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O� cials say it is a water rights issue, citizens say it is community By Rob Carrigan rcarrigan @coloradocommuntymedia.com

Monument Town Hall fl ooded out of trustee chambers into the halls with concerned citizens from the Tri-Lakes area — as the board of trustees, town manager and other town offi cials outlined positions in a Palmer Lake/ Monument water rights case, and listened to com-ments from the crowd.

Representatives from “Awake Palmer Lake” and others mostly identifi ed it as a “community issue” and asked Monument to withdraw their opposition to a water rights position that is scheduled to be heard in state water court on Feb. 3.

Monument’s Mayor Rafael Dominguez said “It’s a water rights issue,” and the town is not opposed to fi lling the lake, they just need be sure the consequences won’t affect their town in a negative way. He said the the town did not initiate the ac-tion.

Industrial water rights that origi-nated in Palmer Lake for use by rail-roads for steam engines and contin-ued to fi ll the lake until 2002, when the state stopped that use. Now, the town of Palmer Lake is asking the

state water board for permission to fi ll the lake using water from that re-cently unused industrial right.

Residents of both towns asked why Monument is opposed. Cur-rent litigation restricts how Monu-ment’s board of trustees can re-spond, say town offi cials.

The town’s attorney, Gary Shupp, said Monument isn’t opposed to fi ll-ing the lake. “The question is how it is going to be fi lled and whether or not the water in question, if it’s used to fi ll the lake, has a detrimental im-pact on Monument,” he said.

The town’s Public Works Direc-tor, Thomas Tharnish, said fi lling Palmer Lake could damage Monu-ment’s ability to provide water for its citizens. “By our numbers, taking 67 acre feet of water is going to seri-ously drop the level of Monument Lake.”

Both towns, Palmer Lake and Monument, and state water at-torneys are working to come to an agreement, said Monument offi -cials. Despite the primary draw being about the lack of water in Palmer Lake, the meeting chambers hosted more than a full house with runo� s into

the hallways Tuesday, Jan. 20, in the Monument Town Hall. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Gary Shupp, town attorney for Monument said the town isn’t opposed to � lling the lake. “The question is how it is going to be � lled and whether or not the water in ques-tion, if it’s used to � ll the lake, has a detrimental impact on Monument.”

Je� Hulsman, of the Awake Palmer Lake Committee, noted that the decisions on what do with water ultimately rests with Monument Board of Trustees, and encouraged them to think of the entire com-munity.

Palmer Lake, Monument citizens � ood meeting

Black Forest recovery reaches milestone More to recovery than replacing homes, removing burned trees By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer

The Black Forest Fire started June 11, 2013. By the time the fi re was contained, nine days later, two people were dead, 488 homes and countless numbers of out-buildings were destroyed and the burn area covered 14,280 acres.

Now, 18-months later, while there is a long way to go, the signs of recovery are everywhere.

“We’re past the halfway mark for new construction permits,” said Kathy Russell, public infor-mation offi cer for Black Forest Together. “We’ve hit 54.7 per-

cent with 267 permits issued by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. They’ve been a big help.”

The Black Forest Together web-site states that 180 replacement homes have been completed.

Because many of the people affected by the fi re have live-stock, some of the fi rst buildings replaced were the barns, sheds and coops needed to house the animals so their owners could end the expense of boarding them. Re-moving burned timber is also pro-ceeding apace.

Recovery isn’t just about re-placing buildings and clearing burned land, it also includes fuels mitigation in the forest that re-mains.

“One of our main efforts is the make people aware that the large

areas that didn’t burn at still at risk for wildfi re; just as much risk as the forest was when it burned the fi rst time,” Russell said.

Black Forest Together Forest Recovery Program Manager Scott MacDonald added, “If we want to avoid another big fi re, we must mitigate. We’re fi nding ways to re-duce the cost of mitigation but it won’t be free.”

One cost-reducing strategy has come in the form of a grant from the Colorado Department of Nat-ural Resources.

“The grant offers a great op-portunity now but we need to get neighbors together to take advan-tage of the program,” MacDonald said. “To be effective, we need groups of fi ve or so to pool their acreages. We’re looking for size and contiguity.”

“Nature doesn’t recognize 5-acre properties,” Russell said. “We found that out during the fi re. If one owner mitigated his prop-erty but his neighbors did noth-ing, the fi re just rolled on through. We know that some mitigation is good but more is better.”

This grant offers an opportuni-ty to educate the neighborhoods, MacDonald said, adding. “I like to ask people if they moved here for the forest or if they came for the trees. If they came for the forest, they need to make sure the forest is healthy.”

“It’s like a bell curve,” Russell said. “Some people at one edge of the curve will never be convinced to mitigate, they won’t change. But people in the middle of the curve

City o� cials outline water rights position Sta� report

Editor’s note: The following in-

formation was distributed at the Tuesday, Jan. 20, Monument Board of Trustees meeting and later on the town’s site and Facebook page.

Palmer Lake/Monument Wa-ter Rights Case Facts

1. Our water attorney and Palmer Lake’s water attorney,

spoke yesterday. The Palmer Lake water attorney said that his plan was to seek settlement discus-sions with Monument now that they have stipulations with the other opposers, and that he would be glad to get a proposal from Monument, which our attorney is working on. This is between the town of Monument and the town of Palmer Lake.

2. If Monument and Palmer Lake can come to an agreement for stipulation on this water right, the court would enter a de-cree pursuant to that stipulation which would conclude the case and it would not go to trial, cur-rently scheduled for the fi rst part of February. This is our ultimate goal and both town’s attorneys are in the process of working on this.

3. It has been reported that “Monument will spend over $40K fi ghting this case.” This is not true. We have spent $13,851.47 so far on this case from its beginning in 2014. It is unlikely the trial will cost in excess of $26K, according to our attorney.

4. It has been reported that

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Colorado Grand Resort and Hotel groundbreaking expected in May Deluxe retreat with water park is targeted to open summer 2016 By Danny Summers [email protected]

On Jan. 20, Gary Erickson, President of Northgate Properties, LLC, and developer of the new 200-acre Polaris Pointe shop-ping center in North Gate, announced the launch of The Colorado Grand Resort and Hotel.

Groundbreaking is scheduled to begin in May with a targeted opening in sum-mer 2016.

The Colorado Grand Resort and Hotel is expected to be the prominent feature of Polaris Points, formerly known as the Copper Ridge Shopping Center. It will be located between the North Gate and Interstate 25 interchange and the future Powers Boulevard and I-25 interchange.

The location overlooks the Air Force Academy and the entire Front Range. The resort is adjacent to the Bass Pro Shops.

Erickson added that future plans are to build an 800,000-square foot life-cen-ter mall, with shopping, restaurants and open-air venues.

“The first phase of the hotel will fea-ture 165 rooms including executive-style rooms, family-style rooms that sleep six and include bunk beds, and family suites with kitchens and great rooms that sleep eight,” Erickson said. “There will also be a timeshare model for guests who might be considering regular visits to the area.”

In addition, there will be a state-of-the-art fitness center featuring Precor equipment.

Phase 2 of the hotel will include addi-tional rooms, including more timeshares and more amenities.

The water park portion of the resort is being built by Integrity Pool Builders, which has been involved in water parks, commercial pools and Olympic swim-ming venues worldwide for over 30 years. Integrity has joined forces with Whitewa-ter West Industries to make it a Rocky-

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“The Colorado Grand will be the best indoor water park in a 500-mile radius and will feature 10 waterslides,” Erickson said.

The Poolsider Body Flume will take guests from one side of the park to the other. Two Giant Aquatubes will feature high-capacity, two-person thrills, as

guests twist and turn outside the park in a mostly dark ride experience.

Guests waiting in queue will watch as two riders at a time pull high-Gs in the signature SuperBowl ride.

“Only the most adventuresome will dare to plummet 53 feet straight down the Translucent Flatline Loop, which is a heart-pounding experience never to be forgotten,” Erickson said.

Guests will have access to locker rooms, an arcade and a waterside bar and grill. Overlooking the water park will be a balcony viewing area, complete with big-screen televisions.

Day passes will be available for local residents who want to take advantage of the hotel and water park amenities, but

who are not staying at the hotel.A convention space will be available

for weddings, parties, and business meet-ings, and will offer stunning views of the Front Range and the Air Force Academy.

Polaris Pointe currently includes Bass Pro Shops, Magnum Shooting Center, Bourbon Brothers restaurant, Uncle Buck’s Fishbowl, C.B. & Pott’s restaurant, El Padrino’s restaurant, Carl’s Jr., Costa Vida, Jimmy John’s, Pizza Hut and Orange Leaf Yogurt.

Erickson added that plans are in place for construction to start this year to add Sprouts Farmers Market, Ace Hardware, Kneaders Bakery and Cafe, Mikado Asian Bistro, SafeSplash Swim School, Boot Barn and Overdrive Go-Cart Racing.

The Colorado Grand Resort and Hotel groundbreaking is scheduled to begin in May with a targeted opening in summer 2016. The Colorado Grand Resort and Hotel is expected to be the prominent feature of Polaris Pointe, formerly known as the Copper Ridge Shopping Center. It will be located between the North Gate and Interstate 25 interchange and the future Powers Boulevard and I-25 interchange. Courtesy image

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Natural Grocers to build new location More than 100 new homes expected to be built this year in Monument By Danny Summers [email protected]

Monument continues to have business and residential growth, showing why it is one of the fastest growing towns in El Paso County.

Last month, the Monument Planning Commission voted to approve the rezoning of Natural Grocers from Highway 105 to a new a 15,000-square-foot building on the north side of Baptist Road, just east of Interstate 25 and 700 feet west of Jackson Creek Parkway on 1.7 acres.

The new store will be the fi rst one built on the vacant 42-acre site on the west side of Jackson Creek Parkway between Baptist Road and Blevins Buckle Trail. The old Foxworth-Galbraith store used to be located in the gen-eral vicinity.

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place of the old one and is expected to have a small meeting room, as well as a kitchen for classes and demonstrations. The new store is expected to open in June or July.

The current Natural Grocers building on Highway 105 is being leased.

“We hope somebody would want to move into the old building,” said Monument Prin-cipal Planner Mike Pesicka. “We would like to have that space occupied.”

Equity Ventures of Denver, the applicant for Natural Grocers, is concerned that east-bound customers exiting the new site would have to go west on Baptist Road toward the I-25 interchange and fi nd a place to make a U-turn if they desire to go east on Baptist Road.

Dave Meyer, a representative of Equity Ven-tures, requested the expansion of the existing cut in the existing concrete median on Baptist Road to allow left turns (eastbound) from the store’s stub access. Outgoing traffi c from the new location would turn left after crossing the existing three westbound Baptist Road traffi c lanes and then merge with the eastbound lane using a new acceleration lane that will be cut out of the median.

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thority gave approval for the left turn, and the county also approved the left turn with a pro-vision to review the turn in the future.

The Monument Planning Commission has also voted to approve the fi nal Planned Development site plan for Service Street Auto Repair.

Service Street Auto Repair plans to build a 4,480-square-foot facility on a 1.36-acre lot in the Monument Ridge shopping center on the southeast corner of Baptist Road and Struthers Road directly south of the Chase Bank. Pesicka said the main entrance will face west on Struthers Road.

Hundreds of new residential homes are expected to be for sale by the end of the year, according to Pesicka.

The Village Center at Woodmoor broke ground a few weeks ago with plans for 75 homes.

Lake of Rockies, located off of Mitchell Avenue near Monument Lake, has fi nished grading and is installing infrastructure such as utilities and roads.

“There will be 156 homes in there when it’s completed,” Pesicka said. “Hopefully there will be some models open soon.

“It will be built in phases. Probably 50 at a time.”

Lake of the Rockies sits on 60 acres; 15 of which will be dedicated for open space, ac-cording to Pesicka.

Pesicka added that Wagon Gap Trail along Old Denver Highway is developing “15 to 17 lots.”

Phase two of the Downtown Monument Sidewalks Program is expected to take place this summer, according to Pesicka. Phase 1 was completed last fall.

Jacobs Engineering will begin the second phase of the sidewalks program in late spring or early summer.

“The sidewalks program is a (Colorado Department of Transportation) funded pro-gram,” Pesicka said. “There will be a third phase of the program, but it is preliminary at this point and it will be much smaller than the fi rst two phases.”

With the town’s population growing, as well as the growth of business, it means more traffi c.

“We are always taking a look at the imme-diate and long-term traffi c conditions,” Pe-sicka said.

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Smith appointed newest town of Monument trustee Colorado native takes over for Gingrich, who stepped down in December By Danny Summers [email protected]

Jeff Smith is a native of Colorado, but it wasn’t until 2012 that he was able to return to the Tri-Lakes area after retiring from a 22-year career in the U.S. Air Force.

“Quite simply, this is the place we want-ed to call home,” said Smith, who has been married for 26 years and has three children, the youngest a senior at Lewis-Palmer High School.

Smith was recently appointed as a town of Monument trustee after Stan Gingrich stepped down Dec. 1.

During his time in the military, Smith was a tanker, transport and trainer pilot, but also served as an aircraft accident investigator and as an advisor for Latin American Affairs.

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Trustee Jeff Kaiser made a motion to vote on Smith’s appointment. Smith was voted in by a 4-2 margin, with John Howe and Kelly El-liott voting no.

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Palmer Lake stipulated to the Monument Lake case, which they did, nine years after the case was fi led. The agreement reached at that time gave Palmer Lake some dispen-sation for storage priority for their reservoir when Palmer Lake signed off on Monument

Lake case.5. It has been reported there is no nega-

tive impact on Monument Creek or Monu-ment Lake. They are asking for 67 acre feet of water annually to fi ll the lake. This amounts to about 21,832,000 gallons of wa-ter. This would be more than one month of drinking water used in the town of Monu-ment during a summer month.

6. Palmer Lake has not utilized all their available options for water. They could drill

a Denver Basin well if they need additional water.

7. It has been reported “this is much more than a water rights issue, it is a Tri-Lakes community issue.” No, it is a water rights issue, and the town of Monument staff and board are responsible for future generations of citizens who are depending on us to make prudent and conscientious decisions for their water future.

8. There is more to this story than what is being said in public, but since it is in litiga-tion the forum for determining what the is-sues are will be in court, and interested citi-zens should cover that, not a town meeting

where we are constrained by law regarding our comments.

9. The town of Palmer Lake just received a GOCO grant of $349,893 for improve-ments around the lake, including a pedes-trian bridge over the railroad track, a band-shell, parking, lighting and restrooms. This shows they have other avenues available for funding, not just this water right.

If you have any questions, contact Pa-mela K. Smith.

Pamela K. Smith, town manager town of Monument,

[email protected], 719-884-8045 Of-fi ce

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Forestare getting the message. They know that it was a lucky trick of the wind that they didn’t burn. Many of them are taking steps to be-come Fire Wise Communities.”

“That’s the nice thing about taking ad-vantage of the mitigation grant,” MacDon-ald said. “They don’t have to be a Fire Wise Community to use the grant but when they’re done they will be a Fire Wise Com-munity. Those of us who live in the wild-land-urban interface are all land managers; mitigation must become a lifestyle.”

To help forest residents to learn more about fuels mitigation and other programs, Black Forest Together is planning Forest Recovery Symposium 5 to take place from 9 a.m. to noon, Feb. 7 in the gymnasium at

Edith Wolford Elementary School, 13710 Black Forest Road.

Participants will learn about the orga-nization’s plans to distribute free seedlings this spring and ongoing volunteer projects to clear burned timber. Representatives from the Colorado State Forest Service will discuss its plan to operate a temporary small sawmill in Black Forest this season and Black Forest Together personnel will explain how neighborhoods can take ad-vantage of the grant-assisted opportunity to reduce the cost of improving survivable space around homes and removing excess green trees to reduce the chance of another extreme wildfi re.

For more information, check out www.blackforesttogether.org, call 719-495-2445 or email [email protected]. MacDonald can be reached from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 719-321-2359.


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Knee Arthritis Pain: One HUGE Mistake And Two “Smart Moves” Doctor’s Simple Advice Gets Rave Reviews By Patients Lucky Enough To Give It A TryBy Matt EdgarAmerica’s Health Writer

El Paso County - Have you been told that exercise will help your knee arthritis pain? Well... has it helped? If it hasn’t, one local doctor has a very good reason why. Not only that - he says if you are trying to exer-cise with knee arthritis - you might be making a HUGE mistake.

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What’s the answer? In a car it’s simple - put in more oil. And then make sure the oil level is correct and it is changed when necessary. With your knee joints - it is a little more complicated. The major lubricating fluid in your knee joint is called synovial fluid. Synovial fluid is the fluid that “dries up” when you suffer with arthritis.

But there is good news: Now doctors can inject one of the build-ing blocks of synovial fluid direct-ly into your knee joint. This building block of syno-vial fluid is called hyaluronic acid. And when hyaluronic acid is in-jected directly into the knee joint, many experts believe it helps lu-bricate the joint. Some say it is like squirting oil on a rusty door hinge. This al-lowed the knee joint to glide more smoothly and often reduces or even eliminates pain.

And here is the most impor-tant part: Now that the joint is lubricated and can move with less or no pain - specific exercises can be a tremendous help. That’s why the doctors (when patients qualify) treat knee arthri-tis patients with hyaluronic acid injections FIRST and then pre-scribe a very specific rehabilitation and exercise program specially de-veloped to help knee arthritis pain. This comprehensive knee ar-thritis pain program is called, “P.A.C.E.” and has been getting wonderful results. So what is the HUGE mis-take? If you suffer with knee arthritis and are exercising and the pain is either not getting bet-ter - or getting worse - you may be making a mistake. You may actu-ally be making things worse. And that’s the last thing you want to do. What are the two “smart moves?” If you have knee ar-thritis pain, look into viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid. In many cases treatment with hyaluronic acid followed by a specific rehabilitation or exercise program can get results when eve-rything else has failed. In fact, it is not uncommon to get pain relieve just from the hyaluronic acid treat-ments alone - without doing any rehabilitation or exercising at all. And the results can be dramatic. If you are thinking about giv-

ing hyaluronic acid treatments a try - this is VERY IMPOR-TANT: In our opinion the doctor you choose should use advanced imaging technology such as fluor-oscopy to guide the injections and make sure the hyaluronic acid goes where it is supposed to. La-ser guided digital imaging is one of the best technologies to guide injections. Research shows that without fluoroscopy, doctors miss the joint space up to 30% of the time. Ob-viously, if the joint space is missed - the treatment cannot work. If you have already had vis-cosupplementaion without this advanced imaging technology and it did not work - you may want to give it another try with a doctor who uses this cutting edge tech-nique to get the best results pos-sible. So, if you suffer with knee arthritis pain, talk to a specialist about viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid especially if ex-ercise is not working or making things worse. And make sure the doctor you choose works in a state-of-the-art medical facility and uses advanced fluoroscopic imaging (Like laser guided digital imaging) to guide the injections to make sure the treatments have the best chance to work. For more information on visco-supplementation for knee arthritis or to get a free screening to see if this treatment is right for you, one of the specialists at Osteo Relief Institute can be reached at 719-323-6612.

Making Knee Arthritis Pain Worse: Research has discov-ered that people are suffering with arthritis much younger than expected. Making the right treatment choices now can pos-sibly stop the progression and eliminate the pain.

Knee Pain Treatment Craze In Colorado Springs After thousands already helped knee pain suffers face 48 hour cut off to get risk free screening

for incredibly popular treatment(ORI) - The clock is ticking. There is only 48 hours to go. If you suffer with knee ar-thritis pain and would like to get a risk free knee pain screening to see if the experts at Osteo Relief Institute in Colorado Springs, CO can help you with their extremely popular knee pain relief program - read this right now. Here is why: For the past sev-eral years, the experts at Osteo Relief Institute have been literally swarmed with knee arthritis suf-ferers looking for relief. Nearly all these knee pain suf-ferers chose Osteo Relief for one reason - their top-notch knee pain relief program featuring viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid and specially designed rehabilita-tion program.

The Secret To Success? The experts at Osteo Relief Institute believe one of the biggest reasons for their success is the fact that they have some of the best technology money can buy.

Laser Guided Digital Imaging

The clinic uses extremely ad-vanced imaging equipment that al-lows them to see directly into the knee joint that they are treating. This advanced imaging is called, “Laser Guided Digi-tal Imaging” and many experts believe is the difference between success and failure with this knee pain treatment. And probably the best thing about this technology is that is has allowed the experts at Osteo Relief Institute to get results with knee pain when so many others have failed.

What Is This Treatment? This treatment is viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid (HA). Those are big medical terms that basically means this... When you have knee arthri-tis - the lubricating fluid (synovial fluid) in your knee joint dries up. This means instead of gliding smoothly - your bones start to rub

and grind against each other. This causes a little pain in the beginning - but over time the pain steadily gets worse until it is ex-cruciating. Hyaluronic acid works so well because it is like “joint oil.” It is a natural substance and is one of the natural building blocks of the synovial fluid that lubricates your knee. Scientists and researchers dis-covered this natural building block to synovial fluid in the rooster’s comb - that big red thing on top of the roosters head. It is extracted from the roosters comb, purified and concentrated. When it is injected directly into your knee joint, it is like squirting oil on a rusty door hinge. Hyaluronic acid allows your joints to glide more smoothly eliminating a lot of the rubbing, grinding and pain.Why You Should Try This Even If You’ve Already Had Similar Treatments Without results...

“We have been able to help so many knee pain sufferers - even many who have already tried other injections like Synvisc, Supartz, Orthovisc and even Hyalgan. We use special and very advanced low-dose video fluoroscopy imag-ing called “Hologic Digital Imag-ing” so we can see right into the joint. This allows us to put the Hyaglan exactly where is needs to be. Studies show doctors do-ing joint injections without fluor-oscopy miss the joint up to 30% of the time.” said the director of Arthritis Treatment at Osteo Relief Institute. Osteo Relief Institute is a state of the art medical facility offering only the best technology. And that’s not all - Osteo Re-lief Institute has a complete knee relief program called “P.A.C.E.” to make sure you get the most pain relief and the best possible results from treatment. “Every case is individual.

Some patients get quite a bit of re-lief right away - others take a little more time. But most have been ex-tremely happy and the results usu-ally last for at least 6 months. Pa-tients who were suffering for years with bad knee pain are getting their lives back... going for walks again and exercising. It’s amazing to see. They tell all their friends - that’s why we are swarmed. I can’t tell you how many patients have cancelled their total knee replace-ment surgeries.” added one of the doctors.

How To Get It If you have knee pain, the doc-tors and staff would like to invite you for a risk free screening to see if you are a candidate for Hyalgan treatments and the P.A.C.E pro-gram. All you have to do is call 719-323-6612 right now and when the scheduling specialist answers the phone tell her you would like your free “Knee Pain Screening.” Your screening will only take about 25-30 minutes... you will get all your questions answered and leave knowing if you have possibly found the solution to your knee

pain. But You Must Do This

RIGHT NOW The specialists at Osteo Re-

lief Institute can only accept a limited amount of new pa-tients each month for this screening. And because of the demand, we can only guarantee you a spot if you call within the next 48 hours. If you are suffering in pain - make the call right now so you can make your appoint-ment today. Why not take 20 minutes for your risk free screening to discover how you may be able to end your knee arthritis pain? So call 719-323-6612 right now and find out if the ex-perts at Osteo Relief Institute can help you like they have already helped thousands of others in your community. And here’s something really important - Hyalu-ronic acid treatments and the

P.A.C.E program are covered by most insurance and Medicare. To schedule your risk free screen-ing.

Successful Treatment - Hyalgan being precisely injected directly into the knee joint using Hologic digital imaging. Advanced imaging al-lows treatments to be as precise as possible. Hyalgan can lubricate the joint and decrease pain.

Failed Treatment - the injection (and Hyalgan) misses the joint space. Research shows this oc-curs up to 30% of the time without the use of holistic digital imaging to guide the injection. This is why Hyalgan may not have worked for you.

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Edith Wolford Elementary School, 13710 Black Forest Road.

Participants will learn about the orga-nization’s plans to distribute free seedlings this spring and ongoing volunteer projects to clear burned timber. Representatives from the Colorado State Forest Service will discuss its plan to operate a temporary small sawmill in Black Forest this season and Black Forest Together personnel will explain how neighborhoods can take ad-vantage of the grant-assisted opportunity to reduce the cost of improving survivable space around homes and removing excess green trees to reduce the chance of another extreme wildfire.

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El Paso County Parks hosts meeting on Falcon Regional ParkFor the Tribune

El Paso County Parks is hosting a public meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on Jan. 28 to review the draft master plan for the development and fu-ture use of the 215-acre site that is Falcon Regional Park.

The park is located west of East-

onville Road and north of Falcon High School. This is the third of three public meetings designed to engage citizens and other stakeholders in the master planning process. The Park Advisory Board and the Board of County Commissioners will re-view the plan at public hearings in February.

The Jan. 28 meeting will be held at the Meridian Ranch Recreation Center, 10301 Angeles Road, Peyton, CO 80831. The agenda will include a summary of the three concept al-ternatives for the park presented at the Jan. 7 meeting along with citizen input received, a presentation of the final plan for the park and a re-

cap of next steps. Attendees will be encouraged to share their observa-tions on the master plan. Maps will be on display.

For more information about the Falcon Regional Park Master Plan, contact either Tamara Baxter with NES, Inc. via email at [email protected] or by phone at (719)

884-1371or Elaine Kleckner at the Community Services/Planning Di-vision via email at [email protected] or by phone at (719) 520-6999.

To keep in touch with the mas-ter planning process for the Falcon Regional Park, visit adm.elpasoco.com.

New Leadership at the El Paso County Emergency Services AuthoritySta� report

El Paso County Emergency Ser-vices Authority (ESA) elected new officers at its regular meeting ear-lier this month. The new ESA Chair is Hanover Fire Department Chief Carl Tatum. Green Mountain Falls/Chipita Park Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Chief Steve Murphy is the new ESA Vice-Chair. ESA Secretary Jeff Force and ESA Treasurer Wayne Florek were re-elected to their posi-tions.

“The ESA board strives to pro-vide the best ground ambulance service at a reasonable cost to the residents and visitors of the Coun-ty,” said ESA Chair Carl Tatum. “Over the past few months, the ESA and AMR have worked with several fire districts to address ambulance response time concerns. The ESA is also working with area leaders, and looking to reach out nation-ally to experts in ground transport systems, so it may continue to im-prove the current ground transport

system as the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented here in El Paso County.”

The El Paso County Emergency Services Authority was created by Intergovernmental Agreement be-tween the City of Fountain and El Paso County. Creation of the ESA as a separate legal entity ensures a coordinated, effective and ef-ficient emergency management system, including providing am-bulance service and other related emergency medical services. It co-

ordinates with state and other local governmental entities to provide maximally effective emergency ser-vices. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at 3 p.m. at the Pikes Peak Regional Devel-opment Center, 2nd Floor Hearing Room, 2880 International Circle, Colorado Springs.

The 12-member board currently includes two emergency room phy-sicians, four fire district representa-tives, one paramedic, three elected officials, a citizen representative

and a senior citizen representa-tive. A vacant position was filled in August by Ramah Mayor Keith Mc-Cafferty, with his alternate being Calhan Mayor Blair Bartling.

The complete list of board members is available online at:

http://bcc.elpasoco.com/Vol-unteerBoards/Pages/Emergency-ServicesAuthority.aspx

Information and photos of board members are also online:

http://esaboard.org/board.html


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Walls of white, with power and might When I was much younger, I worked for

a guy that had cabins up in Horse Gulch above Rico, and on certain winters, the spring snow had to be cleared from the roofs or they would collapse. We would ski in on a moonlit night to avoid ending up in a avalanche and shovel for days, as well try to get the cabins warm enough that the snow would slide off the tin roof.I always had a lot of respect for slides after seeing a little one in Burns Canyon (also near Rico) run one time, and witnessing the damage that a slide was capable in several locations on the Upper Dolores.

But avalanche caution was sort of insti-tutionalized in San Juans.

Take for example this Feb. 20 report in the Fairplay Flume in 1897. “There was a reign of terror in the mountains yesterday. Reports from Leadville, Aspen, Ouray, Red Cliff, Telluride and other towns tell of snow slides by the dozens. Huge volumes of snow tumbled down from every peak and crag, and those who had to travel on the mountain trails were in fear of their lives. J. E. BELL, a mail carrier of Ouray, was caught and killed in a big slide at Riverside”

It went on to tell of railroad travel being blocked on all of the lines centering at Leadville, and down in the southern part of the state the Rio Grande Southern was tied up at different points by snow.

Earlier reports from papers in the East such as this account in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Jan 27, 1886 had initiated talk

of such dangers.“Another snow-slide horror is reported

from the extreme southwestern part of the State. Leonard Sutton, who has been at work in the Silver Lake basin in the La Plata Mountains, reached Durango last night with a frightful account of a slide which wrecked the cabin at the Daylight Mine on Tuesday last. While he was sitting in the cabin with Henry Thomas, his partner, and a fi erce storm was raging outside, a slide from the mountain side suddenly struck the cabin and demolished it.

“Sutton says he was hurled some dis-tance and buried 15 feet under the snow. He managed to drag himself out, and set about to fi nd Thomas, who was buried about ten feet deep. But the man’s leg was broken, and he was otherwise so badly injured that he could not sit up. Thomas begged Sutton to kill him and thus put him out of his misery. Sutton refused to kill him, and then Thomas begged him to leave at once and save himself. Believing

Thomas would not live more than a few minutes he fi nally consented to leave him to his fate. Before his departure Thomas requested him to return in the spring and bury his body and send his money and other property to his sister, Miss Hannah Thomas, who resides in New York.”And more recently Caroline Arlen quotes Silverton miner and former county com-missioner David Calhoon, on the perils of the area in her book Colorado Mining Stories: Hazards, Heroics & Humor.

“We dug people out of avalanches. Most of them dead. Just digging out bodies. It’s unbelievable the force those avalanches have. It’s terrifi c.”

Calhoon tells of a state highway dozer operator from Durango lost to the snows near Silverton.

“ … An old D-7. It had just come up from the Durango shop and was freshly painted. He had fi nished plowing out the slide, and the road was open. Some people came by and said they noticed that he was sitting in the tractor eating lunch. Anyway, there was another slide come down, and it took that Cat clear across the canyon.”

Calhoon told Arlen that, “When we got down there, we got two tractors to get hold of the Cat and pull it up. Those arms on the side were bent, but there were no abrasion marks on the new paint. No stuff went by it, no rocks or anything. I think it’s because

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� e real story of how the ‘Super Bowl’ got its name On Sunday, Feb. 1, at about 4:30 p.m.

mountain time, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will square off in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona.

Plenty has already been written con-cerning the players and coaches from both teams, as well as Defl ate-gate. Because of all these storylines, this Super Bowl might be the most-watched of any of the previous 48 games.

Many believe the Super Bowl has only reached its insane level of popularity in re-cent years. Not so.

The fi rst Super Bowl, played Jan. 15, 1967, between Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers and Hank Stram’s Kansas City Chiefs, was the culmination of a truce be-tween the National Football League and then American Football League.

That fi rst game, which took place at the famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, was not a sell out, but there was a plenty of hype. Because of television contracts, the game was broadcast by both CBS (the NFL’s network) and NBC (home of the AFL). The game received a combined rating of 41.1 (22.6 for CBS and 18.5 for NBC.

That 41.1 rating was the highest of any of the fi rst fi ve Super Bowls; and that includes the New York Jets’ upset of the Baltimore

Colts in Super Bowl III, which received a 36 rating.

Much has been discussed concerning how the Super Bowl got its name. Former Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt (who spear-headed the formation of the AFL in the late 1950s (its fi rst season was 1960) is credited by many with coming up with the name.

According to various newspaper ac-counts over the years — including a 1983 article in the New York Times, and a Wall Street Journal report in 2000, after the fi rst three contests were called the “World Championship Game,” one day Hunt “no-ticed his children bouncing one of those hyper-springy `super ball’ around.” He came up with the name Super Bowl and ev-erybody accepted that as fact.

But there are many problems with that

story. Despite what appeared on the face of the tickets from those early games, and whoever decreed the event the “AFL-NFL Championship Game,” several newspapers were already calling that January 1967 the “Super Bowl.”

A headline on the fi rst page of the New York Times’ sports section read that very fi rst Super Sunday; “The Super Bowl: Foot-ball’s Day of Decision Stirs Nation.”

The lead in the Los Angeles Times the day following the game read, “Like a stern parent chastising a mischievous child, the Green Bay Packers soundly thrashed the upstart Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 Sunday in Memorial Coliseum in the fi rst Super Bowl game.”

So why does Hunt gets the credit for coming up with the name “Super Bowl?” Even before that fi rst game was played, members of the press reported that Hunt “gave the playoff its [then unoffi cial] name,” and he was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on January 13, 1967, saying that “I was just sort of kidding at fi rst when I mentioned Super Bowl in the meetings ... But then the other owners started using it and the press picked it up.”

Hunt, however, contradicted himself in a newspaper article that appeared in a New York Times piece on Jan. 20, 1986, entitled “Naming the Game.” According to Hunt, after Los Angeles was selected as the site of the fi rst game and it was agreed that two networks would broadcast the game, the owners’ committee “continued to have those conversational problems regarding the post-season games and the newly cre-ated title game,” and “one day, the words fl owed something like this: `No, not those games - the one I mean is the fi nal game — you know the Super Bowl.’”

But Hunt’s own time-line does not re-ally jive with the facts. The date and place — Jan. 15, 1967 at the Memorial Coliseum — for the season-ending game was not set until Dec. 1, 1966. Arrangements to broad-

cast the game were not announced until the middle of December.

In fact, media outlets for months lead-ing up to the much-anticipated game, were already calling it “Super Bowl” without any apparent input by Hunt.

It appears that “super” was attached to the game as early as June 1966 — imme-diately after the NFL-AFL merger was an-nounced. On June 10 of that year a New York Times sports columnist named Arthur Daley looked ahead to “a new superduper football game for what amounts to the championship of the world.”

By the time the 1966 season got under-way in early September, that superlative had already been refi ned into its now fa-miliar form.

The term “bowl” has been a long-estab-lished usage for the traditional games that end the college football season. On Sept. 4, 1966, a Los Angeles Times story stated that the season ending game was being “referred to by some as the Super Bowl.” That day’s lead story in the New York Times

sports section was headlined “NFL Set to Open Season That Will End in Super Bowl.”

A week later, on Sept. 11, 1966, the Washington Post described the AFL as “the brash upstarts who will tackle Goliath in professional football’s ultimate produc-tion, a highly appealing ‘Super Bowl’ that promises extra pizzazz at seasons’s end.”

References to the game as the “Super Bowl” continued to appear regularly as the season continued; well before Hunt’s ver-

sion of his children playing with a super ball.

By looking at the facts, the war between the two leagues - which hit a fever pitch with the signing of Joe Namath by the AFL’s Jets in 1965 - led to members of the media coming up with the name “super bowl” as a way to describe the game that would de-cide the better league.

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of a force that’s in front of those slides. Those slides come so fast, they’re pushing air in front of them. All his blood vessels were fi lled up. I think you’re dead before the snow ever hits.”

The April 15, 1906 edition of the New York Times tells of the freakish work of snow slide in the San Juan District.

“… For the avalanche is even more erratic than a cyclone. Some slides follow a certain path every year, and then, for no apparent reason, they will take a sudden shoot to one side or the other and make an entirely new path, probably killing a few men in blazing a new trail. If the big slide at Silverton this year had come down its usual path there would have been no damage. But its course was changed, in some unexplained manner, and it tore through mine buildings and ended by leaping into the Animas River, which it dammed to such an extent that some miners living along the river bottom were forced to vacate their cabins.”The same account talked about another massive slide in the Ouray area.

“Last year a big slide carried away the Banker’s National Mine boarding house and killed eight men. A big force from the Camp Bird Mine was soon on the spot. Electric wires were stretched and system-atic work of rescue was carried on. One man expired of suffocation just as he was

drawn from the slide. Another was taken out alive, clinging to the wreck of a guitar which he had been playing when he was carried away by the slide. The cook was missing and ‘soundings’ were taken with long-handled shovels. A cheer went up when one of these shovels was wrenched from the hand of a rescuer. At the same time a curious rattling sound was heard, which puzzled the rescuers until thy dug down and found the cook rattling the stove damper, the noise being car-ried up the stovepipe through the great mass of snow. At the time the slide struck, the cook was standing by his range. He dropped down beside the stove, and the iron protected him from the weight of the timbers above him. He was able to move a little and had plenty of fresh air, hence was none the worse for his experience when he was released.”

In February of 1897, a slide took out the railroad station at Ophir.

“A monster snow slide came down this after noon and demolished Ophir Station, on the Rio Grande Southern railroad be-tween Rico and Vance Junction, with four loaded freight cars and four empty ones standing on the side track,” reported the Boise Idaho Statesman on Feb. 21, 1897.

“Agent E.L. Gamble had his ankle severely sprained and Mrs. Gamble was badly bruised. She was knocked under a table over which timbers fell, which prob-ably saved her life. The depot is a com-plete wreck. Snow and debris is piled up on the main and the side tracks near the site of the depot 50 feet in depth by 500 feet in width.”


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About the town Interview of Monument Chief of Police Jacob Shirk

By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

Some careers take a winding path, with diverse stops along the way, until the perfect occupation reveals itself. However, for Monu-ment Chief of Police Jacob Shirk, his passion for law enforcement has been his entire life’s focus.

Shirk began his journey in port security for the Coast Guard reserves in 1974. He served six months on active duty as a brief

respite from studying electrical engineering at the University of Colorado. Upon returning to cam-pus, he became a part-time police offi cer for the college. Realizing his love of law enforcement, Shirk tested with local agencies and was quickly hired by the Aurora Police Department in 1976.

For the next 29 years, Shirk would progress through the ranks. He was the jail, communications, emergency response team and Special Weapons And Tactics commander, as well as director of a detective section. He competi-tively tested and was selected as captain. Soon after, Shirks’ super-

visor encouraged him to look for his own department, ultimately bringing Shirk to Monument in March 2005.

The differences between Auro-ra and Monument are stark. Shirk left a force of more than 680 of-fi cers to lead just 14. He wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I lost a lot of manpower, but I gained personal interaction,”

he admits. The lack of manpower results in Monument offi cers hav-ing additional duties. The organi-zational chart shows from one to fi ve additional responsibilities per position.

Shirks considers his manage-ment style collaborative, encour-aging his offi cers to be creative and submit suggestions.

“I want to hear their ideas. All

of the programs, from SWAT to the commercial vehicle offi cer, have been ideas brought up by the lower ranks,” Shirk said. He considers the department a fami-ly, tight knit, made of up of people from Aurora to Fountain.

The only challenge the depart-ment recently faced was man-

Shaded areas are located within the town’s boundaries. All other areas are unincorporated, including Woodmoor and the high schools. This map can be found on the Town of Monument web site under Planning. Courtesy image

Chief Shirk at desk cutline: Chief of Police Jacob Shirk leads “one of the best equipped depart-ments around.” The department is part of the community and welcomes interaction with residents when out and about. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

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LIFET R I - L A K E S

In the forest‘It is all about caring for the land, and serving the people’By Rob [email protected]

Restoring resiliency to the “Wildland Urban Interface” by thinning out dense forest, reduc-ing fuels and collaboratively man-aging resources like land, water and providing for travel manage-ment planning, are all part of the drill, says Erin Connelly, Forest and Grassland Supervisor for the Forest Service’s Pike and San Isa-bel National Forest Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, when she spoke to Woodland Park residents at the Ute Pass Cultural Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

“It is all about caring for the land, and serving the people.” Connelly says.

Citing a recent study identi-fying the Top 5 reasons visitors come to the forest, she notes:

1. They are here to view natural features.

2. Relax. 3. View wildlife.4. Hiking or walking in the nat-

ural surroundings.5. Driving to places within the

forest.Local residents in attendance

challenged some aspects of the operation, however.

“Some of us think of you as the Forest Closers,” said local resident Curt Grina. “It seems more areas

are closed all the time. And much of the forest is cut off from us ex-cept for about a third of the year.”

He asked Connelly and Pike National Forest District Ranger Oscar Martinez to identify how many miles of road had been

closed and additionally how many roads in the forest are targeted for future closer.

Both Connelly and Martinez said they have to look at man-agement with all stakeholders in mind. Concerns for water, and

forest management that restores resilience to a diverse and multi-faceted forest landscape, while helping collaborative efforts in the private sector, and with interac-tions with all organizations is key to their success.

LEFT: Erin Connelly, Forest and Grassland Supervisor for the Forest Service’s Pike and San Isabel National Forest Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, spoke to Woodland Park residents at the Ute Pass Cultural Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, about policies and upcoming issues. RIGHT: Oscar Martinez, Pikes Peak District Ranger, outlines initiatives and addressed questions by locals at the meeting Tuesday. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Area identi�ed as potential problem area for wild�re in the urban interfaceBy Rob [email protected]

When asked this week about any specific areas of concern as it pertains to the threat of wildfire, Pikes Peak District Ranger Oscar Martinez tabbed the Upper Monument Creek landscape.

“We are just beginning a modelling proj-ect to take that landscape and look at how to fragment the way that fire moves there. Our intention is to manage the landscape so that we might be able to design treatments to put speed bumps in place should a major wildfire occur.”

Carin Vadala, NEPA Planner for the Forest Service is the lead for the Upper Monument Creek Project, and says things are just begin-ning.

“The Front Range Roundtable identified this area as a high priority treatment area to reduce the risk of large severe fires and to in-crease the function of the watersheds. They have worked to garner funding through the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project which will help fund the work done on the forest. The estimated costs are approxi-mately $10 million over a ten-year period or about $1 million a year to implement. The main objective is to create a forest structure that is varied across the landscape and is also resilient to disturbances. The timeline is not completely set because the district is currently working on the Environmental Impact State-ment which will be released to the public for review later this year. Once the EIS is finalized it is anticipated that projects will continue for about 10 years,” Vadala said.

According to a description in Forest Service reports, “The landscape is highly urbanized with the Colorado Springs metropolitan area dominating on the southeast border and the community of Woodland Park on the south-west. Two smaller communities, Monument and Palmer Lake, border the landscape to the northeast. The U.S. Air Force Academy is a sig-nificant presence on the landscape’s eastern boundary. The USAFA also maintains the pri-vate 655-acre Farish Recreation Area as an in-holding within the landscape itself. The north-ern portion of the UMC landscape includes approximately one-quarter (4,407 acres) of the U.S. Forest Service’s Manitou Experimental Forest and 3,409 acres of designated Colorado

Roadless Area. The 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire burned across 11,000 acres at the landscape’s southern tip.

“The UMC Initiative builds on the work of the Front Range Roundtable, which has been working together since 2004 to dramati-cally increase forest management that reduces wildfire risks to communities and restores re-silient ecological conditions in Front Range forests. The 67,000-acre UMC landscape is located within an area designated as a high priority for management by the Roundtable. Treatment within the landscape will be imple-mented under the auspices of the Front Range Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project and Long Term Stewardship Contract, both of which are Roundtable priorities, ac-cording to and executive summary of the ini-tial report.

“The UMC Collaborative used a series of workshops and field visits to identify effective strategies for restoring desired conditions to the UMC landscape. Using both spatial and non-spatial analyses, the Collaborative found that: three major forest types comprise 85% of the landscape; forests in older age classes are significantly underrepresented; and forest conditions are considerably more dense than they would have been historically, particularly in the drier ponderosa pine and mixed coni-fer systems. Analyses also revealed that these closed forest conditions place people, water and wildlife at significant risk from unnatu-rally large and damaging wildfires,” the report said.

Based on these analyses, it recommends over the next seven to 10 years, the USFS use a combination of mechanical, manual and prescribed fire treatments to manage condi-tions on approximately 18,000 acres within the UMC landscape.

“First, treatments must be designed and implemented at a meaningful scale, ensuring that they are able to effect a landscape-scale change in conditions and processes. Second, treatments should be strategically scheduled and located so that they maximize benefits to both people and nature. Finally, treatments must be carefully designed, using the best available science for individual forest systems and ensuring that the purpose of treatments is clear,” the report said.

Those interested in the project can visit fs.usda.gov.

Mount Herman Road is still closed but work is expected to be completed soon, weather permitting. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Map outlining the scope of the upper Monument Creek project. Courtesy image


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To address retention, Shirk ap-

proached the board of trustees and town manager to create a more in-centivized pay structure.

“We are very competitive now,” according to Shirk. The force also includes three and one-half civilian, two volunteer reserve offi cer and three volunteer chaplain positions.

The chief of police position is hired by and works for the town manager. While there is an excellent working relationship with the board of trustees, this structure provides a level of separation for direct control or infl uence.

The latest initiative Shirk is pur-suing is a SWAT team, combining offi cers from the Monument and

Fountain departments. Smaller in-dividual agencies do not have all the resources, but collectively they can.

“We want to set the model for what a regional SWAT looks like,” he stated. As of now, when SWAT is required, El Paso county responds, resulting in Monument’s loss of command and control. By having a dedicated SWAT team, Shirk main-tains oversight at the scene.

Relations between the county and Monument are extremely strong. El Paso provides free dis-patch and investigation support. The two departments often work in concert when responding to calls. For residents outside of the town of

Monument boundary, which does not include Woodmoor, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department is the lead agency. Surprisingly, only Bear Creek Elementary falls within the town. However, Shirk acknowledges Monument police are often fi rst on the scene.

“We will absolutely respond to calls outside our jurisdiction,” he stressed. “We don’t want to see citi-zens or deputies get hurt.”

When asked how the communi-ty can get involved, Shirk was quick with his answer.

“The offi cers love to talk with the citizens,” he shared, adding “Inter-action is good for both sides.” Shirk

encourages citizens to engage of-fi cers when they see them. Hearing from the community helps offi cers understand the needs and pass on information as well.

Those who would like to learn more about the Monument police department can consider taking part in the Citizen’s Police Acad-emy being offered in April. This free, eight-session course takes you through the tactics and rigors of police work. Space is limited to 18, so look for sign-up information on the Monument police department Facebook page.


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Here in Colorado, a new industry came along about a hundred years ago. It really took off in the 1920s.

The crop was sugar beets. The idea that there was a way to get sweet sugar from an ugly looking plant was novel. Most of the country’s sugar came from the south and sugar cane, from outside the country. It was really expensive.

The sugar beet industry in Colorado saw construction of big refi ning mills, large ranches, towns an irrigation projects. Along the Arkansas and Platte rivers, even in Kansas and Wyoming, sugar beets became an important crop.

In this area, Colorado Springs was the home of Holly Sugar, and their properties could be found all though the state. As an aside, C&H stands for California and Hawaii, and much of their sugar comes from cane, but beet sugar

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To enhance the programs at the El Paso County Department of Human Services designed to help families achieve self-sufficiency and protect children, DHS will implement a substance abuse screening program for those receiving Temporary As-sistance for Needy Families also known as Colorado Works.

To qualify for Colorado Works an indi-vidual must be a U.S. citizen or legal alien, meet the resource and income guidelines and have a dependent child. To receive their benefits individuals are required to take part in work participation programs designed to get them back into the work-force.

“We must be sure that TANF dollars are not supporting drug use,” said Commis-sioner Amy Lathen.

“We want to make sure the families we are helping are doing everything in their power to achieve self-sufficiency as effi-ciently as possible and are able to properly care for their children.

If folks are clean, this will not impact them. If they are not, they need to get help in order to receive TANF.”

Under this policy if there’s reasonable suspicion that an individual may be abus-ing substances, which reasonable suspicion may be based on any of the following crite-ria, the individual may be required to par-ticipate in a substance abuse screening by a certified addiction counselor in order to stay in the TANF program.

Criteria for substance abuse screening:• Verbal or written self-declaration; or• Chronic missed Colorado Works/TANF

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• Federal TANF Time clock at 24 months (individuals are lifetime limited to 60 months on TANF); or

• Presence of physical symptoms such as but not limited to impairment of motor function, slurred speech, incoherent or ir-rational mental state, and/or smell of mari-juana or alcohol; or

• Child Protection referral indicating suspected substance abuse; or

• Non-compliance with the Colorado Works IRC without good cause

If an individual tests positive for sub-stance abuse a treatment plan will be re-quired as part of their Individual Respon-sibility Contract. If the individual refuses treatment they will no longer be eligible for TANF in El Paso County.

On average each month in 2014 about 2,283 families received TANF benefits in El Paso County.

is also involved. The beet could be raised even is only moderately fertile land, the agricultural experts discovered. The by-products from getting the sugar out could be used to feed cattle.

The industry took a big drop in the 1980s. Many of the smaller mills closed as the costs got too high. Part of it was the amount of energy it took to extract the sugar from the beets, however, in recent

years it has recovered some. The newest touch is that sugar beets can also be used to make alcohol based fuel for automo-biles. Some of the plants in Wyoming and Nebraska are being converted to make fuel. Unfortunately, in many places, the old mills were torn down and scrapped before this was discovered.

Corn was used at first to make alcohol for fuel, but there again it was a cost factor. The price of corn went up and it affected the prices of animal feed, as well as food for us. The lowly sugar beet may again become an important crop, then again, if the price of oil stays down.

Who knows!


McFarland

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FORTY YEARS AGO

Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News, Jan. 30, 1975

There will be an open house for Goldie Simpson who retired as postmistress of the Monument Post Office after 25 years of service. It will be held at the Inn at Woodmoor on Feb. 2, 1975 from 2 to 5 p.m.

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A brief history of the Monument Post Office was written by Lucille Lavelett. The first post office was established in 1869 and was located on the David McShane ranch, which in 1975 was owned by Mitch Richardson.

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David McShane was the first postmaster. It was moved to the head of Second Street when the D & RG railway came through. Henry Limbach was the second postmaster. It became a money-order post office. Be-cause of the many sawmills located nearby and potato and grain harvests people were able to send money via money orders.

The postmasters and postmistresses since it was established are as follows: David McShane, 1869; Henry Limbach, 1871; William Holbrook, 1880; William Younger, 1886; John Duffy, 1886; Mrs. Catherine Duffy, 1891; Francis W. Bell, 1896; Mary S. Bell, 1910; Anna L Watts, 1910; Mrs. Ida Betz, 1914; Mrs. Goldie Simpson, 1942; Lela Hagedorn, 1942; Wilbur W. Carruthers, 1949; Lucille Lavelett, 1957; Goldine L. Simpson, 1962.

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Mr. John Knipping, principal at Lewis Palmer Middle School will serve as discussion leader at National Con-vention of Secondary School Principals in Las Vegas on Feb. 7-12. He will lead a discussion on “Student Coun-cils in the Middle School.”

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Perry Park Horse Owner’s Association will sponsor a square dance at Echo Hills Club Feb. 8 form 8 to 12 p.m.

Admission is $1.50 for adults and 50 cents for a child accompanied by an adult. Fred Staeban will be calling. We are looking forward to a “Good Old Western Time.”

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Lewis Palmer Booster club meet once a month on the second Wednesday of the month.

The next meeting will be Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m at the high school. A chili supper is planned for Feb. 22 at 4 p.m in the old junior high gym.

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Palmer Lake Historical Society elected new officers and directors. New officers are: president, Col Carl F. Duffner; vice president, Thomas McElroy; secretary, Mrs. Lynn Allen; treasurer, Gene Blackney. Directors for a two-year term are: Mrs. M. R. McCandless, Col. Ray Kolman, Lt. Col. M.K. Finefrock and Edwin Bathke. Directors remaining in office: Mrs. Arthur Liming, Mrs. Jack Nickolas and Mrs. Charlean Rice. Following the elections, Mrs. Charles Beachy presented Mrs. Rogers McDonough with an engraved appreciation of her 18 years as president.

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2014 Partners in the Park Honored For the Tribune

The El Paso County Park Advisory Board honored four community donors as 2014 Partners in the Park with commemorative plaques of appreciation.

The 2014 Partners in the Park are:• Robert and Ellen Hostetler for Fox Run

Regional Park: The Hosteltler’s are found-ing partners and have been with the board since 2009.

• GE Johnson Construction Co. for Bear Creek Regional Park: They have been part-ners for the past two years. GE Johnson also constructed a new bridge in the park in 2013.

• Hueberger Motors, Inc. for Bear Creek

Dog Park and Fox Run Dog Park: Hueburger Motors has supported the Bear Creek Dog Park since 2010 and added the Fox Run Dog Park in 2013.

• FedEx for Black Forest Regional Park: FedEx is the newest partner in 2014.

“A prospering community wouldn’t be complete without a quality park system,” said Dennis Hisey, chair of the Board El Paso County Commissioners. “These valu-able corporate and individual partnerships help us keep the parks a treasured public amenity for the residents of El Paso Coun-ty.”

The Partners in the Park Program was created in 2009 to provide fi nancial support for a respective park.

All donations are used exclusively for El Paso County Parks and to preserve open space, sustain park amenities or ensuring ongoing support for a specifi c park. Dona-tions are tax-deductible.

Partner benefi ts include signage at the park entrance, Partner name on the Coun-ty Parks website, usage of a pavilion and formal recognition at the Parks Advisory Board.

“Without the generous contributions of our citizens, community partners and a multitude of volunteers, we couldn’t op-erate our County Parks as effi ciently or ef-fectively as we do,” said Community Out-reach Coordinator Dana Nordstrom. “The Partners in the Park program is a prime

example of El Paso County’s many public-private collaborations aimed at maximiz-ing County resources while minimizing the cost to citizens.”

Nordstrom is currently looking for Part-ners specifi cally for Bear Creek Nature Cen-ter, Fountain Creek Nature Center, Falcon Regional Park, Pineries Open Space, and Fountain Creek Regional Park.

Those who would would like to support ongoing operations and maintenance of a favorite park, trail or nature center or to learn more about the Partners in the Park program, contact Dana Nordstrom, at (719) 520-6983 or [email protected].

Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center o� ers panel Event on teaming, subcontracting scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 Sta� report

Business owners and managers have an opportunity to learn what to know to ef-fectively work with prime contractors from business development phase, to proposal preparation, contract award and beyond. Understanding the challenges and oppor-tunities can be the difference in success or failure in your business plans.

The event is hosted by the Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center in conjunction with the National Defense Industrial Association, Colorado Springs Small Business Development Center and Pikes Peak Workforce Center. The panel is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Pikes Peak Re-gional Development Center. The event is free and open to all businesses wishing to learn more about doing business with gov-ernment agencies but seating is limited so reservations are required.

Panelists for this event include:• Charlie Lucy, Holland & Hart• Gary Bain, Delta Solutions & Strategies

• Andy McIntyre, Exelis, Inc• Bill Wolski, United States Air Force

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Register for the event at coptac.ecenter-direct.com.

Colorado PTAC is a no-cost, confi dential resource for any Colorado business inter-

ested in pursuing government contracts (federal, state or local government agencies and prime contractors). PTAC provides, information, education and assistance throughout the government procurement process; assisting with registrations, fi nd-ing opportunities, marketing to the govern-ment, replying to solicitations, matchmak-ing between prime and subcontractors and answering questions during contract ex-ecution in such areas as invoicing, compli-ance and performance management.

For more information on the Colorado PTAC, visit coloradoptac.org, or call 719-667-3845.

Backyard poultry workshop set Learn about raising chickens for fresh eggs For the Tribune

The Colorado State University Exten-sion office will host a workshop on Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. at the CSU Extension office,

17 N. Spruce St., Colorado Springs, to ed-ucate the public on the care and manage-ment of poultry within urban areas.

“We will have guest presentations from Dawn Wheeler, a local poultry enthusiast and 4-H poultry project leader, and Offi-cer Shane from Animal Law Enforcement. Topics that will be covered include: spe-cies and breed selection, care and health,

managing chickens in a limited area, housing, egg production, common para-sites and city policies and ordinances.

“Chickens can easily earn their keep by offering many benefits, including fresh eggs and reducing insects in the yard,” a release from El Paso County said.

“For children, chickens can be a fun and educational experience that brings

them closer to nature.”

The cost for the workshop will be $15

per individual, $20 per couple, $25 for the

family. Those interested are asked to reg-

ister by Thursday, Feb. 5. To register, visit

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any questions at 719-520-7690.

Board urges plane locator technology Cost is barrier to idea that would prevent lost cra� By Joan Lowy Associated Press

After incidents in which airliners van-ished, U.S. accident investigators recom-mended Jan. 22 that all passenger planes making long flights over water carry im-proved technology that will allow them to be found more readily in the event of a crash.

Responding in part to the disappear-ance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370 carry-ing 239 passengers and crew last March, the National Transportation Safety Board said that could be accomplished with transmitters that broadcast a plane’s lo-

cation minute by minute via satellite, or that send a location message just before a crash.

Another recommendation was for floating emergency transmitters that can identify where to search for wreckage on the bottom of the ocean.

The board also asked the government to require that planes be equipped with cockpit video recorders and that their re-cordings, as well as flight data and video recorders, be designed so flight crews can’t tamper with them.

But cost may be a big barrier to the rec-ommendations. Missing planes are rare, and none of the recent ocean crashes in which planes were hard to find involved U.S. airliners. The Federal Aviation Ad-

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EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail [email protected].

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

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.trilakeschamber.com.

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Network-ing Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the � rst and third Thursday

at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. 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.trilakeschamber.com.

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

RecreationAMATEUR RADIO Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Lakes Monutemnt Fire Protection District Station 1, 18650 Hwy 105. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Contact Joyce Witte at [email protected] or 719-488-0859 for more information. The grouip will not meet in December.


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2014 Partners in the Park Honored example of El Paso County’s many public-private collaborations aimed at maximiz-ing County resources while minimizing the cost to citizens.”

Nordstrom is currently looking for Part-ners specifi cally for Bear Creek Nature Cen-ter, Fountain Creek Nature Center, Falcon Regional Park, Pineries Open Space, and Fountain Creek Regional Park.

Those who would would like to support ongoing operations and maintenance of a favorite park, trail or nature center or to learn more about the Partners in the Park program, contact Dana Nordstrom, at (719) 520-6983 or [email protected].

Colorado Procurement Technical Assistance Center o� ers panel ested in pursuing government contracts (federal, state or local government agencies and prime contractors). PTAC provides, information, education and assistance throughout the government procurement process; assisting with registrations, fi nd-ing opportunities, marketing to the govern-ment, replying to solicitations, matchmak-ing between prime and subcontractors and answering questions during contract ex-ecution in such areas as invoicing, compli-ance and performance management.

For more information on the Colorado PTAC, visit coloradoptac.org, or call 719-667-3845.

Backyard poultry workshop set them closer to nature.”

The cost for the workshop will be $15

per individual, $20 per couple, $25 for the

family. Those interested are asked to reg-

ister by Thursday, Feb. 5. To register, visit

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any questions at 719-520-7690.

Commissioners support Regional Food Policy Advisory Board Group would work regionally to improve local food system Sta� report

The Board of El Paso County Commis-

sioners approved creating a regional food policy board, via proclamation, Thursday, Jan. 15.

“Issues including food production, pro-cessing, distribution, and access, signifi -cantly affect the public health, land use, economy and quality of life of the Colo-rado Springs and El Paso County region,” said Vice-Chair Amy Lathen as she read the Proclamation into the record.

“There is no existing organization or body dedicated to addressing the implica-tions of local government policy, programs, operations, and land use related to the food system and its corresponding impacts on the community.”

Community members have expressed support for the creation of a Community Advisory Board on Food Policy to provide ongoing analysis and recommendations to local governments regarding policies, pro-grams, operations and land use regulations affecting local food issues.

A group of local community members has worked for the past year to assess issues related to the local food system, to include hosting community meetings, attending Local Food Week events, partnering with

existing work groups and coalitions, and working with El Paso County Health De-partment and the CSU Extension.

The group seeks to improve the local food system by building awareness among residents regarding nutrition, food skills and the source of their food; addressing high rates of hunger and barriers prevent-ing access to affordable, nutritious food; and reviewing urban land use policies and regulatory issues

“Over 30 communities in Colorado al-ready have food policy advisory boards,” City Councilwoman Jill Gaebler said.

She added that hopefully the concept would expand into more communities. Goals include promoting legislation that will reduce barriers to local food produc-

tion, as well as encouraging the use of va-cant land for community gardens.

“This board will be a community hub for information and education around local food,” she said. The board may be formed as early as April.

Lathen said she looked forward to hear-ing recommendations from the board.

“Working together regionally is so criti-cal in so many areas,” she said. “The food sector is important to the economy of El Paso County, and a vibrant and resilient local food system protects our natural re-sources and contributes signifi cantly to the environmental and economic well-being of the region.”

ministration often has a hard time justifying new regu-lations unless it can show that the value of saved lives outweighs the cost to the industry.

The NTSB said the technology is available to accom-plish its recommendations. Many airliners already have flight-tracking devices. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which is still missing, was equipped with a digital data-link system that can be configured to automati-

cally report aircraft position periodically to a ground station via satellite. But the airline wasn’t paying for that service when the plane disappeared.

Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, killing 228 passengers and crew, also had such a system, and it was in use. However, it was configured to report the plane’s position once every 10 minutes. Given the plane’s speed and altitude, this re-sulted in a search area of 40 nautical miles from its last reported position.

“Such a large area made the search much more chal-lenging,’’ the board said in a letter to the FAA. If the plane had reported its position every minute, the search area could have been reduced to a 6-nautical-mile ra-

dius, the board said.Even though some wreckage was discovered within

days, it took two years before Flight 447’s black boxes were recovered. In 2011, Air France modified its data-link communications systems on long-haul planes to report their position every minute.

Other options include systems that periodically transmit their identification, current position, altitude and speed to air traffic controllers and other aircraft us-ing satellite links. The FAA has required that all U.S. air-liners be equipped with such systems by 2020 as it tran-sitions from a radar-based air traffic control system to one based on satellite technology.


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Multiple arrests made in drug ring bust Sta� report

After a year-long investigation by nu-

merous law enforcement agencies under Operation Silence, 32 individuals were ar-rested in a large methamphetamine and co-caine traffi cking ring operating throughout the metro area.

The take-down targeted 17 locations in Northglenn, Thornton, Commerce City, Ar-vada, Denver and unincorporated Adams

and Arapahoe counties. SWAT teams from a number of local law enforcement agencies were involved in the operation which began at about 6 a.m. on Jan. 22.

Seven pounds of methamphetamine, three pounds of cocaine, two pounds of heroin and eight fi rearms were recovered.

“This was a very dangerous group of individuals, and I am very thankful that no one was injured in the successful take-down of this group,” said District Attorney

Dave Young.Sgt. Jim Gerhardt of the North Metro

Task Force said the drug ring’s activity was centered in Adams County and the north metro area but impacted communities throughout the Denver metro area.

“We’re very pleased to have removed these dangerous people from the commu-nity,” Gerhardt said. “The Denver metro area is safer today because of these arrests and we are very happy about that.”

DEA Special Agent in Charge in Charge, Barbra Roach said that she was very pleased with the professionally executed opera-tions.

“This outstanding effort by our law en-forcement partners has cutoff numerous avenues of illicit income fueling foreign-based drug cartels,” she said

The investigation is continuing and fur-ther arrests will be made.

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Discover Goodwill expands in MonumentFor the Tribune

Discover Goodwill of Southern and Western Colorado hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their newest retail center at 15821 Jackson Creek Parkway on Jan. 24. The Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce pre-viewed the opening with their regular Busi-ness After Hours held at the new store on Tuesday, Jan. 13.

The 9:45 a.m. ribbon cutting includ-ed brief addresses by Discover Goodwill president and CEO Karla Grazier, El Po-mar Foundation Vice President Peter Mai-urro, Tri-Lakes Chamber Executive Director Terri Hayes and Monument Mayor Rafael Dominguez.

Attendees included Discover Good-will’s leadership, business and community partners, and lead supporters. A day-long grand opening celebration followed the ceremony—including free refreshments, prize drawings and giveaways, and special entertainment for children.

The 23,522 square-foot Monument Re-tail Center offers Discover Goodwill’s tradi-tional low prices on brand-name merchan-

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RETAIL DETAILSMonument Retail Center Details:

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ADULT RECREATIONAL and intermediate pick up volleyball is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School 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 activities 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.americanle-giontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stu� and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Je� erson streets in Monu-ment. The money bene� ts Lewis-Palmer community schools.

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonpro� t 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 o� ered 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 � rst class.

THE PIKES Peak chapter of Pheasants For-ever 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.

PIKES PEAK Jugglers is an informal group of jugglers

ranging in skill from beginners to professionals. The group meets weekly, from 3:30-5 p.m. Sundays, at the downtown YMCA. This is a free activity, and one does not need to be a member to participate. All those with a fun attitude are invited to join. Call 719-477-9978.

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 appoint-ment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837.

VINI E Crostini, 6 � ight wine tasting paired with moZaic tasty bites is at 5 p.m the � rst 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 dominoes, others work on their needlework or other projects that they bring, and some just watch and talk. Light snacks and co� ee 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 at-tend. All ages are invited. Bring a friend Call the church o� ce 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 � rst 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.CoalitionTLC.org.

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

GIRL SCOUTING o� ers 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 meeting 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 � rst Wednesday of every month.

ITALIAN CLUB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you. Member-ship is open to men and women. More information at www.sonso� talypp.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 Monument 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 sup-port the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668.

THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the � rst Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Administration Building, 166 Second St., Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; meals served at noon. Bring a dish to pass and your own dinner service and � atwear. We usually have a luncheon and play games. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, co-president, at 719-481-1188 for reserivations.

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 the second Saturday of the month at 643 Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Social time is 9 a.m. followed by the busiess meeting at 9:30 a.m. and a short program. Membership consists of artists in all � elds of media. Visit www.palmerlakeartgroup.com for details.

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

THE PIKES Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women o� ers 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 with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chapter, 1st Cavalry Division Meeting is at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of ev-ery month at the Retired Enlisted Association, 834 Emory Circle, Colorado Springs. We are a non-political, nonpro� t 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 signi� cant 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 com-munity 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].


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Rangers and Bears renew basketball rivalries Lewis-Palmer will host crosstown rival Palmer Ridge Jan. 28 By Danny Summers [email protected]

Depending on which side of the court you sit, the Lewis-Palmer/Palmer Ridge boys and girls basketball rivalries have been one-sided affairs.

The Lewis-Palmer boys have defeated Palmer Ridge in six of seven meetings, in-cluding once in the state playoffs.

The Palmer Ridge girls are a perfect 6-0 against their in-town rival.

On Jan. 28, the schools are set to hit the hardwood for this season’s renewal or the rivalry. Both games take place at Lewis-Palmer. The girls tip off at 5:30 p.m., fol-lowed by the boys at 7.

“I think this is more of a big rivalry for the fans and the students at the schools,” said Lewis-Palmer boys’ coach Bill Benton. “We prepare the same for Palmer Ridge as we would any other team. We don’t put any

Palmer Ridge senior Matt Cameron, No. 23 in white jersey with ball, is seen here in action in a game against Lewis-Palmer Jan. 10, 2014. Cameron and the Bears defeated Lewis-Palmer, 53-50, that night for its only victory in the rivalry between the two schools. The schools meet for the � rst time this season Jan. 28 at Lewis-Palmer.


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Rangers and Bears renew basketball rivalriesLewis-Palmer will host crosstown rival Palmer Ridge Jan. 28By Danny [email protected]

Depending on which side of the court you sit, the Lewis-Palmer/Palmer Ridge boys and girls basketball rivalries have been one-sided affairs.

The Lewis-Palmer boys have defeated Palmer Ridge in six of seven meetings, in-cluding once in the state playoffs.

The Palmer Ridge girls are a perfect 6-0 against their in-town rival.

On Jan. 28, the schools are set to hit the hardwood for this season’s renewal or the rivalry. Both games take place at Lewis-Palmer. The girls tip off at 5:30 p.m., fol-lowed by the boys at 7.

“I think this is more of a big rivalry for the fans and the students at the schools,” said Lewis-Palmer boys’ coach Bill Benton. “We prepare the same for Palmer Ridge as we would any other team. We don’t put any

more importance on this game. Every game is important”

Benton’s group comes into the game riding a six-game winning streak. At 9-5, 4-1 in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference, the Rangers are very much in the thick of things for a postseason berth and perhaps a league title.

“The focus is on the process and not the results,” Benton said. “We don’t worry about the outcome.”

Lewis-Palmer’s winning streak began on Jan. 9 with a 66-61 victory over Vista Ridge. The victory snapped a three-game losing streak for the Rangers.

The Rangers had leads in all five of their losses this season.

“In each of those games we played not to lose,” Benton said.

Last week Lewis-Palmer had victories over Air Academy (61-53) and Elizabeth (59-56).

Lewis-Palmer is getting outstanding play from numerous players. Junior forward Joe DeCoud led the Rangers in scoring against Air Academy with 21 points. Junior Sam Strasburger scored a team-high 19 points in the victory over Elizabeth.

Lewis-Palmer’s go-to guy most of the

season has been junior guard Jonathan Scott. He leads the team in scoring with just under 20 points per game and is second in rebounding at nearly five boards per game.

Scott, a team captain along with Stras-burger and senior JT Shepherd, scored a career-high 46 points in a victory over Fred-erick in December. He also had a 31-point effort in a win over Cheyenne Mountain two weeks ago.

“It’s not just `Let me go be the man’ with Jonathan,” Benton said. “He keeps his teammates involved and makes guys around him understand that he trusts them to make plays.”

Palmer Ridge (9-5, 2-4) played in the Colby (Kansas) Tournament last weekend. The Bears began the season with seven con-secutive victories - the best start in school history - but lost two key players to injuries (Cole Hurford and Matt Kostenbauer) and another who transferred to Florida.

“We’re fighting through it,” said Palmer Ridge coach Nick Mayer, an alumnus of Lewis-Palmer. “We’ll be alright. We just have to figure some things out. The kids are learning to deal with adversity.”

Mayer’s club made program history on Jan. 10, 2014, when it defeated Lewis-Palm-

er (the then two-time defending Class 4A state champions) 53-50 at Palmer Ridge. Palmer Ridge students and fans stormed the court after the victory as if the Bears had just won a state championship of their own.

“We know Lewis-Palmer is playing well right now and finding ways to win close games,” Mayer said. “We know it will be a challenge. Our guys will fight hard and give everything they have.”

Palmer Ridge’s best player is senior Matt Cameron, who is averaging more than 20 points per game. Cameron has great hops and is a threat inside or beyond the arc. He drained four of five 3-pointers in a game against Steamboat Springs in December when he scored a career-high 34 points.

Other offensive threats for the Bears in-clude junior George Silvanic (8.2 ppg) and senior Jordan Swango (5.7 ppg).

The Palmer Ridge and Lewis-Palmer girls’ basketball teams are headed in drasti-cally different directions. Palmer Ridge (9-6, 3-3) advanced to the championship game of the Colby Tournament, where it lost to 5A Pine Creek, 41-22.

Lewis-Palmer (1-12, 0-5) is coming off a 58-22 loss to Air Academy.

Jonathan Scott, No. 5 in white jersey, is averaging more than 20 points per game for Lewis-Palmer this season. He and the Rangers host rival Palmer Ridge in key Pikes Peak Athletic Conference game on Jan. 28. Courtesy photos

Palmer Ridge senior Matt Cameron, No. 23 in white jersey with ball, is seen here in action in a game against Lewis-Palmer Jan. 10, 2014. Cameron and the Bears defeated Lewis-Palmer, 53-50, that night for its only victory in the rivalry between the two schools. The schools meet for the �rst time this season Jan. 28 at Lewis-Palmer.


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CHSAA to hold Legislative Council meetingsBy Danny [email protected]

The first of two Colorado High Ac-tivities Association (CHSAA) Legislative Council meetings is scheduled for Jan. 29 in Aurora. The meeting will be at 8:30 a.m. and will be aired lived as part of the Na-tional Federation of High School’s (NFHS) Network.

The CHSAA Legislative Council is the body that determines the rules for the student participants in the state. The council’s 75 members represent all the individual athletic conferences, along with representatives from the Colorado Association of School Boards, Colorado Athletic Directors Association and Colo-rado Association of Secondary School Administrators.

The council will be voting on two constitutional proposals, 10 administra-tive proposals and one sports/activities proposal, along with four administrative committee reports, one activities com-mittee report and 10 sport committee reports.

All Proposals and Committee reports that will be voted on can be found on the CHSAA website (www.CHSAANow.com) under School Info.

Many of the items on the agenda have to do with transfer rules.

ADM-1 - Classification of Schools - This by-law proposal from the Western Slope revises the rules by which schools may elect to play down in classification. The major changes include requiring a school wishing to play down for a second competitive cycle to have a winning per-centage of 50 percent or below for a set number of years. Additionally, regardless of year, any school electing to play down will be ineligible for the playoffs in that sport.

ADM-3 - General Eligibility Require-ments - From the Colorado Springs Metro 4A League, this proposal would change the fall academic eligibility regain date from the sixth Thursday after Labor Day to a mandatory participation con-sequence for boys’ golf and tennis, along with girls’ softball. In essence for the sports that have shorter seasons than the other fall sports, it would require that the academically ineligible student miss the first 50 percent of that sport’s contests. If the student is academically eligible at that point, the student could begin play.

ADM-4 - General Eligibility Require-ments - The Colorado Springs Metro 4A has also submitted this by-law proposal which would make the language from the previous proposal with that of the lan-guage in a different by-law.

ADM-5 - Transfer - This proposal from the Denver Prep League would create a consistent 50 percent penalty on all trans-fers, regardless of type of transfer. There would be no appeal granted for any trans-fer, nor would there be any transfer that would result in 100 percent ineligibility.

ADM-6 - Summer Transfer - This pro-posal from the CHSAA Board of Directors moves the current consequence from the first 50 percent of the season to the last 50 percent of the season, and inclusive of the playoffs, so any non-bona fide fam-ily move transfer over the summer would result in the player having sub-varsity eli-gibility for the first 50 percent of the sea-son, but then having varsity eligibility for the last half of the season and playoffs. All athletic transfer rules and hardship waiv-ers would remain in place.

ADM-7 - Summer Transfer - From the CHSAA Board of Directors, any transfer from one school to another would result in sub-varsity eligibility only. The CHSAA hardship rules would remain in place.

ADM-8 - Sunday Contact - The CHSAA Board of Directors has submitted a clarification of what schools and coach-es can do with social media on Sundays. Under this clarification, contact through social media (such as Twitter and Face-book) would be permitted as long as no call to action is included in the missive. A call to action is a message that contains a request for the recipient to follow through on a request on a Sunday. Additionally, group texts to teams on Sunday which include administrators are permitted, but individual messages are not.

The CHSAA Sports Committees will address issues related to the following sports:

Baseball - The Baseball Committee is recommending a change in pitching regulations, going from innings limits to a pitch count limit. Additionally, in all classes utilizing wild card points, the final cutoff date for MaxPreps information will be May 5 at noon. No changes or appeals will be heard following that date.

Lewis-Palmer’s playoff seeding was affected last year when it should have re-ceived additional wild-card points. The Rangers were forced to go on the road, rather than host a district playoff.

Field Hockey - The committee has recommended a change in the overtime procedures at the state tournament.

Football - The committee has pro-vided its support of the quarters recom-mendation coming from the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference. The committee forwarded recommendations in the wild card defeat points tables in all classifica-tions, established a media zone five yards outside each side of the coaching box and

in 5A, added language to help that when two like seeds meet in a contest and have equal home contests to that point, a coin flip will determine which team is the host. Other recommendations made by the committee include adding clarifying lan-guage for seeding purposes in 2A and 3A.

Golf - The committee has recom-mended making the use of iWannamaker Golf Scoring System mandatory for all regular season and post season events. The committee also recommended that the USGA Modified Stableford Modi-fied Scoring System be employed in as many regular season events as possible to help with pace of play. The commit-tee re-aligned the 3A boys’ golf regionals in terms of members and strength of golf schools. The committee also clarified the seeding of the 5A boys and girls regions and the availability of a private course if it will be used for a post season event, not-ing that at least two practice rounds must be provided for teams in those tourna-ments held at the private course.

Gymnastics - The committee is rec-ommending that the 7th and 8th place fin-ishers at the state meet be awarded med-als instead of ribbons.

Soccer - The committee is recom-mending that the 7-1-5 Mercy Rule in the NFHS Rule book be mandatory and must follow the steps listed in the CHSAA Soc-cer Bulletin. This change will be effective immediately.

Softball - The committee is recom-mending that 18 teams qualify for the state tournament (up from 16), with five being the regular season district cham-pions, five being the runners-up in each of those districts and eight will be at-large teams. In 4A and 5A, the committee is rec-ommending a change in the way sites are determined by the host teams for those events, establishing a priority list for ap-proved sites. Host schools that cannot meet those requirements shall relinquish their ability to host.

Tennis - The committee is recom-mending corrective action for those teams that have two or more complaints filed against their teams’ lineups during the season. A committee will evaluate the players in question during a match and if a team is found to be stacking its lineup, sanctions could be applied. The com-mittee also provided its support for three classifications in the sport for the sport in the next cycle.

Volleyball - The committee’s sole ma-jor change is a recommendation to make all matches at the state tournament best 3 of 5, allowing the teams that qualify to play full matches at state regardless if those matches will have an impact on pool play.


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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 claimon or before the date of final paymentstated above. Failure on the part of theclaimant to file such settlement will relievethe Owner from any or all liability for suchclaim.

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Notice of Final Payment

Notice is hereby given that final paymentwill be made on or after the 17th of Febru-ary, 2015, on a contract dated September9, 2014 between Donala Water and Sanit-ation District and Layne Christenson Com-pany for work completed through January15, 2015 on the Well 2A Rehab Project.

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 claimon or before the date of final paymentstated above. Failure on the part of theclaimant to file such settlement will relievethe Owner from any or all liability for suchclaim.

Owner:/s/ Donala Water and Sanitation District

Legal Notice No.: 932532First Publication: January 28, 2015Last Publication: February 4, 2015Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune

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Lewis-Palmer boys’ basketball team ups win streak to fourBy Danny [email protected]

The Lewis-Palmer High School boys’ basketball team may finally have found its stride after winning four consecutive Pikes Peak Athletic Conference games.

The most recent victory was a thrilling 72-64 double-overtime win over Cheyenne Mountain on Jan. 16.

Lewis-Palmer (7-5, 3-1) outscored Cheyenne Mountain (3-7, 0-3) 10-2 in the second overtime.

Rangers’ junior guard Jonathan Scott scored a game-high 31 points, while teammates Sam Strasburger and Colin Cicere added 11 points each.

Lewis-Palmer was on a three-game losing streak before getting hot. The Rangers are second in the PPAC, 1 ½ games back of Sand Creek; the last team to beat Lewis-Palmer.

PALMER RIDGE GOES 1-2 IN BOYS’ HOOPS

The Palmer Ridge boys’ basket-ball team defeated Discovery Can-

yon, 55-49 in overtime on Jan. 16 in a key PPAC game.

The Bears outscored the Thunder 10-7 in overtime.

Bears’ center George Silvanic scored a game-high 16 points, while Jordan Swango added 13 and Matt Cameron contributed 12.

Colin Mcgettigan led the Thunder with 15 points, while senior Andrew Hall added 13.

Palmer Ridge lost earlier in the week to Air Academy, 63-37.

On Jan. 17, the Bears lost to Sand Creek - a semifinalist in last year’s state playoffs - 65-62.

Sand Creek (10-3, 5-0) held on de-spite Silvanic draining a 3-pointer in the closing seconds as Palmer Ridge (8-3, 2-3) went on a 6-1 run in the fi-nal minute to close the deficit to 63-62.

THUNDER BOYS PICK UP FIRST LEAGUE VICTORY ON HARDWOOD

The Discovery Canyon boys’ bas-ketball team won its first PPAC game with a 64-57 victory over Cheyenne Mountain on Jan. 17.

The Thunder (2-10, 1-3) snapped an eight-game losing streak and won its first home game of the season.

Dante Fewell scored 23 points to lead the Thunder, while Jacob Hein added six points and 11 rebounds.

Earlier in the week, Discovery Canyon lost to Sand Creek, 61-38. Hall, Matt Call and Hein each scored seven points for the Thunder in that loss.

THUNDER DEFEATS CHEY-ENNE MOUNTAIN IN WRESTLING

Discovery Canyon battled Chey-enne Mountain to 31-31 draw on Jan. 14 in a key PPAC match at Discovery Canyon. The Thunder ended up win-ning the match, however, based on tiebreakers.

After 14 matches (weight classes), it came down to the eighth tiebreak-er; the team that had the most first points in each match.

Each team won seven matches, had three pins and two major deci-sions.

MONARCH SHUTS DOWN RANGERS IN HOCKEY

Seven days after shutting out Val-

or Christian, 10-0, the Lewis-Palmer hockey team lost to Monarch, 6-0, at Boulder Valley.

The Rangers (6-5) had won three of four games, but were outshot by the Coyotes, 33-11.

Marcus Smith made 27 saves for Lewis-Palmer.

OFF TO ROUGH STARTS IN LEAGUE PLAY

The Lewis-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and Classical Academy girls’ basketball teams are off to rough starts this season.

The Tri-Lakes area schools are a combined 7-29, 0-12 in their respec-tive leagues.

Discovery Canyon (4-9, 0-4 in the PPAC) hosts Lewis-Palmer (1-11, 0-4) on Jan. 21.

TCA is 2-9, 0-4 in the Metro League.

Earlier this month, Discovery Canyon lost its top player - senior Sophia “Alex” Smith (8.6 points per game) to a wrist injury before league play began.

Lewis-Palmer senior Katie Roh is coming up big again this season, helping the Rangers to top �nishes in most of their meets. The state swim meet is the second week in February.Photo by Alan Arata

CHSAA to hold Legislative Council meetingsin 5A, added language to help that when two like seeds meet in a contest and have equal home contests to that point, a coin flip will determine which team is the host. Other recommendations made by the committee include adding clarifying lan-guage for seeding purposes in 2A and 3A.

Golf - The committee has recom-mended making the use of iWannamaker Golf Scoring System mandatory for all regular season and post season events. The committee also recommended that the USGA Modified Stableford Modi-fied Scoring System be employed in as many regular season events as possible to help with pace of play. The commit-tee re-aligned the 3A boys’ golf regionals in terms of members and strength of golf schools. The committee also clarified the seeding of the 5A boys and girls regions and the availability of a private course if it will be used for a post season event, not-ing that at least two practice rounds must be provided for teams in those tourna-ments held at the private course.

Gymnastics - The committee is rec-ommending that the 7th and 8th place fin-ishers at the state meet be awarded med-als instead of ribbons.

Soccer - The committee is recom-mending that the 7-1-5 Mercy Rule in the NFHS Rule book be mandatory and must follow the steps listed in the CHSAA Soc-cer Bulletin. This change will be effective immediately.

Softball - The committee is recom-mending that 18 teams qualify for the state tournament (up from 16), with five being the regular season district cham-pions, five being the runners-up in each of those districts and eight will be at-large teams. In 4A and 5A, the committee is rec-ommending a change in the way sites are determined by the host teams for those events, establishing a priority list for ap-proved sites. Host schools that cannot meet those requirements shall relinquish their ability to host.

Tennis - The committee is recom-mending corrective action for those teams that have two or more complaints filed against their teams’ lineups during the season. A committee will evaluate the players in question during a match and if a team is found to be stacking its lineup, sanctions could be applied. The com-mittee also provided its support for three classifications in the sport for the sport in the next cycle.

Volleyball - The committee’s sole ma-jor change is a recommendation to make all matches at the state tournament best 3 of 5, allowing the teams that qualify to play full matches at state regardless if those matches will have an impact on pool play.


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