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A changed condition Rampart Range Road o� ers a hard look at the � re By Rob Carrigan rcarrigan @coloradocommuni-tymedia.com

A few weeks ago, when Ram-part Range Road opened more than two years after it was closed during the fi rst day of the Waldo Canyon Fire, visitors were able to get a whole new understanding of the scope the devastating wildfi re.

“I really wanted to see fi rst-hand – sorry I did, and yet at the same time, glad I know for a fact that in some areas – 10 years, most likely will not be enough of an estimated time for healing from fl ooding. Great to see beaming, white and good-smelling Aspen trees, a few yellow leaves and fi ve feet away on the side of the road, a ‘war zone~a look alike’ of total devastation.” Said local long-time resident Clara Meury who toured the area in the fi rst few days the road was open.

“Whew! Glad I went and saw and came down off the Ram-parts...with hope. Very thankful to see acres, miles, and hillsides of hundreds of dedicated footprints of CUSP (Coalition for the Upper South Platte) volunteers back-breaking work that has been done, and more yet to happen to protect our towns, and cities. Our com-munities. Our mountains. I love our Mountains,” Meury said.

Rampart Range Road offers an elevated vantage point to view the extent of the damage.

The fi re, which was fi rst re-ported June 23, 2012, had caused the evacuation of over 32,000 resi-dents of Colorado Springs, Mani-tou Springs, Cascade, Chipita

Park, Green Mountain Falls, Crys-tola, Woodland Park and partial evacuation of the United States Air Force Academy. As many as 346 homes were destroyed by the fi re. U.S. Highway 24, was closed in both directions for days. The

Waldo Canyon Fire resulted in insurance claims totaling more than $453.7 million. Until the Black Forest Fire, it was the most destructive fi re in Colorado state history, as measured by the num-ber of homes destroyed, (Black

Forest fi re destroyed 486 homes and damaged 28 others).

“If you choose to go into the Waldo Canyon area, expect a changed condition. It is not the

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Judge rules votes will be counted regarding initiative 301 Hearing was held at town hall on Oct. 20; Judge Joe Cannon made ruling in writing Oct. 22 By Danny Summers [email protected]

It’s not very often that a protest to a ballot initiative is heard in the Palmer Lake Town Hall, but such was the case on the afternoon of Oct. 20.

Two days later, retired District Judge Joe A. Cannon ruled that the protest by Mitch Davis and Ray Kriegbaum – who were challeng-ing the suffi ciency of ballot initia-tive 301 on the Palmer Lake ballot – was not submitted under oath as required by CRS 31-11-110(1). He added that “this defect is fatal to the fi ling of the protest.”

Cannon went on to say “that is-sue 301 shall appear and results tal-lied in the November election.”

Cannon made his ruling in writ-ing and submitted it to the town’s attorney, Larry Gaddis. Cannon had up to fi ve days to make his ruling.

Davis and Kreigbaum stated at the hearing that initiative 301 tries to exert executive powers under the executive branch of government and is not legislative in nature.

“The hearing offi cer, on due con-sideration of the briefs and state-ments of the parties, fi nds issue 301 is a legislative matter and is an ap-propriate subject for a voter initia-tive,” Cannon wrote.

Sitting at a separate table at the hearing, proponents Chris Amen-son, Gary Lockwood, and their at-torney, Brenda L. Speer, told their side of the story why the ballot ini-tiative is legal, valid and legislative in nature.

Cannon sat at his own table on the upper level of the room, taking

notes while perched above the two groups.

About 40 local residents sat in the audience listening to the pro-ceedings, which lasted about 20 minutes. Among those were Palmer Lake mayor Nikki McDonald and four members of her town council – Paul Banta, Trish Flake, Cindy Allen and Jennifer Martin.

There was no public comment allowed at the hearing.

“I can’t speak for the other side, but I think they are fearful that we will win and this will be off the bal-

lot for three years,” said Amenson after the meeting, referring to the pro-marijuana folks. “We just had (a vote on the legalization of mari-juana in April) and now we’re having it again. I think it’s very disruptive to this town for it to continue to come up, so we put the three- year win-dow on it and it takes it off the ballot for three years.”

Davis, Kriegbaum and Karen Stuth – who was in the audience – are among the local residents run-ning the pro-marijuana campaign that wants to have legalized sales of marijuana in Palmer Lake. They protested the Amenson/Lockwood bill which reads:

“Whereas, under the Federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970, a Federal law pertaining to all states,

municipalities and citizens of the United States of America, marijuana (also known as cannabis) may not be sold for recreational purposes any-where within the United States; and

Whereas, the Town of Palmer Lake has in April of 2014 sought the voters’ opinion as to whether it should allow the sale of recreational marijuana, with the majority voting “NO” by a margin of 538 to 481; and

Whereas, it is in the best interests of the citizens of the Town of Palmer Lake to remove this issue from voter consideration for a defi nitive period of time; now

Therefore, without affecting the medical marijuana protections in the Colorado Constitution, shall the Town of Palmer Lake prohibit the

From far left to right, Gary Lockwood, Chris Amenson and attorney Brenda L. Speer. Speer argued that ballot initiative 301, authored by Lockwood and Aamenson, is su� cient and legal. Photos by Danny Summers

From left to right, Mitch Davis and Ray Kriegbaum, who voted that initiative 301 is executive in order and not legislative.

Retired district court judge Joe A. Cannon heard the case.

301 continues on 8

Waldo continues on Page 18

An eagle overlooks the pink folds of the Waldo Canyon burn scar as Colorado Springs rolls out on the plain to the east. Photos by Rob Carrigan

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Starting a new home in Monument for Sgt. Matt SpangHomes for Our Troops builds mortgage free, specially adapted homesFor the Tribune

On July 12, 2011, while on his second de-ployment, Army Sergeant Matthew Spang, of Monument was on a route clearance mission with the 130th Engineers in Afghanistan when his vehicle was hit by two improvised explo-sive devices. The subsequent blast resulted in the loss of both of his legs below the knees and severe damage to his right hand.

In the early weeks after his injuries, Mat-thew says he drew motivation from his family and friends. Although he has a great support system, he faces challenges in his ongoing recovery at home in his apartment, which is not wheelchair friendly. Matthew looks for-ward to living in a home where he can take off his prosthetics and rest for the most part in

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State’s two big races closer than expectedGubernatorial, Senate contests have incumbents on edgeBy Vic [email protected]

There will be no need for manicure appointments this week for the four can-didates involved in Colorado’s guberna-torial and U.S. Senate races — because Election Night is expected to be a real nail-biter.

“This is one of the most exciting elec-tions in Colorado history,” said Bob Lo-evy, a longtime state political observer and political science professor from Col-orado College. “I can’t recall a governor’s race and a Senate race neck-and-neck, right at the same time.”

The question for the Democratic in-cumbents, Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Mark Udall, is whether they will be able to ride out an expected national Re-publican wave on Nov. 4.

Loevy said the wave historically is a re-liable one, and it’s one that could sweep U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner into the Senate and could help former Congressman Bob Beauprez become the next governor of Colorado.

Loevy calls it the “six-year pushback,” which occurs every sixth year of a U.S. presidency. The pushback is born from a midterm election political environment that historically favors the party that does not control the White House.

Loevy said the wave goes back as far as 1938, when Democrats lost seats in Con-gress during Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s presidency. More recently, Democrats dominated the 2006 midterm elections, which were held during George W. Bush’s sixth year as president.

Bill Clinton proved to be the excep-tion in 1998, when Democrats performed well during that year’s mid-term election cycle, a result of voter backlash against the perceived overreach of Republicans’ response to Clinton’s affair with Monica

Lewinsky.The wave doesn’t just just impact fed-

eral races, Loevy said.“If you back me into a corner, I would

say I think the Republicans are going to win the governorship because of the six-year pushback,” he said.

If that happens, Hickenlooper sup-porters surely will be asking themselves how things ever got to that point.

“That would be most inexplicable to me,” said Eric Sondermann, an indepen-dent political analyst. “If you would have told people six months ago that when ballots are being sent to mailboxes, it would be a dead-heat race, a lot of people would have taken that bet.”

Odds did not favor a Republican gu-bernatorial win this spring. Hickenloop-er’s quirky personality and his insistence on never running a negative campaign seemed to resonate with voters through the early part of his first term.

The state’s economy had been gain-ing steam under Hickenlooper’s steward-ship, and early Republican primary polls showed polarizing former Congressman Tom Tancredo leading the pack of GOP primary hopefuls.

Instead it was Beauprez who won the nomination in June — the man tagged as “both ways Bob” when he was badly beat-en by Bill Ritter in the 2006 gubernatorial race. Beauprez’s baggage from his pre-vious run left Hickenlooper supporters feeling good about their chances come November.

However, for months, the Beauprez campaign has hammered away at Hick-enlooper’s perceived lack of leadership in several areas. At the top of that list was the governor’s decision to grant a reprieve for death-row inmate Nathan Dunlap, who killed four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant in 1993. Hickenloop-er received criticism for taking a middle path rather than going forward with ei-ther an execution or clemency.

The governor also caused a media stir over the summer during a gathering of state sheriffs, where he fumbled com-

ments on gun-control legislation that he signed into law the year before.

Meanwhile, Beauprez has mostly run a mistake-free campaign. But will that be enough to take down a likable governor of a state that typically doesn’t oust in-cumbents from the job?

Norman Provizer, a political science professor at Metropolitan State Univer-sity, said Beauprez seems to have learned from his “disastrous” 2006 bid and that part of his strategy this time is to simply stay out of Hickenlooper’s way while the governor makes mistakes on the cam-paign trail.

“It’s basically don’t do anything stupid and don’t say very much,” Provizer said.

Sondermann agrees, but added that Beauprez needs to do more than that in order to be successful Nov. 4.

“He’s been the person standing by the side of train tracks and seeing if the freight train derails,” Sondermann said of Beauprez’s campaign strategy. “If it does, you’re there to pick up the pieces. Is the passive strategy enough to get him to get over the finish line or does he need a clos-er? My instinct is he needs a closer.”

Women’s rights in spotlightMeanwhile, the Udall-Gardner match-

up has been one of the most closely fol-lowed Senate races in the country.

Women’s issues have dominated the campaign, with the Udall team launch-ing an early-and-often advertising blitz against Gardner, which has attempted to paint the conservative congressman as being out of touch or too extreme on is-sues pertaining to women’s reproductive rights.

But Udall has been criticized for hav-ing run what some perceive to be a one-issue campaign that is obsessed with capturing support of women voters.

Provizer surmises that the Udall cam-paign must be seeing internal polling numbers that show the attacks against Gardner are working and that “it’s always a good political move to define your op-

ponent.”“But it became so much of it that it lost

its effectiveness,” Provizer said.Also possibly working against Udall

are recent crises outside of his control that could favor Republicans this fall. Whether that’s fair to Democrats is an-other story.

Analysts agree that the rise of ISIS-backed terrorism in the Middle East and questions over the government’s re-sponse to the ongoing Ebola virus threat may help Republicans on Nov. 4, be-cause those developments happened on Obama’s watch.

“Just weeks before ballots are mailed out in Colorado, those are about the two worst things to happen to Democrats, not only for what happened, but the timing,” Loevy said.

“It is awfully a tough year to be carry-ing the Democrat banner, particularly in a federal race,” Sondermann added. “The bloom has fallen off the rose for Obama, there’s ISIS, Ebola ... there’s just very little good news for any Democrat.”

But Democrats still have a major ad-vantage going for them that gives sup-porters hope — the vaunted Democratic get-out-the-vote machine.

Democrats have lapped Republicans in voter efforts in recent elections, and their outreach to women and Latino vot-ers helped Michael Bennet win a close 2010 Senate contest that he had been trailing in polls leading up to Election Day.

“Everyone talks about this modern-day political, technological war out there,” Provizer said. “But there still re-mains a World War I aspect about a cam-paign, and that’s trench warfare on the ground.”

Whatever happens on Nov. 4, political observers say they will be enjoying the show.

“Stepping aside from who might win and lose, what an election,” Loevy said. “You can’t ask for anything more than that.”

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Starting a new home in Monument for Sgt. Matt Spang Homes for Our Troops builds mortgage free, specially adapted homes For the Tribune

On July 12, 2011, while on his second de-ployment, Army Sergeant Matthew Spang, of Monument was on a route clearance mission with the 130th Engineers in Afghanistan when his vehicle was hit by two improvised explo-sive devices. The subsequent blast resulted in the loss of both of his legs below the knees and severe damage to his right hand.

In the early weeks after his injuries, Mat-thew says he drew motivation from his family and friends. Although he has a great support system, he faces challenges in his ongoing recovery at home in his apartment, which is not wheelchair friendly. Matthew looks for-ward to living in a home where he can take off his prosthetics and rest for the most part in

his wheelchair. Following his medical evacu-ation by chopper from the battlefi eld, Sgt. Spang was brought to Landstuhl, Germany, for immediate treatment and then eventually brought stateside to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio for rehabilitative therapies.

The bathroom he currently uses requires him to crawl on his knees, and the space is too narrow for him to maneuver safely. Having a roll-in shower and roll-under sink ensures that he can complete his daily routine with-out worrying about slipping on a wet fl oor. Additionally, the customized features of the new kitchen including lowered counters and a roll-under oven cooktop will enable him to prepare meals for his son Tayden and daugh-ter Trystan. Matthew’s dad Patrick is equally appreciative for those who are helping to give back his son some of his freedom and inde-pendence he lost due to his injuries.

As Matthew looks forward to receiving this life-changing gift from Homes for Our Troops, he’s grateful that his family’s future needs will be taken care of.

“The burden of fi nding a place for us to live comfortably would be lifted off my shoulders and allow me to help my kids be happy and give them the tools they need to succeed,” says Matthew. “There will be room for my kids to have a better life and room for us to grow into.”

Matthew is humbled by the donors and volunteers who will make the conscious choice to donate and support his project. Says Matthew, “People like you are the reason why the United States is the best country to live in.”

As he looks forward to rebuilding his life, Matthew is excited about the prospect of go-ing back to school and obtaining his bach-elor’s degree. With a mortgage-free home, he will also have more free time to enjoy going on road trips with his children, and staying healthy and active through a variety of sports including wheelchair basketball, volleyball, golf, football and soccer.

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Community Kick Off Event for Sgt. Matthe Sprang

“We are very excited to announce that we will be building a new specially adapted home in Monument, Colorado for Sgt. Matt Spang. We will be holding a Community Kick Off Cel-ebration to introduce the Veteran to the com-munity and drum up support and awareness for this project! This is a chance to learn you how, your family, and community can help support this project from the beginning,” says Outreach Coordinator Ashley Twigg.

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Town Hall on equine care and animal protection Video of town hall meeting at Kit Carson Riding Club now online

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El Paso County Commissioner Darryl

Glenn hosted a Town Hall Meeting to dis-cuss Equine Care and Animal Protection Concerns in the Black Forest area at Kit Carson Riding Club on Oct. 11.

Most of the discussion during the meeting focused on ways to establish better lines of communication between citizens, law enforcement and nonprofit agencies concerned with animal protec-

tion.Representatives from the Colorado

State Department of Agriculture, which has regulatory jurisdiction over livestock as well as the Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region, the Fourth Judicial District Attorney’s Office, El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and others provided information on current state laws and law enforce-

ment procedures.El Paso County Commissioners re-

ceived hundreds of emails and phone calls from locations all over the world fol-lowing news reports from a barn in Black Forest where a number of dead horses were found and remaining horses which appeared to be in poor health were sub-sequently removed by law enforcement.

State’s two big races closer than expected ponent.”

“But it became so much of it that it lost its effectiveness,” Provizer said.

Also possibly working against Udall are recent crises outside of his control that could favor Republicans this fall. Whether that’s fair to Democrats is an-other story.

Analysts agree that the rise of ISIS-backed terrorism in the Middle East and questions over the government’s re-sponse to the ongoing Ebola virus threat may help Republicans on Nov. 4, be-cause those developments happened on Obama’s watch.

“Just weeks before ballots are mailed out in Colorado, those are about the two worst things to happen to Democrats, not only for what happened, but the timing,” Loevy said.

“It is awfully a tough year to be carry-ing the Democrat banner, particularly in a federal race,” Sondermann added. “The bloom has fallen off the rose for Obama, there’s ISIS, Ebola ... there’s just very little good news for any Democrat.”

But Democrats still have a major ad-vantage going for them that gives sup-porters hope — the vaunted Democratic get-out-the-vote machine.

Democrats have lapped Republicans in voter efforts in recent elections, and their outreach to women and Latino vot-ers helped Michael Bennet win a close 2010 Senate contest that he had been trailing in polls leading up to Election Day.

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Big money takes aim at GMO label proposalFarm group backs plan that corporations opposeBy Katie KuntzRocky Mountain PBS I-News

Colorado’s voters continue to be pounded by multimillion-dollar politi-cal advertising campaigns, often with the two candidates or issue opponents fairly evenly matched, with no respite in sight until Election Day.

But on one particular issue the cam-paign ads are entirely lopsided. Labeling genetically modified food, commonly called GMOs — meaning “genetically modified organisms” — is on the ballot, and has become a nearly $12 million is-sue.

But the “No on Proposition 105 Coali-tion” has spent $6.8 million more than

the “Right to Know Colorado” labeling advocates, and the anti-105 forces still have $4.1 million waiting to be spent.

“I can’t understand, why would they put $11 million into a Colorado campaign that has less than $500,000?” asked Larry Cooper, director of the “Right to Know” campaign. “What are they trying to hide?”

Sara Froelich, a campaign spokesper-son for the No on 105 Coalition, said in an email, “No one should be surprised that agriculture and food companies are step-ping forward to support their customers across Colorado who will be harmed by this measure.”

The agriculture and food companies against 105 include well-known names like Monsanto, Kraft Foods and PepsiCo. These three companies alone have con-tributed $7.4 million of the $11 million raised by this campaign.

The labeling advocates, however, have raised only $441,000, and have not pur-chased any television or radio advertising to advocate their position. The group is

operating a grassroots campaign, knock-ing on doors and using social media to advance their cause.

This could mean that Coloradans who receive their information solely from TV ad campaigns think Colorado farmers do not support the labeling initiative — but that is only partly true.

The Colorado Farm Bureau has donat-ed more than $7,000 to defeat the mea-sure, but the Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, with more than 22,000 members in Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico, actually endorsed the pro-labeling cam-paign.

“GMO labeling is one of the things that we support,” said Bill Midcap, director of external affairs of Rocky Mountain Farm-ers Union. “But we know it’s going to be tough for a single state to enact.”

This year, Colorado and Oregon are the only two states with GMO labeling on the ballot, and many of the same corpo-rations are also spending millions in Or-

egon to defeat the initiative there.Maine, Vermont and Connecticut are

the only states to have passed labeling re-quirements, but they will not be enacted until 2016 — or until a population of at least 20 million people in neighboring states require the labeling, too.

“How would you expect General Mills to label something special just for one state, just for Colorado?” Midcap said. “Think about Kellogg or Coca-Cola. Are they willing to change just for Colorado? Maybe if 15 states did it — but this would be more effective as a national issue.”

In Colorado, a Citizens Initiative Re-view board evaluated the labeling mea-sure and decided by an 11-to-9 vote to approve it. Those who voted against the measure, like Bill Wright, explained that his greatest concern was that many foods may be exempt from the labeling mea-sure.

“Normally when you go into a store and read labels, you rely on the informa-tion and people want to rely on what they are being told,” Wright said. “It’s probably a lot of food (that would be exempt) and that’s going to be a lot more confusing than if you just don’t do it at all.”

The measure would take effect in 2016, if passed.

Colorado Community Media brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rm-pbs.org/news. Contact Katie Kuntz at [email protected].

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Big money takes aim at GMO label proposalegon to defeat the initiative there.

Maine, Vermont and Connecticut are the only states to have passed labeling re-quirements, but they will not be enacted until 2016 — or until a population of at least 20 million people in neighboring states require the labeling, too.

“How would you expect General Mills to label something special just for one state, just for Colorado?” Midcap said. “Think about Kellogg or Coca-Cola. Are they willing to change just for Colorado? Maybe if 15 states did it — but this would be more effective as a national issue.”

In Colorado, a Citizens Initiative Re-view board evaluated the labeling mea-sure and decided by an 11-to-9 vote to approve it. Those who voted against the measure, like Bill Wright, explained that his greatest concern was that many foods may be exempt from the labeling mea-sure.

“Normally when you go into a store and read labels, you rely on the informa-tion and people want to rely on what they are being told,” Wright said. “It’s probably a lot of food (that would be exempt) and that’s going to be a lot more confusing than if you just don’t do it at all.”

The measure would take effect in 2016, if passed.

Colorado Community Media brings you this report in partnership with Rocky Mountain PBS I-News. Learn more at rm-pbs.org/news. Contact Katie Kuntz at [email protected].

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Show will bring Narrow Gauge RR era to life Slim Rail Club shares sights, sounds Nov. 15-16 at Cultural Center By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer

After almost 100 years, steam train en-gines will be heard in Woodland Park when members of the Slim Rail Club bring their 33rd-annual award-winning, operational, model-train modules to a new venue: The Ute Pass Cultural Center.

“Some clubs have operating layouts that try to emulate real operations,” said club president John Campbell, who lives in Monument. “Not our club. Our purpose is to display our work and talk to people. We want to show accurate scale models of roll-ing stock and share the history, culture and scenery along the lines.”

The club has two divisions, HOn3 and On3. HO refers to a scale with a ratio of 1:87 or slightly less than 1/8th inch per foot. The n3 signifi es narrow gauge railroads, which have rails set 3 feet apart. O scale has a ratio of 1:48 or about 1/4 inch per foot.

There are other scales used to model trains, including the S-scale used by Wood-land Park Public Works Director and club member Bill Alspach for his own home lay-out. S scale is 1/64th inch to 1 foot. While many modelers pick an era, Alspach’s home layout uses a specifi c date: Sept. 23, 1945.

“It was after the war, times were good and I can use fall colors,” he said. “It’s the narrow gauge train that ran between Gun-nison and Sargent. You can get a lot more of the world into smaller scale layouts.”

No matter what scale is used, if the scale designation isn’t followed by “n3,” it’s mod-elling standard-gauge trains which have rails 4-feet, 8.5-inches apart.

Campbell said Gen. William J. Palmer based his Denver & Rio Grande Rail Road on the narrow trains used in Welsh coal mines. He thought they would be ideal for the mountainous terrain found in Colora-do’s mining towns. The narrow trains would use less space and be able to take curves better.

Narrow gauge lived up to its promise of high effi ciency at a lower cost but there was a problem. Narrow gauge and stan-dard gauge trains could not share tracks, so

wherever they met, freight and passengers had to be transferred. It wasn’t long before Palmer transformed most of his D&RG lines to standard gauge.

“There are a few narrow gauge trains left but they’re all tourist trains,” Alspach said.

The club uses module displays 20-28 inches wide, depending on the scale, and 4-feet long. They’re constructed using cer-tain mechanical and electrical standards so they fi t together seamlessly along a wall. The club provides end modules that allow the model trains to run in a continuous loop.

The club focuses on the Colorado moun-tain mining era: 1900-1950.

“You won’t see a Kansas wheatfi eld on our modules but you will see our interpre-tations of narrow gauge in the Colorado Rockies during the Gold Rush,” Alspach said.

Campbell, who works in both divisions, has a module that depicts the town of Fre-mont, which was combined with Hayden Placer to form Cripple Creek in 1893. Like a historical novel, much of Campbell’s Fre-mont is based on reality but with some fan-tasy thrown in.

For example, real-estate brokers Horace Bennett and Julius Myers bought the land they incorporated as Fremont and, later as Cripple Creek, from a rancher named Levy Welty. However, in Campbell’s Fremont, Bennett and Myers own a men’s clothing store and the local gasoline station is called Welty’s service.

Other buildings and businesses are named after things Campbell became fa-miliar with during his travels. The Petro-nas Brothers Oil and Lubrication station is named after a major petroleum provider in Malaysia and the Raffl es Hotel was part of

Singapore’s history. The module also has a Midland Mine.

Modelers build using “practices of the day.” For example, buildings with doctor, dentist and law offi ces on upper stories were typical at the turn of the 20th century. Modelers also use “selective compression.” Campbell’s Fremont module has only one saloon while Cripple Creek had many.

“When they see our modules, people want to know different things,” Campbell said. “They ask whether we use kits or build from scratch, did this scene really exist, how we made the rocks, trees and dirt. Some parents want to talk about techniques they can use to make dioramas with their kids.”

The Model Railroad Exhibition will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 16 in the Ute Pass Cultural

Because he uses a small scale, Woodland Park Public Works Director Bill Alspach can get a lot of the world into a fairly small space. This is a photo of his home model train layout. Courtesy photo

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Narrow gauge railroads worked in the Colorado Rockies from about 1900-1950. Here is one of Woodland Park Public Works Director Bill Alspach’s home model train layout.

Woodland Park Public Works Director Bill Alspach is a member of the Slim Rail Club. His own home model train layout depicts the narrow gauge train that ran from Gunnison to Sargent as it looked on Sept. 23, 1945.

Slim Rail Club President John Campbell will be bringing this modular narrow gauge model to the Model Railroad Exhibition Nov, 15-16 at the Ute Pass Cultural Center. The module depicts the real town of Fremont, which later became part of Cripple Creek. At the show he’ll talk about how he makes his models and modules and the history of the town of Fremont and the man the town was named after, John C, Fremont. Courtesy photos

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TrainsCenter in Woodland Park. Admission is $4 for individuals, $6 for families and children get in free. The exhibition program includes how-to-clinics, sales tables, collectibles, door prizes and operating layouts. For more information, call Don Bailey at 719-548-1270, email [email protected] or visit slimrail.org.


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Bad luck in the mine, or is she just no good?

Almost universally, superstitions about women in the mines bringing bad luck appear in various cultures.

This, despite evidence suggesting women entered the mines as workers in various locales, both above and below ground, very early in the history of min-ing.

As early as the second century B.C., women commonly worked in the Egyp-tian gold mines. Until it was made illegal in 1842, female miners were also fairly common in Scotland, Yorkshire, Cumbria and throughout the United Kingdom.

Still, they weren’t always welcome. Cornish miners, who have been unafraid to venture underground for more than 1,000 years, have passed on a tale from father to son, of a race of beautiful women living long ago in the forest, that tempted men by luring them away from home and family.

“To punish them the gods blasted their forest homes, changing the stately trees into black rocks which were covered by

earth,” writes Mara Lou Hawse.“Into these carbonized rocks the spirits

of the sirens were driven for an imprison-ment that would last for centuries. After serving their long period of penance, these sirens came out to wreak vengeance on mankind. Thus whenever an explosion occurred in the mines, it was a sign that more of these mythological sirens were escaping from the wall of coal, accompa-nied by the poisonous gases which carried death to every miner in their path.”

In Russia, Italy, and in the American West, similar stories of bad luck and taboo

rose to the surface. And the superstition has persisted almost right up to modern days.

When First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt vis-ited Willow Grove Mine in St. Clairsville, Ohio in March of 1940, miners warned that there would be trouble. To lend cre-dence to their stories, on March 16, a few days after her visit, an explosion ripped through the mine killing 72 miners.

Here in Colorado on Nov. 9, 1972, sixty miners walked off the job at the Straight Creek Tunnel when Janet Bonnema, an engineering tech for the Division of High-ways challenged the idea that a mine or tunnel was ‘no place for a woman.’

Bonnema took the Colorado Civil Service exam for an engineering position Division of Highways in 1970.

“She was notifi ed via letter (addressed to Mr. Jamet [sic] Bonnema) that “he” had qualifi ed for a job at the Straight Creek

Dravecky’s amazing story never gets old Dave Dravecky’s story is one of salva-

tion and has helped changed lives in a spiritual way.

His well-documented journey from a successful major league pitcher to cancer survivor still serves as an inspiration to the many millions of fans who followed the career of the San Francisco Giants star.

The former Monument resident – he lived there from 1993 through 2009 – has worked as an ambassador for the Giants since 2011. He and his wife of 36 years, Jan, now live in the Bay area and attend as many Giants games as time will allow.

Dravecky was at AT&T Park in San Francisco for games 3, 4 and 5 of this year’s World Series, cheering on his beloved team and hoping to acquire a second World Series championship ring in three seasons.

Despite his now grey hair, Dravecky, 59, is easy to spot wherever he goes in the Bay area. He still maintains that youthful smile that helped make him popular in the 1980s when he was a star pitcher for the club. And though he’s sometimes reluctant to talk about his playing days, he’s well aware that his fans and admirers thirst to know more. If given the opportunity, he takes the conversation to a deeper level.

“My challenge to people is to discover

who they are in relationship to God,” he told me recently.

For those who know his story, Dravecky’s career in baseball is secondary to his battle with cancer.

“Dave Dravecky has given God the glory, even in the adversity he has gone through,” Brett Butler, one of Dravecky’s former Giants teammates, once told me.

Butler, like so many other Giants, will never forget Aug. 10, 1989. That was when Dravecky –10 months removed from an eight-hour operation to remove a cancer-ous tumor in the upper part of his left arm – pitched eight innings to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3 in front of 38,291 at Candlestick Park.

“I normally don’t go down to the bull-pen, but that day I did,” Roger Craig, the Giants’ manager at the time, told me. “I

told David he looked great. Then when he went out to pitch, I just kind of hung back. It was all for him.”

After the game, Dravecky – who allowed four hits and three runs while striking out fi ve and walking one – stood on the mound and “gave thanks to almighty God” for the miracle that enabled him to per-form against incredible odds.

Dravecky’s comeback that day in 1989 was nothing short of remarkable, con-sidering that 50 percent of his left deltoid muscle in his pitching arm was removed during the intense surgery. Doctors told him “short of a miracle” he wouldn’t pitch again.

“It was almost like you witnessed some-thing you shouldn’t see,” Craig said about the comeback game.

Dravecky was fi rst diagnosed with the tumor on Jan. 26, 1988, when tests indi-cated the lump was probably benign.

He defeated the Dodgers on opening day 1988, but made only six more starts before having season-ending surgery on June 11. On Sept. 19 of that year, Dr. George Muschler of the Cleveland Clinic indicated that Dravecky’s lump may be

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Tunnel. When she called to discuss the salary, the state employment offi cer the of-fer had been for a male (he thought Jamet was James), and that she didn’t want the job because women were not allowed in the tunnel,” according to recent story in Colorado Heritage by Dianna Litvak.

“Bennema said that indeed she did want the job, and accepted a position created for her in the tunnel offi ce. But she never received a hard hat, protective clothing or ID badge, like the male techni-cians, and was barred from the tunnel,” wrote Litvak.

Her lawsuit, with the backing of the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Colorado Civil Right Commission, eventu-ally remedied that.

When the hard-rock miners warned she would cause a fatal accident and walked out, she was quoted, “When those guys buy the tunnel then I’ll say ‘Ok, it’s your tunnel’ and I’ll leave.”

Another relatively well-known character of the early mineral rush of Colorado was Ellen Elliott Jack, or “Captain Jack’ as she

was commonly known.Ms. Jack headed west from New York

looking treasure foretold by a gypsy and fi rst established a boarding house in Gun-nison and began poking around the nooks and crannies of the hills there.

“During her trips to the mountains, Ellen discovered the very profi table Black Queen silver mine. The mine provided her with happiness as well as heartache,” ac-cording to the Dickson Research Center at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum.

It, and her rough and tumble lifestyle in the Colorado mining towns, also provided ample opportunity to use her shooting irons – with which, she became quite adept.

Late in her life, she always carried a pickaxe and a pistol where ever she trav-eled.

“I do not fear man or devil; it is not in my blood, and if they can shoot any straighter or quicker than I, let them try it, for a .44 equalizes frail women and brute men, and all women ought to be able to protect themselves against such ruffi ans,” Jack was quoted.

If you messed with her mine, I guess she believed in creating her own brand of bad luck.


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cancerous, and a biopsy was needed. The tumor was removed two weeks later.

Shockingly, Dravecky’s comeback lasted only one more start.

Five days after defeating the Reds, Dravecky was on the mound in Montreal against the Expos. In the sixth inning as he delivered his 69th pitch to Tim Raines, his left arm broke in two places and he fell to the ground in agonizing pain.

Dravecky’s arm was put in a cast and he left the team to recover at home. Two months later he joined in the celebration after the Giants won the National League pennant. He was inadvertently hit from behind and thrown into the pile. His arm fractured again.

On Oct. 27, doctors found that the cancer had returned. Dravecky retired on Nov. 13, 1989.

Two more surgeries and radiation failed to eliminate it. On June 18, 1991, Dravecky’s left arm and shoulder were amputated.

“I look back on this now and God’s hand is so clear,” Dravecky said. “The cancer, the comeback, the broken arm. Being a major league baseball player and having all that ex-posure. Establishing a platform as a result of that gift. To be able to share God’s love is the most important aspect of him life with those who are hurting, just like I hurt. With those who have struggled just like I’ve struggled. That is why this story continues to go on.”

Hall of Fame pitcher Rich “Goose” Gos-sage, a resident of Colorado Springs, was a teammate of Dravecky’s in San Diego and San Francisco.

“He didn’t clean up his life after this hap-pened to him; he was already strong in his faith,” Gossage told me. “It’s his courage and faith and family that defi ne Dave. What he’s done for so many people is remarkable. It shows what kind of a person he is.”

Dravecky and Jan started Outreach of Hope ministry in 1991. It was based in Gle-neagle for many years. The ministry is now called Endurance.

Dravecky used to spend much of the year traveling and sharing his story with cancer victims and those facing life-altering affl ictions. He spent many hours each day answering email and calling people.

Dravecky still shares his story when time allows, but from the start of spring training in mid February to the end of the season, he is a regular at baseball parks, usually with Jan, cheering on his beloved Giants.

And while it might seem that Dravecky has it all together, he knows that his story is not complete.

“I would be willing to admit today that I have grown more through the bad and the ugly than I ever did through the good,” he said. “Without Jesus I’m nothing.”

Dravecky often points to the Bible verse in I John 3:18 when sharing his story.

“Loving with actions and in truth, and then offering a hope, is what God desires of me,” he said. “The hope is not here on this earth. I cannot offer anyone hope that they will survive while they are here on this earth. But one thing that I can offer through Jesus Christ is an eternal hope that will last forever.”

Most of us have walked through many fi res and faced adversity we never thought we would get through. Knowing Dravecky’s story I am humbled and inspired and hon-ored to call him my friend.


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Stay safe on Halloween It’s time for Halloween! There will be

parties, costumes, and of course CANDY! It can also be a very dangerous night for children. From vehicle accidents to the food and candy products they will receive, the risk of injury for kids can be very high on Halloween.

In Monument, we are a little more spread out and perhaps have less trick-or-treating than a bigger city. However, in Jack-son Creek, Gleneagle, Old Denver, and in the Town, we still have plenty of areas that kids will be out collecting their goods.

A statistic from Safe Kids Worldwide stated that children are twice as likely to be struck by a vehicle and killed on Halloween than any other day of the year. That would be a devastating outcome to what should be a fun day for all.

The most important thing we can do is prevention. Here are some tips to help your kids stay safe.

Pick costumes that have high visibility. I know scary costumes are popular and those are usually darker in color. Even with those, you can add some refl ective tape or some color just so they are seen by drivers.

Avoid masks that decrease peripheral vision. They are fun, but kids are going to have to be looking for cars and it is easy to miss one if you can’t see all around.

Give your kids some glow sticks and a

fl ashlight so they are seen and avoid falls.Younger children should be with an

adult. If your kids are able to go out with-out supervision, have them stick to familiar routes and even drive the route earlier in the day so they can avoid getting lost.

Only keep sealed candy that you know has not been tampered with.

Talk with your kids about what to do if approached by a stranger and have them be aware of any strange vehicles that might be following them.

For drivers, the busiest time for trick-or-treating is between 5:30 and 9:30 in the evening. We should all be constantly on the lookout for pedestrians.

I hope that you all have a great Hallow-een. Everybody be safe, but most of all, en-joy being with your kids and have fun!

For more resources and tips, visit SafeKids.org. LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear editor: Within 10 days, Palmer Lake Voters will

have the opportunity to have their voices heard again on Initiatives 300, which is pro-retail marijuana, and on Initiative 301, which is against retail marijuana. I ask that each voter consider their personal wisdom and the wisdom of several of our Federal agencies which are decidedly against retail marijuana. Those agencies with current public state-ments strongly against marijuana use include the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the American Society of Addictive Medicine, the National Institutes of Health, the Surgeon General and the White House.

These agencies assert that a) “marijuana has no acceptable medicinal value”; b) “marijuana is addictive”; c) “marijuana is a mood-altering drug capable of dependence as well as serious negative mental, emotional, behavioral and physical consequences”, and d) “marijuana is associated with addiction, re-spiratory disease and cognitive impairment.”

All of this information is readily available at www.CALMPalmerLake.org, the website we created in order to help inform voters con-cerning the marijuana debate.

Just what further information do we, the voters of Palmer Lake need? Are we so desperate for revenue that we want this in our town? Are we prepared to deal with the consequences?

Manitou Springs, a nearby town which has legalized retail marijuana, is now report-ing a nearly 600 percent rise in drug related incidences in their schools (see the Gazette Oct. 22). Denver is reporting a substantial rise in homeless young folks who have moved there in order to gain legal access to retail marijuana.

Is this to be our future? It’s up to you. While I have respect for the proponents of retail marijuana and don’t doubt their good inten-tions, I have to ask--- Please vote No on 300 and yes on 301.

Chris Amenson, CALMPalmerLake.org

An early visitor and a grand memorial In the Pikes Peak Region we hear a lot

about Gen. Palmer’s days. He brought a lot of other people into the area. Some of these are often forgotten, and Palmer is given credit for what they did. This is one of those stories about a man who has largely been forgotten around here.

One of Palmer’s surveyors for the Kansas Pacifi c Railroad, which was what brought him to this area, was sent out to look for a likely route into the mountains. Out on the Smoky Hill Trail, a popular route from Kan-sas to Denver, the surveys for a line west was still in question. The railroad was building in Kansas, but Colorado was still unknown land, Denver was the western end of the Smoky Hill Trail, but was it the best way to get to the mountains? Palmer had followed Zebu-lon Pike’s path along the Arkansas River and south to New Mexico, but the area between the Arkansas and Smoky Hill Trail was pretty unknown.

In 1868 Palmer sent H.L. Holbrook to look at this area. It was Holbrook’s second visit to the area, and he brought another surveyor to help draw the maps, Lewis Kingman. They started at a point called River Bend out on the trail. He discovered that a dark area to the west was a forest, which hid a ridge which ran almost directly west. It separated the Arkan-sas River watershed from the South Platte watershed to the north. The trip west gradu-

ally climbed with regular hills along the way. As the men traveled the mountains to the west came into view, from Long’s Peak all the way south to Pikes Peak and beyond. At the end of their survey, they found a gap in the ridge, where it met the mountains, and a little lake. Along the way they had crossed several trails, some very old. They had also seen some pretty spectacular rock formations.

The lake is what we know as Palmer Lake. Holbrook and Kingman, after this survey was fi nished, both took jobs with the Santa Fe railroad, who was needing surveyors for their construction through New Mexico and Arizo-na to California. Both had stations on the rail-road named after them, now well-established towns. Holbrook returned to Colorado at the turn of the century, and is buried in one of the cemeteries in Pueblo.

I know people see his big memorial, and walk by, never knowing the signifi cance.


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LIFET R I - L A K E S

Blackhawk helicopter part of District 38 Red Ribbon WeekStudents from Palmer Lake Elementary, Ray E. Kilmer Elementary got to see chopper up close during drug awareness weekBy Danny [email protected]

The landing of a UH-60 Blackhawk heli-copter at the Palmer Lake softball field had many in the community buzzing Oct. 22.

But none were more fascinated than the 305 Palmer Lake Elementary School students who sat in the stands and witnessed the spec-tacular event unfold before their amazed eyes.

The event kicked off Red Ribbon Week and being drug free.

“This is fantastic,” said Palmer Lake El-ementary principal Julie Jadomski, who was wearing an orange traffic vest because she helped accompany the children from the school on Lower Glenway Drive to the softball field along Highway 105. “We knew it would be exciting, but this is more than we expected.

“The guys did a great job of pulling this off and putting this together for us. It seems that they believe in this cause, and they were so or-ganized to just do this so smoothly.”

Jadomski added that her school applied via an application with the National Guard about a month ago to have the helicopter land in Palmer Lake as part of Red Ribbon Week. The school received notification that it had been selected two weeks ago.

“Of the thousands of schools that apply we were fortunate enough to be chosen,” Ja-domski said. “We couldn’t land at the school because we don’t have enough room, but this worked out perfectly.”

The pilot of the impressive 30-year-old craft, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Justin Montes of the Colorado Army National Guard, had about six passengers in board who were pre-

pared to address the school’s students, teach-ers and faculty.

“We tell the kids to make good decisions about drugs and always have a good friend with you and surround yourself with people who make good choices,” Montes said.

Montes was joined at the event by several of his fellow National Guard members from Buckley Air Force Base in Denver, where the helicopter is housed.

Before landing, Montes circled a square-mile or so of the area to make sure the landing area was safe. He then proceeded to land his craft in the outfield as the kids cheered and clapped with delight.

An officer with the Drug Enforcement Agency addressed the chil-dren on the dangers of drugs. He was joined by law enforcement officers from Palmer Lake, Colorado Springs and El Paso County Sheriff, as well as an ATF officer with the Bureau of Al-cohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Nicole Meyer, a fourth grade teacher at Palmer Lake Elementary, said the day was successful for many reasons.

“We had a whole bunch of coordination through Mrs. Jadomski and Dayna Kohn, our counselor, and it has been wonderful,” Meyer said. “It has really captivated the kids’ atten-tion and pushed home the importance of their choices and their health and how some-thing like drugs can really impact their future.

“Some of these kids have never seen heli-copters before and now they have that inspi-ration `Maybe I want to do this.’ It’s sparking their imagination of the possibilities that are open to them.”

Sage Clark, a student in Mrs. Meyer’s class said she had never seen a helicopter land be-fore the assembly.

“It was pretty cool,” Clark said.“Today they talked about trying to stay

away from drugs because they can hurt you.”After the presentation, the children were

allowed to walk in an orderly fashion to the helicopter where they could look inside and ask questions of Montes and the other pre-senters.

“I think this is pretty cool,” said Damian

Clark (no relation to Sage), a fifth-grader who is in Mrs. Libby Malone’s class. “I got to do this last year at my old school in Pueblo, but this is still pretty cool that I got to see it again.

“Last time we didn’t get to see inside of it. Today I did and this was really fun.”

Clark added that he “loves the army” and really took its anti-drug message to heart.

“Today I learned to stay away from drugs and don’t let anyone offer you drugs, even if they are your friends,” Clark said.

Palmer Lake was one of three stops Mon-tes and his group made on Oct. 22. They be-gan their day at Jackson Elementary School in Colorado Springs. That was where District 38 School Resource officer Dennis Coates, who is also a County sheriff, hopped on board and made the trek to Palmer Lake, where Montes said he flew the craft about 100 knots (105 mph).

“We came right over the Air Force Acad-emy,” Coates said.

“This is the first year we’ve gotten this into our District 38 schools. All the kids are carry-ing red ribbons, and red ribbons are symbolic of saying no to drugs.”

Montes and his crew flew their helicopter to a school in Castle Rock for an afternoon as-sembly after eating their lunch at the Palmer Lake softball field.

On Oct. 21, Montes and a crew landed their helicopter at an assembly at Ray E. Kilmer El-ementary School in Black Forest, which is also part of District 38.

It’s not every day that a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter lands in Palmer Lake. It was there as part of Palmer Lake Elementary School’s Red Ribbon Week. Photos by Danny Summers

Palmer Lake Elementary �fth-grader was all smiles as he stood near the cockpit of the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.

Students from Palmer Lake Elementary stood in line, anxiously awaiting their turn to see the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter up close and personal on Oct. 22.

Palmer Lake Elementary School students, teachers and faculty got to see the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter at the Palmer Lake softball �eld on Oct. 22. The helicopter was there as part of Red Ribbon Week.


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Oct. 31TRUNK-OR-TREAT TRI-LAKES Church of Christ plans its annual Trunk-or-Treat from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31, at 20450 Beacon Lite Road, Monument. Go to http://www.trilakeschurch.org. Safe, free fun for the family includes treats, balloon artist, chili with all the trimmings, fall desserts, and devotional around the bon� re. Bring lawn chairs. Please no

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Nov. 6HERITAGE LECTURE Western Museum of Mining and Industry presents a heritage lecture on “Steam Shovels and the Panama Canal” at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. A reception begins at 6 p.m. 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Panama Canal. This marvel of Industrial Era technology, and sheer will, would not have been possible with-out the power of steam shovels. Historian Noel Maurer, author of “Big Ditch,” will lead a program on the world of the Panama Canal, the importance of steam shovels to its completion (like the 1928 Osgood shovel here at WMMI), and the future of this

once controversial feat of American might. Heritage lectures are always free. RSVP at 719-488-0880 or [email protected]. Go to www.wmmi.org or call 719-488-0880.

Nov. 8, 15, 22, 29BOOK SIGNINGS Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, will have book signings Saturdays in November. Vera Dawson will sign “Cookies in the Clouds” from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. Sharon Gerdes will sign “Back in Six Weeks,” and Angie Ricketts will sign “No Man’s War” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. Erin Healy will sign “Motherless” and TR Fischer will sign “Prey for Me” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22. Heather Buchman will

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We Support Our Members

Below is a list of our not for profit members. As allies, we have assisted by placing ads in publications, helping to promote events or partnering in fundraising endeavors.

American Diabetes Association

Association of Graduates USAF Academy

BNI Tri-Lakes

Churches: The Church at Woodmoor, St. Peter Catholic Church, Monument Community Presbyterian Church, and

Fuel Church, Ascent Church, Benet Hill Monastery

Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region (COPPER)

Discover Goodwill

El Paso County Tri-Lakes Lions Club

Helping Everyone Recover

Kaiser Permanente

Legacy Sertoma

Lewis-Palmer School District 38

Monument Academy

Monument Hill Kiwanis

The Mural Project of Colorado Springs

Palmer Lake Historical Society

Palmer Lake Restaurant Group

Pikes Peak Community College Foundation

Pikes Peak Library District

Pikes Peak United Way

Pikes Peak Workforce Center

St. Francis Medical Center

Teen Challenge of Colorado Springs

Towns of Monument and Palmer Lake

Tri-Lakes Business Accelerator

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Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts

Tri-Lakes Family YMCA

Tri-Lakes Health Advocacy Partnership (HAP)

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Universal Education Foundation

Western Museum of Mining and Industry

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Join us Tuesday, November 18th 5-7pm as Sundance Monument Lodge hosts Business After Hours. You won’t want to miss this one! Network with Chamber members and partners and promote your business. Enjoy some great food, drink and door prizes! FREE to members; $5 for Partner Organizations; $10 for Non-Members.

Thursdays, November 6 & 20, 7:30 – 9 a.m. Chamber Networking Breakfast – Join us at The Inn at Palmer Divide for breakfast and get to know your fellow Chamber members and find out how you can help one another. Come check us out to see if this group is a good fit for you. Membership in this group is $20 annually and breakfast buffet is $12. Call the Chamber for details.

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Assisted living facility opens near Pine Creek HighFor the Tribune

When contractor Steve Feldman and his wife, Val, longtime residents of Black Forest, decided to try a new career path six years ago, they chose to build lo-cal Assisted Living Homes. Their first home New Day Cottages at Turner, be-hind Whole Foods on North Academy was opened in 2009. This summer they opened their second home near Pine Creek High School, New Day Cottages at Pine Creek.

Looking at the options for senior hous-ing, they saw an opportunity to serve se-niors in a different way. They decided to provide beautiful and safe homes on one level that promote interaction through-out the day. Living as a family, the resi-

dents share their joys and challenges each day with their peers.

The Pine Creek Home at 10975 How-ells Road has 7,400 square feet and looks like a large, inviting home. With easy ac-cess to the Powers Corridor, families in Northern El Paso County can stop by to visit their loved ones. It has space for 12 residents with spacious private rooms.

Val designed the home. It has three wings that surround the central area, which has a great room and dining room. All the rooms have large windows, clos-ets, ceiling fans and one-half baths. A separate living room provides a place for residents to gather with family in a private area other than their bedroom. There is also a salon with weekly services available.

The front porch has spectacular views of the front range. A sheltered porch off the dining room is a great place to relax in a rocking chair out of the elements. Along the walking paths are a gazebo, rose gar-den and a raised planting area for those who wish to garden. In front of the home, where the old house was removed, is a park area with benches to relax and enjoy the views of Pikes Peak.

Staffing consists of CNA trained caregivers who have the gift of serving our elders. They monitor the residents throughout each day ensuring changes in their health needs are addressed immedi-ately. A resident shared “The staff go out of their way to care for you and will do anything for you.” Regular visits from a house doctor are available. Partnerships

with outside agencies include Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, Nursing and Hospice.

New Day Cottages offers an alterna-tive to large assisted living facilities. The residents who thrive in their homes are at a place in life where a more intimate setting appeals to them. They are past the stage of wanting to be on the go all the time but prefer a couple activities a day in the comforts of a home. They main-tain their independence, but know if they need assistance a caregiver is there for them. A granddaughter recently shared, “Grandma is much calmer since she moved here, this is her home.”

For more information about New Day Cottages, call 266-1100 or visit the web-site at newdaycottages.com

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DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., a leading provider of population health and kidney care services, today an-nounced that HealthCare Partners has entered into an agreement to ac-quire Colorado Springs Health Partners (CSHP), a multi-specialty medical group with more than 100 physicians at 11 loca-tions throughout the Pikes Peak region.

“By combining a nationally recog-nized patient-centered physician prac-tice with our existing international foot-print and extensive clinical capabilities, we are creating a new paradigm of high-quality, affordable, personalized health care in Colorado,” said Kent Thiry, co-chairman and CEO of DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. “We are especially excited about growing in our home state and look forward to more.”

CSHP, established in 1946, has been “Patient Centered Medical Home” certi-fied by the National Committee on Qual-ity Assurance since 2011 and has been nationally recognized for its success in improving patient blood pressure results through the American Medical Group As-sociation’s “Measure Up, Pressure Down” project. CSHP is one of the 74 medical practices in Colorado selected to par-ticipate in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Collaborative Primary

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Davis and Kriegbaum stated to Cannon that the constitutional rights of the minority were being violated by the Amenson/Lock-wood backed bill. Kriegbaum cited references to the Colorado constitution, as well as ques-tioning the way in which Amenson was even able to get his measure on the ballot.

Kriegbaum also stated in his argument that “it is the intent of the majority voters to interfere with minority voters.”

Speer asked Cannon not to rule on the side of the protesters. She cited legal precedent for why the Amenson/Lockwood bill was put on the ballot legally, why it is valid and why the

votes should be counted on Nov. 4.“Issue 301 was found to be suffi cient by the

Town clerk (Tara Berreth) on Sept. 4,” Speer told the Tribune. “She in turn submitted to Wayne Williams, the clerk and recorder for El Paso County. He has put it on the ballot and the ballots have already gone out.

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SPORTSRangers, Bears combine to win four matchesRademacher, Sultanbeav each won singles matches for Lewis-Palmer, while Wilson won a singles match for Palmer Ridge

By Danny [email protected]

Lewis-Palmer High School tennis players won two matches at the Class 4A state tour-nament at Pueblo City Park on Oct. 9 to have the best showing of any Tri-Lakes area school.

Cross town rival Palmer Ridge won one match at the state tournament.

Lewis-Palmer No. 1 singles sophomore Nolan Rademacher defeated Sand Creek freshman Jan Seno, 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, in their first-round match. Rademacher lost his quarterfi-nals match on Oct. 10 to Kent Denver’s Willie Gold, 0-6, 1-6.

The loss meant that if Rademacher had any chance of continuing on in the tourna-ment he would have to win a playback match. But he lost to Thompson Valley’s Jameson Lumpkin.

Lewis-Palmer No. 2 singles Akmal Sultan-beav, a junior, defeated Fountain Valley’s Yan-no Fernandez, 6-4, 6-1, in their first-round match. But Sultanbeav lost his quarterfinals match to Kent Denver’s Casey Ross, 2-6, 0-6.

Sultanbeav also lost his playback match to Dawson’s Connor Larson.

The Lewis-Palmer No. 1 doubles team of Kyle Flinn and Travis Yoesel lost its first-round match, but won its playback match. They then lost in the second round of playbacks.

The Rangers’ No. 4 doubles team of Koby Chan and Connor Cornuke lost their first-round match and playback.

Palmer Ridge also had six representatives at state. No. 3 singles Drake Wilson was the only Bears player to win a match.

Wilson, a sophomore, defeated Wind-sor’s Andrew Myers, 6-4, 7-5 in a first-round match, but lost to Niwot’s Max Petrak in the quarterfinals, 0-6, 0-6. Wilson did not get a chance at a playback match.

The Bears were also represented by No. 2 singles Lain Roy, as well as No. 2 doubles (Ricky Wilcox and Marc Lacrampe) and No. 3 doubles (Zach Wilcox and Kyle Rex).

Discovery Canyon was represented by No. 2 singles Dustin Bohuslavschi, a freshman, and No. 2 doubles Tommy Mitchell and Jake Higginbotham. None of them won a match.

Lewis-Palmer’s No. 2 singles Akmal Sultanbaev returns a shot during his �rst-round match against Fountain Valley on Day 1 of the Class 4A state tournament Oct. 9 at Pueblo City Park. Sultanbaev won the match 6-4, 6-1. Photo by Julie Smith

Lewis-Palmer’s No. 1 singles Nolan Rademacher won his �rst-round match against Sand Creek on Oct. 9 in day 1 of the Class 4A state tennis tournament in Pueblo. Rademacher won in three sets 3-6, 7-5, 6-0.

Thunder football team storms past Lewis-Palmer, 45-14Disocvery Canyon improves to 9-0 and remains state’s top-ranked 3A teamBy Danny [email protected]

Since training camp opened in early August, Discovery Canyon football coach Shawn Mitchell has stressed a day-by-day, week-by-week philosophy to his team.

“At the end of each week we want to be 1-0,” Mitchell said after his team’s 45-14 Class 3A Southern League victory over Lew-is-Palmer Oct. 24 at District 20 Stadium. “We want to keep the future in sight, but we never talk about making sure we win to-night so we can get ready for the next team we play. We always want to take care of the things that count most, and that’s the game we’re playing now.”

So far, nine 1-0 weeks have added up to a 9-0 record for the Thunder and a No. 1 ranking in the state. Discovery Canyon, 4-0 in league, travels to Canon City Oct. 31 in a game that will decide the conference cham-pionship.

Win or lose, Discovery Canyon will host a first-round game the following week.

“We want to control our own destiny,” Mitchell said. “We don’t want to leave it up to somebody else. We want to take care of our business and be the league champs and let the chips fall where they may after that.”

Canon City (7-2, 4-0) moved down from 4A this season.

Thunder senior quarterback Andrew Hall enjoyed another solid performance against Lewis-Palmer (4-5, 2-2). He com-pleted 8 of 17 passes for 94 yards and two touchdowns; to Dylan Draper and Scott Betzer.

Hall also rushed for 43 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. He leads the team in rushing touchdowns with 15.

Hall said he is looking forward to the matchup with Canon City.

“We’ll look at the defense and take what-ever they give us,” he said. “They’re a pretty strong team overall. Their whole defense is tough. It will be a good challenge.”

Thunder senior running back Spencer Chambers rushed for 63 yards and two touchdowns, while sophomore Josh Tom-jack made his only carry of the night count in a big way when he dashed 45 yards for a touchdown in the final minutes.

Chambers also talked stressed how the Thunder does not take any opponent light-ly.

“We’re not going to treat any game dif-ferent than any other,” said Chambers, who leads the team in rushing with 644 yards while adding 11 touchdowns. “We came out and did what we had to do tonight and we got the win.”

Discovery Canyon has scored 40-or-more points in seven games this season, and 30-plus two other times.

Canon City is coming off a 48-8 victory over Woodland Park. The Tigers have scored

40-plus points eight times.“Canon (City) is going to be tough,”

Mitchell said. “Tonight (against Lewis-Palmer) was not our premier game by any stretch of the imagination.”

Lewis-Palmer’s loss to Discovery Canyon eliminated the Rangers from playoff con-sideration.

“Our guys played tough tonight,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Dustin Tupper. “We took (Discovery Canyon) out of what they want to do; their base, option. But we just

couldn’t stop them in other phases of the game. They have answers to stuff if you don’t get them behind in the chain and that’s what happened.”

Lewis-Palmer will miss the playoffs for the third consecutive season. The Rang-ers finish against Harrison Oct. 30 at Don Breese Stadium.

“Our guys hit and always practice hard and we will be ready for Harrison,” Tupper said. “Our guys don’t have any lay down in them and we want to end on a good note.”

Discovery Canyon linebacker Dylan Draper, #10 in dark jersey, lays out a Lewis-Palmer ball carrier during the Thunder’s 45-14 victory on Oct. 24. Discovery Canyon is 9-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 3A. Photo by Brian Arnold


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Hamer sets state record to lead Palmer Ridge boys to state cross country championship�e Bears won their �rst-ever cross country titleBy Danny [email protected]

A false start didn’t hinder Eric Hamer or his Palmer Ridge High School cross country teammates from making state history on Oct. 25 during the 72nd annual boys - and 37th an-nual girls - state meets at Norris-Penrose Sta-dium.

Hamer set a Class 4A state record when he crossed the finish line with a time of 16 minutes, 17.61 seconds. Four more of his teammates finished among the top 34, which vaulted the Bears to their first-ever state championship in cross country.

“It’s cross country and you just want to fin-ish, and you want to finish as hard as you can.” said Hamer, who finished sixth at the state meet as a junior. “I don’t know what my splits were, but I felt like I did what I needed to do.”

Hamer also ran in the state meet as a fresh-man (finishing 32nd) and sophomore (16th).

Hamer and the 189 4A runners were about 160 yards out from the finish line when they were called back because of a false start. Sev-eral runners in the jammed pack fell down, causing others to scurry around them.

Rather than be detoured by the restart, Hamer was even more focused as he quickly broke out in front and never gave up the lead. He methodically pulled away from the pack and finished the 5K course - which involved a brutal incline up a hill about a mile into the race - by crossing the finish line inside the sta-dium more than 32 seconds ahead of second-place finisher William Mayhew of Cheyenne Mountain.

“I wanted to make this race what I wanted to make it and that meant going out in first place,” said Hamer, who was also a key part of the Palmer Ridge track and field team that won the state championship last spring. “It wasn’t my plan to set a 4A state record. My plan was to race as best as I could. I just ran as hard as I could and it just happened to be that time.”

Palmer Ridge finished with a team total of 94 points, followed by second-place Niwot (106), third-place Durango (153) and fourth-

place The Classical Academy (168).Palmer Ridge coach Kelly Christensen said

he was not at all surprised by Hamer’s finish.“The way the last year has gone everything

has been leading up to this race for him,’ Christensen said. “It was difficult to see him do anything other than that.

“A year of worked paid off and just didn’t happen because he’s a talented runner.”

Christensen was pleased his team won, but thought the boys could have run an even better race.

“We’ve had a great season and we did our job,” Christensen said. “We had two in the top 20, but for some of these guys it was their first state meet and it was probably a little tough.”

Palmer Ridge junior Liam Cox was second on the Bears (17:23.86, 12th overall).

“We kind of talked earlier and I knew Eric was going to go,” Cox said. “I tried to stay up with him, but that wasn’t going to happen once we got going.

“We work so hard as a team and we’ve all been running at least since our freshman year.

I’ve been running since first grade and I’ve never taken a year off.”

Rounding out the top five for Palmer Ridge was senior Tommy Herebic (17:30.86), sopho-more Andrew Rudnicki (17:42.76) and sopho-more Jeremy Meadows (17:43.11).

TCA sophomore Tanner Norman finished eighth overall and joined Hamer at the po-dium at the center of the arena. The top 10 were recognized in a ceremony and received special awards.

Norman said the false start did not affect his run.

“Everyone had to deal with it, so it wasn’t a huge deal,” Norman said.

Norman added that Hamer’s electric per-formance did not surprise him.

“He was the favorite coming into this race and he got out in front and was able to hold onto it. I think everyone thought he would.”

The Palmer Ridge girls finished third in their race with 144 points behind Mountain View (127) and Thompson Valley (139).

Bears’ junior Hannah Capek crossed the

finish line first for her team (20:52.3, 15th overall).

“It was really hot out there, but our team is so close we knew we could stay together (on the course),” Capek said. “Our coaches kept telling me I had to move up and try and push forward for the team.”

Palmer Ridge junior Audree Furst was the third place runner for the Bears (21:37.9).

“We ran hard and made sure we could see our teammates in front of us,” Furst said.

TCA’s girls were an uncharacteristic 10th

place. Senior Hannah Williams was the top Titans runner (21:27.1, 29th overall).

“We lost two of our top scoring five; I know one of them passed out on the top of the hill and I don’t know what happened to the other one,” Williams said. “This wasn’t the season we envisioned, but I’m proud of the girls who came and ran with me.”

Discovery Canyon’s Elizabeth DeLaurell was 14th overall with a time of 20:58.5. The Thunder was 12th as a team.

Palmer Ridge senior Eric Hamer is all smiles as he stands to the far left during the individual awards ceremony for the top 10 Class 4A �nishers during the state cross country championships on Oct. 25. Hamer �nished �rst with a state record time. Third from the right is The Classical Academy sophomore Tanner Norman, who �nished eighth overall. Photo by Danny Summers

Palmer Ridge’s Eric Hamer crosses the �nish line �rst at the Oct. 25 state cross country championships at Norris-Penrose Stadium. Hamer set a Class 4A state record in leading the Bears to the boys’ team championship. Photo by Alan Versaw

Titans remain undefeated in soccer with 3-0 playo� victory over Vista PEAK PrepTCA (16-0) is the No. 2 seed in Class 4A playo�sBy Danny [email protected]

The Classical Academy boys’ soccer pro-gram was a perennial state power in Class 3A. So it comes as a surprise to few that the Titans are rolling along in their first season at the 4A level.

On Oct. 22, TCA defeated Vista PEAK Prep, 3-0, as the 32-team tournament got underway on the Titans’ home turf.

“This is a new season and we have a lot more chances to score and more games to play,” said TCA sophomore Titus Grant. “We can’t think about the past. It’s all about the fu-ture in the playoffs and finishing tough.”

The Titans improved to 16-0 and appear to be a solid No. 2 overall seed. They hosted No. 15 Pueblo West (10-6) in a second-round game on Oct. 28, but results of that match were not available at press time.

“This is exciting because we knew we could get this far,” said TCA sophomore Jeremy Bal-des. “We’ve done what we needed to do to get to this point and now we have to finish it.”

Baldes scored his 11th goal of the season 10 minutes into the match with No. 31 Vista PEAK (8-6-2) and it appeared the Titans would have relatively no problem with the Bisons. But for the next 50-plus minutes of play the score remained 1-0.

That all changed in the course of a wild 67 seconds.

TCA goalkeeper Micah Mesward - a four-year starter and one of just three seniors on the team - made a diving save after a Bosons corner throw-in and melee in front of the net. Mesward cleared the ball to his teammates, who made a mad dash down field, working the ball around with relative ease. Moments

later, Grant booted a left-footed shot past Vis-ta PEAK goalkeeper Alan Islas from about 35 yards and suddenly the Titans doubled their pleasure.

“We have a fast team and we can transition fast,” said Grant, whose 29 goals lead the team. “It was all about transition at that point.”

TCA coach Blake Galvin agreed.“That’s exactly what we needed to do,”

Galvin said. “As (Vista PEAK) put a little bit of pressure on our defense we needed to move a little bit quicker.”

TCA junior Andrew Peck scored the team’s final goal in the 78th minute, ending any hope Vista PEAK had of mounting a comeback.

Galvin was a bit surprised his team went so long between its first and second goals.

“It was clear that (Vista PEAK’s) strategy was to bunker in and try and look for a quick counter,” Galvin said. “It’s tough when you have a team putting in 10 guys behind the ball just defending. That was their whole strategy.

“I didn’t think it was going to take us that long to score, but I’m pleased with the boys. They stayed patient and just kept moving the ball and kept putting pressure and pres-sure and pressure and eventually we broke through two more times.”

Galvin added that his team feels no pres-sure being the No. 2 seed in the tournament, but that it does find itself in a somewhat awk-ward position from previous years.

“The biggest thing is that we don’t know anything about these teams,” Galvin said.

“With 3A we had a history with the majority of the teams, and some of them we played for 10 years. We knew them and we knew their style of play, but we don’t know these teams.

“In a lot of ways that actually makes it ex-citing because we don’t know what to expect.”

This could be the start of a great run in 4A for the Titans who have just six upper class-men on their roster.

Among TCA’s victories this season was a 1-0 win over No. 3 Cheyenne Mountain - the defending state champion - in the second game of the season.

“We don’t talk about going undefeated,” Galvin said. “We’re just going out and playing our style of soccer.”

The Classical Academy junior mid�elder Noah Klause, #3 in white jersey, goes up high for a header during the Titans’ Class 4A �rst-round playo� match with Vista PEAK Prep on Oct. 22. The Titans won 3-0 to advance to the second round. Photos by Alison Henry

The Classical Academy sophomore Jeremy Baldes, #13 in white kicking ball, scores the Ti-tans’ �rst goal in the 10th minute of a Class 4A �rst-round playo� game against Vista PEAK Prep Oct. 22 at TCA’s on-campus �eld. The Titans won the match 3-0 to improve to 16-0.


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Palmer Ridge comes up short in state � eld hockey � nals Colorado Academy defeats the Bears, 2-0, Oct. 25 at All-City Stadium in Denver By Danny Summers [email protected]

For the second time in three seasons, the Palmer Ridge field hockey team reached the state championship match. But again the Bears’ hopes of hoisting the golden trophy were thwarted by Colorado Academy.

Palmer Ridge (12-4-1) lost a 2-0 match to the Mustangs (17-0) Oct. 25 at All-City Stadium in Denver.

Colorado Academy is a 50-0-2 over the last three seasons. They also played for the 2011 state championship, but lost to Kent Denver, 1-0.

Three of the Bears’ four losses this sea-son were to Colorado Academy.

“We really worked on the corners these last couple weeks,” said Palmer Ridge coach Paul Lewis. “We knew how they set up, and we know how to score on them. It’s just getting that final execution. A tap here or there and it’s in and we’re back in it.

“It was just not our night. They were able to keep us out.”

Colorado Academy, the No. 1 seed, closed out its season with five consecu-tive shutouts and outscored opponents 7-0 in the three postseason games.

The No. 3 seeded Bears have had dif-ficulty with Colorado Academy in recent years, losing nine consecutive matches. In the 2012 state finals, Colorado Acad-emy defeated the Bears, 1-0.

Palmer Ridge’s last victory over Colora-do Academy was a regular season match in 2011. The two teams also played to a tie later that season.

Palmer Ridge lost to Colorado Acad-emy in the state semifinals in 2013.

“We want to play the best; that’s how

you get better,” Lewis said. “(Colorado Academy) is a darn good team, and so are we.

“It’s about getting better, and as a pro-gram as a whole, we’re getting stronger.”

Palmer Ridge advanced to the champi-onship match with a 1-0 victory over No. 2 Kent Denver in the semifinals. Bears’ freshman Liz Philips scored less than five minutes in to give Palmer Ridge an early lead.

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dyn Pettit recorded the shutout.Palmer Ridge defeated Cherry Creek,

3-1, in the first round (quarterfinals) on Oct. 20. The Bears also defeated Cherry Creek in their regular-season finale, 1-0, on Oct. 15.

The Bears were led in scoring this sea-son by senior Ashley Walker’s 11 goals. Sophomores Emily Munn and Shannon Snediker had 10 and 9 goals, respectively.

Walker also led the team in assists with 14. Phillips was second with 11.

Colorado Academy players celebrate after defeating Palmer Ridge for the state � eld hockey championship for the second time in three seasons. Colorado Academy has won three consecutive state championships, as indicated by the players holding up three � ngers each. Courtesy photo

Lewis-Palmer No. 1 overall seed in Class 4A volleyball regionals Rangers are 23-0 By Danny Summers [email protected]

Lewis-Palmer High School will take its undefeated record and No. 1 state ranking - among all classifi cations - into this week-end’s Class 4A state volleyball regionals.

The Rangers (23-0, 7-0 in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference) will host a three-team regional Nov. 1.

There are 12 three-team regionals. The winner of each regional will advance to the state tournament, scheduled for Nov. 7-8 at the Denver Coliseum.

The Rangers are the defending state champion and have won 29 consecutive matches dating back to last season. Their

last loss was to Cheyenne Mountain Octo-ber 2013 during the Cheyenne Mountain Tournament.

Lewis-Palmer is 50-2 the last two sea-sons, and 74-7 since the start of the 2012 season.

Lewis-Palmer lost to Cheyenne Moun-tain in the 2012 state fi nals.

The Classical Academy is making its fi rst-ever trip to the 4A postseason playoffs

after moving up from 3A this fall. The Titans (15-7) are coached by Kiyo Greene, who was an assistant with the program prior to tak-ing over this year.

TCA, which won the Metro League with an 11-3 mark, will be on the road for its re-gional.

Discovery Canyon qualifi ed for the play-offs for the fi rst time school history. The Thunder (13-10) will also be on the road.

Members of the Lewis-Palmer High School volleyball team, in orange jerseys, in action during a recent match. Spiking the ball is sophomore middle blocker Elizabeth Reich. The Rangers are the No. 1 ranked team in the state – regardless of classi� cation – and the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A regionals. They host a regional match on Nov. 1. Courtesy photo

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Rangers pull away from Woodland Park 50-25 as Ellis rushes for three touchdowns Lewis-Palmer football team imroves to 4-4, 2-1 in league By Danny Summers [email protected]

With a tenacious running attack and a game-changing defensive touchdown, the Lewis-Palmer football team kept its slim postseason hopes alive with a 50-25 victory over Woodland Park Oct. 17 at Don Breese Stadium.

The Rangers (4-4 overall, 2-1 in the Class 3A Southern League) rushed for 354 yards on 37 carries. Senior fullback Brad Ellis had a game-high 154 yards and three touch-downs, while sophomore fullback Jordan Brines added 135 yards and a touchdown.

The lead changed hands fi ve times. Woodland Park had leads of 6-0, 12-8 and 25-22, but the Rangers answered each time with big plays to get the momentum back on their side.

“We just had a pick-up in intensity,” said Ellis, who scored on touchdown runs of 38, 1 and 2 yards. “We came out we had a goal. We had a mission. We knew we had to pick it up and not lose the game. We had no choice.”

Woodland Park freshman tailback Dominic Roskam proved to be a thorn in Lewis-Palmer’s side early and of-ten when he scored on a 13-yard touchdown run at the 1:45 mark of the fi rst quarter to give his team a 6-0 lead.

The Rangers took their fi rst lead 18 seconds later when senior Morgan Bailey ran the kickoff back 85 yards for a touchdown. Ellis scored on the two-point conversion to put Lewis-Palmer up 8-6.

Woodland Park senior running back Dylan Schaller-Ward (53 yards on 8 carries) put the Panthers back on top with 8:38 remaining in the second quarter when he found the end zone from 11 yards out. Woodland Park’s failed in its try for the 2-point conversion and the score remained 12-7.

But Lewis-Palmer answered with a go-ahead touchdown 16 seconds later when Ellis scampered 38 yard for a touch-down and a 15-12 lead after Cody Fitzgerald’s point after touchdown.

Brines had a 5-yard touchdown run with 3:47 remaining in the second quarter to vault Lewis-Palmer to a 22-12 lead.

Roskam ended the fi rst-half scoring with a 10 yard touchdown run with 1:28 remaining to make the score 22-19 in favor of Lewis-Palmer.

Roskam scored his third touchdown of the game on a 13-yard run midway through the third quarter to put Wood-land Park back on top 25-19. The PAT failed.

The turning point in the game occurred less than a min-ute into the fourth quarter when Lewis-Palmer cornerback Cam Fraser returned a fumble 40 yards for a touchdown. The fumble came about after Woodland Park junior quar-terback Cecil Cox completed a pass to Zak Hess, who was tackled hard by Sam Warner, jarring the ball loose for Fraser to pick up.

“There’s a big moment in every game and the one that broke this game open was that defensive touchdown,” said

Lewis-Palmer coach Dustin Tupper said. “That was our sec-ond defensive touchdown in as many weeks.”

Ellis and quarterback Ty Helfrich added two more touch-down runs to put the game on ice for Lewis-Palmer.

The Rangers play Discovery Canyon (8-0, 3-0 and ranked No. 1 in the state) Oct. 24 at District 20 Stadium.

“That’s going to be our signature game,” said Lewis-Palmer slot back/cornerback Nick Pavlick, who had a 26-yard reception late in the third quarter to set up Lew-is-Palmer go-ahead touchdown. “After the loss to Palmer Ridge (16-6 on Sept. 12) we’re really looking forward to get-ting a piece of Discovery Canyon.”

Discovery Canyon defeated Harrison, 56-20, on Oct. 17. The Thunder has scored 40-or-more points in six games, and 30-plus two other times.

Brines said neither he nor his teammates are intimidat-ed by Discovery Canyon’s impressive resume.

“We’re going to train our butts off and we’re going to overplay and go out and lay some hits on them,” Brines said. “And have some fun.”

Discovery Canyon has won the last two meetings with Lewis-Palmer, including 42-14 last fall.

“They blacked our eye last year and we don’t want that to happen again,” Tupper said. “We’ll get after it and we’ll be ready.”

Lewis-Palmer defenders try to bring down Discovery Canyon running back Blake Lawrie, #30 in dark jersey, during a game played at District 20 Stadium on Oct. 25. The Thunder defeated Lewis-Palmer. 45-14, to improve to 9-0. Photo by Brian Arnold


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