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Tri-Lakes
Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 5
January 30, 2013
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Treasurer named as interim town manager Pam Smith will fill the position until a new town manager is hired By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com The Monument board of trustees has named the town treasurer to the position of interim town manager. Pam Smith, who has been treasurer for the town of Monument for eight years, was named to the position at the Jan. 22 board meeting. Town manager Cathy Green was asked to resign on Jan. 11. Smith was originally brought in as interim town treasurer and applied for the permanent position and was hired. The town of Monument was her first government job. She previously was a controller for Prudential Real Estate. Smith said she will be facilitating jobs with the different departments until a permanent town manager is hired. The town is paying out Green’s contract
for six months and probably won’t start their search for at least three months due to budget constraints. As town manager Green worked on several projects including the Baptist Road interchange, widening and improvements, creation of a dedicated revenue source for a future water supply, construction of a new police department and town hall, replacement of portable toilets with constructed restrooms in Limbach Park, building of band shell in Limbach Park using volunteers, received partial grant and construction of new storm, sewer and streetscape on Third Street, used volunteers to take back parking lots at Big Red, plant grass and turn into public art park, planted trees along Second Street, adopted architectural guidelines for downtown Monument, adopted boundaries for discounted water in downtown Monument and created the Jim Moore Award for Urban Excellence. If anyone would like to speak to Green she can be contacted at cagreen1@comcast.net. The interim Town manager can be contacted at 719-481-2954.
Pam Smith, right, is sworn into the position of interim town manager by town clerk Cindy Sirochman at the Jan. 22 Monument board of trustees meeting. Smith, the town treasurer, was placed in the position after the previous town manager Cathy Green was asked to resign. Photo by Lisa Collacott
Commissioners defend Second Amendment Resolution passes unanimously, many citizens in support By Lisa Collacott
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Historical Star-Former Palmer Lake Historical Society board member Jack Anthony holds up his favorite Mike Holmes photo of the Palmer Lake Star taken from Mount Herman. Also pictured from left is Astrid Liverman, national and state register coordinator and Kara Hahn, national and state register historian. The star was officially voted into the state register of historical properties on Jan. 18. Courtesy photo.
The El Paso Board of County Commissioners is sending a message to the federal government by passing a resolution in defense of the Second Amendment right. Commissioner Peggy Littleton brought forth the resolution that was unanimously approved during the Jan. 22 BOCC meeting. This comes on the heels of President Barack Obama’s proposed ban on assault weapons and limiting ammunition magazines. The Obama administration is recommending that there be a required criminal background check for all gun sales, a ban on assault weapons and a 10-round limit on ammunition magazines, eliminating ammunition piercing bullets, providing mental health services in all schools, allocating funds to hire more police officers and instituting a federal gun trafficking statute. The resolution states that the BOCC “will uphold the second amendment of the Guns continues on Page 9
Palmer Lake star gets recognition Star now on state register of historic places By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com The Palmer Lake star has officially been placed on the
Colorado State Register of Historical properties. After months of hard work from one former Palmer Lake Historical Society board member, the Palmer Lake star which has been shining brightly ev-
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ery Christmas since 1935, has gained the state recognition it deserves. On Jan. 18 Jack Anthony went before the state history board and presented a power point presentation as well as Mayor Nikki McDonald and Town Clerk Tara Berreth saying a few comments. The board unanimously voted to add the Palmer Lake Star to the state register of historical properties at the end of the presentation and the official paperwork will be signed by the state history president within a couple of weeks. The Palmer Lake Historical Society will receive a plaque in
the coming weeks which Anthony said they will then have to decide where to put it. “It was a special day. I had a lump in my throat. It was very emotional,” Anthony said. Anthony has been working to get the star on the state register for close to a year. “It’s been my quest to honor Palmer Lake and the Palmer Lake Star,” Anthony added. He said that they will take time to celebrate their acceptance on the state register and then he will proceed with his goal of getting the star on the National Registry of Historic Places.
The El Paso Board of County Commsioners passed a resolution on Jan. 22 in defense of the Second Amendment rights. The commissioners are adamantly against any gun restrictions that President Obama is proposing and said they will defend the Constitution. Photo by Lisa Collacott
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