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Search continues for new town manager Professional recruiter to select candidates for consideration By Jennifer Cunningham
Contributing writer
The Monument Board of Trustees voted Monday, April 6, not to hire the sole remaining candidate from an initial search to fill the town manager position. This position is now held by the Town Treasurer Pam Smith. “I have been the town manager since January of 2013. At that time Monica Harder was named the town treasurer. Monica quit without notice at the end of August 2014 and at that time, I took over both positions. I am currently the town manager and Interim town treasurer, until the town manager position is filled, then I will resume full duties of the town treasurer. The town has never been without a manager,” Smith said. In January of this year, a selection committee was formed consisting of Smith, the town clerk, previous mayor Travis Easton, the current mayor, Rafael Dominguez, and one additional trustee to find a replacement. More than 60 candidates were whittled down to a pool of three. One candidate declined further consideration based on non-reimbursement of travel expenses. After a “meet and greet” for the finalists on March 14, another candidate withdrew his name from consideration leaving the single candidate, Tara Marshall, of Trinidad. In a 5 to
Pam Smith (right), acting as both Town Treasurer and Town Manager, reviews a list of professional recruiting companies the town will solicit for proposals. Town Attorney, Gary Shupp (left), provided significant guidance during the special meeting held Wednesday night. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham 2 vote, Marshall was not selected for the position. Trustees Tooley and Kaiser voted in favor of Marshall. The process will start over, this time with the use of a professional recruiter. In a special session called for Wednesday night, April 8, five trustees established a timeline to hire a recruiter and make a final candidate selection. A list of 22 recruiting companies will be given until April 20 to submit proposals. The board has imposed a May 4
deadline for awarding a contract. The date established to have a new town manger selected is June 30. The cost for this proposal will be paid from a professional services line item in the town budget. The anticipated cost will range from $10,000 to $20,000. This cost does not include the resources invested in the initial search done in-house. At the start of the April 8 special meeting, a motion was made by Trustee
Bornstein to have Smith made solely town treasurer, leaving the town manager position vacant until the new hire arrives. Four trustees voted in favor of the motion, with Dominguez opposing. According to Town Attorney Gary Shupp, the motion could not be addressed based on ordinances governing special meetings. Instead, the motion will be added to the agenda for the April 20 board of trustees meeting.
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dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com Lewis-Palmer School District 38 didn’t have to look far to find its new public information officer. Julie Stephen, who was appointed to the position on an interim bases in February, was officially hired last month. She replaces Robin Adair, who resigned to take a job with the El Paso County Office of Emergency Management. “We’re still in a transition period,” Stephen said. “Things will settle down this summer.” Stephen has been employed by the district since 2003. She worked at Lewis-Palmer High School in several capacities until moving over to the district’s administrative building — known more as “Big Red” — in 2012. While at Lewis-Palmer High School, Stephen was a copy clerk, assistant to the assistant principals and part-time health clerk before serving the majority of her time there as the principal’s secretary and office manager. Stephen has worked as an administrative specialist the last three years under the direction of Sheila Beving (the director of curriculum) and Lori Benton (the director of assessment). “Julie has a passion for learning and loves our district,” Benton said. “She will be a great addition to or communication staff. “She lives in the community. She’s involved in the community, and she understands what it takes to be successful.” Stephen interviewed for the PIO position in mid-March. She was hired for the position by district superintendent Karen Brofft and assistant superintendent Cheryl Wangeman. Stephen has a 30-year-old son, James, who graduated from Lewis-Palmer in 2003 and now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y. She earned her degree in communications from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2013. “I took the scenic route to getting my degree,” Stephen said with the smile. Stephen will handle the PIO job and her administrative assistant position under Beving
Julie Stephen has been hired as the new District 38 public information officer. She has been employed by the district since 2003. Photo by Danny Summers and Benton until her replacement is hired. “We’re all trying to do what has to be done during this time of transition,” Stephen said. Stephen is not being thrown to the wolves during this time of transition. She is receiving consulting from Academy District 20 PIO Nanette Anderson — who helped write the job description — as well as support from Adair. “Robin and Nanette have been great with brainstorming and support,” Stephen said. Stephen is also part of the district’s crisis management team that is overseen by Erik Wall, the facility manager at Palmer Ridge High
School. The program is under the umbrella of Wangeman. “My role in that is communicating out appropriately, but it’s a team effort, and the district’s strategic plan informs us all as to how that is done,” Stephen said. Stephen is an accomplished photographer, displaying some her work in her office among other places. “I am having a lot of fun on Instagram and other sites,” Stephen said. “If I see something cool and pretty, I like to shoot it. “It’s an avenue I am constantly exploring.”
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Town of Monument to rewrite comprehensive plan Principal Planner said town to plan for five to 10 years down the road By Danny Summers
dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia. com It seems that you don’t have to travel far in Monument to find some sort of new building or home construction going on these days. All of that falls under the umbrella of principal planner Mike Pesicka. “Things have stayed at a steady pace,” Pesicka said. “Lake of the Rockies has some models up and will probably be selling some homes by the summer. Natural Grocers is scheduled to open by the middle of July.” Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers is moving from its current location off Highway 105 to a new site under construction off of Baptist Road and Jackson Creek Parkway. The 15,000-square-foot building is in the framing stages. Recently, there was some work being done just to the west of Natural Grocers where the old Foxworth-Galbraith Lumber and Building Co. was located. “Triview (Metropolitan) Water District was installing a water line,” Pesicka said. “At this time there aren’t any plans for any new development in the Jackson Creek Marketplace other than Natural Grocers.” Among Pesicka’s biggest projects is rewriting the town’s comprehensive plan. He hopes to get started on the project later this year. “It’s a visionary document of how we want our town to develop over the next five to 10 years,” he said. “We’re working through the details of how we want that to look. “This is not something that will be done overnight. It will probably take a year. We want to get input from various sources. There are a lot of goals and policies that town wants to embark on. We want to involve the community.” Pesicka added that the town’s current comprehensive plan was written in 2003. “Monument has changed a lot,” Pesicka
Town Planner Mike Pesicka, along with planner Morgan Hester, brief the majority of the town council and several members of the town staff during the March 7 comprehensive plan review meeting. This was the second time the board of trustees has gathered to discuss the review process. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham said. “We really want to be careful as we go through the process of writing a new comprehensive plan. “We’ll probably reach out to anyone who touches our borders; the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Palmer Lake, school districts, fire districts.” Pesicka said he and the other city planners will take into consideration how the Powers Boulevard corridor might affect
the growth of Monument and the traffic that could come to the town. The Powers corridor project has been talked about for years, but there is no scheduled date for it to connect to Interstate 25 near North Gate Boulevard. “In writing our comprehensive plan we have to find the right balance for residential development and commercial development,” Pesicka said.
Historic downtown Monument will see phase two of its sidewalk program take shape this summer. Pesicka said the project will cost about $350,000, with 80 percent of the money coming from the state. “The first phase was around $400,000 and the state picked up 80 percent of that cost,” Pesicka said. “There potentially could be a third and fourth phase of the sidewalk project, but there’s no funding for it now.”
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Are you ready for fire season? Community Firewise event set for April 18 For the Tribune Free and open to all, the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District Fire Marshal
will conduct a “Firewise” class from 9 to 10 a.m., Saturday, April 18, at the Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church, 20256 Hunting Downs Way, in Monument. The group will then caravan to Black Forest burn sites from 10 a.m. to noon. Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Marshal John Vincent will explain how to protect homes from wildfire and save firefighters lives.
After that, Palmer Lake Fire Chief Margo Humes and Black Forest Together representative Bill Mantia will conduct an explanatory caravan tour discussing lessons learned from the Black Forest fire. Learn more about this and the TLUMC Emergency Preparedness Group at www. facebook.com/TLUMCEPG, or call 3397831 or 229-9636.
Annual Pine Forest Show coming up For the Tribune The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club proudly presents the 39th annual Pine Forest Show, an antiques, home decor and garden sale,
on May 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show will be held at Lewis-Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road, Interstate 25 and Exit 158 or 161.
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April 16
DINNER, DESSERT auction Faith Lutheran Preschool presents its lasagna dinner and dessert auction Thursday, April 16, at 1319 Evergreen Heights Drive. No charge for dinner but donations are accepted. The auction is intended to raise money for scholarships. Call 719-687-2303.
April 16-17, April 23-25
e SHAKESPEARE PLAY The Classical Academy presents “Much Ado About Nothing,” by William Shakespeare, a comedic play in which two people are tricked into confessing their love for each other, and another is tricked into rejecting his bride at the altar. At the end, all is set right and everyone celebrates the couple’s marriage. Show time is 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, April 16-17 and d Thursday to Saturday, April 23-25, in North Campus Theater Room at the academy, 975 Stout Road, Colorado Springs. Seating is limited; tickets available at
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CELLIST JOHANNES Moser will perform with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19, at the Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts, 190 S. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs. Tickets available at www.csphilharmonic. org, at any TicketsWest location, at the center’s box office, or by calling 719-520-7469.
April 23
DOWNTOWN EVENT Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument, is participating in a downtown event, NBA (No Boys Allowed), from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, April 23. Janelle Diller, author of the early-grade chapter book series “The Pack-n-Go-Girls Adventures” and her first adult fiction “Virus” will be the featured author. Light refreshments will be served. Each participant will receive a small gift from each store. Tickets cost $10. Call 719-481-2665. Go to www.coveredtreasures.com.
April 23, April 29
JOB FAIR The Pikes Peak Workforce Center plans the
annual Governor’s Summer Job Hunt, which connects young adults, ages 16-21, with local businesses to help them find short-term, summer employment. The young adult job fairs are from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, April 23, at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park; and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. A virtual information session will be offered from March 26 to April 16 at www.connectingcolorado.com.
April 25
GAMING CONVENTION Rampart High School is host of GameCon IV, a city-wide gaming convention that features role-playing, trading card, board and chess games for middle and high school students. GameCon is Saturday, April 25, at 8250 Lexington Drive, Colorado Springs. Prizes will be awarded to top tournament winners and handed out during all role-playing and board game sessions. Tournaments include Magic the Gathering, Yu-gi-oh! and Pokemon. Game areas planned include chess, Doctor Who, Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Star Wars, multiple board games and a movie room. Open to all middle and high school students in the area. Lunch and soda are included in entry fee ($8 in advance; $10 at the door). Snacks, beverages, T-shirts and gaming related merchandise will be available for purchase. Doors open at 8 a.m.; games run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Go to www.bit.ly/20gamecon.
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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 TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets from 5-7 p.m. 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 first 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. 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 offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com.
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Cara Vanderkolk, Hangers to Hutches Store Manager (center with scissors) cuts the ribbon during the grand re-opening event Saturday. Hundreds showed to shop and experience the redesigned space. Photo by Tim Vanderkolk
Hangers to Hutches celebrates grand reopening New name, expanded offerings include furniture By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer
Saturday Hangers to Hutches, previously known as just Hangers, had its grand reopening to celebrate their updated name and expanded offerings to include furniture items. The upscale boutique and thrift store, a program of Tri-Lakes Cares, has been open since 2009. It provides clothing for TLC clients, as well as an inviting place to shop for higher-end resale items. Hangers to Hutches supports TLC with a steady source of income to help fund the many programs and services they provide. Gently used clothing, jewelry, knickknacks, household items and furniture are
all donated by citizens of the community. All proceeds generated from these donations make up the majority of the TLC budget. More than 100 volunteers serve H2H and the community by sorting donations, assisting customers and doing minor maintenance projects in the store. “It’s an honor to serve you and the community,� said Cara Vanderkolk, H2H store manager, to a crowd of more than 200 who attended the ceremony. In the crowd were the TLC Executive Director Haley Chapin, the TLC board of directors, four town trustees and representatives from the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. Refreshments were offered, along with discounts on every item in the store. For more information on Hangers to Hutches or how to volunteer and donate, visit tri-lakescares.org.
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40 YEARS AGO Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News, April 17, 1975 Panorama Music Camp for children entering junior high this fall and for highschool students will be held this summer. It is located at Long Scraggy Ranch Southwest of Denver. Joe Arnett, choral director for Cherry Creek School System, Englewood, is director. Professional musicians, entertainers and teachers from Rocky Mountain area will provide classes, recitals and entertainment. •••
the Fourth of July Picnic. There will be a special Polish sauce for the barbecue, western style baked beans, coleslaw, rolls, coffee and cold drinks. Dolly Kendrick, Donna Naylor, Margo Hoogeboom, Bea Clark and Marion Fletcher will assist in the food service. ••• Rampart Hospital will sponsor a CPR class on Saturday, April 19. The class will be at the Monument Volunteer Fire Department from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be no charge for the class. •••
“Meet the Board Candidate Night” and freshman orientation will be held Thursday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Lewis Palmer High School gym. ••• The outdoor education students of Lewis Palmer High School and students from Lewis Palmer Elementary School participated in a project about ecology. The high-school students put on a skit about cleaning up litter then they all went to the lake to clean litter. Richard Green is the outdoor education teacher. ••• Lola McDonald and Dorothy Sibell are cochairmen of the Food Services Committee for
An Italian dinner is scheduled for May 2 at Echo Hills Club in Perry Park. It is sponsored by the Perry Park Frontier Auxiliary. The dinner will be followed by progressive bridge and a special movie for the children. The dinner is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children 6 to 12 and free for children younger than 6. Bridge is $1 and the movie is 50 cents per child. Dinner will start at 6:30 p.m., bridge and the movie at 8 p.m. Proceeds will go to Frontier Boys Ranch. ••• The treasure hunt is still going on at the Mine Shopping Center. New gifts added are: Auto banks from Bank of Woodmoor, $5 in groceries from L &
L, shoulder purse from Heritage Square, handsaw from the hardware store, $5 in liquor from the Cork and Bottle, round brush from Franks Town and Country. New clues to finding the golden key are provided each week. ••• Ardis Sturdy, a nationally known artist, will offer a beginners six week class in oil painting. The class starts April 15. Hours are 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday and evening classes 7 to 9 p.m. Students will complete four paintings by the end of the class. ••• Local artists, Phyllis Thompson, Carol Groninger, Ruth Staeben, Ellis Cort and Dodie Whitelaw will display their works at the Monument Hill Community Library on Saturday, April 19th. ••• Mrs. Dora Dean, mother of Mrs. Earl Engel, died April 8. She was 90 years old. ••• Mrs. Jody Watkins mother, Mrs. M. Aschinger, was visiting another daughter and is home now. — Compiled by Linda Case
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On the prowl for faded neighbors The big cat prowled the ridges of Rampart Range for years. A calf here, a lamb there – the huge animal took pretty much what he wanted. Tipping the scales and 160 pounds, and having paws 5 inches across, the mountain lion grew old, tough and battle-scarred with broken teeth. It also had become a menace in the late summer and fall of 1922. In October of that year, local ranchers had figured he had killed 30 calves and had been seen within a mile of town many times. It was time for a change. But times, they do change, as evident in the passing of time and fate of the towns themselves. We know that by the way this little settlement might appear at the edge of a trail or along the railroad track or by the riverbed. Slowly it might grow, becoming a small village, or even a larger town. Who knows? Maybe someday, it could grow into a city. But, suppose whatever made it grow in the first place, stops. We know of the success stories, but what of the failures? There are towns and villages that few remember, and even fewer can say they know what happened. Towns like Gwillimville, Pring, Husted, Spring Valley, Greenland, Eastonville, Bijou Basin, or Jimmy’s Camp in “The Divide” country. Lucille Lavelett’s 1979 book “Monument’s Faded Neighbor Communities and Its Folklore” tells the story of some of them and has become the definitive source. Gwillimville: five miles east of present day Monument on Highway 105. “In its heyday, there were a cheese factory, creamery, store, saloons, a black-
smith shop, post office, school and a church. Across the road was housing for some of those who worked in the cheese factory,” wrote Lavelett. Pring: Was three miles south of Monument with a depot and a one-room school. Founder john William Pring invented the first hand corn planter and sold the patent to the John Deere Company. Husted: Six miles south of Monument. “Calvin Husted his saw mills in 1867 and 1868. Many of Colorado Springs buildings were constructed from the lumber hauled from his mills; hauled by oxen and horses,” Lavelett said. Spring Valley: Twelve miles northeast of Monument. A post office was established there as early as 1865 according to the national archive, on the old stage route from Denver. “A severe epidemic of scarlet fever took the lives of almost all of the children in the Spring Valley community,” according to Lavelett. Greenland: Five miles north of Monument. Laid out as a 20 acre town site 1876, it became a busy stop on the Denver and Rio Grande railroad. The Higby store was built there in 1907.The small town also boasted two other stores, a
post office (discontinued in 1959), a saloon, and other various businesses. Eastonville: Near Peyton and north Falcon. The cemetery at the northeast corner of meridian and Latigo Roads in the Black Forest area was founded in 1865. Table Rock: If you wish to visit this cemetery, travel east on County Line Road from I-25, the three quarters of a mile south on Campbell Road. Named Table Rock because of the high, flat rock mountain that is north and east of where there was once a store, church , school creamery, blacksmith shop and a post office, they were busy places,” wrote Lavelett. I guess nothing lasts forever, and lions, and towns, and villages, all have their own time. “With the aid of his dog Rover, Fred Simpson tracked the lion for three hours over the snow to a point on Hay Creek, five miles west of Monument , where the lion was treed and brought down by a .22 caliber bullet through his brain,” says Lavelett’s 1979 account. Simpson had “Old Disappearance” mounted by a taxidermist and it was displayed for years at the A.E. Fox Cash Grocery on Front Street in Monument. Several years ago it was restored and placed in the Vaile museum in Palmer Lake. Those involved in the restoration say it was quite a sight to witness the big cat hanging out of the partially open doors of a van as it traveled to Colorado Springs to get its coat cleaned and freshened after years inside coal-heated buildings.
Sky Sox have never considered a move downtown A new era in Colorado Springs Sky Sox baseball has arrived and Rick Sweet is at the center of it. Sweet is the manager of the Sky Sox, which are no longer affiliated with the Colorado Rockies. The Milwaukee Brewers are the new tenants at Security Service Field and there are a lot of happy people glad to see them here. According to most of the 300 fans, media representatives and Sky Sox front office personnel that were at the team’s media day luncheon on April 8, there are many more pluses than minuses to not having our purple and black clad uniformed friends from the north in the Springs anymore. “We are here to win; that is the Brewers’ philosophy,” Sweet said. “Development is still part of the Brewers’ philosophy, but we’re not afraid to talk about winning.” Sweet’s words are a stark contrast to last year’s Sky Sox manager, Glenallen Hill. The long-time major leaguer stated at the 2014 media luncheon that his Sky Sox were going to “block and tackle.” I don’t think anybody understood then or understands now what Hill was talking about. The Sky Sox went on to have another losing season and miss out on the postseason party for the 17th consecutive season; the longest drought in all of minor league baseball. For the record, the Sky Sox have not won a playoff game since capturing the 1995 Pacific Coast League championship, which long-time radio play-by-play announcer refers to as the “Stetson Hills Miracle.” Last fall, the Rockies and Sky Sox parted ways after a 22-season relationship. The Rockies slithered out of town and took their Triple-A affiliation south to Albuquerque and hooked up with the Isotopes. I hope the door didn’t hit them on the way out of town. Good luck, boys. Hope you’ve found those greener pastures you were looking for. I am not a Rockies hater. Just the op-
posite. I want to see the home team have success. But the relationship between the Rockies’ front office brass and Sky Sox ownership and management was fractured a long time ago. In the summer of 2003 there was chatter all around the Pikes Peak region that the Sky Sox were relocating to downtown Colorado Springs. Classic Homes owner and developer Jeff Smith (a Wasson High School alum) told those in the media that he was trying to buy the team from Dave Elmore and was going to relocate downtown to a new stadium; paid for by the taxpayers. Of course, Elmore had no intention of selling his team, which he has owned since 1981 when the franchise was located in Hawaii. But that didn’t stop Smith from criticizing Elmore in the media and getting the Rockies frontoffice folks all worked up. Then Rockies general manager Dan O’Dowd, who once berated me during a tirade in the Sky Sox restroom, made it known that the Rockies’ prospects were being hindered in their development by playing in windy and outdated Security Service Field. If he couldn’t buy the Sky Sox, Smith said he would purchase an independent team and relocate it to downtown Colorado Springs just so that he could have a piece of the baseball pie in the region. Trouble is the Sky Sox own the territory so Smith was left out in the cold. The whole Jeff Smith/Sky Sox moving downtown folk tale was a non story drummed up to cause Elmore to cave
into public and Rockies demands. It didn’t work. Elmore gave into some of O’Dowd’s demands, however, and sunk millions of his own dollars into upgrading the stadium — which he built with $4 million of his own greenbacks in 1988 — so that the Rockies would have a better home for their players. Year after year O’Dowd and the Rockies complained. Year after year Elmore made upgrades to the stadium. He even had a humidor installed at the Rockies’ request so that baseballs would not fly out of the huge ballpark like wiffle balls in your backyard. Fast forward to 2014 and the City For Champions. City for Champions mouthpieces tried to con the people of Colorado Springs into believing that the Sky Sox were moving downtown into a new $25plus million ballpark. That was a complete lie, and once again a non-story. Elmore had no intention of moving his club downtown. Or of selling it. That angered O’Dowd and so he threatened to not renew the player development contract with the Sky Sox unless Elmore went along with the City For Champions snow job. O’Dowd made good on his threat in October when he signed the deal with Albuquerque. Meanwhile, Elmore waited things out until the Brewers and Sky Sox reached an agreement on a two-year PDC. Sky Sox general manager Tony Ensor, who worked for Elmore’s Double-A club in Birmingham prior to taking over the Sky Sox in the summer of 2004, announced at last week’s media luncheon that changes are coming to Security Service Field; as early as the 2016 season. Whether or not the Sky Sox-Brewers marriage lasts for 22 season is yet to be known. One thing is for sure; the two organizations are off to a very nice courtship. See you at the ballpark.
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Custom schedules combine classroom and online Academy District 20 is continuing its efforts to meet the education needs of all students by offering a unique learning opportunity for ninth-grade students beginning next fall. In this pilot program offered through our Academy Online High School, ninth grade students can customize their schedules with a blended program that combines classroom activities and online courses. Students will learn though individualized, competency-based curriculum, engage in collaborative problem solving activities, and conduct personal inquiry investigations – all supervised by Academy District 20 teachers. The location for this blended learning program will be at Pine Creek High School in two modular classrooms. There will be a combination of oncampus activities as well as opportunities for students to work from home. Students will be encouraged to explore their world. The schedule includes time for projects, leadership development, reading, and mentorships/internships.
and the staff at Academy Online High School welcomes any questions about this unique program. You can reach the Academy Online High School Principal Nathan Gorsch at 234-1670 or email him at nathan.gorsch@asd20.org •••
Monthly expeditions are planned for museums, historic sites, hiking, skiing, and many more activities. We will are excited to offer this pilot program and we will evaluate its success to determine future expansion. For now, enrollment is limited and students who will be ninth graders next year can review the application and a sample class schedule on the Academy Online High School website – asd20.org/schools/ aohs/Pages/9th-grade-Blended-Pilot. aspx Information nights have already been held at our district middle schools
Registration has begun for the Summer Scholars Program in Academy District 20. Summer Scholars is an opportunity for students in preschool through high school to participate in summer programs to study an area of interest, fulfill a graduation requirement, or recover credits. Enrichment programs provide opportunities for Academy District 20 students outside of the regular classroom. Registration is also open for our popular summer band program which culminates with a concert for the students’ friends and families. Find out about all of the summer learning opportunities at asd20.org/sse ••• It’s the time of year when we make
extra efforts to remind our high-school students to be safe and make good choices during the prom and graduation season. Some of our high schools offer assemblies or special programs emphasizing the importance of safety. I would also urge our high school parents to have these important safety conversations with your students. We all want this to be a celebratory time of year when students are acknowledged for their many achievements and look toward their futures. All of our high schools are busy informing parents about the protocols and decorum of graduation ceremonies. Please be sure you are informed about all of the important graduation information including traffic and parking information on the U.S. Air Force Academy. — Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for the Tri-Lakes Tribune. Follow him @markhatchell and like Academy District 20 on Facebook.
Peak season for wildland fires The peak of wildland fire season is upon us! With two major fires in our region only recently past us, we should all take some time to see what else can be done to prepare our property. Keeping small fires from becoming too large for initial responding units to control is the best case scenario. Every single home in the Tri-Lakes area is in or next to the urban interface (where homes and wildfire fuels are mixed), so each of us has to share the work of managing wildfire risk. As firefighters we realize that residents enjoy trees and the privacy that they provide, and with a solid understanding of some best practices we can work together to have both firewise and beautiful properties.
Tips to get started Clear 30 feet around your house. This one is scary to most homeowners; we don’t mean a barren landscape 30 feet around the house. This means making firewise plant and shrub choices and then including trees or landscaping close to
your house in the footprint and go 30 feet beyond that. Clear out flammable materials from that 30 foot area to include wood piles, bushes, underneath decks, etc. Think about where snow accumulates during snow storms, embers will be blown into the same places. Remove “ladder fuels” — any type of flammable material that will enable a ground fire to climb the trees. Trim all tree limbs up 6-10 feet, cut down or thin out the “dog hair” patches (small thickets of saplings that tend to lie down like dog hair). Thin the trees. A healthy ponderosa forest has about
40 trees per acre and a lush green grass understory. Clean up the ground to reduce surface fire spread. Mow tall grass and rake up the “duff” (accumulation of pine needles). Also, consider the accessibility and “survivability” of your house. These are factors we will consider if there is a large fire coming toward your neighborhood. Firefighters must be able to get a truck into your driveway and then leave quickly if needed. Ensure your driveway is wide enough and trees are pruned high enough for a big firetruck to fit. “Survivability” simply means, will your house survive with little to no work performed by firefighters if a fire comes through? If your house is surrounded by scrub oak, has wooden
siding and a wood shake roof, we will not have the time to help increase your house’s odds. I know this seems harsh, but when a fire threatens dozens or hundreds of homes there are limited firefighting resources compared the number of homes threatened, leaving very little time for work at each home. Make no mistake, if that same house had an isolated fire, all resources and efforts will be put into saving any life and property possible. The Tri-Lakes Monument FPD offers free firewise property inspections for district residents. Visit us at tlmfire.org, or call us at (719)484-0911. Special thanks to Lt. Mike Keough for his contributions to this piece.
The answer is everything Not a question about it, but this invention came along at about the same time as the Cripple Creek gold rush. It seemed to many people to be the answer to a lot of questions. Today we are still finding ways to use it, and some of those ways were tried more than 100 years ago and did not work then because of a word we see all the time: technology. So what was this invention? Electricity. When it first came out, they even used it as medicine! I will not talk about the great con games of the era, but want to talk about my favorite subject, the railroads. Yes, they talked about building electric railroads in the district, as well as on the line from Denver to Pueblo. The narrow gauge line from Florissant to Cripple Creek was one of the first to look at bringing electric trains to the area. Since they were building a power line from Canon City to Cripple Creek, why not bring it up Phantom Canyon, and use it to power trains? So far there were several small coal fired power plants at some of the bigger mines. A community on Pike’s Peak even used water power. David Moffat, at the time with the Denver and Rio Grande, and the Florence and Cripple Creek, controlled the newly built LaBella Mill, Water, and Power Co., which had a nice big new power plant at Gold-
field figured it was a losing situation to use the electricity to power his trains. Unfortunately it was figured out that building and using electric power up the canyon was futile. They would use up all the power before it got to the district. Later on, after the electric line was built, they built a power plant and a dam at Skagway. It powered the mines quite well for many years. They thought about using electric trains in Ute Pass in the early 1900s, but found that even the best electric trains would not climb the pass. That idea was not lost on the Denver and Rio Grande; they looked all over their rail lines for a place to use electricity instead of coal. One of those was down to Palmer Lake. Unfortunately, even as late as the 1930s, converting to electricity would be expensive, and not powerful enough to help improve the speed of trains.
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Local artist creates wall installation for national corporation For the Tribune Monument artist, sculptor Richard Pankratz, was commissioned to create a bronze and wood wall installation for Colorado’s largest health care provider, Kaiser Permanente. This commission is a 27-foot-long massive bronze wall installation called “Celestial View,” installed at the Parkside Medical Offices at 215 Parkside Drive in Colorado Springs. The entire wall is covered with the multiple sections of bronze, separated by additions of wenge wood, which were fabricated by local artist Dan Rieple. The installation was hung on April 7, with a public reception on April 26, announced by Jane Lewis, project manager. Pankratz’s artistic career creating decorative and functional pottery is familiar to Monument and Colorado Springs residents, but with his retirement from production pottery in 2007, he focused his creativity to his real passion of creating in bronze. His sculptures and mixed-media fountains and furniture are part of many private and public collections in both the United States and abroad, and his most recent large bronze sculptures were purchased for public spaces in Lincoln, Nebraska, Loveland, Colorado and Edmond, Okla. In 2014, he was chosen as the “Visual Artist of the year” by the Pikes Peak Arts Council. The career retrospective exhibit to honor his 70th birthday at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts in 2013 drew the largest crowds to an art exhibit in the Pikes Peak Region. To see more of his work, go to his website, RichardPankratz. com, or visit his actual working studio during the Front Range Open Studio event the weekend of Sept. 12 and 13 at frontrangeopenstudios.com. For more information on the public unveiling, contact Jane Lewis, project manager for design and construction at Kaiser Permanente at 303-344-7247. For more information about Pankratz and his sculptures, contact Linda Pankratz at 719-719-488-3691 or Pankratz@divide.net
A 27-foot-long massive bronze wall installation called “Celestial View,” installed at the Parkside Medical Offices at 215 Parkside Drive in Colorado Springs. Courtesy photos
Pankratz was chosen as the “Visual Artist of the year” by the Pikes Peak Arts Council. The entire wall is covered with the multiple sections of bronze, separated by additions of wenge wood, which were fabricated by local artist Dan Rieple.
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Senate passes Carver bill to exempt small HOAs Frees organizations from regulatory requirements Staff report Last week, the state Senate passed Representative Terri Carver’s bill, HB 15-1095, to exempt small homeowners associations created before 1992 from most state regulations. The state House of Representatives passed the bill unanimously last month. The bill is now headed to the governor for his signature. In 1992, Colorado passed the “Colorado Common Interest Ownership Act” which applies to homeowner associations. At the time, the 1992 law gave a broad regulatory exemption to small homeowners associations created after July 1992, but not the small HOAs created before July 1992. “I was contacted by several small HOAs about the regulatory burdens from this 1992 law. I was astounded that the older small HOAs were subject to all these regulatory requirements, while similar small HOAs created after 1992 were exempt. HB 15-1095 addresses this arbitrary and excessive government overregulation of small HOAs. “I commend the Council of Neighbors and Organizations for their diligence in continuing to advocate for this regulatory exemption for all small HOAs. Dave Munger from CONO, Lenard Rioth, a Colorado Springs HOA attorney and William Schmidt from the Comstock HOA testified in the House State, Veterans and Military Affairs committee in support of HB 15-1095,” Carver said. Several members of other small HOA’s contacted their local legislators in support
House District 20 Representative Terri Carver speaks about her bill designed reduce regulation on home owners associations. Photo by Rob Carrigan of this bill. Their efforts were critical to gaining support to exempt older small HOAs from the regulatory requirements. Munger said “Representative Carver’s bill goes a long way to correcting previous legis-
lation which made it very difficult for small HOAs to continue to function.” “The Comstock Village HOA supported Representative Carver’s bill because it will allow Colorado HOAs with limited budgets that were created before 1992 to manage
their budgets more effectively so they can continue to provide services to their members,” said Schmidt. “This legislation is critical for the continuation of our self-managed HOA,” said Jack Lundberg, President of the Discovery HOA.
Academy’s ‘Take Back The Night’ set for April 16 Event designed to increase awareness, bolster prevention against sexual violence By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com The Air Force Academy’s annual “Take Back the Night” event is April 16 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Clune Arena. The event will feature the Air Force’s top civilian leader, and a national speaker on sexual assault. This is part of the Academy’s year-round effort to increase awareness and bolster prevention against sexual violence, while also promoting an environment of respect for human dignity. Additionally, April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. For the Academy’s Take Back the Night event, doors will open to Clune Arena at 6 p.m., with displays and information booths. The main program begins at 7 p.m., featuring the Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James. There will also be a candlelight vigil and a presentation by the keynote speaker, Ms. Katie Koestner.
The secretary of the Air Force, Koestner, and Academy personnel will hold a press conference for news media following the program. Deborah Lee James is the 23rd secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force’s top leader. She is responsible for the affairs of the Department of the Air Force, including the organizing, training, equipping and providing for the welfare of its more than 690,000 active duty, Guard, Reserve and civilian airmen and their families. She also oversees the Air Force’s annual budget of more than $110 billion. Koestner is the first victim of date rape to speak out nationally about her experience in college. She appeared on the cover of TIME Magazine in June of 1991. HBO made a movie about her story in 1993. Today, she leads the Take Back the Night Foundation, which aims to end sexual violence in all forms. According to the Take Back the Night Foundation, one in three women and one in six men worldwide experience some form of sexual violence, but less than 50 percent of victims report these crimes. Take Back the Night event is open to all
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The Overhead Myth
Nonprofit overhead critical for growth
By Jennifer Cunningham
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We try to be careful with our money. When it comes to charitable giving, we tend to be even more protective, wanting to ensure it is put to its best possible use. Most often, we look to an organization’s overhead numbers to determine whether they are worthy of our dollars. But strictly considering overhead as a gauge may be short-sighted. Let’s compare. Organization A has an overhead of 23 percent. They are providing many services to many individuals, growing their program offerings through fundraising, reaching established goals and possibly saving some in reserve for leaner months. Organization B, on the other hand, has only 8 percent overhead. They too are meeting basic client needs, but there is high turnover because of low salaries, no new programs and they live quarter to quarter in their budget, hoping a significant need does not arise. Which would you rather support? The difference here is the amount of money Organization A has invested into promoting their programs, compensating their employees and investing in infrastructure. They are strong. They may be spending more, but they’re also generating more in dollars and outcome. Organization B is barely hanging on and doesn’t have the permission or capital to grow. Which agency is more successful at meeting their projected objectives? There is a very pervasive and entrenched attitude when it comes to nonprofit performance and expenditures. As Dan Pallotta, a staunch advocate for nonprofit success, said, “Charities should have the same
These statistics help identify misconceptions when it comes to how non-profits are evaluated. Outcomes of a program should outweigh misleading overhead figures when deciding on a charitable donation. Courtesy image tools and permissions as the forprofit sector, or they will have no real chance of solving the world’s problems.” His first example relates to compensation. In order to attract the best and brightest in any industry, there needs to be monetary enticement. Granted, the individual with a heart for nonprofit work may expect a lower salary than a corporate position. However, everyone has a need to support a family and plan for the future. There shouldn’t have to be a
choice between doing good for your household or doing good for the world. The added benefit to competitive wages is lower turnover. When an organization lacks continuity or commitment, the overall mission and vision suffers. Perhaps the biggest area where expenditures are vilified is in fundraising. Large for-profit corporations spend millions, possibly billons, on advertising and marketing with stellar results. Why is this same allowance not given to the nonprofit sector? Increased exposure equals
increased support, resulting in increased assistance to the clients. People can only give to charities they are aware of. “The only way organizations are going to grow is to increase public awareness of the work they do,” Pallotta said. Fundraising sometimes requires risk, another area non-profits are discouraged from pursuing. The fear from board of directors is, “what if it doesn’t work?” Money that could have been spent on programs is now gone, leaving the organization
vulnerable to criticism. But without trying something new, nonprofits are left to the same, mundane, lowincome generating activities. There is also little allowance for structured growth. Start-up, forprofit businesses aren’t expected to generate revenue immediately. However, nonprofits are held to an almost unreasonable standard of producing results as soon as their doors open. This emphasis on the “do” leaves no time to develop, formulate tangible goals and objectives or create strategic plans. So what is a donor to do? Very few of us have the time or knowledge to dig into the financial records and reports of a nonprofit. Even if you simply compared overhead numbers, this wouldn’t provide you with an accurate picture. Every organization groups expenses differently, resulting in an apples to oranges comparison, which can be misleading. Thankfully, the answer is simple. Organizations like GuideStar.org, CharityNavigator.org and GreatNonprofits.org have done the work for you. These organizations are replete with information on every nonprofit and neatly organize the information you need to make an informed decision. Smaller nonprofits, like those found in the Tri-Lakes region, will not be listed on CharityNavigator due to their lower revenue. However, GuideStar does list them. In the search bar, type “Tri-Lakes” and the site will prompt you for the state. After clicking Colorado, our local charities will be listed. Here you can compare reviews, financial and impact summaries, as well as donate. Look for organizations that have been given the Gold Star seal. This indicates they maintain the highest operating standards. Giving is good. It feeds our soul and deepens the connection to our communities. When deciding to give, don’t simply ask for overhead numbers. Ask for outcomes and feel good knowing you are making a difference.
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Rat Pack Revival proves to be strong draw Themed annual award dinner and auction attracts hundreds By Rob Carrigan
rcarrigan@coloradocommuntiymedia. com Hundreds of would-be fans and dressalike Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce members poured into The Pinery in Black Forest Saturday night (April 11) at the annual award dinner and auction to celebrate a Rat Pack Revival themed presentation, complete with crooners, celebrities and a breathy birthday song. The 1960s version of the group included Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and for a brief stint, Norman Fell, Marilyn Monroe, Angie Dickinson, Juliet Prowse and Shirley McClain who were called Mascots, by the media. The post-Bogart version of the group (Bogart died in 1957) was reportedly never called that name by any of its members – they called it the Summit or the Clan but “The Rat Pack” was a term used by journalists and outsiders, although it remains the lasting name for the group. Often, when one of the members was scheduled to give a performance, the rest of the Pack would show up for an impromptu show, causing much excitement among audiences, resulting in return and sold out appearances, and people would come pouring into Las Vegas, sometimes sleeping in cars and hotel lobbies when they could not find rooms, just to be part of the Rat Pack entertainment experience. Saturday, at the Pinery, John Clarke, and his wife Judy, founder of CodeOne, accepted the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce 2014 Business of the Year award presented by Danette Lilja, President of of TriLakes Economic Development Center. In 2001, John Clarke, started the company in response to the glaring need for physicians to be able to manage their time, money, and control of their practices. By providing exceptional products and customer service, John built a reputation with the local physician community and devel-
John and Judy Clarke, founders of CodeOne, accept the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce 2014 Business of the Year award Saturday, April 11, presented by Danette Lilja, President of of Tri-Lakes Economic Development Center, at the Rat Pack Revival Annual Award Dinner at The Pinery in Black Forest. Courtesy photos oped the business primarily on personal referrals. While John began to focus on the technology as the visionary and developer, leadership came along side him to develop the company. Successful business people, business developers, and industry insiders, have helped CodeOne become a leader in the medical reimbursement field. Additional awards included Volunteer of the Year, going to John Crouse, Nonprofit of the Year awarded to Palmer Lake Historical Society, Ambassador of the Year to Larry Holt, and Business Person of the Year to Cara Vanderkolk.
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Moving to learn
Monument Academy Motor Lab gives students a physical outlet By Jennifer Cunningham
Contributing writer
Albert Einstein said, “All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.” Monument Academy is providing more opportunity than ever to students with sensory and motor skill challenges. The goal is to develop the “whole” child through the Lynx Motor Lab. In its second year, the lab is an innovative program that uses movement to assist with learning in the school environment through challenging sensory-motor experiences. The lab also provides a brief break from academics to help promote learning readiness and improve attention in the classroom. Children with delayed sensory-motor skills often experience difficulty in learning to read and write. However, children with strong sensory-motor skills typically demonstrate better coordination, body awareness, intellectual skills and a more positive self-image. “Research shows that sensory-motor development in children is critical to the development of neural pathways in the brain that cross the right and left hemispheres,” said Dana Simpson, Monument Academy occupational therapist. “A child who has more neural pathways is just able to learn more easily.” Meeting a child’s sensory-motor needs improves their academic readiness and overall behavior, providing them with the opportunity to learn to self-regulate their processing skills and become more independent in the school environment. Under Simpson’s supervision, the Lynx Motor Lab services 30 children on a daily basis. Participants attend four days a week, Monday through Thursday, in a small group of four to six students. The Motor Lab consists of five to six different stations with activities designed to improve fine and gross motor coordination, eye-hand coordination, bilateral coordination, balance, body awareness, motor planning, strength/ endurance, and sensory processing skills. Each small group completes the Motor Lab circuit in 10 to 15 minutes and then returns to class. Activities are changed every two weeks, allowing most students to master the tasks before a new challenging skill is added to the routine. This process keeps children engaged in the activities while promoting mastery and new skill acquisition. At MA, the Lynx Motor Lab is an intervention tool that not only benefits special education students, but all students who demonstrate a need in motor skill development or sensory processing skills in the school environment. “We have seen great benefits for those students on Response to Intervention plans, as well as in the general education setting, especially in the area of sensory processing,”
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Avery Knowles, 2nd grade, swings from the rafters in the Monument Academy Motor Lab. The physical activity helps her release energy and then return to class with a greater focus. Photos by Jennifer Cunningham said Simpson. “The activities in Motor Lab not only provide vital skill performance practice, but provide the sensory input many students need on a consistent basis to work up to their potential.” “The motor lab has specifically helped my daughter maintain focus, improve her pincer grip, enabling her to complete her math and spelling assignments, and creates a fun environment to mix up an otherwise academically intense day,” said Holly Wood, mother of a motor lab student. The ultimate goal of the Lynx Motor Lab is to provide students with sensory-motor experiences that will build a strong base of fundamental skills that support learning.
This gives students the tools to be successful in the classroom.” Lis Richard, MA principal, strongly believes, “Nurturing the ‘whole’ child is vital, and the Lynx Motor Lab is one way we are meeting our students’ needs inside and outside of the classroom.” Therapeutic equipment to support this program is expensive and does not always fit into the budget. Donations of vestibular equipment, like play mats, balance discs and swings, are always appreciated. If you have OT, PT or special needs experience and would like to volunteer, contact Dana Simpson at dsimpson@monumentacademy.net.
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Christy Wood, 3rd grade, diagnosed with Trisomy 21, works with ESS para Maggie Schultz on her fine motor skills making dots. The motor lab works with any child who needs sensory-motor improvement.
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United States men’s figure skating reigning champion Jason Brown finished fourth at the World Championships in China. Courtesy photo
Brown finishes fourth at Worlds College student headed to Tokyo for a competition this week By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com Jason Brown finished fourth in his first appearance at last month’s Men’s World Figure Skating Championships. The 20-year-old Brown, who trains at the Colorado Sports Center in Monument and attends the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, was extremely pleased with
his showing at the Worlds, which were held in Shanghai, China. “I couldn’t be more excited,” Brown said. “I did everything perfectly and I’ll take what I learned from there.” Brown is in Toyo this week (April 16-19) representing the United States in the World Team Trophy competition. Brown has become a household name in skating circles everywhere since he finished second at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 2014. A month later he was doing his thing at the Sochi, Russia, Winter Olympics, where he took home a bronze in the team competition. He said he believes he can build on his experience in Shanghai, as well as last year’s
Olympics to get ready for the next Worlds, which will be held in Boston in 2016. In Shanghai, Brown was sixth after the short program and moved up in the long program. The other American men who competed were Brown’s good friends Adam Rippon (eighth) and Joshua Farris (11th). Javier Fernandez became the first Spaniard to win a world title, beating 2014 Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu by 2.82 points. Denis Tenof Kazakhstan was third. Brown finished 19.43 points behind Ten. The last American man to win Worlds was Evan Lysacek in 2009. Brown has had an incredible start to this year. In January, he won his first U.S. national title in five attempts, beating Rippon
and Farris, who finished second and third. “I was so honored and humbled to be up (on the podium) with those two guys,” Brown said of Rippon and Farris after the U.S. nationals. Brown is coached by Kori Ade. The two are on the ice nearly every day when he trains at the Colorado Sports Center. In February, Brown finished sixth at the Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea. Since 2012, Brown has skated competitions all over the globe in countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria and Canada.
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The Classical Academy’s Micah Mesward, seen here making a save, will sign his national letter of intent with Bethel College in Indiana. Photo by Alison Henry
Tri-Lakes area athletes to sign national letters of intent Signing parties will take place at schools on April 15 By Danny Summers dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com The final National Letter of Intent signing day for the 2014-15 school year is set for
April 15. Numerous Tri-Lakes area athletes are expected to sign with universities and colleges from around the nation. The following is an unofficial list and subject to change. Discovery Canyon’s event will take place at 3 p.m. in the school’s gymnasium. Signing from Discovery Canyon will be: Danté Fewell (basketball, Colorado Mesa Univer-
sity); Blake Lawrie (swimming, Air Force Academy); Jared Barton (football, Norwich University); Alec Heebner (baseball, Northwest Missouri); Will Anti (rifle, West Virginia University); Mitchell Carter (football, University of Arkansas). The Classical Academy will hold its event in the forum of its North campus (975 Stout Road) at 10:30 a.m. Student athletes signing for TCA include: Micah Mesward (soccer,
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Bethel College in Indiana); Leah Hinckfoot (track, Indiana Wesleyan University); Everett Johnson (cross country, Fort Lewis College); Maddie Mullen (cross country/ track, Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia); Megan Percy, cross country/ track, Pepperdine University in California); Peter Troupe (football/baseball, Pomona College in California); Logan Grizzell (baseball, Colorado Christian).
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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A problem in getting a workplace project up and moving might upset the Lamb, who likes things done on time. But be patient. The delay could turn out to be a blessing in disguise. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your instincts are usually on the mark, so if you feel uneasy about being asked for advice on a certain matter, it’s probably a good idea that you opt not to comply with the request. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might have two minds about a proposed change (which often happens with the Twins), but once all the facts are in, you’ll be able to make a definitive decision. Good luck.
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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The Crab’s frugal aspect dominates, so while you might be reluctant to pay for technical repairs, the time you save in getting things back on track could be well worth the expense. LEO (July 23 to August 22) While you Leos and Leonas continue to concentrate on doing well in your work-related ventures this week, consider reserving the weekend for sharing good times with family and friends. VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) This is a good week to take stock of the important personal, professional or familial relationships in your life and see where you might need to do some intense shoring up. LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your sense of justice makes you the likely person to help deal with a work- or family-related grievance. But you need to have any doubts about anyone’s true agenda resolved first. SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The Scorpio passion for getting things done right and on time might rankle some folks. Never mind them. Others will be impressed, and they’re the ones you want in your corner. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Finances could be a mite tight this week. And, while things will ease up soon enough, you savvy Sagittarians will want to keep a prudent eye on your expenses at this time. CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Although a technical malfunction could cause a temporary delay in getting things up and running, you could use the time to recheck your operation and make changes where necessary. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might find it difficult to resist making a snap judgment about a colleague’s behavior. But stick with your usual way of assessing situations and wait for the facts to come out. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Asking for help with a family situation might be the wisest course to take right now. Just be sure you turn to someone you can trust to do and say the right thing for the right reasons. BORN THIS WEEK: People see in you a born leader whom they can follow and put their trust in. © 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Baseball season is in full swing By Danny Summers
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The Colorado Springs Sky Sox hosted the Nashville Sounds in their season opener April 9 at Security Service Field and came away with a 7-5 victory in front of a chilly and wet crowd of 3,053 at Security Service Field. Sky Sox starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann struck out his first batter of the 2015 season on a called third strike in the top of the first inning. In the bottom of the first Sky Sox first baseman Matt Clark drove a 1-2 offering from Nashville starter Chris Bassitt over the fence in right-center field as the home crowd cheered with approval. The Colorado Springs offense never looked back after the towering blast (travelling an estimated 406 feet) as they tacked on four more runs (three earned) off Bassitt in his five innings. The Sky Sox are in their first season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The Colorado Rockies had been the Sky Sox affiliate the previous 22 seasons. Before that it was Cleveland from 1988 through 1992. Here are a few fun facts about the Sky Sox that you may not know: The current edition of the Sky Sox relocated from Honolulu, Hawaii, following the 1987 season. The original Sky Sox played in Colorado Springs from 1950 through 1958 and were part of the Single-A Western League. They were affiliated with the Chicago White Sox. The first general manager of the new rendition of the Sky Sox was Freddy Whitacre. Whitacre chose Colorado Springs - with the blessings of team owner Dave Elmore - over Salt Lake City, Fresno and Sacramento. The new Sky Sox played their first “home” game on April 8, 1988, in Yuma Arizona at Desert Sun Stadium against Portland, losing 11-3. The Sky Sox called Yuma home for their first eight games because upgrades to Memorial Park’s Spurgeon Field were not yet complete. The Sky Sox moved into what is now Security Service Field in June 1988. The Sky Sox became a Rockies affiliate in 1993 and played their first game on April 8, 1993, in Portland at Civic Stadium. The Sky Sox won that game 17-5. The Sky Sox have set club single season attendance records six of the last seven seasons, drawing an all-time re-cord high of 350,374 fans in 2014. That ranked 12th among 16 Pacific Coast League teams. The Sky Sox have drawn 6,748,918 fans to home games /since 1988. n New Sky Sox manager Rick Sweet is no stranger to the /PCL. He first managed in the league in 1993. ; Sweet has been involved in major league and minor league baseball as a catcher, manager and coach for 41 years. He has more than 1,600 career victories in 25 seasons as a minor league manager. When he played for the San Diego Padres, Sweet was a teammate of current San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Bochy, a former catcher, has led the Giants to three World Series titles since 2010. Sweet and Bochy are good friends. Sweet played for the Hawaii Islanders for Whitacre in the 1970s. Sky Sox general manager Tony Ensor is in his 30th season of minor league baseball Sky Sox radio play-by-play broadcaster Dan Karcher has called more than 3,500 games for the club, and more than 4,000 games in his career. TILLOTSON BELTS THREE HOMERS VS. DCC Lewis-Palmer junior Paul Tillotson belted three home
Former major league catcher Rick Sweet is the manager of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox. He fielded questions from reporters on April 8 during the Sky Sox’s media day luncheon that was attended by more than 300 people. The Sky Sox are in their first season as the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. Sweet, 62, has more than 1,600 victories as a minor league manager since he began his career as a skipper in 1987. Photo by Danny Summers runs and drove in seven in his team’s 19-1 victory over Discovery Canyon on April 7. Tillotson also added a double in five at bats and scored four times. Four other Rangers also belted home runs on the windy day at Discovery Canyon. Ben Stinson had two, while Brian Tims, Billy Cook and Hank Kuntzelman added one each. Lewis-Palmer pitcher Paul Cicere was the beneficiary of the offensive explosion. He allowed just three hits over six innings to earn the victory. Discovery Canyon scored its run on an RBI single by Kaven Sook. Tillotson was on the mound against Discovery Canyon on April 10 and proceeded to strike out nine Thunder hitters and allowing one hit over 5 2/3 innings en route to a 6-3 Lewis-Palmer home victory.
Tillotson was held at bay offensively in the rematch, going 0 for 3 with a hit by pitch. Cicere was 3 for 3 with three RBIs and two runs scored. THE POOL CAN’T HOLD THEM Discovery Canyon’s boys’ swimming and diving team is enjoying a fantastic start to its season. The Thunder clobbered Rampart, 130 to 53, on April 3 to improve to 3-0 in dual meets. The Thunder lost a close meet to state powerhouse Cheyenne Mountain, 105-81, on April 7. Among the top Discovery Canyon swimmers this season are Blake Lawrie, Seth Morton, James Augustino, Matthew Fischer, Jonathan Donehower, Tijler DeJong, Samuel Vallado, Derek Bobbitt and Joseph Law then won the 500 freestyle. Brendan Byrnes is the team’s top diver.
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