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May 22, 2013
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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 21
Citizen input sought Town of Palmer Lake will decide on marijuana sales By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
Second graders from Lewis-Palmer Elementary School had a year-long project where they wrote to pen pals from Bear Creek Elementary School. Students got to meet each other on May 15. Pictured with a couple of their letters and the crafts they made are LPES students Trey Hitmann, Raleigh Eversole, Marya Nay and Bella Cox. Photo by Lisa Collacott
LPES second-grade students meet pen pals Kids finally meet after writing for a year By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com In a day and age when most communication is done via email and text, one Lewis-Palmer Elementary teacher wants to make sure her students know the art of letter writing. Kris Scarsbrook and Michelle Miller’s second-grade classes started a year-long pen pal project in September. Students have been writing back and forth to students at Bear Creek Elementary School and on May 15 the students finally met face-to-face. “I thought it was awesome. We exchanged addresses and we are going to have a play date this summer,” Raleigh
Eversole said. “I thought having a pen pal was really fun,” added Bella Cox. Scarsbrook said her and Miller did the assignment to give the children real life writing experience. “We wanted to teach them the format of letter writing,” Scarsbrook said. Students learned where to put the date, the greeting, how to end a letter, how to address an envelope and where the stamp goes. They drew their stamps on the letters and wrote the price of the stamp as well. Scarsbrook said it was fun for the kids to see how the price of stamps goes up. “I think it’s fun doing it the old way,” Eversole said when asked whether he thinks letter writing is better than sending an email. Trey Hitmann said he had fun writ-
ing back and forth to his pen pal because they got to tell each other what they did over the weekend. Marya Nay said she had fun meeting her pen pal because they got to work on a craft together. Second-graders had a time of meet and greet, made windmills, had lunch and popsicles with their pen pals. The four students said they would like to keep in touch with their pen pals and would encourage everyone to have a pen pal. They would like to have pen pals in other states or countries. “It’s nice that this has encouraged them,” Scarsbrook said, adding that she started writing to a pen pal in Canada when she was young and they still keep in touch. Scarsbrook said when she gets a personal letter in the mail she is excited to open it and worries that letter writing is disappearing.
The town of Palmer Lake is forming a committee to look at state marijuana regulations and to decide whether or not to allow the sale of recreational marijuana within the town. Voters in Colorado passed Amendment 64 in November legalizing the possession, sale and use of marijuana for recreational purposes. The amendment also allows local municipalities to prohibit the cultivation, manufacturing, testing and sale of marijuana through an ordinance. The Palmer Lake town council would like to have citizen input before making a decision on whether or not to allow it. The town is looking for as many people as possible to be on the committee including residents, business owners and those in the medical marijuana industry. The town had previously put together a committee prior to approving medical marijuana. The town of Monument and El Paso County have already passed ordinances prohibiting the sale and open consumption of recreational marijuana. Those who are interested can contact Tara Berreth, town clerk, at 719481-2953.
Gleneagle Spirits of Spring fundraiser sees big increase Funds help local charities, Sertoma programs By Norma Engelberg
nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com Gleneagle Sertoma Club members are calling the ninth annual Spirits of Spring Wine and Beer Tasting fundraiser for charity a complete success. “We had a record number of people in attendance and raised about 20 percent more than last year,” said Eric Emde, who served on the event-planning committee. There were almost 300 people in attendance and, while the final total has yet to be calculated, Todd Sherman, another committee member, said he hopes the total will top $15,000. The name “Sertoma” was created from POSTAL ADDRESS
the phrase “Service to Mankind,” which sums up the mission of Sertoma Clubs worldwide. Proceeds from the Spirits of Spring fundraiser directly benefit Home Front Cares, Pikes Peak Hospice and Tri-Lakes Cares. The Gleneagle Sertoma Club will also use part of the proceeds to help low-income people to receive low-cost audiologist services and hearing aids through the Sertoma HEARS program. The club also supports local Boy Scout troops, the Mission Medical Clinic, Salvation Army, hearing-impaired students, Aspen Camp for the Hearing Impaired and other local organizations. Event attendees participated in both a silent auction and a live auction as well as taking the opportunity to tryout a variety of wines and beers and sample specialties
Gleneagle Sertoma Club’s ninth annual Spirits of Spring Wine and Beer Tasting and Auction charity event at the ProRodeo Hall of Fame on May 4 was well attended as can be seen from this panorama photograph. Courtesy photo dishes provided by local restaurants. It was also an opportunity to learn
more about the charities benefitting from the event.
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