they went to the scene. They found the brooder barn burning. This is where the young birds spend their youngest days. Yes, it was a turkey ranch. (Note that it was not called a “farm.”)

It was the scene of much excitement as they opened the door to release the young birds, but most had already perished. In addition, the feed shed and the area around the brooder building were lost in the flames.

The ranch, one of the largest in the area, was not totally lost. Now I know another local industry! It seems they had in the area of 900 adult turkeys, who were in an area well away from the fire.

Two houses and an automobile, near the brooder, were in danger, but were saved. The farm was owned by several Colorado Springs investors, one being the artist Laura Gilpin.

Not far away, a new building was being readied for opening: Paradise Lodge. The building, located near the road from Manitou Springs, housed a lounge and cocktail bar.

Louis Hines and his “Birds of Paradise” orchestra from Kansas City were booked for

the first summer. The building also contained a soda fountain, dining room and guest cabins were available. Eight cabins flanked the building.

This building stood, looking at Pikes Peak, empty and unused for many years until it recently was razed. The cabins were torn down several years ago.

One of the features of the building was a large stone fireplace. It was hoped to save this, perhaps to be incorporated into a future building, but it was found to be quite unstable.

It was the last remaining structure at Paradise Ranch, a popular attraction in the 1940s and ’50s.

Determined gardener has a sharp eye for irises

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com Roberta Born admits the soil in Teller County is not conducive to growing irises.

But maybe the name of one of her flowers reflects a stubborn streak. For shining along its stock siblings, the purple irises known as “Don’t Stop Believing,” tells a different story about the soil in Teller County.

“You just have to amend the soil,” she said. “And you need a lot of sunshine.”

It helps to live on sloped land where the topsoil kind of slides onto the garden – along with a healthy dose of horse manure.

“We’ve always lived on the side of a hill in Woodland Park,” she said.

Born is serious about her irises. Every day she approaches the garden with the appropriate accoutrements, sunscreen, comfortable shoes and football knee pads.

“I deadhead the blooms every morning,” she said.

Along with irises that keep on believing are stocks with names such as Gypsy Lord, Doo Dads, Cleared for Take Off and HOKs, or Heaven Only Knows.

Born’s garden is brilliant with purple, white, yellow and orange.

“See, these have puppy dog ears,” she said, by way of explanation about one of her stocks. “The edges on this stock are ruffled and waved.”

When she isn’t growing her own, Born

helps the Elmohr Iris Society plant seeds in test gardens at the East Library in Colorado Springs.

Back on her home turf, Born gets a kind of reprieve on production from the society.

“I just add a month to anything I get up here,” she said.

Lately, however, Born has stepped up her production in order to have enough samples to contribute to the society’s fundraising sale that begins at 9 a.m. July 29 and 30 at Spencer’s Garden Center in Colorado Springs.

“We raise money for the society to bring in speakers about growing irises,” she said. “Everybody in the society is an iris nut.”

Photo by Pat Hill Roberta Born grows Tall Beareded Irises on her land in Woodland Park.

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Gold Rush Days Continued from page 3A On Saturday, Godec found the streets of Victor filled with people, music and the aroma of roasted nuts for the annual festival.

Gold Rush Days began in 1895 and was originally called “Annual Miners Reunion.�

Gold Rush Days got its current name after World War II. Today, the festival continues as a threeday celebration featuring chili dinners, old fashioned kids games including a watermelon eating contest and a search for buried treasure.

And, of course, you cannot forget the Gold Rush Days parade.

The sun was out and the skies were blue on Saturday, and the day began with a pancake breakfast and a vintage baseball tournament.

One of the greeters of Gold Rush Days, Debi Costa, just recently moved to Victor and has loved every minute of it so far. “It’s a little fun town,� Costa said while explaining she moved to Victor for her parents.

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Cash transactions, full-price offers common in frenzied real-estate market Editor’s note: This is the third in the series of stories about the real-estate boom in Woodland Park and Teller County.

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com The real-estate market in Teller County is on a roll, with homes selling in days, maybe hours.

“It’s like a shark-feeding frenzy - we’re seeing multiple offers, bidding wars,” said Beth Gregory, who owns Woodland Realty.

In the old days, potential buyers quibbled about cost. Today, they’re offering more than the list price, and, in some cases, submitting backup offers.

“Rather than move on, they’re actually willing to wait to see if that first offer falls through,” Gregory said. “I’ve actually seen offers come in $10,000 above asking price.”

For instance, a recent sale in Teller County involved eight full-price offers within 24 hours of the listing.

“It’s frustrating for the sellers; at the end of the day, you just kind of pick one and go with it and hope that you’ve done the right thing,” she said.

For people involved in the real-estate market, the emotions run the gamut from desperation and hope to excitement and disappointment.

“Of course, you have buyers’ agents who are frustrated and upset when their offer doesn’t get accepted; you’ve got all these people and you’re trying to keep everybody happy,” Gregory said. “Sellers try not to get emotionally involved in whatever the buyers’ personal situation is; it just

makes it very difficult for everybody.”

But if there’s a magic bullet for both seller and buyer, it’s cash.

“Some buyers are taking cash from their retirement accounts,” Gregory said, adding that most new residents are from Colorado Springs, Texas and California.

Cash or mortgage, buyers are paying more while sellers add up the increase in value of their homes.

“The median price for single-family homes in Woodland Park has gone up 15 percent, townhomes, 20.5 percent, in the last year,” she said. “Investors are ‘swooping up’ the townhomes.”

The whiz-bang market is playing head games with previously-contented homeowners.

“A lot of people are feeling pressure to put their homes on the market,” Gregory said. “It’s just a different market all of a sudden; different from what I’ve seen in my 11 years as an agent.”

Despite the emotional side of the business, the 24-hour cycle of buying and selling, Gregory is in for the count.

“It’s just a crazy time but I’m lovin’ it!

Although my brain gets a little weary at the end of the day.”

The sounds of new construction in Woodland Park subdivisions highlight the boom in the real-estate market these days.

“Sales have never gone faster as far as new construction goes,” said Jennifer Erdley, real-estate agent with Remax Performance, Inc., referring to Stone Ridge Village. “They are reasonably priced lots which allow the builder to build a reasonably-priced home in the $350,000 to $400,000 price range.”

Photo by Pat Hill There are several new homes being built in Stone Ridge Village in Woodland Park.

Dana Duncan, who owns Remax Performance, is developing Stone Ridge as well as Pine Aspen, a 12-home subdivision in Woodland Park.

“The lots are a little pricier,” Erdley said.

“We can sell the lot or we can put together the package for the lender and the builder.”

In Paradise Estates, with its cobblestone streets and bronze sculptures, vacant land is still available, along with homes for sale.

Buyers have a choice these days, some the result of the foreclosures that began during the housing crisis in 2007-2008.

“People can pay the (delinquent) taxes

and, after a certain time, apply for the deed,” Erdley said. “It’s public record.”

Erdley has an edge on selling homes lost in foreclosure, due to her listing agreement with Fannie Mae, the government’s second-mortgage lending business.

“They send me an assignment and I work on it,” she said.

In the business for 29 years, Erdley has survived several cycles of boom-and-bust.

“Our bread and butter is the $200,000s and $300,000s because that’s what people can afford,” she said. “But those homes are getting harder to find.”

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Disney’s purchase of Florissant fossil recalled 60 years later

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com When you stroll peacefully among the ancient stone tree stumps of the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, you couldn’t be farther from the glitz, excitement and glamor of Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.

But the two parks share a special bond.

“Sixty years ago, I had an incredible event,” said Toby Wells, speaking in the monument’s amphitheater the evening of July 11.

“I was a tour guide at Pike Petrified Forest,” Wells said, referring to the privately-owned business that preceded the national monument. The monument was created in 1969 after the government bought two private businesses that mined the beds for fossils and gave tours.

“Gave tours 10-12 hours a day. I had to learn all the geology of the area.”

On July 11, 1956, a special visitor paid the 35-cents admission and requested a tour near closing time. While Wells balked at the late hour, but the visitor was persuasive. He said his name was Walt Disney.

The famous Hollywood maker of animated movies wanted to see the fossil beds, which scientists believe was a subtropical forest inhabited by giant redwoods, some standing 200 feet tall.

The forest was obliterated some 35 million years ago when a massive volcano erupted to the west, burying the forest in ash. Flooding followed and an algae bloom produced conditions that preserving the trees along with insects and plants, scientists say.

Before he left, Disney decided he wanted to buy one of the petrified stumps.

Puzzled about Disney’s request, Wells called his manager. The negotiations were brief and, ultimately, Disney paid $1,650 for the stump.

By crane, flatbed trailer and rail, Disney had the rock moved to the entrance of Frontier Land in Disneyland.

“The stump is there today,” Wells said.

Wells’ parents, Emma and Delbert Wells, owned 1,300 acres adjacent to what is now the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

Toby Wells entertained audiences July 11 at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

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Nursing home will have much to offer when it opens in a few weeks

By Pat Hill pathill@yourpeaknews.com Private rooms with baths, superb view of lush mountain greenery, three meals a day and plenty of activities will greet residents at the Forest Ridge nursing home, which opens this month in Woodland Park.

Developed by Bob Schleicher and managed by OnPointe Health Development, the facility offers rehabilitation services as well as long-term care.

“The amenities we have, including private showers, add a fundamental dignity and quality to a resident’s life,” said Roger Call, the administrator.

At $7,800 a month for full-time care, meals and activities, Forest Ridge accepts private pay, insurance and Medicaid for qualifying clients.

“We are fortunate to be Medicaid-certified because of limited funding in that program,” Call said.

For rehabilitation services for people 65 and over, the facility accepts Medicare, which pays for up to 100 days of short-term stays.

The 80-bed facility is divided into four distinct neighborhoods, or sections, of 20 rooms.

“Each has its own dining area and nurses’ station our philosophy is that we try to keep staff within a given neighborhood, at least for a period of time, so the staff knows the wants, desires, needs and expectations of the residents,” he said. “From that standpoint the building is unique.”

Two of the neighborhoods will be for general long-term care, including in-patient hospice, if needed. The other neighborhoods are secured for memory care and a third is dedicated to rapid-recovery rehabilitation.

“No longer is it a general expectation that you go to a nursing facility and never leave,” Call said. “The statistics

are almost the opposite; it is not unusual that 75-80 percent of residents in skilled-nursing facilities are ‘rehabbed’ to a lighter level of care.”

In fact, one of the first three patients, each private-pay, came from home to Forest Ridge for rehabilitation and left to an assisted-living facility.

In the nursing-home industry since 1978, Call originally intended to be a pastor, to follow the footsteps of his father.

“I’ve kind of developed a personal mission where it’s giving to those who gave us life – that’s been one of those guiding principles for me,” he said.

Over the years, the industry has changed, he said.

“From the beginning, nursing homes were a social taboo, so to speak, and certainly a place you didn’t want to go,” Call said. “I wanted to be involved in helping to change the industry.”

For Call, the change is, in part, due to a sharing of philosophy between administrators and staff.

“People who are involved in caring for seniors, particularly those who have complex medical needs, are a special group of people, whether it be nurses’ assistants or housekeepers, for instance,” Call said. “There’s not a lot of glamor in what they do. But the rewards are is in knowing they’ve done a good job - it’s that little smile, making that person’s day.”

Forest Ridge has met all the qualifications, obtained its certificate of occupation and state license requirements.

But it remains in the bureaucratic line to be certified by Medicare, Medicaid, and insurance companies. he said.

“We are in the certification queue,” Call said.

In the meantime, the facility accepts clients with private pay.

Forest Ridge hosts a grand-opening party for the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 30.

Courtesy photo Roger Call has been named administrator of Forest Ridge nursing home in Woodland Park. The facility hosts a grandopening party for the public July 30.

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Woodland Park hosted its first rodeo a century ago FROM THE SIDELINES Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Six rodeos a year once took place in the City Above the Clouds

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com About three months ago, Merry Jo Larsen and her daughter, Marty McKenna, were sitting around the Cowhand when they had an epiphany.

“We need to have another rodeo,” Merry Jo blurted out.

“My daughter agreed and that’s when things started moving forward.”

Rodeos are nothing new for Merry Jo, who owns the Cowhand. She was the rodeo queen of the 1966 Ute Trail Stampede prior to her senior year at Woodland Park High School.

In those days, recalls Merry Jo, “there were six rodeos in town.”

“Woodland Park was a rodeo town,” Merry Jo said. “There were a lot of dude ranches around town and people were really into rodeos.

“Woodland Park was a small town back in the 40s. People used to go to the gravel pits along Kelly Road and park their cars by a big sand bar. They would dog steers and ride bucking horses. They had a good old time.”

Larsen’s other daughter, Jody Lynn Larsen, was the Ute Trail Stampede rodeo queen of 1987.

According to the Ute Pass Historical Society and Ute Pass Saddle Club web sites, Woodland Park was very well known in the early part of the last century for cattle ranching, rodeos, and dude ranches.

Pioneer rancher Lewis Spielman and others organized the Woodland Park Rodeo Association in 1916. Spielman, was the president of the association.

He and his brother, George, organized it along with Tom Foster, Ed Turner, John and Hunter Carroll, Maurice Anthony, and Al Sudholdt.

Events in 1922, for example, included baseball, a parade, a rodeo, and dancing in the pavilion by the lake. The rodeo was discontinued after a few years but started again in the

Merry Jo Larsen was queen of the 1966 Ute Trail Stampede Rodeo.

1940s as the Ute Trail Stampede.

The first rodeos were held in a field across South Street from where the city hall is today. If you looked north up West Street from Midland, you could see the rodeo grounds. You could also see inside the rodeo grounds through cracks in the fence.

The early Rodeo Association dissolved in the 1930’s because the land they were using became too valuable to the town, and too much money was also needed for licensing.

The grounds were sold to the town for a very cheap price.

In 1949, the rodeo was moved from the grandstand by the lake in Memorial Park to Bergstrom Arena in the middle of town south of U.S. Highway 24.

The old Bergstrom Arena and Woodland Park Saddle Club were torn down in 2008.

The Ute Pass Saddle Club, located just east of Safeway near Highway 24, is the home to this year’s Ute Trail Stampede rodeo, scheduled for July 28-30.

Merry Jo Larsen recalls that rodeos were popular in Woodland Park into the 1980s. There was a sanctioned PRCA (Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association) event, Lil’ Britches, celebrity rodeo (actor Chuck Connors of the “Rifleman” television series is said to have performed), old-timers rodeo, ranch rodeo and CPRA (Colorado Pro Rodeo Association) rodeo.

“Then things just kind of fizzled out,” Larsen said.

Photo by Danny Summers Merry Jo Larsen is owner of the Cowhand in Woodland Park and chairman of the Ute Trail Stampede Rodeo. This year’s event takes place July 28-30.

Photo courtesy of the Ute Trail Stampede

By 2006 the rodeo died and seemingly nobody seemed to care.

“Times changed and the people in charge changed and the rodeo just sort of went away,” Merry Jo said. “It faded out and nobody was that interested in getting it going again.”

That is until three months ago when Larsen and her daughter decided to try and resurrect the rodeo.

They enlisted the help of Guffey residents John Denson and his wife Liz. John is a bulldogger in the National Senior Pro Rodeo Association and is responsible for organizing this year’s stable of senior rodeo performers who will make up this year’s cast and crew.

Merry Jo is chairman of the committee.

“As we were going out asking for sponsorship people were excited we were having a rodeo again,” Merry Jo said.

Since there are no chutes at the Saddle Club, this year’s rodeo will be a timed event. Events will include team roping, bull dogging, ribbon roping, mutton busting and barrel racing.

Merry Jo insists this is not a one-and-done event.

“As long as we have the Ute Pass Saddle Club we will continue to pursue this,” she said. “I’ve grown up with rodeos.

This is not rocket science. We’ve done so many of them we can do them in our sleep.”

See you at the rodeo.

The Ute Trail Stampede first started in 1947.

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Panther Football Club camp a hit with everyone

Photo courtesy of the Panther Football Club Kids ages 6 through 13 were at Gateway Elementary School last week for the football skills camp hosted by Panther Football Club. The campers worked under the direction of Woodland Park High School coach Joe Roskam. Several of Roskam’s varsity players helped coach the camp.

Camp was held last week at Gateway Elementary School

By Danny Summers dannysummers@yourpeaknews.com Sam Marquez, Link Bryden, Caleb Graves and about a dozen other youngsters gathered at Gateway Elementary School in Woodland Park last week for a skills camp hosted

by Panther Football Club.

“We’re learning defensive back stuff, defensive line stuff, linebacker stuff and wide receiver stuff,” said Marquez, a fifth-grader at Summit Elementary School. “We’re pretty busy out here.”

The camp was designed for kids ages 6 through 13. They got instruction from Woodland Park High School coach Joe Roskam and several of his players.

“The (high school) players are nice, but tough, and when we do something right they say good job,” said Bryden, a third-grader at Gateway.

Dominic Roskam, the coach’s son, was among the high school players coaching the campers. Other high school

players included Orion Drummond, Evan Owen, Zach Spradlin, Landin Troutman, Christian Cox and Dom Gutierrez.

“This is very much a skills camp,” said Dominic Roskam.

“No matter what positions the kids play throughout the football season we put them through every single position so they have a pretty good idea of what’s going on.

“Everyone learns how to play offensive line and defensive line. Everyone learns how to be a running back and a wide receiver. We give them the general idea of football as a whole so they not only have an idea what they’re doing on the field, but what is going on around them.”

Roskam, a starting tailback and strong safety, emphasized that understanding the game of football, as a whole, is invaluable.

“This is an all-around learning experience about the game of football and how everything fits together,” he said.

“We want these guys to understand everything that’s going on around them, just not there one position.”

Owen, a defensive end, said he jumped at the opportunity to work with the young campers.

“When I was little, I came to one of these camps and I always wanted to be a Panther football player,” Owen said.

“It’s kind of cool to come here and coach these guys and implement them into the program and show them that Pan-

ther football is a fun place to be.”

Joe Roskam is beginning his sixth season as head varsity coach. And while the young campers he worked with last week are several years off from suiting up for the high school, he is excited about the program’s future.

“We have some guys who can play; that’s for sure,” said Joe Roskam. “I hope we can have all these guys down the road.”

Most of the campers will play for one of the Panther Football Club Pop Warner teams this fall.

Mandy Campbell’s son, Link Bryden, is playing tackle football for the first time.

“I’m excited about this camp and this season,” Campbell said. “I’m excited he’s learning the technique and skill that’s going to help him out this season.

“He does every other sport, but football is where his heart is.”

Kerry Parker’s son, Ryan Parker – a fourth-grader at Gateway – was among last week’s campers.

“The structure is what I’m most impressed with,” Kerry Parker said. “I could work with him every day at home, but he needs a team environment to progress in football and that’s what he’s getting out here.”

Pikes Peak Family Medicine Welcomes Jeannette Liller, FNP-C

Photo by Danny Summers

Pikes Peak Family Medicine is happy to announce the addition of Jeannette Liller, FNP-C to its team of healthcare providers. She brings with her strong pediatric, adult and generic primary care backgrounds and experience. She looks forward to offering patients the same high quality care and continuity of care which has helped make Pikes Peak Family Medicine one of the top healthcare providers in the area.

Pikes Peak Family Medicine has thorough family practice and health and wellness care for the entire family. With less wait time and extended hours, the practice offers a variety of services from general family care to physicals and immunizations. Their goal is to get you in, out and feeling better fast.

Jeannette Liller, FNP-C Jeannette received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2012 and her Master of Science in Nursing from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 2016. She has NP experience in various areas including primary care, women’s health, and chronic disease management. Jeannette brings with her more than 650 hours of clinical experience, most of which have been in Woodland Park and Colorado Springs.

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Aspen Valley Ranch home to Rocky Mountain State Games mountain biking

By Courier staff Want to catch some mountain bike racing, or maybe challenge for a medal yourself? Head out to Aspen Valley Ranch on July 23 for a full day of racing as part of the Rocky Mountain State Games.

Mountain Top Cycling Club is hosting the event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and includes racers as young as two years old. Pro adults will be racing for gold, bronze and platinum medals.

Face painting will start at 8 a.m. and the Strider Adventure zone will open.

The Strider race begins at 1 p. m.

Trophies will be awarded.

There will be kids races from six years old and up, High School students will have timing chips, and USA Cycling will be on hand to officiate the adult categories; Single Speed, Clydesdale, Cat. 1, 2 and 3.

Serrano's will be on hand to offer lunch specials.

All participants are invited to share in the Olympic Downtown Colorado Springs Celebration. Aug. 5 from 5 to 10 p.m.

For more information contact Deborah Maresca at 719-689-3435. To register go to coloradospringssports. org/index.php/events/rocky-mountain-state-games.

Photo courtesy of Colorado Springs Sports Corporation The Rocky Mountain State Games will hold its mountain biking event at Aspen Valley Ranch in Woodland Park on July 23.

Teller County Sheriff ’s Department Weekly Incident Report Mayor resigns: Woodland Park Mayor Glenn Davis resigned July 14 at a special meeting of the Town Council. Elected in April, Davis said his family is moving to Edmond, Okla., where he will take over as the state director of the Oklahoma division of the Pacific-Atlantic Life Insurance Co. Mayor Pro-Tem John Wondergem, an 18-year resident, will serve as acting mayor.

June 21 Jared Todd Lefevre, date of birth April 16, 1984, of Woodland Park, was summoned and released for driving under restraint.

Jodie Allen Hale, Jr., DOB Feb. 21, 1970, of Pine, was arrested for weaving, driving under the influence, driving under the influence per se and open container of alcohol in vehicle. Bond $1,000.

June 22 David Mathew Keller, DOB Jan. 18, 1991, of Peyton, was served and released on the charge of speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, drugs or both and driving under restraint (suspended).

June 24 Jordan Reid Vaughan, DOB July 14, 1983,

of Loveland, was arrested on a warrant for theft. Bond $100.

Sage Christopher Marcengill, DOB Dec. 24, 1995, of Divide, was summoned and released on the original charge of criminal mischief.

yield right-of-way at a stop sign. Bond $500.

Zyan Davis Riddle, DOB Feb. 1, 1998, of Cripple Creek, was arrested for harassment, assault in the third degree and domestic violence. Bond $1,000.

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June 25 Christopher Ray Van Meter, DOB Nov. 16, 1983, of Florissant, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving under the influence. Bond $1,000.

Peter Lynn Fair, DOB Oct. 20, 1989, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply on an original charge of driving while ability impaired. No-bond warrant.

June 29 Linda Louise Palmer, DOB July 19, 1950, of Colorado Springs, was served and released on the charge of second degree criminal trespass.

Emiliano Che Medina, DOB Dec. 21, 1977, of Colorado Springs, was served and released on the charge of driving under restraint (denied) and speeding.

June 26 Steven James Cornford, DOB Sept. 13, 1988, of Woodland Park, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of failure to display proof of insurance, expired license plates and failure to

Louis Arthur Alvarado, DOB July 1, 1996, of Silt, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of reckless driving, speeding and required signals.

Bond $300.

Roy Virgil Velasquez, DOB June 20, 1956, of Florissant, was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs and failure to drive in a single lane. Bond $1,000.

June 30 Travis Jay Hughes, DOB Oct. 13, 1977, of Louisville, Ky., was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of harassment. Bond $300.

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Martin Kyle Coppedge, DOB March 18, 1987, of Colorado Springs, was served and released on the charge of driving under restraint.

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Bryce James Nostrant, DOB Sept. 26, 1992, of Canon City, was arrested on a warrant for failure to report to jail as ordered by the court on an original charge of driving without a driver’s license. No-bond warrant.

William Mathewis, DOB April 6, 1959, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on the charge of driving under restraint (suspended). Bond $1,000.

July 3 Shelby Lynn Babcock, DOB Aug. 17, 1994, address unknown, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of at-risk theft. No-bond warrant.

July 7 Kurt John Mueller, DOB Dec. 21, 1953, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance. No-bond warrant.

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PUBLIC TRUSTEE NOTICES

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2016-0025

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2016-0026

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 20, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

On April 20, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) Original Beneficiary(ies) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Date of Deed of Trust

JOSEPH A HAUSMAN WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. April 25, 2012

Original Grantor(s) Original Beneficiary(ies) Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Date of Deed of Trust

DEIRDRE DEPROSPERO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION September 06, 2011

County of Recording Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Teller April 30, 2012

County of Recording Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Teller September 13, 2011

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) Original Principal Amount

652749 $120,190.00

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) Original Principal Amount

647181 $130,590.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$94,141.43

Outstanding Principal Balance

$118,775.33

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 9, FLORISSANT ESTATES SUBDIVISION NO1., COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

LOT 12, BLOCK 3, PALMER VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 741 CRYSTAL PEAK ROAD, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

Also known by street and number as: 313 OXFORD PL, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication Last Publication Name of Publication

First Publication Last Publication Name of Publication

6/22/2016 7/20/2016 PIKES PEAK COURIER

6/22/2016 7/20/2016 PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 04/20/2016

DATE: 04/20/2016

Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

EVE M GRINA #43658

JOAN OLSON #28078

JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80112 (720) 590-4160 Attorney File # 16-011298 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP 1770 4TH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-16-706513-JS The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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The Woodland Park City Council is pleased to have residents of the community take time to attend City Council Meetings.

Attendance and participation is encouraged. Individuals wishing to be heard during Public Hearing proceedings are encouraged to be prepared and will generally be limited to five (5) minutes in order to allow everyone the opportunity to be heard. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE. Questions raised on non-agenda items may be answered at a later date by letter in order to facilitate proper research.

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2016-0027 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 20, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) Original Beneficiary(ies)

PLEASE SIGN IN TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM

Date of Deed of Trust

DONNA DEE BELLOWS-PARKS AND FREDERIC T PARKS MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2006-HE8 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE8 August 04, 2006

County of Recording Recording Date of Deed of Trust

Teller August 14, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) Original Principal Amount

596826 $144,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$127,397.04

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA July 21, 2016 2.

ROLL CALL 7:00 PM 1.

2.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/20153.

Greenstreet

6.

Memmer Memmer

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

Memmer

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Memmer

LOT 76 IN INDIAN CREEK NO. 14, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 491 BIRD POINT ROAD, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

Buttery

NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

7.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 08/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication Last Publication Name of Publication

Riley

8.

9.

CALL TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. CEREMONIES, PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. A. Woodland Park Board of Education update on plans for the 2016-2017 budget and use of sales tax dollars. (A) ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA: (Public comment not necessary.)

CONSENT CALENDAR: (Public comment may be heard.)

A. Approve minutes of July 7, 2016 Regular Meeting. (A) B. Approve and authorize the Mayor to sign a contract with RESPEC for the preparation of submittal the required Letter of Map Revision (LOMR) to FEMA for Fountain Creek Stabilization & Erosion Control Project (AKA Safeway Reach) in the amount of $26, 480.00 and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and approve change orders up to an amount not to exceed 10% of the not-to-exceed contract amount. (A) C. Approve May 2016 Statement of Expenditures and authorize the Mayor to sign Warrants in payment thereof. (A) D. Approve date change for the City of Woodland Park’s 125th Anniversary, Woodland Park Vintage Baseball Game from July 2, 2016 to July 30, 2016 at Meadow Wood Sports Complex to allow alcohol in the park. (A) E. Approve the retention agreement with Nathan Dumm & Mayer P.C. as special counsel for the City regarding the inverse condemnation being appealed by Dale and Debbie Carley. (A) UNFINISHED BUSINESS: (Public comment may be heard.)

A. None ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING: PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. Consider a Special Event Temporary Use Permit request by the Ute Pass Saddle Club to host a street dance from 6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday, July 29, 2016 in the parking lot north of the Historic Ute Inn located at 204 W. Midland Avenue. (A)

Riley

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

4.

5.

Written comments are welcome and should be given to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Written materials will not be accepted during regular agenda items in the interest of time.

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 04/20/2016 Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

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B. Consider an application from Kim and Bodie Packham, Event Organizers for a Temporary Use Permit for overnight camping at 19250 E. US Hwy 24 in conjunction with the Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show on August 15 – 22, 2016. (A) 10.

NEW BUSINESS: (Public comment may be heard.)

Steen A. Approve Resolution No. 807 submitting a ballot question regarding the City’s authority to provide telecommunication services to the Registered Electors of the City of Woodland Park at the Teller County Coordinated November 8, 2016 Regulation Election. (A) 11.

PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 12.

REPORTS: (Public comment not necessary.)

A. Mayor’s Report.

B. Council Reports.

C. City Attorney’s Report.

D. City Manager’s Report.

13.

COMMENTS ON WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE. (Public comment not necessary.)

14.

ADJOURNMENT. ** Per Resolution No. 90, Series 1982.

(A) Administrative (QJ) Quasi-Judicial (L) Legislative COURIER VIEW – Please publish 07/20/2016

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

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LISA CANCANON #42043 BARRETT FRAPPIER & WEISSERMAN, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 4500.101270.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that a Public Budget Request meeting with the Teller County Board of County Commissioners will be held Thursday, July 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at the

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Teller County Centennial Bldg, at 112 N. A Street, in Cripple Creek, CO All interested persons are invited to speak to the Commissioners in general or specifically regarding the County budget for the year 2017. Contact Violet Watt, Staff Accountant or Laurie Litwin, Finance Director, for details or to be scheduled on the agenda, at (719) 686-7920, email to: wattv@co.teller.co.us or write to P.O. Box 959, Cripple Creek, CO 80813.

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The Teller County Board of Equalization hearing will be held in the Commissioners’ Board Room on Thursday, August 4, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the Centennial Building, 112 North “A” St., Cripple Creek, Colorado.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TELLER COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW August 3, 2016 AT 2:00 P.M. Wednesday 1010 West Evergreen Heights Drive I. II. III.

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A. B. A. A.

B. C. D. IV.

Sudoku Puzzle

MEETING AGENDA Convene Roll Call Review & Approve minutes from the July 6, 2016 Meeting Contractor Licenses Adams Custom Homes/Joseph D Adams Jr./Class C Board Discussion Consider and recommend to the Teller County Board of County Commissioners to amend Article II, Section 102.g – Insurance Requirements as it relates to General Liability Certificate of Insurance and Worker’s Compensation Coverage.

Consider and recommend to the Teller County Board of County Commissioners to amend Article III, Section R105.1 – Permits Required.

Consider and recommend to the Teller County Board of County Commissioners to add a subsection to Article III, Section R113.2.1 – Authority to Record a Certificate of Noncompliance.

Discuss the upcoming adoption of the 2015 International Building Codes (Chapters 1-5) and the amendments to the Teller County Building Code.

Adjournment

The objective of a sudoku puzzle is to place the numbers 1 through 9 in each row, column and 3-by-3 block. The numbers in a single row, colum or block will never repeat.

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Answers

Beginning July 1, 2016, the Teller County Board of Equalization will sit at the Centennial Building, 112 N. “A” St., Cripple Creek, Colorado to review the assessment roll of all taxable property located in the county, as prepared by the Assessor, and to hear appeals from determinations of the Assessor.

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