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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 40

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Project is in � nal drawing stages Monument sidewalk program construction to begin spring 2014 By Danny Summers [email protected]

If all goes according plan, people walking in downtown Monument won’t have to be concerned with falling in ditches or getting sideswiped by auto-mobiles anymore.

The town of Monument is in the fi nal stages of putting together plans for its downtown sidewalk project. According to Tom Kassawara, the town’s director of development services, once the plans are approved the town will accept bids for the project. Construction likely will begin next May and run through Octo-ber.

“Safety is the key thing,” Kassawara said. “We’d like to have a person who lives at Washington and Fourth Street to be able to walk downtown without walking on the street or in a ditch.”

The project was fi rst approved by the Monument board of trustees in February. Jacob’s Engineering Group is responsible for the surveying and en-gineering design for the project. The surveying will determine right-of-way boundaries and the design for drainage improvements that must be done in or-der to install the curbs and gutters.

Jacob’s Engineering Group has worked with the town before.

The town held an open house on Sept. 9 for downtown business owners and downtown residents. Kassawara said that about 20 folks showed up to look at drawings and ask questions.

“If people want to call me or email me they can do so,” Kassawara said. “I’m happy to talk with them and give them the facts.”

The project is being funded through federal grant money. The town of Mon-ument received a grant to install the sidewalks through the Transportation Improvement Program that is given by the Pikes Peak Area Council of Govern-ments.

The amount of the grant was for $780,000. The town is required to put in 20 percent of matching funds. The total cost of the project is $975,000 which means the town’s matching fund will be $195,000. The funding is spread out over four years, from 2013 to 2016.

“Most of our contribution is being paid in the beginning,” Kassawara said.

There are two phases for the project. The fi rst phase is completing sidewalks for Second and Third streets, Jefferson

Home-cooked meal to be served Monument Hill Kiwanis Club Empty Bowls Dinner and silent auction set By Susan Adams Special to the Tribune

On Oct. 9, the Tri-Lakes community will join together to support Tri-Lakes Cares with the Empty Bowls Dinner held at Lew-is Palmer High School and sponsored by Monument Hill Kiwanis Club.

In collaboration with the Lewis Palmer School District, and volunteers from Tri-Lakes Cares, and thanks to the generosity of many area restaurants and businesses, guests will have a home-cooked dinner of soups, breads and desserts. In addition, they can select a handmade bowl donated by local artists. One child younger than the age of 12 is admitted free with a purchase of a $20 ticket.

Area potters and students in art classes at Lewis-Palmer School District 38 provide the foundation for the Empty Bowls Dinner by donating handmade bowls to comple-ment the home-cooked meal.

Many items donated by local artisans and merchants are in the silent auction, sponsored by volunteers from Tri-Lakes

Cares. Participants may bid on items of

Proceeds from the Empty Bowls Dinner and auction benefi t Tri-Lakes Cares. Photo courtesy of Bonnie Nassar

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Palmer Ridge student council donates to Red Cross, � rst responders By Rob Carrigan [email protected]

The Palmer Ridge student council raised at least $2,000 to donate to the Red Cross for victims of the Black Forest fi re and to area police and fi re organizations that were fi rst responders.

“As a council we are taking 100 percent of our homecoming profi ts and donating that money to the Red Cross for all the work they

did in our community for the Black Forest fi re. At our pep assembly we are having reps from the Red Cross, fi re department and police department accepting the donation and an honorary thank you,” said Lindsey Schwarz, Palmer Ridge student council public relations offi cer.

She said the proceeds from Great Gatsby, Dodge Ball, the Powder Puff game and the football game, were all going to the cause.

“As a council, with all that has happened, we felt that it was just our calling,” Schwarz

said.Erik Sabelstrom, student body presi-

dent, agreed.“I think everyone in the community

came together to respond to the Black For-est fi re, and Waldo the year before, as well as the fl oods in Colorado. We felt it was impor-tant as a group to give back. Many students here were affected, so it was important for the school to come together also,” he said.

It was also important to recognize the good work of fi rst responders, said Kristen

Hancock, who also worked on the commit-tee.

“Too often great members of the com-munity go unrecognized for signifi cant work,” Hancock said.

“We wanted to recognize them. The Black Forest fi re was a scary time for our community. Kids going to this school were directly affected. Teachers and others were directly affected. Police and fi refi ghters came together to help us. We wanted to come together to give back.”

The Palmer Ridge High School student body raised at least $2000 to present during a Homecoming Pep Assembly and distribute among the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department, the Monument Police Department and Red Cross for their ef-forts during Black Forest Fire this summer. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Women’s Club presents Wine and Roses & More The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club

will present the 11th Annual Wine and Roses & More on Oct. 20 from 5 to 8 p.m.

The event will be held at the Colorado Springs Marriott, 3580 Tech Center Drive, Interstate 25, exit 148.

The event will feature regional dignitaries and celebrity servers,

delicacies from local restaurants, on-site chefs, more than 200 fi ne wines, spirits and beer, a coffee bar, raffl e, a live auction and a si-lent auction.

All proceeds from the event will go to many of local nonprofi t and educational organizations in the Tri-Lakes area.

The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club is

a nonprofi t organization which has given back to the Tri-Lakes community more than $750,000.

Tickets will be $50 per guest and may be purchased on line at www.tlwc.net and at the door.

For additional information, go to www.tlwc.net.

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Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts present Blue Grass, Beer and BBQ

The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts will present Bluegrass, Beer & BBQ Saturday, Oct. 12 at 7 p.m.

Featured bands include Wire-Wood Station, Colorado’s Blue-grass sensations and catoring by

Nikki with chicken BBQ sand-wiches and coleslaw at $5. Pikes Peak Brewing is offering $3 beer specials. Advance ticket are $8 for members and $10 non-members. At the door, tickes are $2 more.

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“For 31 years, Palmer Lake could claim one the fi nest resort hotels in Colorado. Hundreds of guests from around the country checked in during the season to spend a weekend or enjoy a lon-ger summer vacation at the Rock-lands Hotel. Its visitors choose among a variety of local activities: attending session of the Rocky Mountain Chautauqua or other events held in the Glen Park Au-ditorium; hiking; fi shing; play-ing tennis; riding horses; taking excursions in horse-drawn car-riages; and participating in en-tertainments arranged within the hotel,” wrote Daniel W. Edwards in his Occasional Paper No. 4 “The Rocklands Hotel at Palmer Lake.”

Dr. William Finely Thompson had the idea of marketing Palmer Lake as a health resort as early 1884. Tuberculosis (TB) or “con-sumption” as the disease was then known, was widely treated in high altitude areas such as Colorado and Switzerland and the good doctor (and dentist) es-tablished the Colorado Hotel and Sanitarium company whose pur-pose, according to records from the Colorado State Archives, was to build and operate a hotel and sanitarium at Palmer Lake.By the fall of 1889, The Rocklands was built with borrowed money.

The original plan called for building 20 cottages in addition to the hotel. But by the time the hotel opened, Thompson and Dr.

Thomas Gaddes, a dentist (who quickly earned an M.D. at the Uni-versity of Denver to qualify him) was brought in to serve as super-intendent of the Palmer Lake San-itarium, had little borrowed mon-ey left to complete that aspect of the project.

“Limited available evidence in-dicates the sanitarium neither at-tracted many patients, nor was it a fi nancical success. In the spring of 1890, Dr. Thompson was un-able to make payments due on the promissory notes he signed, and his debts by then totaled thou-sands of dollars.

He and his family departed Palmer Lake and moved to New York in August. Dr. Geddes, who must have known Dr. Thomp-son’s dire fi nancial condition, left Palmer Lake that June to spend the summer at Steamboat Springs,” wrote Edwards, in the paper cited earlier. The Rocklands

went through a string of differ-ent owners in the next few years, with varying degrees of success.E.A. Tunnell ran the hotel for near-ly three years, and later operated the Broadmoor Hotel and Casino.

Under E.A. Tunnell’s direction, at least the dances were well-re-cieved.

For example: “The (Rocklands) hop Saturday night was almost too well attended.

The parlors and verandas were full and dining room, which is used for dancing, was not large enough by half for the occasion. The young ladies wore white or-gandies and other light fabrics. The costumes of the gentlemen varied from golf to bicycle suits, blue coats and white duck to full black dress suits,” according to the Rocky Mountain News of Au-gust 8, 1897.

“The Rocklands continues full of contented people. Why not?

They are the most comfortably lodged and well fed, all the luxu-ries of the Denver and Colorado Springs markets are daily shipped in and a fi rst-class chef prepares it.”

But despite times of great pop-ularity, owners came and went.Success at The Rocklands waxed and wained.

The end came with a bang.“Mrs. Lillie E. Hill was 35 years old, divorced, with three children. She had been a music teacher in Illi-nois, and was managing a room-ing house in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in January 1920. Lillie had just signed a deed from a Denver real estate fi rm to take over The Rock-lands, even though it was the end of August.

The hotel normally closed for the winter by October 1, but Lil-lie may have intended to keep it open all year,” wrote Edwards.“Mrs. Hill and her three children

arrived at Palmer Lake on August 31 to take charge of The Rocklands Hotel.

So it was on the evening of September 2, 1920, Oliver, Mil-dred, and Mary Hill went down to the basement of The Rocklands, either to light a water heater or make some adjustment to the generator.

They carried a candle or kero-sene lantern to make their way in the darkness. The youngsters probably knew nothing about the hotel’s lighting system and did not realize the risk they were taking.

The instant they drew near to the lead tubing pipes or gas tank there was a violent explosion:”The Colorado Springs Evening Telegraph described what hap-pened.

“The Rockland Hotel, the old-est hostelry at Palmer Lake, 23 miles north of Colorado Springs, was totally destroyed last night following an explosion at 8:30 o’clock of the acetylene lighting system that shook the entire vil-lage and could be heard for miles. Oliver Hill, 18, Mildred Hill, 14, and Mary Hill, 10, children of the proprietor, Mrs. L.E. Hill, who only took over the hotel on Tues-day, were severely burned by the blast from the gas tank.

The explosion cause by the children entering the gas room in the basement with a lighted fl ame where a leak in the system caught the fl ame and in a second the big frame structure was rocked by the blast. Flame started at once and in a few minutes the building was in a blaze throughout the four sto-ries.

Volunteers from the village and surrounding cottages saw the futil-ity of attempting to save the build-ing and concentrated their efforts on protecting property nearby. which was showered with sparks.”Astoundingly, there were no fa-talities and the children escaped the blast, and were treated imme-diately.

Thus, ended the short and rocky life of The Rocklands Hotel of Palmer Lake.

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So much fun, it’s scary St. Peter’s students have monstrously good time By Amy Partain

The students at St. Peter Catholic School in Monument aren’t monsters by any means. But they still had fun participating in the Scare Games, a fall fi eld day that this year was based on the Disney-Pixar movie “Monsters University.”

Katie Morse, fi eld day coordinator, said the fi eld day is used as a team-building activity with the classes com-peting against each other.

“We try hard to involve the kids from the beginning of the school year in the theme and allow them a few small activities to help build up and anticipate the actual day,” Morse said. “The only awards given out the day of fi eld day are two traveling Spirit Tro-phies, which go to the classes with the most team spirit.”

For the last two years, ambas-sadors from St. Mary’s High School have helped with St. Peter’s fi eld day. Morse said the involvement of the high school students further empha-sizes the St. Peter’s “family” approach to school, which encourages the old-

er students to be involved with the younger ones.

“Our school creates a ‘we are a fam-ily’ environment, where younger stu-dents can look up to older students for help and a good example,” Morse said.

“St. Peter is a growing school and this is our fi rst year to graduate eighth-graders. Having the SMHS students involved continues this idea through the middle school by giving the mid-dle schoolers a real person to look up as a role model, which may hopefully help ease their own transition into high school.”

And the St. Peter’s students love having the SMHS ambassadors in-volved. Morse said the younger stu-dents see that you’re never too old or too cool to have fun.

Also, since some of St. Peter’s eighth-graders will likely attend St. Mary’s next year, participation in fi eld day will provide an opportunity for former St. Peter’s students to come back and continue to be involved with the school.

Morse said coming up with a theme each year is one of the most diffi cult parts of fi eld day.

But when her mother suggested doing the Scare Games this year after seeing “Monsters University,” everth-ing fell into place.

“We all went to see the movie again and were able to base many of our ideas off the movie,” she said. “Most of the kids had seen the movie too, so it was a hit.”

Each year St. Peter’s fi eld day is held at the Grace Center in Colo-rado Springs, which is the location of the outdoor athletic fi elds for St. Mary’s High School. She said fi eld day wouldn’t happen without the Grace Center staff, St. Peter’s teachers, staff and parent volunteers, who all con-tribute to making it a great day.

“I can’t think of a more beautiful fa-cility in the state of Colorado,” Morse said. “Jim Cristelli and his staff are al-ways so welcoming and accommodat-ing. They truly help us make fi eld day a perfect day of fun for the kids.”

West Nile Virus case con� rmed in El Paso County Residents urged to take precautions during dawn, dusk Sta� report

An adult male is El Paso County’s fi rst confi rmed human case of West Nile vi-rus this year, according to El Paso County Public Health.

The West Nile virus has an incubation period of be-tween two to 14 days. Most those who become infected with West Nile virus do not develop any symptoms. About one in fi ve people who are infected will de-velop a fever with fl u-like symptoms.

Less than 1 percent of those who are infected will develop a more serious ill-ness – including meningi-tis and encephalitis. West Nile virus can affect any age group.

People who experience severe headaches or confu-sion should seek medical attention immediately.

Mosquito activity can vary depending on weather patterns, but typically peaks in the summer months and begins to decline in the fall.

Mosquitoes typically change their feeding hab-its this time of year from a blood meal to nectar.

Therefore, risk current lev-els for West Nile virus trans-mission are low.

El Paso County Public Health’s Medical Director Dr. Bill Letson said the best way to “fi ght the bite” is to remember the fi ve D’s:

• When involved in out-door activities at dusk and dawn, greater precautions need to be taken because mosquitoes are most active during these times.

• Wear insect repellent with DEET.

• Dress in pants and long sleeves outdoors whenever possible.

• Drain standing water outside in fl ower pots, bird-baths, rain gutters, tires, wheelbarrows, and pools. This is especially im-portant because of the re-cent heavy rains in the area.

Treat standing water, such as small ponds and livestock tanks, with micro-bial larvicide doughnuts, which can be purchased at hardware and home im-provement stores.

West Nile virus was fi rst detected in El Paso County in 2002; the fi rst human cases were reported in 2003. El Paso County had two re-ported human cases in 2012.

For more information, visit www.elpasocounty-health.org.

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Cadets help out with Waldo Canyon Burn Scar project

On Sept. 22, more than 160 Air Force Academy cadets, faculty and staff spent several hours moving 700 bales of wood straw in a human bucket brigade as part of the Waldo Canyon Burn Scar project around the Rampart Reservoir.

This was done on three separate sites.On Sept. 26, another team of volunteers spread the wood

straw and seed to mulch three test areas to slow erosion of sediment and ash, into drainage areas that lead to ColoradoSprings Utilities’ water treatment plant.

At right, Cadet 4th Class Ryan Douglas (front to camera) helps out with the Waldo Canyon burn scar e� ort on Sept. 22. The team of 163 Air Force Acad-emy cadets, faculty and sta� spent several hours moving 700 bales of wood straw in a human bucket brigade, to three separate sites around the Rampart Reservoir. Photo by John Van Winkle

West Nile Virus case con� rmed in El Paso County

Therefore, risk current lev-els for West Nile virus trans-mission are low.

El Paso County Public Health’s Medical Director Dr. Bill Letson said the best way to “fi ght the bite” is to remember the fi ve D’s:

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Treat standing water, such as small ponds and livestock tanks, with micro-bial larvicide doughnuts, which can be purchased at hardware and home im-provement stores.

West Nile virus was fi rst detected in El Paso County in 2002; the fi rst human cases were reported in 2003. El Paso County had two re-ported human cases in 2012.

For more information, visit www.elpasocounty-health.org.


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Colorado resiliency: Grin and bear itThere is great pride in Coloradoness —

a resiliency that can weather the meanest of storms.

Longtime residents in these parts know boom and bust, rise and fall, peaks and valleys.

They respond with a legendary Rocky Mountain springiness.

Take for example the story of the last grizzly bear in Colorado.

I was senior in high school when word came out of the San Juans of bow hunter Ed Wiseman’s life-and-death struggle with the last-documented griz.

On Sept. 23, 1979, Wiseman, a Crestone guide was blindsided, knocked down and seriously mauled by a huge bear while hunting in the San Juan National Forest near Blue Lake.

According to reports that I remember

reading in the Durango Herald, Wiseman yelled and waived wildly, but the old sow continued the attack biting on the right shoulder and legs.

At that point the man reportedly played dead, but the bear continued to maul him.

Born from desperation, in a last-ditch

effort, Wiseman grabbed an arrow from his nearby quiver and began stabbing the griz in the throat and neck.

The bear let him go and wandered away. The full-grown, 400-pound, golden-haired female grizzly was found dead a short distance from the site of the maul-ing by Division of Wildlife investigators.

Prior to Wiseman’s encounter, the last recorded grizzly bear, ursus arctos horribi-lis, was slain by government trapper Lloyd Anderson in 1952 near the headwaters of the Los Pinos River, south of Gunnison.

Suggestions of reintroducing grizzlies to Colorado have been officially opposed by the Colorado Wildlife Commission (1977 and 1982) and Malcolm Forbes’ offer to reintroduce on his ranch near Alamosa was also rejected.

Author David Petersen, in his book

“Ghost Grizzlies,” says the question of “is that truly the last one?” still hasn’t been answered.

“... The question remains frustratingly unanswered: Are there, or are there not any grizzlies still left in Colorado? If you wish to believe that a few grizzlies still haunt hidden refuges deep and high in the sprawling San Juans, there’s plenty of evidence to support you, with more com-ing in every summer.

But evidence is not proof, and should you choose to believe that the Wiseman grizzly was the dead-last of the breed in Colorado — the end of a multi-millenial occupation — there is no way that anyone could prove you absolutely wrong.”

As witness to legendary Colorado sur-vival instincts, I choose to believe. I think the big, brown buggers are up there still.

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Chances of Sky Sox moving downtown slim and noneThe city of Colorado Springs and its

“City For Champions” project is gaining a lot of support from neighboring towns in El Paso County.

The effort is being spearheaded by Colorado Springs’ Mayor Steve Bach. The former real estate developer is a huge sports enthusiast.

But I think he might be biting off a bit more than he can chew.

One of the most ambitious parts of the City For Champions project would be the construction of $60 million downtown baseball stadium.

The idea would involve the Colorado Springs Sky Sox relocating to the new digs.

Once that happens, downtown would be even more revitalized, and fans from the surrounding downtown area would have easier access to watch the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.

The problem with Bach’s plan is that the odds of that scenario ever happen-ing are slim and none. In other words, the chances of the Rockies relocating to Colorado Springs are probably better than the Sky Sox moving from their home at Barnes Road and Tutt Blvd.

The biggest obstacle in the plan is Sky Sox owner Dave Elmore. Elmore, 80, is one of the most successful owners in all of minor league baseball. He is a shrewd businessman who’s had plenty of success in the sports world.

Just last week, three of Elmore’s other minor league baseball teams won cham-pionships in their respective leagues; San Antonio Missions (Double-A Texas), Inland Empire 66ers (Single-A California League) and Idaho Falls Chukars (Rookie

level Pioneer League).Elmore knows how to make a dol-

lar and he also seems to have a flare for being involved with winning teams. His Missions and 66ers have each won six league titles since 1995.

Coincidentally, Elmore’s Sky Sox have not won a playoff game since 1995.

As previously written in my column on Aug. 21, the last time the Sky Sox ad-vanced to the postseason was 1997, when they were swept in three games.

The last time they won a playoff game was 1995, when they defeated the Salt Lake for the Pacific Coast League cham-pionship.

Elmore has owned the Sky Sox fran-chise since 1981 when the team was based in Hawaii.

He moved the club to Colorado Springs prior to the 1988 season. That same year he had his own stadium ($4 million at the time) constructed in the Stetson Hills area of town.

The Sky Sox were a success from the start.

They made the playoffs four out of five seasons as a Cleveland Indians affiliate, winning the PCL title in 1992. The Rock-ies came on board in 1993 and two years

later, a second flag was blowing in the wind.

But all of the sudden the winning stopped and a lot of people have been searching for answers why.

The Rockies first blamed the stadium for playing a key role in the hurting the club’s chances of winning. They said it was difficult for pitchers to have success at elevation with the ball flying out of the ballpark.

The Rockies then blamed the older, less-spacious locker room.

They said the players would play bet-ter if they had more plush surroundings.

So Elmore, the good guy that he is, re-furbished the stadium and built a brand new home clubhouse.

That was 2005.The Rockies are one of the folks

leading the charge of a new downtown stadium. They believe that if the players are playing in a state-of-the-art facility, they will play better.

They believe that since it is less windy downtown, the pitchers might pitch bet-ter knowing that they won’t give up so many gopher balls.

Even some of the heavy hitters in the Colorado Springs sports world have been on board with Bach and the Rock-ies. These folks suggest, basically, that Elmore needs to get with the times and do what is best for the Rockies and for the city.

I say hogwash.This is Elmore’s team and he can do

with it what he wants. It’s his stadium. If the Rockies don’t like it, then one of the 29 major league clubs will relocate their Triple-A affiliate here.

Plus, what guarantee is there that a new downtown stadium will make the Sky Sox instant contenders?

The main reason the Sky Sox have been as mediocre for nearly two decades is the Rockies.

They fleece the club of its best play-ers year in and year out. By June, the Sky Sox are generally a shell of the team that broke spring training.

This year’s list who began the season with the Sky Sox and were in Coors Field by mid-summer included Nolan Arenado, DJ LeMahieu, Charlie Blackmon, Corey Dickerson, Tyler Chatwood, Drew Pomer-anz and Charlie Culberson.

Another factor in relocating the team downtown is that Elmore owns the concessions at Sky Sox Stadium (Secu-rity Service Field). There is little chance the city would allow Elmore to own the concessions in a ballpark that it had built with taxpayer funds.

The same goes for parking revenue. Elmore owns the land Sky Sox Stadium

sits on and gets all the money from park-ing. I can’t imagine any scenario in which the city would allow him to make money on parking at a new downtown stadium.

Basically, in order for the city to make this deal work, it would have to pay Elmore in the neighborhood of $30 to $50 million for his team.

That, plus the cost of the new sta-dium, would cost taxpayers around $100 million. It would take the city years to recoup that money; if at all.

I am not against the Sky Sox playing in better digs. But I just don’t see how this is going to come together. Tell me if I am wrong.

letter to the editorDear Editor:Just when District 38 is asking for a new

tax increase with their Mill Levy Over-ride, and Colorado universities are raising tuition for Colorado students, we should ask them both why they are giving out tax dollars to illegal immigrants?

One of District 38’s fasting growing programs is English lessons to children of illegal immigrants. At the same time, when you look at the application for “free and reduced” lunches, it clearly states that you do not have to be a U.S.citizen to qualify.

Oh and by the way, if you get free or reduced lunches, you automatically do not have to pay the other fees levied on normal students in District 38 such as bus or activ-

ity fees. Meanwhile, Colorado passed a law giving “in-state tuition” to illegal immi-grants if they graduated from a Colorado High School, so an illegal immigrant would pay about $8,000 per year and a kid from Kansas would pay about $24,000.

We get to vote on a mill levy, why don’t we have a say on what the school district and the universities do with our tax dollars after they take them from us?

Personally, I would rather choose to give to a charity that sends money abroad, rather than have a U.S. institution give my money, without my consent, to foreigners in my country illegally.

Richard W. Nasby, Monument

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� ere’s more than one ‘balanced rock’ in area

Here in Colorado, we have balanced rocks, and more than just the famous one in Garden of the Gods. I have done a few stories about them.

I recently found a 1919 newspaper story about several of them, and set me out to look for the ones I have not seen. I know of several others that are further away. There must be a half dozen within a 100 miles of Colorado Springs.

Close to us there are four, as much as I can fi nd. We will skip the one everybody knows about.

The one I have only seen from a dis-tance is up on Cameron’s Cone. It is almost as big as the one near Manitou, but this one is granite. It is about the size of a mo-tor home.

There was a trail from Ruxton Park and Halfway House a 100 years ago. There was also a trail from Crystal Park, high above Manitou. It is sitting on one end in some other rocks, and the other is out in the air.

There is another west of Woodland Park, on what was the Skelton Ranch.

The ranch was mainly a dude ranch. I have two postcards that show it, and say it is near the Colorado Midland railway. I was treated to a ride to near it a year ago. It is not easy to get to, even though there is an old road through the ranch. It sticks up, but it sits solidly on another set of rocks.

The one I fi nd most interesting is near Woodland Park, but eastward toward Palmer Lake. It looks like a huge nose, and is about 65 feet tall.

There is a road above Palmer Lake called Balanced Rock Road, and it goes

almost right past this rock. A 100 years ago you could take a tour of

both of these rocks. It took all day. It used to be a favorite picnic spot from either town. I have seen several pictures of this one, but I have not found it.

I was told the trees have grown up around it now.

There is a popular book of region trails which has a picture of this one with the comment that the author would like a “modern” picture.

Two others are one near the road to Canon City from Cripple Creek. I have looked for it, but have not located it. The other is near Red Rock Canyon, west of highway 115 near Fort Carson. I was told that this one was like the one in Garden of the Gods, but was knocked down about 75 years ago.

There is another along U.S. 24 as you come down toward Buena Vista. I even have a postcard of that one. I have heard of others in the mountains around the San Luis Valley.

So when you say balanced rock, there sure is more than the “common” one.

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“We hope to serve 800 meals this year,” MHKC Empty Bowls Chairman Mark Zeiger said.

For more than 10 years, the Kiwanis Club has sponsored the Empty Bowls Dinner to support Tri-Lakes Cares, and has raised more than $18,000 in 2013. The club has supported the Tri-Lakes community for more than 35 years. In addition to sponsor-ing the Monument Fourth of July Parade, each year they raise and contribute more

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orado Highway 105 from the New Santa Fe Trailhead to Second Street.

“The wetlands may make things a bit more diffi cult,” Kassawara said.

You can reach Kassawara at 719-481-2954 or email him at [email protected].

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‘Don’t be a Zombie’ event brings out many undead By Sta� report [email protected]

Hundreds or runners, walkers and staggerers appeared Saturday morning, Sept. 28, for El Paso County’s “Be Pre-pared ... Don’t be a Zombie” event held at Fox Run Regional Park. This event was designed to showcase the need for all residents to develop their own family and workplace emer-gency preparedness plans.

The 5K run began at 10 a.m. with some runners dressed as zombies. The 3K Zombie Run heats included zombies trying to grab “life fl ags” from the runners, very similar to fl ag football.

There were several specifi c “zombie zones” in the 3K races where zombies tended to gather.

Undead heads dotted locations inside the Fox Run Park’s boundaries.

“Zombies” awaited instructions after makeup. Photos by Rob Carrigan

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Collectsperts: Maguireville a world-class museumJim and Donna Maguire have created the town within a townBy Rob [email protected]

Jim and Donna Maguire collect things: Cars, wagons, railroads, windmills, phone booths, antiques, stories and friends.

In fact, they have the contents of an entire town tucked – here and there – into a few acres in Monument. Since the early 1980s, or before, they have been work-ing on creating the town of Maguireville. Their card says they are co-mayors.

With barns bursting at the seams, full of items from the last century, Maguire-ville has developed into a world-class mu-seum of 20th century Americana.

“Every piece here has a story,” said for-mer D-38 School District Superintendent Ted Bauman, at a recent fundraiser held there for the current Mill Levy Overide ef-fort.

“And some of them are true,” Donna joked at the time. “Though he tells it dif-ferent every time.”

If you were to run into Jim down at Ser-rano’s some morning, where with his col-lection of friends and neighbors, he holds frequent court, you might have a chance to hear one.

He will introduce himself as if he has known you all his life, even if he met you last week. “I’ve known him for years,” Jim says. “I was his parole officer.”

He might also joke about Christmas presents he has given Donna on occasion.

“One year I gave her those branding irons,” he says, pointing out irons ar-ranged in a circle on the barn wall.

“And the next year he got those ham-mers,” answers Donna, pointing out an-other circle.

Ten thousand pound safes, quarantine huts from old TB sanitariums, well equip-ment, bells and even a phone booth or two, make up parts of the collection.

An old wooden booth from Southern Colorado was traded for an Overhead Door installation. And British phone booth is there as well, with a story of its own.

“There three things about the British phone booth acquisition that made it dif-ficult,” he starts in.

“No. 1: It weighs a ton. Two: It’s 9 feet high and it is in a garage with a door that is only 8 feet. Three: I need you to come and get it out Thursday, (it was Wednes-day.) Those are things you need to keep in mind, if someone says you can have a British phone booth if you come and get it.”

Indeed.

Cars, trucks and wagons from various vintages are part of the Maguire’s world-class collection in Monument. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Ice cutting and harvesting equipment has local historical ties in the Monument and Palmer Lake area.

Tools of almost all trades adorn multiple work benches in Maguireville.

The Maguires traded an overhead door installation several years ago in Lamar, for this wooden phone booth, complete with emergency numbers still on the identification plate, and an old phone book with only five digit numbers in it.

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Thunder improves to 5-1 after 23-16 victory over TCADiscovery Canyon takes advantage of seven Titans turnoversBy Danny [email protected]

Depending on which side of the football you were on, the Sept. 27 heated rivalry football game between Discovery Canyon and The Classical Academy left plenty of room for discussion.

The Thunder took advantage of seven TCA turnovers (five interceptions and two fumbles) to grind out a 23-16 victory in front of a raucous Discovery Canyon Homecoming crowd of about 1,700 at Dis-trict 20 Stadium.

“We’re going at each other every year now,” said Discovery Canyon two-way line-man Jackson Spalding, who had a fumble recovery in the third quarter that led to a Thunder field goal. “I know a lot of those guys. I play different sports with them. We’re brothers in arms in every other sport but football.”

Discovery Canyon outside linebacker Dylan Draper, who missed the previous two games with injuries, made what was arguably the biggest play of the night for his team when he intercepted TCA quarter-back Jantzen Ryals at the Thunder 10-yard line at the 2:06 mark of the fourth quarter. From there, Discovery Canyon ran out the

clock.“I was just covering the flats, dropped

back there and saw the ball coming and just made a play on the ball,” said Draper, who also picked off Ryals in the first half. “We’ve been studying their offense all week and we just came out prepared and knew what was coming.”

Added Spalding: “We bonded together as a team and said `We cannot let them get into our end zone.’”

Ryals was intercepted five times (four in the first half). But TCA played sloppy as a team. The Titans also lost two fumbles and their special teams play was suspect. They missed an extra point early in the third quarter because of a mishandled snap. They missed a chance at a 37-yard field in the fourth quarter due to a bad snap.

“We’re a good team; so are they,” said TCA coach David Bervig.

“We knew it was going to be a battle. But I tell you, you can’t have seven turnovers. That’s the difference.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Discovery Canyon. They’re a great team and (Discovery Canyon coach) Shawn (Mitchell) is a great coach. But you can’t turn the ball over seven times and think you’re going to win.”

The game looked like a runaway in Dis-covery Canyon’s favor in the first half as the Thunder built a 20-0 lead on touchdown runs by running backs Ben Gilson (9 yards) and Alex Weber (11 yards), and quarterback Alec Wirtjes (6 yards).

“Our line came out and straight blew them off the ball; especially Jackson,” Wirtjes said. “It was a matter of our line opening the holes and our guys running hard. Nothing special.”

TCA finally got on the scoreboard with a Kyle Jacobs 48-yard field goal with about six minutes to go in the second quarter.

But the momentum changed early in the third quarter after TCA blocked a Mitchell Carter punt deep inside Thunder territory.

It was recovered in the end zone for a touchdown by Nick Krause.

Discovery Canyon went on top 23-9 with 2:43 remaining in the third on a 24-yard field goal by Carter.

Less than a minute later, however, TCA junior slot back Peter Troupe dashed 77 yard for a score to pull his team within a touchdown.

“It was just a toss to the left,” Troupe said. “I think the guys were energized and ready to go in the second half. We made some adjustments and came out ready to play.”

Mitchell admitted that TCA’s second-half surge caused concern for everybody on the Thunder sideline.

“Just like everybody else you get a little nervous,” he said.

“I expect us to come out and continue to do what we were doing in the first half. We let up a little bit. We’ve done that at other times in the season. That’s something we’ve got to continue to work on. It seems like things spiral on you a little bit. It’s a blocked

punt. It’s a quarterback sack. It’s one thing after another after another.”

The Thunder is 5-1 as it prepares for its Class 3A South Central Conference opener Friday against Lewis-Palmer (2-4) at Don Breese Stadium in Monument.

“Ever since we opened, that Lewis-Palmer game has been another rivalry,” Spalding said.

“It’s good to get TCA out of the way, but now it’s L-Ps turn. We’re going to come out and hit them in the mouth. We’re going to take it to them. We’re going to do our abso-lute best that game.

“A record means nothing in this game. L-P is going to come out ready to play.”

TCA also opens the league portion of its schedule this week. The Titans (3-2) host Harrison (1-4) in a 3A Southern Conference matchup on Friday.

“We’re going to go into league play and I think we’re going to be fine,” Bervig said.

“We’re going to build on what happened tonight. I don’t want is to put this behind us. I want us to learn from this. You have to remember nights like this so you know how to improve doing forward. We’re going to use tonight as an opportunity to help us see where we want to go.

“We’re going to go into league play and take care of the ball. The bottom line, in Colorado win you’re league and you’re in good shape. If we take care of business and don’t turn the ball over we should be in good shape. We just have to get these er-rors fixed.”

Discovery Canyon quarterback Alec Wirtjes breaks free on a run in the first half of the Thunder’s game with The Classical Academy on Sept. 27. Discovery Canyon won 23-16. Photo by Brian Arnold

Rangers defeat Palmer Ridge in volleyball conferenceLewis-Palmer improves to 11-1 with straight-set victoryBy Danny [email protected]

An already great Lewis-Palmer volleyball team got even better last week with the ad-dition of three transfers who were finally able to play their first match of the season on Sept. 26.

Haley McCurley had 10 kills and a game-high 15 digs, Mariah Evans added 20 assists and Emily McCurley had six digs to help the Rangers to a dominating three-set victory over cross town rival Palmer Ridge, 25-11, 25-15 and 25-18.

Lewis-Palmer improved to 11-1 overall with the victory, 1-0 in the Pikes Peak Ath-letic Conference.

Rangers’ junior outside hitter Alexa Smith played a key role in the victory over Palmer Ridge, contributing a game-high 16 assists. Palmer Ridge (6-4, 0-1) was led by Zoe Wilson’s five kills and Elle Sample’s nine digs.

BEARS ALL TIED UP IN SOCCERThe Palmer Ridge boys’ soccer team

gained a bit if a victory during its 3-3 tie with rival Lewis-Palmer on Sept. 26. Junior Jimmy Kochanski had two goals and an as-sist for the Bears, while teammate Griffin Lloyd added the other goal.

The Bears had lost its first eight games of the season, including their first two - by shutout - in the PPAC. Furthermore, Palmer Ridge had scored just three goals all season in its previous eight matches.

Lewis-Palmer dropped to 1-1-1 in the PPAC, 6-2-1 overall.

ODONNELL GETTING HIS KICKSMonument resident and St. Mary’s High

School graduate Greg O’Donnell is a vital cog in the success of the Colorado State University-Pueblo football team.

The sophomore place kicker has con-nected on 4 of 6 field goals and is 22 for 23 on extra point attempts. He has a long field goal of 37 yards. CSU-Pueblo improved to 4-0 with a dominating 48-7 victory over Ad-ams State on Feb. 28. The ThunderWolves are 2-0 in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Con-ference and host Fort Lewis on Saturday in their homecoming game.

FALCON STADIUM MEMORIESThe Classical Academy golf coach Bob

Gravelle was a first-year cadet at the Air Force Academy in the fall of 1962 when the football stadium opened. He was one of the first cadets to march into the spanking new

facility for the Falcons’ game with Colorado State University.

“I was really swelled up,” Gravelle re-called. “I couldn’t believe I was there. We defeated CSU 34-0.”

Gravelle received his commission in 1967l. He spent 29 years in the air force, re-tiring from space command at Peterson Air Force Base.

TITANS DOWN RIVAL CSCSThe Classical Academy volleyball team

defeated rival Colorado Springs Christian School in straight sets on Sept, 24, 25-15, 25-15 and 25-22.

Junior Kim Krutsinger’s had 11 kills to lead the Titans, who improved to 5-1 in Class 3A Tri-Peaks League action.

Sophomore Sarah Klingensmith had 14 assists, three digs and three aces, while cap-tain Catherine Lind had 19 digs.

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PLAINTIFF: COUNTRYSIDECOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.v.DEFENDANTS: DAVID R. BARTLING;COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCEAUTHORITY; and THOMAS S. MOWLEAS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ELPASO COUNTY, COLORADO

Attorney: Brianna L. SchaeferFirm: HindmanSanchez P.C.Address: 5610 Ward Road, Suite 300Arvada, Colorado 80002-1310Phone Number: 303.432.8999Fax Number: 303.432.0999E-mail: [email protected]. Reg. No.: 34078Our File No.: 803.004

Case No.: 2013CV030590Div: 9

SUMMONS

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OFCOLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMEDDEFENDANTS:You are hereby summoned and requiredto appear and defend against the claimsof Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaintfiled with the Court in this action, by filingwith the Clerk of this Court an Answer orother response. You are required to fileyour Answer or other response withintwenty-one (21) days after fi l ing ofPlaintiff’s initial disclosure statement andservice upon you if within the State of Col-orado, or within thirty-five (35) days afterservice upon you if outside the State ofColorado or if served by publication pursu-ant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publica-tion, service shall be complete on the dayof the last publication. A copy of the Com-plaint may be obtained from the Clerk ofthe Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other re-sponse to the Complaint in writing withinthe time required, judgment by defaultmay be rendered against you by the Courtfor the relief demanded in the Complaintwithout further notice.

This is an action affecting the real prop-erty described in the Complaint and is aproceeding in rem as well as a proceed-ing in personam.

Dated this 22nd day of July, 2013.Respectfully submitted,HINDMANSANCHEZ P.C.

Original signature of Brianna L. Schaeferis on file with the law offices of Hind-manSanchez P.C. pursuant to C.R.C.P.121, §1-26(7).

/s/ Brianna L. SchaeferBrianna L. Schaefer, No. 34078Marc A. Tahiry, No. 38991

ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFFCOUNTRYSIDE COMMUNITYASSOCIATION, INC.

Address of Plaintiff:Countryside Community Association, Inc.c/o Association Financial Services4400 Biscayne Blvd, Suite 550Miami, FL 33137

Legal Notice No.: 932165First Publication: September 11, 2013Last Publication: October 9, 2013Publisher: The Tribune

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, EL PASOCOUNTY, STATE OF COLORADOCourt Address: 270 South Tejon

Colorado Springs, CO 80901Court Phone: 719-448-7700

PLAINTIFF: COUNTRYSIDECOMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC.v.DEFENDANTS: DAVID R. BARTLING;COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCEAUTHORITY; and THOMAS S. MOWLEAS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ELPASO COUNTY, COLORADO


Case No.: 2013CV030590Div: 9

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COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCEAUTHORITY; and THOMAS S. MOWLEAS THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF ELPASO COUNTY, COLORADO


Case No.: 2013CV030590Div: 9

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You are hereby summoned and requiredto appear and defend against the claimsof Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaintfiled with the Court in this action, by filingwith the Clerk of this Court an Answer orother response. You are required to fileyour Answer or other response withintwenty-one (21) days after fi l ing ofPlaintiff’s initial disclosure statement andservice upon you if within the State of Col-orado, or within thirty-five (35) days afterservice upon you if outside the State ofColorado or if served by publication pursu-ant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publica-tion, service shall be complete on the dayof the last publication. A copy of the Com-plaint may be obtained from the Clerk ofthe Court.










You are hereby summoned and requiredto appear and defend against the claimsof Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaintfiled with the Court in this action, by filingwith the Clerk of this Court an Answer orother response. You are required to fileyour Answer or other response withintwenty-one (21) days after fi l ing ofPlaintiff’s initial disclosure statement andservice upon you if within the State of Col-orado, or within thirty-five (35) days afterservice upon you if outside the State ofColorado or if served by publication pursu-ant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publica-tion, service shall be complete on the dayof the last publication. A copy of the Com-plaint may be obtained from the Clerk ofthe Court.









Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Notice is hereby given that final paymentwill be made on or after the 19th day ofOctober, 2013, on a contract dated June5, 2013 between the Donala Water andSanitation District (Owner) and WildcatConstruction Co., Inc. (Contractor) forwork completed through August 8, 2013on the Water Transmission and Distribu-tion System Improvements-2013 Phase 1project.

All persons, companies or corporationsthat have furnished labor, materials or oth-er supplies or services used by Contract-or under and in connection with said con-tract and whose claims have not beenpaid by the Contractor shall file with theOwner a verified statement of the amountdue and unpaid on account of such aclaim on or before the date of final pay-ment stated above. Failure on the part ofthe claimant to file such settlement will re-lieve the Owner from any or all liability forsuch claim.

Owner: /s/ Donala Waterand Sanitation District

Legal Notice No.: 932173First Publication: October 2, 2013Last Publication: October 9, 2013Publisher: The Tribune

Government Legals

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

Notice is hereby given that final paymentwill be made on or after the 19th day ofOctober, 2013, on a contract dated June5, 2013 between the Donala Water andSanitation District (Owner) and WildcatConstruction Co., Inc. (Contractor) forwork completed through August 8, 2013on the Water Transmission and Distribu-tion System Improvements-2013 Phase 1project.

All persons, companies or corporationsthat have furnished labor, materials or oth-er supplies or services used by Contract-or under and in connection with said con-tract and whose claims have not beenpaid by the Contractor shall file with theOwner a verified statement of the amountdue and unpaid on account of such aclaim on or before the date of final pay-ment stated above. Failure on the part ofthe claimant to file such settlement will re-lieve the Owner from any or all liability forsuch claim.

Owner: /s/ Donala Waterand Sanitation District

Legal Notice No.: 932173First Publication: October 2, 2013Last Publication: October 9, 2013Publisher: The Tribune


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Surface’s eighth-inning grand slam vaults Thunder to PPAC titleDiscovery Canyon junior McKenzie Surface homers twice, pitches complete game three-hitterBy Danny [email protected]

Discovery Canyon averted near disaster the afternoon of Sept. 25 and then roared back to clinch another league softball championship in the grandest of fashion.

Thunder junior right-hander McK-enzie Surface worked out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the top of the eighth inning. She then belted a 275-foot grand slam in the bottom of the frame off Air Academy right-hander Megan Horn to clinch the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference title, setting off a wild celebration at home plate.

“This is great for our team and it’s great to defend our title that we won last year with our great team,” Surface said.

It was only fitting that the drama-filled game was for the PPAC title. An Air Academy victory would have muddied the playoff picture for the Thunder, likely sending it into second place and a possible road game in the upcoming Class 4A regional playoffs, which are set for Oct. 12.

The Thunder victory means that Discovery Canyon (11-5, 6-0) will host a regional, which will likely be played at the University of Colorado at Colo-rado Springs. Air Academy (8-5, 4-2) will make the postseason based on its league standing and strength of schedule.

“I couldn’t be more proud of our girls,” said Discovery Canyon coach Tanya Ramsay. “They fought for eight innings and ended up coming out on top today.

“Ken Surface is a big-time player and she’s a clutch player and she’s def-initely someone that coaches want on their team. I’m just excited that she’s on our team.”

The Thunder’s victory was a team effort, but Surface clearly was the most important figure on offense and defense.

Her two-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the sixth tied the score at 3-3 and gave the Thunder much-needed momentum. It came on a 2-1 pitch with Molly Turner on first base.

Surface pitched all eight innings, allowing three unearned runs on three hits, while striking out eight and walking five.

“This is great and (McKenzie) is

awesome,” Turner said. “But we all did this as a team, which is even better.”

The score was 3-3 at the end of regulation.

Air Academy’s Marlissa Wingett walked to lead off the top of the eighth and advanced to third when Thunder freshman right fielder Larissa Lum mishandled a fly ball.

The next batter, Hailey Richard-son, reached on a sacrifice bunt single to load the bases.

That brought Jenny Maynard to the plate, who squared around to bunt, but was hit in the left thigh with Sur-face’s pitch. Maynard was originally awarded first base, allowing Wingett to dash home with the go-ahead run.

But Ramsay asked the umpires to confer to decide whether Maynard held her bat in the strike zone or pulled it back when she was it. After a two-minute conference it was decid-ed Maynard did not pull her bat back and the pitch was ruled a strike.

With a second life, Surface pro-ceeded to use her 63-mph fastball and riser to get Maynard and Alexa Batzel to pop out, and Brianna Harris to strike out swinging to end the frame.

“We just got a saving grace that time and it really worked out for us,” Surface said. “I knew we were on it af-ter that.”

With the crowd of about 200 on its feet, including Thunder football players in pads who had just finished practice, Discovery Canyon proceed-ed to load the bases in the bottom of the eighth. Sophomore Kailee Clark reached on an infield single to lead off the inning. That was followed by walks to Turner and junior Destiny Lackey.

Surface then stepped to the plate

and ended the game on the first pitch she saw from Horn, drilled it high over the center field fence and down the hill toward the parking lot.

“I was just waiting for my pitch,” said Surface, who leads the team in homers with seven and RBIS with 29. “I just wanted a base hit. I saw the out-fielders were in. I hit it hard hoping it would go somewhere. I saw it go over the fence and it was just incredible.”

Turner thought Horn appeared a little rattled in the final frame.

“Our dugout was loud and I think it was hard for her to focus,” Turner said.

The Thunder found itself in an early hole when the Kadets scored three unearned runs in the top of the second inning. With the bases loaded, Lum mishandled a fly ball that would have been the third out. Instead, her miscue cleared the bases.

The Thunder answered with a sin-gle run in the third on an RBI single by Clark.

The score remained tied until the sixth when Surface drilled her game-tying two-run homer.

“I just wanted to get a nice easy swing and get a base hit and drive in the run,” Surface said.

With the graduation of seven start-ers from last year’s state team, the Thunder’s undefeated league record is somewhat of a surprise to players and coaches. But it is not unexpected.

“I don’t know if we’re the most tal-ented team out there, but we have a lot of heart,” Ramsay said.

Ramsay added that she attributes much of the team’s success to her coaching staff, which includes Caran Newlen, Ashley Langoni, Aaron Ram-say and Shyloh Grover.

The Discovery Canyon softball team celebrates at home plate following McKenzie Surface’s game-winning grand slam on Sept. 25. Photo by Danny Summers

Rangers defeat Palmer Ridge in volleyball conferencefacility for the Falcons’ game with Colorado State University.

“I was really swelled up,” Gravelle re-called. “I couldn’t believe I was there. We defeated CSU 34-0.”

Gravelle received his commission in 1967l. He spent 29 years in the air force, re-tiring from space command at Peterson Air Force Base.

TITANS DOWN RIVAL CSCSThe Classical Academy volleyball team

defeated rival Colorado Springs Christian School in straight sets on Sept, 24, 25-15, 25-15 and 25-22.

Junior Kim Krutsinger’s had 11 kills to lead the Titans, who improved to 5-1 in Class 3A Tri-Peaks League action.

Sophomore Sarah Klingensmith had 14 assists, three digs and three aces, while cap-tain Catherine Lind had 19 digs.


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