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Monument Police Chief Jake Shirk wants to limit home-based marijuana grow operations inside town limits.

He planned to present his concerns to the Monu-ment Board of Trustees at its meeting Tuesday, Jan. 19, as part of a request for an ordinance severely re-stricting how many plants can be grown in one home.

While police chiefs don’t usually weigh in on ordi-nances, Shirk drafted this one because he considers it of grave importance to the community.

“I was recently informed by several law enforce-ment sources that organized criminal groups are renting homes to grow large quantities of marijua-na,” Shirk wrote in the ordinance abstract, which was part of the agenda packet for the Trustees meeting.

“These criminal organizations then ship the mari-juana out of state and/or sell it on the black market,” Shirk wrote. “I was specifically informed that if we do not enact an ordinance (preventing large-scale personal cultivation), Monument will be targeted by these criminal organizations.”

The ordinance would amend municipal code by adding a new definition of what constitutes the “per-

sonal cultivation” of marijuana.It would make it illegal for renters to grow

marijuana inside a rented property without See Marijuana on Page 7

VoicesLundeen keeps promise to elevate Tri-Lakes issues

See Page 4

LifeLocal mom reflects on Rose Parade ride in daughter’s memory

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SportsRangers skating for a return trip to postseason

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Monument Trustees, departments year review by the numbers

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By Bill [email protected]

The 2016 Colorado General Assembly convened on Jan. 13 and it was obvious to Rep. Paul Lundeen the fall election will influence much of what goes on under the dome this session.

Lundeen, a Monument Republican, said it will be a challenge getting his bills through the Democratic-controlled House and signed into law by Gov. John Hickenlooper, also a Democrat.

But he’s confident the two parties can find areas of agreement.

“It’s been an interesting couple of days,” Lun-deen said after listening to an opening day speech Wednesday by Speaker of the House Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, D-Boulder, followed by Hickenlooper’s State of the State speech on Thursday.

“The speaker gave a very partisan speech,” Lun-deen said. “The governor gave a much more concil-iatory speech. He said ‘Let’s work together, where we can agree.’ I liked that approach.”

An important area where Lundeen expects to find agreement is his goal of widening a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 25 from Monument to Castle Rock.

“The governor and I agree we need to widen I-25 and we need to work to find money we can use im-mediately,” Lundeen said. “I think we’re actually

making progress on that issue. We’re not going to get I-25 widened in next six months. But we’re do-ing everything humanly possible to make progress on it.”

State Rep. Terri Carver, R-Colorado Springs, echoed Lundeen’s hope for finding money to widen the interstate. Carver represents Palmer Lake and the west edge of El Paso County.

“I was pleased the governor recognized the impor-tance of dealing with our transportation challenges and that he specifically referenced improvements needed to be made on I-25,” Carver said. “Hopeful

we can find a way forward during the session to talk about different legal options to increase transporta-tion funding and advocate for our absolutely essen-tial widening of I-25 between Monument and Castle Rock. It’s one of my priorities for the session.”

Both lawmakers also stressed their desire to lock down student data privacy and make sure state and local governments are not going too far or being too secretive in the personal information they collect on students.

“Student data privacy is an area where I know we can make progress,” Lundeen said. “We need to make data collection visible to parents, make sure vendors are not using that information in an inappropriate or abusive manner and make sure the government is doing the same.”

With a Democratic co-sponsor on the bill, Lun-deen is confident it has a chance of passage.

“We’re working together to make sure the infor-mation we’re gathering is transparent to parents,” he said. “We need to make clear who has access and make sure the information is protected.”

Carver said she wants to set up a task force to look at data privacy and cybersecurity “across the board.”

“In government, we gather a huge amount of in-formation,” she said. “Do we need to be gathering as much personal information as we do? Who has

See Assembly on Page 15

Area lawmakers say election-year politics hanging over Legislature

Board of Trustees consider limiting home marijuana grow operations in Monument

An especially painful farewell to a beloved family member

Each New Year brings renewed optimism, yet, there’s often a bit of regret, a sadness for what might have or should have or could have been.

Then too, the year frequently includes a heart-felt “goodbye.” A fond farewell to a colleague, dear friend, or, hardest of all, a treasured relative. And that’s the case with my aunt Friederike. Our good-bye must be more nuanced, one cloaked in shades and shadows, with our emotions shrouded and left unsaid.

Almost 91, Friederike remains physically spry and defies most visible signs of aging with her strong of heart and will. Yet creeping dementia is af-fecting her being, her independence, her lifelong

See Farewell on Page 4

RETIREMENT YEARS

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Thursday, Jan 21What: Palmer Lake Historical Society annual potluck dinner and membership meeting with entertainment by artist/pianist Joe BohlerWhere: Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley CrescentWhen: 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21Cost: FreeInfo: Visit palmerdividehistory.org or call 559-0837

Saturday, Jan 23What: Warrior Ice Fishing TournamentWhen: 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23Where: Monument LakeCost: $30 for an adult, $50 for two adults and $10 for children 8-15. Active-duty wounded warriors fish for freeInfo: Rules at warriorsicefishing.com; walkup registration begins 7 a.m. at the lakeQuestions: Call Bill Miller, 291-3500

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Serving on the Monu-ment Board of Trustees has been a learning experience for retired teacher John Howe, a Detroit native who lived most of his adult life in California before retir-ing to Monument 10 years ago.

He hopes to keep learn-ing and working for resi-dents of Monument as he seeks re-election to a second four-year term in the April 5 election.

“It took me a couple years to really figure out what I was doing my first four years on the board,” Howe said with a chuckle. “I’ve learned so much. There was so much I didn’t know.”

Now he feels better prepared to serve on the sev-en-member board and work on pet projects like the Monument Cemetery improvements he advocated

for last year along with improvements to community parks.

“We’re really going to jump into the comprehen-sive plan and the parks plan,” Howe said. “I’d like to continue four more years to see what we can do and do what the community has asked us to do.”

During his first term, Howe said it was a revela-tion to him that trustees don’t have as much power to change things as they might like.

“A big challenge has been knowing I may not agree with some development, but, by law, we have to vote yes if they meet the criteria the town has put up,” Howe said. “That was a real learning expe-rience for me. I have to set my feelings aside some-times.”

That applies to new water rates proposed for the town. Retired 10 years from a variety of jobs includ-ing teaching and hospice work in California, Howe is among the senior citizens on fixed incomes who will suffer most as rates jump 50 percent in 2016 and nearly double over the next six years.

“I feel for the people it will hit hard,” he said. “I’m retired and on a fixed income. It’s quite a blow. A lot of people will be affected.”

As for his pet parks project, Howe is not a big fan of

ideas for spending millions on extravagant improve-ment.

“Let’s improve parking,” he said. “Let’s fix the bas-ketball courts which get so much use but need repair. Let’s make the playgrounds safe and inviting for the children. Let’s be practical and maintain and improve what we have now.”

Howe is a familiar sight at community events, usually in one of his signature Hawaiian shirts. If re-elected, he said he’d continue to bring his life expe-riences over 74 years to his decision-making process on community issues.

But Howe won’t be heartbroken if voters choose someone else for the board.

“Whether I’m re-elected or not, I’ll still be in-volved,” he said. “If people want me on the board, fine. If not, I’m fine with that. I’ll still be involved.

“But I’ve enjoyed it. And we’re trying to make prog-ress for the community.”

Besides Howe’s seat, the positions of Trustees Jeff Bornstein, Jeff Smith and Becki Tooley are up for election on April 5. Interested candidate have until 5 p.m., Jan. 25, to turn in nominating petitions with at least 10 signatures of registered voters to the Clerk’s Office in Town Hall.

Incumbent Howe seeks four more years on Board of Trustees

Howe

By Avalon A [email protected]

State police are searching for a car involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash on Interstate 25 on Jan. 13 at Interquest Parkway.

Monument resident Tyler Stickradt, 26, was killed in the incident which began around 11:20 p.m. when he jumped from the Interquest Parkway overpass onto the highway, the Colo-rado State Patrol said.

Authorities said Stickradt landed on the highway’s center northbound lane in front of an oncoming Prius driven by 39-year-old Noah Hunstman of Au-rora.

The State Patrol reported that Stick-radt was hit and dragged a short dis-tance as Hunstman pulled over to the shoulder. Stickradt, the State Patrol said, died from the injuries suffered in the collision.

Stickradt’s body came to rest in a northbound lane of I-25, where he was struck by a second vehicle, which con-tinued driving.

State Patrol is seeking information about this second vehicle. Anyone with information should call the Colorado

State Patrol dispatch center at 719-544-2424.

Peter and Theresa Van Dyke, friends and neighbors of the Strickradt family, have set up a GoFundMe account to help pay for funerary expenses.

State Patrol seeking info for vehicle involved in fatal crash

Tyler Stickradt, 26, passed away last week in a fatal crash on I-25. /Photo courtesy of Go-FundMe.

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Parents can enroll their children in preschool or kindergarten in Lewis-Palmer School District 38 on Thursday, Feb. 4, at a number of area elementary schools.

In order to enroll, parents or guard-ians must provide a copy of the stu-dent’s birth certificate, immunization record and proof of residence.

A $50 registration fee is required upon enrollment in preschool or all-day kindergarten. This fee is waived

for special education preschoolers and Colorado Preschool Program (CPP) ap-plicants.

To register, visit the appropriate school campus during its registration window on Feb. 4:

Bear Creek Elementary School: 9:30-10:30 a.m. or 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Lewis-Palmer Elementary School: 4:30-6:00 p.m.

Palmer Lake Elementary School: 2:00-3:00 p.m. or 5:00-6:30 p.m.

Prairie Winds Elementary School: 2:00-3:00 p.m. or 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. (no

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registration events in your area, you will be able to enroll your student at the district’s administration building, in Monument, starting Feb. 8. Call 719-488-4700 for more information.

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Tri-Lakes Cares, the Monument-based nonprofit organization that tries to improve the lives of area needy by offering emergency relief programs and self-sufficiency classes, is asking the community for help.

It is holding a coat drive through the end of January. The agency is seeking donations of new and very gently used coats, hats, scarves and mittens for children ages 2-18.

Any donations can be dropped off at the agency by Jan. 29 at 235 N. Jefferson St., in Monument.

TLC also is collecting old Christmas

Cards to be used to decorate next year’s Giving Tree ornaments. Bring them by anytime.

In addition, the agency’s food pantry is in need of stocking up.

Among the items in short supply are: diapers, sizes 4, 5 and 6, and wipes, beef stew, breakfast cereal in individual boxes, canned fruit, cooking oil, dish-washing liquid for hand-washing, facial tissues, feminine hygiene products, fruit, fruit snacks and rollups, jelly, juice boxes, granola bars, ketchup, mayo, mustard, non-dairy milk, pan-cake mix, paper towels, sandwich crackers, shampoo and conditioner and syrup.

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The Black Forest Chapter No. 1,100 of the AARP started 2016 by installing 13 newly elected officers and mem-bers of the board of directors at its Jan. 13 meeting.

Conducting the ceremony was Jer-emiah Mora, the associate state di-rector-community outreach for AARP Colorado.

The officers will serve the chapter for the 2016 calendar year. The usual

potluck luncheon and business meet-ing followed the installation of offi-cers.

The Black Forest Chapter meets the second Wednesday of most months in the Fellowship Hall of the Black Forest Lutheran Church in Black Forest. All ages are invited to join. Dues are $10 a year.

For more information on the chap-ter and its activities contact Chuck at 749-9227 or visit aarpchapter 1100blackforest.weebly.com

The 2016 Black Forest AARP Chapter 1,100 board members and officers are, from left, Howard Pease, Alberta Davis, Linda Siebe, Patricia Dix, Lavonne Hidy, Shirley Karlstrum, treasurer, Stanley Beckner, Lin Rozak, secretary, Chuck Karlstrum, president, and Jeremiah Mora, associate state director-community outreach for AARP Colorado./Cour-tesy photo

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The 2016 session of the Colorado General As-sembly started last week under the gold Statehouse dome in Denver and it didn’t take long for an issue of major importance to the Tri-Lakes region to sur-face.

On the first day, state Rep. Paul Lundeen, R-Mon-ument, introduced a bill designed to give all Colo-rado communities more control over the placement of methadone clinics within their boundaries.

This is not a throw-away piece of legislation drafted to pacify a few angry constituents only to be quickly forgotten.

This is Lundeen following through on a promise he made last summer to stuffy rooms packed with hundreds of area residents furious at the prospect of a methadone dispensary opening in historic downtown Monument across from popular Lim-bach Park and near St. Peter Catholic School and Church.

And I think it’s evidence why Lundeen is a law-maker with a bright future.

By immersing himself in the methadone debate last summer and elevating the issue in the Legisla-ture, Lundeen has set himself apart from most all the other county and state officials in the region who were noticeably missing in action when the dispensary issue exploded.

I first encountered Lundeen at the community meeting at Big Red when two officials of Colonial Management Group, of Orlando, Fla., made a pitiful attempt to calm the community and answer ques-tions about why the company wanted to open a dispensary downtown.

Lundeen didn’t just attend, he stepped forward

and spoke up, offering solutions for the embattled Monument Board of Trustees and hope to the angry crowd.

Then he went to work behind the scenes with the grassroots group that rose up to fight Colonial, attending early morning strategy sessions and then doing research and making phone calls trying to cut bureaucratic red tape in Denver.

He also spoke at the community group’s pub-lic gatherings, pledging to look for ways he could marshal the resources of the state to thwart poorly conceived and placed methadone facilities in the future and to exclude from Colorado companies that had been disciplined in other states for poor man-agement of their dispensaries.

Now, here comes Lundeen sprinting into action at the opening gavel of the Legislature with a bill that would reclassify methadone clinics as dispensaries – an important legal distinction – and creates a buffer zone to protect schools, parks and other sensitive community locations.

In addition, his bill would strengthen the licens-ing process, allowing the Colorado Department of Human Services to deny operating licenses to com-

panies that have infractions or problems in other states.

“Heroin and opioid addiction is a serious prob-lem, and while methadone clinics are an important part of addiction treatment, their presence near schools, parks and other sensitive areas can poten-tially put kids at greater risk to drug exposure and other concerning elements of substance abuse,” Lundeen said in a news release.

“Communities in Colorado can influence where marijuana dispensaries operate and that same level of community protection should be applied to other drug dispensaries like methadone clinics. My bill stiffens the licensing process for methadone clin-ics and gives communities more control over where these drug dispensaries can operate.”

Sen. Kent Lambert, R-Colorado Springs, is the Senate sponsor of the bill and Rep Terri Carver, R-Colorado Springs, whose district includes Palmer Lake, is a co-sponsor in the House.

Now, Monument residents who attended the meetings and donated money to fight Colonial need to stay involved and get themselves to Denver to tes-tify when Lundeen’s bill comes up for consideration in committee.

Don’t let all the hours last summer, the thousands of dollars and all the angst endured go to waste.

Folks in Monument who recognized the threat of a poorly conceived methadone dispensary by a company with a spotty track record in other states have a chance to protect themselves and other com-munities across Colorado.

And they have Lundeen to thank for the opportu-nity.

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Lundeen keeps promise to elevate Tri-Lakes issues during General Assembly

Continued from Page 1sense of control.

She’s led an incredible life, a brilliantly colored, multi-act drama that played out in her homeland of Germany and adopted home in America.

Born in 1925 in a small town near Hannover, she grew up during turbulent times in Germany, Friederike fell in love and had a child at 18, only to learn of the man’s death on the Russian front.

During World War II, she lived through hundreds of airstrikes by U.S. and British bombers. At war’s end, Friederike met and married a Messerschmitt pilot but struggled for years. Ultimately, she divorced him when he was unable to transition to a civilian life.

Ever resourceful and decisive, Friederike, in 1962, abruptly left Munich for England where she met and married a U.S. Air Force officer, adopted his children and followed him as his career took them to Illinois

and Texas.Finally, they settled in Colorado Springs for what

they hoped would be a long, happy retirement. But it ended too soon with the death of her husband.

Friederike soon found and married a loving, de-voted military guy, my Uncle Loyd, himself a widow-er. Loyd was a teenage Marine on Iwo Jima who was injured, recovered and finished his career as an Army E7. In Colorado Springs, he became a postal carrier.

For three decades, Friederike and Loyd loved and laughed, enjoying the German Club and their many friends and neighbors and relatives. A decade ago, in another chapter in her life’s drama, Friederike began a long, agonizing goodbye to her beloved Loyd as he succumbed to renal failure.

Over the years and increasingly in the last few months, we’ve tracked a gradual decline in Frie-derike’s cognitive abilities, changes that had to result

in less independence and more, almost parent-like controls.

We, her American family, and her family in Germany, have struggled mightily to find the best course of action for her. And she has struggled too, balking at the choices and constraints placed upon her.

We’ve been blessed with a close German-Amer-ican friend who’s translated emails between her German and Colorado families, and together we’ve settled at last upon the destination for the closing chapters of her life’s drama.

As you read this, I am escorting our beloved Frie-derike to her German family and childhood home near Hannover. It’s a “visit” for her, but she will not return to us.

With a heavy heart, and a lifetime of memories, I now must bid her a tender, tearful and loving “good-bye.”

FarewellFile Photos


Beavers, considered a “keystone” species for their dam building efforts, may actually be helping Colo-rado landowners and others weather recent drought conditions.

But how did the beavers fare in the dry condi-tions?

“Drought does have an impact on beaver, though we haven’t heard or seen significant impacts thus far,” says Randy Hampton, Colorado Parks and Wild-life public information officer.

“In areas where streams dry up, beaver are known to abandon lodges and dams to find other water sources. One advantage this past year was that reservoir storage was high and most larger bodies of water in Colorado were managed to keep minimal flows.

“Smaller streams were impacted, but in the case of beaver, they often store up enough water behind their dams to actually make it through dry periods - as long as the dry periods are short. We would expect to see larger negative impacts to beaver if drought persists into next year and beyond.”

The beaver fur trade reached its peak in the Rocky Mountain West sometime between 1830 and 1832.

“At that time, pelts brought trappers an average of $4 to $6 per pound. A resourceful mountain man could trap 400 to 500 pounds per year. By 1840, the price had fallen to $1 or $2 per pound and deple-tion of the beaver reduced the average trap to 150 pounds -- hardly worth the the time of ambitious man who could otherwise earn $350 to $500 per year. By 1840, perhaps only 50 to 75 trappers re-mained in the West, a far cry from 500 to 600 who worked the region in the 1820s,” writes Thomas G. Alexander in “Utah, The Right Place.”

“During the early years, Rocky Mountain bison meat served as the main substance for the the trap-pers. By the early 1840s, the mountain men and the Indians had annihilated the buffalo in the Rocky Mountains. The trappers also helped reduce the herds of elk, moose and deer. The communities of

small fur-bearing animals dwindled the same way. By the early 1840s, the beaver were almost extinct,” according to Alexander.

Beaver expert David M. Armstrong, of the Depart-ment of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Environmen-tal Studies Program, University Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado-Boulder, notes that many mountain ponds, willow thickets and mead-ows are the works of beavers over time.

“Beavers are active year-round. Their ponds pro-vide navigable water beneath the ice. No mammal other than humans has as great an influence on its surroundings. This is a `keystone species’ in riparian communities; without them the ecosystem would change dramatically,” Armstrong says in information provided by the state parks and wildlife department.

And they have a historic role.“As abundant as beavers are today, it is difficult to

believe that once they were on the verge of extinc-tion, trapped for their underfur, which was used to make felt for beaver hats. In the mid-19th century, silk hats replaced beaver felt as a fashion, and that probably saved the beaver from extinction.

But, before it ended, the beaver trade opened the mountains of Colorado to European exploration.

The largest rodents native to North America can be greater than three feet in length, and weigh up to 55 pounds.

“It takes a beaver approximately 30 minutes to fell a 5-inch diameter tree,” says Armstrong.

RESTLESS NATIVE

Rob [email protected]

Leaving it to Colorado beavers

Now is a great time to express thanks“We must find time to stop and thank the people

who make a difference in our lives.” John F. Kennedy

I’ve been writing thank you notes after the holi-day gift-giving season. Expressing my appreciation causes me to reflect not only on the specific item or action I’m thanking someone for but also to reflect on those I may yet need to express my gratitude to.

I love what I do, that I support the work of talent-ed teachers and staff making a difference in the lives of our students every day. I greatly value the work we do in Lewis-Palmer School District, yet I don’t express my appreciation as often as I’d like to.

I bet there are those of you who can relate. Is there someone who has done something significant for you, for your student?

Now is a perfect time to express gratitude to teachers or school staff. Actually, I think any time is a great time to thank those who do good work or show acts of kindness. But if you need a reason, consider that January is National Mentoring Month (information at nationalmentoringmonth.org). Consider thanking the mentors who work with our children.

On the Lewis-Palmer School District website, lew-

ispalmer.org, we have a place under “About LPSD” called “Submit News and Kudos.”

I invite you to utilize this venue to thank a teach-er, a student, or a staff member. If you choose to use the website vehicle, we will share your gratitude with the specific person(s).

Additionally, we can build a library of good news and share this info on social media or with news out-lets as appropriate.

Of course, you may contact the recipient of your thanks directly and privately. Sometimes though, it is appropriate to express our gratitude more pub-licly.

For example, this past fall, Mrs. Burris’ fourth grade class invited Mr. Kerby, our warehouse manag-er, for a classroom visit and thanked him with cards

and personal comments for his work on refurbishing their Palmer Lake Elementary classroom.

We shared this story on Instagram and Facebook and received great feedback.

Furthermore, Mr. Kerby was greatly honored and touched. This kind of recognition doesn’t happen nearly enough. After fourteen years of service with LPSD, Mr. Kerby called this a first.

In today’s world, where the media shares an abundance of stories with sad outcomes and harsh realities, I think good news becomes even more rel-evant and necessary in reminding us of all we have to be thankful for.

Good news is encouraging and lifts spirits. This time of the year often finds students and teachers bogged down in the everyday routine of school. The weather can be dreary; attitudes can sink. I chal-lenge myself and you to thank at least one person this month.

As Margaret Cousins shares: “Appreciation can make a day - even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”

I’m making a list. I have a few more notes to write.

Karen Brofft is superintendent of Lewis-Palmer School District 38

GUEST COLUMNISTKaren Brofft

Beavers are fairly well protected from predators by their large size and aquatic habits. Mink eat some kits, and coyotes can capture a beaver waddling on dry land. Aside from that, floods may be the largest cause of death. Beaver in Colorado are managed as furbear-ers.

Range: The beaver lives throughout Colorado in suitable habitat, although it is most abundant in the subalpine zone.

Habitat: Beavers live around ponds and streams that are surrounded by trees.

Diet: Beavers feed on grasses and forbs in the summer, and bark in the winter. Beavers eat the upper, tender branches, leaves and bark of trees. They do not eat the inner wood.

Reproduction: The den houses a nuclear family: parents, yearlings, and four or five kits. A single litter of young is produced each year, born in the spring after about a four-month gestation period.

Source: David M. Armstrong, Department of Ecol-ogy & Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Studies Program, University Museum of Natural History, Uni-versity of Colorado, Boulder.

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Wonder what kind of year 2015 was for the Monument Board of Trustees and the town staff?

Here are a few statistics gleaned from a year-end report prepared for the trust-ees by Town Manager Chris Lowe and in-cluded in the agenda packet for its meet-ing Jan. 19.

Lowe gave the board a detailed ac-counting of his work since being sworn into offi ce in early October as well as a summary of each department for the year.

Here’s a look at the action of the Board of Trustees, as compiled by Town Clerk Cynthia Sirochman. By her account, the trustees passed 37 ordinances in 2015, passed 37 resolutions as well as fi ve proclamations.

The average board meeting was ad-journed 9:11 p.m. with the shortest meeting lasting just 29 minutes and the longest running until 12:47 a.m.

The town issued 181 new business li-censes in 2015 and 523 licenses were re-newed.

Sirochman reported that data entry of all fi les for the Monument Cemetery had been completed, all previous board packets had been scanned into an elec-tronic database and an audit begun of minutes from 18789 to complete the his-torical data retention of the board as well as historical town events.

Other departments also were busy in-cluding the planning group which in De-cember submitted to the Pikes Peak Area

Council of Government a Transporta-tion Improvement Program (TIP) project seeking funding to add expand Jackson Creek Parkway where it is just two lanes.

The request sought funding for the 2017-22 funding years. Besides mak-ing the parkway a four-lane road for its length, a bike/pedestrian path would be added. The town hopes to get a response at a Jan. 21 meeting.

Lowe’s report said town staff began gathering data to address the six-month moratorium on new clinics in Monu-ment, which was enacted last August after a Florida company tried to open a methadone dispensary in downtown.

Lowe also reported talks revolving around the future of the Woodcarver Museum, which may be relocating.

Police Chief Jake Shirk reported that three new offi cers successfully complet-ed fi eld training and graduated to solo patrol status.

Shirk also submitted year-end sta-tistics for traffi c citations and other du-ties of the police. A total 786 tickets were written in 2015.

Other random items from the report include a note about a team of divers who inspected the town water tank and reported it in mostly good shape.

Staff fl ushed 180 fi re hydrants and installed a dozen more. Of course, that work is important for certifying the town’s insurance rating.

Last, Monument instituted a new an-nual mosquito surveillance project to document the types and numbers of mosquitoes that routinely prompt com-plaints.

Monument Trustees, departments year review by the numbers


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It would restrict to 12 the number of plants that can be grown in a single residence, regardless how many adults, patients or caregivers reside there.

The plants would need to be stag-gered so no more than half are mature at any given time.

A key element of the ordinance would mandate that personal marijua-na cultivation cannot be “perceptible” in a neighborhood. If a neighbor can tell from outside that growing is taking place, through signage or lighting, or if they can smell the plants, the operation will be in violation of the ordinance.

The ordinance, Shirk said, will help “minimize the potential for criminal activity related to personal marijuana cultivation by criminal organizations … that seek to take advantage of mari-juana’s legal status under Colorado law.”

Shirk said the ordinance would not impact people growing medical mari-juana for personal use.

“This is not dealing with (people) who really need marijuana,” Shirk said.

If the ordinance passes, personal cultivation would still be allowed inside town limits, just in smaller quantities and with increased rigor on the part of the grower to make sure the operation isn’t noticeable by neighbors.

To Shirk, it’s an issue of public safe-ty, and he said it will help protect the residents and property owners of

Monument. Large-scale grow operations use an

enormous amount of water and power to nurture the plants. Groundwater can become tainted through unsafe dis-posal of pesticides or fertilizers.

Then there’s the odor that can per-meate an entire neighborhood because the plants, even before they are dried, give off a telltale scent. With enough plants in one house, and without the odor mitigators many hydroponic stores provide, the smell can reach lev-els Shirk calls “noxious.”

“That can really destroy a house,” Shirk said.

There are other reasons to prohibit large-scale grow operations in homes, he said. The activity attracts criminals.

Shirk said the ordinance would not contradict Colorado’s constitutional amendment legalizing the use and per-sonal cultivation of marijuana.

The amendment stipulates that adult residents 21 and older can grow up to six plants per person. Because of vague wording, the law has been inter-preted to mean upwards of 500 plants can be grown in one house.

All plants have to be kept in a locked, enclosed space, with no more than three plants in the mature (or “fl ower-ing”) stage at any time – so, six per resi-dence, if there are two adult growers living there.

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On the fi rst day of 2016, Gail Gallagher of Monu-ment found herself atop a fl oat in the Rose Parade, cradling a framed photo of her daughter, Kate.

Kate passed away in 2012 after a battle with a rare liver disease. Her name was on an organ transplant waiting list. Upon her death, her kid-neys and heart were donated, saving the recipi-ents’ lives and launching Gallagher on a mission of volunteerism and advocacy for the cause of organ donation.

Donor Alliance, the organization with with Gal-lagher works, showcased its13th annual Donate Life fl oat at this year’s parade. Gallagher was invited to ride in the parade to honor Kate’s dona-tions, and she hopes the worldwide visibility of the parade helps people make the decision to register

as organ donors. Many of the people riding and walking with the

Donate Life fl oat have stories as powerful as Gal-lagher’s, and getting to encounter so many donors, recipients and affected by organ donation was a highlight of the experience for Gallagher.

“It was amazing,” she said, “just everything I thought it was going to be.”

There was time set aside on parade day for Gal-lagher and the others to get to know one another.

“We all had organ donation and transplanta-tion in common,” Gallagher said. “People are really amazing.”

The day was not without its trials, though, because Gallagher was there for Kate, just like so many of the other participants were there to honor lost loved ones.

“At fi rst,” Gallagher said, “it was very emotional. But once that worked its way through, I just had a good time with the people I was sitting by.”

“I knew (the parade) was going to be (a great experience) just from going online and reading other people’s experiences. I knew it wasn’t going to be disappointing.”

Gallagher went into the parade hoping it would help viewers, both in person and at home, make the choice to register as organ, eye and tissue do-nors. One donor can help over 50 recipients, and considering that many people who need trans-plants spend years waiting for a compatible organ, every little bit helps.

Looking back, Gallagher thinks the fl oat had the desired effect.

“People, when they see the Donate Life fl oat, they know it’s a special thing and they’re excited and supportive of all of it, so that’s neat to see,” she said.

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It helped that people like Gallagher had a lot of media attention before the parade, in their various home states, raising awareness for the cause. Gal-lagher has already noticed a spike in online activity as people check to make sure they’re registered, or register for the fi rst time, in the days following the parade.

“People can really see that (organ donation) is life-saving and (want) to make sure they’re regis-tered,” she said.

Perhaps the highlight of the experience, Galla-gher said, was the day before the parade, when the fl oats were judged.

“The judges are very emotional as they go around the fl oat and see the fl orographs,” Gal-lagher said, referring to the portraits that line the fl oat, each commemorating a deceased organ donor, and all made of organic matter like fl owers and seeds.

Some of the donors’ families visited their loved ones’ portraits, Gallagher noted, and getting to meet them was emotional and poignant.

“They’re just as passionate about donation and doing things to bring attention to (the cause),” she said.

She may not ride on next year’s Donate Life fl oat, but Gallagher plans to continue her involve-ment in the cause, volunteering for Donor Alliance and perhaps dedicating some roses next year.

“You write out your dedication,” she said, “and they attach the message onto a rose and those are placed on the fl oat. You can place them yourselves; that’s something (my family and I) talked about doing and we may feel like going back to do that again.”

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Gail Gallagher, whose daughter Kate became an organ donor upon her death in 2012, rode the Donate Life fl oat in the Jan. 1 Rose Pa-rade to honor Kate’s memory and raise aware-ness about the need for organ donation. The fl orographs at her feet, portraits made of organic matter, commemorate deceased donors.



Tri Lakes Radio, a new Internet ra-dio station serving Monument, Palmer Lake, Black Forest and the surround-ing areas, was built to give a voice to the region, said owner and operator Mike Bailey.

And that’s what it’s been doing since signing on the air Nov. 15 from a little studio at 66 2nd St., in historic down-town Monument.

Bailey is a 25-year veteran of the information technology industry and former owner of Monument Comput-ers, which he sold last year in order to dedicate himself to Tri Lakes Radio.

The idea came to him when a cus-tomer saw Bailey repairing turntables at the time and mentioned that he could start a radio station with all the records he had in the office.

So he did. “It’s been a long process,” he said,

“learning what works and what doesn’t.”

Bailey spent a lot of time before starting the station discussing the issue with community members and small business owners.

“The general consensus in the area is that (the Tri-Lakes region) doesn’t have a voice apart from print, and the Springs (media outlets) ignore us un-less something big happens,” Bailey said.

Bailey said the need is obvious.“When I moved here, there were

15,000 residents,” he said. “By the end of this year, there will be 70,000. We’re not a little town anymore. We’re a little city, and a small city has to have a voice.”

Tri Lakes Radio, streaming online at trilakesradio.com or via the Live365 app on mobile devices, covers the area north of Northgate, from Larkspur to Black Forest.

Besides music, Bailey hopes to broadcast local news, sports, human-interest stories and weather.

So far, Tri Lakes Radio hosts three shows: sports talk, electronic dance music and bootleg music. He’s cur-rently working to expand the station’s selection and on-air personalities.

“Finding talent is easy,” Bailey said. “Finding the right talent is hard.”

Bailey wants to feature local person-alities hosting talk and music shows for the station.

He welcomes anyone who has an idea for a show to reach out to him at [email protected]. Hosts aren’t paid much yet. But, Bailey said, once advertising picks up, he’ll be able to raise their pay.

Advertising at Tri Lakes Radio is, Bailey says, “so cheap it’s ridiculous.” One of the big aims of Tri Lakes Radio is to bolster and support local busi-nesses, and Bailey doesn’t want adver-tising rates to price anyone out of the market.

In fact, he is welcoming local busi-ness owners in five-minute interview segments to talk about their work and the community.

“We want to stay focused on the community aspect,” Bailey said. A portion of every dollar the station brings in will be put away in an in-vestment fund, to be returned to the region via parade and festival spon-sorships, and, in particular, fireworks sponsorship.

Despite the warm community reception, getting the station up and running has been hard. Online radio is still a relatively new business model, and making them work in a profitable and self-sustaining way can be a real challenge.

Bailey remains undaunted. “Seventy percent of all radio listen-

ers are listening to the radio on their mobile devices at least two thirds

of the time,” he said. “The market is changing.”

Tri Lakes Radio can reach more people online than it could as a stan-dard terrestrial station, Bailey said.

While 90 percent of its listeners may live close by, 10 percent are a world away – military personnel who lived

here and miss the local atmosphere, or family and friends of people in the area, he said.

Listeners have been trickling in, fol-lowing the shows they like, but he’s far from satisfied with the listening hours.

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For eight years, I ran through a park in South-ern California where I would routinely pass three women leisurely walking as their daily aerobic work-out. All three were clinically obese and in dire need of losing weight.

I took that run one last time prior to moving to Colorado 18 years ago. I’m sorry to say those three women looked no different than the first day I saw them. Despite eight years of walking, I doubt if they had lost a pound between them.

How could that be? Quite simply, they didn’t un-derstand the principles that govern aerobic condi-tioning.

There are four variables to manipulate in any aerobic exercise routine. The first is mode. It’s a fancy word for the exercise you are doing.

The American College of Sports Medicine de-fines aerobic exercise as “any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously and is rhythmic in nature.”

Walking, running, cycling, snowshoeing, swim-ming, stair stepping, rowing, using an elliptical or attending an aerobics class all qualify.

The second variable is frequency, which speaks to how often one exercises. ACSM calls for 3 to 5 days of aerobic conditioning a week.

How long your exercise session lasts is known as duration. ACSM guidelines suggest 20 to 60 minutes of continuous aerobic exercise.

The final variable is intensity. If overdone, inten-sity is a fast track to injury. However, if you don’t work intensely enough, you won’t attain the desired results.

There are two methods of gauging the intensity of an aerobic workout. The first is age-predicted target heart rate. A very basic way to calculate your training heart rate is to subtract your age from 220.

You can track your heart rate during exercise by taking your pulse with your index and middle finger at your carotid artery for 10 seconds and multiplying that number by 6.

An alternative means of measuring your target heart rate is to use a heart rate monitor, which is comprised of a strap that goes around your chest

that relays your heart rate to a watch worn on your wrist. Or join the latest fitness craze and buy a FitBit.

However, a word of caution: the makers of FitBit are involved in a class-action lawsuit claiming their product underestimates exercise heart rate.

The second method of gauging aerobic intensity is known as “perceived exertion.” This method uses an individual’s perception of the degree of difficulty as a guideline.

It calls for workouts for beginners to range between a perception of “light to somewhat hard.” Intermediate and advanced exercisers should train between “somewhat hard to hard.” It’s OK to spike at “very hard” but don’t live there.

If age-predicted target heart rate and perceived exertion are at odds, perceived exertion rules.

There are myriad health benefits to be derived from regular aerobic conditioning. Check it out online at http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/exercise-benefits.html.

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When Michael Brothers was com-peting for Military World Ski Cham-pionships and as a biathlete in the Winter Olympic trials, he used to train in the Tri-Lakes area because he liked the snow.

He thought the golf course at The Country Club at Woodmoor would make a perfect nordic ski center and suggested it to previous owners.

But his idea was met with little interest.

Now, with the country club under new ownership, Brother’s dream has become a reality with a new Nordic Ski Center that opened Jan. 16 with six miles of groomed trails created on the 150-acre property. And Brothers has been named director.

“It’s going to put us on the map, because it’s the only thing on this side of the mountains,” said Debbie Zam-prelli, Director of Sales and Marketing.

“This is kind of right in everybody’s back yard,” she said.

Brothers said he hopes the new cen-ter will increase revenue for the club as well as provide a “local and available” spot for skiers. And he said it was “a

fraction of the cost” of other Nordic ski centers, such as those located in Breckenridge and other ski resorts.

The trails are groomed with a weighted roller pulled by snowmobile for classic and skate skiing. Snowshoe trails also run throughout the course.

Armen Suny, Woodmoor resident and partner at Woodmoor Manage-ment Group, which now owns the country club, said they were looking for new amenities to offer.

“We were trying to look for value added opportunities for our mem-bers,” he said.

Woodmoor Management Group purchased the old Monument Hill Country Club in August 2015 and began restoring the club, changing the name to The Country Club at Wood-moor.

Zamprelli said the new owners want to expand the club.

“They’re taking it in their direction, which is definitely different than has been in the past,” she said. “They are perfectly willing to take a chance on something like the Nordic skiing.”

Reception among the members has been positive.

“The members have just received it with open arms and love it,” she said.

The ski center will be open to the public and Zamprelli said it will allow non-members to experience the club’s other facilities.

The ski center is just one of many improvements to the club made by Woodmoor Management Group, she said.

If the ski center takes off, they may turn their golf pro shop into a ski pro shop where equipment could be rented during the skiing season.

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After 20 years of coaching at the high school level, Ron Sukle is ready for a break from the wrestling mat.

Sort of.Sukle, 42, started the Discovery Canyon program

in 2007 when the school opened. He built the Thun-der into a state power, helping more than a dozen of his grapplers claim state championships and earn college scholarships.

But this winter will likely be Sukle’s last as head coach.

“I’m ready to move on,” the coach said. “My goal is to be an administrator. I’d love to be an athletic director and stay at Discovery Canyon. I feel my gift is leading adults.

“I’ve had my administration license for 12 years, and I always knew that one day I would go into ad-ministration. I’m ready for a new challenge.”

Sukle is actually co-coaching the team this winter with Marques Bravo.

“I just can’t cold-turkey coaching,” Sukle said with a grin. “The tentative plan is for Marques to take

over full time next season. A big step in making that happen will be next month’s regional at Discovery Canyon. I’ll run the regional and Marques will coach the regional.”

Sukle has children in eighth, sixth and third grades. His eighth grader, Tanner, is a wrestler who will be representing DCC next year.

“I plan to help out with the team next year, whether that’s as the head coach or an assistant,” Sukle said.

Bravo has transitioned into his role as co-head

coach with relative ease. He is a former Western State wrestler, and teacher at Discovery Canyon. His wife, Melissa, is the school’s volleyball coach. The couple welcomed their first child last spring.

“Marques has done a great job and he’s been super respectful,” Sukle said. “I wanted to make sure I found somebody that would do good things with our program; you know, keep up our tradition of winning and being successful. Marques has all those attributes.”

DCC’s best team finish at state was second in 2013. The team has finished third at state three other times and is annually in the top 10.

“I’m excited for the future of Discovery Canyon wrestling,” Sukle said. “I’m excited for who we have in the program. This has been one of my more enjoy-able coaching years.”

Helping to make this year enjoyable for Sukle are the relationship he’s maintained with his long-time assistant coaches. Todd Adams, Mitch Burke and Sam Melendrez.

“A big part of our success is because of those guys,” Sukle said. “Sam has been involved with Dis-covery Canyon wrestling since its inception and is very passionate about the program on all levels.”

Sukle’s top wrestler this year is Sam Turner, who is aiming for his third consecutive state title. Turner was second as a freshman.

Stepping away is never easy for any coach. But I have known several in recent years who went the administrative route and seemingly made the transi-tion a smooth one.

Current Lewis-Palmer athletic director Nick Baker was the school’s wrestling coach for years before he was hired as A.D. in 2013.

Former Discovery Canyon track and cross coun-try coach Christina Miner left the school last fall to become to the athletic director at Palmer.

Current DCC athletic director Sharon Lauer was a highly successful swimming coach at Air Academy, and The Classical Academy athletic director Gary Geiger coached about every sport in the gym during his tenure at Pikes Peak Christian.

“I’ve been telling people for three or four years I was ready to move on and get into administration, but I wasn’t,” Sukle said with a smile. “Now I am. I really believe I am ready.”

Good luck, coach.

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Since an opening-night loss, Lewis-

Palmer’s hockey team has been flaw-less on the ice, building a 6-1 record in its best start since the Rangers won back-to-back state hockey champion-ships five years ago.

“Our goalies are looking good, our defense is looking good, and overall we’re getting stronger as a team,” said senior co-captain Nick Pavlik, who has five goals and three assists this season.

Senior goalie Marcus Smith is the other co-captain. He has been splen-did in net this season, allowing just 12 goals while saving 61 shots in 204 min-utes.

His partner in goal, Noah Vander-beck, has played 152 minutes, allowing just three goals while saving 54 shots.

“We don’t necessarily have the com-plete team that some of those Denver teams do, but we play with a lot of hard work and determination,” Smith said. “We don’t have the size and the height. We don’t have the U-AAA guys up here.

“We have to work it in the corners

and work our best out there as a team.”The Rangers upped their winning

streak to six straight after wins over Val-or Christian (7-3) and Palmer (12-1) in back-to-back games Jan. 8-9.

The Colorado Sports Center, lo-cated along Old Denver Highway west of Interstate 25, has been the Rangers’

home ice since District 38 fielded its first high school hockey team about a decade ago.

Lewis-Palmer is a combined team that fields players from Palmer Ridge and Lewis-Palmer.

“About four years ago, 90 percent of our guys were from Lewis-Palmer,” said

Lewis-Palmer head coach Hal Jordan, a native of Marshfield, Mass., where he played youth and high school hockey before going to play collegiately at Saint Michael’s College. “Now, 75 per-cent of them are from Palmer Ridge.

“We might have to go to a ‘D-38’ patch next year.”

The Rangers usually practice Tues-day through Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 p.m.

“We pretty much have the whole team,” said senior defenseman Kamren Shoup, who missed the first five games of the season with an injury. “We have big hitters. Our first two lines will work it down low and our third line is the grinders. They hit hard.”

The Rangers are getting balanced scoring. Senior left wing Cameron Brummond has eight goals and eight assists and is third on the team in scor-ing. Nick Roscoe has eight goals and a team-leading 12 assists. Junior Chris-tian Perry leads the team with 11 goals and to go along with 11 assists.

“He has speed, good hands, he skates well, moves good with and with-out the puck, whatever you need him to do,” said Tanner Colson.

Perry appears to have a bright hock-ey future. Valor Christian coach George

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Long-time Discovery Canyon wrestling coach Ron Sukle, front row far right kneeling, is pictured here with his 2013 Thunder team that finished second in the state in Class 4A. Sukle is transitioning out of coaching and hoping to serve in an adminis-trative role./Photo courtesy of Discovery Canyon wrestling

Lewis-Palmer’s Ian Fraser, No. 15, Tanner Colson, No. 16, and goalie Marcus Smith are three big reasons why the Rangers are enjoying a solid start to their season./Photo courtesy of Lewis-Palmer hockey

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Faces to FollowIsaac HoltbaseballUniversity of Nebraska-OmahaHolt, a Discovery Canyon alum,

is a redshirt sophomore for the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Omaha baseball team. An infielder, Holt appeared in 30 games last season (starting 21) and posted a .247 batting average

with 10 runs scored. He was named to the Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll and Distinguished Scholars List. He is a member of the UNO Chancellor’s List and Dean’s List.

Colton Goeas,footballUniversity of HawaiiGoeas was a two-year varsity

football player at Lewis-Palmer (2009-10) prior to moving to Hawaii with his family for his final two years of high school. As a sophomore for the Rangers he rushed for more

than 1,400 yards and 20 touchdowns. He signed a scholarship with the University of Kansas out of St. Louis High and played two years with the Jayhawks as a linebacker, before transferring to the Univer-sity of Hawaii year. He sat out last season due to NCAA transfer rules. His father, Leo, played eight seasons in NFL.

Taryn ArcaresesoftballColorado State UniversityArcarase, a 2013 Discovery Can-

yon graduate, is a junior infielder for the Colorado State University softball tea. Arcarese started 47 of 51 games at second base for the Rams last season, batting .224 with an

on-base percentage of .322. She has been named to the Mountain West Conference all-Academic team each of her first two seasons at CSU. A native of Monument, Arcarese is majoring in biomedical science.

Former Lewis-Palmer star played for Purdue last fall


Alexa Smith’s collegiate volleyball career at Purdue

lasted all of one semester.The 2015 Lewis-Palmer High School graduate, who

was named the National Player of the Year her senior season by Volleyball Magazine, has transferred from the Big 10 school and is now attending the University of Colorado, where she is already listed on the team’s 2016 spring volleyball roster.

“We are excited to have her close by,” Smith’s mother, Livia, told the Tribune on Jan. 13. “She’s ex-cited to be closer to home. This will be a good fit for her.”

Alexa Smith started the spring semester at CU on Jan. 11. She is majoring in business.

“She’s running around like crazy to get to classes and get acclimated to the campus,” Livia Smith said with a smile.

Alexa Smith committed to Purdue her junior year of high school and played just once season with the Boilermakers. Her mother is a Purdue graduate, and Smith has family in Indiana.

“She really missed Colorado,” Livia Smith said of her daughter.

Livia Smith said Alexa was given a “full release” from Purdue, meaning she is able to play this coming season for CU. Usually, a player has to sit out a sea-

son due to the NCAA transfer rule, but Purdue was willing to let Smith out of her commitment. As a re-sult, Smith will have three years of eligibility.

Smith, a 6-foot-1 outside hitter, played in 111

of Purdue’s 122 sets last fall. She had 80 kills with a 0.72 kills percentage mark. Her 227 digs and 21 aces ranked third on the team.

Purdue was 23-10 overall. Smith started 10 of 33 games.

New CU head coach Jesse Mahoney (formerly of Denver University) made the announcement on Jan. 11 that Smith was joining his team.

“I’m so excited to be back in Colorado and to rep-resent this state once again,” Smith said in a news release. “I am really looking forward to playing for coach Mahoney and being part of the program at CU. I am also very grateful to be able to play close to home and to be closer to my family.”

Smith led Lewis-Palmer to back-to-back Class 4A state titles in 2013 and 2014. The Rangers advanced to the finals her sophomore year, where they finished runner-up to Cheyenne Mountain.

Smith was a member of the USA Volleyball Junior National Team in 2013 and 2014, and won a gold medal at the NORCECA Continental U20 Champion-ships in Guatemala in 2014.

“(Alexa) is a true six-rotation player that can exe-cute all skills at a high level,” Mahoney said in a news release. “But having watched her in the club ranks, what really stood out to me with Alexa is her com-petitive spirit.

“She knows what it takes to play and succeed at a high level and she will fit in well with the culture that we are building here in our program.”

Colorado finished with a 19-13 record in the 2015 season. The Buffaloes play in the Pac 12 Confer-ence.

Alexa Smith transfers to CU to play volleyball

Former Lewis-Palmer star volleyball player Alexa Smith re-cently announced that she is transferring from Purdue to the University of Colorado. She led Lewis-Palmer to state titles in 2013 and 2014, and was named the national player of the year in 2014./Courtesy photo

Continued from Page 11Gwozdecky, who piloted Denver Uni-versity to a pair of national titles a few years back and was an assistant with the Tampa Bay Lightning last season during their Stanley Cup run, believes Perry has the talent to play major col-lege hockey and eventually in the NHL.

“When you’ve played center a lot of years in hockey you sort of know what

to expect from others,” Perry said. “You learn to trust your teammates. The pressure is sometimes there, but when you use your teammates, the pressure goes away and you don’t have to worry about it.”

Senior Cooper Husak said anything short of making the Final Four this season might be considered disap-pointing.

“A couple of guys cause some prob-lems, but otherwise we get along pretty well,” Husak said with a smile.

Jordan believes his team has the tal-

ent to make a deep playoff run.“It will take a whole team effort and

we have to have stronger scoring from our second and third lines.”

Other Lewis-Palmer player who have seen varsity action this year

are: Jared Piggot, Joshua Pierce, Nicholas Driscoll, Joseph Duca, Benjamin Kleinsmith, Samuel Riesling, Ian Fraser, Blake Webster, Justin Zeich, Connor Dickins, Parker Brock, Jack Filer, Seth Dunham and Theodis Forrest.

The hockey postseason gets under-way Feb. 26-27 with district play. The state finals are March 4-5.

Hockey


Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge setto square off Jan. 27


Tri-Lakes area high school basketball teams re-cently hit the midway point of their seasons and things are starting to become a little clearer as to who might make a strong playoff push.

As expected, the Lewis-Palmer boys are the class of the region as they prepare to face crosstown rivals in Palmer Ridge. But there are other teams emerging as post-season contenders.

All four of our girls’ basketball teams are enjoy-ing solid seasons. Through games of Jan. 14, Palmer Ridge is 6-3, 2-1 in the Pikes Peak Athletic Confer-ence. Diminutive Bears’ guard Sam Rippley is aver-aging a team-high 12.7 points per game, while pow-erful forward Jasmine Sanders is scoring 10.4 points and pulling down 7.3 rebounds. Marie Koogle leads the Bears in rebounding 7.9 per contest.

The Bears had a bit of misfortune in their league game against Air Academy on Jan. 13 when Kadets sophomore Mary Parchinski drained a 3-pointer with four seconds to go to give her a team a 34-33 victory. It was Parchinski’s fi rst 3-pointer of the season.

“That was a tough loss,” Palmer Ridge coach Den-nis Coates said. “That game was close the whole way, and to have it end like that was hard.”

Coates is in his sixth season at Palmer Ridge. He directed his clubs to the playoff his fi rst four years and has a combined record of 95-35 under his lead-ership since the start of the 2010-11 season.

The Bears fi nished tied for third in league last sea-son, but lost out on the playoffs due to the league tie-breaker.

Sand Creek is the league power. The Scorpions (7-1, 2-0) are ranked fi rst in the state and seemingly a cut above the rest of the PPAC competition.

“There is not a big difference between the (sec-ond place and eighth place teams) in our league this year,” Coates said. “I think if you go 10-4 in league you get in (the playoffs). I think we can do that.”

Discovery Canyon (6-5, 0-2) continues to get out-standing play from 6-foot-5 freshman center Ashten Prechtel (15.8 ppg, 12.1 rpg). Senior Emily Carter (5.6 ppg) and Kristina Schneible (5.5 ppg, 5.9 rpg) are helping to keep the Thunder competitive in the PPAC.

Lewis-Palmer (4-6, 0-3) has already equaled its victory total from the last two seasons combined. Sophomore Arianna Blowe is averaging an impres-sive 13.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game. Soph-omore transfer Kaity Hovasse is adding 8.9 points and a team-leading 9.1 rebounds, while sophomore center Sami Tucker is averaging 8.4 points and 5.7 re-bounds.

The Classical Academy (4-6, 1-2 in the 4A Metro League) began this season with three wins in their

fi rst four games. Junior McClain Walker (12.1 ppg) and senior Kendra Frieden (9.6 ppg) lead the way. Also enjoying solid seasons for the Titans are sopho-more Regan Bervig (5.9 ppg) and junior Nicole Daum (5.6 ppg, team-leading 7.0 rpg).

On the boys’ side, Lewis-Palmer survived a scare from Falcon on Jan. 13 and escaped with a 53-51 vic-tory. The Rangers trailed 42-36 after three quarters.

Lewis-Palmer (9-1, 3-0) is and ranked third in the state in the latest Colorado High School Activities As-sociation Coaches Poll. Dating back to Jan. 9, 2015, the Rangers are 25-4.

Lewis-Palmer continues to get big efforts from its starters, all seniors. Jonathan Scott leads the team in scoring with 16.7 ppg, followed by Charlie Hovasse (14.0), Sam Strasburger (10-4.) Joe DeCoud (9.1) and Kyle Owens (4.2, 4.3 assists per game).

“These fi ve seniors have been in our program and they’ve been varsity players for a long time,” Lewis-Palmer coach Bill Benton said. “Does that equate that we should go get a state championship? Being here for a long time doesn’t equate to that.

“I am very proud of the work that they put in, and then you throw in the fact that they’re talented, and this is a pretty good group.”

Palmer Ridge (5-4, 2-1) had one of its biggest vic-tories in program history on Jan. 13 when t knocked off defending state champion Air Academy, 46-40. It was the Bears’ fi rst victory over the Kadets since 2013.

Palmer Ridge senior Isaiah Sanders leads the team in points (11.8) and rebounds (8.3). Junior Tyler Trego (10.8 ppg) and senior George Silvanic (9.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg) are also enjoying solid seasons.

Discovery Canyon (3-7, 0-2) began the season with three wins in fi ve games, but has lost fi ve straight. The Thunder’s leading scorers are seniors Hunter Williams (14.9) and Colin McGettigan (10.8) and sophomore Seth Clawson (6.1).

The Classical Academy (4-7, 2-1 Metro League) is being coached this season by Kevin Wenger. The Ti-tans have won three of four games.

Top players are senior Josh Haddad (12.1 ppg), sophomore Jared Belcher (12. ppg) and juniors Chase Rogers (9.6 ppg, 9.5 rpg) and Adam Selvage (9.4 ppg).

The stretch run should be a fun one to watch.

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To attract new listeners, he’s diversifying the show selections. He’s working now on a gospel show for

Sunday afternoons, a jazz and blues show during the week, and would consider some talk shows, if the right people were hosting.

He’s also putting together a famous B-sides show, featuring vinyl B-sides that ended up being more popular than the bands who released them ever anticipated. Until he can produce more unique content, the airwaves will feature a lot of

classic rock. Overall, though, Bailey wants to ensure the station

stays focused on the community it serves. At Monument Computers, he said, “We treated

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By Rob [email protected]

The Polar Express is basically the story of the power and magic of believing. Gary Coleman, 70, and his son Travis, 42, of Palmer Lake, know a thing or two about believing, and trains, and magic.

They are true believers.Every year, for the last nine years, the two have

created their own version of The Polar Express and used it to promote good, help people, and capture some winter-time magic locally.

And though they got late start, this year is no dif-ferent. With the help of family and friends, they set up O scale train layouts and recreate the worlds of wonder with the look and feel of small town Amer-ica, and more than a few links to their hometown. This year’s display is located in West End Center in Palmer Lake and encompasses really four different Polar Express trains and a trolley car, in at least two different gauges, and space of more than fi ve full sheets of plywood.

“This year, any donations we collect will go to the children of victims of the Black Friday Shooting in Colorado Springs,” said Gary Coleman.

The two have collected donations over the years for the Palmer Lake Fire Department, Awake the Lake, and other local efforts. Some years they raise as much as $700, Gary said.

The displays have been located many different places, including The Depot Restaurant, the Rock House, West End Center and the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, and the Depot still provides tickets for a cup of hot chocolate. That was where the original setup occurred years ago.

“We basically outgrew our own living room with all the layouts, even though we took all of our furniture out to make room. Alicia gave us a room upstairs at The Depot.”

The setup was late getting started this year because trouble locating setup space and Gary fell, breaking his glasses and cutting his head. The arrival of new glasses enabling him to see well enough to put the complex layouts together delayed the pro-cess for the former Land Survey Company owner, mail carrier, and Palmer Lake Town Board Member.

But The Polar Express is not the Coleman’s fi rst railroad.

“My dad was the ticket supervisor at Union Station in Washington, D.C.,” says Gary. “When I moved out west with my mom, he would bring a train set, and other presents every year for Christ-

mas, and spend all night setting them up so they would be operating on Christmas morning. I have liked trains ever since,” he said.

That, in fact, played a role in him locating in Palmer Lake, alongside the Burlington Northern Santa Fe tracks and train-watching community. He and Travis have been collecting and engineering miniature railroads since Travis was very young, and that life-long pursuit has rubbed off on other members of the family. His wife Mary, until her death nearly six years ago, helped paint buildings in the town, and collect Caribou, and create trees, bridges and other structures. A step daughter still helps Gary add to the fi re department collection every year with a new engine, and things like El Paso County Sheriff’s vehicles grace the land-scapes.

“My favorite,” says Travis of an American Flyer S Scale layout that looks hauntingly familiar to local landscapes with a diner reminiscent of Rosie’s, and two Starbucks stands.

Posters of Santa and movie trailer shot adorn the walls and there is even a Star, complete with mul-tiple engines and a replica of the bell, made famous by the movie.

And speaking of believing:“At one time most of my friends could hear the

bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found on Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe,” says main character Hero Boy in the movie The Polar Express.

For Travis and Gary Coleman the bell will never be silenced, and as the conductor said, “The thing about trains ... it doesn’t matter where they are go-ing. What matters is deciding to get on.”

Seeing is believing, and Coleman’s trains should be set up in West End Center for about another week. You can make an appointment to see them by calling 481-8937. Sometimes, however, the most real things in the world are the things we can’t see.

For Colemans, seeing trains setup is believing

Gary Coleman Travis Coleman

Railroad layouts in O and S scale each have local reminders of small town life and elements of magic and wonder. The Colemans’ trains will be set up at the West End Center for about another week./Photos by Rob Carrigan


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Lundeen, former chairman of the State Board of Education, also has his eye on federally mandated standard-ized testing.

“I will continue to work on repelling federal intrusion into what should be a parent-driven issue - the right and re-sponsibility to direct the education of their children,” he said. “We may have an opportunity to provide some fl ex-ibility in the testing, the timing of the tests and to right-size them.”

Carver said she, too, is looking at “alternative assessment vehicles” for school districts to use that help teach-ers better evaluate students and help them achieve in the classroom.

Lundeen has another school-relat-ed bill in mind to expand “concurrent enrollment” which allows high school students to take college-level courses and earn college credits.

“This is one of the big wins in edu-cation today,” he said. “We want to expand the program and let kids take vocational classes, for example. It’s a great way to get ahead of the college curve, it saves families a lot of money and combats the problem of too many students leaving college with trailer-loads of debt.”

Another of Carver’s priorities is to help our veterans returning to civilian life. She wants to make it easier for vets who worked as fi refi ghters, paramed-ics, electricians or other fi elds to get licensed by the state.

“This would be an enormous help to our veteran community,” she said. “Now, when our veterans are making the transition to civilian life, our state agencies don’t take their mili-tary service into account when cer-tifying and licensing them. I want to require them to recognize that experi-ence.

She also wants to require state agen-cies to award more government con-

tracts to small businesses owned by disabled vets. A 2014 law urged agen-cies to spread more contracts to dis-abled vets but little has happened, Carver said.

Both lawmakers expressed concerns about Hickenlooper’s continued call for the Legislature to approve a spend-ing plan that involves transferring money from the state General Fund in an end run around TABOR -- the Tax-payers’ Bill Of Rights -- and its spend-ing caps.

Finally, Lundeen noted he intro-duced a bill to address the licensing of proposed methadone dispensaries like the one Colonial Management Group of Orlando, Fla., is trying to open downtown across from Limbach Park near schools and churches.

“We can’t let this happen in another community,” Lundeen said. “We don’t want another community to get blind-sided.”

Lundeen said current law is vague in the way it defi nes a methadone dispen-

sary. And he wants the track records of dispensary owners in other states to be taken into account when they are licensed in Colorado.

On that bill, Lundeen said he’s going to need the help of the community.

“We’ve got to get people to join us in that effort,” he said. “It’s going to be extremely important to get people to come up and testify about our experi-ence last summer. We need to explain that we care for people suffering from addiction and as a community we are willing to help them. But it must be done in a prudent way, not in a build-ing so near four schools and a commu-nity park.

“Bringing that story to the commit-tee hearing from will be critical to pas-sage of this bill.”

On most issues he is cautiously op-timistic.

“It’s could be a challenging session,” he said “Everyone is looking toward the election. But I think we have opportu-nities.”

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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Triview Metropolitan District ("District") of El Paso County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on the 3rd day of May, 2016, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, TWO directors will be elected to serve 4year terms and TWO directors will be elected to serve 2year terms. Eligible electors of the Triview Metropolitan District who are interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a SelfNomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official (DEO), Sue Blair, c/o Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, and Telephone: (303) 3814960, [email protected]. The office of the DEO is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The deadline to submit a SelfNomination and Acceptance is close of business on Friday, February 26, 2016 (not less than 67 days before the election). Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit curing an insufficient form. If the DEO determines that a SelfNomination and Acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form once, at any time, prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 26, 2016. Affidavit of Intent to be a WriteInCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the DEO by the close of business on Monday, February 29, 2016 (the sixtyfourth day before the election). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the designated election official no later than the close of business on Friday, April 29, 2016.

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