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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 46

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Voters say no to Wescott tax increase Increase would have funded more � re� ghters By Lisa Collacott

A tax increase that would have allowed

the Donald Wescott Fire Protection Dis-trict to hire more fi refi ghters failed with voters.

The mill levy override asked for an in-crease of four additional mills that would have brought the mill levy to a total of 11 mills and increased taxes by $982,567 annually but voters in the district voted against it by 469 votes. As of Nov. 6, unof-fi cial results showed that 3,275 citizens voted against the MLO and 2,806 were in favor of it.

Chief Vinnie Burns said he was disap-pointed but said, “We’ll keep plugging along. We’ll do the best we can with what we have.”

The district does not plan to close any fi re stations or lay off staff however they won’t be able to hire the additional fi re-fi ghters they needed.

“The sole purpose (of the tax increase) was to add fi refi ghters,” Burns said.

If the MLO would have passed the dis-trict was also planning to purchase wild land mitigation equipment and uniforms and gear for the fi refi ghters.

“I guess we’ll go back to the drawing board,” Burns said, adding it was highly unlikely the district will pursue another mill levy next year.

MLO rejected by voters District will continue to provide a great education By Lisa Collacott

A tax increase that would have restored

critical services that Lewis-Palmer School District 38 has had to cut over the years was turned down by voters.

Nearly 75 percent of voters opposed the $4.5 million tax increase that the dis-trict was asking for. The unoffi cial results showed that 9,866 of voters voted in op-position of the mill levy override while only 3,372 voted in favor of it.

The district has had to cut $11 million from their budget over the past fi ve years and if the mill levy would have passed, it would have allowed them to restore 22 classroom teachers, counselors and teach-ers who support students struggling in math and reading and teachers for technol-ogy, gifted and talented students. Some of it would have gone to update technology and enhance security and safety environment

Above, the local e� orts of the Na-tional Wild Turkey Federation have been considerably successful in the Pikes Peak region. At right, symbolic of premium American bourbon, or at one one time considered for status as America’s national bird, wild tur-key (Meleagris gallopavo) is native to North America and the heavi-est of the Galliformes. This time of year, however, the birds try to make themselves scarce in recognition of upcoming national holidays and the American food choice tradition of Thanksgiving.

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Two killed in Black Forest shootings Suspect in custody following chase By Sta� report

The El Paso County Sher-

iff’s Offi ce arrested Kenneth Foy Lankford, 46, in the ear-ly-morning hours of Nov. 10. Lankford is accused of shoot-ing three people and killing two on the morning of Nov. 9.

Authorities have not dis-closed a motive.

The arrest was the result of a extensive investigation and effort by law enforcement personnel concerned for the

safety of the c o m m u n i t y, according to a statement by the El Paso County Sher-iff’s Offi ce.

L a n k f o r d was arrested and booked into the El Paso County jail on two counts of fi rst-degree murder, a Class 1 felony, one count of attempt-ed murder a Class 2 felony, and one count of fi rst-degree assault a Class 3 felony and is being held without bond.

At 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 9, the

sheriff’s offi ce received a re-port of a shooting in the 11000 block of Timber Lane Court in Black Forest.

Terry Lankford, 51, was found deceased in her home in the 6000 block of Burrows Road. Carol Fowler, also 51, was found deceased in her home in the 11000 block of Timber Lane Court and her husband, Thomas Fowler, 52, was found shot at that same location. He was transported to a Colorado Springs hospital where he is in stable condition.

On Nov. 10 at 2 a.m., sher-iff’s deputies attempted a traf-fi c stop of a vehicle driven by

Lankford which led to a pur-suit. When the vehicle pursuit ended, Lankford fl ed on foot. At 7:15 a.m., Lankford was tak-en into custody near Hodgen Road east of Highway 83 by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Offi ce SWAT Team and the Colorado Springs Police Department Tactical Enforcement Unit along with air support from the Denver Police Depart-ment.

The sheriff’s offi ce is asking for help in locating a red 2002 Honda Odyssey with the Colo-rado license number 048-GJB, which is believed to have been stolen by Lankford.

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Moose spotted in southern Douglas County At least one Tri-Lakes area resident took photographs, video By Danny Summers [email protected]

At least one Tri-Lakes area resident who commutes to Denver for work reported see-ing two bull moose along Interstate 25 last month.

A large bull moose and a small bull moose were spotted in Douglas County in the Castle Rock area. Craig Fleischmann, a Fox Run resident who works in Centennial, took photos and video of the smaller moose and posted them on his Facebook page.

“I saw the moose on my commute and fi nally decided to stop as it was feeding near a creek not too far from I-25,” Fleischmann said. “I saw this moose for at least three weeks in the same area.

“I wonder if the fl oods in Boulder and Es-tes Park forced these moose down to lower altitude as I don’t think they should be down at 6,500 feet.”

On Oct. 29, workers from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife tranquilized a bull moose in Parker and returned the moose to west-ern Douglas County.

Dave Hause, a ranger and land manager for Douglas County Open Space said the two bulls near I-25 are thought to be differ-ent animals than the single moose spotted fi rst in Elizabeth and then near Parker on Oct. 28. The pair of bull moose was fi rst seen in late September near the Plum Creek Park-way exit from I-25, near the east frontage road. Hause said they were later were seen near Larkspur and the Greenland areas.

Hause saw the on-the-move pair a few days after that, near State Highway 83 and Hodgen Road, in extreme southern Douglas County. Then a few days after that, he re-ported seeing the smaller bull moose alone south of Castle Rock eating willows in the creek at the Columbine Open Space, near the east I-25 frontage road.

Hause said he believes the larger bull moose may have been hit and killed by a motorist, but nothing has been confi rmed.

Jennifer Churchill, public relations of-fi cer for the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region, said that since moose were reintroduced to Colorado in the late 1970s near Walden, the population has ex-panded all along the Continental Divide. At the end of 2012 the estimated number was 2,100 moose.

Hause said the herd is doing really well

and probably found the Douglas County area searching for new territory. He also stressed that it is best to stay at least 150 yards away from a bull moose when view-ing it.

“Being seen near willows in a creek would be typical; willow is what they eat,” Hause said. “And in that environment, un-der the cover of willows, they can be close by, invisible to people, and so can be on top of someone before they know it.”

Also, this time of year, the bulls are in rut and competing for females and are even feistier.

Wildlife offi cials have heard reports of moose appearing in unusual parts of Colo-rado this year.

“The animals are very large and ag-gressive, without any natural predators,” Churchill said. “While they appear to be docile, they consider themselves the top of the food chain and should be appreciated from a safe distance.”

Churchill added that people walking their dogs should steer away from moose.

“They really don’t like dogs, probably be-cause of the fact that wolves used to be their natural enemy,” she said. “Because of their

size, they don’t have to tolerate anyone else. If they change their behavior, you’re too close to them.”

There are more than 2,100 moose in the state, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This one was spotted in Douglas County. Courtesy photos

Two bull moose were spotted in Douglas County as far south as Hodgen Road, not too far from Black Forest.

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Two fires fought simultaneously near Monument Staff report

On Nov. 8, Tri-Lakes Monument fire-fighters and surrounding departments re-sponded to two nearly simultaneous fires on a very blustery day.

The first fire was received at 9:45 a.m. reporting a fire on the outside of a build-ing to the south of 1051 Synthes Ave. First arriving companies found an outside fire next to a 30 foot by 50 foot storage build-ing several hundred feet from the nearest road. Quickly, the wind-whipped fire ex-tended to that, a second smaller storage

building, and the yard to the east of the property which is located off of Old Den-ver Highway just south of Wagon Gap Trail.

Crews aggressively attacked the fire, preventing it from spreading to the other buildings on the property, or to the east across the Union Pacific rail line.

Fortunately for firefighters, a pond was available on the property to provide an immediate water supply in an area where no fire hydrants existed. Railroad traffic on the Union Pacific line was temporarily halted while the blaze was fought. Dam-age estimate was set at $250,000 and pre-

liminary investigation indicates the cause of the fire was accidental.

While crews were extinguishing the first fire, at 11:30 a.m., calls were received for, and firefighters noticed a plume of smoke in the area of Baptist Road and Leather Chaps. Because of the unavailability of Tri-Lakes Monument crews, mutual aid crews responded and found a quarter-acre fire on the east side of Kingswood Drive, north of Baptist Road.

Crews aggressively attacked this fire as well, and limited the damage to the qyar-ter acre of wooded area. The fire was un-

der control in 20 minutes. Cause of this fire is under investigation.

Crews who assisted Tri-Lakes Monu-ment on both fires were the Wescott, Black Forest and Larkspur fire districts, Colora-do Springs and Palmer Lake Fire Depart-ments and El Paso County Wildland fire team. Direct any questions to Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Chief Chris Truty at 719-484-0911.

Anyone with information regarding the Kingswood Drive fire is asked to call the Monument Police Department at (719) 481-3253.

Monument police chief to help Santa deliver toysStaff report

Monument Police Chief Jacob Shirk will assist Santa by delivering toys to children in the Tri-Lakes and Monument areas.

Instead of a sleigh being led by the red-nosed Rudolph, he will drive a police car with red lights and sirens blaring. Santa will be assisted by elves from the Monument and Palmer Lake police departments. Elves from the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire District and Palmer Lake Fire Department will also assist and drive magical fire engines.

Santa and his elves will visit the children in the Tri-Lakes area on Dec. 21 from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.

Last year, more than 1,000 toys were de-livered to needy children in the area. Orga-

nizers of the event hope to meet that goal again.

“If you are considering donating to any program this holiday season, I would en-courage you to remember our local chil-dren and their needs,” Shirk said.

Toys and gift cards may be dropped off at the Monument Police Department lo-cated at 645 Beacon Lite Road, Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Department stations 1, 2 and 3, or the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire De-partment Administration building at 166 Second St. in Monument. Toys should be dropped off no later than Dec. 20 at 5 p.m. in order to be delivered by Santa and his elves.

For more information, contact Chief Jake Shirk at 719-481-3253.

Secretary of State reports local election results

Following results tally was reported by the Colorado Secretary of State early Wednesday morning, Nov. 6, and had not been altered as of Saturday, Nov. 9.

Lewis Palmer School District Mea-sure 3A

Yes/For - 24.47 percent, 3,372 votesNo/against - 74.53 percent, 9,866 votesTotal votes, 13,238Donald Wescott Fire District Mea-

sure 5AYes/For - 46.14 percent, 2,806 votesNo/Against - 53.86 percent, 3,275 votesTotal votes, 6081Monument Sanitation District 5CYes/For - 72.41 percent, 735 votesNo/ against - 27.59 percent, 280 votesTotal votes, 1,015District 38 School Board

John Magerko, Jr. (unopposed) 7,805 votes

District 20 School Board (top 3 elect-ed)

Catherine Bullock, 23.97 percent, 12,002

votesLinda Van Ma-

ter, 23.22 percent, 11,625 votes

Larry Norman Borland, 23.08 percent, 11,557

votesAndrea Van Nort, 18.54 percent, 9,284

votesSnannon Mendes, 11.18 percent, 5,596

votesTotal votes, 50,064

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Clark testi� es on senate proposal Sta� report

El Paso County Commissioner Sallie

Clark presented testimony Nov. 5, to U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Con-servation, Forestry and Natural Resources. Clark, who represents El Paso County Com-missioner District 3 including the Westside Colorado Springs, Manitou and the Ute Pass areas severely affected by the 2012 Waldo Canyon fi re and subsequent post-fi re fl ooding, will share information on how unhealthy forests with too many diseased trees have contributed to disastrous wild-fi res throughout the United States. She will urge senators to enact legislation that will direct additional FEMA funding to highly cost effective pre-fi re mitigation efforts as

a means of avoiding the much higher costs of post-fi re recovery.

Commissioner Clark also serves as sec-ond vice president of NACo and will speak on the value of collaboration and coopera-tion between county government and fed-eral agencies in the developing effective mitigation programs to reduce disastrous wildfi res throughout the country. Clark will conclude her remarks reminding senators, “one thing is clear, we can no longer afford to have one disastrous wildfi re right after another. Healthy forests and pre-fi re miti-gation are the only answers.”

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is chairman of the U.S. Senate Subcommit-tee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources.

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Palmer Lake Monument News Nov. 15, 1973

Ken and Becky Pratt have a new baby boy, Jeremy Kenneth, born Nov. 6. Proud grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Swift, Monument,Colorado and Mr. and Mrs. George Pratt, La Mesa, Calif.

• • •James Moore has taken over ownership

of Woodmoor Chevron. Services supplied by are tires, batteries and accessories, a 24 hour wrecker service and complete auto-motive service. There will be a drawing for prizes Nov. 20. 1st prize-100 gallons of gas, 12 second prizes — turkey, and 18 third prizes — complete lube and service. Free candy and coffee available at their loca-tion at Interstate 25 and 105, Monument.

• • •Yule Log Committee was selected. The

offi cers are as follows: president, Les Ha-vens; fi rst vice president, Duane Hanson, second vice president, Tom Allen; Secre-tary/Treasurer, Faye Bellinger.

• • •The lack of heat at Lewis Palmer High

School was attributed to failure of a fi ve horse-power motor. It was repaired by BM Services of Denver.

• • •Improvements are being made at

the LP football fi eld and running track. Bleachers were moved and spotted, drain-age ditches and grading of track are in progress. Curbing will also be installed.

• • •The Church of Woodmoor will hold a

“service of praise and thanksgiving” at the Barn Community Center on Woodmoor Drive, Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. A small choir of members from the com-munity will participate in the service. The choir is directed by Marge Kiss and ac-companied by Mrs. John Delventhal.

• • •Don Gonser, LPHS Junior was injured

at the recent football game with Florence. He is back in school but somewhat ham-pered by his injury.

• • •Grann Kendrick celebrated her birth-

day with a shopping trip to Colorado Springs and dinner. Fern Breecher, Grann’s daughter took her.

• • •Jane Andrews went to the eye doctor

for new glasses.• • •

The Food and Drug Administration is now requiring that the percentage of natural orange juice in a product be listed in large letters on the label.

• • •Mt. Herman Lions Club will conduct

a glaucoma screening program for adults older than 35 on Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the medical center in the Mine Shopping Center.

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Victor Lowell Thomas Museum to participate in Colorado Gives Day

The Victor Lowell Thomas Museum will participate in Colorado Gives Day 2013 – an initiative to increase philanthropy in Colorado through online giving to Colo-rado charities. Presented by Community First Foundation and FirstBank, Colorado Gives Day is a 24-hour period to “Give where you live” by making online dona-tions to the hundreds of charities featured on Community First Foundation’s online giving resource, ColoradoGives.org.

The museum is in the midst of a fund-raising campaign to acquire funds for the installation of a heating system. The muse-um building, built in1899, has no heat and

no running water. The project will make it possible for the museum to be open longer into the colder months of the year and ac-commodate school groups, as well special events during the fall and spring months. The heating system will also make it possi-ble to provide a better temperature control for the museum’s sensitive artifacts such as historic newspaper, photographs and min-ing artifacts.

The museum is also planning another dinner-auction fundraiser next March.

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Proclamation urges thanks to be extended to veteransSta� report

During its regular Tuesday meeting the Board of El Paso County Commissioners adopted an offi cial proclamation encour-aging all residents to, “extend the heartfelt greeting, ‘thank you for your service’ to each and every veteran they meet,” as they mark this coming Nov. 11 as Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada.

“The freedoms we enjoy today are pro-tected by our men and women in the U.S. Armed Forces,” said Commissioner Darryl Glenn, as he read the offi cial proclama-tion into the record. “These protectors of liberty put their lives on the line every day to safeguard our way of life.”

Veterans who attended the meeting Tuesday thanked the County Commis-sioners for their ongoing support of the El Paso County Veterans Services Offi ce which assists thousands of local veterans and their families each year as they navi-gate the often diffi cult application process required to obtain veterans’ benefi ts.

“It does mean a lot to us to be recog-

nized,” said Ron Marshall, who leads Vet-erans of Foreign Wars Post 4051. Marshall was joined at the podium by veterans from World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam who shared personal stories of their ser-vice in times of war.

“It’s just an incredible honor for us to be able to listen to you and your stories,” said Commissioner Amy Lathen. “There’s just not enough that I can say for what you’ve done for this country and for all of us.”

Veterans Day and Remembrance Day in Canada are set aside to honor living veterans and to remember the sacrifi ces made by military men and women who were not able to return home, said Jim Tackett, El Paso County veterans services manager.

The proclamation adopted today will be displayed during the Veterans Day ob-servance ceremonies at The Retired En-listed Association at 834 Emory Circle in Colorado Springs, Nov. 11, starting at 11 a.m. The event will feature music from the U.S. Air Force Academy Stellar Brass, is open to the public.

Our near brush with dirt and death “When are you done, Mom?” my oldest

son yelled over a whirring sound.“Soon,” I yelled back.My son, who was then 6, straddled the

arm of the couch as he watched me use the scrubber as a weapon. I was cleaning the carpet in the living room with a tiny upright, a hand-me-down from my par-ents. I was determined to get every speck of dirt.

My big boy was a not-so-silent witness to my mania. He placed his fi ngers in his ears and yelled, “la, la, la, la!,” every time the cleaner sounded.

I never liked the carpet in that room. It was a putrid green color, a cross between lime sherbet and vomit. It had been a per-manent fi xture since we moved in years before.

Every spot on the rug made itself known to our guests, practically scream-ing, “Look at me, I’m chocolate syrup from the spring of 2002!”

I also didn’t like trying to fi nd matching accessories, such as pillows and throws.

My husband had vowed to put fl ooring down one day, but other projects always came fi rst. So the carpet and I contin-ued to carry out our day-to-day battle of cleanliness.

In addition to scrubbing that day, I had also planned to tackle the cupboards

and work my way through a mountain of laundry.

And then.POP!A high-pitched squeal interrupted my

train of thought.The racket came from the machine.

It was running a bit sluggish, but I didn’t stop. I pushed harder on the same spot.

“Grape juice,” I said, “always grape juice!”

The scrubber wailed and began foam-ing like a rabid dog. Then it began cough-ing. So I turned it off and back on again, a sure-fi re fi xing method that always worked with my computer.

It didn’t sound better.I should’ve given up, but, being the per-

fectionist that I am, I couldn’t. I couldn’t rest until that stain was gone.

POP! Screeeeech!

I jumped back. My son’s eyes fi lled with terror.

Smoke billowed from the cleaner. After a strange hissing, fl ames rose and rushed up the backside.

I froze. I pictured my house being set ablaze. I could hear my husband scolding me.

Everything was in slow motion.My son ran out the front door, scream-

ing, “Fire! Fire!”The fl ames died fairly quickly. In a

quick moment of damage control, I carted the charred heap of a carpet cleaner to the end of the driveway. It was still smoking, so I doused it with water.

I looked for my son, who was crouched beside the car, praying.

“Sweetie,” I said, “are you alright?”I unplugged his fi ngers from his ears.“Mommy, I thought you died.”“I’m alright, the cleaner isn’t in real

good shape, though.”

Just then we heard another POP!We eventually returned to the living

room.“Phew, yuck!” he said.The living room looked the same, but

it had a burnt rubber smell. I opened windows and sprayed air freshener. We then decided it was a good time for our daily walk.

We started up our street hand-in-hand. Everything was tranquil. We talked about our “near brush with death.”

When we returned, we cautiously sur-veyed the damage. To my surprise, there was only a tiny scorch mark.

It was amazing that the fi re didn’t do any more damage.

Stephanie Ogren is married and has two children. She is employed at Colorado Community Media as the lead editorial page designer and a copy editor.

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Heartfelt messages from the front In 1941, thousands of Coloradans

joined the fray in WWII when the 45th Infantry Division became one of the fi rst National Guard units federalized from state control into the regular army force. Intense fi ghting followed in the invasion of Sicily, the attack on Salermo, and brutal battles at Anzio and Monte Cassino. And those were just warm ups for landings in France, during operation Dragoon, and fi nal drive into Nazi Germany and physi-cal liberation of the Dachau death camp. My Uncle “Stub” was a medic attached to 157 Infantry of 45th Thunderbirds, and an old friend of mine, from my hometown in Dolores, was in the same unit.

“A few lines to let you know where I am, and answer your letter,” wrote my uncle, to my father (who was still in High school at the time, in Meeker, CO) on Nov. 12, 1942 from New York, NY, as they prepared to depart for Europe after training there, Fort Sill, OK, and other places.

“I don’t know much that would interest you, but will try to let you know how things are with me. It snowed last night and today so have had a little fun. We are having snow-ball fi ghts, for this is the most snow I have seen since I was home last winter, and tonight there is about two inches.”

The uncertainty of what was to come,

was touched on in my uncle’s letter.“I still don’t know for sure whether I will

get to come home not, so don’t look for me till you see me in person, and then you won’t be disappointed,” he wrote.

The letter broke off a few lines later, but resumed, with a different ink.

“I started to write this letter but the lights went out for about an hour, so it stopped me from fi nishing my scandal. Well, I guess there is no more to say, so till next time, goodbye for now.”

My dad says he didn’t hear much from Uncle Stub again, until my other Uncle, Bill, who served in the U.S. Navy, searched for his unit, and tracked him in France one day. “Been busy,” Uncle Stub told my Uncle Bill at the time. Perhaps an under-statement, when you review the history.

From another account, this one from

Paul Butler (I knew Butler, later, while growing up in Dolores, Colo.), who was a corporal in the same 157th regiment of the 45th Thunderbirds:

“We were under machine gun fi re all night long, laying on the ground. Ma-chine gun fi re killed my Sergeant. The Italians weren’t very good fi ghters but the Germans were, they were always blow-ing up railroad tracks and bridges. I saw a U.S.O. show with Bob Hope,” Butler told a nephew who compiled his story for the 157th regiment’s page for WWII Recreation Association page.

“We traveled on foot a lot under General (George) Patton’s command. He gave a speech to about 2,000 of us and we were told we’d hit the mainland of Italy. I remember him saying, ‘If those SOBs don’t back up, take your bayonets and make them.’ Patton had to return to the states over the incident where he slapped the soldier with battle fatigue, so we went on without him,” according to Paul’s account to his nephew.

“In Sicily I was transferred back into an Anti-tank company and I hauled 60mm Mortar rounds. On Sept. 8, 1943 we hit Salerno Beach. There, I drove a White half-track pulling a 37mm gun. I drove the half-track onto the beach head. On the

way into Italy, the Italians surrendered, but the Germans fought furiously. That winter we were foot soldiers in the mountains of Italy. A lot of G.I.s got trench foot, frozen feet and lost toes. Then, on January 29, 1944 we hit Anzio Beach Head. The Ger-mans had all the high ground and we were pinned down on the beach every day for 4 to 5 months. Every day was like a D-day,” he said.

“I built a cellar that kept shell frag-ments out. It was a foxhole with a timber and sandbag roof. We had a gas stove and played cards sometimes with a candle, when the candle went out you knew you had to get out to get oxygen. The Germans had this big gun we called Anzio Angie and when the big shells were fi red, it sounded light a freight train coming. The gun was placed back in a tunnel on a railway car. They had a 6 barrel mortar that sounded like a screechin’ tomcat, but the tough-est were those German 88’s. Us half-track drivers had to drive back up this road one time so we could hide and camoufl age our vehicles. Most of my 37mm gun crew was killed then. They gave me the Bronze Star for delivering ammunition while under

� ere’s oil in them hills Over the years I have run across un-

usual stories about our oil boom. Yes, they found oil as far north as Monument, and west at Colorado City. I found this very early item quite interesting because of who was one of the investors. Oil had been found in Colorado City in the 1880s, and it quickly became a gas well. Natural gas was used in homes in that area very early.

The search for oil in this area started in the 1880s. Many exploratory wells were drilled before anything was found. For three months in early 1901, a well actually was found just outside Colorado Springs to be able to produce reasonable oil. Now in 1901 a reasonable amount of oil was anything over a barrel an hour! This fi rst producer was a mile west of the railroad station at Buttes. That would put it just about on Fort Carson. A company was already buying the oil, being loaded at Buttes. There was talk of building a pipe-line over to Buttes for loading.

You may know Canon City is a big oil producing area starting also in the 1880s. A refi nery was built at Overton, just north of Pueblo in the late 1880s. The oil explora-tion and discoveries in the area between Fountain and north Pueblo was quite sporadic, but it lasted for nearly 30 years, with several good wells. The oil was not very deep, as oil goes, but most were short lived and mainly produced gas. Modern day fracking is a process that can bring life back to old wells, but so far these areas

have not proved to be large enough to be worth reopening.

The part I found most interesting was that W.S. Stratton was one of the primary investors in these 1901 wells. He was a recent millionaire, having sold his Inde-pendence Mine near Victor. He was doing a good job at spending his fortune. He also purchased the Colorado Springs street car line, and was looking at extending it all the way to Canon City, by way of Florence. He never did this, but he certainly spent a fortune on the Colorado Springs street cars. He was also buying up old mines in Cripple Creek, but never did as well as the Independence, which was just outside Victor.

His oil wells never amounted to much, but some of the land he purchased be-came Myron Stratton Home, named for his father, at the south end of Colorado Springs, and he owned many major build-ings in downtown Colorado Springs.


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Chiefs, Broncos will be seen in prime time The scuttlebutt around the state is that

a huge football game is taking place Nov. 17 at Denver’s Sports Authority Field.

The UNDEFEATED Kansas City Chiefs are making their way to the Mile High City for a showdown with the mighty Peyton Manning-led Broncos.

It is clash so big that NBC revamped its Sunday Night Football schedule so it could feature the game in prime time.

This is one of those regular season tilts that will get even the casual fan inter-ested. It trumps Mike Shanahan’s return to Denver last month. It makes the Broncos’ season opener with the Baltimore Ravens seem like a walk in the park.

In other words, this clash of titans is huge.

The Chiefs are the only undefeated team in the made-for-TV National Football League. That means that 31 other squads - including the Broncos - have tasted the bitter agony of defeat.

This is the same Chiefs team that was 2-14 a year ago. It is the same Chiefs team that traded for much scrutinized quarter-

back Alex Smith; the No. 1 overall pick by the San Francisco 49ers in the 2005 draft.

The Broncos have the 1998 No. 1 overall pick under center in Manning. The much-beloved Papa John’s pizza spokesman is enjoying another fi ne regular season and has the Broncos looking like more of a contender than a pretender.

Manning will do his best to confuse the vaunted Chiefs’ defense with his pants-on-fi re style of play. The Indianapolis Colts did not fall for his razzle-dazzle a few weeks ago, however, and my guess is that the Chiefs will also read Manning like a book.

The No. 1 key to defeating Manning is to not let him get in your head. He is arguably one of the top fi ve regular season quarterbacks of all time. He is a master of making the opposing team doubt its game plan. He seemingly brings grown men to their knees with a fl ick of his wrist.

The Chiefs are not 9-0 because they are lucky. Their head coach, Andy Reid, is one of the best in the game. He took his former club, the Philadelphia Eagles, to four con-secutive NFC Championship games and one Super Bowl. The Eagles lost to Tom Brady’s Patriots following the 2004 season.

The Chiefs have not allowed more than 17 points in any game this season. Opponents are scoring an average of just 12 points per contest against the scarlet red, gold and white clad men from Middle America.

Conversely, the Broncos, or Donkeys as some people around the state like to call them, have allowed 19 or more points to every team they have played.

So, who will win? My guess is that this will be a close game. The Chiefs will put a

ton of pressure on Manning. He won’t have time to survey the fi eld the way he nor-mally likes to do. And history has proven that when Manning is hurried he tends to throw interceptions; many of them for pick sixes.

The Broncos will have to rely on a con-sistent running game to keep the Chiefs’ defense off balance.

Likewise, Smith will have to step up and perform the way he did when he led the 49ers to a wild 36-32 playoffs victory over the New Orleans Saints in 2012.

The Chiefs running game, led by Jamaal Charles, will have to put a hurt on the Broncos’ defense so that Smith is not forced to win the game by himself.

Final score: 27-20 Chiefs.And after the Chiefs win the game to

improve to 10-0, they will be in the driver’s seat to win the AFC West. If that plays out, the Broncos would end up being a wild card team and on the road for the fi rst round of the playoffs. I guess given that scenario, this is a must-win for the Broncos.

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fi re. I was just one of the lucky ones who didn’t get hit. A lot of men were captured, then escaped and rejoined us. One unit lost all but two of its men.”

‘Operation Shingle’ and the allied land-ing at Anzio was signifi cant because the American 5th Army was surrounded by Germans in the caves of Pozzolli in Febru-ary of 1944. It sustained heavy casualties.

“One day when we had a break in the shelling and I was horsing around with

some other fellas and one threw a dirt clod and gave me a black eye. They sent me to the hospital. They wanted to give me a Purple Heart, but I told the truth and said I’d rather have some aspirin. During the second night, the Germans shelled the hospital and I crawled under my cot. I told them it was safer where I had been, and I asked to be sent back to the front,” according to Butler’s account.

“My last day of combat was April 30, 1945, my 511th day. That day I visited the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau. The day before, I company of the Third Battal-ion had been the fi rst to Dachau. Some of my buddies went over that day, I fi gured

I’d better see it too. I didn’t really want to, but I did. Them pictures you’ve seen, it was the truth. We had been fi ghting for two years and we were hard. We had seen things -- our friends killed and you kind of got used to it, maybe your emotions sort of die,” Butler said. Both Paul Butler, and my Uncle Stub, were among the fortunate from 45th Thunderbirds that were able to return to Colorado after WW II, and resume their lives in the Centennial state, though my Uncle battled with health is-sues related to the shrapnel that he picked up in both Anzio and Sicily.

The unit was briefl y deactivated and then reactivated and restricted to Okla-

homa soldiers in 1951, and fi nally deac-tivated in a downsizing of the National Guard in 1968. The former division was restructured into an infantry brigade, an artillery group, and a support command, with state headquarters providing general administrative and logistical support. This did not mean the end of the Thunderbird; the Thunderbird patch was retained by all the organizations, with the exception of the state headquarters, which contin-ued to be identifi ed with the Indian-head patch.

The 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City still pays tribute to those who served valiantly over the years.


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After retiring from the Air Force in 2004, Pam obtained her Colorado teaching credentials from Regis University and taught social studies at both Lewis-Palmer High School and Palmer Ridge High School in Monument. She was part of the core planning team for the new Palmer Ridge High School. Pam loved teaching where her repertoire included Advanced Placement US History, European History, and

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Pam is survived by her husband, Bill Kirkman, son Alec, daughter and son-in-law Heather and Peter, father Carroll, brother Joseph, sister Jan, three grandchildren, and numerous extended family members, friends, students, and colleagues. She was preceded in death by her mother, Wylene.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor:

I sincerely regret that 3A did not pass; but life goes on. For District 38 and Monu-ment Academy, this will bring increasing fi scal stringency and a less robust educa-tion for our kids; but majority rules and so be it.

Regardless of the outcome, several ob-servations seem in order to keep the result in perspective:

How do informal discussions suggesting a virtual tie in mid-September turn into a November rout? It wasn’t the campaigns waged by either side. The numbers suggest that, in October, the campaigns became more or less incidental.

More likely it seems to me that a combination of Sequestration, a 21-day government shutdown on Oct. 1, a threat-ened default on the national debt later in the month, the ill-conceived Amend-ment 66 — perceived as creating double taxation in our district — that also went down in fl ames, and the revealed results of ObamaCare (an incomprehensible website, policy cancellations and higher premiums and deductibles), all generated fi nancial uncertainty for everyone in the community — including yours truly.

In October, some in the business com-munity added their opposition to 3A. This opposition to higher taxes is understand-able since the Gallagher Amendment to the Colorado constitution requires commercial property-owners to pay around three times

the tax rate required of homeowners for any real estate-based tax. This is unfair; I hope we will support efforts to address that going forward. But even this opposition paled in comparison, I think, to the apocalyptic vibes coming from Washington, D.C. and Denver. No one can be blamed for wonder-ing how their family or business fi nances will fare given this uncertainty.

Regardless, I hope that the district and MA will now move forward together, achieving as much academic excellence as available funds can provide … for parents, for teachers and staff and especially for our kids.

Russ Broshous

Dear Editor:This Saturday, Nov. 16, players from the

Lewis-Palmer High School baseball team will be conducting a Holiday Food drive at the Walmart in Monument (off Jack-son Creek Parkway) from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The food collected will be turned over to Tri-Lakes Cares to help them fulfi ll their mission of aiding needy families in the Pikes Peak Region. Last year’s food drive collected more than 2800 pounds of food and the boys hope to surpass that amount this year.

This year’s event is even more poignant for some of the boys since some were evacuated from their homes during the Black Forest fi re.

Jim Stinson

Dear Editor:It deeply saddens me how much selfi sh-

ness and greed dominate our society today. For a nation that is supposed to be moving forward under God and trying to generate a better tomorrow for everyone, we are fail-ing miserably.

I want to extend my most sincere thanks to the teachers and staff of Lewis-Palmer School District 38. Regardless of what subject you taught, you impacted and infl uenced my life in a way that altered my future forever. Because of the values and lessons you taught me while I was in your classrooms, I am experiencing great success today. I am a successful college student at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, greatly involved and well on track for my degree in Hospitality Management, emphasizing in event planning and man-agement. Large portions of this success are because of your hard work and dedication in my high school years.

Although it may be discouraging and extremely disappointing that your commu-nity refuses to support you, to give you the basic funds necessary to be at a “normal” fi nancial level, please know that as a former student I respect very highly what you do. Through tough times like this, please know your students care deeply about our teachers, our roll models, those who we can now call friends. You never gave up on us, you always showed up at stupid early hours in the morning, not leaving until late

in the evening, working through the entire summer (contrary to popular belief that summers are “free time”), spending hours off the clock grading papers and work-ing on lesson plans, dealing with parent phone calls and diffi cult students, and ultimately never saying “no” to continuing my education. I have countless memories of hours spent in high school, of basic les-sons learned not only about academics, but integrity, honesty, and trust. Most of these things are “required” by school districts across the United States, but few teachers actually put in the time, energy, and effort to ingrain them into our lives like you do. My most well learned lessons were not in academics, sports or arts, but rather in leadership, in becoming a successful adult in a constantly changing society, and fi nd-ing my passion and calling in life. I cannot possibly imagine a more pivotal four years in my lifetime, and the resounding success that came out of it has largely to do with undying dedication and support of my teachers.

My respect only deepens for all of you amidst this decision, and I thank you for never giving up. I thank you for your self-lessness, for going against the tide, and for standing up for what you believe in. I thank you for taking the high road, for practicing what you teach, and for instilling in me an education that will last a lifetime.

Brandon Adams, Palmer Ridge High School Class of 2011

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Post 9-11 serves communityMembers took part on Nov. 9 Colorado Springs Veterans Day ParadeBy Danny [email protected]

On Nov. 8, about a dozen members from American Legion Tri-Lakes Post 9-11 gathered at the Monument Cemetery to place American flags next to grave stones.

They did so to honor their fallen com-rades who served during past wars.

The next day, those same members, and many more from Post 9-11, traveled to Colorado Springs where they took part in the city’s Veterans Day Parade.

“We also place flags out here on Memo-rial Day and Sept. 11,” said Ron Carlisle, a veteran of the Royal Air Force and member of Post 9-11.

Post 9-11 has a home in Palmer Lake that is easily recognizable to those who drive up and down highway 105.

The Post meets at The Depot Restau-rant, where good food usually leads to good times, especially on Saturday nights.

“That’s our bingo night,” said Alicia Gatti, who leases the Depot Restaurant to Post 9-11. “We usually have about 50 to 55 people show up. Last week we had about 75 because there was a lot going on.”

Gatti is a veteran of Desert Storm, where she spent six months in Kuwait City back in the day. When she got out of the service she made her way to Palmer Lake. In 1995, she began construction on The Depot and opened the restaurant in 1997. She leases two office spaces downstairs.

After the mandatory five-year wait-ing period, the Post was allowed to start bingo two years ago. That is where the Post makes the bulk of its revenue (about $18,000 this year), which it donates to non-profits in the area.

“We got a request from the (Tri-Lakes) Senior Center for new carpet,” Gatti said. “They came in and gave a presentation and we felt it was the right thing to do.”

Tri-Lakes Post 9-11 was founded in 2006 with just a handful of members.

“We’re up to 195 members so far this year,” said Palmer Lake resident Randy Fritz, a 32-year Army veteran who is a caller for bingo. “We were at 182 last year. Membership is growing all the time.”

Gatti has leased The Depot Restaurant to Post 9-11 since 2008. The Depot Restau-rant is open Wednesday through Sundays.

American Legion members must be veterans who have either served in a branch of the United States Armed Forces or be on active duty. The American Legion is the biggest veteran’s organization in the nation.

“It’s not that we tell people who to vote for,” Fritz said. “We tell them to vote for issues.”

In addition to providing support to vet-erans, the organization works to enrich the

lives of youths by sponsoring programs, including the American Legion Boys State and Girls State, the National High School Oratorical Contest and other programs for children and youth.

Both Boys State and Girls State pro-grams are for adolescents at the end of their junior year in high school. Students from all over the state who are sponsored meet in one location; boys convene at the Colorado State University Campus in Pueblo and girls head to Western State in Gunnison.

They write legislation and lobby. At the end of one week, two ”senators” are elected and rewarded with an all-expense paid trip to Washington D.C., where they participate in Boys Nation and Girls Na-tion; this includes a meeting with the U.S. Senate and the President.

“It’s a great program,” Fritz said. “These

kids learn a lot about government in a week.”

Post 9-11 also sponsors a Legion base-ball team in Colorado Springs.

Post meetings are held the first Tuesday of every month at the post home starting at 6:30 p.m. Auxiliary unit meetings are held on the second Wednesday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at the post home. A weekly informal “social hour” is conducted every Tuesday from 6 p.m. until around 8.

“We’re hosting a veteran’s open house on Nov. 21 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.,” said Post 9-11 member Vern Kuykendall, who is the web master for the post. “It’s mostly to help veterans who don’t know how to get through all the red tape when filling out forms.”

For more information about the Ameri-can Legion or to join a local post, please contact Post 9-11 or call 719-481-8668. You can also email the post at [email protected].

You can find Tri-Lakes Post 9-11 on Facebook.

This is the entrance to The Depot Restaurant. Photos by Danny Summers

The Depot in Palmer Lake is home to American Legion Tri-Lakes Post 9-11. Pictured here are Randy Fritz, left, and Alicia Gatti. Fritz, a 26-year Army veteran, is a caller for Bingo, which takes place at The Depot Restaurant Saturday evenings. Gatti, a veteran of Desert Storm, owns The Depot and leases out the restaurant and banquet hall to the Post. Members of the American Legion Tri-Lakes Post 9-11 place American flags next to headstones at Monument Cemetery.

They do this several times a year in honor of fallen veterans. These folks holding flags took part in the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade on Nov. 9. Pictured here are; back row: Ron Carlisle, Vern Kuykendall, Frank Escolopio and Tony VanBeek; front row: John Hartling, Karen Hartling, Chaplain Jim Bergeron and Peggy Escolopio

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We appreciate your vote By Mark Hatchell @markhatchell

Board of Education candidates’ votes were counted Nov. 5 and two incumbents, Linda Van Matre and Catherine Bullock, were returned to serve our district for four-year terms. Larry Borland, our district’s former chief for security and transporta-tion, was also elected. Borland will take the seat of Doug Lundberg who had served two terms and was term limited. A reception to thank Lundberg for his many years of ser-vice to our district will be held before the Nov. 14 board of education meeting. I want to personally thank all of the candidates for their interest in serving the students of our district. The decision to run for public offi ce is a diffi cult one. We are fortunate to have community members who want to help guide our school district. Also, I appreciate those who voted and participated in this important process.

• • •Many of our athletic teams are com-

peting in league and state playoffs this month. The Air Academy High School Ka-det Marching Band won its fourth con-secutive Class 4A state championship. Our district can also be proud of a great tradi-tion of marching bands at Rampart, Pine Creek, and Liberty high schools. Discov-ery Canyon Campus High School football and Air Academy High School boys soccer are also state contenders. Shawn Mitchell, DCC football coach, was named the Denver Broncos Prep Coach of the Week earlier this month. DCC boys tennis coach Mike Hum-phrey was named the Colorado State Ten-nis Coach of the Year and one of his players, Luke Lorenz, was named Colorado Boys Tennis Player of the Year.

• • •One of the most poignant and impres-

sive events I attend each year is the Medal

of Valor luncheon hosted by the Colorado Springs Police Department. Along with the many recipients honored for their courage and service Nov. 4 were two of our school resource offi cers. Vern Thomson, a school resource offi cer at Rampart High School, was presented the Medal of Valor for his work helping residents in 2012 during the Waldo Canyon Fire. Another of our school resource offi cers, Sgt. Ronnie Taylor, was also recognized with the Medal of Valor for his assistance to Colorado Springs resi-dents during the Waldo Canyon Fire. Sgt. Taylor works at Discovery Canyon Campus High School. We are proud and thankful to these two individuals who went above and beyond during a crisis in our city. They are just two of the outstanding examples of the Academy District 20 security team who keep our students and staff members safe every day.

• • •I recently visited schools in Detroit

where students are beating the odds and overcoming economic circumstances to succeed. I was impressed with the staff members and administrators at Cass Tech-nical High School and I am pleased that the principal, Lisa Phillips, is coming to visit our school district in December. We look forward to hearing what she has to share about her school and her experiences.

• • •Thanksgiving vacation is just days away.

Our schools will be closed Nov. 25 through Nov. 29. This semester seems to have fl own by quickly and we have many reasons to be grateful. Thank you to each of our families, students, and staff members who make ours an outstanding school district. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday.

Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of schools in Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for the Tri-Lakes Tribune.

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for students and teachers and it would have allowed the district to give money to Monument Academy.

“This MLO was about trying to restore

programs and bring our district to where it was before,” Mark Pfoff, D-38 school board member, said.

Pfoff said despite the MLO not passing, “This school board and administration is going to continue to provide an outstand-ing education, maintain a balanced bud-get and strong reserves.”

Pfoff added that over the past few years of state cuts the district has always been

able to maintain their budget and reserves and still provide an outstanding education to the students.

His concern, however, is for the strug-gling students who have been affected by the cuts to critical programs and for the teachers who have taken on larger class sizes.

The district spent a year educating the community and sharing their story as

to why an MLO was needed. It also gave them the chance to build-up relationships within the community.

“The bigger picture here is that we have a great community. It’s a giving commu-nity and is a real great place to raise fami-lies,” Pfoff said. Pfoff said that he doesn’t see any additional cuts to the district as long as the state funding stays stable or increases.

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CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update your club listing, e-mail [email protected], attn: Tribune.

PROFESSIONAL

FRONT RANGE Business Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the � rst and third Tuesdays of every month at Bella Panini in Palmer Lake.

TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600 or e-mail [email protected].

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets at 5:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Networking Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the � rst and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.

WISDOM AND Wealth Master Mind Group Lifting Spirits meets from 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday from July to September at 755 Highway 105, Unit C, Palmer Lake. RSVP to Meredith at 630-618-9400. Visit www.MeredithBroom� eld.com.

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

RECREATION

AMATEUR RADIO Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Lakes Monutemnt Fire Protection District

Station 1, 18650 Hwy 105. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Call Joyce Witte at 488-0859 for more information.

ADULT RECREATIONAL and intermediate pick up volleyball is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.

BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanle-giontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

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

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonpro� t organiza-tion that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months. Contact [email protected] or Chris at 719-488-9850.

GLENEAGLE GOLF Club has implemented a Community Ad-visory Committee. Their mission is to help establish a stronger relationship between the club and the community. They are looking for representatives from all home owners associations. The committee meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM at Gleneagle Golf Club. If you can join, give Rick Ebelo a call at the club at 488-0900.

THE PIKES Peak chapter of Pheasants Forever meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month (except June, August and September) at the Colorado Division of Wildlife Training Classroom in the back of the building at 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are ac-cepted. Call 719-559-0837.

VINI E Crostini, 6 � ight wine tasting paired with moZaic tasty bites is at 5 p.m the � rst Saturday of the month at 443 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Cost is $40 per person.

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SHARE COLORADO, a nonpro� t organization, is a monthly food distributor that o� ers grocery packages at half the retail price to everyone. Call 800-375-4452 or visit www.sharecolorado.com.

SOCIAL

THE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets for a luncheon the second Wednesday of each month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Call 719-596-6787 or 719-495-2443.

THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the � rst and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.

COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-488-9031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org.

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

GIRL SCOUTING o� ers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603.

GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meeting is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambas-sador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at

719-433-5396 or Bob Duckworth at 719-481-4608, or visit www.sertoma.org.

HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the � rst Wednesday of every month.

KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellow-ship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail [email protected]

LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.

MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week to support the chil-dren, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668.

THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the � rst Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-592-9311 for reservations.

MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are no meetings in June, July and August. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October.

ORDER SONS of Italy in America meets on the � rst Tuesday at 702 S. Tejon St. in Colorado Springs. Call Tony Rodasta for details or information, 719-260-8773.

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No. 1 seed Discovery Canyon can’t hold serve against Pueblo East

Thunder loses to No. 16 seed Pueblo East, 47-13, in first round of Class 3A state playoffsBy Danny [email protected]

The Discovery Canyon football team experi-enced déjà vu all over again, as Yogi Berra might say.

Hosting Pueblo East in a Class 3A first-round playoff game Nov. 9 at District 20 Stadium, the No. 1 overall seed Thunder lost 47-13 to make an early exit from the postseason for a second consecutive year.

“We just didn’t execute what we practiced all week,’ said Discovery Canyon senior quarter-back Alec Wirtjes. “Our toughness wasn’t there. We knew what (Pueblo East) was going to come out in. We had plays specifically designed. We just didn’t execute what we needed to.”

Wirtjes, Discovery Canyon’s leading rusher this season with more than 850 yards, was held to 12 yards on seven carries. The vaunted Thun-der rushing attack managed just 93 yards on 28 attempts.

“They like that fullback dive, so I was key-ing on the fullback, and our outside backers (Bruno DeRose and Phil Reardon) were keying on (Wirtjes),” said Pueblo East junior linebacker Sonny Arellano. “It’s all preparation during the week. Play hard during the week and come out and do it in the game. We just stuck to the game plan and did our job.”

The same teams met in Pueblo on Aug. 30 with Discovery Canyon winning 49-28. But Pueblo East did not have sophomore Danny Martin under center in that game. Martin was forced to sit out the first five games of season after transferring from Trinidad. Martin got his chance to start in week 6 when senior Kurt Rode broke his leg.

Martin played a key factor in the rematch, rushing for a game-high 134 yards and three touchdowns.

“Hard work and we just used motivation,” Martin said. “We just kept saying, ‘State, state,

state.’ We just went out there and kicked (butt).”If Thunder fans looked stunned it was under-

standable. In 2012, Discovery Canyon was the No. 2 overall seed in the playoffs, only to lose in the first round to No. 15 Pueblo Central on the same District 20 turf.

“No more Pueblo teams in the playoffs,” Dis-covery Canyon coach Shawn Mitchell said with a slight smile.

“But I don’t want to take anything away from (Pueblo) East. They got after us. They played some good hard-nosed football against us today and we didn’t respond to that.”

Discovery Canyon has finished 9-2 each of the last two seasons. Prior to that, no Thunder team had ever won more than three games in any season.

“I love these guys,” Discovery Canyon senior Adrian Mack said of his teammates. “These guys are like my family. This season has been absolutely amazing to me and I couldn’t ask for anything else.”

The game got away from the Thunder in the second quarter as Pueblo East scored four touchdowns — three by Martin — to take a com-manding 28-7 lead.

But the Eagles didn’t stop there, eventually building a 44-7 with 1:45 remaining in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

Pueblo East coach Dave Ramirez made it known earlier in the week that he thought his team was the “best 16 seed in history.”

“We played a tough schedule,” Ramirez said. “We wanted a chance in the playoffs. With that opportunity we wanted to prepare and play hard.

“As the season evolves the teams kind of find their identity. This team found its identity.”

Wirtjes and Michael Beiswinger hooked up on a 72-yard touchdown pass with 10:37 remaining in the fourth to ease a little bit of the pain.

“Even when it was 44-7 we never hung our heads,” Wirtjes said. “We kept fighting. That’s what I love about these guys.”

Discovery Canyon receiver Michael Beiswinger, #21, is off to the races on a 72-yard catch and run for a touchdown. The Thunder lost the playoff game to Pueblo East. Photos by Brian Arnold

The scoreboard says it all. Discovery Canyon was down early in the third quarter and never recovered in a playoff loss to Pueblo East.


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Lewis-Palmer wins state volleyball championship Rangers sweep Air Academy in the � nals of the Class 4A tournament By Danny Summers [email protected]

Lewis-Palmer volleyball coach Susan Odenbaugh is quick to defl ect the focus off of her and onto her players.

But there is no denying that Odenbaugh is the unquestioned architect behind what is now a state championship team.

On Nov. 9, Odenbaugh’s Rangers won the golden volleyball that has eluded the program for 11 years. Lewis-Palmer did so in dominating style, disposing of Air Acad-emy in straight sets, 25-11, 25-18 and 25-10 at the Denver Coliseum.

Junior outside hitter Alexa Smith paced the Rangers’ stellar attack. But she got a lot of help from her friends.

Odenbaugh, or “Odie” to her players and just about anybody who knows her, has meticulously and patiently built her program into a state power. The center piece of the puzzle was put in place in 2011 when Smith moved over from The Classical Academy after her eighth-grade year.

A dominant club player at the time, Smith quickly established herself as one of the top players in the nation.

Odenbaugh tinkered with things, added new parts, and eventually found the right mix of players who gelled on and off the court.

The latest title is the fourth for Lewis-Palmer (27-2) since 1993. The others came in 2001 and 2002. Odenbaugh has been a part of all of them. She was a long-time as-sistant under former coach Don Lash and took over for him in 2002.

“It takes kids buying into your program,” said Odenbaugh, who has been involved

with the program for 25 years. “But when you work hard you reap the rewards.”

Lewis-Palmer has advanced to the state tournament in 11 of 12 seasons un-der Odenbaugh. They were runners-up to Cheyenne Mountain in 2012 as the Indians won their fi fth consecutive championship.

Smith has been the focal point of the team since she joined the program in 2011. But there were already some working piec-es in place.

Setter Abi Bartalo was a starter as a freshman in 2010. Bartalo, who also attend-ed TCA through the eighth grade, comes from an athletic family. Her father, Mike, was a standout football player at Mitchell. Her uncle, Steve Bartalo, was a star running back at Doherty and Colorado State Uni-versity, and later played in the NFL.

Also in 2010, right side hitter Sam Krain-ock started on varsity as a freshman. Car-son Nicodemus, the third senior on this year’s club, played on the C team as a fresh-man in 2010 and swung as a sophomore.

The 2011 campaign saw the addition of right side hitter Nicole Montgomery. The jumping jack Montgomery - a two-time state champion in track last spring - trans-ferred from Discovery Canyon after her eighth grade year.

It appeared that the Rangers had the right mix to win a state championship last fall when 6-foot-4 middle blocker Claire Felix transferred in from TCA. But as good as Felix was - she is now at UCLA - the Rangers came up on the short end in the state championship match.

The fi nal pieces of the puzzle were put in place this summer with the addition of sisters Haley McCurley and Emily Mc-Curley, and Mariah Evans. The McCurleys transferred from Douglas County. Evans transferred from Colorado Springs Chris-tian School.

The 5-7 Haley McCurley, a senior out-side hitter, gave almost seven inches away

to Smith, but her unique style of hitting gave the Rangers another dimension up front. Emily McCurley, a sophomore libero, brought her cat-like refl exes to the team and became one of the leaders in digs. Evans, a sophomore setter, allowed Oden-baugh to implement a 6-2 rotation. That gave Bartalo a chance to breath once in a while, which in turn made her more effec-tive on the court.

The rest of this year’s varsity squad was made up of underclassmen who should continue to improve; sophomores Tylar Fugate, Amber Matalus and Emily Yoswa, and freshmen Lydia Bartalo and Elizabeth Reich. Emily Bartalo attended TCA through the eighth grade.

“To win a state title everything has to fall

into place,” Odenbaugh said.Lewis-Palmer’s only hiccups this sea-

son were against the defending 5A champ Doherty (3-2 loss on Sept. 19) and Chey-enne Mountain (3-0 loss on Oct. 26 in the fi nals of the Cheyenne Mountain tourna-ment).

The Rangers cruised through the post-season, winning 18 of 19 sets.

One would think Lewis-Palmer has a great chance to repeat in 2014 with the bulk of the team returning. Odenbaugh is already thinking ahead.

“Losing Abi is going to be huge because of her leadership and experience,” Oden-baugh said. “We’ll move Nicole back to outside hitter. The question is who will be my right side.”

The Lewis-Palmer Rangers volleyball team celebrates winning the state championship Nov. 9 at the Denver Coliseum. The Rangers beat Air Academy in straight sets. Photo by Jim Benton

Baker will coach Lewis-Palmer wrestling team this winter He will double as the school’s athletic director By Danny Summers [email protected]

Nick Baker announced recently that he will remain as the head coach of the Lewis-Palmer wrestling team through the end of this season.

Baker was named the school’s athletic director in June

and expressed some concern about devoting adequate time to handling those duties, as well as those of head wrestling coach.

“It would be unrealistic for there to be any changes this late in the game as far as staffi ng and management of the program is concerned,” Baker told Lewis-Palmer wrestling parents in an email. “I would like you to think of this sea-son as any other with a few modifi cations. I will still coach the team make decisions regarding how the program is run. My role with running practices will be decreased as the winter sports competitive season begins because of my obligations related to my new position.”

Baker has already begun the search for head coach to replace him for the 2014-15 wrestling season. He met with parents Nov. 7 to discuss this season.

In the event Baker is unable to run any practices or matches, assistant coach Dustin Tupper will be in charge. Tupper will also be taking on many administrative duties, such as stats, weight management, transportation, rules, etc.

“I’ve never viewed Mr. Tupper as an assistant coach, but someone who I coach with,” Baker said. “We’ve always made decisions together on what’s best for the program and the kids.

“The hard work and dedication of the parents, coaches, and wrestlers have provided an atmosphere where all of us have ownership and accountability of how this program operates. I will be in their corner at the Pepsi Center and it doesn’t sound right for it to be any other way.”

Among the top returning lettermen on the Rangers are seniors Joseph Glenn, Darrayan Vanderpool and Luke Fowler.

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Mitchell receives Broncos’ Coach of the Week award Discovery Canyon coach honored along with Doherty coach Sta� report

Discovery Canyon football coach Shawn Mitchell and

Doherty football coach David Joyce were the fi nal two 2013 recipients of the NFL High School Coach of the Week award presented by the Denver Broncos and Colorado Na-tional Guard.

Mitchell earned the award based on Discovery Canyon’s 24-20 victory over Class 3A South Central League-rival Coronado on Nov. 2. The win vaulted the Thunder to the top seed in the state playoffs.

The Thunder fi nished the regular season with a 9-1 re-cord, which included three shutouts.

“We didn’t play our best game,” Mitchell said. “Coro-nado was tough and gave us everything we could handle.”

Mitchell, 41, was born in Cambridge, Neb., and gradu-ated from Fort Lupton High School in 1991, where he was an offensive lineman.

He switched to defensive tackle and was a three-year starter at Colorado College, where he graduated in 1995 with degrees in history, political science and education.

Mitchell furthered his education at Regis University where he earned a master’s degree in curriculum, instruc-tion and assessment. He teaches social studies at Discov-ery Canyon.

Joyce’s Spartans fi nished the regular season with a 40-0 shutout of Class 5A Pioneer League rival Palmer, highlight-ed by senior Zach Young’s six-touchdown, 286-yard rush-ing performance. Young fi nished his regular-season senior campaign with 249 carries for 1,963 yards and 31 touch-downs.

Joyce, 34, is a native of Fort Smith, Ark. He graduated from Van Buren High School where he played quarter-back and defensive back. Joyce went on to earn a degree in psychology from the University of Arkansas in 2005, and teaches health and weight training at Doherty.

Thee Broncos have recognized 10 High School Coach of the Week honorees this season, and will honor a Coach of the Year at the end of the season.

The program is presented by the Colorado National Guard with a selection committee led by The Denver Post’s Neil Devlin. The committee also includes Ring of Fame member Billy Thompson and 850 KOA’s Andy Lindahl.

Each weekly winner will receive a $2,000 donation from the NFL Foundation and the Colorado National Guard to be used by the school’s football program.

Additionally, during the Broncos’ home game on Dec. 12, the NFL High School Coach of the Year will be named and presented with a $4,000 donation to the respective school’s football program. Discovery Canyon football coach Shawn Mitchell was recently honored by the Denver Broncos. Photo by Brian Arnold

TCA soccer team comes up short in state title game Titans fall to Colorado Academy, 4-2, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

By Danny Summers [email protected]

The Classical Academy almost made good on its bid to upend the state’s top-ranked soccer team.

Playing No. 1 seed Colorado Academy at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Aurora, TCA got a goal from freshman Tutus Grant four minutes into the Class 3A champion-

ship match to take an early lead.But Colorado Academy responded with

three goals in a 20-minute span and went on to a 4-2 victory over the young Titans to claim the title.

Grant also scored the Titans’ second goal, his 24th of the season, in the game’s 50th minute to pull TCA within 3-2. But Alex Clinkscale scored the in the 65th min-ute for Colorado Academy to put the game on ice.

While TCA players and coaches were emotionally spent and disappointed after the match, they certainly had no reason to

hang their heads.Few observers close to the game picked

TCA to make a deep playoff run, much less play in the championship match. Titans coach Blake Galvin started four sopho-mores and four freshmen this season. Grant was second on the team in scoring behind sophomore Robby Jacobs’ 30 goals.

Also playing key roles on offense were freshman Jeremy Baldes (13 goals, 21 as-sists), freshman Jaden Borja (5, 11), se-nior James Larivee (5, 11) freshman An-ders Carlson (6, 3) and sophomore Noah Klause (5, 2).

Junior goalkeeper Micah Mesward re-corded 10 shutouts.

Mighty Colorado Academy (19-0-1) ad-vanced to the championship game with a string of 13 consecutive shutouts. The Mustangs had only allowed two goals all season heading into the championship game.

TCA (18-2) looked almost as dominant during its impressive playoff run, outscor-ing the opposition 20-5 in four games. The Titans reached the fi nals by avenging their only loss of the season when they defeated No. 2 Salida, 1-0.


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TCA football opens football playoffs with historic victoryTitans win first football playoff game in school history; travel to Palisade for quarterfinals matchupBy Danny [email protected]

The Classical Academy won its first-ever postseason football game on Nov. 8 and will face Palisade, the state’s No. 2 seed, in this week’s quar-terfinals affair.

TCA, the No. 7 seed in the 16-team tournament, built a two-touchdown lead over No. 10 Conifer (8-3) and held on for a 14-12 victory.

“It feels awesome to make TCA his-tory,” said Titans’ senior quarterback Jantzen Ryals, whose 35-yard touch-down pass to Trevor Bussiere early in the second quarter staked TCA to a 14-0 advantage.

The Titans scored on their first possession midway through the first quarter when senior tailback Andrew Register bulldozed his way for a 1-yard touchdown run on a gutsy fourth-down call. It capped an 80-yard drive. Register leads the Titans with more than 700 yards and 10 touchdowns.

“This victory has been a long time coming,” Register said. “It’s a culmi-

nation of a lot of hard work. It also helped that we stayed healthy this season.”

The Titans (9-2) are on a roll. They’ve won six consecutive games, and 9 of 10 overall since an opening-week loss to No. 6 Coronado. Coro-nado defeated Rifle, 34-31, in its first round playoff matchup on Nov. 9.

“If we can execute and take care of the football I don’t think there’s any team in the state that can beat us,” said Ryals, who’s thrown for more than 1,400 yards and 13 touchdowns on the season. “We have to execute at a high level and take care of the foot-ball.”

The Titans made several mistakes against Conifer. In the second quar-ter alone, penalties erased a passing touchdown pass from Ryals to Jake Frankmore and a negated a 45-yard field goal by Kyle Jacobs. A fumble also killed another Titans drive deep in Lobos territory in the first half.

The Titans certainly can’t afford to make the same kinds mistakes against Palisade (10-1). The Bulldogs defeated Lutheran, 35-25, to advance to the quarterfinals and will host the Titans.

Palisade was ranked No. 1 in the state for several weeks this season and possesses a balanced offense and defense.

“I think you can argue that Pali-

sade should have been the No. 1 seed in the playoffs,” said TCA coach Da-vid Bervig. “We’ll go play `em and see what happens.”

The game will be played at Colo-rado Mesa University.

Palisade is coached by Joe Ra-munno, the brother of Lewis-Palmer coach Tony Ramunno. The Bulldogs have a rich history, having won nu-merous state football championships. They won their last title in 2003, as well as four consecutive state cham-pionships in the 1990s.

“It’s not ideal having to take a four-and-a-half hour bus ride to their place,” Register said. We’ll do the best we can no matter what.”

Palisade averages more than 330 yards on the ground, but only about 40 through the air. Its top running backs are senior Dalton Hannigan (1,800-plus yards, 19 touchdowns) and senior quarterback Levi Hoa-glund (1,200-plus yards, 18 touch-downs).

“They just run down your throats,” Bervig said of the Bulldogs.

Palisade’s loss came in week 8 against Delta, 31-21. Delta knocked TCA out of the playoffs in 2012.

Bervig said that his team will travel to Palisade the morning of the game and stay the night in the Grand Junc-tion area before heading back home.

Can you believe the high school winter sports season is almost here?By Danny [email protected]

Today marks the first day that Colorado High School winter sports teams are officially allowed to hold practices.

Winter sports in the Tri-Lakes area are boys and girls basketball, ice hockey, and girls swimming and wrestling. The first contests for those sports are Dec. 2.

Lewis-Palmer will attempt to win a third consecutive state boys bas-ketball title. The Rangers won Class 4A championships in 2012 and 2013 under former coach Russ McKinstry. Bill Benton, an assistant under McK-instry, takes over as the new coach.DID YOU KNOW?

Here’s a little background on CHSAA.

In May, 1921, a group of super-intendents and principals met in Boulder and organized the Colorado High School Athletic Conference. The purpose of this organization was to better regulate and develop the inter-scholastic school athletic program.

There were nine leagues by the time the first constitution was pub-lished, including the Northern, North Central, Western Slope, Suburban, Southeastern, Arkansas Valley, South Central and San Juan Basin leagues.

The first champions crowned that school year were Colorado Springs in football, Greeley in basketball, and Fort Collins in track and field.

In 1924, the Colorado High School Athletic Conference joined the Na-tional Federation of State High School

Associations and has remained an ac-tive member of that organization ever since.

Loveland’s R.W. Truscott was the Association’s first president and Ea-ton’s J.C. Casey its first secretary (commissioner). Truscott replaced Casey as secretary in December, 1926 and held that post until July, 1948 when Glenn T. Wilson became commissioner. Ray C. Ball took over the commissioner’s post in 1966 and remained in the office until August, 1986 when Ray Plutko assumed the duties. Bob Ottewill became the As-sociation’s sixth commissioner in July, 1990, followed by Bill Reader who served as Commissioner from 2002 until 2010. Angelico assumed the reins on July 1, 2010.

CHSAA has had 58 presidents dat-ing back to 1921. Its current presi-dent, Centauri High School Principal Curt Wilson, is in the first year of a two-year term as president.CLASS 3A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MOVING TO AIR FORCE ACADEMY

The Class 3A boys and girls state basketball tournaments are on the move.

The tournaments, held at Colo-rado State University’s Moby Arena since 2002, will move to the Air Force Academy’s Clune Arena beginning this season, according to assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann, who oversees basketball.

The move is being made in hopes that it will re-energize the 3A tourna-ments, which have seen a recent de-cline in attendance. Additionally, a

survey of member schools revealed a desire to move the tournaments clos-er to a central part of the state.

Facilities in and around Denver were considered, but not available for the dates needed. This season’s tour-naments will be March 13-15, and will remain at Air Force for at least the next two seasons. Air Force has pre-viously hosted a number of CHSAA tournaments.

“We are disappointed that we have to leave CSU because we love the people, facilities, the hotels and the community, but we need to re-energize the tournament,” Borg-mann said. “We are hoping that these changes help with that, and bring us closer to a majority of the schools that participate in the tournament. We are very excited to work with the Air Force Academy again.”

The 3A state tournaments at Clune Arena will comprise the Great 8 and beyond, including consolation games.

Sites for the other state tourna-ments have not changed. Thus, 5A and 4A will remain at THE University of Colorado, 2A at CSU-Pueblo and 1A at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.TCA, CANON CITY HEADED TO METRO LEAGUE?

CHSAA is expected to announce this week that The Classical Academy and Canon City will join the 4A Metro League for all sports expect football.

TCA is making the move up be-cause of an increase in enrollment. Canon City is making the move as more of a geographical decision.

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NOV. 16

HOLIDAY BOUTIQUE. St. Peter Catholic School presents its annual holiday boutique from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 16 at 124 First St., Monument. Join us for an enjoyable shopping day with over 55 local vendors showcasing handcrafted jewelry, sewn creations, arts and crafts, bake sale and other handmade goodies. Home-made breakfast burritos and lunch available. Exciting big ticket ra� e baskets. Free admission.

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AUTHOR SIGNINGS. Leslee Breene will sign her � ction “Journey to Sandcastle,” set in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument. Jonna Turner also will sign her collection of short articles, “Angel Encounters: Uplifting Stories of Real-Life Experiences with Angels and Spirits.”

NOV. 30

AUTHOR SIGNINGS. Small Business Saturday is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 30, and Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, welcomes Beth Groundwater, who will sign her latest book in the Claire Hanover mystery series, “A Basket of Trouble,” and Michael Madigan will sign his adventure title set in the San Juan Mountains, “Double Dare.”

DEC. 7

AUTHOR SIGNINGS. During the Small Town Christmas celebration on Dec. 7, Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, welcomes three authors for book signings. First, from 10 a.m. to noon Barb Ziek will sign her latest in the Zadie series, “Zadie and Plain Vanilla Saves Christmas.” Weather permitting, Barb will bring some of her alpacas to the store. Next, Kris Abel-Helwig will sign her picture book series, “I Love You” and “... And Them Some,” and her stand-alone title, “The wi� ul, wa� ul, di� e, sni� e, sna� e, snorful dorful wa� e” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Finally, from 1-3 p.m. Dec. 7, Alan Roettinger, well-known chef, will sign his latest cookbook, “Extraordinary Vegan.”

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RESOURCE FAIR The Colorado Small Business Development Center Network plans its annual Business Protection Summit and Resource Day from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Pinery, 775 W. Bijou St., Colo-rado Springs. The day serves as an opportunity for local business owners and managers to learn how to prepare for natural disasters. There will be � ve expert panels throughout the day, one-on-one consulting, a resource fair featuring federal, state and local resources, and a networking event, from 3:30-5 p.m. Cost is $30; $50 to exhibit. Visit http://www.coloradosbdc.org/events/summit

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BAKE SALE Holy Theophany Orthodox Church plans its annual fall bake sale from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 23 at 2770 N. Chestnut St., Colorado Springs. All proceeds will go to Orthodox Christian Prison Ministries. A vari-ety of baked goods for Thanksgiving will be available for purchase as well as homemade soup lunch.

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