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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 9, Issue 45
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Two men arrested in Woodmoor burglaries Stolen items recovered, facing several charges By Lisa Collacott
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Palmer Ridge High School seniors Morgan Buzzell and Taylor Schnorr and junior Jessica Longshop open up the mouth of the shark to look at the teeth. Students in the marine biology class at Palmer Ridge have dissected clams, sea stars and squids. Photos by Lisa Collacott
Better understanding the predator Students learn about sharks, dissect them in lab assignment By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
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t’s not a typical school day when the classroom assignment involves dissecting a shark, but that’s just what students in Palmer Ridge High School’s marine biology class recently did. Before students cut into the spiny dogfish sharks, they had to identify sections of the outside and then moved onto the actual dissection. This isn’t the first dissection in the semester-long class. The students have also dissected squid, clams and sea stars. “The hands-on is appealing to the kids,” marine biology teacher Diane DeLoux said. DeLoux feels that dissection is important in helping the students learn about marine life. In its third year, the elective is offered to students to educate them about marine life and help them to gain an understanding for all fish, reptiles and mammals that live in the ocean. They learn about the whole ecosystem of the ocean. “I think it’s really interesting considering we’re in a land locked state and we are studying animals from the coast,” Courtney Daley, a senior, said. “I love the coast.” Senior Isabella Espinoza is interested in biology in general. “I wanted to study different kinds of biology,” Espinoza said of her reasons for taking the class.
November 7, 2012
Karin Roh opens up the spiny dogfish shark as Elizabeth Tomlinson looks on and Joe Light compares what they are seeing on the inside of the shark to the book. The students, all seniors, learn about and dissect marine life as part of the marine biology elective class at Palmer Ridge High School.
‘I think it’s really interesting considering we’re in a land locked state and we are studying animals from the coast.’
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two suspects involved in a string of burglaries in the Woodmoor area. Eighteen-year-old Devin Michael Alvarado-Purcell was arrested on the charge of attempted burglary of a dwelling with a $10,000 bond. Nicholas Tisdel, 20, was arrested on the charges of attempted burglary of a dwelling, posTisdel session of a schedule-two controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia with no bond. The two men were arrested on Oct. 30 after a citizen reported the suspects trying to attempt Alvarado-Purcell to make entry through a front door at a house in the 1600 block of Old Antlers Way. A deputy responding to the call witnessed the two individuals jumping from a rear balcony of the home and attempting to flee. After interviewing the suspects and serving a search warrant the suspects were found to be in possession of possible stolen items. There have been several unsolved burglaries in the area recently and upon additional investigating detectives were able to solve four additional burglaries and one criminal trespass of an automobile committed by these suspects. More than $53,000 in cash, valuables and property have been recovered and a number of the items were returned to the victims. Between Oct. 13 and 25 two separate burglaries occurred while the home owners were out of town. In the first burglary jewelry, electronics, food and alcohol were taken. A car was also taken from the garage and later recovered near Roller Coaster Road and Saddlewood. During the second burglary the suspects entered the home by breaking a window in the garage. Gold coins and alcohol were taken. On Oct. 29 an attempted burglary occurred at a home while the owner was out of town. A window was Burglaries continues on Page 4
Courtney Daley DeLoux, who spent three years teaching educational programs at Sea World in San Diego, said after the movie “Jaws” came out people became so fearful of sharks they just started killing them without really knowing anything about them. “Through education we can show
another side of the shark,” DeLoux said. “It takes some of the mystery out of it. When (the students) do these dissections they get an understanding of why they are such amazing predators. They gain an understanding and respect for them,” DeLoux said.
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