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No Love Lost in assessor debate By Pat Hill [email protected]

Niceties aside, both candidates running for Teller County assessor in the Republi-can primary took pot shots at each other in a debate May 28. Supporters and op-ponents of Violet Watt and current asses-sor, Betty Clark-Wine, packed city council chambers.

While Watt spotlighted reports of poor customer service in Clark-Wine’s offi ce, the assessor countered with praise for her staff.

Each candidate came prepared to re-spond to accusations hurled by the other.

Sponsored by Teller County Republi-cans and moderated by Pete LaBarre, the debate started out easy enough, with Watt explaining how properties are valued.

Residential properties, for instance, are valued by comparing sales in the same area, which is the market approach. “Any other types of property we can use compa-rable-sales, income and cost approaches,” Watt said. “Once we have the value we ap-ply the assessed rate, depending on the classifi cation of property.”

For residential, 7.96 percent of actual value equals the assessed value, Watt said, while all other classifi cations are assessed at 29 percent of actual value.

“All sales are put into a modeling pro-cess. Our appraisers modeled the area and determined the values on the individual properties,” Clark-Wine added.

Because Watt was an appraiser in the assessor’s offi ce she was asked if commer-cial values are higher within the Down-town District Authority.

“Commercial properties are almost al-ways sticky situations. The bulk of com-mercial sales were within the DDA and in Woodland Park proper. Compound that with sub-classifications of property - not only do we have retail we have of-fice space, dental and medical buildings. The bulk of the sales were in retail and office spaces. When it comes to those two sub-classifications, the likelihood of the models being close to right, as long as the characteristics are correct, are pretty good. Any other sub-class of property is going to require further investigation. The assessor has no power to change the function of the DDA.”

Clark-Wine was asked if there had been deals made when assessing properties within the DDA to get more taxes into the district.

“I am not a fan of DDAs or urban renew-al; however, they are statutory measures for cities to take care of blighted areas or areas that need improvement. The DDA in Wood-land Park was voted on by the people in

the district. They get their biggest bang for the buck on new construction. Most of my meetings with the DDA were about bound-aries. There was an issue with the valuation of 13 properties inside the DDA - they were given a $25 per square foot break on exempt property…”

Clark-Wine was cut off before she could fi nish her sentence. In the interest of fair-ness, The Courier asked for the rest of the story in an email: “Parking (downtown lots) leased to city is exempt from taxation and reduces the property owner’s bill: When the properties were revalued in 2007 and 2009 for the years 2008-2012 they were given a $25 per square foot exemption, which was much higher than the historical values of $2.50-$4.50 per square foot. The result was that the owner received a larger tax reduc-tion and the taxing authorities received less revenue in that time frame. When proper-ties were revalued in 2013, all commercial land in Woodland Park was valued around $4.69 per square foot. For 2013, the exempt portion was based on $4.69 (instead of $25 per square foot). This caused taxes to go up, even if the property value went down.

On another issue, Watt was asked why she dropped the value of her own home by $76,901 in the northwest area where she had done the modeling as an appraiser. “The northwest area encircles my property.

The acting chief appraiser and the acting data analyst at the time I left the offi ce was the assessor,” Watt said, referring to Clark-Wine. Therefore, the assessor was respon-sible for checking the values of the model.”

Watt’s home was then valued at $108,680. Was that fair and did Clark-Wine know that Watt had assessed her own property? LaBarre said.

“I have a policy that any property that falls within your own area must be reviewed by the data analyst. We have a chief data analyst, Pam Killibrew, who was to review any properties and any in-dividual who appraised their own prop-erty. That being said, we had a very busy season and I trusted Violet to do the right thing and to bring that to the attention of the data analyst to review her prop-erty. She could have protested and gotten the value where it should have been? Was it fair and accurate? No.”

Watt added, “I did check my value around the surrounding sales in the Crystal Peak area; there was a fairly high foreclo-sure rate in that area; therefore, I could not support a higher value. Let it be known that I not only valued the northwest area of the county but all the vacant and commercial land in the county. I worked 357 overtime hours that I was paid for when I left - and that includes a 26-hour shift in order to

make sure taxpayers received their notices on time.”

For all properties which experienced an error using the modeling, did all such properties get corrected or just those that were appealed?

Watt replied. “There were properties that were corrected without an appeal and some that did not get corrected; in the northeast area there were properties under-valued. There were issues with the modeling. It’s just a bummer when that happens. So I’m hoping to correct that.”

In response, Clark-Wine said that in Watt’s campaign literature, she said that 20 percent of all valuations had to be redone.

“I don’t know where that 20 percent came from. The number of residential properties that had to be redone in the northeast area were only 2,300, the bal-ance of them were agricultural and va-cant. That is only 9 percent of 26,000 par-cels in Teller County. Of those, 1/3 had no change or decrease, 1/6 increased 1 to 10 percent, 1/6 increased 11 to 20 percent and 1/3 increased 20 percent or more which is why we did not have a mass number of protests.

The election will be decided in the pri-mary June 24.

Candidates for the o� ce of Teller County assessor engaged in a lively debate May 28 hosted by Teller County Republicans and moderated by the chairman, Pete LaBarre, center. Violet Watt, left, and current assessor Betty Clark-Wine are running against each other in the Republican primary June 24. Photo by Pat Hill

AREA SCHOOLS CELEBRATE COMMENCEMENTWoodland Park class of 2014 graduates. Page 9

Cripple Cree class of 2014 graduates. Page 11

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Mountain lions pay visitPrettyman, Courier columnist, says animals not welcomeBy Pat [email protected]

The rash of mountain-lion sightings recently in Woodland Park seems to have abated. “I have not received a call for a week,” said Tonya Sharp, district wildlife manager. “I think they’ve left town, espe-cially the ones on Spruce Ridge Lane.”

As well, the lions have been sighted on the Sturman Industries property north of Woodland Park and on Karen Lane. “I think the issue is feral cats; they are a food source for the mountain lions,” she said.

If people encounter a lion, Sharp rec-ommends yelling or throwing something. “So that mountain lions are not comfort-able hanging out,” she said.

As far as household pets, dogs and cats, Sharp recommends keeping them in a ken-nel with a top on it.

Cord Prettyman weighs inWe’ve had two sightings during the

month of May directly behind our house in Country Ridge Estates, which is a com-munity just above the middle school. The first was on May 2nd at 6:10 am. My wife and I had just gotten up and were brushing our teeth, when our 14-year-old 7 lb. ter-rier mix went postal, barking and running from door to door barking insanely. Both Lizzie and I looked outside and at first saw nothing. Then, Lizzie spotted a tail mov-ing just above a small gate at the end of a land bridge that connects our back deck to the forest behind our house. She real-ized immediately it was a mountain lion. I went out onto the deck and by that time the mountain lion had moved up to a pa-tio that is about 30 yards behind our house

and there, standing side-by-side, were two mountain lions.

I’d say they were not quite full-grown but probably 5 to 6 feet long from the tip of their nose to the tip of their tail. Cer-tainly big enough. I fired a pellet gun in their direction and they both were obvi-ously familiar with the popping sound and took out in a sprint. They were out of sight within a couple of seconds.

I called 911 so they could alert the school system as the middle school, which is only a half-mile from our home and they were in session that day. The Woodland Park police were at our house within min-utes and two patrol cars were roaming the neighborhood. I was informed by the po-lice that there had been numerous moun-tain lion sightings around town.

The second sighting occurred at 5:45 am on May 21 with the same MO. Our terrier mix went postal and sure enough there was a mountain lion in the same location hid-ing behind the gate at the top of our land bridge. This one was “big.” I again went out onto the deck with my trusty pellet pistol and left the door to the house wide open so I could make a quick retreat. The popping sound of the pellet gun once again sent the mountain lion into a sprint into the forest. I once again called 911 to report the inci-dent as it also was on a school day.

There have been several other incidents posted on our neighborhood watch online website called “Nextdoor,” which connects some 40 neighbors in the Forest Edge/Country Ridge Estates neighborhood. One woman had her cat eaten and a man ran a mountain lion off that was stalking his dog.

Sharp may have gotten another call May 28 when Prettyman’s nearby neighbors en-countered a mountain lion on around 12 noon on Forest Edge Road.

Mountain lions are having a field day in Woodland Park these days. The Spruce Ridge neighborhood had a regular visitor in mid-March with this cat. Photos courtesy of Tonya Sharp, District Wildlife Manager

Cute but better off in the wild, this mountain lion hung out in a tree on Spruce Ridge Lane in mid-March.

Turley arraigned in district courtBy Pat [email protected]

Arrested May 23 on suspicion of sexual assault on a minor by a person of trust, Woodland Park Mayor Dave Turley was ar-raigned in Teller County District Court five days later.

Until the district attorney’s office files formal charges, Turley is to have no contact

with the victim or the victim’s family and no unsupervised contact with a minor young-er than the age of 18.

Recognizing the nature of a small town, Judge Colt said that if Turley were to run into the victim or the victim’s family at the grocery store or post office, for instance, he, Turley, would be expected to walk away.

On the other hand, Colt acknowledged that Turley was likely to run into a minor in

public. “If you’re in a restaurant and there’s another adult there, we would consider that a non-violation,” Colt said. “The idea is not to have any unsupervised contact.”

Turley remains under investigation un-til the district attorney’s office files formal charges at 9 a.m. June 16 in district court.

Turley was represented by Cynthia McKedy while Sharon Flaherty represented the office of District Attorney Dan May.

Woodland Park Mayor Dave Turley was arrested and charged with sexual assault on a child by one in a posi-tion of trust. Courtesy photo

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Five year anniversary celebrated by clinicBy Pat [email protected]

With a red, white and blue cake, Lau-reen Murray, RN, and the staff at the Crip-ple Creek-Victor Mountain Health Clinic celebrated five years of offering free health care for students and their siblings.

Murray coordinates the clinic that offers health care in collaboration with Peak Vista Community Health.

Murray and Martha Hubbard, director

of Teller County Public Health, are credited with securing a $700,000 grant from Colo-rado Department of Health and Environ-ment to open the clinic in Cresson Elemen-tary School in Cripple Creek.

The clinic is one of only 55 school-based health centers in Colorado.

The staff includes Doug Randolph and Dr. Wanda Eppes, who provide behavioral-health services, and Lorrie Grube, physi-cian assistant with Peak Vista.

The Cripple Creek and Victor Mountain Health Clinic celebrated five years May 22. The celebration coincided with the all-school picnic that day at Cresson Elementary School. Laureen Murray, with flag scarf, is the clinic’s coordina-tor. Photo by Pat Hill

By Pat [email protected]

Public officials and Teller County resi-dents gathered in Lions Park May 28 to welcome home the soldiers from the 4th Engineer Battalion. Many of them had been deployed two and three times to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Distinguished by the lowering of the 4th Engineer Battalion flag, the ceremony was solemn, a reflection of the soldiers’ service since 2001. “9\11 changed our lives,” said David Buttery, Woodland Park city manager.

After the ceremony Battalion Com-mander Daniel Hibner said, “The support we have gotten from Woodland Park is amazing.”

When the 4th Engineer Battalion flag was lowered in a ceremony May 28, the significance is that the soldiers from the 4th Engineer’s Battalion are all home. Photo by Kathy Fleer

Battalion Commander Daniel Hibner thanked the com-munity of Woodland Park for the relationship with the 4th Engineer Battalion in a ceremony May 28. “Our sol-diers expect no thanks, no ceremony but your support is clearly appreciated,” Hibner said. Photo by Pat Hill

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Annual clean up provides opportunities to help Easy or di� cult, beauti� cation work available for everyone By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer

For 11 years, Woodland Park residents, along with a few out-of-towners have been picking up litter at designated sites all over town, taking part in the Keep Woodland Park Beau-tiful annual Spring Clean-up Event. Organizers hope that this year, the event’s 12 anniversary, will be the best year yet.

Not everyone is up to the rigors of picking up lit-ter and some don’t want to work close to busy streets but there is still work avail-able. This year that work is cleaning up and beautify-ing the grounds at Ute Pass Historical Society’s History Park behind the Woodland Park Public Library. The Teller County Conserva-tion District, which will be adopting a portion of History Park as part of the city’s new Adopt-A-Gar-den program, will provide seedlings and materials for planting to educate chil-dren.

“Cabins in History Park

are in need of some clean-ing for adults with small children and those who want to do less walking,” city planner Lisa Parnell stated in a news release. “This will help the History Park be tour-ready as (sum-mer) walking tours start the following weekend.”

Either assignment, pick-ing up litter in areas of the city that are in greatest need as determined by an annual “litter survey” or beautifying History Park, registration starts at 9 a.m. on June 7 at Memorial Park.

More information about the Adopt-A-Garden pro-gram, in which individuals, groups and/or businesses agree to adopt a garden spot to plant annuals and perennials and provide care for at least one year, will be released at a future date but the city’s Adopt-A-Spot map and applications will be available at Memo-rial Park on Cleanup Day. Individuals and groups can adopt an area to keep litter-free through-out the year. The program is similar to state and federal Adopt-A-Highway programs.

This year’s cleanup sponsors include: Teller County Waste, Foxworth-Galbraith, Café Leo, Teller County Home Builders As-sociation, BierWerks, Rota-ry Club, Mountain Scoops, Walmart, City Market, Starbuck’s and, in Colora-do Springs, the Woodmen Road Sam’s Club, the Ra-zorback Walmart and the North Nevada Costco.

On the Keep Woodland Park Beautiful Annual Spring Cleanup Day June 7, this year’s participants, who have small children to keep away from busy streets or who don’t want to walk so much, will have the option of working in and around the Ute Pass Historical Society’s History Park planting � owers and cleaning up the cabins to get the park ready for summer tours. Courtesy photo/KWPB

Cleaning up and beautifying the cabins and grounds at the Ute Pass Historical Society’s History Park will be a part of this year’s Keep Woodland Park Beautiful Annual Spring Cleanup June 7. Work at the park will be a safer clean-up alter-native for families with small children and it will be easier on people who � nd picking up litter to be a little too strenuous. Photo by Norma Engelberg

With several cabins and grounds, Ute Pass Historical Society’s History Park is a prime candidate for inclusion in the Keep Woodland Park Beautiful Annual Spring Cleanup. Photo by Norma Engelberg


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tEllEr county Democratic Party (TellerDems) invites interested persons to attend its 2014 informational and edu-cational programs, as well as community events. For details about the TellerDems calendar of activities, call Mrs. Ellen Haase, 719-687-1813.

tEllEr county Republicans meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Pikes Peak Comyomunity Center in Divide next to the Conoco. Come and help set the course for conservative thinking and direction in Teller County, Colorado, and the nation. Additional information at http://www.teller-gop.org.

transPortation’s local Coordinating Council of Teller County meets at 9 a.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

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dividE chambEr of Commerce. Contact president Lisa Lee at 719-686-7587 for meeting dates and times.

comPutEr classEs. The Woodland Park Public Library offers computer basics, Internet basics, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Digital Photo Management classes. Some classes have prerequisites, and registration is required for all. Call 719-687-9281, ext. 106 to register.

PikEs PEak Workforce Center offers monthly classes on topics such as resume writing, interview skills and more. Workshops are free and take place at the main office, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 1107, Colorado Springs. Call 719-667-3730 or go to www.ppwfc.org.

tEllEr businEss Builders meets at 7 a.m. Mondays at the Hungry Bear, 111 E. Midland Ave., in Woodland Park. The group helps local businesses through cooperative marketing, professional education and trusted relationships. Call Gail Wingerd at 719-686-1076 or send e-mail to [email protected] or Mike Hazelwood at 719-473-5008

tEllEr nEtworking Team meet from 7:45-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Denny’s Restaurant in Woodland Park. TNT is a lo-cal businesses owners networking group working to pass leads and help each others’ businesses grow. Join us to learn more or call Vickie at 719-748-1274.

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christian yoga is offered at 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sundays at Corner Street, 500 E. Midland Ave. in Woodland Park. Mindfullness-centered practice aimed at relaxation, focus, gentle movement. Contact Chrissy Bensen, with bStill Integra-tive Wellness LLC at 719-510-2743 (www.bStillyoga.com) before attending for the first time to reserve a spot; after that, just drop in. Cost is $7 per class.

ExErcisE classEs offered for free through Community Partnership Family Resource Center’s Healthy Living Programs. Locations of classes are throughout Teller County. Visit www.cpteller.org under “Get Healthy Challenge” or email Kathy at [email protected] for more information.

florissant grangE Hall is available for events includ-ing weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. The Florissant Grange Hall, also known as the Old School House in Florissant, is a historic building built in 1887 and 1888. School started in the school in 1889 and continued through 1960, which creates an interesting historic atmosphere. The Old School House sits on 2-plus acres and weather permitting the grounds can be used as well. Call 719-748-5004 and leave a message to arrange a time to visit the Grange Hall and reserve this space for your event.

EvEry thursday all year the Florissant Grange Hall (The Old School House) is open from 6-9 pm for the Jammers Music and Pot Luck. This is a happening place to be on Thursday eve-nings. Sometimes we have more musicians than people and sometimes we have more people than the hall can hold, but no matter what, we have fun and great music and fabulous food. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session and if you are not a musician, come for the social evening out. Call 719-748-0358.

gEntlE yoga with Nancy Stannard is offered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Contact Nancy Stannard [email protected] before first class and see gentleyoga4healing.com for information.

gEt in shape with a parks and recreation fitness member-ship. The center offers Paramount and Nautilus equipment and free weights. Schedule a personalized fitness orientation and have an individual workout program designed for your fitness needs. Individuals ages 16 and older are welcome to become fitness members. Minors require signed parental permission. Corporate memberships are available. Call 719-689-3514.

front rangE Fencing Club. Learn to fence class for children and adults. Meets at Discovery Canyon Campus. Visit http://frontrangefencing.tripod.com/ Advanced competitive lessons available too.

hEalthiEr living Colorado, Diabetes Self-Management Workshop. Learn the skills needed to manage your diabe-tes. Teller County Public Health and Community Partnership Family Resource Center offer six-week classes to help you with the challenges of living with this ongoing health condi-tion. Participants learn how to control their blood glucose, prevent complications, and cope with the stress of having a chronic health condition. Call Teller County Public Health at 719-687-6416 or visit www.cpteller.org or www.co.teller.co.us/PublicHealth for information and a list of classes in your neighborhood. Suggested donation $35.

Jam night. The Grange Hall is open from 6-9 p.m. every Thursday for the Jammers music and potluck. This is a great night and the place to be on Thursdays. The music is always different depending on who and how many musicians show up. We always have fun, good food and dancing. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session. If you are not a musi-cian, come for a social evening out to meet other community members. Call 719-748-0358.

karatE Plus meets at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Woodland Park Community Church and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Lake George Bible Church. The class includes Japanese karate and jujitsu, Okinawan weapons, padded sparring and Judo throws. Self-defense is also taught. The program is Bible-based. Black belt instruction. KP has been in the Ute Pass area for more than 16 years. Low rates. Ages 5 through adult. Two free lessons. For more information call Ken at 719-687-1436. KP is nonprofit and non-denominational.

thE lakE George Gem and Mineral Club Youth Program for Earth Science Education, Peblepups, meets from 6-6:45 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Lake George Com-munity Center on Hwy 24 on the east side of Lake George. The program is free to students age 8-18. Each session discusses a separate aspect of Earth science or mineral collecting. Warm weather will allow field trips on weekends. Further informa-tion from Steve Veatch 719-748-5010 or John Rakowski 719-748-3861 or at LGGMClub.org.

thE lakE George Gem and Mineral Club meets the second Saturday of every month at the Community Center, Lake George. Meetings begin at 10 a.m. until May, when it changes to 9 a.m. to accommodate a field trip in conjunction with the regular meeting. There is always a program or field trip.

mothEr bEar Self-Defense offers Krav Maga classes from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment on Thursdays on the second floor of the Corner Dance Studio in Woodland Park. Mother Bear also offers women’s self-defense classes for groups of three or more. Contact Wendy at 719-323-7949 for information.

thE mountain Top Cycling club holds monthly meetings for bicyclist of all types and skill levels. The club meets at different locations on the first Tuesday of the month. Member-ship fee is $25 for individual and $40 for family. We have guest speakers, presentations and door prizes. The meeting is from 7-8 p.m. Social time at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.mountaintopcy-clingclub.com or write us Mountain Top Cycling Club P.O.Box 843 Woodland Park CO 80866. For more information, call Debbie at 719-687-2489.

tai chi is offered for free at 9 a.m. Mondays at the Florissant Public Library. Call Pam Powers, 719-748-3378 or Judy Ross, 719-686-9122.

tai chi is offered every Wednesday at Florissant/Four Mile Fire Department. Call Meridel Gatterman, 719-689-5861.

tai chi is offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs resource room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122.

tai chi is offered from 9-10 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs community room. Call Penny Brandt, 719-687-1848 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122.

tai chi, Sun Style 73 Forms, is offered from 10-11 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs com-munity room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633.

tEllEr county Shooting Society, an organization estab-lishing a new gun range in Teller County, meets the second Saturday of every other month at the Divide Community Center and the Elks Club in Victor. The club has 52 members and expects to grow substantially once ground breaks in the spring. All of the political hurdles are completed and all of the necessary applications have all been approved. Go to www.tcss-co.org.

thEraPEutic yoga-basEd stress-reduction classes offered from 5-6 p.m. Sundays in Woodland Park. Welcoming, fun, and affordable. Cost is $7 per class. See www.bStillcoun-seling.com or contact Chrissy Bensen, MA-MFT, 719-510-2743 for details.

tEllEr county 4-H Shooting Sports Club meets the first Sunday of each month at the Pikes Peak Community Club (PPCC) in Divide at 4 p.m. 4-H projects/disciplines covered by the club: .22 and Air Rifle, Archery, Shotgun, and Air Pistol. For more information about the club meetings or project/discipline practices, contact Bob Tyler, 719-748-1335 or [email protected]. For 4-H enrollment contact Mark Platten at 719-686-7961.

thursday night Beginners Book Study meets from 7-8 p.m. Thursdays at Woodland Park Community Church. Email [email protected] for information.

utE Pass Historical Society offers free tours (donations gratefully accepted) of History Park every second Saturday of the month from June through September. History Park is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come tour our old buildings, and learn some of the history of Ute Pass. We also offer a walking tour of Woodland Park which meets at the Museum Center at 10:30. The Museum Center at History Park is located at 231 E. Henrietta Avenue in Woodland Park, next to the library. For information, contact UPHS at 719-686-7512 or check out our website: www.utepasshistoricalsociety.org. Also, like us on Facebook.

utE Pass Historical Society Main Office and book store are open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays in the Museum Center building at History Park, 231 E. Henrietta, next to the Woodland Park Library. Tours of History Park are available during these hours. A $5 donations is appreciated. Call 719-686-7512 at least 15 minutes before a tour. Go to utepasshistoricalsociety.org.

woodland Park Ceili Club hast monthly ceilis (“kay-lees”), which is Irish for a dance party. The purpose is to bring social Irish dance to the Teller County community. These ceilis are open to the public, with no dance experience required. The dances are taught as part of the event. Visit www.mountain-eire.org and see the Ceili Club tab, or call 686-1325.

woodland Park Saddle Club, providing community camaraderie among humans and horses since 1947, sponsors gymkhanas, jackpots, dances, barbecues, parades, trail rides

and more. Join us. For information, contact [email protected]. Visit www.wpsaddleclub.com.

woodland Park Wind Symphony, under the direction of Craig Harms, rehearses at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Woodland Park Middle School band room. All instrumental musicians are welcome. Visit www.woodlandparkwindsymphony.com to learn more about this ensemble and other musical groups which are part of the Woodland Park Wind Symphony, Woodland Winds, Woodland Brass Quintet and Brass Choir and the Swing Factory Big Band. Craig can also be reached at 719-687-2210.

yoga classEs are offered at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a senior class at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, at the Florissant Grange, 2009 County Road 31. Certified instructor. Everyone welcome. Call Debbie at 719-748-3678 for information.

yoga classEs are offered in Woodland Park. All levels are welcome. Contact Michelle Truscelli at 719-505-5011 or check out www.shakti3yoga.com for information.

yoga for Every Body 2014 yoga classes offered at various locations in the Pikes Peak area. All classes free or by dona-tion. Call Stacy for more information at 719-689-5745 or email [email protected].

xingyi is offered from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Wood-land Park Recreation Center. Must be 18 or older. Contact Jeff at 816-260-8595 for information.

social

a coursE in Miracles classes meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Woodland Park. Call 719-286-8421 or e-mail [email protected] for information.

abovE thE Clouds Cruisers meet the first Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at 1120 West Bowman Ave., Woodland Park. For information contact Marsh at 719-687-1058.

amErican lEgion Post 1980 Woodland Park meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at Grange Hall on Hwy 67, about three miles north of the US-24/Hwy-67 junction in Woodland Park. Visit http://post1980.org.

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6-OPINION

Some pretty wild stuff has happened the day of my birthdayMy birthday is June 5. I don’t have any

big plans this year since I am only a couple weeks out from my back surgery. Just pass me a slice of chocolate cake and some ice cream and I’ll be just fine.

Last year, as you may recall, I rocked my birthday with a rare baseball doubleheader and blow-out time at Disneyland. I watched the Los Angeles Angles of Anaheim host the Chicago Cubs in an afternoon affair at Angels Stadium. That evening, my son, his fiancé and I drove to Dodger Stadium where we watched the Los Angeles Dodgers - with Clayton Kershaw on the mound - lose to the San Diego Padres.

Earlier that afternoon I raced go karts with my son, his fiancé and my future in-laws at a facility in Corona.

The next day, June 6, my son and I romped around Disneyland until midnight. I think we rode “Pirates of the Caribbean” five or six times. We also tripled our pleasure at the “Haunted Mansion” and “Space Moun-tain.” And there’s nothing like walking down Main Street at night eating some ice cream and soaking it all in.

I am a big fan of history. I like to memo-

rize dates and events and people who shaped our world. I’ve come to learn that lot of interesting things have occurred over the years on June 5.

It was June 5, 1968, when Bobby Kennedy gave a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. He was running for President and was riding a wave of emotion and sup-port.

He addressed his supporters shortly after midnight in a ballroom of the hotel. Leav-ing the ballroom, he went through the hotel kitchen after being told it was a shortcut. According to reports he was advised to avoid the kitchen by his bodyguard, FBI agent Bill Barry.

In a crowded kitchen passageway, Sirhan Sirhan, a 24-year-old Palestinian, opened fire with a .22-caliber revolver. Kennedy was hit three times and five other people also were wounded.

Following the shooting, Kennedy was first rushed to Los Angeles’ Central Receiving Hospital and then to the city’s Good Samari-tan Hospital, where he died early the next morning on June 6.

D-Day was supposed to occur on June 5, 1944. But General Dwight D. Eisenhower, commander of the Allied forces, decided that the weather was too bad, so he delayed the invasion a day.

On June 5, 1963, President John F. Ken-nedy gave the commencement speech at the Air Force Academy graduation. I was being born 380 miles away at Sandia Army Base in Albuquerque.

Here is a list of some other interesting things that have taken place on June 5 - just since 1900.

1907 — Automatic washer and dryer are introduced.

1933 — Gold standard abolished.1942 — The U.S. declares war on Bulgaria,

Hungary and Romania.1944 — The Allies march into Rome.1952 — Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard

Charles in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.

1955 — New York Yankee Mickey Mantle hits a 550-foot home run off Chicago’s Billy Pierce.

1959 — Bob Dylan graduates Hibbing High School in Minnesota.

1963 — State of siege proclaimed in Iran; the Ayatollah Khomeini is arrested.

1964 — Davie Jones and King Bees debut the song “I Can’t Help Thinking About Me.” The group disbands but Davie Jones goes on to success as David Bowie.

1967 — The Six-Day War between Israel and its Arab neighbors begins.

1974 — Oakland A’s outfielders Reggie Jackson and Bill North engage in a clubhouse fight at Detroit.

1977 — The Los Angeles Dodgers retire former manager Walter Alston’s No. 24.

What has happened on your birthday? If you don’t know you might want to check into it.

opinions / yours and ours

The telephone office a sacred placeEvery town in the early days of tele-

phones, which here in Colorado was barely a 100 years ago, had a building where there were operators to direct the callers. The caller picked up the phone and connected with the town operator. The operator would ask “number please?” In the smaller towns numbers were rarely used, and the operator knew everyones name. The operator would plug in a line connecting the caller to their intended person or business. Once the call was over it was unplugged to be used for another call.

The regular joke was that the operators were entertained by listening to the calls! Most got bored easily. But every now and then it was a different story.

Most have only seen these telephones in movies. How did they work? The phone had two parts, or more! The mouth piece, where you talked, an ear piece you listened to, and a with the controls and connections. The mouthpiece was usually with this box. There was either a hand cranked generator or a battery. This gave the phone the power to generate the signal. When you picked up the receiver, or ear phone, it turned on the phone. In old movies you sometimes watch them crank the generator first. Later the receiver and the mouthpiece were combined on a handle, which sat on the box.

When the phone was picked up a light on the board in the telephone office came on. The operator would go to work. If you wanted to call out of town your call went on a system of wires that connected each

town. To go a long way a call had to go through many towns to connect where you wanted to call. Making these connec-tions could take several minutes.

The telephone office might look like a store or a house. It had an office in the front, where bills were paid. In the back was the operator room, with as many operators as a town might need. A little town had three to five operators to cover the demands. Part of the system was the unique ring a person’s phone had. This was needed because multiple families used the wires. This was called a “party line” and few could afford the extra cost of a private line. The phone would ring a series of short and long rings, a phone on the “party line” rang for everyone on the line at the same time, and hopefully the right person would answer. A town gossip might pick up the phone to listen to who-ever was on the line!

All this was replaced by smaller and smaller computers. Big towns still had a couple operators to answer questions, like “What time is it?” but even voice genera-tors do that, sometimes.

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Riding yesterday’s ‘train of tomorrow’ in styleFor 21 years and two days, the Cali-

fornia Zephyr moved passengers from San Francisco to Chicago in “the train of tomorrow.”

My former co-worker at Colorado Press, Laura Higashi and her husband Tom, recall their ride on a just a piece of the Zephyr, the Silver Solarium, as “truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.”

“When the Silver Solarium, one of the old California Zephyr railcars, left Denver’s Union Station for Glenwood Springs on August 1, 1987, and we were on it,” wrote Higashi. “The railcar’s owners, Nav and Snick Fosse, are the parents of our close friends, hence the invitation to ride.”

On the invitation from Fosse for a wine and cheese party on the railcar the day be-fore, it said “For twenty-one years, ending March 1970, this unforgettable stainless steel ‘cruise ship’ ran between Chicago and San Francisco. Owned and operated by three railroads, the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific, this great-est Zephyr was designed and scheduled for comfort and superb scenery, crossing Colorado’s Rocky Mountains and descend-ing Feather River Canyon in California by daylight. One of the famous tailend cars has now been fully restored to better than

new condition by Nav and Snick Fosse of Nashua, Iowa. The Silver Solarium is me-chanically compatible to Amtrak’s latest equipment, yet it retains the charm of her famous days in California Zephyr service.”

Born from the Exposition Flyer idea back in late 1930s, and trussed up with the Burlington road’s new revolution in streamlined, diesel-powered passenger trains, came the Burlington’s Zephyrs, which the CZ was but one of many. Cre-ated from a Partnership between the WP, D&RGW and the Burlington, and the ini-tial orders were placed with Budd Manu-facturing Company.

The special train took another leap forward when “C. R. Osborn, General Manager of GM’s Electro-Motive Division, riding through Colorado’s Glenwood Can-

yon on Independence Day, 1944, in one of his Company’s new diesels, was struck by how dramatic the scenery appeared from his perch in the cab of his F-unit. When a man in his position gets an idea, it gets accomplished, and thus the Vista-Dome car was born. The first was rebuilt from a standard Budd chair car, and was an instant success. GM’s Train of Tomorrow touted several of the gleaming beauties on its tour of the country, and soon they became a hallmark of the Burlington’s Zephyr fleet,” according to “A History of the California Zephyr,” by John Wilson and Alan Radecki.

Commonly called “the Silver Lady,” the first train was christened in San Francisco by Eleanor Parker while California Lieu-tenant Governor Goodwin Knight, Mayor of San Francisco Elmer Robinson, and Western Pacific President Harry A. Mitch-ell looked on. For the inaugural run in 1949, every female passenger on the train was given a corsage of “silver” and orange orchids that were specially flown in from Hilo, Hawaii. The women who worked as car hostesses on this train were known as “Zephyrettes.”

Built in 1948, Silver Solarium ran in ser-vice for the original California Zephyr for

20 years until that train was discontinued in 1970. Amtrak purchased the Vista-dome in 1971 and used it for long-distance ser-vice until 1980, when it was retired by the arrival of the Superliners. The first private owner purchased the car from Amtrak in 1985. During its lifetime of regular ser-vice, Silver Solarium has traveled well over 7 million miles.

Silver Solarium was one of six Dome Sleeper Observation cars originally built for the California Zephyr. These cars were the ‘Last Word’ in passenger comfort and accommodation, and included a drawing room with shower, a glass-walled cocktail lounge under the dome, an observation lounge in the elegant round end, and of course the Vista-Dome which seated 24 sleeping car passengers, according to CalZephyrRailcar.com.

Literature from the company that now operates railcar charters of theSilver Solarium says, “When Silver Solarium was purchased from Amtrak, it contained nei-ther dome windows nor the observation end windows. Mushrooms and trees were growing inside the car. Many years were

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OBITUARIES

Charles (Chuck) E. Redig, of Arvada/Wheatridge passed away peacefully May 26, 2014

A pioneer in the equip-ment rental field, he owned A-1 Rental in Wheatridge for 55 years.

Survived by Christo-pher and Russell (Paula) Redig, and 4 grandchil-dren

RedigCharles “Chuck”

E. Redig

Dewey Albert Allen passed away, April 23, 2014 in Victor, Colorado. Dewey was born in Cripple Creek on December 12, 1936 to Harry and Lucille (Lindsey) Allen. Mr. Allen represented the 5th generation of his family born in the Cripple Creek District. His father, grandfather, and great grandfather were born in the historic community of Anaconda, Colorado and had attended schools there. Dewey graduated from Cripple Creek High School.

In January 1958 he mar-ried Patricia (Tish) Baker in Raton, New Mexico. They had celebrated their 56th wedding anniver-sary. Two children were born of this union. Rycki (Jerry) Johnston and Travis (JoAnne) Allen. Dewey took great pride in his family. He is survived by his wife, children, three Grandsons: Erin Allen (Katie) of Victor, Jake Allen of Divide, CO, Chad (Dawn) Johnston of Monument and one Grand-daughter, Sammy Jo (Ste-phen) Bunton of Greeley. Five great-grand daughters - Lilly, Sylvia, Lana, Fiona and Sarah and three great-grandsons - Dewey, Cyrus and Zayne. One sister, Barbara Jo Cook; three nieces and three nephews, also survive him. And a special friend “Peanut” . His parents, and brother, Harry, and one great grand-daughter predeceased him. He was proud to have been

named after an uncle who was raised in Anaconda (Dewey Ronning) and have a great grandson named after him (Little Dewey Glen Allen).

During his high school years Dewey worked for Bud Sanders at the Blue Front Grocery in Cripple Creek. He always joked about keeping his car run-ning when in high school by collecting Cripple Creek turquoise from, the streets and selling pound coffee cans of it. He began work-ing in the mines as an un-derground driller and hoist man in the Gold King as well as a driller 3100 feet be-low ground level at the Ajax mine. While Golden Cycle was closing down he ran the hoist topside. When the mining in the Cripple Creek District closed in 1962, Dewey began working with the Athletic Department at the U. S. Air Force Academy. He traveled with the Falcon Football Team for Coach Ben Martin for 7 years after which he began working in the Cadet Gym and Field House athletic depart-ments as an equipment re-pair manager. He loved his

work and had many friends with the coaches and cadets. He retired from the AFA athletic department following 35 years service. At his retirement dinner at the Falcon Stadium, he was lauded for putting over 1.5 million miles on his travels to work and his dedication to his family.

Dewey was a member and Past Master of the Victor Masonic Lodge No. 99 and a 32-degree member of the Scottish Rite. He served several terms on the Victor City Council, was a Past Patron of Victoria Chapter No. 28 OES and Snowflake Chapter. He served over a dozen terms as Worthy Pa-tron and served the Grand Chapter as a Columbine official escort. He was also a past member of the Gold Camp Fishing Club and the Lutheran Church in Victor where the Community Center now stands.

A memorial service will be held at Victor Baptist Church at 2:00pm Saturday, April 26, 2014. In Lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Vic-tor Volunteer Fire Depart-ment PO Box 86 Victor, CO 80860; Shelhamer Scholar-ship Fund, 1003 Tamarac Parkway, Woodland Park, CO 80863

For online condolences, please visit, evergreenfu-neralhome.org. Arrange-ments were made through Evergreen Funeral Home in Colorado Springs, CO.

AllenDewey Allen

Dec 12, 1936 – Apr 23, 2014

Mildred Forney, age 84, a longtime resident of Woodland Park, Colorado, passed away on Thursday, May 22, 2014 at a local care center in Colorado Springs.

Mildred Mae Daniel was born on April 7, 1930 in Cimarron County, Okla-homa to the late James and Emma (Powers) Daniel. She attended grade school at Cowboy College, and graduated high school in Kenton, Oklahoma. She worked as a factory worker at Hewlett-Packard.

She married G. Cress For-ney in November of 1966 and together they settled in Woodland Park, Colorado. Mildred and Cress loved traveling, and sang to-gether in their church choir in Woodland Park. Cress passed away in 1998.

“Mama Millie” was a very outgoing woman who never knew a strang-er. She flattered everyone she met, and always had neighbor children playing in her driveway. She loved being outdoors and enjoy-ing wildlife, her pond, and wind chimes. She was artistic and took beautiful photographs, especially while traveling.

She is survived by her siblings: Edith Earls of Colorado Springs; Bud Daniel of Folsom, New Mexico; and Jean Daniel of Colorado Springs; as well as numerous nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Graveside services will be held at a later date at Memorial Gardens

Cemetery in Colorado Springs.

FoRney Mildred ForneyApr. 7, 1930 – May 22, 2014

Jerry Dean McKinney went to be with the Lord May 26, 2014. Jerry was born to J.D. McKinney and Frankie Lee Mill-er on December 25, 1936.

Jerry was a loving Hus-band, Father, Grandfather and friend to many. He will be greatly missed and is survived by his wife of 49 years Margaret Ann Wat-son McKinney of Colorado. Jerry and Margaret were married on April 9th 1965. Jerry is survived by their two Children, Dean Robert McKinney of Oklahoma and Daughter Kenya Ann Russell of Colorado. One of Jerry’s greatest joys in life was spending time with his surviving grandchildren: Allison McKinney of Texas, Taylor and Colton McKin-ney of Oklahoma and Aus-tin, Kaylyn and Camden Russell of Colorado.

Jerry graduated High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1955. He continued his education graduating from the school of Architecture at the University of Okla-homa. He went on to work and retire from the Department of Health and Human Ser-vices, Public

Health Services as an architect. He spent his win-ters in Norman, Oklahoma and the rest of the year in Floris-sant, Colorado. He was a life-long

Fan of University of Okla-homa sports and loved to watch games with friends and family. Jerry had many great life stories and met some very interesting people on his journey, he loved sharing these stories with his Grandchildren. Jerry’s great stories, love and infectious laugh will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

In lieu of flowers please send any donations to the Little Chapel of the hills food pantry, TCRAS or Mountain View Methodist Church of Woodland Park, CO.

The viewing will be held Thursday May 29th 2014, 5pm-9pm at the Mountain Memorial Funeral Home located in Divide, Colora-do. The funeral service will be held Friday May 30th 2014, 11am at Mountain View Methodist Church located in Woodland Park,

Colorado. A graveside ceremony will follow located at the Floris-sant Cemetery.

McKinney

Jerry Dean McKinneyDec. 25, 1936 – May 26, 2014

Brad Jackson passed away March 6th, 2014.

A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 a.m., June 6th in Berg-strom Park, Woodland Park Colorado.

JAcKson

Brad JacksonJan. 31,1966 – Mar. 6, 2014

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Phyllis Anne Clark Kincade passed away on May 27 after fighting Al-zheimer’s since 2003.

This extraordi-nary woman was born in Topeka Kansas on Dec. 11, 1927. With a spirit of in-novation, humor and cre-ativity, her family worked their way to Oakland, CA in the 1930’s. There, she later met and married Richard Wood Kincade on Sept. 13, 1947. A Navy wife, she raised four chil-dren, instilling in them her resiliency, strength, intellect and a sense of adventure and curiosity. Phyllis magically created beautiful, loving homes wherever the Navy sent the family. This travel fed her intellect and desire to explore cultures through-out the world.

Phyllis was a lay paleon-tologist, award-winning cook, athlete and cake decorator; she was a naturalist, artist, a TV game show champion and lover of the printed word – unbeatable at Scrabble. Phyllis loved books! She served for ten years as secretary of the Rampart Library District and was instrumental in build-ing the new Woodland

Park library. She initiated bring-ing the world’s largest book, Bhutan: The Last Himalayan Kingdom to the Woodland Park

library where it is per-manently on display and dedicated to her.

Phyllis often said, “What a beautiful world this is!” With her devoted husband, Dick, she saw plenty of it, traveling to all 50 states and 35 countries, skiing, hiking, camping, exploring di-verse places and cultures. She passed her thirst for knowledge and adven-ture to all of her family. She is survived by her beloved husband, Dick, and children, Ellie, Rick, Ginny and Susie; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

A celebration of Phyl-lis’ life will be Saturday, June 7 at 1:00 p.m. at Little Chapel on the Hill, Divide, CO. A reception at the family’s home will follow. To honor Phyllis, please donate in her name to the Rampart Library District, Box 336, Wood-land Park, CO 80866 or Prospect Home Care & Hospice, 16222 W. US Hwy 24, Suite 120, Woodland Park, CO 80863.

KincAde

Phyllis Anne Clark Kincade Dec. 11, 1927 – May 27, 2014


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spent refurbishing it to the condition you see today.

Silver Solarium received all new mechanical sys-tems, and the Amtrak-man-dated overhaul of its trucks, as well as installation of a new electrical system, which operates on power supplied by the locomotive, rather than power stored in batteries.

Silver Solarium is built of stainless steel, including most structural mem-bers. Silver Solarium fea-tures a depressed fl oor under the dome. This meant traditional car-building techniques were not feasible. Consequently, major structural loads are cantilevered through the dome structure to make up for the loss of a center sill. The soundness of this design was proven by the manufacturer, when the car was hydraulically squeezed, without deformation, to 1,800,000 pounds of force.”

Silver Solarium is over 85 feet long, 10 feet wide and 15 feet, 10 inches tall above the rails. It carries

500 gallons of water. The car weighs approximately 155,000 pounds. It seats up to 24 passengers at lounge tables in the vista-dome, 11 people in the observation lounge, and has beds for 11. Silver Solarium is home-ported in Oakland, Califor-nia when not on charter.”

“Because of its historical signifi cance, many photog-raphers were seen on the route as we made our way out of Denver to Glenwood Springs. Mr. Fosse even offered a total stranger, a rail car buff, to join us on the ride to Glenwood Springs. Needless to say, that stranger also had the ride of his life,” says Laura Higashi.

“The curved bar area had a beautiful linoleum sculpture by French artist Pierre Bourdelle, a beauti-ful baby blue background with white birds adorning it. Every car had a different sculpture around the bar. When Mr. Fosse bought the railcar, the bar picture was covered with carpeting. Imagine the surprise when the carpet was removed and there was the original Bourdelle sculpture!,” says Higashi.

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Unfortunately, it is a jungle out there It was a magnifi cent spring morning

and the female jogger had been running effortlessly on the Hornbek Wildlife Loop in the Florissant Beds. She had just crested a small hill, when directly in front of her in the middle of the trail stood one of the planet’s most feared predators … the Colo-rado Cougar.

She had obviously taken the mountain lion by surprise and both the lion and the runner stood very still each casting a wary eye. The cat moved gracefully off the trail into the brush and began circling. As beads of perspiration appeared on her forehead and her heart pounded in her chest, she reached for the wild animal pepper spray she had placed in her fanny pack.

The cougar closed to within 5 yards and then suddenly turned and disappeared into the brush. The panicked runner set a world’s record sprinting back to the parking lot happy to have lived to run another day.

Colorado is prime mountain lion coun-try with population estimates ranging from

1,500 to 3,000. Cougars in our area are usu-ally tawny to light cinnamon in color with black tipped ears and tails. Adult males can be 8 feet in length weighing an average of 150 pounds, while females are slightly smaller.

Mountain lions are most active from dusk to dawn. Their preferred cuisine are deer, however, they also kill elk, porcu-pines, small mammals, livestock and recently have grown quite fond of domestic pets.

Although attacks on humans are rare,

close encounters are increasing. Here are some survival tips on the current recom-mended protocol for cougar encounters.

When you venture into cougar country, go in groups and make plenty of noise to reduce your chance of surprising one. Generally, lions are elusive and will avoid encounters with humans.

Make sure children are close by and within your sight at all times. Cougars are attracted to children because of their small size and the fact that they can easily be carried away.

If you do come upon a mountain lion on the trail, do not approach. Give the cat a wide berth and a way to escape.

Stay calm and back away slowly. Do not run! Running may stimulate the cougar’s pursuit instinct.

Stand tall and do all you can to make yourself appear larger. Raise your arms over your head or open your jacket wide.

Never turn your back on the lion or squat or bend over at anytime. Doing so

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Cord Prettyman is a certifi ed Master Personal Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Re-hab Studio in Woodland Park. He can be reached at 687-7437, by email at [email protected] or though his website at www.cordpret-tyman.com.


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WPHS grads celebrate 79th commencementClass of 2014 heads into future singing ‘Best Day of My Life’By Norma EngelbergContributing writer

The nearly 200 Woodland Park High School graduates who came together on May 23 at the Pikes Peak Center celebrated the school’s 79th commencement with the whimsy that has become a school tradition. Where other schools treat commencement exercises as a solemn occasion with nothing but “pomp and circumstance,” Woodland Park graduates keep the “pomp” but add an interpretation of “circumstance” all their own.

Senior class president Amanda Matthews left them with “live long and prosper,” saluta-torian Anne Fisher brought out her accordion but didn’t play it, valedictorian Bryce Hickam talked about their future wearing a blue cap with Mickey Mouse ears and keynote speaker teacher and world-class marathon runner

Matt Levassiur told them to be careful about the “one-liners” they choose in life.

Superintendent Jed Bowman gave the stu-dents three pieces of advice: “listen to your inner voice and choose to do right, treat all people with dignity and respect and be hap-py for summer.’” Every time any of the com-mencement speakers said “class of 2014” the students broke out their noisemakers, beach balls and balloons.

When Principal Del Garrick handed out diplomas, most of the students gave him parting gifts. In previous years, the gifts might have been hula hoops or bags of sand. This year it was ties, both straight and bows, a sash, a box of bowtie pasta (uncooked), a hat, boutonnieres, a mask and even a chicken nugget. Many of the students stopped to take a “selfie” with Garrick.

In the end they left the stage singing “Best Day of My Life” by Jesse McCartney with the audience. Rain and flash-flood warnings closed U.S. 24 until about 11:20 p.m., delay-ing the trip home for the more than 2,000 people who attended the commencement.

The Madrigals sang ‘Pompeii’ by Bastille as part of the opening ceremony at the Woodland Park High School 79th Commencement Exercise.

Caps went flying and confetti ‘fireworks’ filled the air at the end of the Woodland Park High School Class of 2014 commencement exercise. After that the students left the stage singing ‘Best Day of My Life’ by Jesse McCartney. The audience joined in as everyone went out into the wet night and waited for U.S. 24 to re-open after flash flood warnings.

Woodland Park High School Principal Del Garrick wears many of the gifts he received from students as they filed across the stage to get their diplomas. He also posed for a number of ‘selfies’ as students brought out their smart phones.

Woodland Park High School Class of 2014 Salutatorian Anne Fisher addresses students and audience members at the commencement exercise on May 23 with a big prop, an accordion that she didn’t play. She received appoint-ments to the Air Force Academy, West Point and the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Since she could only choose one, her choice is the Naval Academy.

Photos by Norma ENgElbErg

Some school districts don’t allow their graduates to decorate their caps but Woodland Park RE-2 School District encourages it. As many as half of the seniors at the Woodland Park High School’s 79th Commencement Exercise on May 23 expressed themselves through decorated caps, among other things.


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Small class shows a big heartCommunity gathers for 118th CC-V commencement

By Norma EngelbergContributing writer

Graduation is almost always a bit-tersweet moment but the 19 seniors who received their diplomas on May 24 in the Cripple Creek-Victor High School gym carried it off with style, carrying on the school tradition of giving fresh flowers to their loved ones in the audience and sharing their favorite quotes in a video presentation. After commencement, they all gathered in the cafeteria for cake and punch, tears and laughter.

High school graduation means moving on: Going to college, finding jobs and careers or perhaps joining the military. At

least CC-V 11 students received schol-arships including a full-ride Daniel’s Fund Scholarship for class valedictorian Tobias Wuellner, who plans to attend the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. Class salutatorian Sarah Wywias is one of this year’s recipients of the Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce Wagon Boss scholarship and she also received the CC-V Booster Club and Ute Pass Kiwanis scholarships. Two graduates, Katie Lyn Tapia and Karense Marie Zaccardi, have already enlisted in the U.S. Navy.

Graduates aren’t the only ones mov-ing on. CC-V High School Principal Trudy Vader is set to become the Hayden School District superintendent and current CC-V Superintendent Sue Holmes has taken the superintendent position at the Buena Vista School District.

Cripple Creek-Victor High School graduate Karense Marie Zaccardi, left, gives her fist lily to her 4-year-old cousin Anabelle. It took a while for Principal Trudy Vader to get the students and audience members back to their seats so the commence-ment exercises could be completed.

Camarae Brooks walks down an aisle between community members and well-wishers at the 118th Cripple Creek-Victor High School commencement exercise on May 24. Each student receiving a diploma had an opportunity to pose for photos, move their tassels and pick up the Stargazer lilies they would later be giving to their family members.


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The patio in front of Cripple Creek-Victor High School saw a lot of flash photography on graduation day as families leave the school after commencement and sharing cake and punch and memories in the school cafetorium.

Seated on the floor getting their photo taken is the Cripple Creek-Victor Class of 2026. Every year the kindergarten class is invited to that year’s commencement exercises as special guests.

Photos by Norma ENgElbErg

The Cripple Creek-Victor High School Class of 2014 waits on the platform for the portion of the commencement ceremony where they can mingle with the audience.

Dillon Owen is one of the Cripple Creek-Victor 2014 graduating class’s five lucky 13s, students who attended schools in the district from kindergarten to 12th-grade. Penni Donatto, who writes a poem every year for the graduating class is handing Owen the Stargazer lilies that he will give to family members later in the ceremony.


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Whittemore does double dutyBy Pat [email protected]

With fire and flood at the top of people’s minds these days, particularly those who live on or near Ute Pass, Mike Whittemore is a valuable community resource. Chief of the Cascade Fire Department and owner of 1-800-Water Damage, Whittemore is on call 24 hours a day.

A family business, 1-800-Water-Dam-age offers services for mold remediation, sewage clean up, emergency-flood re-sponse and smoke mitigation.

The business has seven employees, in-cluding Whittemore and his daughters, Katie Heidenreich, technician who runs the crews; and Ashley Small, accounts manager.

“We can help people get through losses and damages to their homes and get it re-stored to pre-loss condition,” he said.

Despite the closures of U.S. 24 during rainstorms over the Memorial Day week-end, Whittemore reports good news — there were no calls to mitigate flood dam-age, to the fire department or the business. “The closures are for everyone’s safety,” he said.

Occasionally Whittemore’s two occupa-tions, one volunteer, the other commer-cial, merge. “Last year we did a complete restoration on a cabin in Green Mountain

Falls when the creek overflowed,” he said. “We removed all the interior materials, the carpet, the drywall, everything, sanitized and dried everything.”

Experience as a firefighter is the ideal lead-in to opening the franchise. “We can be empathetic to what they’re going through,” Whittemore said. “In this busi-ness rapid response is everything because that’s how you minimize the loss; the lon-ger a house sits with water in it the more damage it does.”

A piece of Whittemore’s business plan included a psychological profile. “Some of the same things that lend themselves to being on the fire department also serve this business well,” he said.

A firefighter is trained in emergency response, is on call 24 hours a day. “So to take someone’s call for a flooded basement is not that big of a deal because I could be up anyway for something with the fire de-partment,” he said.

Despite the summer threats, particu-larly since 2012, the winter months re-main the busiest months. “Most of our work comes from water-lines freezing and bursting,” he said.

1-800-Water-Damage covers the entire Pikes Peak Region, including Woodland Park, Divide, Florissant, Victor and Cripple Creek. For information, call 684-9200 or 719-494-4888.

From left, Mike Whittemore, Katie Heidenreich and Patrick Malcolm are on call 24 hours a day to help residents whose homes have flooded, or who received smoke damage. Along with running the franchise, 1-800-Water-Damage,Whittemore is chief of the Cascade Fire Department where he has served for 20 years. Photo by Pat Hill

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Book salE The Friends of the Florissant Library plans its annual book, bake and plant sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, June 6, and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Florissant Library.

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hodgEpodgE salE Crafts, clothing, fabric, furniture, knotions and knick-knacks will be sold at the large hodge-podge sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Woodland Park Senior Center, 312 N. Center St. All pro-ceeds support senior center activities and programs. Call 719-687-3877 or 719-339-0954.

JunE 7

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rado.com.Q: Is it true I have to be affi liated with

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Q: How can I turn my ballot in?A: Teller County offers many options

to submit your mail ballot. You can mail it back to our offi ce with a 49-cent stamp. You can drop your voted ballot off at our motor vehicle offi ce in Woodland Park from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 540 Manor Court, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Wood-land Park Public Library, or from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the clerk’s offi ce in Cripple Creek. We’ll also be open at all those loca-tions from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 21.

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A: We will no longer offer “fl at paper” ballots at the vote center (Woodland Park library) for an elector to feed their ballot in to the scanner. If you come in to get a “paper” ballot you will issued a mail ballot exactly like the one you received in the mail. If you choose, we will have an electronic touch screen option available at this location only.

the National Park Service, the Coalition of the Up-per South Platte, and the Friends of the Florissant Fossil Beds will have a volunteer, trail maintenance workday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7. All skill levels are welcome and an appropriate task will be assigned to you. Children over 10 years old can participate with a parent or guardian. RSVP by contacting Jeff Wolin, 719-748-3253, ext. 202; Lisa Patton, volunteer coordinator CUSP, www.up-

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OUTDOOR FUN Shale spitting, gold and rock panning, face painting, activity table, live wolves, science and more will be featured from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Check www.rmdrc.com for details.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor:

I notice the Teller County Assessor election has become kind of nasty, particularly as it regards the character and compe-tence of the incumbent, Betty Clark-Wine. I was the CEO of Colorado Springs Utilities for more than 13 years prior to my retirement in 2005, and had the experience of working with her for several years.

I sincerely believe she brought a strong sense of professionalism and work ethic to her real estate department. She handled many different kinds of transactions for both the city and CSU and consis-tently tried to work on be-half of the interests of both citizens and ratepayers.

More than anything, she sought to assure that each transaction was done properly and in ac-cordance with the “smell test.” Teller County should be glad to have someone of her character.

Finally, I note that Doug Bruce is mad at her over various decisions made regarding some of his property. I dealt with Doug on various utility matters for over a decade, and strongly suspect that any public offi cial who ir-ritates him is probably try-ing to do the right thing.

Sincerely,Phil Tollefson

Colorado Springs

Dear Editor:In her letter of May 21

Betty Clark-Wine blames Violet Watt for the wrong valuation of the Courier building that we bought. (When I owned my title company and a mistake was made, it didn’t matter who had erred, just that one had been made.) The fault was always mine. I was the CEO. I never laid it off on an employee that I can recall. We would contend with such matters privately. Call the “teach-able moments,” if you will. I never raised my voice

except to lawyers.As the boss, I was

responsible for the actions of my employees. Their lack of knowledge or abil-ity was my fault whether as owner or manager. Here we have a county offi cial nearly salivating in her scramble to blame her employee for screw-ing up. Such oafi shness is unsightly.

Even worse, BCW doesn’t seem to realize that, by her own words, she’s convicting herself of incompetence. Unlike Harry S. Truman, who said, “The Buck Stops Here!” Betty, you won’t fi nd “Here,” on a map. Try the mirror.

She goes on to boast that she personally “re-views every appeal and make(s) the fi nal deci-sion.” So Bawling Betty admits that she approved my revaluation that was $81,000 more on the Courier building than we actually paid barely a year earlier? Then she blames it all on Violet Watt. Is BB nuts? Doesn’t she realize she’s ratifying her own incompetence to all the public: In her own words, she says that she reviewed and made the fi nal decision on all appeals (presumably mine as well as the others). Her decision on my appeal was a ratifi cation of what Violet did. Then she turns around and heaps cal-umny on Violet for what Betty herself approved. (Is that the kind of assessor we deserve: somebody who builds a gibbet, ties the noose, then sticks her own head in and pulls the lever?)

In her next act, she straight-out, in print, indicts herself for incom-petence. (Really, to be wrong is one thing, but to boast about it in the public arena is as near the height of idiocy as I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen some beauts.) Such is the quality of our beloved assessor.

Is this what she meant

when she trumpeted in prior letters to the editor about how everyone en-tering her offi ce is treated with “dignity, respect, and courtesy?” Notice she says nothing about honesty. It reminds me of the adage about how a lie will soon fi nd an easy home while truth goes begging in the streets.

Tell me just one more time, Betty, why were you fi red by the city of Colo-rado Springs? Oh, don’t bother. I already know. Now everyone does. It sure wasn’t about a sterling job performance. Then I see you’re back at your favor-ite subject in the latest Courier, rambling about the “one employee who received extensive training costing $60,000 ... that employee ... left in 2012 for a higher paying position.” We know why Mike Akana left. Money was only part of it. If you don’t know what the real reason was, you might try that mirror again.

But you rattle on, “In late 2012 the county com-missioners were pleased to see a plan implemented that would be a long-term solution to a recurring problem.” But you don’t defi ne the “problem,” the “implemented plan,” or how the “solution” was measured. What are you babbling about?

By the way, I’m still waiting for a response on my abatement request. Can’t you fi nd your desk? Maybe it just slipped your mind, huh? At the debate Wednesday night, you seemed to agree that abatements had to be processed quickly. Any-way, I’m still waiting for my respect, courtesy, and dignity.

Sincerely,Ken Bauer

Woodland Park

Dear Editor:I hope everyone is

paying attention to the Re-publican Assessor’s prima-ry election. Because there’s

little doubt now, Violet Watt has clearly shown the voters of Teller County that she is Not Ready For Prime Time. Watt’s perfor-mance at the Candidate debate last week is a major Red Flag warning to all voters. Watt’s ineptness indicates that she lacks the polish to compete with a consummate professional like Betty Clark-Wine. It was like watching a drag race between a Ferrari and a VW bus.

Violet Watt just wants the offi ce, damn the justifi cation of deserving it. Perhaps Watt is taking the voters for granted and feels she will be elected without having to make much effort. Or maybe Watt is delusional and thinks that what she wish-es for will come true. The worse case scenario is that Watt feels the job is in the bag for her because she believes herself to be the Princess of the in-crowd.

Where does an at-titude like that leave the majority of the voter/taxpayers? Pretty much in the same muddle we were in before 2010 when Betty Clark-Wine was elected. If the in-crowd really controls our voting process, we won’t be elect-ing an Assessor — we’ll be enduring whomever it is the in-crowd wants us to swallow. If Watt were an African American Demo-crat — everyone would be OUTRAGED over having the ‘pick’ shoved down our throats. Unless all of us Voters get out and “do something” (like vote) only the in-crowd in Teller County will be calling the shots.

If V.W. wants to be known as an elected pro-fessional she needs to ex-plain her numerous traffi c citations and various other legal entanglements that show up under Violet Rea Watt’s [dob: 03/06/1975] Colorado Court Case history ‘rap sheet’ on the Co.Courts.Com web site for things such as:

Three separate fail-ures to display proof of insurance. Improper signaling. Seat belt viola-tion. Headlamp violation. Speeding violation. Not in possession of a driver’s license. Defective vehicle violation.

I sure hope Ms. Watt wasn’t driving a Teller County vehicle when all these tickets were issued. Maybe Violet Watt should take a driver’s educa-tion course at her own expense of course. Judge Jackson Peters had Violet Watt in his courtroom several times while Watt was working for Teller County. Judge Peters heard building code viola-tions; two dogs at large violations; the defective vehicle violation; and a civil plaintiff who sued Watt for money damages. There are additional cases

displayed on Watt’s ‘rap sheet’ in other Counties. Candidates should explain track records like this one to the Voters. Not surpris-ingly, Betty Clark-Wine’s track record is respectably clean.

Violet Watt can’t seem to insure her vehicle, fl ip on a turn signal, use a seat belt, keep her head-lights operational, control her speed, remember to put her driver’s license in her wallet, or reason-ably maintain her vehicle. Watt’s motor vehicle habits remind me of the classic old Hippie from decades past. I would not be sur-prised if she drove a color-fully graffi ti’d VolksWagen bus. So, if you see V. W. on the roads of Teller County, make her day, fl ash her the Peace sign.

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Coming up this week in Pikes Peak countryBy Angela DingwellContributing writer

Have you moved your heavy sweaters to the back of the closet and tried on last summer’s shorts and tanks to see how they fit after your winter indulgences? If not, this is the perfect week to do it. The sun is shining, the temps have reached over 70 degrees and it’s time to think about sum-mer activities!

This week’s Calendar HighlightsAre you itching to get your hands in the

soil and grow something? If so, the Wood-land Park Farmers’ Market is where you need to be this Friday. In addition to the usual vendors serving up veggies, baked goods and other delights, it’s the annual Harvest Center Plant Sale fundraiser. Their booth will have organically grown vegetable starts, bedding and other con-tainer plants for sale. Imagine the lettuce, sweet peas and carrots you’ll be dining on in a few short weeks with this head start. Don’t forget to drop by your bank for cash. However, you do have the option of visiting the Market Information Booth for “market bucks” if you have a debit or SNAP card. Farmers’ Market Fri, June 6 7:00am-1:00pm (and ev-ery Friday from June-September) Center St and Henrietta Ave, Woodland Park Contact: Judy Crummett, 719-689-3133

Do you have kiddos who are getting restless since school has been out for a couple of weeks? If so, the Outdoor Fam-ily Fun Day at the Dinosaur Center may be just the thing you need to work off their excess energy and sneak in a little “dino education” while you’re at it. Ac-tivities include the Dinosaur Discovery Zone, Gold Rock panning, Corbin Hil-lam’s chalk painting, balloon art and lots more. Food and drinks will be avail-able from Wally’s Tamales and others. Outdoor Family Fun Day Sat, June 7 11:00am – 3:00pm Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Cen-ter - 201 S. Fairview St, Woodland Park. Contact: Deb, 719-686-1820

Is there a better way to spend a warm Saturday in June than help-ing to keep our mountain commu-nity looking it’s best? Bring your work gloves, sunscreen and a refillable water bottle to Memorial Park at 9am this Saturday to participate in the Keep Woodland Park BeautifulSpring Clean Up Day. You’ll receive a lovely bright safety vest, map and a job assignment when you check in at the park gazebo. Ben-efits include a fun morning, lunch at noon and the gratitude of the others in the community who can’t participate, but will enjoy the results of your work. Keep Woodland Park Beau-

tiful Spring Clean Up Day Sat, June 7 9:00am – Noon Memorial Park (Park St & West Lake St), Woodland Park Contact: Lisa Parnell, 719-687-5209

For those of you who like nothing better than a good book to read, Sat-urday is the day to head over to the Florissant Public Library for the Book, Bake and Plant Sale. What a way to get prepared for a little down time – a good read, something sweet to nibble on with a cup of tea (or, coffee for you java lovers) at the end of a busy weekend. Book, Bake and Plant Day Sat, June 7 10am-1pm Florissant Public Library – 334 Circle Drive, Florissant Contact: Polly Roberts, 719-748-3939

Divots will fly as golfers tee off Mon-day morning at the Woodland Music Se-ries Benefit Golf Tournament held at the Shining Mountain Golf Club. 2014 marks the 10th anniversary of this popular event which benefits the non-profit Woodland Music series which provides live music throughout the year to locals and visitors. Music Series Benefit Golf Tournament Mon, June 9 8:30am Shining Mountain Golf Club - 100 Shin-ing Mountain Lane, Woodland Park Contact: Ralph Rothstein, 719-687-2237

Calling all kids! Can your child pedal

a bike or a tricycle? If so, they are invited to participate in the 5th annual Kid’s Bike Rodeo next Wednesday at the Meadow Wood Sports Complex. It’s going to be a fun-filled morning of bicycle skill chal-lenges, safety games and free giveaways. Now, what child wouldn’t like that? Teller County Kids Bike Rodeo Wed, June 11 10:00am – 12:00pm Meadow Wood Sports Com-plex - Woodland Park Contact: Cindy Keating, 719-687-5225

Looking ahead: Last, but not least, let’s all take some time to polish our boots, dust off our cowboy (or, cowgirl) hats, and mark the calendar for Cripple Creek’s Cowboy Gathering on June 13-15. Events will include a Chuck Wagon Cook-off (YUM!) and Colorado Pro Rodeo Association sanctioned Cripple Creek Rodeo. Don’t forget that you and a partner can kick up your heels at the West-ern Street Dance on Saturday night. Live entertainment will play throughout the evening. An ample beer garden will insure that you stay hydrated and happy. Ample libations might help you get a partner by the end of the evening if you didn’t have one when you arrived. Rumor has it that the rodeo contestants will be dancing and celebrating along with the rest of us cow-boy wannabees.

milestonesEducation

Woodland ParkRenae Elizabeth Musekamp, of Woodland Park, was

honored as a high scholar in the college of arts and sci-ences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Musekamp is a freshman.

Kristian Passaro, of Woodland Park, participated in the annual Cornell College Student Symposium in April. Students from all disciplines present their independent research to an audience of fellow students, faculty mem-bers, community members, and parents. Passaro gave a presentation titled “A Sub-Decadal-Resolution Record of Late Holocene Indo-Australian Summer Monsoon Vari-ability from Tropical Australian Stalagmites.”

Brandy McNeal, of Woodland Park High School, has been selected to receive the Blue and Gold Scholarship from Southern Arkansas University. This scholarship includes $2,550 per semester and has a four-year value of $20,400. McNeal is the daughter of Mark McNeal.

What does the mastodon say?By Bob Landgraf

Living in the Teller County area, most of us are familiar with the Flo-rissant Fossil Beds. The Florissant Fossil Beds is primarily an Eocene site some 34 million years old. There have been found parts of a Colum-bian ice age mammoth which is on the order of 50,000 years old. Colo-rado also has the Garden Park Fossil site off the Shelf Road between Victor and Canon City which is a dinosaur site of Jurassic age. Dinosaur National Monument is a famous Colorado di-nosaur site in the Northwest part of the state which is also Jurassic in age (150 million years old). A more recent discovery consists of a large ice age discovery in 2010.

Our story begins in Snowmass, Colorado in 2006. Snowmass is a small ski resort in western Colorado. The Snowmass water and sanitation district undertook a study that indi-cated their raw water storage was in-sufficient to barely supply the current needs of the community today yet support future growth. A reservoir was needed. They examined the small Lake Deborah on the Ziegler property that was situated above the town and could use gravity to supply water to their community. The district negoti-ated to own rights to the land beneath what would become an enlarged and deepened reservoir. 80,000 yards of sediment were to be removed and a taller earthen dam constructed. Work started on September 20, 2010.

October 14, was an eventful day at the site. Jesse Steele, a dozer operator flipped a pair of giant ribs over the top of his blade. These were big bones and could not be confused with a cow skeleton as some earlier bones had been misidentified and discarded. Subsequently, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science was notified. In short order the site was recognized as a major ice age deposit and would become the most important Denver Museum excavation since the discov-ery in 1927 of projectile points with ice age bison near Folsom, New Mex-ico. The 1927 discovery indicated the existence of humans in North Ameri-

ca at the end of the last ice age period.Let us note here that the number

of paleontologists in America is very limited. Most great fossil discoveries are made by amateurs or the general public. Of course, if you are an exca-vator, you have a bigger shovel! As the excavation of the reservoir progressed with the fossils being harvested by volunteers and experts from the Den-ver Museum, the importance of the site became more and more appar-ent. Experts from around the country were gathered to examine the site. With the present emphasis on cli-mate change, the study of past ice age climate cycles and extinctions has gotten to be an important endeavor.

The lake itself is unusual. The lake sits at the top of a valley with no streams coming into the lake or draining the lake. Water must exit through evaporation. Sediment en-ters as windblown dust or from land-slides. The valley on the other side of the ridge has had various periods of glacial activity. The Bull Lake gla-ciations episode occurred between 200,000 and 130,000 years ago. The edge of the glacier is theorized to have overflowed the ridge and depos-ited a small moraine to form a lake. After forming, the lake was never again to be disturbed by glacial ac-tion. The lake bed filled in during the period 130,000 to 40,000 years ago. The megafauna around 120,000 years ago included mastodon, ice age bison and sloth. The megafauna around 70,000 years ago included mammoth, ice age bison and deer.

The site is unusual in the variety of megafauna. Although mammoth and mastodon lived during the same time period, they did not live in the same ecosystems. Mastodons are forest browsers and mammoths are plains grazers. Because of the near 9000 foot elevation, the Snowmass site is considered the most significant high elevation ice age fossil site in the world and the greatest fossil excava-tion in Colorado. The site is lacking predators although there are signs of predation on a few bones, possibly from a short faced bear. This site is very different from the La Brea tar Pits

of California. At the tar pits, an animal would venture in, become trapped and then a predator would be lured in and also trapped.

The diversity of fauna at the Snow-mass site has exceeded fifty species. Of the large mammals are:

• American mastodon – parts of 40 individuals

• Ice Age Bison – parts of 10 indi-viduals

• Jefferson’s Ground Sloth – parts of 4 individuals, first ever found in Colorado

• Columbian Mammoth – parts of 3 individuals

• Ice Age deer – parts of 3 individu-als

• Ice age horse – parts of 1 indi-vidual

• Ice age camel – parts of 1 indi-vidual

Only a portion of the Snowmass site has been excavated and the fill-ing of the reservoir will preserve un-excavated specimens remaining deep in the wet sediment. Many of the large mammals are now extinct yet the plant species identified have mostly survived somewhere in the Rocky Mountains today. The mast-odons found appear to include a family unit as though they all died at once. One theory is that there was an earthquake that caused liquefac-tion of the silt (turning the silt into quicksand) which trapped the family group. A subsequent landslide caused the trapped animals to be buried in a debris flow. The West Elk Mountains of Colorado are considered the most active seismic area in the state. Their proximity makes the theory plausi-ble. The level of preservation is rather phenomenal. The site was protected by a peat bog. Some bones came out white; leaves came out green and oxi-dized and turned brown before your eyes.

The Colorado Springs Mineralogi-cal Society will have an exhibit from the Denver Museum consisting of specimens representing the Snow-mass excavation at the Pikes Peak Gem and Mineral Show this June 6-8, 2014 hosted at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry.

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NOTICE OF SALE(CRS §38-38-103) Foreclosure Sale No. 2013-0062

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

On March 6, 2014, 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: GATT FAMILY ENTERPRISES, LLCOriginal Beneficiary: FIRST COMMUNITY BANK, A BRANCH OF FIRST STATE BANK N.M.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: ACQUIRED CAPITAL II, L.P.Date of Deed of Trust: 2/24/2004Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 2/27/2004Recorded in Teller County: Reception No. 562589 Original Principal Amount: $300,000.00Outstanding Principal Balance: $289,047.07

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to make payments on the Debt when the same were due and owing.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT ‘A’ AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

which has the address of: N/A N/A, CO N/A

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 De-mand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of July 9, 2014, at the Teller County Public Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebted-ness 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: 5/14/2014 Last Publication: 6/11/2014Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

Dated: 3/11/2014ROBERT W. CAMPBELLTeller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE By: Shirley A. KintDeputy Public Trustee

Attorney: DOMINIC H RIVERSAttorney Registration #40127FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP 633 SEVENTEENTH STREET, SUITE 2700 , DENVER, COLORADO Phone: (303) 292-1200 Fax: (303) 292-1300Attorney file #: N/A

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempt-ing to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF SALE(CRS §38-38-103)

Foreclosure Sale No. 2014-0013

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice isgiven with regard to the following de-scribed Deed of Trust:

On March 6, 2014, the undersigned Pub-lic Trustee caused the Notice of Electionand Demand relating to the Deed of Trustdescribed below to be recorded in theCounty of Teller records.

Original Grantor: DANIEL J LEWIS ANDAMBER C LEWISOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE BANK, FSBCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANKOF AMERICA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 1/25/2008Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 2/4/2008Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.614776Original Principal Amount: $192,850.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 8 9 , 5 8 5 . 9 0

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows:

The failure to timely make payments asrequired under the Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.

LOT 97, COLORADO MOUNTAIN ES-TATES NO. 1, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO

which has the address of:223 Turnabout LaneFlorissant, CO 80816-9081

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed Notice of Election andDemand for sale as provided by law andin said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon ofJuly 9, 2014, at the Teller County PublicTrustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave.,Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will issue to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 5/14/2014Last Publication: 6/11/2014Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

Dated: 3/10/2014ROBERT W. CAMPBELLTeller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEEBy: Shirley A. KintDeputy Public Trustee

Attorney: SHEILA J FINNAttorney Registration #36637JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400 ,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone: 1 (303) 706-9990Fax: 1 (303) 706-9994Attorney file #: 14-000443

The Attorney above is acting as a debtcollector and is attempting to collect adebt. Any information provided may beused for that purpose.

Legal Notice No.: No. 2014-0013First Publication: 5/14/2014Last Publication: 6/11/2014Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

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Original Grantor: DANIEL J LEWIS ANDAMBER C LEWISOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE BANK, FSBCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: BANKOF AMERICA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 1/25/2008Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 2/4/2008Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.614776Original Principal Amount: $192,850.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 8 9 , 5 8 5 . 9 0


The failure to timely make payments asrequired under the Deed of Trust.


LOT 97, COLORADO MOUNTAIN ES-TATES NO. 1, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO

which has the address of:223 Turnabout LaneFlorissant, CO 80816-9081





Attorney: SHEILA J FINNAttorney Registration #36637JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400 ,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone: 1 (303) 706-9990Fax: 1 (303) 706-9994Attorney file #: 14-000443


Legal Notice No.: No. 2014-0013First Publication: 5/14/2014Last Publication: 6/11/2014Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

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Original Grantor: THOMAS G. GREEN-LEE AND SUSAN L. GREENLEEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR TEAM HOME LENDING, LTD.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 11/15/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust :11/21/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.587731Original Principal Amount: $259,950.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 3 1 , 6 9 2 . 1 7


Failure to pay principal and interest whendue together will all other paymentsprovided for in the Evidence of Debt se-cured by the Deed of Trust and other viol-ations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 4, BLOCK 1, TROUT HAVEN ES-TATES - SECOND FILING, COUNTY OFTELLER, COLORADO.

which has the address of:97 Wahsatch RoadFlorissant, CO 80816





Attorney: JOAN OLSONAttorney Registration #28078ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREET,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177 Fax:Attorney file #: 1159.100126.F01


Legal Notice No.: 2014-0014First Publication: 5/14/2014Last Publication: 6/11/2014Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

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Original Grantor: THOMAS G. GREEN-LEE AND SUSAN L. GREENLEEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR TEAM HOME LENDING, LTD.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 11/15/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust:11/21/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.587731Original Principal Amount: $259,950.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 3 1 , 6 9 2 . 1 7



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 4, BLOCK 1, TROUT HAVEN ES-TATES - SECOND FILING, COUNTY OFTELLER, COLORADO.

which has the address of:97 Wahsatch RoadFlorissant, CO 80816





Attorney: JOAN OLSONAttorney Registration #28078ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREET,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177 Fax:Attorney file #: 1159.100126.F01



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Original Grantor: RHETT PARHAMOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR FIRSTBANK OF COLORADOSPRINGSCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 6/24/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust:7/14/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.582587Original Principal Amount: $216,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 9 1 , 8 0 1 . 2 0



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 9 IN RIDGEWOOD - FOURTH FIL-ING, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OFCOLORADO.

which has the address of:156 Blue Spruce TrailWoodland Park, CO 80863





Attorney: JENNIFER H TRACHTEAttorney Registration #40391ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREET,DENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177 Fax:Attorney file #: 1159.100077.F01



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Original Grantor: RHETT PARHAMOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR FIRSTBANK OF COLORADOSPRINGSCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:GREEN TREE SERVICING LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 6/24/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust:7/14/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.582587Original Principal Amount: $216,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 9 1 , 8 0 1 . 2 0



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 9 IN RIDGEWOOD - FOURTH FIL-ING, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OFCOLORADO.

which has the address of:156 Blue Spruce TrailWoodland Park, CO 80863








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Original Grantor: LUANNE KLANGOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR ADAMS MORTGAGE, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 4/8/2011Recording Date of Deed of Trust :4/12/2011Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.643503Original Principal Amount: $184,208.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 7 7 , 3 4 7 . 7 5



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A'AND INCORPORATED HEREIN ASTHOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

which has the address of:440 Timber LaneWoodland Park, CO 80863







EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONTrustee’s Sale No. 2014-0017LOT 13A, (FORMERLY LOT 13 AND APORTION OF THE COLORADO MID-LAND RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY),BLOCK A, HUNT'S ADDITION TOWOODLAND PARK, ACCORDING TOTHE RECORDED PLAT AND TO THATLOT LINE VACATION CORRECTION RE-CORDED MARCH 31, 2004 AT RECEP-TION NO. 564034, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO.


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Original Grantor: LUANNE KLANGOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR ADAMS MORTGAGE, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 4/8/2011Recording Date of Deed of Trust:4/12/2011Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.643503Original Principal Amount: $184,208.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 7 7 , 3 4 7 . 7 5



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A'AND INCORPORATED HEREIN ASTHOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

which has the address of:440 Timber LaneWoodland Park, CO 80863







EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONTrustee’s Sale No. 2014-0017LOT 13A, (FORMERLY LOT 13 AND APORTION OF THE COLORADO MID-LAND RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY),BLOCK A, HUNT'S ADDITION TOWOODLAND PARK, ACCORDING TOTHE RECORDED PLAT AND TO THATLOT LINE VACATION CORRECTION RE-CORDED MARCH 31, 2004 AT RECEP-TION NO. 564034, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO.


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Original Grantor: DAVID SICKAFOOSEOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR PEOPLES MORTGAGE CORPORA-TIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 3/4/2011Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/7/2011Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.642696Original Principal Amount: $260,538.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 5 2 , 2 9 6 . 4 6




ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A'AND INCORPORATED HEREIN ASTHOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

which has the address of:293 Twin Lakes DrDivide, CO 80814





Attorney: LISA CANCANONAttorney Registration #42043ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER,COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177 Fax:Attorney file #: 9104.00391B


EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONTrustee’s Sale No. 2014-0018LOT 35, BLOCK 3, HIGHLAND LAKESSUBDIVISION NO. 1, TOGETHER WITHA NON EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT FOR IN-GRESS AND EGRESS OVER LOTS 34AND 40, IN SAID BLOCK 3 AS DE-SCRIBED IN DEED RECORDEDNOVEMBER 14, 1972 IN DRAWER 8CARD 1291 RECEPTION NO, 219002,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.


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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice isgiven with regard to the followingdescribed Deed of Trust:


Original Grantor: DOUGLAS C KEITHOriginal Beneficiary: CIT SMALL BUSI-NESS LENDING CORPORATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITSMALL BUSINESS LENDING CORPOR-ATIONDate of Deed of Trust: 7/31/2006Recording Date of Deed of Trust:2/14/2007Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.603468Original Principal Amount: $222,600.00Outstanding Principal Balance:$53,476.64


Failure to pay principal and interest whendue together with all other paymentsprovided for in the Evidence of Debt se-cured by the Deed of Trust and other viol-ations of the terms thereof.


THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE1/4 IN SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 12SOUTH, RANGE 71 WEST, OF THE 6THP.M., TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

which has the address of:601 Trail Creek RoadLake George, CO 80827





Attorney: JANICE HOFMANN CLARKAttorney Registration #7264HELLERSTEIN AND SHORE, PC5347 S VALENTIA WAY, SUITE 100,GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO80111Phone: (303) 573-1080Fax: (303) 571-1271Attorney file #: 14-00238SH



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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice isgiven with regard to the followingdescribed Deed of Trust:


Original Grantor: DOUGLAS C KEITHOriginal Beneficiary: CIT SMALL BUSI-NESS LENDING CORPORATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: CITSMALL BUSINESS LENDING CORPOR-ATIONDate of Deed of Trust: 7/31/2006Recording Date of Deed of Trust :2/14/2007Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.603468Original Principal Amount: $222,600.00Outstanding Principal Balance:$53,476.64


Failure to pay principal and interest whendue together with all other paymentsprovided for in the Evidence of Debt se-cured by the Deed of Trust and other viol-ations of the terms thereof.


THE NW 1/4 OF THE NW 1/4 OF THE SE1/4 IN SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 12SOUTH, RANGE 71 WEST, OF THE 6THP.M., TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

which has the address of:601 Trail Creek RoadLake George, CO 80827





Attorney: JANICE HOFMANN CLARKAttorney Registration #7264HELLERSTEIN AND SHORE, PC5347 S VALENTIA WAY, SUITE 100,GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO80111Phone: (303) 573-1080Fax: (303) 571-1271Attorney file #: 14-00238SH




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Original Grantor: STEVEN J BARKEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGESOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 3/2/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/3/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.577378Original Principal Amount: $125,037.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 0 8 , 3 6 8 . 0 2



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 2, BLOCK 1, CRYSTAL PEAK ES-TATES SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:403 Mesa DriveFlorissant, CO 80816





Attorney: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERAttorney Registration #34145THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone: 1 (303) 865-1400Fax: 1 (303) 865-1410Attorney file #: 14-01106



Public Trustees

PUBLIC NOTICE





Original Grantor: STEVEN J BARKEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., AS NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGESOLUTIONS OF COLORADO, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 3/2/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/3/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.577378Original Principal Amount: $125,037.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 0 8 , 3 6 8 . 0 2



THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.LOT 2, BLOCK 1, CRYSTAL PEAK ES-TATES SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 1,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:403 Mesa DriveFlorissant, CO 80816





Attorney: CYNTHIA LOWERY-GRABERAttorney Registration #34145THE CASTLE LAW GROUP, LLC999 18TH STREET, SUITE 2201,DENVER, COLORADO 80202Phone: 1 (303) 865-1400Fax: 1 (303) 865-1410Attorney file #: 14-01106



Misc. Private Legals Public Notice

Pursuant to C.R.S. 38-21.5-103 noticessent certified mail to David Bowers lastknown address, May 13, 2014 all con-tents in the below listed storage unit loc-ated at Tregos Storage 42 Buffalo Court,Divide, Colorado 80814 will be sold orotherwise disposed of by removal tothe Divide Colorado Dump TransferStation on June 6, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. atthe Tregos Venture Storage FacilityUnit E 10 located at 42 Buffalo Ct., Di-vide, CO 80814.

The sale will be by auction at the Site E 10and will be sold in one lot. Sealed bids willbe accepted and opened first. Any pro-ceeds will be applied to unpaid rents.

Tenant: David BowersStorage Unit: E 10Last Known Address: P.O. Box 769106 S. Sixth StreetVictor, CO 80860

Contents consisting of, but not limitedto: Two guitars, wooden trunk, mat-tresses, fishing poles, oxygen tank, golfclub case and miscellaneous items.

Legal Notice No.: 933439First Publication: May 28, 2014Last Publication: June 4, 2014Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier

Government Legals Public Notice

The City of Woodland Park Parks andRecreation Advisory Board scheduledmeeting for Wednesday, June 11, 2014has been cancelled.

Legal Notice No.: 933461First Publication: June 4, 2014Last Publication: June 4, 2014Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOTPRIMARY ELECTION,

JUNE 24, 2014

OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDERCOUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO

TO: All Electors, Teller CountyColoradoIn accordance with the provisions of Sec-tion 1-5-205(1) of the Colorado RevisedStatutes, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:

VOTE SERVICE POLLINGCENTER DATES AND HOURSJune 16th through June 24th

Monday, June 16th throughFriday, June 20th9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Saturday, June 21st 10:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.Sunday, June 22nd (no early voting)Monday, June 23rd 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, June 24th, 2014– ELECTION DAY7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

VOTE SERVICE POLLINGCENTER LOCATIONWoodland Park Public Library218 E. Midland AvenueWoodland Park, CO

DROP OFF LOCATIONSTeller County Clerk andRecorder’s Motor Vehicle office540 Manor CourtWoodland Park, CO

Teller County Clerkand Recorder’s Office101 West Bennett AvenueCripple Creek, CO

Beginning June 2, 2014 voters may re-quest ballots and/or replacement ballots atthe Clerk & Recorder’s office in CrippleCreek at 101 West Bennett Ave. June16th through Election Day, minus Sundaythe 22nd, you can get ballots at the Wood-land Park Library Vote Center.

ALL VOTED BALLOTS MUST BE RE-TURNED TO AND RECEIVED BY THETELLER COUNTY CLERK AND RE-CORDER BY 7:00PM ON TUESDAYJUNE 24th, 2014. POSTMARKS DONOT COUNT AS RECEIVED.

The Teller County Clerk & Recorder hascertified the following candidates to ap-pear on the ballot:

American ConstitutionAmanda Campbell, Secretary of State

DemocratMark Udall, United States SenatorIrv Halter, Representative to the 114th USCongress-District 5John Hickenlooper, GovernorJoe Neguse, Secretary of StateBetsy Markey, State TreasurerDon Quick, Attorney GeneralJames Clark Huff, State Representative-District 39

RepublicanCory Gardner, United States SenatorDoug Lamborn, Representative to the114th US Congress-District 5Bentley Rayburn, Representative to the114th US Congress-District 5Mike Kopp, GovernorScott Gessler, GovernorTom Tancredo, GovernorBob Beauprez, GovernorWayne W. Williams, Secretary of StateWalker Stapleton, State TreasurerCynthia Coffman, Attorney GeneralKevin J. Grantham, State Senate-District 2Polly Lawrence, State Representative-Dis-trict 39Dave Paul, County Commissioner-District2Krystal Brown, County Clerk and RecorderRobert “Bob” Campbell, County TreasurerViolet Watt, County AssessorBetty Clark-Wine, County AssessorMichael Ensminger, County SheriffWrite-In, County SheriffAl Born, County Coroner

Attention Unaffiliated VotersAs an unaffiliated elector, you may affili-ate with a political party but you must doso in order to vote in the Primary Electionon June 24, 2014. You may declare aparty affiliation at any time, up to and in-cluding Election Day. You may affiliatewith a political party and update your voterregistration record by using the onlinevoter registration system atwww.GoVoteColorado.com.


Government Legals

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOTPRIMARY ELECTION,

JUNE 24, 2014

OFFICE OF THE CLERK & RECORDERCOUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO

TO: All Electors, Teller CountyColoradoIn accordance with the provisions of Sec-tion 1-5-205(1) of the Colorado RevisedStatutes, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:

VOTE SERVICE POLLINGCENTER DATES AND HOURSJune 16th through June 24th

Monday, June 16th throughFriday, June 20th9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Saturday, June 21st 10:00 a.m.– 2:00 p.m.Sunday, June 22nd (no early voting)Monday, June 23rd 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.Tuesday, June 24th, 2014– ELECTION DAY7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

VOTE SERVICE POLLINGCENTER LOCATIONWoodland Park Public Library218 E. Midland AvenueWoodland Park, CO

DROP OFF LOCATIONSTeller County Clerk andRecorder’s Motor Vehicle office540 Manor CourtWoodland Park, CO

Teller County Clerkand Recorder’s Office101 West Bennett AvenueCripple Creek, CO

Beginning June 2, 2014 voters may re-quest ballots and/or replacement ballots atthe Clerk & Recorder’s office in CrippleCreek at 101 West Bennett Ave. June16th through Election Day, minus Sundaythe 22nd, you can get ballots at the Wood-land Park Library Vote Center.

ALL VOTED BALLOTS MUST BE RE-TURNED TO AND RECEIVED BY THETELLER COUNTY CLERK AND RE-CORDER BY 7:00PM ON TUESDAYJUNE 24th, 2014. POSTMARKS DONOT COUNT AS RECEIVED.

The Teller County Clerk & Recorder hascertified the following candidates to ap-pear on the ballot:

American ConstitutionAmanda Campbell, Secretary of State

DemocratMark Udall, United States SenatorIrv Halter, Representative to the 114th USCongress-District 5John Hickenlooper, GovernorJoe Neguse, Secretary of StateBetsy Markey, State TreasurerDon Quick, Attorney GeneralJames Clark Huff, State Representative-District 39

RepublicanCory Gardner, United States SenatorDoug Lamborn, Representative to the114th US Congress-District 5Bentley Rayburn, Representative to the114th US Congress-District 5Mike Kopp, GovernorScott Gessler, GovernorTom Tancredo, GovernorBob Beauprez, GovernorWayne W. Williams, Secretary of StateWalker Stapleton, State TreasurerCynthia Coffman, Attorney GeneralKevin J. Grantham, State Senate-District 2Polly Lawrence, State Representative-Dis-trict 39Dave Paul, County Commissioner-District2Krystal Brown, County Clerk and RecorderRobert “Bob” Campbell, County TreasurerViolet Watt, County AssessorBetty Clark-Wine, County AssessorMichael Ensminger, County SheriffWrite-In, County SheriffAl Born, County Coroner

Attention Unaffiliated VotersAs an unaffiliated elector, you may affili-ate with a political party but you must doso in order to vote in the Primary Electionon June 24, 2014. You may declare aparty affiliation at any time, up to and in-cluding Election Day. You may affiliatewith a political party and update your voterregistration record by using the onlinevoter registration system atwww.GoVoteColorado.com.


Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGFLORISSANT WATER

AND SANITATION DISTRICTWASTEWATER TREATMENT

SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Date: July 8, 2014Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Florissant Water& Sanitation DistrictAddress: 2244 US Highway 24,Florissant, CO 80816Topic: Wastewater Treatment SystemImprovement Project

A public hearing will be conducted for in-forming citizens and soliciting public input,written or oral, regarding the FlorissantWater and Sanitation District WastewaterTreatment Plant and Preliminary Engin-eering Report (PER). The PER is a reportdetailing the project consisting of upgrad-ing the existing lagoon system to a mech-anical treatment plant. The report is beingsubmitted to the Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment (CDPHE)to qualify the Florissant Water and Sanita-tion District for a State Revolving FundLoan.

Copies of the Preliminary Engineering Re-port are available for public review prior tothe Public Hearing at the following loca-tion:

Florissant Water& Sanitation District2244 US Highway 24,Florissant, CO 80816

The point of contact for the Florissant Wa-ter & Sanitation District is:Cathy Valdez, Board President(719) 748-3565

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this notice isgiven June 4, 2014.

FLORISSANT WATERAND SANITATION DISTRICT


Government Legals

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGFLORISSANT WATER

AND SANITATION DISTRICTWASTEWATER TREATMENT

SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Date: July 8, 2014Time: 6:00 pmLocation: Florissant Water& Sanitation DistrictAddress: 2244 US Highway 24,Florissant, CO 80816Topic: Wastewater Treatment SystemImprovement Project

A public hearing will be conducted for in-forming citizens and soliciting public input,written or oral, regarding the FlorissantWater and Sanitation District WastewaterTreatment Plant and Preliminary Engin-eering Report (PER). The PER is a reportdetailing the project consisting of upgrad-ing the existing lagoon system to a mech-anical treatment plant. The report is beingsubmitted to the Colorado Department ofPublic Health and Environment (CDPHE)to qualify the Florissant Water and Sanita-tion District for a State Revolving FundLoan.

Copies of the Preliminary Engineering Re-port are available for public review prior tothe Public Hearing at the following loca-tion:

Florissant Water& Sanitation District2244 US Highway 24,Florissant, CO 80816

The point of contact for the Florissant Wa-ter & Sanitation District is:Cathy Valdez, Board President(719) 748-3565

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this notice isgiven June 4, 2014.

FLORISSANT WATERAND SANITATION DISTRICT


Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT No-tice is hereby given that final settle-ment will be made on or about June 26,2014 to WeatherSure Systems Inc. forcontract no. 02-0150-3285-900-2032-01,between Teller County and Weather-Sure Systems,Inc. for work on The Vic-tor Lowell Thomas Museum. Any person,individual, limited liability company, gov-ernment or governmental subdivision oragency, business trust, estate trust, part-nership, co-partnership, association, com-pany, corporation or other legal entity thathas furnished labor, materials, susten-ance or other supplies used or consumedby a contractor or his or her sub-contract-or in or about the performance of the workcontracted to be done or that suppliedlaborers, rental machinery, tools or equip-ment to the extent used in the prosecu-tion of the work whose claim therefor hasnot been paid by the contractor or the sub-contractor may, in accord with section 38-26-107(1) C.R.S., file with the Board ofCounty Commissioners of Teller CountyColorado a verified statement of theamount due and unpaid on account ofsuch claim, which statement must be filedon or before Friday, June 20, 2014.


PUBLIC NOTICE

PURSUANT TO THE LIQUOR LAWSOF COLORADO

DONKEY LIQUORS has requestedthe licensing officials of the

City of Cripple Creek to granta NEW RETAIL LIQUOR STORE

LICENSE to dispense malt,vinous & spirituous liquors

at 207 E CARR AVENUE

Hearing on Application to be held atCity Council Chambers– 337 E. Bennett AvenueTime and Date: 5:30 PM – June 4, 2014Date of Application: April 29, 2014

BY ORDER OF THE CITY CLERKDonkey Liquors207 E. Carr AvenueCripple Creek, CO 80813

ADDRESS WHERE PETITIONSOR A REMONSTRANCE MAY BE FILED:City Clerk’s Office– 337 East Bennett Avenue


Public Notice

PUBLIC MEETING

HISTORICAL PRESERVATIONCOMMITTEE

CITY OF WOODLAND PARKCITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

220 W. SOUTH AVENUEMONDAY JUNE 9, 2014 – 6:30 P.M.

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions2. Purpose of the 2014 ReconnaissanceSurvey of Historic Structures3. Local Historical Landmarks –Designation Program4. Potential Properties to be Surveyed inthe Lake Addition5. Next Steps6. Questions and Comments

This project is paid for in part by a HistoryColorado –State Historical Fund Grant.For more information contact the Wood-land Park Planning Department at 687-5202.


Government Legals Public Notice

PUBLIC MEETING

HISTORICAL PRESERVATIONCOMMITTEE

CITY OF WOODLAND PARKCITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

220 W. SOUTH AVENUEMONDAY JUNE 9, 2014 – 6:30 P.M.

AGENDA

1. Welcome and Introductions2. Purpose of the 2014 ReconnaissanceSurvey of Historic Structures3. Local Historical Landmarks –Designation Program4. Potential Properties to be Surveyed inthe Lake Addition5. Next Steps6. Questions and Comments

This project is paid for in part by a HistoryColorado –State Historical Fund Grant.For more information contact the Wood-land Park Planning Department at 687-5202.


Public Notice

WOODLAND PARK PLANNINGCOMMISSION

WOODLAND PARK CITY HALLCOUNCIL CHAMBERS

220 W. SOUTH AVENUE,WOODLAND PARK, CO

REGULAR MEETING AGENDAJUNE 12, 2014 – CANCELLED


PUBLIC NOTICE

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSREGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, June 12, 2014TELLER COUNTY CENTENNIAL

BUILDING112 North A Street,Cripple Creek, CO

Commissioners’ Meeting Room

1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session- Invocation- Pledge of Allegiance- Minutes of Previous Meetings- Accounts Payable- Board Reports- Elected Official’s Report- Administrator’s Report2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved forDepartment Heads and Public withoutan appointment.3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards4. 9:40 a.m.: Clerk and Recorder:Consider approval of Special Event Li-quor Permit for Mountain Top CyclingClub.5. 9:45 a.m.: Pikes Peak or Bust RodeoDays: Informational Presentation by Girlsof the West and Pikes Peak RangeRiders.RECESS AS TELLER COUNTY BOARDOF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSCONVENE AS TELLER COUNTYBOARD OF HEALTH6. 10:00 a.m.: Environmental Health:Consider a recommendation to amend theTeller County Onsite Wastewater Treat-ment System [OWTS] Regulations.ADJOURN AS TELLER COUNTY BOARDOF HEALTHRECONVENE AS TELLER COUNTYBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS7. 10:30 a.m.: Administration: Consideracceptance and approval of the TellerCounty Strategic Plan 2015-2030.8. 10:35 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Considerapproval of Special Exemption Plat applic-ation by Jeffery H. Borst and Psalms33:21 LLC for 1592/1656 ConestogaCreek Rd, 2875/2841 Pathfinder Rd.9. 10:45 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Considerapplication for Special Use Permit for acampground/RV park by Mary and MikeWright for 12458 S. State Hwy 67.10. 11:05 a.m.: Public Works: Consider2014 Annual Road Maintenance and Im-provement Plan.11. 11:15 a.m.: Barbara Berger: TellerSenior Coalition Informational Presenta-tion.

Commissioners Business Items:Sheryl Decker, County AdministratorLegal Matters:Chris Brandt, County Attorney

Adjournment

The implementation, modification, rescis-sion, or amendment of a restriction onopen burning in Teller County may be ad-ded to the Agenda of, and considered at,this meeting. If possible, an AmendedAgenda adding that item will be posted,and placed on the Teller County website,at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Appointments may vary by 15 minutesearlier or later than scheduled dependingupon cancellations and time required forreview and/or consideration of an agendaitem.


Government Legals

PUBLIC NOTICE

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSREGULAR MEETING AGENDA

Thursday, June 12, 2014TELLER COUNTY CENTENNIAL

BUILDING112 North A Street,Cripple Creek, CO

Commissioners’ Meeting Room

1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session- Invocation- Pledge of Allegiance- Minutes of Previous Meetings- Accounts Payable- Board Reports- Elected Official’s Report- Administrator’s Report2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved forDepartment Heads and Public withoutan appointment.3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards4. 9:40 a.m.: Clerk and Recorder:Consider approval of Special Event Li-quor Permit for Mountain Top CyclingClub.5. 9:45 a.m.: Pikes Peak or Bust RodeoDays: Informational Presentation by Girlsof the West and Pikes Peak RangeRiders.RECESS AS TELLER COUNTY BOARDOF COUNTY COMMISSIONERSCONVENE AS TELLER COUNTYBOARD OF HEALTH6. 10:00 a.m.: Environmental Health:Consider a recommendation to amend theTeller County Onsite Wastewater Treat-ment System [OWTS] Regulations.ADJOURN AS TELLER COUNTY BOARDOF HEALTHRECONVENE AS TELLER COUNTYBOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS7. 10:30 a.m.: Administration: Consideracceptance and approval of the TellerCounty Strategic Plan 2015-2030.8. 10:35 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Considerapproval of Special Exemption Plat applic-ation by Jeffery H. Borst and Psalms33:21 LLC for 1592/1656 ConestogaCreek Rd, 2875/2841 Pathfinder Rd.9. 10:45 a.m.: CDSD-Planning: Considerapplication for Special Use Permit for acampground/RV park by Mary and MikeWright for 12458 S. State Hwy 67.10. 11:05 a.m.: Public Works: Consider2014 Annual Road Maintenance and Im-provement Plan.11. 11:15 a.m.: Barbara Berger: TellerSenior Coalition Informational Presenta-tion.

Commissioners Business Items:Sheryl Decker, County AdministratorLegal Matters:Chris Brandt, County Attorney

Adjournment

The implementation, modification, rescis-sion, or amendment of a restriction onopen burning in Teller County may be ad-ded to the Agenda of, and considered at,this meeting. If possible, an AmendedAgenda adding that item will be posted,and placed on the Teller County website,at least 24 hours before the meeting.

Appointments may vary by 15 minutesearlier or later than scheduled dependingupon cancellations and time required forreview and/or consideration of an agendaitem.


Public Notice

City of Woodland ParkCITY COUNCIL AGENDAJune 5, 2014 * 7:00 PM

1. CALL TO ORDER.2. ROLL CALL.3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.4. CEREMONIES, PRESENTATIONSAND APPOINTMENTS.Danielson A. Presentation fromWoodland Park Senior Citizens Club.Morse B. Appointments to the Board ofAdjustment Committee. (A)Morse C. Appointments to the DowntownDevelopment Authority Board of Directors.(A)5. ADDITIONS, DELETIONSOR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA.(Public comment not necessary.)6. CONSENT CALENDAR:(Public comment may be heard.)Morse A. Approve minutes of May 15,2014 Regular Meeting. (A)Morse B. Approve a contract with SNSEnterprises, LLC to provide street stripingservices for 2014 in the amount of$20,438.36 (2014 Budget: $25,400). (A)7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:Lambert A. Informational report fromNETCO Fire Chief Lambert concerningwild land fire detection.Buttery B. Update to After Action ReviewReport for Waldo Canyon Fire.8. ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING:Buttery/Cirka A. Consider Ordinance No.1217 on initial posting regarding ParkingLot Signage Enforcement and set thePublic hearing for July 3, 2014. (L)9. PUBLIC HEARINGS:(Public comment may be heard.)Riley A. Approve Ordinance No. 1216amending Chapter 18.09 of the WoodlandPark Municipal Code to allow for up to twodwelling units within the same structure asa permitted use within all CommercialZone Districts. (L)10. NEW BUSINESS: (None)11. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOTON THE AGENDA.12. REPORTS:(Public comment not necessary.)A. Mayor’s Report.B. Council Reports.C. City Attorney’s Report.D. City Manager’s and Department Re-ports.Fleer 1. Combined report of Economicand Downtown Development and MainStreet update. (A)13. COMMENTS ON WRITTENCORRESPONDENCE.(Public comment not necessary.)14. ADJOURNMENT.** Per Resolution No. 90, Series 1982.

(A) Administrative(QJ) Quasi-Judicial(L) Legislative


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Pikes PeakSPORTS Pikes Peak Courier 17 June 4, 2014

WP Parks & Rec baseball season starting

City Parks and Recreation has new sports coordinatorBy Norma EngelbergContributing writer

Ryan Baade still commutes to work but the commute from Florissant to Woodland Park is a far cry from the com-mute he used to take to Aurora.

He, his wife, also named Ryan, moved to the Florissant area in 2012 to be closer to his parents who moved there a few years previously.

Baade was hired in January as Wood-land Park’s Parks and Recreation Depart-ment sports coordinator.

Before that he worked for a private prison contractor out of Aurora.

“The commute was a killer,” he said. “We have a 7-month-old daughter named Mia and since we started a fam-ily my wife thought it was time to find local jobs. I saw the opening for sports coordinator and thought why not try it. I dropped off my resume and application, sat for interviews with (department di-rector) Cindy Keating and was hired. My wife is a registered nurse at Cripple Creek Care Center.”

Baade’s duties include coordinating all of the department’s youth and adults sports programs: Baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer and flag football.

The department also works with the Woodland Park Hockey Association on hockey skills and drills.

He creates the day-to-day practice and game schedules and goes over sports rules and regulations with volunteer coaches.

“I update the department’s website with the practice schedule and what new volunteer coaches need to know,” he said. “We really appreciate our volun-teers. Without them, we’d be in trouble.”

He would also be in trouble without the department’s cancellation line.

“Weather is always a factor,” he said. “We would be just ending baseball sea-son back home but here it’s just starting. We moved here just before the Waldo Canyon Fire so I’m always willing to can-cel a practice or a game as long as we’re getting some moisture.”

He is also in charge of finding referees and umpires.

“We contract our referees and um-pires,” Baade said. “We have a good mix of returning officials and high school freshmen. It’s a good job for them that looks good on their college applications. Bryan Cosgriff, who just graduated (from Woodland Park High School), was with us for five years. He’s the model I’m looking for.”

Caring for equipment and ordering uniforms rounds out his duties.

Baade doesn’t have a sports degree. Like many college students, he didn’t re-ally know what he wanted to do when he started at Sulross State College in Alpine, Texas.

The small college town offered him a chance to settle down. Until then his family followed his U.S. Marine Corps fa-ther from state to state.

“I went to four high schools,” he said.

“I’m a history buff so I earned a bache-lor’s degree in history. I thought maybe I could be a teacher and a coach.”

At the same time, he worked in the college’s student affairs office as the as-sistant director of housing.

He also worked closely with the col-lege’s director of activities. When that di-rector resigned, Baade talked to the dean about taking over.

The college hired him even without a sports degree.

“I worked there for seven years,” he said. “And I earned a master’s in public administration. I just stayed on; I lived in Alpine for 13 years.”

His wife is an Alpine native, living there her entire life, but she said if she had to move Colorado would be where she wanted to go.

“Alpine has about 5,000 residents so moving here where there is a Walmart and a movie theater is a step up for us,” Baade said. “We’re looking for a home in Woodland Park.”

Meanwhile, baseball season is just starting. Girls and boys baseball started on May 31 with T-Ball (pre-kindergarten and kindergarten) and Pinto leagues (first and second graders) at Kavanagh Park and Mustang (third and fourth), Broncos (fifth and sixth) and Pony (seventh and eighth) leagues playing at Meadow Wood Sports Complex.

Parks and Recreation also offers adult softball with a men’s league and a coed league.

Information about all of the city’s sports programs are on the city website, www.city-woodlandpark.org.

As Woodland Park’s Parks and Recreation new sports coordinator Ryan Baade spends a lot of his time at this computer coordinating sports practice and game schedules. Photo by Norma Engelberg

RecReation RepoRtWoodland Park Parks & Recreation offers

the following programs and sports. Sign up at least a week prior to session start-ing. Classes may be cancelled due to lack of participants. Call 719-687-5225 or stop by our office at 204 W. South Ave. Online registration and class information available at wpparksandrecreation.org.

Swim lessonsThe Learn to Swim program follows the

criteria set by American Red Cross. Descrip-tions of the classes are listed on the city website. Please bring a swim suit and towel. Instructors are Connie Knowles and Katy Conlin. For ages 6 months to 18 years.

Classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays (session dates: June 17, 19, 24, 26, July 1, 3) at the Golden Bell Camp. Cost is $45 per session, and $41 for an additional family member.

Youth golfFour lessons are designed to introduce

golf to juniors. A specific skill will be taught each class. These classes will include the skills of putting, chipping, pitching and full swing as well as rules and etiquette that ap-ply to each skill. When registering, indicate whether participant has his or her own clubs and whether he or she is left or right handed. Instructor is Rose Weis. Sessions offered for 5-9 years and 10-14 years.

Classes are from 1-2:15 p.m. at Shining Mountain Golf Course. Ages 5-9 years meet Mondays and Wednesday (session dates: June 16, 18, 23, 25); and ages 10-14 meet Tuesdays and Thursdays (session dates: June 17, 19, 24, 26). Cost is $100 per session.

Youth tennisAll ages and skill levels welcome for

youth tennis league. Participants will learn the techniques and skills to play tennis like a real pro and of course meet new friends while having fun. We will focus on learn-ing the key moves; forehand, backhand, approach, serve, volley, and keeping score while keeping our minds and bodies active. Instructor is Jessee Barlow.

Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays (session dates: June 10, 12, 17, 19): 10-11 a.m. for 4-8 years; 11 a.m. to noon for 8-12 years; and noon to 1 p.m. for ages 12 and older. Cost is $40 per session.

Family dog trainingLearn to teach your dog good manners

as well as basic obedience commands such as loose leash walking, focus, wait, come, sit, down, leave it. No dogs at first class. In-structor is Alice Roszczewski. Class is from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays at CSCS. Cost is $150 per session (session dates: June 21, 28, July 21, 19, 26, Aug. 2).

Pickle ballAdult are invited to join a pickle ball

league. Pickle ball is the fastest-growing sport in the country. All skill levels are wel-come. Season runs from 8-10 a.m. Tuesdays fromJune 10 to Aug. 12 at the Meadow Wood Sports Complex, on tennis courts 1 and 2. Pickle balls are provided. Must regis-ter by Friday, May 30. Cost is $35. Late reg-istrations will be taken through Wednesday, June 4, and cost will be $0. League meeting is at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 5. League format is 10 games.

Tennis leagueAll skill levels are welcome to join in an

adult tennis league. Register by Friday, May 30. Cost is $35 for one league and $30 for a second league. Late registration taken though Wednesday, June 4, with cost of $40/$35. The league meeting is at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5.

League format is 10 games. Men’s doubles league meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays, and mixed doubles meets from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays at the Meadow Wood Sports Complex, courts 3 and 4. Season runs from June 10 to Aug. 14. Tennis balls are provided.

Cripple Creek Parks and Recreation’s fitness center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Membership is $14 per month. Silver Sneaker memberships are free for qualifying seniors. Call 719-689-3514.

education news

Tapper wins goldEmil Tapper, 11, of Florissant wins gold in the 12 years and

younger 80 pounds submission grappling and BJJ divisions in the 2014 Colorado State Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championships.

Tapper is a Judo blue belt and an BJJ orange belt in BJJ who trains Judo, BJJ, Sambo, and other grappling arts at the Colorado

Springs Judo Center under third-degree Judo black belt Christ

Metzgar and grappling master Anthony Pastorello.

Tapper’s next large tournament will be in Judo in the 2014 USA

Junior Olympics in Dallas, Texas June 27-29 where he will com-

pete in both the national and international divisions.


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TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Finishing up a job on time leaves you free to enjoy your weekend without any Taurean guilt pangs. A romantic attitude from an unlikely source could take you by surprise.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Moving in a new career direction might be seen by some as risky. But if you have both the confidence to see it through and the facts to back you up, it could prove rewarding.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Holding back on a deci-sion might be difficult, considering how long you’ve waited for this opportunity. But until you’re able to re-solve all doubts, it could be the wiser course to take.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) You still need to move care-fully where financial matters are concerned. Better for the Lion to move slowly than pounce on a “promising” prospect that doesn’t keep its promises.

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LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) The early part of the week could find you looking to balance your priorities between your family obligations and your career re-sponsibilities. Pressures begin to ease by week’s end.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to nov 21)An associate’s problem could cause unavoidable delays in moving ahead with your joint venture. If so, use the time to look into an-other project you had previously set aside.

SAGITTARIUS (nov 22 to Dec 21) Although a finan-cial problem could be very close to being resolved in your favor, it’s still a good idea to avoid unnecessary spending for at least a little while longer.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Support for some unwelcome workplace decisions begins to show up, and continues to build, so that by week’s end, the gre-garious Goat is as popular as ever.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Congratulations. Deciding to attend a social function you might have earlier tried to avoid could turn out to be one of the best decisions you’ve made in a long time.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) Getting into a new situa-tion could prove to be a more difficult experience than you expected. Don’t hesitate to ask for advice in cop-ing with some of the more irksome challenges.

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Farewell to the school yearA glorious day for a party in the park, the afternoon of May 22 was a

sunny gift for Woodland Park students. With games and camaraderie, stu-dents celebrated with a get-together in Memorial Park that included the all-important ingredient, food.

The party was sponsored by the city of Woodland Park, the Teen Center and North Teller Build a Generation whose coordinator of Karen Casey-Svetich.

Photos by Pat hill

It was a party scene at Memorial Park as Woodland Park students celebrated the last day of school May 22. A time to be a kid again, students enjoyed volleyball, the bounce house, hot dogs and farewells for the summer.

With no cell phone or texting in sight, Woodland Park students enjoyed a day in the park May 22.


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Ottley wins! Ottley part of Silver TsunamiBy Pat [email protected]

— Editor’s note: This is the seventh in the series about the Silver Tsunami, a nation-wide phenomenon that has 10,000 Ameri-cans turning 65 every day. According to in-formation provided by the Innovations in Aging Collaborative, an estimated 20 percent of the U.S. population will be older than 65 in the near future. In the series, The Courier looks at issues that affect Teller County. The series as well includes interviews with peo-ple who have become part of the tsunami.

First in this year’s Rocky Mountain U.S. Ski Team Masters competition, Barry Ottley, 74, lays waste to the notion that senior citi-zens hang up their killer instinct.

“I started racing when I was 65,” he said. “I wanted to do something different.”

Ottley, who lives in Florissant, scored a collective 495 points in the competition, finishing second in slalom, first in giant slalom, first in super giant slalom and first in downhill. He competes in the 70-75 age category.

The masters are for the skier who has a difficult time letting go. “A lot of people who race on ski teams want to continue racing

after they can no longer compete,” he said. “So the team has a master’s league; I think the oldest is 82.”

Ottley is a member of the EurAm. U.S. team and entered 28 races last year. “As you go along there are fewer and fewer skiers,” he said.

In 2015 Ottley will be one of 4,703 resi-dents 65 years and older in Teller County. He’s part of the Silver Tsunami, a result of 10,000 baby boomers turning 65 every day. Collectively, each is attempting to avoid ca-tastrophe as they age, get around devasta-tion that can occur in any number of ways.

For Ottley, the secret to aging success-fully is accomplished in increments. “If you don’t get up and move every morning, you can’t,” he said. “If you quit moving, nothing works.”

Yet Ottley has had his share of setbacks, among them, two back operations via laser surgery, has a stent in his heart and, on the list, is a left-knee replacement.

The setbacks are just details for Ottley. Undeterred by factors such as wind-chill temperatures sinking to 24 degrees below zero he also isn’t put off by maneuvering around gates at 58 miles an hour.

At an age when the thrill of the chase is gone or arrives at longer intervals, Ottley

thrives on going for the gold. “I’ll admit ski racing is pretty exciting; it is an adrenaline rush,” he said, “What’s funny is that you spend lots and lots of money for one min-ute of adrenaline. Most of us are adrenaline junkies.”

Champion ski racer who works four days

a week at Companion Habitat in Colorado

Springs, Ottley exudes energy, doesn’t mind

driving in snowstorms down the pass.

“I like working,” he said.

Bary Ottley scored 495 points this year to win the Rocky Mountain U.S. Ski Team Masters competition. Ottley competed in four categories, slalom, giant slalom, super giant slalom and downhill. Courtesy photo

Barry Ottley’s home in Florissant is filled with ribbons and certificates that reflect his passion for ski-racing. Photo by Pat Hill

Barry Ottley has no intention of giving up ski racing, despite reaching the age of 74 on May 5. Courtesy photo

Barry Ottley of Florissant was clocked at 58 mph while going through the gates on the ski slopes. Ottley, 74, was just named champion of the Rocky Mountain U.S. Ski Team Masters. Ottley competes in the 70-75 age group. Courtesy photo

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