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County could see effects of federal cuts By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
Nearly 70 friends, family members and local supporters attended a vigil for missing teen Dylan Redwine, in Limbach Park in Monument last month, on the missing teen’s 14th birthday. Photo by Rob Carrigan
Suspicion lies with missing teen’s father Several family members point finger at Mark Redwine in Dylan’s disappearance By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Elaine Redwine just wants her son, Dylan Redwine, home and she hopes that her ex-husband had nothing to do with his disappearance but she said it is possible. Appearing on the Dr. Phil show on Feb. 26 and 27 Elaine Redwine said that when she first heard that Dylan was missing her gut reaction was that her husband had something to do with it. “I do believe that Mark had something to do with Dylan’s disappearance. I do believe he knows more,” Elaine Redwine said. Elaine and Mark Redwine came face-toface for the first time since their son went missing. She and other family members believe Mark Redwine knows more than he is letting on and that he is not doing anything to help find Dylan. Elaine Redwine said her ex-husband has been very evasive and when he informed her that their son was missing he did it by text message and has refused to talk to her. In fact he hasn’t talked to her in three years. She said she has tried on a number of occasions to talk to him and being on the show would provide a forum for her to do so and
get questions answered. Dylan Redwine disappeared on Nov. 19 after going to visit his father for Thanksgiving in Vallecito. Mark Redwine has said that he went to run errands that morning and when he got back Dylan was gone. He assumed that the teen was with his friends because he was supposed to meet up with them that day. When he didn’t return later that afternoon he reported him missing. Dylan’s backpack and cell phone were also missing. The last text Dylan sent was at approximately 9:30 p.m. the night before. A mail carrier has said she saw Dylan and another boy walking down the road the day he went missing and reiterated that during a pre-recorded message on the Dr. Phil show, however the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office has not been able to confirm that. Mark Redwine told Dr. Phil that he believes Elaine Redwine could have something to do with Dylan’s disappearance because over the last few months she has been trying to keep Dylan from him. He also said that she did not try to call him after Dylan disappeared. She responded by telling him that he always lies. “Where is Dylan? You know where Dylan is Mark. You where the last one to see him, you were the last one to have any contact with him. It was on your watch. Where is the responsibility? When do you sit back and say `I lost Dylan’,” Elaine Redwine yelled. Elaine Redwine isn’t the only one who thinks Mark Redwine had something to do
with Dylan’s disappearance. Their older son Cory believes Mark is responsible as well as Betsy, Mark’s first wife, and their son Brandon.
Cloud of suspicion
During the show Cory Redwine, who refuses to call Mark Redwine dad, said that, “I do believe that he took Dylan to punish my mom and essentially hurt her. I do believe Mark is paying someone to keep Dylan hidden.” “I don’t like you. I hate you. You have been nothing of a father for the last 10 years,” Cory Redwine said to Mark Redwine. It was revealed on the show that in May of 1990 Mark Redwine violated a court order and kept his sons Brandon and Mark Allen from Besty. And then in 2003 and 2006 Mark had taken Cory and Dylan without telling Elaine. Mark Redwine said there was a time when he took the kids to a friend’s house until he could talk to his attorney the following day. He said he was concerned because of Elaine’s alcohol use. Dr. Phil said Mark’s first wife Betsy had told him that Mark was abusive. Betsy said Mark threatened to take the kids from her several times and that there was an incident when Mark threw her on the ground and repeatedly punched her in the face. “I believe that Mark could do something Redwine continues on Page 11
Sequestration could mean furlough days
March 1 deadline, furloughs could start in April for DOD civilians
By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
As of March 1 sequestration is scheduled to go into effect and if so that means the loss of jobs and furlough days for many civilian workers within the Department of Defense. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta notified congress on Feb. 20 that sequestration could mean furlough days for the civilian workforce. Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica Wright stated on the Department of De-
fense website, www.defense.gov, that furloughs would mean civilians would see a 20 percent decrease in their pay between April and November. For the Air Force alone this could impact 180,000 civilian workers resulting in 22 working furlough days and the loss of 31.5 million man hours of productivity according to an article at www.af.mil. This would have a huge impact on the United States Air Force Academy, Schriever Air Force Base, Peterson Air Force Base and Fort Carson. El Paso County is home to four of the five military installations in Colorado. “We don’t know how this is going to unfold,” John VanWinkle, spokesperson for the academy said. VanWinkle said that the academy has
Sequestration could be a huge blow to El Paso County. The $85 million budget cuts each year for the next 10 years means that Colorado can expect a 10 percent across the board cuts in federal defense funds according to a presentation given by El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn on Feb. 8 during the State of the Chamber breakfast. El Paso County is home to four of the five military installations in Colorado and the budget cuts not only affect the Department of Defense civilian workforce but the whole community as well. Glenn told chamber members that in 2011 the military bases provided a $5.89 billion impact to the region. According to his presentation the military generates 25-30 percent of the county’s gross metropolitan product. The United States Air Force Academy released its economic impact analysis last year and for the fiscal year 2011 the economic impact to the community was more than $999 million. However with the federal cuts the county can expect a negative impact of $4.71 billion annually. Sequestration would mean furlough days for civilian workers of the DOD and that means decreased pay.Cuts to the military will undoubtedly trickle down to the community. Glenn said that businesses outside the military installations would be directly impacted. On the Department of Defense website, www.defense.gov, Jessica Wright, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, stated that families of civilian workers will have to make tough financial decisions. “Loss of pay won’t only be felt by each employee but it will be felt in the business communities which they serve, where there kids go to school and the neighborhoods where they live in,” Wright said. More information about sequestration and the impact to the county will be discussed at a March town hall meeting that Glenn is hosting.
approximately 1,500 appropriated fund civilian employees that could be affected by the furloughs. Of those 1,500 at least 300 are civilian academic instructors which make up 37 percent of the academy’s instructor force. VanWinkle said they would just have to wait and see what happens. Sequestration doesn’t just affect the DOD. Several other government programs will be hit with cuts.
What is sequestration?
It is automatic cuts to the federal budget. According to the Budget Control Act of 2011 discretionary spending must be cut over a 10-year period. Congress put in the act that Sequestration continues on Page 7
The Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., is the most distinctive feature on the Academy and hosts approximately 500,000 visitors annually. Photo by Staff Sgt. Don Branum