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Voices CCC Camp rests in the shadow of Monument Rock

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LifeA year after earthquakes, devastation remains but spirit of Nepalis unbroken

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SportsWoodmoor man gearing up for Hill Climb

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By Bill [email protected]

With a quick stroke of a pen, Monument Mayor Jeff Kaiser signed the fi nal settlement papers April 14, ending a lawsuit fi led against the town by Colonial Management Group of Orlando, Fla., over a proposed methadone clinic/dispensary that provoked a fi restorm of controversy last summer.

Asked how it felt to have the lawsuit offi -cially settled, Kaiser exclaimed: “You have no idea!”

An agreement in principle, which in-cluded a $900,000 payment to Colonial, was announced March 11 and approved by the Board of Trustees in a hastily called special meeting.

But the fi nal agreement was delayed more

than a month as the two sides disagreed over the details of the settlement.

Turns out Colonial made a last-minute de-mand that it have the right to open a dispen-sary in Monument if a competing company came to town.

“I said ‘no way’ and told our legal team to call their bluff,” Kaiser said. “I said this was a deal-breaker. We were ready to proceed with the litigation and go to trial if they did not strike that language.”

In the end, Colonial backed down.“They folded like a cheap card table,” Kai-

ser said. “They signed the previously agreed upon language, as I fi gured they would.”

Kaiser was the last of the parties to sign the document. Town Manager Chris Lowe sat be-side him to watch the historic signature.

See Methadone on Page 9


State Rep. Paul Lundeen scored major victories last week as two bills he sponsored made it through the meat grinder known as the Colorado Legislature and were signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper.

That is no small accomplishment for the Monument Republican, who is in the minority party in the Colorado House.

But there he was at week’s end, attending bill-sign-ing ceremonies with the Democratic governor, who has nicknamed Lundeen “Mr. I-25” for his intense lobbying efforts to widen Interstate 25 between Monument and Castle Rock.

A Lundeen initiative that became law was House Bill 1224, which is designed to help victims of human traffi ck-ing and sexual exploitation qualify for and receive social services from their county departments.

The bill broadens the legal defi nition of “child abuse or neglect” to include traffi cking victims.

See Mr. I-25 on Page 6


After a swearing-in ceremony for the four newly elected members of the Monument Board of Trustees, the real work of governing awaited the group at its fi rst meeting April 18.

Town Manager Chris Lowe had sev-eral items of business on the agenda beyond the swearing-in ceremony. But more intriguing was the agenda of the four trustees elected as the Account-ability Slate on promises to roll back steep new water rates and reform op-erations of the town staff.

Lowe said the offi cial agenda in-cluded considering a code of ethics he proposed for the mayor and trustees. The board was also scheduled to have a public hearing on a request from for-mer mayor Rafael Dominguez to an-nex his 9.6-acre property on the town’s south boundary.

Lowe also expected discussion of how to fi ll a vacancy on the board cre-ated by the recent appointment of Jeff Kaiser as mayor, replacing Dominguez who resigned abruptly March 29. The previous Board of Trustees set April 18 as the deadline for applications for the position.

“We’ve had two letters of applica-tion,” Lowe said Wednesday, April 13. “One was from Kevin Sorenson, who ran for the board. The other was from Michell Glover, who serves on the plan-ning commission.”

Sorenson received 370 votes for trustee in the April 5 election, fi nishing fi fth behind the four slate candidates.

See Trustees on Page 10

Methadone agreement signed after mayor calls Colonial’s blu�

New Trustees get to work on fulfi lling campaign promises

‘Mr. I-25’ scores big victories as General Assembly passes midway point

Monument Mayor Jeff Kaiser shakes hands with Town Manager Chris Lowe after signing a settlement agreement ending a lawsuit fi led by Colonial Man-agement Group of Orlando, Fla., over a proposed methadone clinic/dispen-sary it tried to open in downtown. The town and its insurance company paid Colonial $900,000 to avoid trial. /Photo by Bill Vogrin / The Tribune


A Monument-based builder plans to construct 28 townhomes on a 7.2-acre meadow on the north shore of Lake Woodmoor, according to plans unveiled at a neighborhood meeting April 14.

About 30 neighbors came to hear details of the Cove at Woodmoor, be-ing planned for construction by JM Weston Homes on property it is buy-ing from La Plata Communities of Colorado Springs, developer of much of Briargate.

The plans call for nine two-story buildings, each with two, three or four units. Designs created by NES, a Colo-

rado Springs landscape architectural fi rm, show townhomes lining two pri-vate streets, which would be separat-ed by a fl oodplain running down the middle of the parcel toward the lake.

Both streets would connect to Deer Creek Road. The westside street would also connect to a parking lot in an existing 20-unit condominium complex, said Andrea Barlow, NES project manager.

Earlier in the day, John Bissett, a Monument resident who founded the JM Weston Homes in 2009, described his plans for the land, which La Plata bought in 2013 for $1.2 million.

“It’s a great site,” said Bissett, the former president of the board of the

See Townhomes on Page 6

Townhomes planned for north shore of Lake Woodmoor

An architect’s drawing shows the layout of 28 proposed townhomes on the north shore of Lake Woodmoor. The builder hopes to break ground in the summer of 2017. /Courtesy drawing.

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The U.S. military wants to know if its bases are good neighbors and it’s ask-ing communities in the Pikes Peak re-gion to answer the question.

So it is conducting a “Joint Land Use Study” with an online community sur-vey, sponsored by the Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments.

You can participate by going to the PPACG’s website, clicking the link and answering the questions. The survey resides at www.ppacg.org/jlus-survey

and it includes 15 questions including:How satisfi ed are you with the mili-

tary as a community partner?Are you affected by any of the fol-

lowing as a result of military presence in the community?

Is noise from military aircraft opera-tions an issue?

Is noise from military gunfi re and/or artillery an issue?

Is your commute affected by mili-tary operations?

The survey also asks if you knew you lived near a military base before buying

your home. And it asks respondents to list various positive and negative im-pacts of living near military installa-tions.

Some questions obviously relate to areas around Fort Carson and its ar-tillery operations. Others clearly stem more from helicopter and airplane training linked to both Fort Carson and the Air Force Academy and perhaps Pe-terson Air Force Base.

Besides conducting the survey, the study will involve town hall meetings via telephone.

The survey is not new, nationally. More than 120 joint land-use studies have been done throughout the coun-try. But this is the fi rst one in Colorado.

The survey will remain available on-line through May 31.

The telephone town hall meetings

are scheduled later this month with one in each of the study’s four counties: El Paso, Teller, Pueblo and Fremont. They offer residents an opportunity to discuss military/community land use issues with the study manager and a county commissioner. Future in-put opportunities will include com-munity meetings and issue working groups.

Data collection and analysis and public input will cover:

Regional water supply, stormwater management, and waterways

Trails, recreation, and cultural re-sources

Compatible alternative-energy de-velopment

Development near airfi eld opera-tions and regional airspace use

Competition for electromagnetic spectrum

Geographic Informa-tion Services data, or GIS

Formal policies and procedures for military participation and cross-ju-risdictional coordination in community develop-ment review and planning processes

An implementation strategy with specifi c ac-tions and monitoring re-sponsibilities identifi ed

The PPACG is an agency made up of the region’s 16 local governments. Repre-sentatives come together at the PPACG to collabo-rate on issues that cross political boundaries and to reach solutions that benefi t the entire region.

PPACG’s primary fo-cus is regional planning in transportation, aging issues, and air and water quality. PPACG previous-ly led the six-year, four-county effort to study the impacts on the communi-ty related to the growth of Fort Carson.

Survey asks if military is a good neighbor

Senior internet safety – Friday, April 22What: Larry Bryant discusses internet safety issuesWhen: 1 p.m., Friday, April 22Where: Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor DriveInfo: Free program, contact Tarah, 488-2370

Great American CleanupSaturday, April 23What: Volunteers in Monument will participate in the Pikes Peak Great American CleanupWhen: 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, April 23Where: Santa Fe Trail, 3rd and Beacon Lite Road or Trailhead at Old Denver Road and Baptist Road, MonumentInfo: Individuals and groups sought to help clean trail. To register, call Madeline VanDenHoek, 884-8013, or visit www.gacppp.com

Antique saleSaturday-Sunday, April 23-24What: Tri-Lakes Women’s Club hosts its 40th Pine Forest Spring show and sale, featuring an-tiques, home decor and garden exhibits.When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, April 23, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, April 24Where: Lewis-Palmer High School, MonumentCost: $6Info: Baked goods from more than 100 bakers; gourmet food trucks. Contact [email protected].

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A Denver teen died April 14 in Mon-ument as he drove a go-cart on Beacon Lite Road around 8:50 p.m. near the cemetery.

The Monument Police Department said it was called to a two-vehicle wreck in the 800 block of North Beacon Lite.

Offi cers found that the 17-year-old victim was driving a go-cart when he was struck by a pickup truck in the southbound lane. Police said the youth, Leonel Lara-Rey, of Denver, was

pronounced dead at the scene.Police said the youth had come to

Monument to test-drive the go-cart, which had been advertised for sale.

The driver of the truck was Juan Manual Diaz, a 19-year-old Monument resident. Police are still investigating the incident, and it is unclear if any charges will be levied.

An investigation is continuing as investigators are gathering additional information and evidence.

On Thursday, a memorial with fl ow-ers and crosses was erected at the site of the wreck.

Items to include:• Antique local/Colorado history items• African masks• Stock Certificate• Old pictures and photographs• Colorado mining• Railroad• Ethnic Jewelry• Old Cripple Creek maps• Western history items• Trade beads• Sterling Silver• Postcards• Microscope• WWII items

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Healthy living should be its own re-ward. But since it’s not for too many people, the Pikes Peak Library Dis-trict, the El Paso County Department of Human Services and the YMCA of the Pikes Peak Region are teaming up to encourage healthy living by host-ing a contest with prizes for the win-ners.

The contest runs through June 30 and it involves eating well, exercising and attending “healthy living” classes. To win prizes, you must attend three Healthy Living Library Programs and complete six activities listed on the game card, which can be picked up at the library or downloaded from its website.

Prizes are awarded upon comple-tion of each of three levels, with a grand prize winner awarded at the end. Prizes include granola bars, fi tness journals, water bottles, day passes to the YMCA and a grand prize of a 90-day pass and fi tness gift basket at the Y.

At the Monument Library, the fi rst 90-minute class will be “Stress in the 21st Century” at 4 p.m., May 20, in the meeting room at 1706 Lake Woodmoor Drive.

Participants will learn strategies for coping with the pace and demands of modern life.

Presenter Connie Stanton will ex-plore some practical, some innovative,

and some power-strategies for taking care of ourselves physically, mentally and emotionally.

Anyone who wants to relax, laugh, and learn how to be a happier person is encouraged to attend.

Next comes the “Healthy Living on a Budget” at 1 p.m. on June 1. This class is designed to empower participants to take charge of their own health by be-coming an informed and responsible partner in their healthcare.

In addition, the class will explore ways to get fi t and healthy on a budget by focusing on preventative measures that will reduce your need for medi-cal services. Presenter Liz Turner will teach tips to becoming a wise health care consumer, and ways to manage your health for less.

Later in June is the session “Hon-oring Caregivers of All Kinds” which singles out those who provide services, from professionals to volunteers to family members.

Caregivers tend to be unsung he-roes, often working in isolation. The class will teach four skills to enhance your effectiveness, fi nd ways to refi ll your spirit and have some fun. If you are a caregiver, in any capacity, take time to celebrate what you do.

Registration recommended but not required. Call Liz Turner at 488-2370.

To register for the contest, go to the library or register online at ppld-healthyliving.readingrecord.net

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Suicide prevention train-ing invites public to attend

By Tribune staff The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Pre-

vention Program will hold a suicide prevention training class at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21 at the Ascent Church - Woodmoor campus, 1750 Deer Creek Road.

The training program is free and everyone is welcome.

Presenters will include Yellow Rib-bon founders Dale and Dar Emme, who started the organization in 1994 after the suicide of their son, Mike.

Their visit is being coordinated by Ascent Church, Cathedral Rock Church, Fuel Church and Holy Trin-ity Anglican Church.

The Westminster-based Yellow Ribbon is dedicated to preventing suicide by making prevention train-ing accessible to all. Learn more at yellowribbon.org.

Women’s Club hosts 40th annual Pine Forest Show

For The TribuneThe Tri-Lakes Women’s Club in

celebrating the 40th annual Pine Forest Show this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24.

The show will run 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at Lewis-Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road.

This year’s show will feature new

and returning antiques dealers, home decor, glass repair and garden dealers’ exhibits.

There will be food vendors, a large selection of plants for sale and “The Bakery.”

The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club is a non-profi t organization which has donated more than $800,000 in grants to the Tri-Lakes commu-nity.

All proceeds from the Pine For-est Show will benefi t qualifi ed, non-profi t service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes com-munity.

For additional information, visit tlwc.net or email [email protected].

Fishing derby has new host and is seeking sponsors

Love fi shing? Love kids? Want to help kids learn how to fi sh? Then the Tri-Lakes Lions Club is looking for you!

The Lion’s Club has taken over the Kid’s Fishing Derby this year from the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce.

Dave Prejean, president of the Li-ons Club, has participated the last few years and is excited to be able to bring it back to Palmer Lake now that the fi sh have some water to swim in.

It will be a free event for kids. But the tournament is in need of spon-sors.

Anyone interested can contact Prejean for more information at [email protected]

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Something rare is going to happen on June 1.

That’s the day taxes are going to drop 1 percent at stores along the Baptist Road/Jackson Creek Parkway retail corridor.

How often have you seen that hap-pen in your lifetime?

I know I will be on alert for any air-borne pigs that day. And unicorns.

But it’s true. Businesses up and down the streets will be reprogram-ming their cash registers to shave the sales tax they collect.

Now, a 1 percent sales tax is just pocket change on most purchases and doesn’t really hurt all that much when we pay it.

But that pocket change added up to about $16 million since voters passed it in 2006. And it bought a wide, new interchange at Baptist and Interstate 25, alleviating congestion that plagued the old bridge and exit ramps for years.

The tax is disappearing because Monument Mayor Jeff Kaiser and his predecessor Rafael Dominguez nagged the Colorado Department of

Transportation to pay up.This is where it gets a little com-

plicated. The tax was enacted at the request of the Baptist Road Rural Transportation Authority, or BRRTA, which was created in 1997 to issue bonds to fund improvements on Bap-tist Road and the surrounding area.

In 2006, CDOT was widening I-25 from Colorado Springs to Monument but didn’t have the cash to rebuild the Baptist Road interchange. So BRRTA proposed the sales tax increase under an agreement with CDOT that the state would eventually reimburse the local authority.

Kaiser and Dominguez serve on the BRRTA board of directors and as soon as the interchange was built in 2011

they began asking CDOT for repay-ment.

They managed to pry $3 million loose in 2012. But they had gotten stiff-armed from CDOT ever since. Fi-nally, their persistence paid off when, in October, word came that the state would pay the balance – or about $13 million.

The cash hit the BRRTA bank ac-count on Feb. 29, allowing the author-ity to retire the debt and cancel the sales tax.

Before he resigned as mayor, Dominguez suggested it might be a good time to ask voters to reinstate the 1 percent sales tax and use the pocket change for amenities residents want like parks, trails, open space, spraygrounds, sports fields and the like.

Kaiser, his successor, said he would like to know what the public thinks of the idea.

But this tax would not be identical to the BRRTA tax, which was limited to the Baptist Road/Jackson Creek Park-way area. Kaiser believes any new tax would need to apply to all Monument

businesses including the historic downtown.

“My thought is that the idea needs to go before voters,” Kaiser said. “I can see strong arguments on both sides.

“From the taxpayer perspective, I completely understand the view of those who say ‘Keep your grubby hands off my money.’ Another argu-ment for not having that tax is to give our businesses a competitive advan-tage.

“On other hand, it’s important we have the types of amenities that at-tract families and businesses and help the community prosper.”

Kaiser said he’d support the will of the majority and thinks maybe it would be a good time to ask at the November general election.

I’m wondering what readers think. Would you give your pocket change to get a sprayground at Limbach Park or new trails or soccer fields?

Go to our Facebook page – face-book.com/trilakestribune – and leave a comment or two. Or email me at [email protected]. I’ll get back to you with what I learn.

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As one tax goes away, mayor wonders if another should replace it

Tri-Lakes TribuneApril 22, 2016

Walk-A-Thon – Sixth, seventh and eighth grad-ers at Lewis-Palmer Middle School took part in the annual March of Dimes Walk-A-Thon. They raised $1,540.80 after a 20 mile walk.

Mall underway – Construction began on Monu-ment Village at the corner of Third and Front Streets in Monument. Norman Hellbusch and Robert Haddock will make it a western theme. Among the businesses will be: John Pitt’s gun shop, Betty Craig’s beauty shop, Richard Peterson’s western wear, Dick DuBois TV and appliance repair shop, a café and Helbusch-Haddock Construction offices.

Treatment Plant – J. Roger McCammon, retir-ing chairman of the Palmer Lake Sanitation Board, kicked a shovel in soft earth beside a sewage lagoon south of Monument on April 15. A new treatment

plant will be used by Palmer Lake, Monument and Woodmoor. Environmental Protection Agency provided $225,000 of nearly $300,000 cost of the project. It should be operational in less than three months. It is being built by Dougan Construction Company of Denver. Tap fee is $450. Monthly cost to users is $6.

Math winners – Lewis-Palmer eighth graders tied for first place in a math contest featuring 18 teams April 14 at Emerson Junior High School in Colorado Springs. Pat Kilmer, Randy Miller, Don Kimminau, Daren Cuplin and Carl Harrison tied with Air Academy Junior High School.

Spelling Bee – The El Paso County Spelling Contest was held at Lewis-Palmer Middle School. Eighteen schools were represented. Kellie Lind of Lewis-Palmer Middle School was runner-up and Pat Kilmer finished in fourth place. All winners will participate in the Annual Rocky Mountain News

Spelling Bee on Saturday, May 1.Renewal of Vows – Couples who have been mar-

ried through pastoral leadership of The Church at Woodmoor since 1972 will participate in a “Renewal of Vows” Festival on May 2. This will be the begin-ning of Christian Family Week. An informal recep-tion will begin the event at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Richard McGrath at 3 p.m.

Boettcher Scholarship – Brock Leach, 17-year-old Monument honor student, won the Boettcher Scholarship to a college of his choosing. Broch is the son of Mr. and Ms. C. B. Leach.

Book published – “The Fourth of July Mouse Parade,” the third book in Grace Best’s Jeremiah Mouse series, is now in publication. The book highlights the animals’ bicentennial celebration. The animals are in colonial costumes representing famous characters from American History.

Compiled by Linda Case

40 Years Ago

Did you ever hear about the air-plane that flew off the top of Pikes Peak?

This is a question I used to hear when I worked on the mountain. And, no, I am not talking about a helicopter, which fly up there all the time.

I’m talking about a plane. And it did. Actually, it was a glider.

In the late summer of 1936, a young Colorado Springs pilot, Thurman L. Kinch, put together a plan to fly off the top of Pikes Peak. He intended to set several records, including altitude and time.

It was no ordinary glider, but an Ea-glerock, built at Alexander Aviation on what was then the north end of Colo-

rado Springs, just beyond Fillmore Street. The Alexander airport would be his landing spot.

Pikes Peak was already known for it’s unpredictable winds, but Kinch felt he could handle the situation. A truck took the little plane up the road.

The plan called for another air-plane to fly from Colorado Springs to the peak, reporting on conditions. A wooden slide had been built to provide the craft with a smooth take-off.

Just after 7 in the evening, the plan was started. The little craft quickly joined the other birds. The craft, however, gained little altitude and when it flew over the summit station on the cog railway, it struck a chimney.

The glider then headed down the east face of the mountain losing alti-tude in a steep descent and crashing into the rocks.

Rescuers quickly reached the glider,

piled up near the top of Barr Trail. Kinch was badly injured. He suffered a broken leg and head injuries.

He was transported to St. Francis Hospital where he was examined for more serious injuries.

In the end, it was discovered that he had survived in fairly good condition, but the glider was a total loss!

He became quite a local celebrity, for a while.

There were discussions about a plan to try it again, but I have not seen anything, yet.

Today, there are advisories about flying anywhere near the mountain although helicopters have been flying to the summit for nearly 60 years.

CABOOSE COBWEBSMel McFarland

Pilot intended to fly into the record books from top of Pikes Peak


The new president didn’t waste any time. “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself – nameless, unrea-soning, unjustified terror which para-lyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance,” went the inaugural address on March 4, 1933. Within the first legendary ‘hundred days,’ Frank-lin D. Roosevelt, and a cooperating Congress let loose flurry of legislation that included such bold strokes of the like of a ‘bankers holiday,’ weakening prohibition by permitting the brew-ing of 3.2 beer, and the creation of the ‘forest army.’

Before the end of the first month, in fact, the forest army materialized in the form of the law creating the Civil-ian Conservation Corps.

From 1933 until 1942, Company 2124 CCC Camp F-60-C, Monument, Colorado, operated in the shadow of Monument Rock. The ‘F’ in the desig-nation stood for forestry and the ‘C’ for Colorado. Other camps in Colorado tackled such notable projects as build-ing facilities at Red Rock Amphitheater in Morrison, road and dam construc-tion, National Park facilities, early ski areas and much more.

“At the end of March the Civilian Conservation Corps Reforestation Relief Act became law,” notes David F. Burg in his 1996 book The Great Depression: An Eye Witness History. “In creating the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), the act provided for one of the New Deal’s most popular and memorable programs.”

The CCC invited young men be-tween the ages of 17 and 23, to work on projects and learn new skills. “The enrollees had to agree to allot the majority of their pay to their families. The usual enrollment was for a six month term while the maximum term

of service was two years,” according to the Colorado State Archive. Standard wage was $30 per month but with $25 sent home to the family.

The program was designed to “Save the soil, save the forest, save the young men,” as the motto suggested.

“I think it saved the country,” said Farris “Red” Dozier, who spent two years in the CCC in Oregon and Texas starting April 1, 1937. Dozier is re-tired from the Army and was reached by telephone several years ago at St. Luke’s Hospital in Denver, he lived in the Old Soldier Home in the North-west part of Washington, D.C. but his daughter, Mary Meyer, lived in Palmer Lake at the time.

“All these different kids learned how to do something, maybe drive a dump truck, or caterpillar, maintainer,” he said.

Dozier himself escaped desperate conditions in Texas. “I was leaving behind a chance to pick cotton, starve to death, and die early.”

“The U.S. CCC did an awful lot of good.” For him personally, he was able to improve his situation markedly. After a full two years in the program in which he even improved on the $5 per month disposable income provided by the CCC by becoming an officer’s orderly (bumping earnings by $6 per month), he returned home. “I got lucky and got a job washing dishes and then another as a chuck wagon

cook for a construction company because of what I had learned in the CCC.”

Then along came WWII and he went in the Army, worked his way up the ranks becoming a mess sergeant and eventually switching with training to a laboratory technician. After the army, he continued on in the medical field.

Longtime Monument businessman Bob Kuhlmann, who was 90 when I talked with him a few years ago, owned and operated Kuhlmann’s Cash Grocery from 1940 to 1964 and lived in Albuquerque, N.M., recalled the young guys that visited his store from the Monument CCC camp during their time off, and said, “I think it did a lot of good.”

Kuhlmann died in 2013 in Albu-querque, at 95.

“They worked on the roads and out at the nursery, did a lot of work on Mt. Herman Road and Rampart Range Road, and I think on projects out in the Black Forest.”

He said the nursery itself also provided income in tough times to local men that worked there giving the example of Walter Schrader, the first superintendent of the government nursery.

Schrader, according to Lucile Lavelett’s book Through the Years at Monument, spaded up the first 50-foot square patch which became the first seed bed in 1907 and worked for 36 years as superintendent, retiring in 1943, shortly after the CCC camp was closed when war broke out. The nursery closed in 1965, and moved to Basalt, Colo., where there was more irrigation water.

“The CCC’s had a large camp at the nursery,” writes Lavelett. “It was established in 1933 and was a camp for young boys who, in the depres-

sion, had no work. They were paid for working at the nursery, also given schooling. Most of the boys came from Texas and Massachusetts. The camp was abandoned when WW II was declared.”

The nursery, she wrote, was es-tablished to reforest 15,000 acres of timberland left by a disastrous Mt. Herman forest fire in the 1880s. That reforestation was completed by 1926. The nursery shipped two million trees a year in its heyday, and 25 million seedlings would be growing at once. In 1938, the nursery required 60 men to operate.

After the war broke out, the site was apparently converted for conscien-tious objectors, according to blogger Michael I. Smith, who produces the blog Forest Army.

“My grandfather was working out of the Monument Camp when we entered the war. He wasn’t at the camp in Monument, but at a side camp on Pikes Peak (working to establish a water supply for Glen Cove). I don’t have any of his letters from after the Monument camp was converted for use as a camp for conscientious objec-tors - at least none of them mention C.O.s. He does mention in a letter from early 1942 that they have finally been allowed to have light bulbs again (a reference to the post December 7, blackout regulations, I would guess). The Monument camp was one of the last CCC camps to close in Colorado if not the last. Many of the last of his Forest Service letters talk of liquidat-ing equipment and foremen scram-bling for the few remaining jobs in the system. Family lore tells that he left the Forest Service shortly after the CCC was disbanded because he didn’t think the conscientious objectors worked as hard as the CCC boys did.”

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Many tasks within our district are completed on a daily basis and con-tribute to a strong infrastructure which supports the mission of learning. Whether engaged in budgeting, main-taining facilities, updating technology, or countless other tasks, everyone in our organization strives for excellence. I say it often: it truly takes all of us to continue the excellent D-38 traditions and standards.

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Continued from Page 1Housing and Building Association of Colorado Springs. “We want to respect the contours of the land.

“And we want to make sure our residents and sur-rounding residents continue to have nice views of the lakes.”

Bissett said the price of the townhomes would start at $250,000. And each unit would include a two-car garage.

Some neighbors are concerned about the project and the common issues that surface with infill proj-ects surrounded by existing homes: privacy, noise, traffic and crime.

Condo residents were particularly upset at the prospect of the private street emptying into prop-erty they use as a parking lot. Plans show the new street will take out about four parking spaces. They also argued they need that space to park in heavy snow.

Barlow repeatedly explained the land where they park is not owned by the condos, it was purchased by La Plata in 2013. Further, the property has an ease-ment attached for traffic in and out of the site.

Beyond those fears, Richard Hicks, whose lives adjacent to the east edge of the property, worried an important wetland will be destroyed by the construc-tion.

“This is fairly rare riparian habitat,” said Hicks, who has lived there since 1999 and was worried when similar development plans surfaced in 2006.

“We see bear, raccoon, deer, fox, cougar, bobcat, migratory birds, coyote

It’s a gamut. I’d hate to see this lost. It’s a little self-ish on my part. But it’s important.”

Barlow suggested wildlife was displaced when each of the neighbors’ homes and condos were built and the animals adapted. She said the same will oc-cur with the new project.

Hicks and other neighbors also are concerned about the water that flows through the property in wet times.

“It’s a watershed area for all those streams coming from the north and northeast,” Hicks said. “If we have a big snow or rain event, how is that going to impact this area? Can they really mitigate all that drainage area?”

Barlow said engineers already changed the origi-nal design to remove buildings they had planned in the floodplain.

She also noted the 1973 plat and zoning allows construction of upward of 50 units on the property. If neighbors oppose the developer’s request to rezone the property, she said they could simply revert to the original plans and build a much higher-density proj-ect.

Earlier in the day, Bissett said such higher density wasn’t appropriate.

“We’re trying to be respectful of the surrounding communities,” he said. “We don’t want to reduce property values for anybody. We believe less density is better than more for this site and what we’re pro-posing is a good alternative.”

Barlow said the developer hopes to submit plans to El Paso County for consideration by early June. The approval process is expected to take at least 10 months.

If the planning and approval process goes smooth-ly, Bissett said he hopes to begin construction in the latter half of 2017.

Continued from Page 1“That was my baby,” Lundeen said.

“We worked hard on that one.”Lundeen has made human traffick-

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largest and fastest-growing criminal enterprise in America,” Lundeen said. “The criminal element, the evil people of the world, have discovered they can make a significant amount of money trafficking children.

“And we needed a way of getting so-cial services to minor victims of human trafficking.”

Lundeen also was celebrating the enactment of Senate Bill 110, which he co-sponsored with Sen. Laura Woods, R-Denver. The bill mandates the with-holding of a crime victim’s identity to

prevent “undue hardship, discomfort, and distress to any juvenile victim.”

“When juveniles gets swept up in crime and are victims, for example, of abuse or neglect, this bill protects their names from being released,” said Lun-deen, who was the primary sponsor in the House. “It requires their names be redacted. It’s a simple little bill that provides dignity to the victims.”

Lundeen also suffered a defeat, though, when a committee last week killed HCR 1001, a resolution he spon-sored to cut short the traditional 120-day legislative session.

Lundeen wanted to changed the du-ration of the sessions to 60 days in odd-numbered years and 90 days in even years.

He also hoped to decrease the vol-

ume of new bills offered each session, slashing from five to two the number of bills each lawmaker could introduce. And he wanted to give rank-and-file lawmakers more of a voice in the bud-geting process.

The resolution, which would need support from two-thirds of both the House and Senate to pass, failed to get out of the House State, Veterans & Mili-tary Affairs Committee.

“It’s something I will continue to fight for,” Lundeen said. “Let’s save tax-payers money by shortening the ses-sion. And we need to stay focused, just bring your two best ideas. It’s the right thing to do.”

Lundeen’s work is not finished in Denver. In fact, he’s still trying to win passage of his “keystone” bill to protect student privacy.

Lundeen proposed HB 1423 to pro-hibit educational software providers from selling personally identifiable stu-dent information and ban them from using that data to target students for advertising.

“My data privacy bill passed the House and is headed to the Senate,” Lundeen said. “Things are finally com-ing to fruition. It’s been a good week.”

The bill is an effort to restore paren-tal trust in government by prohibiting software companies from selling per-

sonally identifiable data about stu-dents and mandating data collected about students by software companies be destroyed.

“This is something I’ve worked dili-gently on,” Lundeen said, describing it as a bipartisan effort with Rep. Alec Garnett, D-Denver.

“No one has any business collect-ing personally identifiable informa-tion on students in public education,” Lundeen said. “This bill would protect students from someone using com-puter algorithm to identify them, build a profile and target them for advertis-ing.”

The bill is especially important as students in classrooms spend more time online doing research, writing pa-pers and taking tests.

And it’s a response to parents con-cerned about unscrupulous companies taking advantage of the access they get to students via school-mandated on-line activities to target them.

A similar bill died in 2015 session when lawmakers couldn’t agree on lim-its to impose. Some critics say the bill will stifle educational innovation.

As for widening of I-25, Lundeen the issue remains atop his agenda and he will continue to push Hickenloop-er and the Colorado Department of Transportation to fund the project.

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KATHMANDU, Nepal – A year ago, I was happily living my life in Palmer Lake, somewhat oblivious to the dev-astation that occurred a world away in Nepal on April 25th and May 12th.

On those terrible days, massive earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 7.8 and 7.3, rocked Nepal, unleashing catastrophic death and destruction.

More than 9,000 people lost their lives as entire villages were flattened and 700,000 were displaced. Ancient cultural heritage sites were shaken into rubble. More than 1 million homes and structures were badly damaged. The natural disaster was the worst Nepal had experienced in 81 years.

Global emergency relief organiza-tions responded swiftly and effectively, bringing supplies and assistance to the survivors. And tens of thousands of volunteers from every continent came to help bringing expertise, strong backs and big hearts.

Five months later, in October, I traveled to Nepal to seek adventure and provide humanitarian relief. In the months since, I’ve seen the devasta-tion that remains and I’ve met a lot of amazing Nepalis.

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tell you that a year later, much work remains to be done.

From my travels into the country-side and trekking to mountain vil-lages, I can also report the spirit of the people of Nepal is unshaken by the catastrophes. Even as their world is largely in ruins, Nepalis push ahead with a strong sense of hope, displaying resilience and tenacity. The Nepali word for resilience is lachak. Roughly translated is means: flexible and springy, able to return quickly back to smooth. Nepalis em-body the word.

It is inspiring to witness them “springing back” from the most diffi-cult of conditions. These include natu-ral impediments including a harsh winter, and political obstacles that resulted in a crippled supply chain and fuel blockade on the southern border (the blockade was no picnic for us for-eigners either), and delays in distribu-tion of billions in foreign aid. When I arrived, the havoc wreaked by the quakes was evident everywhere, both in the Kathmandu Valley, where I am based, and in the rural villages

I have visited including the Districts of Rasuwa, Nuwa-kot, Chitwan and Nawalpa-risi.

But, curiously, even in some of the hardest hit areas, the damage seemed to be “selective.” I would look up to see the back of a build-ing completely fallen, and then the adjoining structure would appear to be relatively untouched.

Government officials have said that it will take several more years to rebuild houses that were damaged or de-stroyed. In the meantime, tens of thousands of quake survivors continue to live in flimsy tents and makeshift shelters.

Rebuilding efforts are underway. And given that Nepal is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world, officials are trying to build better, more earthquake-resis-tant structures while preserving tradi-tional styles and cultural architecture.

What can you do to help? The Ne-palis need the world to come visit and lend a hand. Of Nepal’s 75 districts, only about 15 had severe damage. Infrastructure such as the airports and hotels for tourists were generally not affected by the disaster.

Nepal depends on tourism as a mainstay of its economy. It is safe to

visit Nepal, and its rich beauty re-mains.

In my own experience, I have never felt such welcoming hospitality, than by the Nepalis, who dress colorfully and festively, in celebration of life, and show such graciousness, natural joy and warm kindness.

I encourage everyone to consider an adventure/relief trip to Nepal. If you are like me, you’ll come away with memories of a lifetime.

Jay Heinlein is a lifelong writer, a pub-lishing professional for over 25 years and principal of Heinlein Publishing Services. Reach him at [email protected]

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MethadoneContinued from Page 1Lowe said he agreed with Kaiser’s posi-tion that Colonial should never be al-lowed in Monument.

“For what they put us through and the damage they did to the town, I think it’s completely fair for us to tell them to never come back,” Lowe said.

Colonial had sued Monument for $1.8 million after its zoning was re-voked by the Monument Board of Adjustment last August and it was blocked from opening its facility at 2nd and Front streets in downtown across from Limbach Park.

To settle the lawsuit, the town agreed to pay Colonial $350,000 from its cash reserves in addition to $550,000 paid by the town’s insurance company.

The next step was for both par-ties to jointly fi le a motion with the court, offi cially dismissing Colonial’s lawsuit.

“It’s my understand that this joint fi ling will take a few days to complete and to show up in the court’s system, but the town will be working with CMG on that fi ling,” Kaiser said. “Obviously it’s not over until the court says it is.

But both sides have signed the agree-ment and will proceed forward under that agreement.”

Kaiser said it was a relief to put the divisive episode behind the town so healing can begin.

“This fi nalized agreement culmi-nates a long and hard fought effort by our legal team, town staff, previous Mayor Dominguez, and the Board of Trustees,” he said. “You have no idea how much we all put into this agree-ment and negotiations.”

The secrecy demanded by the attor-ney-client process led to what Kaiser described as unfortunate mispercep-tions.

“It caused some to wrongly con-clude efforts and progress was not be-ing made,” Kaiser said. “Unfortunately, our citizens will never really know just how much our board stood up for them and fought this good fi ght.”

Kaiser said the trustees would act soon on new zoning codes before a moratorium on new clinics expires in May. He said those revised codes will “ensure we don’t go through this again.”


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“It’s going to take the right person to get that appointment,” Coopman said last week. “We need to make sure the new trustee is a good fi t for that posi-tion. It’s going to take conversation to get a grasp who the person is and make sure they are truly representative of the people.

“To automatically appoint the next person in line would not be responsi-ble if there are other qualifi ed people.”

Coopman also suggested the eth-ics code and Dominguez annexation might need time and consideration before action is taken.

“We absolutely need a code of eth-ics to ensure we’re doing right by each other and the community,” Coopman said. “But not the code of ethics as pre-sented. I saw some discrepancies in it. There are word choices that need to be revisited before it gets my vote. I have concerns.”

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“With an outdated comprehensive plan, we have no structure to follow,” Coopman said. “It would be highly irresponsible to annex any land into town without criteria, guidelines, anything in place to indicate how annexation decisions must be han-dled.”

Coopman said he intended to get busy on several things not on Lowe’s agenda and they are all familiar topics to anyone who watched the campaign.

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done and zoning codes and the pro-cesses the town staff follows.”

Coopman said he won’t waste time easing into the job. But he also cau-tioned people not to expect wholesale changes immediately.

“I won’t go in Monday and resolve anything in one night,” he said. “Wa-ter will be addressed. There are issues we’ll be bringing up and talking about immediately. But these is-sues were years in the making. They will take time to sort through and con-sider.

“It may take some time. But it’s not a race. There’s no reason to be too ag-gressive.”

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Bruno Furrer, Diacut, Inc., left, accepts the 2015 Business of the Year award from Danette Lilja, right, president of the Tri-Lakes Economic Development Corp.

David Prejean, left, accepted the chamber’s 2015 Non-Profi t of the Year award on behalf of the El Paso County Tri-Lakes Lions Club. Presenting the award is Sarah Schaefer, Mountain View Electric Association.

The 2015 Business Person of the Year is Jim Pasquale of JJTracks Tire and Auto Service. Presenting the award to JJ Tracks manager Sam Kimball,right, is Michael Pennica, left, of Pennica Financial.

The chamber’s 2015 Ambassador of the Year Cary LaVigne, Accounting Pros., right, accepts congratulations from Bill Vogrin, editor/owner of the Tri-Lakes Tribune.

Elizabeth Roe Bryson, right, was named the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce 2015 Volunteer of the Year. Presenting the award is Tom Pogue, left, of Black Hills Energy. /Photos Courtesy Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce

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The Discovery Canyon gymnasium was the scene of a party on April 13 as 11 Thunder student-athletes signed their national letters of intent in front of celebrating family, friends and school personnel.

“I’m sad that I’m leaving my high school and all these people I like so much, and my coaches that I like so much, but I’m excited to move onto the next level,” said Sam Turner, three-time state champion wrestler who is headed to the University of Wyoming in the fall.

Turner, who was 41-2 this season, decided on Wyoming just three days prior to signing day.

Turner won state championships at three different weight classes. He will

wrestle at 141 pounds in college, but said he will likely redshirt his freshman year.

Had Turner chosen Air Force, he would have been the third member of his family to wrestle for the school. His older brother, Steve, is a sophomore at the academy. His father, Steve, Sr., wrestled for the academy in the 1980s.

Sam’s younger brother, sophomore Jarden Turner, was in the gym support-ing his brother as he signed his letter of intent.

“I want to make my own path in life,” said Jared, who won two matches at state last winter. “If I turn out going to the academy, that would be great. If I wind up going to Wyoming, that would be great.

“There’s a reason why we as Turners See Signing on Page 14

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Woodmoor resident Chris Lennon travels the world in his job selling advertising to media outlets. But when he’s not on a jet plane or high speed train, you can often times fi nd him be-hind the wheel of one of his Porsches.

Lennon’s favorite Porsche is his 1973 911 RSR. It is the one he uses to run in the famed Pikes Peak Interna-tional Hill Climb, which takes place June 26. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the race and he wants to win more than ever.

“This is a special year and we want to make sure we give ourselves the best opportunity to do well,” Lennon said.

Lennon, a Canadian citizen, will be competing in his fi fth Hill Climb in the Vintage Class. He has two fi rst-place fi nishes and two seconds.

The Hill Climb is the second-oldest auto race in America behind the India-napolis 500, which started in 1911. The Hill Climb was the brainchild of Spencer Penrose – of Broadmoor fame – who decided to stage a race in 1916 to help promote tourism of his Pikes Peak Highway. Race enthusiasts quickly took a liking to the event and from the very beginning some of the country’s top racers participated in the event.

For more than half a century, the most famous family in the race was

the Unsers, who were based in Colo-rado Springs before relocating to Albu-querque.

Indy car drivers like Mario Andretti competed in the event, and the by the 1960s and ’70s the Hill Climb had gained international fame.

The Hill Climb’s popularity locally has faded over the years. Some con-sider it an inconvenience because it prevents tourists from driving up America’s Mountain for a few days. But Lennon sees it differently.

“In a lot of ways, the Hill Climb is a much bigger deal around the world than it is here in Colorado or the Unit-ed States,” said Lennon, who clocked his best time of 11 minutes, one second in 2014. “It’s one of the most famous races in the entire world.”

This year, Lennon is teaming with Colorado Springs-based Pikes Peak Racing as part of a two-car effort with Randy Probst, a Sport Car Club of America hall of fame driver. Probst has competed in the Hill Climb three times.

“The partnership should be good

for the both of us,” said Lennon, who began planning for this year’s race a day after the 2015 running. “It helps being a team in terms of crew. We’ll get feedback from each other dur-ing testing and bounce ideas off each other.”

Lennon and other drivers will be al-lowed to test their cars on the moun-tain June 4-5. Race week begins June 20, with qualifying taking place in the

days leading up to the event.Since this is the 100th anniversary

of the event, Hill Climb organizers have limited the fi eld to 67 automo-biles and 33 motorcycles.

“Our No. 1 goal this year is to fi nish on the podium, our No. 2 goal is to win, and our No. 3 goal is to set an all-time (class) record,” Lennon said. “If we achieve all of those goals it will be a very good year.”

Woodmoor resident Chris Lennon, in blue, has won two Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Vintage Class races in hi 1973 Porsche 911. /Photo courtesy of Liz Petropoulos

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Discovery Canyon held a signing day party in the school’s gymnasium for its 11 student ath-letes that signed their national letters of intent on April 13./Photo by Danny Summers



The Arsenault name is well-known to Tri-Lakes

area prep soccer fans.For eight of the last nine seasons, a player with that

last name has been in goal for the Lewis-Palmer girls teams.

Haley Arsenault, a senior captain, is a big reason why the Rangers are ranked No. 1 in the state among all Class 4A teams and a viable contender to make an-other deep postseason run.

“Your goalie is your heart and soul of your team,” said L-P coach Joe Martin. “Haley has a quick fi rst step. She’s not afraid and she’s willing to put her body out there, stretch and leave her feet. She’s worked re-ally hard over these four years and you can tell.”

Arsenault is following in the footsteps of her old-er sister, Brandi, who started for L-P from 2008-11. Brandi went on to play at the collegiate level, and was in net for the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs last fall, helping the school to its fi rst-ever postseason victory.

“She’s older, has more experience, she has a lot more confi dence than I do, and I look up to her,” Haley said of her sister.

Brandi, now the goalkeeper coach at Rampart,

attends many of Haley’s games. But she was on the opposing sideline at Don Breese Stadium on April 6 when Rampart played L-P in a non-league game. L-P won 4-0 as Haley made fi ve saves for her second shut-out of the season.

“Comparing my senior year of high school to her senior year, she’s come a lot farther than me,” Brandi said with a smile. “She’s smart. She recognizes things going on all around her. She’s incredible.”

Haley played a key role in helping L-P advance to the 4A fi nals last season. The Rangers compiled a 17-2-1 record as Arsenault recorded 78 saves while allowing just seven goals. She held teams without a goal 14 matches while she was in net.

In the state championship game against Cheyenne Mountain, she allowed a fi rst-half goal to the Indians, then held the eventual state champs scoreless in the second half and two overtimes. L-P lost on penalty kicks.

“Sometimes she makes crazy saves that I could not imagine anyone making,” said L-P sophomore de-fender Rilee Britton.

Added Rangers’ junior defender Kirsten Hatton: “She has a lot of confi dence and the whole team trusts her so we can always play back to her.”

L-P’s only loss this season came against The ClasSee Arsenault on Page 14

Lewis-Palmer senior Haley Arsenault is a four-year starter for the Rangers. She helped the team to a Class 4A state run-ner-up fi nish in 2015. /Photo by Danny Summers

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April 13 marked the third and fi nal

national letter of intent college signing day for high school athletes around the nation.

Here is a list of the 32 Tri-Lakes stu-dent athletes who signed with colleges and the sports in which they will be participating.

The Classical AcademyTeresa Ambuul, track St. Gregory’s

University (Shawnee, Okla.), NAIAKendra Frieden, track, Indiana Wesleyan, D-IISpencer Hamilton, baseball, St. Cloud State (Minn.), D-IICatalina Hernandez, soccer, Fort Hays State (Kan.), D-IIRobby Jacobs, soccer, Clemson University (S.C.), D-1Bethany Johns, cross country/track, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS), D-IIKirsten Kropkowski, cross country/track, Wyoming, D-I

Alex Miller, track, Belmont University Nashville, Tenn.), D-1Emily Mueller, soccer, Union University (Jackson, Tenn.), D-IIAleesa Muir, soccer, Colorado College, D-IChloe Storm, volleyball, Covenant College, D-IIIChloe Weeks, volleyball, Johnson & Wales Providence, R.I.), NAIAAndrea Willis, track, Kansas D-IMaggie Zielinski, track, Westmont College (Santa Barbara, Calif.), NAIA

Lewis-PalmerAmy Cooper, fi eld hockey, Becker College (Worcester, Mass.), D-IIICurren Chapman, football, Nebraska Wesleyan (Lincoln), D-IIBlayke Walsh, baseball, Otero Junior CollegeEdie Statham, fi eld hockey, Tufts University (Boston), D-III

Palmer RidgeAudrey Furst, cross country/track, Western State (Gunnison), D-II

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Tri-Lakes area athletes who signed their national letters of intent April 13



The Palmer Ridge baseball team ended the 2015 season with nine con-secutive losses on its way to a 5-14 re-cord; the worst in the program’s history.

So when the Bears opened this spring with an 11-7 loss to Pueblo West, many observers thought it might be more of the same for a team fi lled with underclassmen.

Throw in the distraction of a coach-ing change following a spring break trip to Arizona and it was easy to wonder if the Bears collapse again.

Hardly. Palmer Ridge has peeled off 10 consecutive victories and looks like a team that could challenge for a play-off spot, win the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference and make its fi rst trip to the state tournament since 2014.

“We’re coming together a lot more this year because we’ve grown up with each other and we’ve known each oth-er most of our lives,” said junior Sam Britton, who pitches and plays second base for the Bears.

The Bears’ winning streak be-gan March 12 with a 7-3 victory over Thompson Valley. Then the Bears won three straight at the Coach Bob Invita-tional in Phoenix to push its winning streak to four.

The team’s return from Arizona brought turmoil when it was discov-ered the varsity coaching staff violated state and school district policies dur-ing the trip. Head coach Steve Whiting and assistants David Mills and Lamont Hicks were relieved of their duties on March 28 – a day before the Bears

opened PPAC play at Vista Ridge.“We were told that something

was about to rock the program and none of us really wanted to hear that,” said junior pitcher/center fi elder Bryan Boatman. “We thought it was someone on the team getting kicked off, and all of the sudden the three coaches were gone.”

Peter Gordon, a teacher at Palmer Ridge and assistant football coach, was named interim head coach. And de-spite the drama off the fi eld, the Bears were all business between the chalk lines.

They reeled off six more victories and are tied atop the league standings with crosstown rival Lewis-Palmer and Air Academy.

Now it gets interesting. Palmer Ridge plays Air Academy twice this week and L-P on April 28 and 30 in what will like-ly decide the league champ.

“We’d like to win all four of those games, but a split would be nice,” said Boatman, one of three team captains with fellow juniors Tyler Trego and Na-than Gishwiller.

Palmer Ridge’s turnaround can largely be attributed to maturity. Last year’s squad was fi lled with freshmen and sophomores who were learn-ing how to play at the varsity level. Now they are veterans – not yet of the grizzled variety – who have are battled tested.

“Last year, there was a line between the seniors and sophomores and we didn’t mix that well together,” said Boatman who pitched fi ve innings of no-hit ball in a 13-1 victory over Sand Creek on April 13.

The Bears are batting .407 as a team. Boatman and Trego are hitting .586 and .515, respectively. Juniors Reese Pepple (.455), Britton (.419), Beau Stamper (.414) and Gishwiller (.389) are also making life diffi cult for opposing pitch-ers. Freshman super utility man Char-lie Deeds is batting a robust .419

“We all have a good foundation and we all have a good relationship, and we’re all so close and we can tell each other anything,” Deeds said. “The most important part is that we all stay true to each other and that we keep a good relationship.

Palmer Ridge is also getting out-standing pitching. Boatman is 3-0 with a 1.47 ERA, followed by Gishwiller (2-0, 1.31) and Britton (2-0, 5.16). The staff

ERA is a paltry 3.02.One of the signature wins of this sea-

son came April 7 when the Bears over-came a 4-2 defi cit in the bottom of the seventh to score three runs and in on walk-off fashion.

“That was huge,” said Pepple, who had a pair of RBIs in the game. “We didn’t give it up and took it all the way through and found a way to win.”

Under the new CHSAA power points format, only the league champion is guaranteed a postseason berth this season among the 32 teams that qual-ify. Palmer Ridge is currently ranked 16th in power points. Lewis-Palmer, the two-time defending league cham-pion and state runner up in 2015, is 42nd.

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Continued from Page 12have accomplished so much. There is a lot of pres-sure to succeed, but we rise to the occasion.”

Sam Turner sat at the head table with his class-mates, who inked their names to scholarship offers. The others were Schyler James (wrestling, Northwest Technical Kansas College (Goodland), Community College; Micah Henderson (track, Biola University); Beau Beattie (football, Western State University); Gabriella Hesse (tennis, Florida Southern College); Mary Smith (volleyball, Providence Christian Col-lege); Max Smith (football, Western State University); Emily Wanderscheid (volleyball, Johnson & Wales University); Hannah Wirtjes (softball, Adams State); and Emma Zamora (tennis, Minnesota State Univer-sity-Moorhead).

“Max fi lled the (kicking) game that was missing on our team,” DCC football coach Shawn Mitchell said of Smith. “It was his fi rst year of playing football and he ended up making all-conference.”

Smith was a lifelong soccer player prior to coming out for football last fall. He ended up playing both sports for the school, but his strong kicking leg is what impressed Western State recruiters.

Beattie was one of Smith’s teammates. He was a ferocious linebacker who recorded 81 tackles, which ranked third on the team behind sophomore Mitch-

ell Draper (130) and senior Matt Call (108).Call, who also was the Thunder’s quarterback and

starting guard on the school’s basketball team, was on hand to see his two former teammates ink their deals.

“It’s really cool knowing my teammates will be playing college sports,” said Call, who has decided to concentrate on academics in college. “I’m really proud of both of them for their accomplishments.”

DCC senior Emily Hampson, who plays No. 3 dou-bles for the Thunder tennis team, also decided to not play sports in college, but she was more than happy to see teammates Hesse and Zamora sign on the dot-ted line.

“It’s kind of bittersweet for me to see them up there because I am really proud of them and they gave worked so hard to get where they are,” Hamp-son said. “They started so much younger than me, so that’s awesome and they have earned it.”

There were 32 Tri-Lakes area athletes who signed scholarship offers on April 13. The Classical Acade-my paced the way with 14, including fi ve that signed with Division I schools: Robby Jacobs (soccer, Clem-son) Kirsten Kropkowski (cross country/track, Wyo-ming), Alex Miller (track, Belmont), Andrea Willis (track, Kansas) and Aleesa Muir (soccer, Colorado College).

Continued from Page 12sical Academy in a non-league game on March 12. The Titans scored two minutes into the match. Haley clamped down and saved four shots over the next 78 minutes.

“It was a bummer, but I think it was just a bad day for the whole team,” said Haley, who plays club for Pride Copa. “We all kind of showed up a little down.”

Haley has seen action at forward over her career. She scored two goals last season.

This season she played the fi nal 30 minutes against Coronado in an 8-1 Rangers’ victory.

“When she goes in at forward, it’s super fun,” said L-P junior defender Karly Sandoval “You don’t expect your goalie to come in a game and play a position. But she’s good. She’s fast. She knows what she’s doing. It’s entertaining to watch.”

Haley plans on attending Colorado State this fall, as a student only.

“Maybe I’ll go out for the club team” she said. “We’ll see.”

Maybe there’s another year or two left in the Arse-nault legacy.

The Palmer Ridge baseball team is junior heavy. Among them are, from left, Daniel Dyer, Nathan Gishwiller, Bryan Boatman, Beau Stamper, Sam Britton and Reese Pepple. /Photo by Danny Summers

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Continued from Page 13Megan Harvey, track, Western State (Gunnison), D-IIMary Koch, lacrosse, Colorado Mesa, D-II

Discovery CanyonSchyler James, wrestling, NorthwestTechnical Kansas College (Goodland), Community CollegeMicah Henderson, track, Biola University (La Mirada, Calif.) University, NAIABeau Beattie, football, Western State (Gunnison), D-IIGabriella Hesse, tennis, Florida Southern College (Lakeland), D-IISam Turner, wrestling, University of Wyoming, D-IBrooks Moore, hockey, University of Arkansas, D-IMary Smith, volleyball, Providence Christian College (Pasadena, Calif.), NAIAMax Smith, football, Western State University, D-IIEmily Wanderscheid, volleyball, Johnson & Wales (Denver) University, D-IIHannah Wirtjes, softball, Adams State, D-IIEmma Zamora, tennis, Minnesota State University-Moorhead, D-II


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At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud. All interested par-ties are invited to attend. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid.

The Contract Documents consisting of a Project Manual and Drawings may be obtained by either electronic documents on-line, or a hard copy at the office of JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc., 545 E. Pikes Peak Ave Ste. 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 during normal working hours on and after 2:00 P.M., Thursday, May 31, 2016. Only firms obtaining documents by these methods will be placed on the Planholders’ List. Complete electronic Project Plans, Project Specifications, and Bid Proposal Packet are available at the JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. website “www.jdshydro.com”, click on the “Browse Current Projects” link and select this project from the project list. Documents cannot be downloaded or printed without purchasing. To purchase and download the project documents in pdf format, click “Download Project PDF” and sign on to QuestCDN.com or join for a free membership. Plan documents can be downloaded for a fee of $10.00. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or email “[email protected]” for assistance in the free membership registra-tion, downloading, and working with this digital project information. A hard copy set of project documents may be obtained from the office of JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. (719) 227-0027 for a non-refundable price of $40.00 for each complete set. Payment of an additional $25.00 is required for express mail. In addition, the Drawings and Project Manual may be examined at the following locations: the office of the consulting engineer, JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc.

A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 AM, April 27, 2016 at the District Office.

The Work to be performed generally includes: earthwork; tank pen-etrations; construction of a ringwall foundation; erection of a 1.1 MG Butt-welded steel tank, and coatings. Basis of award will be the lowest responsive and responsible Bid as determined by OWNER.

No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that Bid or combination of Bids, if any, which, in its sole and absolute judgment will under all circumstances best serve the OWNER’s interest. No Bid will be accepted from any firm, person, or corporation who is a defaulter as to surety or otherwise, or is deemed incompetent, irresponsible or unreliable by the OWNER. A Bid Bond of 5 % of the Bid will be required.

TRIVIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

/s/ Valerie Remington, District Manager

Publication Dates: April 13, 2016; April 20, 2016

Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45& 11:00 am

Sunday School: 9:45 am

Crossroads Chapel, SBC

840 North Gate Blvd.

Bible Study 9am

10:15am Celebrating HIM in Worship

6pm evening Adult Bible Study

Wednesday AWANA 6:15pm

495-3200

Pastor: Dr. D. L. Mitchell

Child care provided

True Direction from God’s WordWorship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Lewis Palmer High SchoolHigby Road & Jackson Creek Parkway

www.northword.org 481-0141 Maranatha Bible FellowshipA Home Church Spirtual Growth

Meaningful Relationships Solid Biblical Teaching

A New Testament early churchformat that is changing lives

495-7527

Monument Hill Church, SBC

18725 Monument Hill Rd.481-2156

www.monumenthillchurch.orgSunday: Bible Classes 9:15amWorship Service 10:30am

Pastor Tom Clemmons USAFA ‘86, SWBTS ‘94

Preaching for the Glory of GodGod-centered, Christ-exalting

worshipWed: AWANA 6:30pm

The “New” MHC - Where Grace and Truth Abound

Service TimeSWoodmoor Campus

8:15, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m1750 Deer creek rd., monument, cO

Northgate Campus9:30 a.m.

975 Stout Dr., colo Spgs, cOChurch Office

1750 Deer creek rd.monument, cO 80132

(719) 481‐3600www.TheAscentChurch.com

8:00 AM – Classic Worship9:30 & 11:00 AM – Modern Worship9:30 & 11:00 AM – Children and Student Programs5:00 – 7:00 PM – Programs for all ages2:00, 4:00 & 6:00 PM – Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

To advertise your place of worship in this section call 719-687-3006

(Corner of Beacon Lite & County Line Road) www.trilakeschurch.org

20450 Beacon Lite Road ● 488-9613 Christ-Centered ● Bible-Based ● Family-Focused

SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:00 am

●Fellowship Break 11:00 am (Refreshments Served) to 11:15 am

●Life Application Classes 11:15 am (Applying Morning Message)

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

●Free Fellowship Meal 6:00 to 6:30 pm

●Singing/Bible Classes 6:30 to 7:30 pm


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