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Gleneagle golf course looks like weed patch Course has not been maintained since it was shut down By Danny Summers [email protected]

Those weeds and brown grass and dead spots you see up and down the 18 fairways, greens and cart paths at Gleneagle Gold Club are not sudden-ly going away anytime soon.

“This is not good for the community,” said Ken Judd, a board member with the Gleneagle Civic Association. “Nobody feels good about the situa-tion, but there’s nothing that any of us can do.”

For several years, Judd has been the “unoffi -cial” point man when it comes to the golf course for the various Gleneagle homeowners associa-tions and its residents. He answers several emails, phone calls and direct questions from area resi-dents each week as it pertains to the current and future of the course.

“I don’t know a whole lot more now than I did before,” Judd said. “The owner doesn’t commu-nicate with me, except through email, and that is very sparse.”

Judd was much more optimistic about things last October when club general manager Rick Eve-lo and property owner Miles Scully announced that golf course would be closing effective Nov. 1.

Judd stated that he hoped Scully would fi nd a buyer and that the course would reopen. But things got worse when the Palms Restaurant closed earlier this year.

“The ponds that are part of the golf course are all dried up, except for a small amount of water at what is referred to as “Huntington Beach,” Judd said. “I don’t how that pond is getting water.”

Scully, an attorney whose offi ce is in San Di-ego, has not returned Tribune telephone calls or emails.”

“I think we have a right to know what’s going on,” Judd said. “But maybe that’s more a moral right.

“It’s is a private business and I respect that.”The Gleneagle golf course is owned and operat-

ed by MCTN LLC, a Nevada limited liability com-pany set up by Atlanta-based Mad River Holdings Inc. and the Miles and Denise Scully Trust. MCTN LLC purchased the 135.4-acre course in 2003 for the sum of $825,000, according to records sup-plied by the El Paso County Assessor’s Offi ce and the Nevada Secretary of State’s Offi ce.

The course has not been maintained or wa-tered since it closed down. Scully went a step fur-ther and closed his account with Donala Water and Sanitation.

“The course is pretty overgrown with weeds along the edges and roughs, and the greens are in terrible shape,” Judd said. “Even if somebody wanted to open it up again, I think it would cost so much money and take so much money to get it back into shape it wouldn’t be worth it.

“In the time I’ve lived here I only played the course a half dozen times. I rarely saw people playing.”

Gleneagle was the second of three Tri-Lakes area courses to close in about a year. Monument Hill Country Club shut down in the early part of 2013, only to reopen in June of that year. It is being run by Touchstone Golf, a California-based com-pany that basically runs golf courses until a buyer is found.

King’s Deer closed down earlier this year, but a local resident of the development purchased the course and it reopened in May.

You don’t have to be a genius t fi gure out that the next step (for Scully) is development,” Judd said. “But the golf course is zoned for fi ve-acre lots, so there’s not a lot that can happen.

“Plus there are certain rules in place and con-tracts that have been signed that prohibit devel-opment from happening.”

In May, Young Life, Colorado Springs-based world-wide Christian ministry, help a 5K run at the course. Judd has observed various people out walking

Tree-like thistle grows in the greenways. Photos by Rob Carrigan

ABOVE: Parts of the Gleneagle Golf Course look more like a hay � eld. BELOW: The 18th hole marker, nearly obscured by tumbleweeds.

Opinions di� er within the Black Forest Fire department Board president Rick McMorran contradicts the department’s PIO By Danny Summers [email protected]

Ryan Wanner owns and operates R and R Coffee Café in Black Forest. Located at 11424 Black Forest Road, Wanner’s building suffered no structural damage during the massive Black Forest Fire in June 2013.

Wanner, like the majority of business and home owners in the quiet community, trusts that his fi re department is on top of things and will protect the forest and its people. He believes this in spite of the fact that Station No. 2 has had its doors locked and is unstaffed nearly 24 hours a day for several months.

The station does house one ambulance, one structure fi re engine, one wildland fi re engine and one tender (water hauling truck).

“I trust our fi re department up here with any issue that would arise,” Wanner said. “They are not going to short us.”

Wanner’s opinion of the Black Forest Fire Rescue/Protection District in line with some members of the Fire Board, like recently elect-ed PJ Langmaid (a Colorado Springs fi refi ght-er) and Black Forest Fore public information offi cer Kathy Russell.

But Board president Rick McMorran seems to have a completely opposite view. McMor-ran issued a statement on Aug. 7 that contra-dicted Russell.

Russell said that several local media out-lets contacted her in response to a story that appeared in the July 29 on line version of the Tri-Lakes Tribune (July 30 print edition). She told the media, among other things, that while the Tribune article is “accurate.” But she also stated that “volunteers continue to stand duty at the station”

She went on to say that “The station is still in service, staffed by well-trained and quali-fi ed volunteers as available.”

McMorran’s press release differs with Rus-sell’s facts. “A review of the staffi ng reports in recent weeks does not support this statement (by Russell),” he said. “While there have been times where some fi refi ghters have been Sta-tion Two, that coverage has been spotty at best, and for the vast majority of the time the station has been unstaffed.”

McMorran’s statement falls in line with a release that the Board put on its web site in April stating that similar position.

So why is that Russell statements differ from McMorran? Russell told media outlets and the Tribune that the move (to keep Sta-tion No. 2 unstaffed the majority of the time “does not impact homeowners.”

While Russell’s position sits fi ne with Wan-ner and other local residents like Greg Jones and Catherine DeVries, McMorran disagrees and feels the Forest is in greater danger (in terms of response) times than ever before.

“We recognize, as common sense would suggest, that removing staffi ng from Station Two will increase response times in the north end of our fi re district, up to fi ve to six min-utes, depending on the location,” McMorran

said. “For medical emergencies and similar incidents, this undoubtedly affects our resi-dents.”

Langmaid, who led the group called “Re-store Black Forest Fire,” has long been aware that Station No. 2 needs to be staffed. He made that point earlier this year when he was run-ning for offi ce. But Langmaid has also stated that he does not believe the lack of staff puts the forest at the perilous level that McMorran believes.

Langmaid, along with McMorran, met with District staff on Aug. 6 to review the situ-ation again.

“We are cautiously optimistic that we may be able to re-staff Station Two within the next couple of months,” McMorran said.

Meanwhile Black Forest Fire Chief Bob Harvey remains on medical leave due to post traumatic stress disorder related to the June 2013 fi re and accusations by El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa over Harvey’s handling of the fi re.

In June, the Fire Board voted at the meet-ing to increase Assistant Fire Chief James Re-bitski’s salary to refl ect the salary of a fi re chief since he is acting in Harvey’s place during his absence.

The Black Forest Fire Station No. 2, located near Black Forest Road and Hodgen Road, has not been sta� ed since the spring, but it is still operational and all of its equipment is ready for use in the event of any emergency. Courtesy photo

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Anti-pot crowd in Palmer Lake ready with the factsGroup led by Amenson hopes to inform every voter on negative aspects of the drugBy Danny [email protected]

At 4:20 p.m. on July 31, Maggie’s Farm opened in Manitou Springs, becoming the first recreational marijuana store in El Paso County.

If enough residents in Palmer Lake have their way, then the County’s second recre-ational marijuana shop will likely be lo-cated along Highway 105 sometime next spring.

“We certainly hope that never becomes the case,” said Palmer Lake resident Chris Amenson, who is spearheading the drive to stop the sale of recreational marijuana in the town until at least the end of the 2017. “Manitou Springs is going to do what Mani-tou Springs is going to do. We don’t have to follow them.”

Amenson’s bill, which would stop any effort to have continued recreational mari-juana bills on ballots for three years is being met with extreme backlash by those who desperately want to legally buy the drug in their own neighborhood store.

As has also previously been reported in the Tribune, there will be second bill on the Nov. 4 ballot asking voters to pass a mea-sure to allow the sale of recreational mari-juana in the town.

But what many people don’t know is that Amenson’s bill would trump the pro mari-juana bill if it collects more votes.

“As an example, let’s say the pro-pot people win with 549 votes,” Amenson said. “If we win with 550 votes then it trumps the pro-pot sales bill.”

Dino Salvatori, owner of the Palmer Lake Wellness Center, has a license to sell medi-cal marijuana. He has not committed to selling recreational if the bill passes, but he is well aware of the odd circumstances surrounding the bill that receives the most votes.

“I just want the people to Palmer Lake to be informed before they cast their ballots,”

Salvatori said. “I really don’t care one way or the other if the pro recreational bill passes or not.

“I just think there’s entirely too much negative publicity by people who don’t re-ally know what they’re talking about.”

Amenson does not claim to be to the world’s foremost expert on the positive or negative effects of marijuana, but he has done a fair amount of research on the sub-ject.

In recent article from The New England Journal of Medicine, Amenson points to an article written by Dan L. Longo, M.D.,/edi-tor, who cites the “Adverse Health Effects of Marijuana.”

Amenson provided a copy of the article to each member of the Palmer Lake Town Council at June meeting.

“I highlighted points in order to make their reading easier and quicker,” Amenson said.

Even though a person has to be at least 21 to legally purchase marijuana in Colo-rado, it is well documented that many ado-lescents smoke the drug.

“The regular use of marijuana during adolescence is of a particular concern,

since use by this age group is associated with increased likelihood deleterious con-sequences,” writes Longo.

Longo goes on to say that “approxi-mately 9 percent of those who experiment with marijuana will become addicted” and that the “number goes up to about one in six among those who start using marijuana as teenagers, and 25 to 50 percent of those who smoke marijuana daily.”

Rather than just state his opinion, Amen-son and others in his camp are attempting to educate the public on what they believe are the ill effects of marijuana use — wheth-er purchased legally or illegally.

“Dino and other people in this town talk about making money from the taxes on the sales of legalized marijuana,” Amenson said. “This is more about than just bringing additional revenue. There are some serious facts about marijuana that people need to know.”

In Longo’s piece, he talks about every-thing from “reduced functional connectiv-ity” from smoking pot to “decreased activ-ity in prefrontal regions (in the brain) and reduced volumes in the hippocampus,” and how “regular marijuana use is associ-

ated with an increased risk of anxiety and depression.”

Longo also states: “Heavy use of mari-juana results in impairments in memory and attention that persist and worsen with increased years of regular use.

“Heavy marijuana use has been linked to lower income, greater need for socioeco-nomic assistance unemployment, criminal behavior, and lower satisfaction with life.”

Salvatori is not easily swayed by Amen-son’s arguments.

“For everything he points out negative about marijuana use I can point out some-thing positive that somebody has to say about its use,” Salvatori said.

Amenson and his group have stacks of information pertaining to the negative ef-fects of marijuana that have been done through various medical and scientific studies. They plan to inform voters as much as possible leading up to the election.

Among the stacks of information is a recent Associated Press article about how “Officials at some Denver homeless shel-ters say the legalization of marijuana has contributed to an increase in the number of younger people living on the city’s streets.”

Marijuana plants like these are already being grown at the Palmer Lake Wellness Center. If recreational marijuana is passed by the citizens of the Palmer Lake on the Nov. 4 ballot a lot more plants will surface in the city. Courtesy photo

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Aug. 21ART HOP Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, wel-comes two authors for Monument’s Art Hop from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21. Nancy Atherton will sign her latest title in the Aunt Dimity mystery series, “Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well,” and Michele Morris will sign her popular cookbook, “Tasting Colorado.” Refreshments will be served. Call 719-481-2665 or go to www.coveredtrea-sures.com.

Aug. 23TITAN TRAIL 5K The Classical Academy plans its second annual Titan Trail 5K run Saturday, Aug. 23 at the school’s North campus. Proceeds from the run benefit the TCA Character Development Program. The 5K begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 1-mile family fun run/walk. Local

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Taste of Palmer Lake set For the Tribune

The Awake Palmer Lake committee is proud to an-nounce its annual fundraiser.

A Taste of Palmer Lake will be held Aug. 23 from 1 to 4 p.m. in downtown Palmer Lake. Tickets will be available for $15 in advance, or $20 the day of the event.

This event helps to raise money for the restoration of Palmer Lake.

Awake Palmer Lake is a 501(c)(3) nonprofi t organization dedicated to the restoration of the Palmer Lake and its en-virons.

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Aug. 21ART HOP Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, wel-comes two authors for Monument’s Art Hop from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21. Nancy Atherton will sign her latest title in the Aunt Dimity mystery series, “Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well,” and Michele Morris will sign her popular cookbook, “Tasting Colorado.” Refreshments will be served. Call 719-481-2665 or go to www.coveredtrea-sures.com.

Aug. 23TITAN TRAIL 5K The Classical Academy plans its second annual Titan Trail 5K run Saturday, Aug. 23 at the school’s North campus. Proceeds from the run benefit the TCA Character Development Program. The 5K begins at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 1-mile family fun run/walk. Local

meteorologist Matt Meister will emcee, and there will be vendor booths, carnival games, a bounce house , emergency vehicles. Register at www.active.com. Email [email protected] for questions.

Aug. 23BOWLING BENEFIT Velvet Hills Chorus presents Bowling for Barbershop, a fundraising and awareness campaign for Sweet Adelines International and its chapters and quartets worldwide. Money raised will be used for music education programs, retention/growth and chapter/quartet expenses. The event is at 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 23, at Harmony Bowl, 3845 N. Academy

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El Paso County Veteran Services is now issuing vet-eran ID cards for veterans who do not have a military retiree or veteran health care ID card. Veterans can re-ceive a card at no cost by calling 719-520-7750 and set-ting up an appointment.

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ID card. We estimate about 20,000 people in El Paso County could benefit from the cards and each person could possibly save hundreds of dollars a year.”

The El Paso County Veteran’s Services is responsible for assisting residents of Colorado who served honor-ably in the United States Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, Marine Corps or any other armed service of the nation.

The El Paso County Veteran’s Services office was established by State law to advise and assist veterans, their dependents, and their survivors concerning any

VA benefits which such person may be, or may have been, entitled to receive under the laws of the United States or the state of Colorado. The office is not a part of the Department of Veteran Affairs, which is a Federal government agency, but serves as a liaison between the claimant and the VA.

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‘Great Escape’ observes 70th anniversary For the Tribune

In commemoration of the 70th anni-versary of the “Great Escape” from Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp, there will be a reunion of the former prisoners held in that camp.

The men, now in their late 80’s and early 90’s, are the last of an era.

The reunions began in 1946.The reunion, which co-chairs, Mike

Eberhardt and Marilyn Walton, have termed a “gathering of eagles,” will be an historic event held to honor the former prisoners, all pilots, co-pilots, bombar-diers, and navigators, now unassuming men who once flew high during the dark days of World War II.

The men, who were held at the camp made famous by the movie, The Great Escape, will be joined by their families,

authors, researchers, and friends at the Hotel Elegante, 2886 S. Circle Drive, in Colorado Springs.

Marek Lazarz, the director and guide of the POW Camps Museum in Zagan, Poland, and Mirek Walczak, who serves as a curator and guide, will attend and will discuss the history of the camp and the recent 70th anniversary memorial service held there.

One of the few stories, unknown until recently, will be presented in a recently-released documentary by California film-maker, Mike Dorsey.

“The Lost Airmen of Buchenwald,” which won first place for feature docu-mentary in 2012 in the GI Film Festival, chronicles the story of 168 Allied POWs sent to Buchenwald Concentration Camp before being discovered there by a German Luftwaffe fighter ace and later

transferred to Stalag Luft III. Several of the POWs in the film will be at the re-union, as well as Dorsey.

Dr. Tamara Haygood will explore the combatant-like activities of captured al-lied non-combatants in WWII, revealing the covert activities of captured medical personnel discreetly operating behind the scenes.

Ted Barris author of “The Great Es-cape — A Canadian Story,” who received the National Libris award for the best non-fiction book in 2013 in Canada, will give a presentation, and there will be a interview of Simon Read, author of “The Human Game,” which chronicles the massive investigation and capture of the majority of murderers of the 50 escaped prisoners in the Great Escape.

A POW panel, including Tuskegee Air-men, Alex Jefferson, recently featured in

the Military Channel’s “Air Aces” series, and a panel comprised of three Germans discussing what it was like to grow up in wartime Germany will examine that dif-ferent facet of the war.

Former Air Force Academy graduate, Guy Gruters, held for nearly five-and-a-half years in North Vietnam, will address the POWs.

In addition to the presentations, there will be several documentaries related to the Great Escape, and the former pris-oners will visit the Air Force Academy to view the Clark Collection, initiated by former AFA superintendent, Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark, a former prisoner at Stalag Luft III.

To register for the reunion and for ho-tel information, contact co-chairs Mari-lyn Walton [email protected], or call 614-855-4161 or Mike Eberhardt [email protected] 972-567-0029.

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TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking Inter-national meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600 or e-mail [email protected].

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets from 5-7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakescham-ber.com.

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Net-working Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monu-ment. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or

cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakes-chamber.com.

WOODMOOR BUSINESS Group Meet-ing is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more informa-tion, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com.

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‘Great Escape’ observes 70th anniversary the Military Channel’s “Air Aces” series, and a panel comprised of three Germans discussing what it was like to grow up in wartime Germany will examine that dif-ferent facet of the war.

Former Air Force Academy graduate, Guy Gruters, held for nearly five-and-a-half years in North Vietnam, will address the POWs.

In addition to the presentations, there will be several documentaries related to the Great Escape, and the former pris-oners will visit the Air Force Academy to view the Clark Collection, initiated by former AFA superintendent, Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark, a former prisoner at Stalag Luft III.

To register for the reunion and for ho-tel information, contact co-chairs Mari-lyn Walton [email protected], or call 614-855-4161 or Mike Eberhardt [email protected] 972-567-0029.

Dirt, sand at North Gate Road being used to help with I-25 expansion project Area around North Gate Road will be landscaped when project is over

By Danny Summers [email protected]

For the past 18 months or so, the Colorado Department of Transportation crews and numerous contractors have been working feverishly to expand In-terstate 25 from two to three lanes from Woodmen Road to Exit 160 in Monu-ment.

But all too often it seems like the most amount of action is taking place at the

north and south bound North Gate 156 exits.

“That’s because we’re taking dirt and sand out of that area and using it to fill in other parts of the project,” said Brian Grossman, the public information officer for CDOT. “(The North Gate) area is easy to access for our crews and it’s worked out fine to this point.”

Last fall, CDOT built several round-abouts along North Gate Road, just to the east of the Air Force Academy North Gate entrance to near entrance of the Western Mining Museum.

Depending on who you talk with, those roundabouts have either helped or hurt the traffic flow.

“We believe that traffic runs through there more smoothly now,” Grossman

said.As soon as the I-25 expansion proj-

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“We’ll put down erosion bunkers,” Grossman said.

Grossman added that the relatively moist summer the Pikes Peak region has experienced this year has affected the target schedule for completion of the I-25 project.

“We should be finished by late sum-mer,” Grossman said. ‘CDOT requires us to be done by Dec. 31, but we should be finished well before that.

“We were originally targeting July 1, but the rains changed that.”

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Talk puts fracking front and center Hickenlooper says panel seeking compromise will be his responsibility By Vic Vela [email protected]

Gov. John Hickenlooper said last week that he will be the one who selects the members of a task force that will be charged with finding a compromise on issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing.

The governor also addressed concerns on the part of Republicans that the com-mission’s work could result in more regu-lations on the oil and gas industry.

Hickenlooper talked about fracking during an Aug. 8 roundtable event with several business leaders at the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce in Centennial, as well as during an inter-view with Colorado Community Media afterward.

The governor said his administration hasn’t quite figured out how the 18-mem-ber commission will be selected or how it will ultimately operate.

But the governor put aside any ques-tion as to who will put the task force to-gether.

“People ask me, `Who’s gonna pick ‘em?’ I am,” Hickenlooper said. “The buck stops here and I guarantee you we’re going to have everybody pissed off again. The one criteria is that everyone who is going to be on that list is some-one who believes we can get to a yes (on a compromise).”

The task force was born out of a deal the governor reached with Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis earlier in the week that will keep anti-fracking initiatives that Polis was backing from appearing on the November ballot.

The measures would have required greater distances between wells and oc-

cupied structures and would have given communities more control over fracking - the process in which water and chemi-cals are blasted into the ground to free up trapped oil and gas.

Remarks in spotlightHickenlooper and the oil and gas in-

dustry were fearful that the initiatives would essentially ban fracking in Colo-rado and cripple the state’s economy.

Instead of the voters, it will be the task force that will take up those issues and that will provide recommendations for potential legislation to the General As-sembly.

But Republican lawmakers are already feeling uneasy about the commission.

And their concerns were heightened following comments Hickenlooper made during an energy summit in Denver ear-lier in the week.

According to the Associated Press, Hickenlooper said the task force’s “suc-cess is dependent upon it ending in regu-lation.” That comment didn’t sit well with House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland.

“We should go into it from the prem-ise that the commission take a look at whether we actually need regulations,” DelGrosso said in an interview prior to the governor’s Chamber of Commerce event. “He’s starting with the premise that it’s going to be set up to regulate.”

Hickenlooper, in an interview with Colorado Community Media, insisted that’s not what he said, even though he made his comments in front of a group of reporters.

“What I said was legislation,” the governor said. “Go back and look at the quotes. I never said we needed more regulation. Now, we might. Again, this is the whole point of getting people from all the different viewpoints in the same room and letting them have a discussion in such a way to try to figure out: `Is there a compromise here?’”

Hickenlooper said he would like to see the task force’s effort result in some kind of legislation, even if it’s merely “taking existing regulation and codifying it.”

“Unless we get it into legislation, I mean we would have made progress, even if we just discuss it we will have made progress,” he said during the in-terview. “But I think that the best success will be if we get to some level of legisla-tion.”

Hickenlooper said the commission will have a “narrow focus,” one that he hopes will result in work getting done in a timely manner.

“We’re not going to be out there talk-ing about air quality; we’re not going to be out there talking about water quality,” he said. “We’re really going to look into surface use issues, a very narrow set of is-sues to talk about.”

From 48 to 18The governor said there were different

opinions among his staff regarding the makeup of the commission, including an initial suggestion that the task force have 48 members.

The governor believes that an 18-member commission will have the appropriate balance of interests being considered.

“The idea is there’s six spots for the oil and gas industry, but that would include pro-industry sides like home builders and agricultural interests,” he said dur-ing the roundtable forum. “There should be six from the local control and the en-vironmental side of things ... And then six civic leaders who as far as we can tell are not on the record one way or the oth-er, who are what the Quakers call a fair witness.”

The governor acknowledges that there are logistics that still need to be figured out.

“We still have a lot to work through,” he said. “You know, (such as) if you want a representative from agriculture, is it

from the Cattlemen’s Association or the wheat growers?”

State Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, the chairman of the House Transporta-tion and Energy Committee who crafted several pieces of energy-related legisla-tion, said he is hopeful that the task force will result in legislation that is needed to tackle this “really thorny problem.”

“We need to make sure that every-body has a voice,” Tyler said in a phone interview. “Ballot initiatives are a huge sledgehammer and you never know what the consequences are going to be and you can’t make changes. And that’s not good policy.”

But DelGrosso said he doesn’t know “if you’ll actually see legislation come out of the commission.”

And, when asked how a battle over fracking would rank on the list of other controversial measures taken up by the General Assembly in recent years, Del-Grosso said, “Extremely high.”

“The reality is the economic impact that the oil and gas industry has in Colo-rado is tremendous,” DelGrosso said.

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Recycling law to hike paint prices Republicans raise hue about consumer cost By Vic Vela [email protected]

Paint prices will eventually go up under a new law aimed at promoting recycling.

The law, parts of which took effect last week, tacks on a fee for household paint purchases. The fee will go toward the cre-ation of a paint recycling drop-off program.

State Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton, who backed the legisla-tion that led to the law, said she hopes the program will have a positive environmental impact.

“It is the highest volume product that is not recycled,” New-ell said of used paint cans. “It either ends up in landfi lls with paint inside cans or it ends up sitting in people’s basements, or it ends up in the water stream.”

The drop-off centers will be located at home improvement and hardware stores, where cans can be recycled at no cost.

“Retailers themselves don’t have to do this,” Newell said, “but the majority will want to be a retail recycling site because it drives traffi c to their stores.”

The process of creating the program began last week. After the new year, retailers will get together to discuss the full imple-mentation of the program, Newell said.

The per-can fee amount is not detailed in the legislation’s fi scal analysis, but it is estimated that at least $93,000 in fees will be needed to be collected in the fi rst year in order for the state to cover administrative costs.

The cost doesn’t sit well with Republicans, the overwhelm-ing majority of whom voted against the bill earlier this year.

“Once again Governor (John) Hickenlooper and the Demo-crats have created yet another burdensome program that heaps more unnecessary fees onto consumers in Colorado,” House Minority Leader Brian DelGrosso, R-Loveland, said through an emailed statement. “Now that this law has gone into effect, Coloradans can thank the Democrats for the increased cost of paint.”

Talk puts fracking front and center from the Cattlemen’s Association or the wheat growers?”

State Rep. Max Tyler, D-Lakewood, the chairman of the House Transporta-tion and Energy Committee who crafted several pieces of energy-related legisla-tion, said he is hopeful that the task force will result in legislation that is needed to tackle this “really thorny problem.”

“We need to make sure that every-body has a voice,” Tyler said in a phone interview. “Ballot initiatives are a huge sledgehammer and you never know what the consequences are going to be and you can’t make changes. And that’s not good policy.”

But DelGrosso said he doesn’t know “if you’ll actually see legislation come out of the commission.”

And, when asked how a battle over fracking would rank on the list of other controversial measures taken up by the General Assembly in recent years, Del-Grosso said, “Extremely high.”

“The reality is the economic impact that the oil and gas industry has in Colo-rado is tremendous,” DelGrosso said.

School tip line now under state control New laws include change for violence reporting system By Vic Vela [email protected]

The reorganization of a school violence hotline was among a handful of new safety laws that took effect last week.

The Safe2Tell Act moves an existing anonymous tip line from the nonprofit sector to a state-run program that is operated through the Department of Law.

The program was set to shut down due to a lack of funding before the Legislature unanimously passed a bill earlier this year that transfers its control to the state.

The hotline was set up after the 1999 Columbine High School shootings as a way for students to provide anonymous reports of potential campus threats. The state claims that since its implementation, the hotline has prevented some school attacks and suicides and has led to intervention in more than 2,000 bullying in-stances.

“Students are often the first to hear threats against a school, or to see bullying or drug use, so they play a critical role in preventing these problems,” state Sen-ate President Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, a bill sponsor, said through an emailed statement. “Safe2Tell empow-ers students to break the silence in an anonymous, pro-active way so that kids can focus on learning while at school.”

Also taking effect last week was a separate public safety effort that imposes new penalties on businesses

that sell designer drugs.The law subjects vendors who sell synthetic marijua-

na, often called “spice,” to civil liability. Synthetic drugs have been known to be more dangerous than marijuana and have resulted in some deaths.

“Despite their growing popularity, synthetic drugs are incredibly dangerous and this new law is a crucial step in taking action against these harmful substances,” state Rep. Lois Landgraf, R-Fountain, a bill sponsor, said through an emailed statement. “I’m comforted knowing this law is now in place to help keep synthetic drugs out of Colorado children’s hands.”

Also taking effect last week is a new public safety law that makes operating a vehicle chop shop a Class 4 felo-ny. The law is meant to curb cases of automobile thefts in the state.


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Rule of three, shots � red, making hay Every storyteller knows about the rule

of three.Beginning, middle, and end. Tension,

build up, and release. Omne trium perfec-tum (Latin for ‘every set of three is com-plete’).

I have early experience with the con-cept.

Ranchers were scrambling to gather the last loads of hay at the end of one summer in the early 1980s. I was helping Dale John-son and his wife Joy, after I got off work at the hardware store. The three of us were bucking bales out on the Ridge, and haul-ing them by trailer to their place up river.

Usually, because we didn’t get started until after 6 p.m., only about two loads a night. But we were almost done, and going to try for three this evening.

Three in the truck, three miles from town. Three loads to go.

As Dale maneuvered around trees from what used to be an apple orchard, and into the hay fi eld out there, he spied a prairie dog, about 30 yards out.

My experience with prairie dogs was they were universally hated by anyone in the farming and ranching industry. So, it was no surprise to see him stop the Chevy pickup, jump out, pull a Winchester Model ‘94 (.30-.30) out of a gun rack behind our heads, lay the rifl e over the corner of the hood, and take a shot.

Report. Missed. About three inches high, and from what I could see, as the slug

thudded in the yellow dirt behind, and maybe tad to the right. I fi led away that info, and the varmit made itself scarce for a while.We had no time to worry too much about that, with maybe 300 bales to get in the barn tonight.

We load the bales on the trailer as quickly as we can, keeping with the sched-ule.Back in the truck, we are sweating like a doughnut at the police station.

Schlitz beer on the ride back to the ranch. Unload when we get back there, with help from Dale’s and Joy’s three daughters. And then back out to get an-other load.

Pulling into the fi eld again. Prairie dog is in the same place.Stop, Dale grabs the rifl e again. Braces, at about the same distance, fi res.Same result. Three inches high, a little to the right, thump in the dirt. I take note. Varmit evaporation.

No time to worry about that. We are

burning daylight. We are going to have to hustle to get three loads tonight. And hustle, we do.

Trailer is full again, we are sweating like a long tailed cat in a rocking chair factory.Another Schlitz on the ride to the barn. Go for the gusto. Unload, quickly, and back to fi nish the job in hay fi eld before pitch dark.

In the growing twilight, the Chevy pickup eases around the apple trees and sure enough, the king of all prairie dogs on his hind legs in the center of the hole.

Once again, Dale jumps out, grabs the .30-.30 and levels it across the corner of the hood. But just as he is about to squeeze off another one, ...

Joy says, “Why don’t you let Rob give it a shot?”

Dale fi nds logic in the suggestion. And hands me the rifl e.

I am little too short to lay the walnut of the carbine over the hood. So I crouch in the dirt, steady, work the lever, steady again, and remember three inches high, little to the right.

Adjust slightly, and pull the trigger. Dead ‘dawg’ parts fl y all over the back side of the hole and into the yellow dirt behind.

We load the trailer’s third load before dark. Over 300 bales in the barn by that evening.Sweating like Elvis at the breakfast buffet. Third Schlitz on trip in. The three girls help us unload the trailer when we get there.

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Construction for Berlin Wall began Aug. 13, 1961 If you were of age in 1987, you will likely

always remember the immortal words spoken by then United States President Ronald Rea-gan on June 12 when he challenged Mikhail Gorbachev, who was then the General Sec-retary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

“…Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”

The wall went down 29 months later as an emblem of Gorbachev’s desire to increase freedom in the Eastern Bloc through glasnost (“transparency”) and perestroika (“restructur-ing”).

By the end 1989, offi cial operations to dismantle the wall began. With the collapse of the Communist governments of Eastern Europe and, eventually, the Soviet Union itself, the tearing down of the wall epitomized the collapse for history.

In September 1990, Reagan, no longer President, returned to Berlin, where he per-sonally took a few symbolic hammer swings at a remnant of the Berlin Wall.

Reagan, perhaps the greatest American president of all-time behind George Wash-ington and Abraham Lincoln, uttered those words as the world cried out for the end of a

very long Cold War.Started on Aug. 13 1961, the Berlin Wall

became known as a symbol of communist oppression. In the 1963 “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech, President John F. Kennedy stated the support of the United States for demo-cratic West Germany shortly after the Soviet-supported Communist state of East Germany erected the Berlin Wall as a barrier to prevent movement from East to West.

President Reagan’s 1987 visit was his second within fi ve years. It came at a time of heightened East-West tensions, caused in particular by the debate over the stationing of short range American missiles in Europe and the United States’ record peacetime defense buildup.

Reagan was scheduled to attend the

1987 G-7 summit meeting in Venice, Italy, and later made a brief stop in Berlin.

I was born in 1963. The end of the “Baby Boomer” generation. All I knew growing up was that the Soviets were scary dudes and that they could nuke us at any moment. If you attended grade school in the 1960s and 1970s you remember nuclear drills in which we got under our desks or went into shelters that were supposed to protect us in the event of a nuclear war.

We would have all been vaporized, of course, if an actual nuclear bomb went off in our area, but at least our schools wanted us to be prepared for such an attack.

The Berlin Wall came into existence after the East German government closed the bor-der between east and west sectors of Berlin with barbed wire to discourage emigration to the West.

The barbed wire was replaced by a 12 foot-high concrete wall eventually extending 103 miles around the perimeter of West Berlin. The wall included electrifi ed fences, fortifi ca-tions, and guard posts. It became a notorious symbol of the Cold War.

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Kennedy and Reagan made notable appearances at the wall accompanied by speeches denouncing Communism. The wall was fi nally opened by an East German governmental decree in November 1989 and torn down by the end of 1990.

I never had the opportunity to visit the wall, but I did have friends who went there. They described walking from West Berlin to East Berlin as walking into death. It was dark and dreary and a place you did not want to be for any longer than your curious mind would allow.

West Germans and citizens of other Western countries could generally visit East Germany, often after applying for a visa at an East German embassy several weeks in advance. Visas for day trips restricted to East Berlin were issued without previous applica-tion in a simplifi ed procedure at the border crossing. However, East German authorities could refuse entry permits without stating a

reason.In the 1980s, visitors from the western part

of the city who wanted to visit the eastern part had to exchange at least DM 25 into East German currency at the poor exchange rate of 1:1. It was forbidden to export East German currency from the East, but money not spent could be left at the border for possible future visits. Tourists crossing from the west had to also pay for a visa, which cost DM 5; West Berliners did not have to pay this.

West Berliners initially could not visit East Berlin or East Germany at all. All cross-ing points were closed to them between 26 August 1961 and 17 December 1963. In 1963, negotiations between East and West resulted in a limited possibility for visits during the Christmas season that year.

Today, there is a Berlin Wall Memorial in Berlin. It is located in the middle of the capital. Situated at the historic site on Ber-nauer Strasse, it extends along one mile of the former border strip. The memorial contains the last piece of Berlin Wall with the preserved grounds behind it and is thus able to convey an impression of how the border fortifi cations developed until the end of the 1980s.

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View from Academy – August 2014 Welcome back for the 2014-15 school year!

Our schools are already full of many activities as we prepare for the fi rst day of school Aug. 18. Remember, we welcome all of our elemen-tary students, sixth-graders and ninth-graders on Aug. 18. Then, all of our students in the middle and high schools return on Aug. 19.

I wanted to give you some insight into the preparations for any new school year. As you can guess, our facilities team has been busy throughout the summer making any improve-ments and repairs at our schools. The ground-skeepers have also been aided by the cooler weather and the rain that have helped our ath-letic fi elds and landscaping at our schools look outstanding.

Some of the other activities attended by our staff members are designed to make the beginning of the school year run smoothly so our staff members can focus on welcoming you and your students. We began in July with a two-day orientation for all of our new ad-

ministrators. We have 12 new principals and assistant principals in our district as we begin the new year. If they have not previously been in administrative positions, we ask that they attend new administrator orientation to learn about human resources, security and the sup-port they can expect from our learning servic-es department.

Our entire leadership team attends a two-day session focused on our new initiatives and training. This year, we were fortunate to be able to meet on our fi rst day at the new Pikes

Peak 21st Century Library – our new neighbors across the street. We welcome the proximity of this excellent resource to our students and staff members and know it will enhance learn-ing for our students in many ways.

This week, we welcome our new teach-ers. Each year, we ask our more than 200 new teachers to attend two days of intensive ori-entation. They attend sessions to learn more about our district policies, about professional conduct, and curriculum and instruction. They are then expected to work two more days in their schools. While we call them new teach-ers when they are new to our district, our hu-man resources department carefully balances our new hires. We have selected a contingent of experienced teachers and some teachers who are just starting their careers.

Meanwhile, more than 500 families who are new to our school district attend orienta-tion each year through our Parent Academy sessions. This year, fi ve sessions are being held

in August. I’m always, I am pleased to greet our new families and I am amazed at the many states and countries that are represented. At our fi rst session Aug. 4, we welcomed a fam-ily from Naples, Italy, and a mom from Buffalo, N.Y. Families who are new to our district re-ceive a quick overview of our district, how we notify them about weather closures or delays, how we work to make sure our schools are safe and secure, and how they can make the best use of our student data system.

But it’s the fi rst day when we welcome our students that makes all of the preparation worthwhile. We look forward to meeting your students next week and I wish each of you an outstanding school year.

Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of Acade-my District 20. He writes a monthly column for the Tri-Lakes Tribune. Follow him on Twitter @markhatchell and like Academy District 20 on Facebook.

Proposed “Waters” Rule would drown counties in more red tape By Sallie Clark

Coloradans have a special appreciation for the beauty of nature all around us. Ev-eryone benefi ts from the beauty and bounty of America’s rivers, streams, lakes and other waterways. Of course, these natural resourc-es should be protected from irresponsible polluters, and regulations are in place to ensure clean water in our communities. But, there is a proposal afoot that would extend federal jurisdiction and accompanying regulations far beyond what makes sense. National Association of Counties sees this proposal as a critical issue and in my role as fi rst vice president of NACo and a Colorado county commissioner, I am concerned about how these rule changes will impact local communities.

A new rule, proposed by the Environmen-tal Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers, would erase the distinction be-tween bodies of water – such as streams and lakes – and ditches on the side of a road. Ac-cording to the proposed redefi nition of “wa-ters of the United States,” a river would be no different than a public safety ditch; a lake no different than an emergency fl ood mitigation system.

This latest example of over-regulation makes no sense and creates more confusion than it seeks to address. Local water con-veyances, such as ditches and fl ood control channels, may fall under federal regulation in this unworkable proposal. It is unclear how far it would extend into drainage systems. That means counties would be required to obtain federal permits to do routine mainte-nance work on a roadside ditch or storm-wa-ter drain – essential components of effective water management.

In many cases, the nation’s counties are responsible for maintaining storm drains and other water conveyance systems that keep people safe from rising waters. They often pay a high price to wait for the federal government to issue permits. This new red tape would slow down the process even more and potentially put more people in harm’s way by inhibiting projects that keep water off of roads and away from homes.

The costs and delays of this federal over-regulation would have a signifi cant impact on public safety and economic prosperity. To give a concrete example of some of these concerns, maintaining drainage, especially in El Paso County’s transportation system, is critical to keeping our roads safe and open

for use and requires daily attention. This adds to the fact that our road and bridge budget is already inadequate in maintaining the rural road system.

Increasing fees because of additional reg-ulatory permitting for all runoff, as anticipat-ed by the proposal, could bring maintenance efforts to a halt. How this regulation would be administered is unclear and would be espe-cially cumbersome if it went directly through federal offi ces not adequately equipped to accommodate heavier permitting.

Specifi cally in light of our county’s recent post-wildfi re fl ash-fl ood concerns, addi-tional rules and regulations would create un-due fi nancial burden and time delay on our already existing recovery and pre-disaster challenges. Plans might be required for re-view for things like simple street-sweeping, since runoff in streets might fall under the rule, and for basic ditch-cleaning on all rural roads.

The expense for plan preparation would add costs not in our existing budgets. If fully exercised, every basic culvert maintenance or repair could be held up, placing not only a burden on counties fi nancially, but also put-ting citizens at risk because of delays in per-mitting as all these with work would have to

fi rst be reviewed and approved by a federal agency. The approach taken by this proposal would drain local budgets and create delays in critical repairs which are often time crucial with no demonstrated long-term environ-mental benefi t.

Federal over-regulation and unfunded mandates unnecessarily hinder counties’ ability to get things done for local citizens. All of us want to protect the environment, but we cannot allow over-regulation to do more harm than good. That’s why I am against this proposal.

Counties want to work with the federal government to ensure that we have clean, safe water for generations to come. I hope the federal government will work closely with county and state leaders to defi ne and implement common-sense environmental regulations that strengthen, not hinder, pub-lic safety and growth in our communities.

Sallie Clark is the El Paso County Commis-sioner who represents District 3 and fi rst vice president of the National Association of Counties.This fi rst appeared in The Denver Post on July 9.

What about those Indians? I’ve mentioned Jimmy Camp, and the

Indians.The old western movies gave us a

twisted image of the Indians in the west. True, there were a few that tried to give us a different look at the relationships. One of my favorites was “Little Big Man” since I know the area where it was sup-posed to have happened.

Some half dozen major Indian tribes could be found in Colorado after 1800. They were mainly the Utes, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Arapahoe, Sioux and Comanche. There were also smaller bands, mainly in isolated parts of the country. The Apache of Southwest fame also visited this area.

Some find it interesting that New Mexico has a big Apache reserva-tion. There were occasional marriages between different tribes. On that same


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Miguel Dakota sells out his Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts concertBy Danny [email protected]

Miguel Dakota returned to the Tri-Lakes area on Aug. 2 and was welcomed as a hero and beloved local resident.

“It was definitely a lot of fun celebrat-ing the success of a home-town boy,” said Michael Maddox, president of the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in Palmer Lake. “We had a good mix of people all the way through

their 60’s.”Dakota played his concert in front of

a sold out crowd of 240 people. The 2010 Lewis-Palmer High School graduate played solo the first half of the show with his acoustic guitar. His back-up band, “Spiral Lion,” accompanied him the second half of the concert.

“They played a mixture of original songs and cover songs,” Maddox said.

On July 30, the 22-year-old Monument resident advanced to the semifinals of the

hit television show “America’s Got Talent” with an electrifying performance of the Beatles’ Classic “Come Together.”

“I told Miguel even if you don’t win, you have a marketing tool called ‘America’s Got Talent’ on your resume,” Maddox said.

“I also told him I would like to get him up here at the TLCA once a month to do a concert.”

Dakota’s love for making music started more than a decade ago when his parents gave him a guitar for his 11th birthday. By

the age of 13 he was writing his own music.

Last November, America’s Got Talent

show producers reached out to Dakota

through reverbnation.com — a social me-

dia site for musicians — and asked him to

come out to the local audition in Denver.

He did and then, he made it to the stage in

New Jersey standing in front of the judges

and thousand of “America’s Got Talent”

fans.

Miguel Dakota, a semi�nalist on the hit television series “America’s Got Talent” performed a show at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on Aug. 2. He had a good time interaction with the audience. Dakota is a 2010 Lewis-Palmer High School graduate. Photo by Michael Maddox

ADULT CAREGIVERS will get information, and refresh-

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Sept. 27FIGHT FRAUD Collect your outdated financial documents and bring them to the free Fight Fraud—Shred Instead event and food drive Saturday, Sept.

27, at Black Forest Lutheran Church, 12455 Black Forest Road, in Black Forest. This identity theft prevention event is provided from 9 a.m. to noon as a community service. All documents will be professionally shredded on site. All paper will be recycled. Limit what you bring to the equivalent of three copy paper size boxes per person.

No plastic bags or 3-ring binders will be accepted as they

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Each donation of cash or non-perishable food will go to

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ClubsSCHOOL EVERY Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.

BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activi-ties of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stuff and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Jefferson streets in Monument. The money benefits Lewis-Palmer community schools.

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonprofit organization that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months. Contact [email protected] or Chris at 719-488-9850.

GENTLE YOGA with Nancy Stannard is offered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard [email protected] for details and to attend first class.

THE PIKES Peak chapter of Pheasants Forever meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month (except June, August and September) at the Colorado Division of Wildlife Training Classroom in the back of the building at 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837.

VINI E Crostini, 6 flight wine tasting paired with mo-Zaic tasty bites is at 5 p.m the first Saturday of the month at 443 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Cost is $40 per person.

SocialTHE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets from 1-4 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at Black Forest Lutheran Church, 12455 Black Forest Road. No membership, no dues, no obligations; just an opportunity to get together and socialize. Some individuals play domi-noes, others work on their needlework or other projects that they bring, and some just watch and talk. Light snacks and coffee and lemonade are furnished. The Black Forest AARP Chapter 1100 sponsors the Senior Social but you do not have to be a chapter member to attend. All ages are in-vited. Bring a friend Call the church office at 719-495-2221.

THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.

COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-488-9031 or go to www.Coalition-TLC.org.

COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop

“I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Colorado Springs Police Department, Gold Hill Division, 955 W. Moreno Ave, Colo-rado Springs. Visit https://coloradoranger.org/index.php/troops/troop-i or email [email protected]

GIRL SCOUTING offers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603.

GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meet-ing is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at 719-433-5396 or Bob Duckworth at 719-481-4608, or visit www.sertoma.org.

HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month.

ITALIAN CLUB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you. Membership is open to men and women. More information at www.sonsofitalypp.com.

KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail [email protected]

LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monu-ment Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.

MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week

to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668.

THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the first Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-592-9311 for reservations.

MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are no meetings in June, July and August. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October.

THE PALMER Lake Art Group meets on the second Saturday of the month at the group’s Vaile Hill Gal-lery, 118 Hillside Road. Call 719-488-8101 for information.

PALMER DIVIDE Quiltmakers meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Church at Wood-moor. Contact Carolyn at 719-488-9791 or [email protected].

THE PIKES Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women offers information by calling 719-532-0021.

PIKES PEAK Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available

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ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chapter, 1st Cavalry Division Meeting is at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at the Retired Enlisted Association, 834 Emory Circle, Colorado Springs. We are a non-political, nonprofit soldier’s and veteran’s fraternity. Anyone who has been assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division anytime, anywhere, is eligible for membership. Friends of the Cav who have not served with the Division are eligible for Associate membership. We are family orientated so please bring significant other. We participate in local parades, do food shelf, picnics, Christmas party. Come join us for great camaraderie, make new friends, possibly meet old friends from the First Team. Contact Paul at 719-687-1169 or Al at 719-689-5778.

ROTARY CLUB of InterQuest meets at 4:46 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights at Northgate, 12105 Ambassador Drive (Voyager Parkway and Celestial Drive) in Colorado Springs. Guest always welcome. Serve with intergrity, love our community and have fun. Call Scott Allen at 719-338-7939.

SILENT SPRINGS Social Group is a social group for hard of hearing and deaf adults. Sign language

users are welcome. Dining out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail [email protected].

TAI CHI in the Park meets from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays in Fox Run Park. Limited instruction will be offered to those who do not know tai chi. Club is a way to get people together to introduce them to tai chi, and for those who already know it to have a time and place to meet one another. Club is free to join. Instructors from White Crane Tai Chi will help through warm-up, session and warm down. Open to all ages.

TOASTMASTERS FACC Masters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http://faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-481-3738.

TRANSMISSION MEDITATION The simplest, most potent way to serve humanity and help transform our world. Dynamic aid to personal growth. Group meditations at 7 p.m. every Monday and Thursday in Palmer Lake. Call 303-494-4462 for local group information and directions. Go to www.TransmissionMeditation.org.

TRI-LAKES AMERICAN Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Contact Ed at 719-481-2750.

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SALOME’S STARSFOR THE WEEK OF AUG 11, 2014

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Dealing with a difficult person can be the kind of challenge you Aries Lambs love. Or it could be an energy-draining exercise in futil-ity. Be certain your goals are worth your efforts.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) The Divine Bovine might be seeing red at having your crisis-resolution efforts overlooked. But others know the truth, and they can be expected to step forward when the time comes.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) You should be well on your way to finally making that important deci-sion. Having the support of loved ones will help when crunch time comes. Keep a positive attitude.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) Feeling uneasy about a move might not mean you’re having a case of Cance-rian wavering. It could be your inner sense is warning you to reassess your situation before taking action.

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Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor NewsAug. 15, 1974Red is what the people saw then they attended the

Monument Baptist Church Sunday morning. There was a lovely carpet and a new arrangement of pews with a center aisle leading to the altar. Under the direc-tion of Morrill Saulnier, chairman of the building and grounds committee, volunteers responded for work carrying hammer and drills. Saulnier, half-jokingly asked another church member, “Why don’t you put a runner down the aisle?” They responded and what you see today was given by the generous and gracious do-nors Mr. and Mrs. Ed. J. Pierce. They wanted to get it finished before the pastor, the Rev. Bob Swift, returned

from revival in Texas. Swift and family were speech-less when they saw red and rejoiced. Mr. and Mrs. Ned Brown, the custodians performed extra cleaning duties and Mr. Mahlan Plowman has graded and leveled the parking lot.

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Ivan and Virginia Salsbury, of Rush, are having a Public Auction Saturday, Aug. 24 starting at 10 a.m. There will be machinery, household goods and dishes, antiques, cattle brands, feed and misc. Auctioneers will be Park McKim, Simla and Hugh Kelly, Calhan.

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A new state law requires record of immunization for all first time elementary enrollees or a statement from a physician that immunizations are being carried out. Physical exams for all incoming students are strongly recommended. All enrollees new to the district must bring available records of past attendance. Kindergar-ten students must reach age 5 on or before Sept. 14, 1974. Bring birth certificates to the registration, which is held at the school they will attend. Buses will run on the same schedule as last year. Send students to school on the bus the first day so needed bus capacity and route modifications may be determined. Lunches will be available for 40 cents per day, $2 per week or $8 for a ticket of 20 meals. Extra milk will be sold for 6 cents for a one-half pint.

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The hummingbird can beat its wing 80 times each second.

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Charlotte Staggers, I still Love you. Remember Janu-ary 31? Wes

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Pat and Hazel Colvin and children of Hooper, came for the wedding of their niece, Tracy Colvin, to Ron-ald Henderson. They were married at the Fort Carson Chapel. They will be living in California. Tracy is the daughter of Jim and Marlene Colvin of Fountain.

— Compiled by Linda Case

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LEFT: Westcott Fire Department �re�ghters crowd around a photo of their former �re Chief Je� Edwards, who died of cancer in 2011. Leaving an empty chair for the chief and participating in the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life of Tri-Lakes in full turn-out gear has become a tradition for the department. RIGHT: While most participants in the Tri-Lakes Relay for Life went around the Lewis-Palmer High School track on their own two feet, 3-year-old Hailey Spencer went around the track on two wheels and carrying a small passenger.


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A new state law requires record of immunization for all first time elementary enrollees or a statement from a physician that immunizations are being carried out. Physical exams for all incoming students are strongly recommended. All enrollees new to the district must bring available records of past attendance. Kindergar-ten students must reach age 5 on or before Sept. 14, 1974. Bring birth certificates to the registration, which is held at the school they will attend. Buses will run on the same schedule as last year. Send students to school on the bus the first day so needed bus capacity and route modifications may be determined. Lunches will be available for 40 cents per day, $2 per week or $8 for a ticket of 20 meals. Extra milk will be sold for 6 cents for a one-half pint.

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The hummingbird can beat its wing 80 times each second.

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Charlotte Staggers, I still Love you. Remember Janu-ary 31? Wes

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Pat and Hazel Colvin and children of Hooper, came for the wedding of their niece, Tracy Colvin, to Ron-ald Henderson. They were married at the Fort Carson Chapel. They will be living in California. Tracy is the daughter of Jim and Marlene Colvin of Fountain.

— Compiled by Linda Case

Tri-Lakes Relay walks back into actionWeather perfect for raising money to �ght cancerSta� report

With no rain in the forecast and no

wildfires on the horizon, the Relay for Life of Tri-Lakes on Aug. 2 had 12 hours of uninterrupted walking, celebrating and remembering those affected by cancer while raising money to fight this scourge. The relay took a hit from the Black Forest Fire last year but event chair Lee Henry was happy with this year’s turnout, even though it didn’t reach 2012 levels.

American Cancer Society Partner

Charity Jones estimated that there were about 300 people who attended the 12-hour event at the Don Breese Stadium at Lewis-Palmer High School. By the end of the night, teams they raised $22,404. Donations will continue to be accepted at www.relayforlife.org through Aug. 31.

Laser Sound provided music with a beat all night, team members participat-ed in the Miss-ter Relay Contest, walked

around the track balancing beach balls

on plungers, dunked friends in the dunk

tank and earned prizes by doing the

“Wobble” and the “Macarena.” Food was

catered by Texas Roadhouse, Boriello

Brothers, Mosaic at the Inn at Palmer Di-

vide, BUNZ and others. There were more

than 20 sponsors.

District 20 students head to class Aug. 18Teachers are already preparing for upcoming school yearBy Danny [email protected]

Monday, Aug. 18, will be back to school day for the 20,000-plus students who attend Acad-emy School District 20 schools.

District 20, the region’s second-largest dis-trict behind District 11, is forecasting enroll-ment to increase by 200 this school year, for a total of 24,689 students.

Among the Tri-Lakes area schools include Discovery Canyon Campus (with about 2,400 kids grades kindergarten though 12th and The Classical Academy, which has about 650 chil-dren in ninth grade through 12th.) TCA also has elementary and middle school campuses.

Antelope Trails is the main D20 elementary school in the Tri-Lakes area; just across from Westcott Fire.

“District 20 has remained among the top schools in the state in terms of TCAP testing, said District 20 superintendent Mark Hatchell. “We are very proud of our students’ results on the 2014 TCAP. In reviewing the results, I want to congratulate our teachers and students be-cause in every measure, our district improved.

“We had overall improvement (last school year) in subject areas and our ACT scores are the highest in the history of our district. We saw achievement gaps shrink. Our students

demonstrated incredible growth. We have a lot to celebrate as we begin the new year and I am grateful for the hard work and dedication of our students and staff members.”

D20 school teachers who are new to the District reported for duty on Aug. 8. The rest of the teachers report for their first day on Aug. 13.

There will be 20 to 30 new employees in the District’s kitchens this fall.

Student transportation fees are different this year. In fact, there is an entirely new sys-

tem in place for keeping track of kids who ride buses, according to Brian Grady, the executive director for security and transportation for the district.

“We’ll be using a similar pass system that we implemented during the 2012-13 school year,” Grady said. “Passes per semester range from $50 to $70.”

A $50 pass is for in district children who live within the boundaries of their particular school. A $60 pass is for children who live in a different boundary, but still attend a district

school. A $70 pass is for children who live out of the district.

Last year, you could buy $150 annual pass for district transportation.

The cost for single rides is now $1, up from last 50 cents, 60 cents or 70 cents from last year.

“A glitch in the system the District had used to track and charge students for bus rides led to a new method this year,” Grady said. “Stu-dent safety is always very important to us and we want to make sure students are being taken care of.”

Students who attend Antelope Trails Elementary School in Academy School District 20 will report for their �rst day of classes on Aug. 18. Photo by Danny Summers

At about 6 a.m. Aug. 3, participants in the Tri-Lakes Relay for Life start to clean-up and tear-down, ending another fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. The Relay’s closing ceremony was at 7 p.m. and the group of tired relayers went home with accolades for another successful relay and hopes that many of them will volunteer for the �ght against cancer at next-year’s relay. Photos by Norma Engleberg

LEFT: Westcott Fire Department �re�ghters crowd around a photo of their former �re Chief Je� Edwards, who died of cancer in 2011. Leaving an empty chair for the chief and participating in the American Cancer Society’s annual Relay for Life of Tri-Lakes in full turn-out gear has become a tradition for the department. RIGHT: While most participants in the Tri-Lakes Relay for Life went around the Lewis-Palmer High School track on their own two feet, 3-year-old Hailey Spencer went around the track on two wheels and carrying a small passenger.

note, some of these tribes fought intense territorial battles with each other.

The tribe we hear about most often

are the Utes. The tribe, actually several distinct bands, made its home in the mountains from Wyoming to New Mex-ico. The Utes are related to the Shosho-nes, and speak a similar language. The Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapahoe came into the west as a result of the arrival of the white man. Their movement goes back as far as the arrival of the pilgrims.

This area was largely open territory as Zebulon Pike explored it in 1806. The Ki-owa had lived further north, but moved south, away from the Sioux. The Chey-enne also lived in the northern plains. The Cheyenne and the Kiowa were quite nomadic, and camped seasonally in ar-eas we would recognize. In recent years, evidence of their visits have been found

near Greeley, Denver and Rocky Flats, as well as Limon, Calhan and Pueblo.

In the early days of Colorado Springs, their Indian heritage around Garden of the Gods and Manitou was used promi-nently. In the 1920s they took a step away from that, but have seen a return to some pride in the Native American history.


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SPORTSStage 4 of Pro Cycle Challenge will be a big deal for some in Tri-Lakes areaColorado Springs hosts Stage 4 on Aug. 21By Danny [email protected]

On Thursday, Aug 21, bicycle racing fans can see Stage 4 up close and personal as the event moves to Colorado Springs for a cir-cuit race.

After a ceremonial start at The Broad-moor, the race will head into town and join up with a 16-mile circuit that will be raced four times.

There will be climbs through Garden of the Gods, Mesa Rd. and the infamous Ridge Rd., which hits grades of nearly 17 percent. The route will present some challenges for the riders.

The largest spectator event in the his-tory of the state, the race will visit 10 official host cities for the starts and finishes of each stage, ranging from small towns to cities as large as Denver to as small as Woodland Park.

The two new locations joining the 2014 race - Monarch Mountain and Woodland Park - each offer breathtaking scenery that will add to the overall excitement. Reaching a top elevation of 11,542 ft. on Hoosier Pass, the race will include a total elevation gain of nearly 40,000 ft. over the seven days. Two new mountains - McClure Pass and Kebler Pass - will help reach that number.

The fourth annual USA Pro Challenge takes place Aug. 18-24, and invites the world’ top cyclists to race through the ma-jestic Colorado Rockies in one of the largest professional cycling events in the country.

In fact, the thousands of cycling buffs in town for “Pikes Peak Cycling Week” will

have a full menu of exciting and memorable ancillary events to enjoy, built around the anticipation of Stage 4.

Following Stage 4, there will be a VIP re-ception and gala hosted at The Broadmoor, with special guests including pro-cycling commentator Phil Liggett, known as “the voice of cycling,” and NBC Sports Group’s expert cycling analyst Paul Sherwen.

The VIP reception begins with cocktails and light appetizers from 6 to 7 p.m. at the resort’s Penrose Heritage Museum, fol-lowed by the Stage 4 gala from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Broadmoor Hall, which in-

cludes a three-course dinner, a Q&A with top cyclists, and a silent auction featuring exclusive items from the USA Pro Challenge and the Colorado Springs cycling commu-nity.

Tickets can be purchased online, and are $150 per person to attend the gala and $250 attendance to both the VIP reception and gala. Ticket Purchases: www.COSSTAGE4.org.

Stage 5 begins the following morning on Friday, Aug. 22, in Woodland Park and is a 104-mile race to Breckenridge, featuring picturesque terrain and vigorous climbs.

Cycling Week in Colorado Springs begins Sunday, Aug. 17 with a “Citizen’s Ride” from 10:30 a.m. to noon at Antlers Park (31 W Pikes Peak Ave.).

Olympic mountain biker and U.S. Na-tional Champion, Alison Dunlap will lead a 15.5 mile ride from downtown Colorado Springs through the Garden of the Gods and back. Riders will break into two groups based on fitness level. A shorter ride (2.5 miles) through downtown Colorado Springs is also an option. Food and drink specials will follow at a location to be determined in the downtown area.

Colorado Springs will host Stage 4 of the 2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge. The city has a busy week of activities planned. Courtesy photo

Preliminary team riders for USA Pro Cycling ChallengeRiders are suject to changeBy Sta� report

This is the preliminary complete list of riders that are currently confirmed to com-pete in the 2014 USA Pro Challenge.

UCI Pro TeamsBMC Racing Team (USA) @BMCProTe-

amBen Hermans (BEL)Brent Bookwalter (USA)Martin Kohler (SUI)Michael Schar (SUI)Peter Stetina (USA)Rick Zabel (GER)Tejay Van Garderen (USA)Yannick Eijssen (BEL)Cannondale Pro Cycling (ITA) @cannon-

daleProAlan Marangoni (ITA)Cristiano Salerno (ITA)Davide Formolo (ITA)Edward King (USA)Elia Viviani (ITA)Ivan Basso (ITA)Matej Mohori� (SLO)Michel Koch (GER)Team Garmin-Sharp (USA) @Ride_Ar-

gyleAlex Howes (USA)Ben King (USA)Gavin Mannion (stagiare) (USA)Janier Acevedo (COL)Lachlan Morton (AUS)Phil Gaimon (USA)Thomas Dekker (NED)Tom Danielson (USA)Tinkoff-Saxo (RUS) @tinkoff_saxoBruno Pires (POR)Edward Beltran (COL)Jesper Hansen (DEN)Michael Mørkøv(RUS)Michael Rogers (AUS)Pawel Poljanski (POL)Rafał Majka (POL)Rasmus Guldhammer (NOR) (stagiare)\Trek Factory Racing (USA) @TrekFactoryCalvin Watson (AUS)Fränk Schleck (LUX)Hayden Roulston (NZL)Jens Voigt (GER)Markel Irizar (ESP)Matthew Busche (USA)Riccardo Zoidl (AUT)Robert Kiserlovski (CRO)UCI Professional Continental Teams

Drapac Professional Cycling (AUS) @DrapacCycling

Adam Phelan (AUS)Bernard Sulzberger (AUS)Darren Lapthorne (AUS)Jai Crawford (AUS)Jonathan Cantwell (AUS)Lachlan Norris (AUS)Robbie Hucker (AUS)Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)Team NetApp - Endura (GER) @NetAp-

pEnduraBartosz Huzarski (POL)David De La Cruz (ESP)Gregor Muhlberger (AUT)Jose Mendes (POR)Leopold König (CZE)Michael Schwarzmann (GER)Patrick Konrad (AUT)Tiago Machado (POR)Team Novo Nordisk (USA) @TeamNovo-

NordiskAndrea Peron (ITA)Charles Planet (FRA)David Lozano (ESP)Javier Megias (ESP)Joonas Henttala (FIN)Kevin De Mesmaeker (BEL)Martijn Verschoor (NED)Scott Ambrose (NZL)UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team

(USA) @UHCprocyclingBen Day (AUS)Danny Summerhill (USA)Isaac Bolivar Hernandez (COL)Jeff Louder (USA)Jonny Clarke (AUS)Kiel Reijnen (USA)Lucas Euser (USA)Marc De Maar (CAR)UCI Continental TeamsBissell Development Team (USA) @Bis-

sellDTChris Putt (USA)Daniel Eaton (USA)Gregory Daniel (USA)James Oram (NZL)Keegan Swirbul (USA)Nathan Van Hooydonck (BEL)Nicholai Brøchner(DEN)Tanner Putt (USA)Hincapie Sportswear Development

Team (USA) @HincapieDevoChris Butler (USA)Dion Smith (NZL)Joe Lewis (AUS)Joey Rosskopf (USA)Oscar Clark (USA)

Robin Carpenter (USA)Toms Skuji�s (LAT)Ty Magner (USA)Jamis-Hagens Berman p/b Sutter Home

(USA) @TeamJamisHBBen Jacques-Maynes (USA)Carson Miller (USA)Daniel Jaramillo (COL)Gregory Brenes (CRC)Ian Crane (USA)Luis Amaran (CUB)Matt Cooke (USA)Rob Squire (USA)Jelly Belly p/b Maxxis (USA) @JellyBel-

lyTeamFreddie Rodriguez (USA)Ian Burnett (USA)Jacob Rathe (USA)Kirk Carlsen (USA)Luis Davila (MEX)Matthew Lloyd (AUS)Serghei Tvetcov (ROM)Steve Fisher (USA)Optum Presented by Kelly Benefit Strat-

egies (USA) @OPTUMpbKBSAlex Candelario (USA)Bjorn Selander (USA)

Carter Jones (USA)Jesse Anthony (USA)Ryan Anderson (CAN)Scott Zwizanski (USA)Thomas Zirbel (USA)William Routley (CAN)Rapha Condor JLT (GBR) @raphacon-

dorjltDaniel Whitehouse (GBR)Elliott Porter (GBR)Graham Briggs (GBR)Hugh Carthy (GBR)Kristian House (GBR)Michael Cuming (GBR)Richard Handley (GBR)Tom Moses (GBR)Team SmartStop (USA) @TeamSmart-

StopEric Marcotte (USA)Flavio De Luna (MEX)Julian Kyer (USA)Jure Kocjan (SLO)Michael Torckler (NZL)Rob Britton (CAN)Travis McCabe (USA)Zach Bell (CAN)

The 2014 USA Pro Cycling event will feature many riders from this year’s Tour de France. Courtesy photo

Tri-Lakes ara athletic high school teams preparing for upcoming seasonsO�cial practice for most teams began Aug. 11By Danny [email protected]

It’s not even mid-August and some schools in the Pikes Peak region have al-ready been back in session for a couple of weeks.

Officially, most of the athletic teams sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association had their first “real” practices on Aug. 11. Golf teams got a one-week start on everybody else as they hit the links April 4.

“This is always an exciting and busy time of the year,” said Lewis-Palmer athletic di-rector Nick Baker. The coaches are trying to put their plans in place and the kids are ea-ger to start things for real.”

Baker is in his second year at Lewis-Palmer’s athletic director. He spent a good chunk of his time last fall as the head coach of the school’s wrestling team. But he gave that up so that he could devote his full time to directing all of the school’s sports with-out any other distractions.

“Coaching and being the AD last year meant that I had to make a lot of sacrifices with friends and family and sleep,” Baker said. “I made sure my coaching wrestling didn’t interfere with my athletic director’s job, but it left with me with little time for anything else.

Sean Hannon takes over the wrestling program and will again have Dustin Tupper as his top assistant. Tupper recently was named the school’s new head football coach, taking over for Tony Rumanno, who unexpectedly stepped down last month due to health reasons.

Lewis-Palmer also has a new head girls basketball coach in Cayla DeGeorge. The former Rampart standout recently gradu-ated from the University of Colorado at Col-orado Springs with a degree in counseling, but at last check does not have a job as a teacher in District 38.

She takes over the program from Joel Babbitt, who will assist Bill Benton with the Lewis-Palmer boys’ basketball team this season.

“Sean was an assistant wrestling coach at a couple of other schools in the state the last couple of years,” Baker said. I’m sure he’s going to do a good job with our wres-tling program.”

Hannon was hired as a physical educa-tion teacher at Lewis-Palmer.

“Cayla was a great basketball player in high school and I’m sure she will have suc-cess with building our team to a competi-tive level,” Baker said.

Monte Gutowski, a former Lewis-Palmer football assistant coach and former Palmer


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Tri-Lakes ara athletic high school teams preparing for upcoming seasons O� cial practice for most teams began Aug. 11 By Danny Summers [email protected]

It’s not even mid-August and some schools in the Pikes Peak region have al-ready been back in session for a couple of weeks.

Offi cially, most of the athletic teams sanctioned by the Colorado High School Activities Association had their fi rst “real” practices on Aug. 11. Golf teams got a one-week start on everybody else as they hit the links April 4.

“This is always an exciting and busy time of the year,” said Lewis-Palmer athletic di-rector Nick Baker. The coaches are trying to put their plans in place and the kids are ea-ger to start things for real.”

Baker is in his second year at Lewis-Palmer’s athletic director. He spent a good chunk of his time last fall as the head coach of the school’s wrestling team. But he gave that up so that he could devote his full time to directing all of the school’s sports with-out any other distractions.

“Coaching and being the AD last year meant that I had to make a lot of sacrifi ces with friends and family and sleep,” Baker said. “I made sure my coaching wrestling didn’t interfere with my athletic director’s job, but it left with me with little time for anything else.

Sean Hannon takes over the wrestling program and will again have Dustin Tupper as his top assistant. Tupper recently was named the school’s new head football coach, taking over for Tony Rumanno, who unexpectedly stepped down last month due to health reasons.

Lewis-Palmer also has a new head girls basketball coach in Cayla DeGeorge. The former Rampart standout recently gradu-ated from the University of Colorado at Col-orado Springs with a degree in counseling, but at last check does not have a job as a teacher in District 38.

She takes over the program from Joel Babbitt, who will assist Bill Benton with the Lewis-Palmer boys’ basketball team this season.

“Sean was an assistant wrestling coach at a couple of other schools in the state the last couple of years,” Baker said. I’m sure he’s going to do a good job with our wres-tling program.”

Hannon was hired as a physical educa-tion teacher at Lewis-Palmer.

“Cayla was a great basketball player in high school and I’m sure she will have suc-cess with building our team to a competi-tive level,” Baker said.

Monte Gutowski, a former Lewis-Palmer football assistant coach and former Palmer

Ridge head football coach is now the head coach at Manitou Springs. But Manitou Springs plays at the Class 2A level, so if you want to see him in action you have to travel.

Tri-Lakes area athletic teams have en-joyed a lot of success during the fall in re-cent years. Discovery Canyon and The Clas-sical Academy have each advanced to the 3A state playoffs the previous two seasons.

Lewis-Palmer won the state 4A volleyball title last November.

Discovery Canyon and Palmer Ridge both advanced to the state softball tourna-ment last fall, while the TCA boys’ soccer team was the runner-up for the 3A state title.

Two of the biggest early season sporting events involving Tri-Lakes area teams will take place Sept. 12 (Palmer Ridge at Lewis-Palmer in football) and Sept. 13 (TCA at Discovery Canyon in football.

The PPAC remains unchanged in all sports, but there have been some changes to the football leagues. In 4A, Palmer Ridge is now part of the six-team Pikes Peak League that includes Air Academy, Duran-go, Liberty, defending state champion Pine Creek and Rampart.

In 3A, Discovery Canyon and Lewis-Palmer play in the South Central League with Harrison, Woodland Park, Mitchell and Canon City.

TCA plays in the 3A Southern League with Pueblo County, Pueblo East, Pueblo Central and Sierra.

Discovery Canyon’s MacKenzie Surface hopes to lead the Thunder to another Pikes Peak Athletic Conference title and trip to the state playo� s. Photos by Danny Summers

ABOVE: Palmer Ridge senior goalkeeper Cheradyn Pettit hopes to lead the school’s � eld hockey team back to the state playo� s. BELOW: Lexi Comer hopes to lead the Woodland Park softball team to a third consecutive District appear-ance. Comer is a top hitter and in� elder on the team.


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