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Allison Catalano, the Higby Es-tates resident who founded the “Grow Smart Monument” group to try to en-sure parks and trails and open space are preserved as the town experiences rapid growth, is expanding her group’s efforts.

Buoyed by some 250-plus members on Grow Smart Monument’s Facebook site, Catalano and her group now hope to exert influence on development of unincorporated land beyond the boundaries of the town.

And they’ve found a vehicle they think will accelerate their efforts.

“We are reinvigorating the Tri-Lakes Land Use Committee, whose member-ship has dwindled over the years while development activity was in a lull,” Catalano said last week in an email.

Rather than creating another new group, they hope to take advantage of

the land-use committee’s well-estab-lished history in El Paso County.

“This is a group established by the 2000 Tri-Lakes Comprehensive Plan which receives a copy of development applications submitted to the town and county,” Catalano said.

Getting plugged into the develop-ment process in the early stages is key and having a committee already an-nointed by the county with the author-ity to receive planning applications submitted by developers and make comments is valuable.

“The committee then has the op-portunity to provide comments on pro-posed developments in the Tri-Lakes area while it is still early enough in the process to have a chance at influencing the direction of growth,” she said.

Catalano even discovered an impor-tant ally in her efforts: Jerry Hannigan, who she describes as the “sole surviv-ing member” of the previous land-use committee.

Now, Catalano and Grow Smart are recruiting area residents, who live in Monument and the surrounding re-gion, to join the committee.

She said Hannigan has agreed to tu-tor them on everything they need to know about how the committee works to launch its efforts and to provide on-going consulting.

“Ideally, this group should include representatives from across the Tri-Lakes area, so we are trying to spread the word,” she said. “With all the devel-opment going on, citizens should be

See Grow Smart on Page 7

‘Grow Smart’ seeks to resurrect Tri-Lakes Land Use group

Allison Catalano founded the “Grow Smart Monument” group to try to ensure parks and trails and open space are preserved./Photo By Bill Vogrin

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Downtown Monument will be busy on Saturday, Dec. 5, as the town sponsors its Small Town Christ-mas events annual efforts to increase local shopping during the holiday season, keeping patronage local and bolstering the area’s economy. The day is spon-sored by Historic Monument Merchants Association, the Town of Monument, Depuy Synthes and Century Communications.

Many towns have similar campaigns to combat the rise of online and chain store holiday shopping; small business owners in town are each contributing in their own way to celebrate the start of the local gift-ing season.

Starting at 10 a.m. on Dec. 5, there will be reindeer, hayrides and crafts set up in the parking lot of Front Street Square, along with Santa and Mrs. Claus at La Casa Fiesta, for local kids to enjoy.

A tree lighting and other holiday activities will punctuate the festivities, and many businesses are offering hot beverages and refreshments for shop-pers to enjoy as they navigate the day’s sales and spe-cial events, including:

Hangers to Hutches Thrift Shop is allowing each children 12 and under to pick out one new gift for a family member, wrapping included. Holiday mer-chandise will be 25 percent off.

Bella Casa is offering refreshments while shoppers peruse a Christmas collection.

The Village Merchants are offering hot cider and

cookies while shoppers browse their shops. Find one of hidden sock monkey elves to be entered into a contest for a $25 gift card.

Sante Fe Trail Jewelry is hosting Colorado designer Darlene Armstrong. Come see her holiday collection.

Shades of Amber is offering refreshments and the chance to win a $100 gift card.

Covered Treasures Bookstore is hosting Janelle See Small Town on Page 16

Tree-lighting ceremony tops a

busy weekendBy Tribune staff

The holidays are a special time and this Saturday, Dec. 5, is about as big as it gets until Christmas ar-rives.

Historic downtown Monument will be jumping all day with a variety of events.

Merchants are sponsoring activities including hay rides and holiday crafts and photo ops with Santa and even his reindeer.

The highlight of the day will come Saturday eve-ning at Limbach Park at 2nd and Front Streets.

Festivities start at 4:30 p.m. with performances by the dancers and gymnasts at the SunDance Studio.

From 5-6 p.m., visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus and sing along with carolers.

The evening will climax at 6 p.m. with the tradi-tional Monument Tree Lighting ceremony.

Hot cocoa and popcorn will be provided.All who attended are asked to bring a new, un-

wrapped toy for Santa on Patrol, and food for Tri-Lakes Cares. Items needed include: large cans of yams, pie crust mix, stuffing mix, cranberry sauce, mixes, can or jars of gravy, cream of mushroom soup, canned fruit pie filling.

Then get ready for the traditional Palmer Lake pot-luck at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at the Palmer Lake Town Hall. A few days later is the traditional Yule Log Hunt starting at the Town Hall at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13.

This Saturday, Small Town Christmas events start at 10 a.m. and include everything from reindeer to hayrides to store discounts. /Image courtesy of Monument Merchants.

Small Town Christmas brings activities, reindeer, refreshments and deals

TO LEARN MOREAn organizational meeting of the

Tri-Lakes Land-Use Committee is scheduled 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, at the YMCA, 17250 Jackson Creek Parkway, Monument, in its business meeting room.

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Dec. 5 What: 10th Annual North Pole at Tri-Lakes Arts and Crafts Fair

Where: Grace Best Education Center, 66 Jefferson St. in Monument, across from St. Peter Catholic Church

When: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5

Cost: Donation of non-perishable food, toys, or cash for Tri-Lakes Cares

Contact: Bob Nissen at 304-8705 or bob@mifi group.com

Dec. 5What: Caroling, visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus followed by Monument Tree Lighting Ceremony

Where: Limbach Park, 2nd and Front Streets, downtown Monument

When: 4:30, Saturday, Dec. 5

Cost: Donation suggested of non-perishable food for Tri-Lakes Cares

Dec. 5 What: Small Town Christmas - Hayrides, holiday crafts, Santa, shopping specials and more

Where: Historic downtown Monument

When: 9 a.m.-dusk, Saturday, Dec. 5

Details: www.monumentmerchants.com/smalltownchristmas. htm

Dec. 8What: Traditional Palmer Lake potluck dinner

Where: Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Circle

When: 6 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8

Cost: Bring a potluck dish to share and place setting for your familyContact: 481-2953

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Betty JohnsonBetty (Gertrude) Johnson, a longtime

resident of Evergreen and Monument Colorado, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 20, 2015. She was sur-rounded by her loving family and lots of love at the time of her passing. Betty was born on March 4, 1938 to Jane and Lawrence Walker in San Francisco, CA where she grew up and received her Registered Nursing degree. It was in San Francisco that she met and married the love of her life, James S. Johnson, who preceded her in death. Over the years, they moved from California to Logan, Utah before settling in Evergreen, Colo-rado. Together, they had 5 incredible children.

Betty never stopped. After many years of being a devoted mom, Betty return to work in nursing. She later found passions in owning a sorbet cart, toy store, becoming a real estate agent and selling insurance. Betty loved to be active in her church, politics, limericks and always helping others. She was a mother to many unofficial children in her life time that she nurture and loved. Betty always had a joke to share with you but her greatest joy was sharing her love of God.

Betty is survived by her 5 children and spouses; Ken and Maria Johnson, Phyllis and Clark Davis, Eileen and Steve Webster, Cathy and Neil Tieck and Jennell and Jason Kopp. She was adored by her 10 loving grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren.

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; Jane and Lawrence Walker and her brothers, Frank and Larry Walker.

We loved her for not only for what she made of herself, but for what she made of everyone she touched.

A funeral is scheduled for December 1, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Parish in Golden, followed by burial at Evergreen Memorial Park. A reception will follow. Flowers and condolences may be sent to the Church is St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, 969 Ulysses St., Golden, CO 80401

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A three-hour police standoff in Gleneagle ended peacefully early Sunday morning, Nov. 29, when a man surren-dered after al-legedly shooting his father in the head, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department re-ported.

The fi rst call came in at 4:11 a.m. to the Sheriff’s Of-fi ce Dispatch Center reporting a shoot-ing in the 300 block of Cherry Hills Way, west of Gleneagle Drive.

The caller said a man had shot his father in the head and there were fi ve adults in the home.

The Douglas County Regional SWAT team responded to the call and the re-verse 9-1-1 system activated to alert and evacuate neighbors during the standoff.

The other adults inside the home were

Clifford Bishop, 46, was taken into custody without further bloodshed about 7:20 a.m. by members of the Douglas County Regional SWAT. All persons, except for the suspect were evacuated safely from the residence and the father was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening in-juries.

The Everbridge (Reverse 911) system was activated for the local residents. The Douglas County Sheriff’s Offi ce Regional SWAT team was called out to the scene to assist with the situation. Contact with the suspect was initiated and at approximately 7:19 AM, he sur-rendered without incident.

The suspect has been identifi ed as Clifford Bishop, DOB: 03/05/69. He has been transported to the Criminal Justice Center and booked in on the following charges: Attempted 2nd De-gree Murder, Felony Menacing and Il-legal Use of a Firearm.

The Sheriff’s Offi ce would like to ex-tend our deepest appreciation to the Monument Police Department, Palmer Lake Marshal’s Offi ce and members of the Douglas County Sheriff’s Offi ce Regional SWAT Team for their assis-tance.

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It’s no secret the Tri-Lakes region is proud of its heritage. Spend any time here and it won’t be long before you hear names like Gen. William Jackson Palmer, Henry Lim-bach, William Finley Thomp-son and others.

They are some of the pio-neering men who helped found Monument, Palmer Lake and other communities in the area.

Their names are kept alive by folks who cherish history and work hard to preserve our links to the past.

But there’s a crisis facing the history community and particularly the Palmer Lake Historical Society. Too many of the volunteers who do the hard work associated with it are becoming history them-selves.

If folks don’t step up to help, our history could be-come just a memory.

“To be honest, we are los-ing our pool of volunteers through age, retirement, or moving from the area,” said Al Walter, president of the Historical Society, an all-volun-teer organization which has served the Palmer Divide community since 1956.

In 1964, the Historical Society es-tablished a museum, which became the Lucretia Vaile Museum, to collect, restore, display, preserve, and archive artifacts representing the life, times, and history of the residents and the

community.“We desperately need volunteers to

enable us to continue the free history-related programs and activities for the community, to operate our museum, and to continue the preservation, pro-tection, and promotion of local histo-ry,” Walter said.

Maybe you’ve attended one of the society’s many events.

They have a monthly series of speak-

ers on historical events, a Father’s Day ice cream social, a Native American Powwow, the Rocky Mountain Chau-tauqua, tours of Estemere Mansion. They operate the museum and have sprinkled the region with statues and other historic artwork.

“We have greatly expanded our ef-forts to promote, preserve, and protect the history of the Palmer Divide area and to educate the community about

this history through free, family-friendly programs, events and activities,” Walter said.

The society has worked to keep alive faded local com-munities such as Husted and Spring Valley and to preserve the traditions such as the Palmer Lake Star and the Yule Log.

It also passes along the stories of those who first trav-elled and explored this area, settled here and built the community. It’s an impres-sive list of activities. But the burden is falling on too few people.

“Although many fami-lies attend our events, and find them educational and fun for themselves and their children, the parents are ‘too busy’ to volunteer to help us keep these events and activi-ties going,” Walter said.

“We only ask for a few hours of your time each month. It is a small price to pay for preserving local his-tory and educating local resi-dents about those who built

the foundation of the community we live in.”

If you can donate a little time, have an interest in serving the community or have some ideas on how to preserve, promote, and protect local history, call 559-0837.

More information about the Histori-cal Society and Vaile Museum can be found online at palmerdividehistory.org.

Historical Society could become a memory without help

In 2009, the Palmer Lake Historical Society commissioned a bas-relief panel titled “Monument 1879” to commemorate the town’s historic events and people. The sculpture was given to the people of Monument on June 13, 2009, and now is on permanent display in the Monument Town Hall. /Courtesy photo.

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Beginning with today’s Tribune, you will see sto-ries carrying the byline of The Associated Press, the world’s oldest and largest newsgathering organiza-tion.

It’s a proud day for me because I launched my professional journalism career with The AP as a writer in the Kansas City, Mo., bureau. I started the very day after I graduated from the University of Kansas in 1981.

I was still in school when I interviewed with Kan-sas City bureau chief Fred Moen. When he asked how soon I could start, I told him I would graduate on Sunday, May 18.

“OK, then you can start the 19th,” Moen said. “Come in late. Get here at 9.”

That began more than 13 years of chasing stories that ran in newspapers across the country and even, once in a while, around the world.

Funny coincidence, my close friend and one of my partners in this venture, Rich Tosches, also worked early in his career for a wire service . . . United Press International, or UPI. (At The AP, we always referred to UPI as “Brand X.”)

Anyway, Rich and I have often a compared war stories and we both enjoyed great adventures work-ing for the wires.

Perhaps my proudest achievement with The AP was revealing how Colorado was illegally taking water out of the Arkansas River and denying Kansas its legal share.

In 1985, in response to my reporting, Kansas sued Colorado alleging the state was illegally diverting water, violating a decades-old compact written to protect senior water rights in Kansas.

A decade later, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that groundwater pumping in Colora-do had illegally diverted millions of gallons of water from the Arkansas River watershed that rightfully belonged to Kansas. Colorado paid Kansas more than $34 million in damages. Wells were capped or metered and a crackdown began.

I was mentioned in Time magazine for my cover-age and I was proud that my reporting helped the residents of Kansas whose wells had run dry and the farmers whose crops had withered in the absence of the river water for irrigation.

Those stories showed me the power of journalism beyond just informing or entertaining readers. We have the ability to help people with our writing. And that’s what I’ve tried to do my entire career.

But informing people is also important and that’s how we’ll use AP copy in the Tribune, now that I’m on the receiving end of the AP wire. (The “wire” nickname dates to its founding as a news service that relied on telegraph wires to transmit stories to

member papers.)You may be wondering if this signals some sort of

shift from our motto that “community matters” and our vow to be laser-focused on local news.

Let me tell you emphatically: Absolutely not.The way I see it, anything is local news if enough

people putting down three quarters for the paper are interested in the subject or it impacts their lives in some way.

There is local news happening all over the state and even the country. For ex-ample, we’ll better be able to cover devel-opments in crimes that occur to Tri-Lakes residents in other parts of the state or country.

That applies specifically in the case of Dylan Redwine, who disappeared while visiting his father in the Durango area and whose remains subsequently were found not terribly far from his home.

The Durango Herald has covered the case closely. Thanks to our AP affiliation, we’ll now be sure to catch any updates, and arrests if there are any, when they happen.

We also have an acute interest in the outdoors, the national forests, the Colorado General Assembly, state government in general, and much more.

With our AP feed, we’ll be able to track more closely bills of keen interest to our readers as they move through the Legisla-ture. We’ll watch for transportation funding bills that might result in the widening of Interstate 25, for example. Or legislative mandates related to school curriculum and testing. There are lots of examples.

I’ve already set up an automatic search for topics such as marijuana to track the latest news related to pot around Colorado and the nation. Other searches will deliver me stories related to military retirees, se-nior issues in general, skiing and more.

Maybe you have some suggestions for things I need to track on the wire for pos-sible publication in print.

I’m not interested in using the AP to duplicate news you’ll hear on TV at 6 o’clock or on your homepage. I’m thinking more obscure stories pre-cisely targeting our readers.

As always, feel free to give me a shout and share your thoughts.

And pardon me while I sit and grin a moment and savor the notion that I’m now a full-fledged, card-carrying AP member.

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‘Local’ means news that interests readers, not just where news occurs

I worked on Pikes Peak for more winters than I care to remember. I was on the first attempts to run year-round back about twelve years ago. The whole idea was good, when the winter was mild.

Now they have learned and once it starts getting bad, they only go up as far as timberline.

I have a story today about opening up the railroad in the 1930s.

In order that early tourists may have a bird’s eye view of this part of the state, the barrier of snow sur-rounding the summit of Pikes Peak will be attacked on two sides this week.

H.J. Holt, of Manitou, president and manager of the Cog line, said last night that it was their inten-tion to start clearing the railroad tomorrow. All the equipment of the road has been overhauled and is in first-class condition.

Mr Holt said he does not know how much snow there is on the track, but there is believed to be some drifts in places. The cut at Windy Point is usually one of the most difficult places to get through and much shoveling is required.

A flat car with an inclined plane of heavy iron on the front end is pushed by an engine into the

snow, which is scooped up and carried away on the car.

It is the shoveled off at the side of the track. The work of clearing the highway has already started. F.C. Matthews, traffic manager, said that it might be June 1 before the road would be open to the summit.

The work of clearing the road is under way. In places, the snow is drifted over 15 feet deep and is as hard as rock. Devil’s Playground has yet to be reached.

This was 1932 and the road and the railroad were both under Spencer Penrose’s ownership. It would be early in June before anyone made it be either route to the top. And 1933 was no better.

But in 1934, the first trips up were in May, that was a mild dry winter. This area was suffering from serious drought.

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Pikes Peak during winter is unpredictable for the Cog train

An Associated Press printer case and stand sit in the middle of the of-fice of The Tribune in Monument and are prized souvenirs of Editor Bill Vogrin’s early career as an AP reporter in Missouri, Kansas and Illinois.


In the hardest of times, some people show a certain softness. From darkness, light can appear spontaneously.

Maybe it is as Eleanor Roosevelt said in the depths of the Depression: “It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.”

Folks in Palmer Lake, Colorado, seem to have taken that to heart years ago.

Every morning in December now, as a person turns north toward Denver, they are guided by the huge lighted star on Sundance Mountain. Every night of the season until January 1, as I walk my hound dogs, I’m comforted by its presence on the steep slope to the northwest.

“In 1935, during the dark days of the Great Depression, the former railroad company town of Palmer Lake found a way to light the holidays, begin-ning a tradition that continues today,” wrote Cath-leen Norman in a 2008 story in the Denver Post.

“The 500-foot, five-point Palmer Lake Christmas Star is the bright idea of B.E. Jack, who managed the Mountain Utilities electric company. He teamed up with Sloan’s Cafe owner Bert Sloan, who saw the idea as a way to draw drivers to his restaurant near Colorado 105, a popular route between Denver and Colorado Springs.”

Norman quoted Sloan in her story: “We tried to keep the town from dying, and make it a good place to live. We wanted to do something the town could be proud of for many years, and the star did just that.”

According to a story penned by Rod VanVelson and Jane VanVelson Potts in 1980 for the Palmer Lake Historical Society: “After coffee Mr. Jack took Bert for a ride and stopped about ten miles south of town. Mr. Jack explained how he had visualized a giant star on Sundance Mountain that would be noticeable for miles. He felt such a star would be Palmer Lake’s contribution for many future holiday seasons. Bert agreed and knew this novelty would be enjoyed by many because in 1935 the Denver - Colorado Springs highway passed through the Town of Palmer Lake. They spent most of that morning driving around looking at Sundance mountain from different angles trying to imagine how the star would look and discussing the problems of its construction. Both men agreed to discuss this idea of a star with other Palmer Lake residents.”

As the story goes, a few days later, Jack gave the exact same tour to Richard Wolf, a linemen in his employ at Palmer Lake and the idea began to take shape as a very real possibility.

“Palmer Lake was a small town and the word of a star spread quickly. The back booth at Sloan’s Cafe had often been the favorite gathering spot for the young men of the town. They spent several summer evenings discussing and drawing plans over this back table before the actual work got underway. C. E. Rader, another Mountain Utilities lineman, drew the

electrical wiring plans, as this was his line of work,” wrote VanVelson and Potts.

“Most of the construction organization was left to Bert Sloan, Richard Wolf, C. E. Rader and Byron Medlock, all residents of Palmer Lake. Because of his surveying experience Byron Medlock assumed responsibility for planning the size and layout of the star. Mr. Jack was physically unable to climb and work with the younger men, but it was Mr. Jack who convinced Mountain Utilities to contribute used poles and cable for this worthwhile project. He gladly advised the volunteer crew and made avail-able much of the necessary equipment. Sundance Mountain was a perfect place for the star but posed a real challenge. The 60 percent slope with its un-derbrush, yucca and rocks made working conditions difficult.”

Most of the work was done by hand, with many of the posts set in concrete because of the shallow depth of rock on the mountain. The concrete was mixed by hand and carried up in buckets.

“Finding time to work on the star was difficult since most of the men worked six or seven days a week. Many late evenings and Sundays were spent completing the task. Finding time was especially hard for Bert because summer weekends were the busiest time of all in the cafe. Nevertheless he found time as did Richard, Byron, C.E. Rader, Gilbert Wolf, Floyd Bellinger, George Sill, Jess Kruger and many other townspeople.”

Perhaps one of the truest heroes of the process was not a man, however, or even human.

“One avid worker during the building of the star who deserves mention was Bert’s dog, a German shepherd, named Dizzy after Dizzy Dean the famous baseball player of that era. Dizzy was Bert’s constant companion. Bert made a small pack that he strapped to Dizzy. As the crews worked and moved about the mountainside Dizzy carried supplies from one group to another. Everything from hammers to electri-cal wire and even light bulbs were placed in Dizzy’s pack. A short whistle or a call of his name and ‘Ol Diz was soon there with energy left over.”

Beginning in 1936, the star has been lit each year from Dec. 1 until Jan. 1. The star is also lit on the Me-morial Day weekend. Except for blackout purposes during WWII, the Star has shined brightly since 1935.

“In the beginning, the city paid for the electricity until December 15, while Mountain Utilities donated it for the rest of the month. This arrangement lasted for several years. In 1937, the Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department became custodian of the star while the city contributed financial support. The custody and maintenance of the star today still rests with the Volunteer Fire Department. Funds to maintain the star are partly raised at a widely attended annual ‘Chili Supper’ hosted by the PLVFD.”

According to the Palmer Lake Historical Society account, revised in 2008 by Rogers Davis and H. Edwards: “The cable, wiring and posts of the original star survived the tests of time until 1976. At that time as part of the Bi-Centennial, Colonel Carl Frederick Duffner, a Palmer Lake resident, spearheaded a fund raising campaign to replace the posts and rewire the star. This time rather than Bert, Richard, Dizzy and the rest carrying every ounce of equipment up the mountainside a helicopter airlifted the new wire and steel posts. The original cable installed in 1935 did not need to be replaced. Wet concrete was airlifted rather than carried up the mountain in buckets. This 1976 airlift of equipment took three hours compared to over three months of labor in 1935.”

In 2002, the star needed renovation once again. Project Engineer Todd Bell led a community project to rebuild the star. The 50+ volunteers came from the Fire Department, Historical Society, town officials, and citizens of the Tri-Lakes area.

This renovation involved replacing the electrical wiring and other major components. A new auto-mated controller complying with the American With Disabilities Act allows remote control operation of the star.

A new type of connector was installed on all sock-ets to prevent wire damage and also allow bulb po-sitioning adjustments. The lights were repositioned for symmetry and another bulb was added for a new total of 92.”

RESTLESS NATIVE

Rob [email protected]

Softness in hard times, light for dark days

Above: Fewer homes, less timber on the hillsides, and rus-tic roads in the shine of the Palmer Lake Star about 1936./Palmer Lake Historical Society

Left: Two local icons, the Rock House and Palmer Lake Star shine brightly as positive images of Palmer Lake. /Photo by Dave Kline

Crowds line up for another Christmas tradition in Palmer Lake on Yule Log Sunday in 1953. /Palmer Lake Historical Society


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When you’re feeling a little achy or sniffl ing and sneezing with a sore throat, you most likely reach for some herbal tea, cough medicine or, perhaps, an over-the-counter medication.

You’re not likely to reach for your smart phone, but that is rapidly changing.

With a growing shortage of primary and rural health care providers, patients are turning to digital doctors and nurse practitioners for online help with common ailments like a runny nose, rash or the fl u.

Telemedicine, where patients interact with physi-cians via two-way video, texting or emails, is becom-ing increasingly popular.

Consumer Reports on Health says that over 800,000 people in the U.S. have already turned to such services like Call the Doctor, Doctor on De-mand and MDLive. The trend is expected to grow with a projected 450,000 logging on for health care in 2016 creating a whopping $27.3 billion a year industry.

Pharmacy giant Walgreens is rolling out $49 digital doctor visits that will enable customers to connect with a doctor via their computer or tablet any time, day or night. The program launched in fi ve states in June and expects to be in 20 states by the end of the year.

Most major insurance companies now pay for electronic visits. They see it as a way to reduce the

expensive number of visits to ER’s and Urgent Care facilities. Seeing a digital doctor/nurse is obviously convenient but it has as many critics as advocates.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine did research on the care patients received from virtual doctors and face-to-face doctor’s visits for two different medical conditions, sinusitis and uri-nary tract infections. The alarming outcome was an increase in the amount of antibiotics prescribed as a result of e-visits.

“When physicians cannot directly examine the patient, physicians may use a conservative ap-proach and order antibiotics,” said the authors of the study.

John Santa, M.D., medical advisor for Consumer Reports says digital doctors should be used “only in limited circumstances and only with great care.”

Before you go online for your health care, ask

yourself just how sick are you? Virtual visits aren’t for emergencies. If you’re bleeding badly or suspect a broken bone or heart attack, go to the emergency room.

Digital doctors also aren’t ideal for treating chronic illnesses like diabetes or hypertension. Re-serve your e-visits for garden variety problems like allergies, coughs, sinus and urinary tract infections and diarrhea.

Online doctoring is still a little like the Wild West. Watch for red fl ags like sites that sell supplements and other products, don’t share the training or licensing status of their providers or urge you to get tests that are unrelated to your immediate com-plaint.

Many of the sites have a limited list of drugs they’ll prescribe. Don’t rush to accept antibiotics, which should be prescribed after a physical exam or lab test.

And fi nally, know that online care isn’t designed to be ongoing. Be sure to follow up with your regular physician and ask your digital doctor to forward any information about your visit.

Cord Prettyman is a certifi ed master personal trainer. He can be reached by email at [email protected] or through his website at cordpretty-man.com.

GUEST COLUMNISTCord Prettyman

First came digital thermometers; now we have digital doctors

For the Tribune

The Air Force Academy’s annual deer hunt is scheduled Dec. 5-7 and 12-14.

Licensed hunters will be guided by Academy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel.

“The hunt is for population management,” said Brian Mihlbachler, manager of the Academy’s Natu-ral Resource Offi ce. “We’re trying to maintain the ca-pacity of the habitat here and minimize traffi c acci-dents across base.”

Frequently used roads and trails leading into the hunting areas will be posted with orange “Area Closed -- Authorized Personnel Only” signs. The Falcon Trail, Archery Range, Pine Valley horse pastures, and PAR course will be closed during the hunt.

Licenses for the 2015 hunting season have been is-sued by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

To apply for future hunts, submit a big game ap-plication to Colorado Parks and Wildlife for Game Management.

For more information, visit cpw.state.co.us or call 227-5200

Academy’s deer hunt starts in December

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Monument Town Council denied application for zone change at Dec. 1 meeting. Mr. Martinez had made the application to change commercial to residential since zoning proposal was adopted. De-valuation of a tire shop would cause tax revenue loss.

Mayor Slabaugh read a letter from homeowners in the Point area. A neighbor had articles on his property which are causing de-valuation of the property and possibly why the other homes haven’t been sold.

Pre-K story hour will begin for chil-dren who will be 5 by Sept. 15, 1976. Story hour will be the 2nd Wednesday of each month. The fi rst will be Dec. 10, 1975, at 11:15-12:15.

Monument Fire Department was called to County Line exit off I-25. A mattress had ignited in the back of a semi-trailer. Fire was extinguished before any major damage was done.

At the Kiwanis program on Dec. 3, Noris A. Lusche, Chairman of District Bicentennial Commission presented a Bicentennial program. Bob Swift, pastor of First Baptist Church in Monument, brought a Thanksgiving message.

Planning for the Yule Log will take place Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 6 p.m., at the Palmer Lake Town Hall. Bring a covered dish and table service for your family. After dinner, the younger chil-dren will see movies at the fi rehouse while adults decorate the town hall.

Boys from Frontier Boys’ Village and women of the Auxiliary fashioned dozens of fresh greens into holiday wreaths to be sold. Profi ts go to the village.

Third graders presented a Thanks-giving program on Tuesday, Nov. 26. The title of the program was “Johna-than’s Thanksgiving”. There were also chorale readings by students.

Christmas fi lms at the Monument Hill Library on Dec. 13 will be“The Little Engine that Could”, The Littlest Angel”, and “The Little Drummer Boy”. Program will be at 10:30 a.m.

Heritage Square at the Mine Shop-ping Center has decorative Diplomat Candles designs for sale.

The Young at Heart will met Tues-day, Dec. 9 at 11:30 a.m. Christmas music will be the Skylarks of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mrs. Melvin Vaki is the director.

Monument Town Hall was the festive scene for the Engel clan of 38 people on Thanksgiving day to see the newest member, Cory Dean Engle, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Engel. The event was held Nov. 22. Some of the Engels traveled to Castle Rock to see Olive Engel, who is 105 years young.

Bradley Skinner of Salt Lake City will speak at vesper service at Church at Woodmoor, 5 p.m., Dec. 7. He spoke on the topic “Waiting and Watching for the Divine Intervention.” Music was provided by the 20 voice Madrigan Singers of Air Force Academy High School directed by Donald P. Walden.

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The Academy Cadet Chorale will host its free annual Christmas concert at 2 p.m. on Dec. 5.

The next day, the Academy Cadet Chapel Choirs and Orchestra will per-form a concert, also free and at 2 p.m.

The events will be held at the Cadet Chapel and are open to the public. No tickets are required.

The Cadet Chorale will be joined

by civilian community choir, Soli Deo Gloria, to perform the Bach Magnifi cat.

The Chapel Choirs and Academy Orchestra concert will include choral, orchestral, and a cappella music of the season.

Visitors must enter the North Gate. Parking is available in the Harmon Hall parking lots or at the Visitor Center. For more information about these concerts or other performances, call 333-2636.

Holiday concerts at Air Force Academy free to public

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Soon, Santa Claus and area fi rst re-sponders will be delivering toys and joy to children in the Tri-Lakes region.

The Jolly Old Elf will make his rounds with members of the Monument Police Department, the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department and the Palmer Lake Police Department.

They will be in police cars and fi re trucks with lights fl ashing and sirens blaring.

But Saint Nicholas needs your help . . . new, unwrapped toys and gift cards.

They can be dropped off at the fol-

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Toys should be dropped off no later than Friday, Dec. 18, at 5 p.m.

Santa and his elves will be visiting the children in the Tri-Lakes area from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19.

If you have questions, contact Mon-ument Police Chief Jake Shirk at 481-3253.

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Catalano hopes to get everyone in-terested to attend an organizational meeting at 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 14, at the YMCA, 17250 Jackson Creek Parkway, Monument, in its busi-ness meeting room.

“The purpose of this meeting will be to explain exactly what is involved

so that we can have an active commit-tee of 10-15 people who will take on this role for the Tri-Lakes region,” she said. “This needs to be a representa-tive group from across the Tri-Lakes region.”

The group will start by looking at the 2000 Tri-Lakes Comprehensive Plan. Details are available on the El Paso County website.

Questions can be directed to Jerry Hannigan at [email protected].


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I love the Small Town Christmas event because you can fi nd unique gifts for everyone on your list, you can stretch your holiday dollars, and you help keep the charming, one-of-a-kind businesses open that add so much special character to our small town.

Even better, the sales tax generated from these gift purchases help all of us as part of it is returned to our city coffers!

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Can’t fi nd the perfect gift or unsure what to buy? Purchase a gift certifi cate from the local merchants and let your recipient do their own shopping!

Gift cards for meals are available for food at La Casa Fiesta, 230 Front St., or the Wisdom Tea Shop, 65 2nd St.

We are so fortunate to have specialty shops galore, where you can fi nd lovely gifts for everyone on your list. You will also enjoy personal assistance from the store owners.

We must make sure we let these fi ne business

owners know that we appreciate them. The best way to do that is to shop at their stores.

And while you are shopping for everyone else, don’t forget to treat yourself to something special! Who deserves it more?

Contact Nancy Bonig at Nancy @Bonig.com to list your upcoming art event.

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The 10th Annual North Pole at Tri-Lakes Arts and Crafts Fair is one of the many events going on this busy weekend in Monument.

On Saturday, Dec. 5, for one day only, the North Pole will shift to Grace Best Education Center, 66 Jef-ferson St. in Monument (across from St. Peter Catho-lic Church).

From 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., upwards of 70 vendors will offer all sorts of crafts, foods, decorations and other unique products.

There will be fun throughout the day, including vo-cal and instrumental music by Lewis-Palmer School District 38 students.

Don’t miss the Cookie Walk, provided by the Tri-Lakes Methodist Church, where you may select all you want to buy from some 7,000 homemade cook-ies on display.

For admission, all are asked to bring non-per-ishable food, toys, or cash donations for Tri-Lakes Cares.

Sponsored by the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, the crafts fair is part of the club’s continuing service

to the community. Through its programs, the club contributes regu-

larly to Tri-Lakes Cares, D-38, Griffi th Centers for Children, Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, and many others.

Among their activities, the members manage the 4th of July parade, the Empty Bowls Dinner, Thera-peutic Horseback Riding, Salvation Army kettle drive, and the Service Leadership Program for pri-mary through high school students.

For more information contact Bob Nissen at 304-8705 or bob@mifi group.com.

Consider original art by area craftsmen when shopping for gifts

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Tri-Lakes Arts & Crafts Fair part of busy weekend

Original jewelry creations by Kathleen Krucoff can be found at Santa Fe Trail Jewelry.

You can fi nd handcrafted pottery by Carolann Ryan at the new Clay N Colors store.


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Forest services considers road closuresDENVER (AP) _ The U.S. Forest Service has agreed to consider closing 500 miles of roads

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The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/1Og9QGp ) the settlement accepted Monday requires forest offi cials to also consult with state wildlife experts to determine whether changes must be made to protect deer and elk.

The settlement is the result of a lawsuit fi led by environmental groups, which challenged roads that land managers had improperly allowed in mountains near Front Range cities.

Some of the roads up for debate, near Leadville and Pikes Peak, cut across streams where banks are eroding habitat for lynx, spotted owls and other wildlife.

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Well, the kids of the Tri Lakes region didn’t make it easy on judges in The Tribune’s Turkey Coloring Contest.

Dozens of entries in the three age groups produced fabulous turkeys.

There were turkeys colored with your basic Crayons, others that used

markers and paint, and then some that went wild with pasta glued to the

paper, feathers and glitter.The contest voting was so close that the

staff of the Tribune had to conduct several tie-breakers.

In the end, judges chose the grand prize win-ners of the free passes to the

Summit bowling and fun center, free Papa John’s pizza, free swim lesson and gift basket from Safesplash Swim School and cupcake mix pack from Frog on a Limb Primitives.

The winners were Kate Olive the 4 and under age category, Garland Blue in the 5 -8 category,

and Katharine Roach in the 9 and over category.Because the drawings were so competitive,

an additional three winners were chosen in each category.

Those winners are Juliet Love in the 4 and under group, Cory Staunton in the 5- 8 group, and Kenzie Fieber in the 9 and up clas-sification.

The Tribune congratulates all the winners and invites everyone to watch for our next col-oring contest.

Creative drawings make judging hard inTribune’s Turkey Coloring Contest

Kate Olive 4 and under age category

Garland Blue5 -8 category

Katharine Roach 9 and over category

Juliet Love4 and under age category

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During my 27 years as a reporter, I’ve covered close to 600 prep football games. Another 200 if you count college and the NFL.

Rarely have I witnessed the type of raw emotion as I saw when I walked the field of Don Breese Sta-dium shortly after Palmer Ridge lost to Windsor on Nov. 21 in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A playoffs.

“This brotherhood is the golden years,” said Palmer Ridge senior running back/cornerback Col-lin Ambrose, his eyes welled up with tears. “I love all these kids. All these seniors I played with all these years. All the blood and sweat. We put our heart out and I love them all.

“These years have given me some friendships that I will hold forever.”

There are 19 seniors listed on the Palmer Ridge roster. Eight of them have played together on the same parks and rec, and Pop Warner, teams for at least nine years. Ambrose and company were part of back-to-back state championship teams in middle school.

“Playing with these guys since third grade, I’ve just been so blessed,” said Palmer Ridge senior linebacker Chase Dukes after hugging a teammate. “As long as I can remember, we were fighting with each other. I can always count on them to have my back in the past and in the future going on now. I would not want to play with anybody else except these guys.”

For Dukes and Ambrose, the pain of knowing they likely will never strap on pads and lace up cleats again cut far deep-er than the loss to Windsor. They don’t play any other school sports, so when they left the field and walked toward the locker room, it was especially painful.

“For the rest of our lives we’re still each other’s family,” said Palmer Ridge senior wide receiver/cornerback Bailey Rosen-strauch, who runs track for the school. “We’ll always be there for each other, even when we’re like 60.

“I haven’t lost these guys. They’re still there. But playing on the football field with my guys is over. But they are still my family forever.”

Quarterback Isaiah Sanders is among a small group of Bears who will be playing at the next level. His incredible season in-cluded more than 4,000 combined passing and rushing yards and 47 touchdowns.

“I thank God for this because I don’t think, through all the years, I really appreciated how much it meant to me to be blessed to be able to play with the same guys for eight, nine years,” said Sanders, as tears rolled down his cheek. “Next time I put on pads, it won’t be with these guys and I’m going to miss that. But I thank God for the time I had. It’s been really special.”

One of the realities of sports is that few players leave the field, or court, on a happy note. And very rarely do players leave on their own terms.

Conversely, Discovery Canyon won its fourth consecutive league championship this fall after a stunningly bad start.

But for all the success the Thunder has had, a state title still eludes the program. They will con-tinue the good fight.

The prep football season is over for our area teams and the lights have faded. But there is always next year, and with that comes the hope that per-haps dreams can come true. No matter how big or small.

Four of Palmer Ridge’s 19 seniors walked arm-in-arm for a pre-game coin flip this season. From left to right: Sam Wells, Zac Alwais, Bailey Rosenstrauch and Isaiah Sanders./Photo courtesy of jay Huey

The Lewis-Palmer High School football team featured 11 seniors./Photo courtesy of Julie Tims

Discovery Canyon senior quarterback Matt Call, No. 5, was a big part of the Thunder’s turnaround after the team began the season with four consecu-tive losses. It lost to The Classical Academy in Week 3. /Photo courtesy of Jeff Weeks

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Faces to FollowAli MeyerbasketballColorado Christian

Meyer, a Palmer Ridge High School alum, is a 6-foot-1

sophomore forward/center for the Colorado Christian women’s basketball team. Meyer started for the Cougars as a freshman, helping the team to its first-ever Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championship. She has played in four games this season, averaging 28. 5 minutes, 8.3 points and team-leading 11 rebounds per game.

Steve Turnerwrestling,Air Force Academy

Turner, a Discovery Can-yon graduate, is a sophomore wrestling at 141

pounds for the Falcons. He was 3-2 last season while wrestling at 133. He is member of cadet squadron 22. He has three relatives that graduated from a service academy. His father, Lt. Col Steve Turner, wrestled for Air Force, and two relatives Shaun and David Turner, also wrestled for the Academy. He credits his father with the greatest impact on his athletic career His favor-ite quote comes from his father: “No magic, just hard work.”

Michelle DeCoudbasketball,University of Dallas

DeCoud, a 2014 Palmer Ridge graduate, is a sopho-

more forward for the University of Dallas women’s basketball team. She averaged 10.8 points per game as a freshman for the Crusaders, starting 14 of the 26 games. DeCoud had a career-high 27 points against Colorado College on Jan. 18 and was sub-sequently named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Player of the Week Jan. 19.

Nick Adams,wrestling University of Northern Colorado

Adams, a 2011 Discov-ery Canyon graduate, is

a redshirt senior for the UNC wrestling team. A 149-pounder, Adams was 11-12 last season. He took fourth place in the Cowboy Open and finished third at the Northern Colorado Open. Adams had a stellar high school career, winning the state title as a junior and finishing second as a senior.

Jordan Scottbasketball University of Idaho

Scott, a 2013 Lewis-Palmer graduate, is a redshirt sopho-more for the

Vandals. As a redshirt freshman, he played in 22 games and aver-aged 2.2 points per game. He is a 6-6 small forward. He had a career-best 13 points against Montana State. Scott has started all three Idaho games this sea-son and is averaging 4.7 and 2.7 rebounds per game. He helped Lewis-Palmer to back-to-back state championships as a junior and senior.

Palmer Ridge girls netters short in stature, tall on talentBears missed playoffs last season

for first time since 2009 By Danny [email protected]

After qualifying for the state tourna-ment five consecutive years, and reach-ing the Elite Eight in 2014, the Palmer Ridge girls’ basketball team was on the outside looking in last winter.

Jasmine Sanders and her Bears’ teammates don’t plan a repeat perfor-mance.

“Definitely not,” Sanders said with a smile. “If we put in the work, we can definitely get back there.”

That Class 4A Elite Eight team from 2014 was powered by Ali Meyer and Mi-chelle DeCoud, both of whom are play-ing college basketball.

Sanders is a junior guard/post who was second on the team in scoring av-erage last season with 9.6 points per game, and first in rebounds with 6.7. She played on a travel team based in Denver over the summer and improved by playing upwards of 35 games.

“Last year was kind of a rebuilding year,” said Sanders, whose big broth-er, Isaiah, was the quarterback of the school’s football team. “This year we know each other a lot better.

“If we can play with the right mind-set, we can be there with anybody.”

Palmer Ridge finished 14-8 last sea-son (8-6 in the Pikes Peak Athletic Con-ference) and tied for third with Falcon. But the Bears lost the tiebreaker, so Falcon was granted the third and final spot from the league for automatic en-try into the postseason.

Palmer Ridge returns its entire team, with the exception of Mikahla Russell (moved away) and Carley Campbell (out for the season with a knee injury). Neither was a starter.

The Bears top six players are all ju-niors and sophomores. In addition to Sanders, there is junior guard Sam Rippley, the team leader in points (13.7), assists (2.9) and steals (4.5); ju-nior Regan Mukpik, the team-leader in 3-pointers (25 of 78) was third in scor-ing (4.6); sophomore McKenzie Sus-kind, second in scoring (6.7) and steals (3.0); junior Marie Koogle (3.8 ppg); and sophomore Kori Woods (3.9 points and 4.0 rebounds per game).

“We know our strengths and weak-nesses,” Siskind said. “We all get along and our team bonding has gotten a lot

better.”With no player on the team taller

than 5-foot-8, Palmer Ridge will rely on speed, quickness, defense and its tran-sition game.

“We want to get the ball and run down the court and get easy layups,” Siskind said.

Added Woods: “We have to play a clean game and be well-rounded. We have to be able to execute and do the things we’re good at doing.”

The Bears play in the same league with Sand Creek, the No. 1-ranked team in the state. Sand Creek won both games against Palmer Ridge last season, by 15 and 20 points, respec-tively.

“We have to be aggressive on de-fense and play stronger against them,”

Koogle said. “We’re not intimidated by them.”

Palmer Ridge opened its season Dec. 1 at Canon City, which was 15-1 last winter.

The Bears play two tournaments in Kansas; the Clarion Inn Showcase in Garden City in December, and the Col-by Tournament in January.

Lewis-Palmer was 1-22 last season with its lone victory over Englewood. New to the Rangers this season is junior Kaity Hovasse, a transfer from Mesa Ridge. Hovasse’s brother, Charlie, starts for the Lewis-Palmer boys’ team.

Discovery Canyon was 8-15 last sea-son and will again be coached by Dani-elle Rivera.

The Classical Academy was 5-18 last winter. It plays in the 4A Metro League.

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Cheer, pom poms and hip-hop will be featured at the Denver Colisuem

By Danny [email protected]

The famed Denver Coliseum will again be the site of this year’s state spirit finals, Dec. 11-12.

Palmer Ridge, Lewis-Palmer and Discovery Can-yon all will be represented at the event, which brings together thousands of girls.

“We sit there the whole day and watch teams go and it gets a little nerve-racking; it can be a little in-timidating,” said Kaitlyn Lewis, one of four captains for the Lewis-Palmer cheer team.

Lewis and her Rangers teammates have been working on perfecting their two minute, 30 second routine for months. They have been practicing at 5 a.m., and after school, as well as on Saturdays.

“We are perfectly capable of putting together a de-duction-free routine,” Lewis said.

A deduction-free routine, like the one the Rangers had at Air Academy on Nov. 21, will likely place Lew-is-Palmer in the finals. The Rangers took first place among 20 teams at Air Academy as they stunted and tumbled their way to a 77.6.

“It was the first time we’ve had zero deductions as a team this year,” said Lewis-Palmer senior captain

Kimmy Loidolt. “If we hit all of our stunts and make sure nobody touches down in tumbling, we can do well at state.”

The Palmer Ridge cheer team finished sixth at state last December, scoring 85.575 in the prelims to advance to the final round of eight. The Bears scored an 82.45 in the finals.

Discovery Canyon’s cheer team was 15th last sea-son.

Lewis-Palmer will also send its poms team to state. The Rangers were 11th out of 17 teams in that divi-sion last year and did not qualify for the finals.

Palmer Ridge has a hip-hop team that will com-pete again at the state meet. The Bears finished 19th among 23 teams last season.

The Palmer Ridge cheer team is preparing for the upcoming state meet, Dec. 11-12 at the Denver Coliseum./Photo cour-tesy of Palmer Ridge cheer

The Lewis-Palmer cheer squad is hoping to improve upon last year’s 14th place showing at the state spirit meet, Dec. 11-12 at the Denver Coliseum./Photo courtesy of Lewis-Palmer Cheer

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There’s a saying in diving that 90 per-

cent of the score comes from the diver’s entry into the water. But to perform a dive well, 90 percent of the work comes during the takeoff – or hurdle – from the board.

Becca Hetrick has worked tire-lessly over the years to master all of the key components that go into making a successful dive. The Lew-is-Palmer senior is hoping that her skills, determination and intellect transfer into another banner season. “I’ve added a higher degree of difficulty to my dives,” Hetrick said. “I’m excited to see how everything comes together.”

Hetrick finished seventh at last sea-son’s Class 5A state meet, up from 16th as a sophomore. She is being recruited by several Division I schools; among them is the Air Force Academy.

“At first the (academy) was not something I wanted to do,” Hetrick conceded. “But it’s definitely a higher possibility now.”

Hetrick wants to major in mechani-cal engineering, and the academy has one of the top programs in the nation. She carries a 3.875 grade point average at Lewis-Palmer with a course load that includes engineering, as well as ad-vanced placement classes in calculus, physics and literature.

Lewis-Palmer dive coach Alan Arata believes Hetrick’s intellect helps her to achieve great success in the pool.

“No detail is too small for Becca,” Arata said. “She’s got a beautiful line (into the water) already, so we had a lot to work with. She has great toe point going into the water.

“With Becca leading the way, we will have our best dive team ever.”

Lewis-Palmer finished 13th at state last winter as a team. Hetrick was named the squad’s most valuable ath-lete.

The Rangers return seven state-qualifying swimmers – Julie Day, Cori Dech, Faith McAllister, Leigh Russell, Kailee Sunada, Cailey Baker and Alex Lewis.

Others who were close to qualifying times last season were Kayla McClel-land and Sara Hartel.

Hetrick leads a group of divers that includes fellow state qualifier and ju-nior Emily Munn, and three freshmen – Anna Kemper. Ashlyn Foster and Nat-alie Wright.

“We’re already a close-knit team,” Hetrick said. “I think this will be a really great year.”

Hetrick will break away from her Rangers’ teammates on Dec. 19 and head to the Girls Coaches Invite in Thornton, while the rest of the Lewis-Palmer team competes in the Chey-enne Mountain Invitational.

“We need to have her dive in front of Denver judges,” Arata said. “It’s impor-tant that they can see her and get famil-iar with her.”

Arata is now the aquatic director, stepping down as head coach after six seasons. Arata is turning the reins over to former Lewis-Palmer standout and two-time state champion Jacki Cromer. Cromer won 200 freestyle at state in 2008 and 2009.

“Jackie was my assistant last year and we have a lot of the same thoughts about what needs to be done for this to continue to be a successful program,” Arata said.

Cromer was an assistant coach at Discovery Canyon for a couple of years before moving to her alma mater. She will also be the Rangers’ head boys swimming coach next spring.

Hetrick aiming for state diving title

Top: Lewis-Palmer senior Becca Hetrick finished seventh in the state in diving at last winter’s Class 5A state meet.Bottom: Lewis-Palmer junior Cori Dech was a state qualifier last year. /Photos courtesy of War-ren Roh


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Bella Art & Frame is offering refreshments and free Christmas ornaments for children.

Yarn Bird Fibers is offering refreshments and the chance to win a holiday open house gift basket.

Margo’s on the Alley is offering refreshments and 25 percent off Christmas decor.

Luna Hair Studio and Spa is offering refreshments and 25 percent off all stock products.

Expectations Salon and Day Spa is offering animal balloons and face painting.

Monumental Minatures and Toys is hosting Dan Spring, who will be showcasing his fossil collection for kids between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Purple Mountain Jewelry is offering special “San-ta” discounts.

Frog on a Limb is offering live carols and refresh-ments, as well as a free holiday candle with the pur-chase of a gift basket of $50 or more.

Clay N Colors is hosting a Christmas Open House on Friday, Dec. 4, from 5 to 8 p.m., and Saturday, Dec. 5, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. They are offering a pot-tery demonstration, the chance to win a $25 gift certifi cate and $2 to $3 clay ornaments for kids to paint.

Lillians is offering refreshments, 20 percent off one regularly priced item and additional sales.

The Posh Pineapple is offering refreshments in-side. Shoppers can roll their Christmas dice for dis-

counts and prizes. The Love Shop is offering Christmas shopping

bags for $2, along with other specials. La Casa Fiesta Mexican Restaurant is hosting

Santa and Mrs. Claus on the heated, enclosed patio from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Refreshments and crafts will be available.

Wisdom Tea House is offering 20 percent off pack-aged tea.

Little Sprouts Learning Center is offering kids’ hol-iday crafts from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Century Communities is offering hayrides, de-parting from Little Sprouts Learning Center, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Town of Monument’s tree lighting will be at 6 p.m., following a performance by Sundance Studio at 4:30 p.m. and caroling at 5 p.m.

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