Tribune Tri-Lakes 8-21-2013
August 21, 2013
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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 34
Investigators search home of Mark Redwine La Plata County Sheriff ’s Offices: It’s part of ongoing investigation, third time father’s house searched By Lisa Collacott Authorities have searched the Vallecito home of Dylan Redwine’s father, Mark Redwine, nearly two months after the remains of the teen were found in rugged terrain nearby. Dan Bender, public information offi-
cer for the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, said the search was part of an ongoing investigation. In a statement sent to the media, Bender said he was only authorized to say that the La Plata County SherRedwine iff’s Office along with assistance from the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation served a search warrant on Mark Redwine’s home on Aug. 14. “La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has no
comment and will have no comment regarding what was taken during the execution of the search warrant nor regarding the nature of yesterday’s search,” Bender added. “As we have stated in the past, we have not labeled anyone as a suspect in this case. Due to the active nature of this criminal investigation we have no further comments.” According to KUSA Channel 9 in Denver, Mark Redwine told reporters that investigators searched his home for three hours and removed sections of carpet and wood flooring and took a fireplace poker, clothing and a cell phone. Redwine also said investigators dug a hole in his yard underneath
an outdoor staircase. Redwine’s home has been searched before. Dylan Redwine went missing from his father’s Vallecito home on Nov. 19, the day after arriving for a court ordered Thanksgiving visit. Mark Redwine said he had left home that morning to run some errands and when he returned, Dylan was gone. Dylan Redwine was 13 at the time and had recently moved to Monument with his mother. After months of searching for him, investigators found remains on Middle Mountain Road near Vallecito Lake and positively identified them on June 27 as Dylan’s.
Group says voters need to decide on pot sales Group wants to overturn Town Council’s ban By Danny Summers
Dsummers@ourcoloradonews.com
Boy Scout Troop 70, chartered by the Black Forest Community Club, helped out serving the annual breakfast at this year’s festival. Photos by Rob Carrigan
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spirit of renewal AFTER LOSS
Black Forest Fesitval sees record crowds By Rob Carrigan
rcarrigan@ourcoloradonews.com
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he weather and a spirit of renewal and support contributed to record tunouts at the Black Forest Festival this weekend. “It was bigger than ever,” said Sherrie Lidderdale Saturday, a volunteer with Black Forest Community Club working at the pancake breakfast sponsored by CenturyLink. “I have helped with it every year for at least the last 10 years. We counted 870 served this year. That’s 200 more than we have ever done before,” she said. “We helped serve a lot of people,” Troop 70 Scoutmaster Nate Dowden said. Troop 70 is chartered by the Black Forest Community Club and regularly meets in the club house. There was also volunteer help from the Wonderful Waldo Women from Colorado Springs. Festival continues on Page 2 POSTAL ADDRESS
Troop 70 and other volunteers served more than 870 at the annual breakfast, this year sponsored by Century Link. That is nearly 200 more than any recent year according to Sherrie Lidderdale, a volunteer with Black Forest Community Club.
Some Palmer Lake residents are not happy by the Town Council vote earlier this month to ban sales of marijuana for recreational use, and they plan to do something about it. According to Jim Adams, on Aug. 12, a group of Palmer Lake citizens filed a letter of intent to repeal the ordinance. The town clerk, Tara Berreth, received the letter that seeks to circulate a petition to overturn the council’s 4-1 vote on Aug. 8. “I’m just a normal citizen,” Adams said. “I want to be treated the same as anyone else who buys Budweiser. Men and women like me just want to go to the corner store and buy our 1/8 ounce of marijuana and go back to our house and smoke our pot. We don’t want to be bothered and we don’t want to bother anyone.” Amendment 64 was passed by Colorado voters in last November’s general election. It was a ballot measure to amend the state constitution, outlining a statewide drug policy for cannabis. The amendment makes the personal use, possession and limited home growing of marijuana legal for adults 21and older. It establishes a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed similarly to alcohol. While El Paso County as a whole voted against the amendment, Palmer Lake residents passed the vote by about 55 to 45 percent margin, according to statistics kept by the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder Office. Some Palmer Lake council members who voted to ban the sales said they didn’t want their family-friendly town to become the Amsterdam of El Paso County. On July 2, town attorney Larry Gaddis and Berreth said the town must opt in Pot continues on Page 2
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