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December 5, 2012
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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 9, Issue 49
Search continues for missing 13-year-old Lewis-Palmer Middle School student disappeared near Durango By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com A Lewis-Palmer Middle School student has been missing since Nov. 19. Dylan Redwine, 13, disappeared in Vallecito, 22 miles northeast of Durango, after a courtordered visit with his father for the Thanksgiving holiday. A task force made up of the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, the FBI, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, the Durango Police Redwine Department and the Bayfield Marshal’s Office is searching the area and conducting door-to-door canvassing. A two-day search of Vallecito Lake turned up nothing. Redwine’s father, Mark Redwine, said he last saw his son at 7:30 a.m. Nov. 19 when
he left to run errands. He returned home about 11:30 a.m. and his son was gone. When Dylan Redwine did not return by the evening his father reported him missing. A postal worker who knows Dylan reported seeing him and another boy walking on County Road 501 Nov. 19. Both boys were wearing hoodies and backpacks. It has not been confirmed if this was Dylan Redwine. It was initially believed that Dylan was a runaway; however, in a press release sent out by the sheriff’s office, investigators no longer believe he ran away. According to the Durango Herald, Elaine Redwine, Dylan’s mother, stated in an interview with ABC News Radio that she was afraid that her ex-husband may have had something to do with Dylan’s disappearance. In an interview with KRDO News 13, Mark Redwine said he couldn’t believe his ex-wife would consider him a suspect. A search warrant was issued on Nov. 29
The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, with help from the New Mexico State Police Search and Recovery team, search Vallecito Lake for 13-year-old Dylan Redwine The boy went missing Nov. 19 while on a court ordered visit with his father in Vallecito. The FBI and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children are involved in the search as well. Courtesy photo to search Mark Redwine’s home because that is the last place Dylan was seen. “The sheriff’s office is not calling Mark
Redwine a suspect,” Dan Bender, spokesperson for the La Plata County Sheriff’s Missing continues on Page 4
Hunt for Yule log begins Annual event set for Dec. 9 By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com
An excited little girl tells Santa Claus her Christmas wish list while she sits on his lap. Many children visited with Santa at La Casa Fiesta. Photos by Lisa Collacott
Small Town Christmas brings people downtown By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com The weather was perfect for a Small Town Christmas in downtown Monument this year. A blizzard last year kept many from getting out and en-
joying an old fashioned Christmas that residents and visitors alike have come to enjoy. This year merchants were busy with people shopping, enjoying refreshments, taking hay rides and even visiting Santa Claus. Kids made crafts and a couple of businesses even had live reindeer and alpacas on display.
An alpaca receives tender loving care at the Monumental Toy Shoppe and Monumental Miniatures. The alpacas were part of Small Town Christmas Dec. Live reindeer from Siberia made their debut during Small Town Christmas Dec. 1. The rein1 in downtown deer were a big attraction for families out and about in downtown Monument that day. Monument. For more Small Town Christmas photos, see Page 2.
There may no snow on the ground and temperatures are unusually warm right now, but the holidays are right around the corner and the Tri-Lakes area is gearing up with plenty of activities to celebrate the season. One of those activities has been a tradition in Palmer Lake for 79 years and attracts hundreds to the area. The Yule Log Hunt has been going strong since 1933, when Palmer Lake residents Lucretia Vaile and Evalena Macy wanted to bring the tradition of the hunt to their little town so they took it upon themselves to request a splinter from a Yule log in Lake Placid, N.Y. That first Yule Log Hunt attracted a mere 50 people but today there can be anywhere from 200-500 people searching the forest for the log. “We are the second oldest Yule Log Hunt in the U.S.,” Kurt Voelker, one of the organizers of the hunt, said. Ironically Lake Placid eventually discontinued their Yule Log Hunt but two years ago the city wanted to start it up again and requested a splinter from the Palmer Lake Yule log. Over the years Palmer Lake has given splinters to other towns in Colorado so that they could start their own Yule Log Hunts. Green Mountain Falls received a splinter from them and the town of Beulah received one in 1952. The tradition of hunting for the Yule log involves hiding a log, which measures 8 to 14 feet long, in the forest. The hunters wear red or green capes and set off in search of the log. The person who finds Yule Log continues on Page 5
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