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Voices Ghost town memories of Eastonville from Charles Hobbs

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LifeBronze and wood collaboration results in fi ne art furniture

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SportsCook having delicious season at plate for Rangers

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Jake Dove took up sport just six months ago

By Danny [email protected]

Jake Dove planned on getting in-

volved with the sport of air pistol, but took aim at archery, instead. That decision, about six months ago, was a bulls-eye for the Prairie Winds El-ementary School sixth-grader.

On April 16, Dove won the Colora-do State Championship Junior Olym-pic Archery Development, or JOAD competition, in his age group at No Limits Archery in Denver. It was his fourth victory of the season in seven tournaments.

“I really like archery and I en-joy the competition,” said Dove, who received a nice belt buckle and cocoa mug/stein for his efforts. “This is something I would like to do for a

Prairie Winds sixth-grader aims high

Jake Dove practices archery seven days a week. /Courtesy photo By Dave Betzler

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More than 1,200 Tri-Lakes area households have at least one resident who is 75 or older, creating a critical need for additional senior housing op-tions, an expert told a sparse but at-tentive audience recently at Bethesda Senior Living’s Gleneagle headquarters recently.

The expert was Larry Smith, presi-dent of Bethesda Senior Living, and he was explaining reasons his company

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Details of $13.5 million Senior Living Center emerge

By Bill Vogrin [email protected]

Four newly elected members of the Monument Board of Trustees were sworn into offi ce on April 18 as Don Wilson, Greg Coopman, Jeff Bornstein and Shea Medlicott joined Mayor Jeff Kaiser on the board.

At Bornstein’s urging, they elected Wilson as mayor pro tem, designating him to step in when Kaiser is absent. Incumbent Trustee Kelly Elliott was ab-sent.

And the four wasted no time as-serting themselves as they put an an-nexation request by ex-mayor Rafael Dominguez on hold and ordered town staff to prepare to roll back steep new water rates.

It was a night of lighthearted mo-ments as Town Manager Chris Lowe presented plaques of appreciation to outgoing board members Becki Tooley and Jeff Smith.

And there were tense moments, in-cluding when Maggie Williamson, own-er of Bella Art and Frame, rose during public comment to congratulate and chastise the new trustees.

“You have my respect as the elected offi cials, but you do not yet have my trust,” Williamson said politely. “I’ve heard quite a few unwarranted state-ments from the new trustees before their election, such as that the current board is weak and have not represented the residents of Monument well.

“Those statements have been un-called for and are untrue.”

Williamson described comments by members of the “Accountability Slate” as “quite unbecoming.”

“I’m hoping you can earn my trust and we can all pull together,” she said. “Truly put the heart of the town and its residents fi rst and foremost.”

The trustees listened and a couple seemed visibly taken aback by the

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Era of ‘accountability’ beginsNew trustees leave no doubt they are in charge

Monument Town Clerk Cynthia Sirochman, left, swears in four newly elected members of the Board of Trustees Don Wilson, Greg Coopman, Jeff Bornstein and Shea Medlicott. Wilson was elected mayor pro tem at the April 18 meeting. /Photo by Bill Vogrin / The Tribune

while.”Dove, who shoots a Mathews Com-

pound Bow, quickly took a liking to archery. He began training at Bill Pellegrino’s Archery Hut in Colorado Springs and joined Colorado Springs JOAD. To help him get the most

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Abstract & Interpretation Daily art exhibit What: Juried exhibit of paintings from more than a dozen abstract artists who use shapes, forms, colors and textures to express themselves.When: Noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. SaturdayWhere: Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 High-way 105, Palmer LakePrices: Gallery is freeInfo: Call 481-0475 or visit trilakesarts.org

Homebuying Class - Saturday, April 30What: A homebuyer education class with information on borrowing, down payment assistance, FHA mortgages and utilizing Colorado Housing Finance Authority sponsored by Douglas County Housing PartnershipWhen: 10 a.m., Saturday, April 30Where: Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor DriveInfo: free

Community coffee - Monday, May 2What: The Lewis-Palmer School Board hosts an informal community coffee for anyone interested in the Tri-Lakes regionWhen: 5:30-7 p.m., Monday, May 2Where: The Learning Center of the District 38 Administration Building, 146 Jefferson St., MonumentInfo: Free with refreshments.

Pops Concert - Wednesday, May 4What: Palmer Ridge High School Pops ConcertWhen: 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 4Where: Palmer Ridge High School auditorium, 19255 Monument Hill Road, MonumentInfo: Free

CalendarBy Stan BecknerFor The Tribune

Just delete it. Or simply hang up. Or don’t answer the doorbell.

These sound simple but they are im-portant tips to anyone hoping to avoid the thieves who prowl our streets, call our homes or try to contact us via email.

These tips and more were given to folks who attended the April meeting of Chapter 1100 of AARP in Black Forest.

The guest speaker Mark Fedderhoff from AARP Foundation/ElderWatch. And he gave an informative and impor-tant program exposing the top scams facing older adults.

Fedderhoff described the common approaches and pitches made by con artists trying to steal your money or your identity.

Some try to seduce you by claiming to have a prize for you or lottery win-nings.

Others present themselves as your grandchildren in desperate need of money.

A common con is someone offering home repair opportunities and travel bargains.

Especially sinister are the thieves posing as government agents for the police and sheriff’s offices or, most re-cently, the Internal Revenue Service.

Fedderhoff had simple advice to ev-eryone: immediately hang up on these calls, ignore and delete the email or

toss the correspondence in the recycle bin!

He even had a slogan for folks to re-member: “Recognize, Refuse, and Re-port.”

Don’t accept unsolicited approaches from individuals you do not personally know and trust.

Those receiving unexpected en-counters should report them to the toll free AARP on it’s toll-free number: 800-222-4444. Another option is to call the local Better Business Bureau and dis-cuss the situation. Or call police.

This is especially important if you fall for one of these con artsts and be-lieve you have been a victim of a scam or identity theft.

During the monthly AARP meeting there was a report on Colorado Senate Bill 16-183 that deals with 9-1-1 out-ages.

Chapter members also were re-minded of the upcoming volunteer op-portunities at the Salvation Army Se-nior Expo, the Senior Resource Council Annual Aging Expo and the Free Shred-ding opportunity in Black Forest.

The Black Forest AARP Chapter meets the second Wednesday of each month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church, 12455 Black Forest Road.

The chapter motto is “To Serve not to be Served.” Dues are $10 per year. For more information contact Chuck at 749-9227 or visit the Chapter website at aarpchapter1100blackforest.weebly.com

AARP expert offers important tips to seniors about avoiding thieves

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Concerns about the privacy of stu-dent data and an over-abundance of standardized testing prompted Lewis-Palmer School District 38 to ask the state Board of Education to waive a school readiness assessment given to kindergarten students.

It had been in the works for months. The resolution to seek the waiver was approved at a school board meeting in January, and superintendent Karen Brofft, along with director of curricu-lum Sheila Beving, had been working to create an internal assessment to re-place the standardized one they want-ed waived.

Despite all their preparation, the waiver request was denied by the state board at its April 13 meeting.

State board chairman Steve Durham said he had received four letters from parents complaining D-38 did not give proper public notice it was seeking the waiver. The state board voted 4-3 to deny the waiver.

But Durham said Brofft can return after the district gives proper pub-lic notice and holds another meeting about it.

Though D-38 officials argue they exceeded the public notice require-ments, they are already planning to try again and get the waiver approved.

There are several steps districts have to take before they can appeal for a waiver. They must have a replacement test in place that meets the intents of the standardized assessment, like the one Beving and her team developed for D-38.

And district school boards must adopt a resolution to appeal to the

state for a waiver at a public meeting – and notices for that meeting have to be posted in at least three different places, for at least 30 days in advance of the meeting.

D-38 said it posted notice of the January school board meeting and its agenda, including the vote on the waiver appeal, in the Monument post office, the Palmer Lake post office and the D-38 administration building.

The district said it also ran a public notice in The Tribune for four weeks in advance of the meeting, as required by state law.

Julie Stephen, D-38 spokeswoman, said the district also put notice of the meeting online. This seems to be where the issues behind the waiver denial be-comes less clear.

“We followed the letter of the law,” Stephen said. “We did more than we had to do.”

But it wasn’t enough for the state board.

“Four parents complained that the length of time the information was available on the website was not ad-equate,” Stephen said. “But we were in full compliance with CDE waiver re-quirements.”

Regardless, the district has to start over and Beving said that she is work-ing on a plan to repost the waiver re-quest.

“It’s unfortunate that the waiver was denied,” Stephen said, “because test-ing would have been reduced for kin-dergartners.

“We’re trying to do what’s best for kids, like we always do. It’s great for staff, it’s great for kids. This is what we do; we take care of our people.”

The readiness assessment from

which the district is seeking a waiver is meant to determine whether students are ready for kindergarten. It is part of the Teaching Strategies LLC Gold (TS Gold) early childhood education cur-riculum and exists under the umbrella of the School Readiness Act.

The TS Gold assessment requires more than 65 hours of teaching time. It also involves collecting a detailed port-folio of each student’s performance, which follows them to the next grade, although results of the assessment cannot be used to deny a student en-trance to kindergarten.

Parents in D-38 have expressed alarm at past school board meetings about the amount of data collected per child. And they worry about how such

data would be shared and used. These concerns have prompted TS Gold to begin working harder to protect stu-dent data, but parents aren’t sure it’s enough.

The test is so despised 65 schools and three districts statewide have ap-plied for similar waivers. The Classical Academy in Academy School District 20 received a waiver in fall 2015.

Instead of the TS Gold assessment, the district will use an internal report card and documentation system to de-termine kindergarten readiness.

Beving said the report card is aligned with and reflects state standards, but is streamlined to protect data collected about students, and takes up minimal class time.

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Tri-Lakes TribuneApril 27, 1976

Tree Rustlers: The mystery of the disappear-

ing trees appears to be solved with the arrest of a scofflaw woodsman. The industrious thief had been digging up trees in uninhabited areas. Chief Conners rounded a bend and encountered three tree rustlers. Two fled to the woods. One thief was caught was identified. An estimated 75 trees have been stolen in the past year.

Star Renovation: Col. Carl Duffner, chairman of the Palmer Lake Bicentennial Committee, is ask-ing for donations to renovate the Palmer Lake Star. Renovation of the star has been designated a Bicen-tennial project with an estimated cost of $5,000. In-formation may be obtained from Col. Duffner, Mrs. Eileen Crawford, Glenside Store and other members of the Tri-Lakes Merchants Association.

Vet school bound: Leslie Personett, 20-year-old

daughter of Col. and Mrs. Thomas Personett of Red Rock Ranch, has been chosen to attend the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at CSU in Fort Collins. She is a 1973 graduate of Lewis-Palmer High School. Miss Personett’s love of animals began in kindergarten days when she learned to ride. She has won many medals and ribbons for vari-ous events.

Monument Auction: A pancake and sausage sup-per starting at 5:30 p.m. will precede an auction to raise money for the fire department. The supper was prepared by Chief McDonald, the volunteer firemen and their wives and raised $850 of which $250 will go for expenses with the remainder to help keep the department operational.

Sertoma performance: Sixth grade Spanish students from Lewis-Palmer Middle School, under the direction of Mrs. Marth Trail, presented the play “Poloito Pillion” for the Sertoma Club.

TV bigot studied: A four-week discussion and

study titled “God, Man and Archie Bunker” will be presented at the Woodmoor Community Center. Spencer Marsh, a California clergyman, wrote the text to be used for the study.

Newly Optimistic: On Tuesday, April 27, the Tri-Lakes Optimist Club met for the second time. Charter members are Lee Parker of Palmer Lake, Bob Longfield of Monument and Bill Beckman of Green-land. Meetings are held on Tuesday mornings at 6:45 a.m. at The Inn at Woodmoor.

Permit Sought: Daniel A. Brouillet, owner of Grandview Mobile Home Park on Highway 105 just outside of Palmer Lake, entered a letter and plea to Palmer Lake Planning Commission to allow him to set up a parking area for pleasure vehicles. There will be no water, electric, gas or sewer and they won’t be used as temporary quarters. Cost will be between $5 and $12.50 a month depending on the size.

Compiled by Linda Case

If you have lived here more than a few years, you probably have your own stories about early, late and freak snow-storms.

My time working on Pikes Peak helps out here, because the strangest weather often involves the mountain.

Back in the 1920s, ’30s and even ’40s, there were stories every year or so in the newspapers about people getting stuck on Pikes Peak, or some other moun-tain road. Each story read as if this was something that had never happened before.

I found one from 1936 that caused me a bit of a chuckle and it involved the two summit houses atop the peak . . . the railroad house on the east side and the highway house on the southwest corner.

It seems a storm at the end of Sep-tember caught the staffs of both houses by surprise, trapping several employ-ees. Not only was there a snowstorm, but the temperature dropped to below zero.

The wind had blown snow up to the edge of the roof, covering doors and windows. The wind and snow contin-ued for three days.

The four employees caught at the railroad summit house spent their time getting it ready for shutting down, since the place usually closed at the first big storm.

There were plenty of things to do outside, which would not get done. In-side, the list of things to do was not even ready, since the first storm usually did not hit until November or December.

They didn’t dare go outside because of the weather. But the staffs of the summit houses were able to communi-cate with each other by telephone. The phone lines, wonderfully, were surviv-ing the high winds.

Not only could they talk to each oth-er, but they could even talk to Colorado Springs and the outside world.

A rescue train started up after the

storm died down. While they waited, the summit crews were able to get out and do the outside jobs, like digging out the big shutter doors that cover the windows in the winter.

They could tell that the train was approaching, as they could see quite a way down the track.

The folks from the highway sum-mit house moved over to the railroad house. The rescue train would take them down too. It took two days for the track to be cleared.

This storm did not end the season on the summit. After a week, the weather turned nice and both the road and the railroad reopened.

As can happen, October and Novem-ber were mild months on the moun-tain, weather wise.

CABOOSE COBWEBSMel McFarland

40 Years Ago

Freak snowstorms stranded folks decades ago

Here’s a question: Would you sup-port local school districts authorizing a certain number of teachers and/or administrators to be armed in a concealed carry fashion in order to be prepared to protect your children?

It’s a fascinating question that is percolating nationwide. And I wonder if folks in the Tri-Lakes area, a place I think of as “Mountain Mayberry,” also fear for student safety at local schools.

I mean, the only thing missing in Monument and Palmer Lake is Sheriff Andy Taylor, who didn’t wear a gun.

But I learned last summer folks here are worried about big-city issues like drugs and homelessness and crime creeping in. Those fears surfaced dur-ing the debate over the methadone clinic/dispensary. And they came up again during talk of affordable housing being built in the area.

And certainly I know there is no place immune to crime. It’s every-where, just like heroin has found its way into our schools and community.

The question is timely because a school district in Fresno County, Calif., just last week approved concealed carry by school staff. And it wasn’t the first in the state to authorize teachers and staff to arm themselves.

It’s also timely given that just last month, a House committee of the Colorado General Assembly narrowly defeated a bill that would have allowed concealed carry of firearms in schools.

Rep. Patrick Neville, R-Castle Rock, had proposed House Bill 16-1204 to arm teachers and staff, citing his own experience as a student at Columbine High School in Littleton during the April 20, 1999, massacre.

Then came news last week that the Douglas County School District security director had decided to spend $12,000 on military-style, semiauto-matic Bushmaster rifles to arm eight security guards, who already carry handguns.

Further fueling the debate is action by eight states to mandate that guns be allowed on public university and college campuses.

Of course, Facebook is alive with vigorous debates on the issue. I ran across one April 12 on the community page of another Pikes Peak region town.

Upward of 200 comments piled up over several days arguing the wisdom of allowing guns in schools under any circumstances.

Many echoed the arguments of the Fresno County school superintendent who believes his decision will create a safe environment for students.

The Fresno policy will allow up to five members of the faculty with concealed-carry permits to bring their weapons to school. There will be an application process, a review of disci-pline records and school conduct. And firearms training will be required twice a year.

A key feature of the policy mandates that no one on school grounds will know which five staff members have been chosen to carry guns.

Others, including teachers and firearms owners, were adamantly op-posed to the idea.

“Why not equip them with non-lethal options instead?” a commenter asked. “Tactical pepper spray, Tasers, that kind of thing. Something that

won’t be as much of an issue if mis-used or if kids get their hands on it.”

Such suggestions were batted down by those who insisted the only way to stop a gunman is with lethal force equal to the threat.

The discussion went back-and-forth for days.

On the whole, it was well-reasoned, honest, sometimes emotional and, most surprising, respectful of dissent-ing opinions.

So I wondered what the rest of the community thinks. Is it time to change state law and convert schools from “Gun-Free Zones” to “Make My Day” havens?

Do you fear for the safety of your children in schools in the Tri-Lakes region? Should security guards be hired and heavily armed? What about teachers and staff? Or do we need volunteers patrolling the hallways and playgrounds?

Or do we want to hold onto that “Mountain Mayberry” feel where Sher-iff Taylor didn’t even carry a gun and made Deputy Barney Fife keep a single bullet in his shirt pocket?

Please feel free to go on the Tri-bune’s Facebook page and respond to this column or send me an email.

Is Monument still ‘Mountain Mayberry’ where everyone is safe?

PIKES PEAK BILL Bill [email protected]


In August of 1965, the following firsthand account was related to Jean Evans of Monument. This account was told to her by Charles M. Hobbs, a longtime resident of Eastonville, a once-thriving community on the Black Forest’s edge about 12 miles east of Monument. Evans was described as a prolific writer, intensely interested in the history of areas where she lived. Her conversations with Hobbs have become the definitive source for information about early Eastonville. She published that information in the Palmer Lake-Monument News that year.

“I first saw Eastonville in the spring of 1886, and we lived at that time on the John Smalley place, about seven miles northeast of Eastonville, in the eastern edge of the Table Rock com-munity. In the month of June, I was sent to Eastonville on an errand, as that was the nearest store, and as I stood on the top of the divide, just northwest of the little town, and gazed down the Squirrel Creek Valley, I thought it was certainly a ‘Cattleman’s Paradise,’” according to Hobbs, as recorded by Evans.

Eastonville, at that time, had only about 30 or 40 inhabitants, according to Hobbs, and the railroad from Den-ver to Pueblo had just been built in 1882. That road was first known as the Denver and New Orleans; and later as the Denver, Texas and Fort Worth and finally, the Colorado Southern.

“The main line did not enter Colo-rado Springs, but there was a branch line from Manitou Junction, which came to the Springs and the depot was located on Sahwatch, just south of the Puffer Mercantile Company’s location. This was a very busy road for years, and it was the main line for transportation of southern cattle to northern pastures in the spring of the year. There were nine passenger trains each way though Eastonville daily, and numerous freights. The depot was never closed. There were two agents, Mr. Taylor and George Sprout,” Hobbs said.

“The station was first named Mc-Connellsville. Easton was the first post

office in that community and was located about one mile north and east of Ayer Ranch on Jonathan Goodrich’s place. The mail was carried there from Colorado Springs, usually on horse-back. When it was decide to move the post office to the new railroad station, there was objections raised because of the similarity of the the two post offices Easton and Eaton, and then it was decide to call the new office and station Eastonville, as it has been since.”

The town grew quickly with the advent of rail depot. By 1900, the com-munity had nearly 500 residents and growing business sector.

“The first store in town was owned by John Brazelton. He sold it to John and Orlin Gates. (No relation to Rus-sel Gates.) Then they sold it to Russel Gates Mercantile Co. Russel Gates then proceeded to erect an immense store building, which laid in an ‘L’ shape and had about 400-foot linage and was a two-story affair. Business was good and they soon added a big lumber yard and creamery,” according to Hobbs.

“Mr. Gates was a very energetic man and proceeded to organize stores in nearly all the neighboring towns. He owned the Z Bar Z Ranch on the head of the Big Sandy. Later, he moved to Denver and left James Durkee on the ranch. Mr. Gates was once an unsuc-cessful candidate for mayor of the city of Denver. The upper story of this big store in Eastonville contained a hotel, a furniture store, and a large hall with a splendid stage,” he said.

“Eastonville was surrounded by a splendid farming community, and huge crops of grain and potatoes were grown.Two-pound spuds were com-mon, and there was a great demand for seeds of these dry land potatoes

from other growing centers. No, we didn’t have any price controls then, and we had to take whatever the mar-ket was, and that was sometimes 25 cents per hundred weight. Trainloads of potatoes were shipped from Easton-ville and Monument. These two towns were the agricultural center, employ-ing many people in loading and ship-ping. Potato bakes were held in both Monument and Eastonville. John W. Black was the big buyer for eastern markets. But alas, one year, our potato crop failed and never has returned to normal production. However, there is a few potatoes raised, but it took all the profit out of the business to do the necessary spraying and doctoring.”

Also, changes were in the works with the coming of the automobile and with help from Mother Nature.

“When the automobile and truck began to appear on the scene, small towns began to feel the effects of them, and Eastonville and Monument were two of the towns that really felt it. When the flood came in 1935, it so completely demoralized the railroad,

that soon it was taken up. The Gates Mercantile Co. began to disintegrate and Mr. Ragsdale took over the East-onville store and continued to run it for several years. Houses were torn down and moved away. A rural mail route was established from Elbert and the post office at Eastonville was dis-continued. The stockyards were torn down. In few years, only a few build-ings were left of what was once a very prosperous place.”

Today, you can see a few remnants of old Eastonville by traveling straight east on Baptist Road from Monument, as it turns into Hodgen Road, past the burn scar to where it is at an intersec-tion with Eastonville Road, then south, a little less than a mile, then east onto Sweet Road. Remnants of what was once the town are along either side of Sweet, until (and after) your reach El-bert Road. The Presbyterian Church on the south side of Sweet Road survived for many years as the community center, and is still standing. Eastonville Cemetery is on the corner of Latigo Boulevard and Meridian Road.

RESTLESS NATIVE Rob [email protected]

Grateful for kindness from Christian Brothers, others in Monument

To the Editor,

My husband and I were on a six month road trip and decided to book a flight to Maui. We were mak-ing our way to Denver to catch our flight when we ex-perienced some pretty serious van trouble. We made it off the highway safely to a grocery store in Monu-ment.

While ordering a coffee at Starbucks, I asked the barista about a garage that might be close by and she suggested the Christian Brothers, which was only

about a mile away. Our van wouldn’t even start at this point, so we de-

cided to walk to the garage. As soon as we entered the Christian Brothers garage we were greeted warm-ly, offered coffee and they immediately began mak-ing a plan for us. They took our vehicle right away and made arrangements for us to stay at a nearby ho-tel.

Our anxiety was running pretty high as we had booked our trip at the last minute and we were un-able to cancel. The Christian Brothers staff kept reas-suring us that they would do everything they could to be sure we made our flight, including driving us to the airport, helping us gather all our surf gear from

our van and allowing us to park our travel trailer at their garage while we were away.

I just can’t explain how grateful we were for all of their acts of kindness. We were very fortunate to break down in Monument and have our lives touched by the caring people at the Christian Broth-ers garage. I would also like to give thanks to the staff at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott and the Front Range Shuttle Service.

We didn’t need to come all the way to Maui to feel the Aloha Spirit.

Deborah ReidYour friends from Canada

Letters to the Editor

Ghost town memories of Eastonville from Charles Hobbs

The Presbyterian church was used was a community center for years and is still standing.

When the automobile and truck began to appear on the scene, small towns be-gan to feel the effects of them, and Eastonville and Monument were two of the towns that really felt it./Courtesy Photos

Little remains of Eastonville from 1892.

The Eastonville Cemetery is still in use with over five hundred graves dating from the late 1800s to the now./Photos by Rob Carrigan


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Have you ever attended a meeting or event expecting simply to observe and listen and learn only to find your-self in the middle of the action?

That’s what happened to me last Thursday when I dropped in to ob-serve the 30 or so seniors gathered at the Mountain Community Menno-nite Church for the luncheon meal of stuffed chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and dessert cook-ies.

I surrendered my observer status almost immediately and became a much-needed volunteer server, providing me the opportunity to gain first-hand experience as a waiter: serv-ing meals, filling water glasses, bus-sing tables, etc.

Quite an unexpected, but enjoy-able, turn of events. And one I enthu-siastically recommend.

Tri-Lakes seniors have long had the opportunity to enjoy luncheon meals three days a week, Monday/Wednes-day/Thursday, provided by the Golden Circle program and Tri-Lakes Health Advocacy Partnership (now Silver Alli-ance) and drawing roughly 20 seniors each day.

Dedicated volunteers from area churches, clubs and organizations served the meals and Mountain Com-munity Senior Services volunteer driv-ers transported seniors to and from the luncheons.

But there was an obvious gap in the meal service and thanks to Pat Ellis/Silver Key President/CEO and long-time Monument resident, the gap is filled.

Through Ellis’ leadership, Silver Key Senior Services, the major regional provider of congregate senior meals and meals on wheels, partnered with

Silver Alliance (HAP), Mountain Com-munity Senior Services and local Mennonite Church to better serve the large and growing senior popula-tion.

As of April 5, Golden Circle Nutri-tion Program senior meals are now available every weekday at the Men-nonite Church, 643 Highway 105 in Palmer Lake. The federally funded Golden Circle program falls under Title III of the 1965 Older Americans Act that provides federal grants to states via Area Agency on Aging orga-nizations.

The Act’s nutrition services pro-gram is focused on food insecurity and senior health and well-being. Silver Key receives program funding from the Pikes Peak AAA.

My “waitering” was actually quite enjoyable, albeit a bit hectic at times. But I found real joy in seeing the many smiles and positive comments of those in attendance, and we can’t forget that the meal was excellent!

Betty Clemans, Lois Stevens and

Jeanne O’Connell were among many who lavished praise and voiced ap-preciation for the menu quality and variety. And they were gracious in accepting the efforts of their novice

waiter.Golden Circle meals are prepared

and served in accordance with federal standards. Silver Key’s site manager, Louise Koepke, supervises each meal to ensure full compliance with food safety and cleanliness regulations.

And my own experience, jumping in to help serve, illustrated a major is-sue at the daily lunch service: volun-teers are urgently needed.

Each daily meal requires 2 or 3 volunteer servers and one volunteer driver. These are short, two-hour com-mitments.

Best of all are the tips you receive: the smiles and laughter of people like Betty, Lois and Jeanne.

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How to help, make lunch reservations

For daily reservations, call a day ahead at 884-2304. To volunteer as a meal server,

contact Linda Arguello 884-2319 or [email protected]. To volunteer as a driver, call 488-0076 and leave a message.

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John Ramshur and his wife, Christie, were introduced to disc golf by their daughter, who lives and plays in Den-ver. Their family’s joy in the sport has left its mark in Palmer Lake.

In 2013, when the lake in Palmer Lake was dry, they gathered with oth-er members of their community – the Restaurant Owners Association, Awake the Lake, some local business owners and volunteers – and decided to put to-gether a disc golf course along the lake-side trail in the middle of town to help draw out-of-town visitors.

“We were scratching our heads for ways of generating some traffi c,” Ramshur said, speaking of himself, his wife, and a number of local commu-nity organizers,“and just in the course of conversations, we came up with the

idea to install a disc golf course to get some people back in the area.”

Disc golf, also called Frisbee golf, is modeled like traditional golf, where players travel hole to hole. But instead of using clubs to hit a tiny white ball in a cup, disc golf players toss spinning plastic plates into elevated, chain bas-kets.

There are numerous courses in Col-orado Springs, and more in Denver, where the sport is increasingly popular.

For the fi rst year or so, the Palmer Lake course was only nine holes. The Restaurant Owners Association put up the money for the baskets, and they were installed by a group of local vol-unteers.

Last fall, with the help of a grant and some local sponsorships, the course was extended to a full 18 holes – the last of which is on El Paso County property

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The disc golf course in Palmer Lake, set up along the much-used trail by the lake, has drawn many – occasionally too many – players and leagues to the mountain burg. /Photo by Avalon A. Manly for The Tribune

Palmer Lake disc golf course draws many – sometimes too many – players


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Palmer Lake officials look at the traf-fic generated by the two medical mari-juana dispensaries in town and envy the cash flow they generate.

The town has roads that need to be paved. And there are other needs. But cash doesn’t flow into the town as free-ly as a pot dispensary.

So Town Manager Cathy Green had an idea: increase the cost of licenses for dispensaries and ease its budget crunch.

Currently, Palmer Lake charges just $500 per license. Next month, the Board of Trustees will consider increas-ing those fees to $5,000 each.

Green doesn’t think the fee increase will be damage the dispensaries.

“Look at the money they bring in,”

she said. “It’s not like they’re only making that $5,000.”

In fact, the increase would put Palmer Lake more in line with the fees other cities charge dispensaries and recre-ational pot shops.

Most places where pot is legal charge a va-riety of fees and require several licenses of op-erators.

Growing and cultivating pot requires one, while creating marijuana-infused products or edibles needs another, and sales needs another still, even if all that is happening inside the same building.

Some cities license dispensaries ac-cording to their square footage, too, or according to the number of plants

grown per room or pa-tients served per clinic. And each of the licenses needs to be renewed an-nually.

And the cost of the various licenses can vary enormously.

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censed.Massachusetts charges massive,

non-refundable application fees be-fore they’ll review a potential opera-tor’s credentials or assets.

Some cities charge upward of $10,000 per license, per year. The result has been a windfall of cash flows into

those cities’ general funds. In addition to license fees, some cities tax the sales of marijuana.

Dispensaries, both recreational and medicinal, have certainly proved lu-crative for the towns that host them. Manitou Springs has brought in mil-lions in revenue, both from licensure fees and excise taxes, that have bol-stered its general funds.

Green, and Tara Berreth, town clerk, brought the proposed ordinance be-fore the city’s liquor and marijuana board (which is comprised of the town council) last month. They have been revising it since then. They plan to bring the rewritten ordinance back be-fore the board next month.

Green is optimistic the board will pass the fee increase.

“I don’t think it will be a controver-sial ordinance,” Green said.

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Continued from Page 7Aand needed special permission to install.

While the course was originally meant, in part, to draw in out-of-towners and boost local tourism, Ramshur said that it was always intended to be some-thing fun for area families.

“The whole idea (was to be a) recreational course for Palmer Lake residents first and El Paso and Doug-las County people second,” he said, though he doesn’t resent people travelling in to use the course.

It’s become quite popular, especially now that the lake is full and the area revitalized.

Some weekends over the last year or so, it’s even been too popular.

A couple of league matches over the last year, or-ganized by Throw Colorado, a nearby disc golf supply shop, were attended by more than 100 players.

That doesn’t sound like many, but throw in hikers, bikers, fishers and lake users and the heart of Palmer Lake gets crowded quickly. Parking was difficult, too.

“It has been a very popular attraction and that is probably part of the problem,” Ramshur said. “On a nice, sunny weekend, like we had about a month ago, we had quite a few players show up for what they call a tag match – like a bowling league. Probably about a 100 of them showed up that weekend.”

The result was “a congested situation.” Ramshur and his wife have been working with

Cathy Green, Palmer Lake’s town manager, to draft regulations to govern league match size and atten-dance to avoid congestion.

“Any problems that we’ve had come from the fact that it’s been too popular, so that’s a good problem to have,” Ramshur said. “But we want to make sure everybody can enjoy it.”

Green and the Ramshurs are also working on creat-ing some new signage for the course to remind play-ers to yield the area to non-players and urging them to check the area around the basket before throwing, so as not to inadvertently hit any passersby.

Ramshur and his wife, who moved to Palmer Lake in 2007, live east of the lake, just up the hill and they take full advantage of it, especially in the summer, when the days are warm and long. They’re not the only ones.

“I foresee that, this summer, we’re gonna have a lot more activity at the lake,” Ramshur said, due to increased fishing in the filled lake and easier parking off the main drag.

The course should be in its final form by then, complete with new signs and a few adjustments to the holes closest to the lake’s edge. There might even be a few donation boxes along the course, where players can help support its upkeep, since there are no fees for its use.

“I want it to be a real benefit to not just my neigh-borhood, but to Palmer Lake and people up in El Paso County,” Ramshur said. “It’s not meant to be exclu-sive.”

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Successful collaborations between artists are rare. Creative differences and artistic interpretations can hinder the process and the result.

But when two artists respect each other’s talents, knowledge and exper-tise and put aside their egos, you get great results!

That is the case with Richard Pan-kratz and Dan Rieple.

After Richard’s retirement from ceramics in 2007, he devoted his time and energies to bronze sculpture.

Dan’s talent in wood is unequaled. When they joined forces to create

furniture, each contributed a fl air and unique style to the piece. The result is furniture that refl ect each artist’s personality while complementing the contributions from the other.

Richard had experience in design-ing and constructing an entrance table with a bronze top and apron sup-ported by his signature ceramic pieces as legs. He wanted to try the same concept again, but this time drawing on Dan’s expertise in wood furniture design.

They started with rough sketches, each contributing artistic fl air and physics to the construction to see how the two elements would work togeth-er. Despite their different backgrounds and unique materials, the process went remarkably smooth.

Full-size templates were made, des-ignating which parts would be made of bronze and which from fi ne furni-ture wood. The bronze was designed

by Richard, with texture and relief that recall the view of our Earth from above, one of his favorite designs.

Once the bronze piece returned from the foundry, it was delivered in a rough state to Dan’s workshop. Ply-wood patterns were used to determine the shape and strength of the wooden components which would support

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Dan Rieple’s talents lie in woodworking, left and Richard Pankratz’s specialty is in bronze and ceramics, below. The entrance table, above, is a collaboration designed and built by both artists./Courtesy Photos


Continued from Page 9Aand surround the bronze.

Adjustments were made as the art-ists collaborated on how to attach the various pieces of wood to the metal. Additions of bronze and black epoxy were incorporated into the legs. And original bronze fittings were machined to hold the elements together and to enhance the overall design.

Dan spent weeks shaping, sand-ing and staining the American black walnut components, while Richard patinaed and polished the bronze. To-gether they assembled their finished parts into the final table.

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Palmer Lake Art Group to celebrate 51st an-nual event; other showings currently open


The Palmer Lake Art Group will present the 51st

Annual Fine Arts Exhibit May 31 through June 25 at the Tri Lake Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105. The event is free. Show dates are Tuesdays through Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m.

The opening reception is Friday, June 3, from 6 to 8 p.m. Many of the artists will be on hand. There be live music and hors d’oeuvres, and a special presen-tation of art scholarship Awards.

The show judge is Chuck Mardosz; www.mardosz-fineart.com.

Proceeds from the show will benefit art scholar-ships for Lewis-Palmer School District 38 high school seniors.

Palmer Lake Art Group is a (501(c)(3) organization so donations are tax-deductible.

For more information visit palmerlakeartgroup.

com or email [email protected] TLCA currently has two art exhibits that run

through the end of May.“Abstracts & Interpretation” features spectacular

works from Joe Beavers, Hannah Beckwith, Randy Hull, Miska Kilgore, Frank Lucero III, Debi Story Maddox, Kathleen Nalley, Marueen Ravnik, Mar-garete Seagraves, Marie Simpson, Cindy Tafil, Mary Vandezande, Mark A. Webb and Bonnie Wendelburg.

“Weaving Their Way to Hope” is curated by Max and Karen Hatfield of Friendship International, which promotes peace through compassion. Pro-ceeds from sales benefit the Van Life Center in Van, Turkey.

The school assists Middle Eastern girls with lit-eracy certifications, school entry exams, health care, health education, kilim weaving, seamstress educa-tion, and high school and university scholarships.

For more information on all these events contact the TLCA at 481-0475.

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The 51st Annual Fine Art Exhibit will open May 31 at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. /Photo courtesy of Palmer Lake Art Group

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returns, celebrate the season by visiting the stores in Downtown Monument! Meet the artists, enjoy some refreshments and rediscover why our town is the best!

Then make plans to attend ad-ditional Art Events in our area: the Abstracts and Interpretation exhibit runs through May 28 at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts. And “Weaving their way to Hope” is ongoing at the Lucy Owens gallery.

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AFA grad hopes to bring skiing back to Pikes Peak region at his secret powder stash

By Evan [email protected]

Tucked away behind the Air Force Academy lies a secluded spot that is safe from wind and sun and a secret wonderland for skiers: Ormes Peak.

Eric and Ilana Jesse want to trans-form their little secret spot into a 1,150-acre ski resort, and, in the process, give the Pikes Peak area access to skiing that it hasn’t enjoyed since the closing of Ski Broadmoor some 25 years ago.

The Jesses envision skiing day and night, snowshoeing, along with moun-tain biking and fishing in the summer.

Only a couple things stand in their way: millions in cash and federal per-mits to build a resort in the Pike Na-tional Forest.

But the couple is determined and optimistic as they chase their dream.

Initially, the couple is trying to raise $120,000 from 20,000 people. Ulti-mately, they envision raising $30 mil-lion by selling 400 shares at $75,000 each. They estimate a return on invest-ment of 16 percent.

Eric Jesse discovered the beauty of skiing Ormes in 2004 while he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy.

“That’s when I first started skiing Ormes,” Jesse said, explaining that when he was put on restriction for the weekend, he would hike up to Ormes Peak and ski. It’s off Forest Road 303, about 2 miles southeast of

Rampart Reservoir.Now on active duty in the Air Force,

Jesse took a hike back up to his old haunt in March out of curiosity. To his surprise, the snow was waist deep.

“This is actually pretty skiable,” he said, adding that Ormes is much more viable than the old Ski Broadmoor and its famously icy snow.

Jesse explained that Ormes, at 9,000 feet, is a good 2,000 feet higher than the old Ski Broadmoor area, which was opened by The Broadmoor Hotel in 1959 and relied heavily on snow-making. It was sold to the city of Col-orado Springs in 1986, according to ColoradoSkiHistory.com. Vail Resorts bought the area in 1988 and closed it in 1991.

Jesse said Ormes has many advan-tages over Ski Broadmoor. Excitedly drawing an illustration on a white-board, he showed how Ormes is well protected.

“It’s essentially a shield from the sun and the wind,” he said.

He envisions ski runs 1.5 miles long with a vertical drop of 1,500 feet.

Jesse has a website where he’s trying to raise money and get 20,000 investors excited enough to join him and dem-onstrate to federal officials there’s a de-mand for the project.

The process for opening the resort will be a long, difficult one however. He is currently working on a proposal to bring to the U.S. Forest Service to win permission to lease the federal land.

Once he does that though, the real work begins.

“The process is very long, and takesSee Ormes Peak on page 12A

Ski Ormes Peak?

View of Ormes Ski Area from Blodgett. Ormes Peak is down and to the right of Pikes Peak seen on the horizon in the center. The slopes pictured are the proposed ski slopes./Photo courtesy of Eric Jesse

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On May 3, the Triview Metropolitan District will hold a mail ballot election to place four new volun-teers on its board of directors.

The district was formed in 1985 as a “quasi-mu-nicipal corporation” to provide services typically offered by town governments. It levies taxes, issues bonds and assesses fees to build and maintain roads and parks, provide water and sewer service and even mosquito control.

The district straddles Interstate 25 from Highway 105 to the Air Force Academy. It covers a large area from Higby Road on the north to Baptist Road on the south. Its western border is Old Denver Road and it stretches east beyond Gleneagle Drive, including the

Jackson Creek Parkway corridor.Triview owns and operates eight water wells, a

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It is responsible for irrigation systems, streets, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, fences, street signs and lights, landscape buffers, neighborhood parks, drain-age channels, detention ponds and more including snow removal and sanitation.

So the district’s board members are akin to a town Board of Trustees. The board is composed of fi ve publicly elected volunteers. The members serve two- or four-year terms, staggered so only two or three seats are open for election at one time.

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Marco Fiorito and Mark Melville – were appointed to their positions and are running to fi nish their ap-pointed terms.

Fiorito and Eskridge are running for four-year seats; Melville is running for a two-year term.

Robert Fisher, the board president, is term-limited and can’t run again, which means that, in all, four openings will be fi lled by the upcoming election.

Brett Bardolet, James Barnhart and James Otis do not currently hold board positions and are run-ning against the incumbents. Bardolet and Barnhart are running for two-year terms; Otis is running for a four-year term.

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Continued from Page 1is investing $13.5 million to build the Bethesda Gar-dens Monument senior residence facility.

Smith told the April 11 gathering his company’s marketing study found a signifi cant and growing need for additional senior housing options in the area. And that need convinced him to pursue the project, to be built on 3.16 acres at Lincoln Avenue and Beacon Lite Road.

The main entrance of the one-level building will face south and abut the Santa Fe Trail.

The facility will offer a variety of living options

among its 60 apartments including studios, one- and two-bedroom units.

It will provide 47 assisted-living apartments and 13 units for those needing memory care.

Bethesda Gardens Monument will be the compa-ny’s 17th community and join similar Bethesda facili-ties across six states.

Tri-Lakes residents, Duane and Cathy Steinke, in-quired about Bethesda’s construction schedule and leasing availability.

Smith projected a groundbreaking in June or July, a 12-month construction period with a grand opening

in early fall 2017. Bethesda plans to begin accepting deposits in winter 2016.

Bethesda’s Angela Green, vice president of sales and marketing, detailed residence features and ame-nities including: spacious apartments, broad and bright common areas, wide hallways, and restaurant-style dining.

Green said clients can expect to be well-treated by Bethesda’s certifi ed and well-trained staff.

“Our staff work compassionately with residents and emphasize maintaining an active lifestyle, vibrant social life, and community engagement,” she said.

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ArcheryContinued from Page 1out of his talent, Jake’s father, James, converted part of the family’s Monument garage into an 18 meter archery practice range.

“Archery is a repetitive task,” James Dove said. “You have to repeat that task over and over again to improve your muscle memory.”

Jake has dedicated himself to perfecting his craft,

practicing or competing seven days a week.“The intent was to see how well he did,” Jake’s fa-

ther said. “Now it looks like he’s ready to take the next step.”

James is not talking about entering Jake in the Hunger Games. He simply means Jake is switching his focus to the outdoor archery season for the next six months.

He will participate in 3D competitions at the Air Force Academy, starting in May.

Jake plans on attending Lewis-Palmer Middle School in the fall. In September he will begin training for his indoor archery season with goals of qualifying for national regionals, and perhaps the national fi nals next year in Las Ve-gas.


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Cross country skiers didn’t have to drive cross country this winter to get their powder fi x.

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And despite opening a month later than expected and enduring a warming spell in February, the op-erators of the Ski Center are thrilled with results of the 2016 season.

“It was a major success,” said Ken Limes, general manager of the Country Club at Woodmoor. Skiing was free to the country club’s members and $15 a day for the public. He said club members brought in about 200-400 guests.

“It went well,” Limes said. “We intend to do it again next winter.”

With six miles of trails laid over the golf course on the 150-acre property, the center offered skiers a place to play in the snow that was closer than other Nordic ski centers found at locations such as Breck-enridge, Beaver Creek and Keystone.

The Woodmoor center opened in January at the urging of Michael Brothers, a professional Nordic skier and biathlete. Rejected by previous owners of the country club, Brothers persuaded the new owners, Woodmoor Management Group, to give it a chance.

“This fi rst year was kind of the test year,” said Brothers, now the country club’s nordic director.

He said that there were some problems during the season.

“We started kind of late, and we had a warm Feb-ruary, which didn’t help,” he said.

At one point, there was 3-4 feet of base on the north facing slope. Warm weather caused that to

quickly melt away. “We had a month’s worth of snow disappear in 2

weeks,” said Brothers. “Hard to bounce back from that.”

As a result, the ski center shut down in mid February. While it was open, regular trail reports were posted on xctrailtracker.com giving news of snow conditions and grooming.

While Limes hopes to have a season last from Dec. 1 to sometime in February, Brothers said he has skied there as late as March.

“It would certainly depend on the snow,” said Brothers.

He said that the owners were happy to have the added income of the ski center during the winter months as it put the golf greens to good use.

Eventually, Brothers wants to have a ski shop at the club offering both classic and skate skis.

For those who wish to become a full member of the Country Club at Woodmoor and have access to the full amenities, you can visit their website at www.ccwoodmoor.com.

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The Nordic Skiing Center covers the golf course with trails of groomed snow./File photos by Evan Musick

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Continued from Page 1scolding. But it didn’t seem to temper them as they began executing their campaign promises to stand up to town staff and demand action.

They jumped into the business of interviewing possible replacements for Kaiser, who was promoted from trustee to mayor upon the abrupt resignation March 29 of Dominguez.

First up was 72-year-old Dennis Murphy, who spent his career in the Air Force before retiring in 1993 as a colonel after duties that included serving as base commander at Chanute Air Force Base in Illinois.

“I bring energy, intelligence and integrity,” Murphy said.

Next came Michelle Glover, an attorney and mili-tary veteran who currently serves on the Town Plan-ning Commission. She said the town stands at a “tip-ping point” and vowed to “preserve the small-town aspects that brought all of us here to begin with.”

There was an interesting exchange between Glover and Kaiser when the mayor said her candidacy had created a stir.

“My phone has been ringing off the hook,” he said, adding that citizens were calling him concerned about her joining the board. He asked why people might be worried about her as a trustee.

“I don’t know of any concerns,” she said flatly. Kaiser also noted she had voted in favor of a hous-

ing development later rejected by the board and won-dered if she’d have trouble working with trustees who overruled her. She said she would not.

Finally, the board interviewed Kevin Sorenson, who finished fifth in the April 5 race for four seats. He said he wanted to “help repair” some of the “hurt and frustration” in the town in the wake of the methadone clinic battle, lawsuit and settlement.

Rather than vote on one of the three, as staff sug-gested, the trustees asked for two more weeks to see if additional candidates step forward.

The trustees really began asserting themselves during the public hearing on Dominguez’s request the town annex a 9.6-acre parcel he and his wife, Eliz-abeth, bought in December adjacent to the southern town boundary.

Planning director Larry Manning said the planning commission voted 6-0 in favor of the annexation and assured the board it would not cost the town anything other than police protection because the property has its own well water. Monument would benefit from the property taxes Dominguez would pay.

After much discussion, Wilson asked any action be postponed to give himself more time to study the is-sue. When Gary Shupp, town attorney, tried to urge the board to act, Bornstein jumped in and argued for the postponement, even when Lowe requested a five-minute executive session to explain a legal issue to the board.

Staff also failed to get the new board to act on a proposal by Thomas Tharnish, public works director, who was seeking approval of a new ordinance to allow the town to have cars towed during snowstorms when they inhibit plows from clearing streets.

Tharnish wants permission to declare every street in Monument an emergency snow route whenever two inches of snow falls. If any residents refuse to

move their cars off the street during a storm, they would become at risk of being towed, if they ignored police warnings.

“Our snowplows can’t clear certain streets and neighborhoods because of cars parked on the street,” Tharnish said, adding that some residents simply re-fuse to move their cars even when personally asked.

He said warnings would be issued by police before cars would be towed. But there was no specific lan-guage in the proposed ordinance stating how many warnings, or $25 fines, would be required before a car was towed.

Bornstein opposed the ordinance saying “a lot of good, innocent, law-abiding residents are going to get punished.”

He said he could think of many reasons a car might be parked on the street during a storm, such as if the owner was out of town. Bornstein was not persuaded by Tharnish’s assurances that towing would be a last resort.

“I’m not a big supporter of this,” Bornstein said. “Nobody should get their car towed over two inches of snow.”

He said Jackson Creek neighborhoods are “filled with families with cars parked on the streets.” Since the ordinance would apply to every residential street, it could easily be abused by Triview Metro District, which governs snowplowing on the east half of the town.

“This proposed ordinance lacks process and it lacks the ability to consistently enforce it,” Coopman said, adding his objections.

Eventually, the board told Tharnish to rewrite the ordinance and bring it back for reconsideration.

Toward the end of the meeting, Bornstein brought up the water rate increase adopted March 7. He asked Lowe to draft an emergency ordinance for the board to consider at its May 2 meeting to “remove all in-creases.”

But rather than simply rolling back to the old rates, Bornstein asked Lowe to add a $5 monthly increase to each bill until new rates could be considered and adopted.

On March 7, the previous board voted 3-2 to adopt Lowe’s new rate structure that caused the base rate to soar from $8.80 a month to $31 a month, which includes 1,000 gallons of water. The rates applied to about 1,100 west-side customers, mostly homeown-ers and about 200 businesses. Most Monument resi-dents are served by other water districts.

Under the new rates, the typical monthly bill dur-ing the winter was projected to jump from $33.75 to about $55. That was based on an average of 5,000 gal-lons of water used a month.

The new rate structure also called for rates to climb 9.5 percent each of the next six years. By 2021, the av-erage winter bill would be $86.60.

Bornstein also asked Lowe to schedule a “roundta-ble discussion” to gather citizen input. And he wanted to see detailed charts showing the impact of various proposals put forth at previous meetings.

“Let’s put all the numbers out there, see what we need and why we need it so we can adjust water rates,” Bornstein said.

The idea of reverting to previous water rates, plus a

$5 monthly increase, clearly upset Lowe, who balked at the proposal, telling Bornstein to submit his re-quest to Shupp.

As things got tense, Coopman joined the discus-sion.

“We want to reverse the water rate increase and come up with a responsible water rate increase,” Coopman said as Lowe protested that he didn’t un-derstand what was being asked.

Lowe quickly reversed himself and agreed to Born-stein’s request.

“We’ll bring you whatever ordinance you want,” Lowe said. “We’ll bring you back the data.”

Town Manager Chris Lowe and outgoing Trustee Becki Tool-ey smile after he presented her a plaque honoring her for her service at the April 18 meeting.

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Four newly elected members of the Monument Board of Trustees sign paperwork after being sworn into office. They are, from left, Greg Coopman, Jeff Bornstein, Don Wilson and Shea Medlicott. /Photos by Bill Vogrin / The Tribune

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When the doolies report to the Air Force Academy on June 30, it’s going to resemble a Tri-Lakes area reunion of sorts.

Nine of the incoming class at the academy hail from the Monument region.

The 1,200 freshman Falcons will include three Palmer Ridge graduates, four Lewis-Palmer grads and a recent transfer from L-P.

From Palmer Ridge, the academy will welcome seniors Isaiah Sanders and George Silvanic (who are com-mitted to play football for the Falcons) and Becca Hetrick (who will dive for the Falcons) and Riley Delahoyde.

Headed to the academy from L-P is senior Madelyn Smith, classmate Jared Ecklund as well as 2015 L-P grads Brad Ellis and Joseph Scott (both played football for the Rangers); and former L-P student Kaila Baca (who trans-ferred to St. Mary’s for her senior year).

“This education is worth a half-million dollars, plus you get a great career for as long as you want,” Smith proudly said. “It’s incredible.”

The academy looks for well-round-ed students. Smith fits that mold. She is an athlete (a four-year member of the Rangers’ track team and former state champion), an upper-echelon student (she is ranked 12th in her class) and a leader in other areas (she is president of L-P chapter of Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes).

But none of those accolades will matter too much this summer while she goes through the rigors of boot camp.

“Those six weeks don’t intimidate me too much,” Smith said with a grin. “It will all be worth it.”

Smith plans to double major in biol-ogy and chemistry.

Athletics and academics also de-scribe Baca, who played three years of basketball at L-P and one year for St. Mary’s.

“I got my appointment (to the acad-emy) a few weeks ago,” said Baca. “I was in disbelief for a long time. It took me a little while to get over the shock.”

Baca, a Monument resident, was al-ready committed to Division II Malone University in Canton, Ohio. She earned an athletic scholarship to the school. But when her academy appointment came through, she didn’t hesitate to inform Malone that she was changing plans.

Baca hopes to walk onto the Fal-cons’ basketball team as a shooting guard.

“The Air Force Academy is an un-paralleled opportunity, Baca said. “I feel like I will have a lot of support and I’ll be close to home. And when I get out of school I’ll have no debt.”

Neither Smith nor Baca are legacy kids, meaning their parents are not academy grads. But that’s not the case with the rest of the group who all had at least one parent graduate from the academy.

Ecklund’s father, Eric, graduated from the academy in 1989. Jared Eck-lund, a defender on the L-P lacrosse team, knew from a young age he wanted to attend the academy.

“I probably knew since elementary school,” Jared said. “I want to be a pilot. I want to get involved with the soaring program.

“Last fall I piloted my first solo flight (in a Cessna 150). I hope to use that experience to gain an edge.”

Ellis and Scott took roundabout

ways to get into the academy. Ellis attended Northwestern Preparatory School in Crestline, Calif., for a semes-ter and then transferred to Pikes Peak Community College. He reapplied to the academy and was granted admis-sion.

“Going to Northwestern allowed me to focus on academics, develop good study habits and experience basic military life,” said Ellis, who plans to major in geospatial science at the academy. “I feel like I chose the right prep school. It definitely prepared me.”

His father and older brother are both academy grads.

Joseph Scott is the third oldest of five brothers. His father, Alton, played football for the Falcons in the 1980s, while his mother played basketball at the academy. Alton currently works at the academy in admissions.

Joseph has been attending the Air Force prep school, where he played football. He is slated to be a defensive lineman for the Falcons this fall.

The word is out that Jonathan Scott, the fourth Scott bother, may also at-tend the academy. He is still weighing out his options.

I’ve lived in the Pikes Peak region for 15 years. I often take it for granted that we have the Air Force Academy in our own backyard. But when I talk to the fine young men and women like Smith and Ellis, I realize just how for-tunate we are to have one of the three major service academies in the nation at the base of Pikes Peak.

My cousin, Erika Moutaw Wynne was as academy grad in the 1980s. She was from Indiana. When she received her appointment, it was a huge deal for all of us. I was a Southern Califor-nia guy going to Long Beach State at the time, but that seemed like small potatoes compared to the academy.

Erika became one of the academy’s first female pilots and had a distin-guished career. I am so proud of her, just as I am for our Tri-Lakes area kids.

The best to all of you as you sail off into the wild blue yonder.


Seems Billy Cook’s breakout sophomore season for

the Lewis-Palmer baseball team was just an appetizer for this year.

Last year, Cook hit .421 while with a team-leading 13 doubles. He was second on the team in RBIs’ (22) and hits (32) while helping the Rangers’ to a 22-4 re-cord a Class 4A state runner-up finish.

Cook’s stats are even more impressive this spring – he’s feasting on opposing pitchers and boasts a team-leading .651 batting average through 12 games.

And he is the main ingredient in L-P’s recipe for a third consecutive Pikes Peak Athletic Conference championship.

“It’s just insane to watch him,” Lewis-Palmer se-nior center fielder Noah Sathre said about Cook. “He’s just so comfortable at the plate. You try to imitate ex-actly what he’s doing and his mindset at the plate. He’s just incredible.

“It’s insane to hit .651 at any level. But as a high school junior, it’s unheard of.”

Cook, the team’s starting shortstop, bats second in the order behind Kevin Tims or Sathre, and ahead of Paul Tillotson. Cook leads the team in batting aver-age, hits (28), runs (23) and extra-base hits (13).

He belted his second homer of the season – a three-run shot – in a 9-3 victory over Cheyenne Mountain on April 20.

“Billy makes it look effortless,” said Lewis-Palmer senior cleanup hitter Blayke Walsh. “He just goes up

there and has fun.”It’s hard to believe, but Cook is not L-P’s best

player. That honor goes to Tillotson, who has already signed a scholarship offer with the University of Ne-braska and is expected to be a high selection in June’s amateur draft.

“I’m very impressed with Billy,” Tillotson said. “He’s a great kid. Great athlete. A lot of talent for a junior. He’s going to do big things; at the next level especially. He’s a natural athlete. He gets up there and competes with pitchers.”

Cook is not necessarily surprised by his success this season.

“I’m more relaxed, I’m more experienced and I’m not as nervous when I get up to the plate this sea-son,” Cook said. “It’s more about being confident and knowing that all the practice that I’ve had will pay off.”

Cook is a multi-talented athlete. He was the sixth man on the school’s basketball team that went 24-2 this season. Cook, who measures 6-foot-1, was sec-ond on the team in dunks behind Jonathan Scott.

“I can’t do what Johnny does,” Cook said with a smile. “He does the windmills and the behind the back stuff.”

Cook is using the disappointing end to the basket-ball season as a motivation for this baseball season.

“I still think about (the basketball season) now and then,” he conceded. “I don’t dwell on it. You kind of reminisce on it and say it was a good run. But this group of (baseball) guys takes my mind off it.”

See Cook on Page 8BLewis-Palmer junior shortstop Billy Cook is enjoying a fabu-lous season for the Rangers. /Photo courtesy of Dimas Nunez

Cook having delicious season at plate for Rangers

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Faces to FollowMckenzie SurfacesoftballColorado Mesa

Surface, a 2015 Dis-covery Canyon graduate, was recently named the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference pitcher of the week. She went 3-0 in three starts and did

not allow a run in 17 1/3 innings, striking out 15 in the process. Surface is 13-4 this season with a 3.16 ERA, striking out 86 and walking 44 in 99 2/3 innings.

John BullbaseballThe Classical Academy

Bull, a sophomore, is the Titans’ top player this spring. He leads the team in batting average (.645), hits (20< RBIs (17), runs (17), doubles (7) and triples (3). He has appeared in one game as a pitcher, tossing three scoreless innings while striking out six batters.

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Lewis-Palmer’s combined high school swim team is probably the thinnest it has been in many years, says co-head boys’ swimming coach Alan Arata.

Yet, the Rangers keep fi nding a way to win on a consistent basis.

“I think it’s resilience,” Arata said.Much of the Rangers’ success is attributed to the

team’s trio of divers, all bound for state for the second straight year.

Junior Noah Bettner and sophomores Aric Al-thouse and Jack Nagle have all qualifi ed for next month’s Class 5A state meet and have typically fi n-ished 1-2-3 in dual meets this season.

Even though they attend different schools – Bet-tner goes to L-P, while Althouse and Nagle are Palmer Ridge students – they spend a lot of time with each other in and out of the pool.

“There’s only three of us, so we have to be friends,” Althouse said with a smile. “We always do stuff on the weekends and after practice and after school. It’s a lot of fun.”

The trio sometimes dives seven days a week: six days a week for L-P and on Sundays with their club team, Peak Diving in Colorado Springs.

Bettner is a former gymnast. He fi nished ninth at last year’s Class 5A state meet – the highest fi nish among any L-P diver. He is ranked fi rst on the team this season with an 11-dive score of 472.95 at the (Cheyenne Mountain) Indian Invite on April 1.

“In gymnastics you learn a lot of the core elements for diving, like trampoline and vertical and you learn how to fl ip a lot sooner,” Bettner said. “You defi nitely get a lot of that air time.”

Althouse might be L-P’s most athletic diver. He plays tennis for Palmer Ridge and is a former wrestler. He weighs a solid 180 pounds, which is rather big for a high school diver.

“I think I have a little more power than most (div-

ers), but the problem with that is learning to con-trol it,” said Althouse. “I stopped wrestling because I thought diving was a better opportunity for me, and it was a lot more fun than wrestling.

“Tennis is a lot of fun. It’s a great off time. And it’s chill.”

Nagle is a technical diver.“My dives aren’t always the greatest, but I always

have good form,” said Nagle, who holds L-P’s 6-dive

record with 305 points set last year. “If I continue to dive as well as I have I hope to fi nish in the top 10 this season.

L-P swimming team is 3-0 in dual meets this sea-son with narrow victories over Discovery Canyon (97-87), Air Academy (95-91) and Coronado (94-91).

“Sometimes we don’t know we’re under pressure until we’re done diving,” Althouse said. “If we would

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Rangers divers making their marks

Lewis-Palmer junior Noah Bettner is the team’s top diver this season. He fi nished 9th at state as a sophomore. /Photos cour-tesy of Alan Arata

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

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840 North Gate Blvd.

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District Court of El Paso and Teller County, Colorado Court Address: 270 S. Tejon Colorado Springs, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: James H. Rutz, Deceased. Attorney: Robert A. Lees, #8369 Robert A. Lees & Associates 5290 DTC Parkway, Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone No.: 303-292-1020 Email: [email protected]

COURT USE ONLY ______________________________________________________

Case No. 2015 PR 30228 Division: W Courtroom: W150

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO C.R.S. §15-12-801

TO: Iuliia Kharytonchuk, D/O/B February 20, 1985 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a Notice of Appearance within the next twenty (20) days upon the undersigned counsel, who represents the Estate of James H. Rutz, who passed away on December 10, 2014.

ROBERT A. LEES & ASSOCIATES

/s/ Robert A. Lees

_____________________________ Robert A. Lees, #8369 5290 DTC Parkway, Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone: 303-292-1020 Email: [email protected]

PUBLISH ONLY THIS PORTION ________________________________________________________________________________ Instructions to Newspaper: Publish the above Notice once a week for five (5) consecutive weeks Newspaper: Colorado Springs Gazette /s/ Robert A. Lees _____________________________________ Robert A. Lees

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TRB 667_0427*1

TRB 669_0427/0525*5

TOWN OF MONUMENTNOTICE of PUBLIC HEARING

Conducted at MONUMENT TOWN HALL645 Beacon Lite Road

CONCERNING:MURPHY EXPRESS

located at 16780 Leather Chaps Drive,REQUEST:

NEW 3.2% Beer Off-Premise Liquor LicenseInterested Persons May Appear & Be Heard

Hearing Date: May 16, 2016Time: 6:30 p.m. Board of Trustees Mtg.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 481-2954.TRB 670_0427*1

PURSUANT TO C.R.S. §22-2-117THE LEWIS-PALMER SCHOOL DISTRICT 38

Pursuant to C.R.S. §22-2-117. The Lewis-Palmer School District 38 is seeking waiver from the State Board of Education from C.R.S. §22-7-1014. The Lewis-Palmer School District 38 will consider this waiver request at a public hearing on June 1, 2016, 5:00 p.m., at 146 Jefferson St., Monument, CO 80132. Public comment is welcome.

TRB 679_0427/0518*4

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION OF PROPERTY INTO FOREST VIEW ACRES WATER DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Forest View Acres Water District (the “District”), County of El Paso, a petition praying for the inclusion of property into the District. The prayer of the petition is that the property, generally de-scribed below, be included into the District. Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that they shall appear at a public hearing at the offices of Monument Sanitation District, 130 2nd Street, Monument, Colorado, at 6:30 p.m. on April 28, 2016, and show cause in writing why the petition should not be granted. The Board of Directors of the District, in its discretion, may continue the hearing to a subsequent meeting.

The name and address of the petitioner and the general description of the property mentioned in the petition is as follows:

PETITIONER: MARGARET M. HIGGINS

ADDRESS OF PETITIONER:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The South half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; and the Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter, all in Section 8, Township 11 South, Range 67 West of the 6th P.M., El Paso County, Colorado

A full and complete legal description of the property petitioned for inclusion is on file at the offices of Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, and is available for public inspection during regular business hours 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOREST VIEW ACRES WATER DISTRICT

By: Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC Manager for the District

TRB 682_0427*1

BriefsGleneagle Sertoma blood drive a success despite snow

For The TribuneBad weather couldn’t stop the Gleneagle Sertoma Com-

munity Blood Drive on March 24.The Penrose-St. Francis mobile blood crew and 25

hearty donors braved the weather and a few snow banks to meet at Antelope Trails Elementary School.

The semi-annual blood drives have become a Sertoma Club tradition since the first one back in 2004. And the club has compiled some impressive totals: since their incep-tion, the blood drives have collected over 100 gallons, or 810 units, from 947 donors.

These community blood drives occur during Spring Break and the first week of August.

Mark your calendars for the next one. It is tentatively scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 4. Walk-ins are always wel-

come. See you then? Hopefully there will be no snow to con-

tend with in August.

D38 HOF nominees

For The TribuneThere’s still a few days to nominate someone for the

Lewis-Palmer School District 38 Hall of Fame, class of 2106. The deadline for nominations is April 30.The district is seeking nominations of people who made

significant, ongoing contributions to the excellence of D-38 schools.

Nominees can by teachers, staff, administrators, volun-teers, elected officials or members of the community.

Find application forms and information on the selec-tion process on the district website, www.lewispalmer.org, and look for the community tab.

Academy School District future growth to be discussed

For The Tribune

The need for construction and school improvements will the subject of a public forum scheduled 5 p.m., Mon-day, May 2, at the Academy School District 20 administra-tion center, 1110 Chapel Hills Drive in Colorado Springs.

The forum is part of a year-long series of meetings by the Academy District 20 Growth and Capital Needs Com-mittee, which is studying the district’s future needs.

The committee will update the public on its work researching possible new construction, school improve-ments, remodels and additions, and technology infrastruc-ture.

The committee will formally organize its findings and make a recommendation to Superintendent Mark Hatchell later in May.


Staff Spotlight: Shi HayesFamily is important to Shi Hayes, Principal’s Secretary at Prairie Winds Elementary School (PWES). She considers the staff and the families at PWES to be family referring to them as “the nicest community.” Prior to serving the PWES community, Shi wanted to be a professional dancer but quickly learned that she could support herself better as a secretary to a Missouri state senator. The senator was an attorney, and Shi would work on legal documents while the senator was in session. With no legal experience and a ton of grit, she moved to Los Angeles where she landed a job with a legal firm. During the 17 years that she worked there, she met and married her husband and had two daughters. During her husband’s business travels, he discovered Monument, and in 1990, the family relocated to Woodmoor. Shi’s girls attended LPSD elementary and middle schools and graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School. Shi volunteered at the elementary schools and eventually took a job as a building aide. Her dancing skills were discovered, and she bravely put on the rented coyote mascot costume and became Kilmer Elementary’s Mrs. Coyote. In 1998, she became Kilmer’s principal’s secretary. When Prairie Winds opened in 2001, Shi was part of the inaugural staff.

When she’s not putting kids in cars in the pick-up line at PWES, Shi loves fishing and camping. Lake Granby is her family’s favorite spot. Back at home, the girls are grown – one in Colorado Springs and one in the Denver area – but her two rescued cats and two rescued dogs keep her busy. She loves to garden and has an amazing talent for arranging flowers. Shi loves country music and has a special place in her heart for Brad Paisley (a picture of him graces the wall of her workspace). Shi prefers Colorado to California. She prefers sleeping late during blizzards to experiencing earthquakes. LPSD is glad that she’s determined never to go back.

May 2 LPSD Board/Community Coffee, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Admin Building Learning Center

May 19 Last Day of Classes

May 20 Palmer Ridge High School Graduation, 11 a.m., Broadmoor World Arena

May 20 Lewis-Palmer High School Graduation, 4 p.m., Broadmoor World Arena

May 30 District Closed

MayS M T W T F S LPSD

Upcoming Events

LPSD’s Website Has a New Look

Lewis-Palmer School District (LPSD) recently updated its district and school webpages. In addition to a modern look, upgrades include maximized use of screen real estate, enhanced calendar and search functions, and a responsive design (website automatically adjusts to viewer’s device screen). A little over a year ago, LPSD surveyed students, staff, and community members with a communication audit. Results made it obvious that an updated website was overdue. Website help and tips are available in the middle of the District and school home pages. Closure alerts appear in the form of a banner. Once the banner is closed, a red exclamation point will remain in the lower right hand corner of the screen. Additional updates may be accessed via the red exclamation point. LPSD welcomes website user feedback. A feedback form is available under the Contact Us tab.

Continued from Page 1BCook plays travel ball with Premier West in Ar-

vada and will play in several showcase tournaments around the nation this summer. He hopes to play col-lege baseball.

Though Cook is hot at the plate, the season has presented challenges.

Lewis-Palmer saw an end to its 33-game PPAC win-ning streak on April 14 with a stunning 15-14 loss to Discovery Canyon. The Thunder scored the winning run in the bottom of the seventh to hand L-P its fi rst league loss since 2013.

“I’m glad that loss is out of the way now, than lat-

er on in playoffs or whenever the next one comes,” Cook said. “If we lose again, we’ll have handled that before and we’ll know how to lose and how to deal with it.

“One of our goals was to not go perfect, because with one loss that goal is out the window. So we have more broad goals.”

The Rangers’ postseason fate will be decided in the next two weeks with a pair of games each against crosstown rival Palmer Ridge and Air Academy.

“The better team usually comes out on top,” Cook said. “But when you’re playing good teams like Air Academy and Palmer Ridge, they’re going to have

runs and we have to respond with our own and trust what the coaches have taught us all year.”

Most of the players on the Rangers’ baseball team have competed against Palmer Ridge in other sports and understand the importance of the rivalry games.

“Especially as a football player and what happened during the football season (a 48-14 Palmer Ridge vic-tory), as a senior, this is my last chance to get any taste of Palmer Ridge and I want to end on a good note with them,” Sathre said.

Added Cook: “Obviously, Palmer Ridge is not the biggest goal. It’s hard to beat the same team twice. But if anybody can do it, I believe we can do it.”

Right: Sophomore Jack Nagle holds Lewis-Palmer’s 6-dive record. He is a two-time state qualifi er. Left: Sophomore Aric Althouse has qualifi ed for the Class 5A state meet each of the last two years.

Continued from Page 3Bhave missed one diver we probably would have lost those meets.”

L-P has just 22 people on its roster. Ethan Parker is the lone senior. There are eight freshman.

Among the other standout performers are Nick Orie (50 free, 100 free, 20 free), junior Nathaniel Saw-

yer (100 back, 100 breast, 200 Individual medley), ju-nior Joseph Day (50 free, 100 fl y, 100 back) and soph-omore Joey Graff (500 free).

The Country Club at Woodmoor will be the host site for the L-P Diving Invite on April 30.

The state meet is scheduled for May 20-21 at the Air Force Academy.

Cook

Diving

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