Tribune Tri Lakes 5-29-13
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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 22
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May 29, 2013
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Bull riders charge into Monument Bull riding competition to take place on the Fourth of July By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
One owner polishes his 1937 Ford while an admirer checks out the vintage car. It was one of the many cars on display last year at the Tri-Lakes Cruisers benefit car show. Please see more photos and story, page 9. File photo by Lisa Collacott
The town of Monument is the place to be to celebrate the Fourth of July this summer. The annual parade and street fair is always a draw to historic downtown Monument and this year the fireworks will take place at Monument Lake. New this year to the events will be the Monument Bull Bash. TNT Events will host the first bull riding competition that will take place in the afternoon. Ty and Nancy Rinaldo, who grew up competing in rodeos, went before the Monument board of trustees at the May 20 board meeting to talk about their plans for the bull riding competition and seek approval to host the event. There will be 20 riders at the Monument Bull Bash with the top five going on to the finals. The Rinaldo’s raise their own bulls which they take to professional bull riding events all over the country. They recently hosted a bull riding event in Castle Rock in February. “Similar to the one in Castle Rock we plan to have a nice military appreciation. We feel very strongly about the military and their service,” Nancy Rinaldo said. The Rinaldo’s will bring a portable arena and said it’s the same type of arena the professional bull riders use. The location for the bull riding competition will be on the empty lot east of Grace Best Elementary School and west of Beacon Lite Road, south of the former Pankratz Studio. Ty Rinaldo said they will not sell any food or beverages. He said they are okay with people bringing food into their location but will prohibit any alcohol. In addition to the bull fighting the Rinaldo’s will also have two floats in the parade.
Committee for Palmer Lake seeking ideas, members The Awake the Lake committee needs citizens to take an active role in helping to fill lake, raising funds By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com The Awake the Lake committee in Palmer Lake needs more members and is hoping others step up to serve on sub committees to help with the effort to find ways to fill the lake and keep it
filled. At a committee meeting on May 21, Jeff Hulsmann, owner of O’Malley’s and active member of the board, told those in attendance that people need to take active roles. He said there are two ways to be active and that is to form committees where people can get together and try to find solutions and to join the Awake the Lake board. Hulsmann said that the current condition of the lake is the worst it has ever looked and it is going to take a lot of money to fill it. “Let’s find a way to fill the lake
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and keep it full,” Hulsmann said. Hulsmann briefly talked about the water level of the lake, possible sources of where water can come from, hiring consultants and current fundraising efforts. He explained that Palmer Lake is a water table lake and is spring fed. There is an alluvial fan which is a deposit of sediment that is built up by streams. He said what most likely happened, centuries ago, was that water came down from the mountains into the streams but over time erosion covered those streams and now they’re underground streams. Lake continues on Page 7
Palmer Lake has dried up due to the drought and lack of snowfall. The Awake the Lake committee, which was formed several years ago to restore the lake, is hoping citizens step-up with ideas to fill the lake and keep it full, serve on committees and help with fundraising efforts. Photo by Lisa Collacott
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