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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 9, Issue 52
Board approves budget
FINALLY, A LITTLE SNOW
Pay adjustments and capital finance included By Lisa Collacott
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Snow, ice and drifting conditions greeted Tri-Lakes area residents Wednesday morning and closed local schools in D-38 and D-20. Steams and reservoirs are low enough that no one is complaining too loudly about snow-packed roads and white, holiday ground coverage. Photo by Rob Carrigan
The Monument Board of Trustees approved the 2013 budget which will include cost of living adjustments and performance raises. The board of trustees had been originally presented with two budgets, one included a three percent COLA increase and a one percent performance increase and the other budget had a two percent COLA and one percent performance increase. Trustees voted unanimously on Dec. 17 to approve the budget with the three percent COLA and one percent performance increase. The COLA increase will take effect Jan. 1. A program will have to be put in place by department heads for the performance increases. “At this morning’s meeting we discussed that the department heads would have a pool of money based on one percent of their employees gross budget based on 2012,” town treasurer Pam Smith said. “Take one percent of that and that’s your pool and that’s what you have at your discretion to use.” The budget also included full capital finance. Smith said all the capital requests are in the budget however they don’t necessarily have to be funded next year. “They are there to be funded if you so choose,” Smith told trustees. Mayor Travis Easton said he would like the board to consider for 2014 a zero COLA and four percent performance increase. “Coming into this next year I’d like to entertain that discussion,” Easton said.
Commissioners move forward with ordinances Pass resolution prohibiting use on county property, Will vote later on retail and manufacturing rules By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews. com The El Paso County Board of County Commissioners has made some decisions regarding the sales and use of marijuana in the county. The BOCC passed a resolution at the Dec. 18 meeting that would prohibit the possession, consumption, use or display of
marijuana on county property. They also approved the first reading of an ordinance that would prohibit the operation of marijuana cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities and retail marijuana stores in the unincorporated areas of El Paso County. The second reading is scheduled for Jan. 15 at which time the commissioners will vote for or against the ordinance. This
‘We need clear guidance and direction on whether or not they are going to enforce this.’ Darryl Glenn, Commissioner
comes on the heels of the passing of Amendment 64 which makes the recreation use of marijuana legal. The ordinance does not affect medical marijuana regulations and is not a ban on the use or possession of marijuana. Amendment 64 allows municipalities to adopt regulations with regards to retail sales, growing and manufacturing of recreational marijuana. Several citizens spoke out in opposition to the ordinance telling commissioners that they should wait on direction from the governor’s task force and enacting an ordinance turns down sales tax revenue and makes marijuana more readily available on the black market. Commissioner Darryl Glenn said that one reason to enact the ordinance now is that the county is trying to push for some federal and executive clarification. “We need clear guidance and direction on whether or not they are going to enforce this. We don’t need a speech. We need
a policy statement on whether or not they are actually going to honor this,” Glenn said. Commissioner Sallie Clark said many people have pointed out that the tax from marijuana sales will go to help education but they are not allowed to charge sales tax or excise tax unless it goes to the voters and it is not going to help fund education. Clark said the public was misinformed by the proponents of the measure when they were told the money could be used for education. Even though the legalization of marijuana passed in Colorado possession, use and sales of it is still illegal under federal law and Glenn said there was an important issue regarding a law enforcement impact that was not brought up. “We rely heavily on federal grants and federal spending with regards to law enforcement. Because of the arbitrary nature with what’s been happening with enforcement from
the federal government, the federal government would be able to use precedent to withhold those funds to law enforcement agencies,” Glenn said. “It becomes an unfunded mandate that we would have to try to fill. We keep pushing up against federal government. This is something they can do if we send the signal that we aren’t willing to follow federal law.” Amendment 64 passed in Colorado by 55 percent of the vote and passed by 10 votes in El Paso County. In unincorporated EPC, 55 percent of voters voted against it. Commissioner Peggy Littleton voted against the first reading of the ordinance saying she would like to wait for direction from the state.
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Increased security measures at local schools In the wake of the Connecticut school shooting, schools across the country are reevaluating school safety By Lisa Collacott
lcolacott@ourcoloradonews.com The mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school has raised concerns about school safety across the country including the Tri-Lakes area. On Dec. 14 a gunman forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School and despite the security measures the school had, he was able to get in anyway and kill six adults and 20 children. Larry Borland, Academy School District 20 chief of security, said immediately after the shooting happened and for the foreseeable future the district has increased patrol operations particularly around the elementary schools.
“We’ve also had our patrol officers going in and actually physically checking things like our panic alarms, radio communication systems and the buzzer systems that we use to grant entry into our elementary schools,” Borland said. Since the shooting the district has had concerned parents call and email asking what the district is doing to keep their kids safe. Sandy Hook elementary also had a buzzer system but the shooter was able to force entry into the school by using one of his weapons. “There is not any fool proof way to keep someone from breaking into a building. I think we all know that if someone wants to get into a building or door badly enough they’ll find a way in,” Borland added.
Borland said typically armed patrol officers patrol the elementary schools throughout the day and there are armed security officers assigned to all the middle schools and high schools in the district. In addition they also have a Colorado Springs Police Officer assigned to all the high schools within the city. Borland said they will evaluate the increased patrols after students get back from holiday break. “We’re going to judge it by what we think we need to do. We’ll see what else transpires over the holiday break and kind of how our community is feeling once we get back,” Borland said. Students in school districts around the state and country practice evacuation and lock down drills in case such an incident should happen. Borland said a lock down is when there is an imminent threat to the school either from somebody inside the school or in the vicinity outside the school. The procedure is to put ever student and every staff mem-
ber behind a locked door. “We don’t get out from behind the locked doors until a police officer or armed security officer comes and opens the door for you,” Borland said. “We also train our staff to use their best judgment. If they’re in a situation where they can take their kids and they can get out of harm’s way we’re certainly not against having them do that.” Lockdown drills and evacuation drills are required to be done in the district. Additionally every school is required to participate in a tabletop exercise once a year. Next month Air Academy High School will participate in an evacuation drill where the district will take buses to the school and load the kids up to find out how fast they can get kids loaded on the buses and out of the United States Air Force Academy. Other schools have participated in this exercise in the past. “It’s been this way since April of 1999. Unfortunately it’s the new normal,” Borland said.
Search continues for missing boy Dylan Redwine has been missing for more than a month By Lisa Collacott
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The center stage is set for the return of Dotsero for an evening a jazz, food and excitement as Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts kicks-off the new year early with a party on Dec. 29. Photo by Norma Engelberg
Party close to home this New Year’s Eve By Norma Engelberg
nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com While nearly every neighborhood bar, saloon, restaurant and coffee shop in the country celebrate New Year’s Eve but a few local parties stand out. The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts New Year’s Eve party is earlier than most. Art center members and nonmembers alike are invited to see and hear Dotsero when the band returns to center stage on Dec. 29. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner, including chocolate-raspberry tiramisu for dessert, will be provided by Catering by Nikki. The name “Dotsero” means “something unique” in Ute and for many people the fusion jazz band has become a perennial favorite and its name has come to mean something unique in smooth jazz. The band was founded in 1990 in the small Colorado town of the same name by David Watts on guitars and Stephen Watts on sax and synthesizer. It has returned to the art center several times since the nonprofit home for local art opened about 14 years ago. The band has 11 CDs on the music market. For more information, visit www.dotsero.org. Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts is located at 304 Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Party tickets are $25 each for members and $30 for nonmembers. Reservations are due by 4 p.m. Dec. 27. For more information, call 719481-0475 or visit www.trilakesarts.org.
Going to the art-center party will leave Tri-Lakes residents plenty of time to party hardy a second time before the date changes to 2013. One of the biggest in the area will be at the Pikes Peak Brewing Co., 1756 Lake Woodmoor Drive in Monument. This event celebrates the New Year in three time zones, New York, Chicago and Monument. Capacity is limited and reservations are required. Tickets to this gala casino-night event are available for $45 each at Pikes Peak Brewing, at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce office or www.trilakeschamber.com. Tickets include unlimited hors d’oeuvres, starter Casino Cash, two drinks and a midnight champagne toast. Food will come from local caterers and restaurants and the brewery will be providing its own unique brand of microbrews. Dance music will be live by The Chimney Choir, a band whose biography says combines folk with world music and adds a touch of “psychedelia.” Find out more at www.chimneychoir.com. More information on sponsorship and participation opportunities for this and other chamber events call 481-3282. For a bit of nostalgia, Dec. 31 will be the last time people will be able to party at Pinz Bowling Center, 855 Colo. 105, Palmer Lake. The bowling alley will be closing its doors after its very last New Year’s Eve party. Put on party hats and ring in the New Year with a few frames before the champagne toast at midnight. The event is open to all but only patrons age 21 and older will be allowed in the bar area. For more information, call 719-487-7469.
INSIDE THE TRIBUNE THIS WEEK IREA court followup: Woodland Park man loses case against IREA. Page 4
BSA treecycling: Boy Scouts recycle Christmas trees for summer camping funding. Page 8
Penny Pony: Penny ridge is a lasting legacy for King Soopers owner. Page 9
Sports: Thunder winning streak still strong. Page 10
It’s been a little over a month since 13-year-old Dylan Redwine disappeared while visiting his dad in Vallecito for Thanksgiving break and the search for him continues. Sgt. Dan Bender, spokesperson for the La Plata County Sheriff’s Office, said a five agency task force continues to follow-up on tips they receive, some nationwide due to the fact that Redwine’s disappearance has received national exposure. Bender said they have searched vehicles and other places based on tips that have come in, however the tips haven’t turned up anything “As long as we have leads to follow we will continue to search until Dylan’s found,” Bender said. “We are pursuing this as a criminal investigation.” Redwine disappeared Nov. 19 after arriving at his dad’s Vallecito home the day before. His father, Mark Redwine, left the house on the morning of Nov. 19 to run errands and when he returned Dylan was gone. Dive teams and boats with sonar equipment searched nearby Vallecito Lake but found nothing.
In addition his parents have taken a polygraph test. Initially Dylan’s mom, Elaine Redwine, pointed the blame at her ex-husband for being responsible for Dylan’s disappearance. Bender said both parents are cooperating and Redwine are in constant contact with the sheriff’s office on a regular basis for updates to the investigation. Elaine Redwine moved to Monument this past summer and Dylan is an eighth grader at Lewis-Palmer Middle School. Bender said he doesn’t know how often Elaine Redwine goes back and forth from Monument to Durango where she has been staying following her son’s disappearance. The area has had a significant amount of snow recently but an extensive search of the area between Durango and Vallecito and around Vallecito Lake was conducted. “We feel satisfied with the areas we have searched prior to the snowstorms,” Bender said. A reward for any information leading to Dylan Redwine’s whereabouts has increased to $11,000. The Durango La Plata Crime Stoppers can be reached at 970-2471112. Citizens may also call the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 if they have any information.
Arrest made in multiple burglaries Special to The Tribune Deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 7000 block of Wildridge Road in Black Forest on Dec. 18 to investigate an attempted burglary. The victim of the crime reported a white male left her residence in a hurry after she discovered he had kicked in the side door to her garage. The victim gave deputies a vehicle description for the suspect and a partial license plate. While conducting this investigation deputies received a report of a separate, but near-by burglary in the 7900 block of Forest Heights Circle. Numerous items of property had been stolen from the residence, including collector’s coins and jewelry. A short time later and while still in the Black Forest area deputies observed a vehicle traveling on Black Forest Road which matched the description provided by the first victim. The vehicle was stopped and deputies immediately recognized property items inside the vehicle as items reported as stolen from the second victim. The driver was identified as 43-year-
old Kevin Lee Mosher, joint owner of Fast Cash Pawn and Loan located at 203 Chelton Drive in Colorado Springs. While the roadside investigation continued deputies were told by another motorist of an additional Mosher burglary in the 15000 block of Milhaven Place. Evidence found at that location was linked back to Mosher as well. One additional burglary on Dec. 18 in the Black Forest was also attributed to Mosher. Mosher was taken into custody and booked into the Criminal Justice Center on charges of Second Degree Burglary and Theft. Information became available to deputies which indicated Mosher may be connected to additional burglaries from Douglas County. A collaborative effort began between the El Paso County and Douglas County Sheriff’s Offices. Several search warrants were executed today, to include one at Fast Cash Pawn and Loan. Stolen property was recovered from that location. Investigative efforts will continue to determine if Mosher is responsible for other burglaries committed prior to these reports.
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IREA beats small-claims suit Plaintiff vows to keep fighting for fiscal transparency By Norma Engelberg
nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com Phillip Ramey might have lost his first salvo at Intermountain Rural Electric Association but he isn’t ready to give up the fight to make the company more fiscally transparent to its member/customers. In late October, Ramey filed a claim for $540 in Teller County small claims court. He tried to prove that the member co-
operative didn’t have the right to spend customer dividends on community involvement projects. However, Judge Linda Billings Vela ruled on Dec. 14 that he hadn’t met his burden of proof. Ramey stated in an email dated Dec. 10, after reading statements made by Mike Kopp, IREA manager of corporate affairs, in an article that ran in the Dec. 5 Courier and The Tribune, stating that, “When Mr. Kopp states the Colorado Constitution clearly gives IREA authority to make such donations he is leaving out one very important piece of information. IREAs Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws DO NOT permit such spending so regardless of what Colorado law says, IREA is bound by the more restrictive agreements they have with Members. Mr. Kopp also states the amount spent
is `marginal’ but fails to disclose just what that number is. Through our backdoor accounting we believe that number to be in excess of $1 million per year, or well over $15 million in the last 13 years, $500,000 spent on education grants alone.” Ramey says he can find no one who thinks spending money on community involvement is necessarily bad. “However, IREA members should be given the money due them in the form of rebates and then they can decide for themselves where they spend the money,” he states, adding that electric rates are going up by 300 percent from 11.9 cents to 30 cents per kilowatt hour. He said the judge’s ruling leaves him with only one option: “To force IREA to take this issue to its members and ask for a vote on this discretionary spending,”
he stated in a second email dated Dec. 17. “Several other (IREA) members have sent certified letters to Mr. Mooney, general manager of IREA, requesting information about the amount of money spent on community involvement items. We assume he will refuse to provide this information to them as he did me. ”In the absence of financial information, Ramey plans to run for Woodland Park resident Gene Sperry’s IREA board directorship next year and plans to submit an application to IREA after Jan. 15. He plans to run on the platform of “not spending members’ money on anything not directly related to IREA’s stated mission.” He also plans to refuse the stipend that would come with the directorship if he is chosen.
Public input needed to update parks plan By Special to The Tribune and Courier
El Paso County Office of Communications El Paso County Parks is urging residents to participate in an online forum at www. planupdate-elpasocountyparks.com to provide information and opinions will help in planning for the future of County parks, trails and open space. The survey is being conducted to support the update of the Parks Master Plan, which guides planning, budgeting, implementation and management of park system facilities and recreation programs for
the next 5-10 years. The online survey is only available until Dec. 31. “You can answer questions about your experience with facilities and programs, offer your view of future needs, propose ideas and provide input on issues relevant to the plan,” said Elaine Kleckner of the El Paso County Community Services Department. “Your feedback is vital to the Parks Master Plan update process. We need a clear understanding of what citizens want from their park system so that it can evolve to fit the vision of the community.” For more information contact Kleckner, 520-6999 or elainekleckner@elpasoco.com.
EL PASO COUNTY ARRESTS The following list of arrests is provided by area law enforcement agencies. An arrest is not an indication of guilt or innocence and there might be several people with the same name living in the county.
Monument Police Department Dec. 14 Officers conducted a traffic stop at Colo. 105 and Beacon Lite Road. One person was arrested upon charges of an outstanding warrant and transported to the El Paso County Jail. Officers responded to the 17000 block of Buffalo Valley Path for a cold theft. No suspects.
Colo. 105. Two runaway juveniles from another state were in the vehicle. One runaway was taken into temporary custody and the other juvenile was returned to a parent. An officer was dispatched to the 300 block of Raspberry Lane in reference to a criminal trespass auto. An officer was dispatched to the 300 block of Raspberry Lane on report of a cold criminal trespass. An officer was dispatched to the 16000 block of Jackson Creek Parkway in reference to a theft in progress.
Dec. 18
Officers responded to 1400 block of Cipriani Loop in reference to a report of an assault that just occurred.
Officers initiated a traffic stop at West Baptist Road and Jackson Creek Parkway and found the driver to be in possession of marijuana. An officer responded to a report of a fire department assist in the 1000 block of West Baptist Road.
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Dec. 20
Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Saber Creek Drive in reference to a disturbance. One male was arrested.
Officers responded to the Home Depot on Jackson Creek Parkway in regards to a cold theft. Possible leads on suspects. Officers were dispatched to a non injury traffic accident located at the intersection of Jackson Creek Parkway and Leather Chaps Drive.
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Dec. 17 An officer conducted a traffic stop on a suspicious vehicle at the 500 block of
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D-38 to put together safety and security council District wants council made up of citizens By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com In response to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut Lewis-Palmer School District 38 will be forming a safety and security advisory council. The district already has a high level of safety practices set in place but Superintendent John Borman said the events that took place in Connecticut caused the district to look at what they do and how they can improve. “The safety of our students is our highest priority. The Lewis-Palmer community is a wealth of expertise. We’re confident community leaders will come forward to lend their expertise and partner with us to ensure the highest level of student safety,” Borman said. “Therefore the creation of a safety and security council consisting primarily of community members with the needed skill sets is the best defense against physical threats to our students and staff.” The committee will be made up of one board member, the assistant superintendent, the school resource officer and 1015 citizens. More citizens will be added as needed.
Doors were locked, cameras went up and signs like this one at Cripple Creek-Victor High School went up in schools across the nation in response to several incidences of school violence. In the wake of the violence on Dec. 14 in Connecticut, local school districts are once again taking stock of their vulnerabilities and looking for more ways to keep students safe. Photo by Norma Engelberg The district would like to see the committee made up of parents, those who have a background in security systems and tech-
nology, contractors for buildings, former or current background in government security such as the FBI and military and current or
former law enforcement. Borman said the committee will advise on matters relating to safety and security, review threat assessments to provide input regarding allocation of resources and review threat assessment to provide input regarding staff training and student drills. They will also review the physical layout of schools, look at additional physical security measures the district might need and review current security systems and provide input regarding new or enhanced security systems including cameras, doors and panic buttons. Borman said the committee will meet on a monthly basis and serve a minimum of three years. Background checks will be required. Applications to be considered for the committee will be available the first week of January and will be due by Jan. 23. The first meeting will take place the first week of February. School Board President Jeff Ferguson suggested that Vice-President Mark Pfoff serve on the committee because of his background in law enforcement. “I’m more than happy to do it. Obviously this is the right thing to do because you can never have the perfect plan and it has to be constantly has to be evolving based on things that happen and things you can learn,” Pfoff said. “Most airports have changed since 9/11 and. Most designs of schools have changed since Columbine.”
Monument considers ordinances on marijuana Town of Monument discusses enacting ordinance on marijuana retail sales and open consumption By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com Municipalities must enact ordinances if they wish to control retail sales and open consumption of marijuana. Chief Jake Shirk told the Monument Board of Trustees at the Dec. 17 meeting that even though marijuana is now legal in Colorado with the passing of Amendment
64, and it’s a constitutional amendment, there’s no authority behind it for towns to enforce it. Shirk said that as it stands right now if someone is driving through town or going into the parks and they’re smoking marijuana there is nothing they can do about it unless the town enacts an ordinance prohibiting it. “We would have to come up with an ordinance by July for retail. Open consumption, I believe you should make a decision rather quickly on that which way we’re going to go,” Shirk said. Shirk said if someone is under the age of 21 and smoking marijuana openly, law enforcement can take action.
Retailers reminded of change in sales tax rate Special to The Tribune El Paso County is sending out approximately 13,000 notices, representing over 15,000 commercial locations, to vendors who collect sales and use taxes on behalf of El Paso County. These notices remind business owners that they need to reprogram their computers and cash registers to reflect a voter approved increase in the El Paso County sales tax rate effective Jan. 1. With voter approval of additional funding for the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, the county sales and use tax rates for all non-exempt retail purchases, including use tax on automobiles, will change from 1
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percent (0.01) to 1.23 percent (0.0123). This means that county sales and use tax on a $100 purchase will now be $1.23. Food and prescription medications remain exempt. There is no change in the county exemptions schedule so programming the new rate into electronic devices and computers should be a simple process for most retailers. A listing of sales tax rates and exemptions for counties, cities and special districts throughout Colorado is available at http://www.colorado.gov/cms/forms/dortax/dr1002.pdf. Business operators with questions about the change are encouraged to contact the El Paso County Sales and Use Tax office at 719-520-6475.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. The Alzheimer’s Association seeks two
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volunteers to facilitate the monthly Saturday morning caregiver support group in Monument. Knowledge of dementia is needed, but facilitator training and support is provided on an ongoing basis. Please email Barbara Caudle at bcaudle@alz.org.
COOKIE MINING. Become part owner of an imaginary mining company. Participants will receive an introduction to the dynamics of team building by making decisions on resource quality, job responsibilities, tool purchases, budgetary expenditures, environmental issues, and more. After forming a company, it’s ready, set, go. Participants race other teams to mine chocolate chips from cookies. Everybody gets a chance (regardless of age). Included with paid admission. Reservations required. Call 719-488-0880 or rsvp@wmmi.org. Event is at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Visit www. wmmi.org.
JAN. 10 TAPPING INTO Theology. Do you have questions about faith? Do you think faith is wishful thinking? Join Father Larry Brennan for his inaugural presentation, “The Act of Faith,” from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 10 in the newly remodeled Barrel Room of the Pikes Peak Brewing Co., 1756 Woodmoor Drive. This monthly series of challenging talks is open to the public. (Snow date is Jan. 17.) Contact Stephanie Kemp at 719-481-4355. JAN. 30 FREE TAX advice. The Pikes Peak Library District, in partnership with H&R Block tax experts, presents a free tax talk on family issues affecting taxpayers, including education, childcare credit and tax planning, at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor Drive, Monument. For information on this, or the other 10 sessions offered through the district, call Linda Famula,
DEC. 28 WINTER BREAK with the burros. Have you heard of reindeer games? You might consider this burro games. Take a break from winter break and visit the mining museum’s burros. Meet our mascots as you enjoy a break from the holidays! Then, come inside to warm up (we’ll buy you a cup of coffee or hot chocolate) and learn what games pioneer children played (marbles, jacks, pickup sticks, tag, and more). Included with paid admission. Event is at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 28. Visit www.wmmi.org.
“This is only 21 and older that we need open consumption on. Anybody under that, they’re ours,” Shirk said. Shirk said that even if officers saw someone smoking marijuana right now that cannot be used as a primary cause to pull the vehicle over until an ordinance is passed for open consumption. Town Manager Cathy Green said regarding open consumption, she suggested that it would be easy to go back through the ordinances and everywhere it discusses public consumption of alcohol they can add marijuana. “In public parks we don’t care how much alcohol; we don’t even care if you’ve had any to drink. We say you can’t bring alcohol
to the parks so I think we can do that righta-way. Say you can’t bring or have alcohol in the parks, you can’t bring or have marijuana in the parks,” Green said. “I understand we’re not going to solve this tonight obviously but I think this ought to be number one priority starting off in the beginning of the year,” Trustee Stan Gingrich said. “I think we need to be proactive, maybe help set the tone for other towns and I recommend not waiting on this issue.” Shirk and town attorney Gary Shoup will work together on the ordinance language and bring it to the next board meeting. Mayor Pro-Tem Jeff Kaiser said he would like as much input from the public on this issue.
Increase for handgun permits Sheriff ’s office experiencing large volume of concealed handgun permit requests Special to The Tribune The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is experiencing an unusually large volume of phone calls requesting appointments for concealed handgun permits. The increase began shortly after the tragic events which took place in Connecticut and the subsequent talks of more gun control by the federal government. The sheriff’s office is asking those who have contacted the Concealed Handgun
Program have left a message to please be understanding. The Concealed Handgun Program has received a record 106 messages on Dec. 18 requesting information and/or appointments. The sheriff has implemented changes to the duty hours of staff to specifically address the volume of phone messages and better accommodate the community by returning the messages as timely as possible. Further changes will be evaluated as necessary to help expedite the concealed handgun permit process. The public’s patience is greatly appreciated.
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OPINIONS / YOURS AND OURS
December 26, 2012
Media, tragedy, and wishful thinking Saw a grade-school, crayon drawing of angels moving around the internet. And an admonition, first attributed to Morgan Freeman, and then debunked personally by him, regarding the press making the Connecticut tragedy worse. Perhaps, but at times, people write about what keeps them up at night. One of those times, I wrote the following about a similar feeling, long ago. Only the time references have been updated, 26 years now -- one each for the 26 innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary -and I guess in retrospect, what was wishful thinking. Today the wind blew with force and power. It doubled over trees and sent trash, cans and all, bouncing down the street. It reminded me of my Wyoming days and I thought of evil winds and angels. I had to fight wind 26 years ago on the way to the high school to meet up with the track coach in Saratoga, Wyo. I was working on a preview story before they left for the state track meet in Casper early the next day. When I arrived that Friday afternoon, the coach was shaken. Miles away on the western edge of the state in Cokeville, Wyo, 154 students in addition to teachers, school workers and others, were held hostage in a 30-by 30-foot elementary classroom. Hometown
Saratoga competed against Cokeville’s students on occasion. In Cokeville that day, David Young, 42, and his wife Doris, 47, had pulled their white van up to the Cokeville Elementary School in the middle of town and calmly unloaded three gasoline bombs, nine handguns and four rifles into a grocery cart at about 1 p.m. on a Friday afternoon and then herded everyone into the cramped room. David Young, the former Cokeville town marshal, had been fired eight years before for being overzealous, according to Time magazine, and was known to dress up like and old-time sheriff and brandish his pistol at the slightest provocation. “Eventually, Young sent out his demands to the police officers who had surrounded the school. He wanted $300
million in ransom for the 167 hostages he held--students, teachers, school workers, and a UPS driver, nearly a quarter of Cokeville’s population. He also wanted a personal phone call from the president of the United States,” according to an account in “Angels on Earth” by Ron Hartley, a Lincoln County sherriff’s investigator whose four children were among the hostages. “After 2 1/2 hours of terror, the bomb went off accidentally. Seventy-nine people were injured, but the Youngs were the only ones to die — David Young shot his severely burned wife, then himself,” according to an August 31, 2002 follow-up story by Alan Edwards in the Deseret News about the youngest survivor of the ordeal, Gina Taylor Madsen who was married that fall. The grocery cart which was full of the three gasoline bombs and outfitted with five blasting caps and a “dead man’s switch,” went off when Doris Young momentarily forgot her husband had rigged the switch to detonate by raising her wrist above her head. “We will seeing those poor kid’s injuries for years,” worried the Saratoga track coach at the time. But fortunately, most of hostages injuries were relatively minor. I recall reports in the Casper StarTribune, Denver Post, Associated Press
and other media that related an account of the children held hostage in the room. The swirling stories reported that those children passed the time making drawings that seemed to depict angels. Several of the children, swore “guardian angels” reduced their fear and protected them through the Cokeville horror. The book “Closer to the Light: Learning from the Near Death Experiences of Children,” by Melvin Morse also recalls the “angel incident.” Susan Fiscus, who when contacted several years ago, served as webmaster of cokevillewy.com, says the town has moved on. “I personally, did not live here at the time, and most of those people who lived through the experience are somewhat reluctant to share information about it,” she said. “One gentleman whose wife was a teacher and also had children in the elementary school is trying very hard to get some type of memorial/museum here in town celebrating the fact that all of the innocents survived. Unfortunately it is somewhat of an uphill battle for him.” I don’t know if guardian angels do that sort thing — protect the innocents and surgically smite those that are evil. But it was a nice thought — especially today, with such an evil wind blowing.
Just in case, I’m planning for 2013 We need help for the mentally ill I’m writing this column on the assumption that we survived the End of the World on Dec. 21 and that everything is business as usual. If we didn’t, you won’t be reading this anyway but, if we did, I’ll need a column by Dec. 19 for Dec. 26. 2013 will soon be here and I’m making plans. First, I want to expand my garden; more garden, less mowing. Seed catalogues are already arriving in the mail and I spend evenings when I’m not covering meetings looking at heirloom tomatoes, assorted hot peppers, bush beans and French pumpkins. I might plant some hardy grapes, too, so I can relive my wine-making, not-really-a-Hippie days. I also need to paint the house and the garage and put up a fence so the chickens and ducks can occasionally run free. Of course, I will have to keep an eye out for the neighborhood predators: fox, raccoons, coyotes, dogs, big house cats and even the occasional cougar or bear (I’m pretty sure I couldn’t stop either), licking their chops at the thought of poultry for dinner. The poultry also need a new coop that will be easier for them and easier for my brother, the coop cleaner, and me, the assistant coop cleaner. We need something that we won’t crawl under to find the hidden duck eggs. The chickens lay in their nesting boxes but the ducks lay wherever they happen to be when the urge toward motherhood hits them. What else? I could finish the two quilts I started last year and maybe start a couple more. In fact, I have a lot of UFOs or UnFinished Objects that could be completed, such as the second sock in the pair I started months ago. Second Sock Syndrome also
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applies to mittens, teddy bear parts and even sleeves. I could write the Great American Science Fiction Novel. I’ve been thinking about the plot and characters for years, usually at bedtime. I find that this is a great way to get to sleep, which doesn’t bode well for my future as a best-selling author. Besides, I really do need set-in-stone deadlines to get things done. I might even make a few resolutions such as vowing not to read the ending of a new book before finishing the first chapter. I might wait until chapter three, for example. It’s not that I don’t finish the book after reading the ending; I just don’t read the chapters in order. Maybe, if I’m feeling a bit self-righteous, I could vow to actually read a book straight through, occasionally. How’s that for selfdiscipline? I could also vow to move more, lose weight and eat better, numbers two, five and six on the USA.gov most popular New-Year’sResolutions list. Of course, those three are also lumped together at No. 1 on the Time magazine most commonly broken NewYear’s-Resolutions list. So what are your plans for 2013? Don’t wait too long, you might need them.
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Like most of the nation I was shocked to hear of yet another school shooting, this time taking the lives of little children. On Dec. 14 a gunmen walked into a school killing six adults and 20 children and prior to that he killed his own mother. The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was the worst school shooting since Virginia Tech and Columbine. No matter how many times a gunman walks into a school, a movie theater a shopping mall or a fast food restaurant we will never be used to it and we shouldn’t. When are these senseless crimes going to stop? As a parent and a former elementary school substitute teacher I got very emotional after watching all the news coverage. We can argue about gun control until we are blue in the face. The choice of weapon really isn’t the issue. That same day that Adam Lanza walked into Sandy Hook a man in China walked into an elementary school and stabbed 22 children. Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris were equipped with more than guns when they arrived at Columbine High School. They were armed with explosives to blow up the school. And James Holmes threw tear gas grenades into the Aurora theater and left his apartment rigged with explosive devices. While I believe in the right to bear arms I do believe that there are some weapons that shouldn’t be available for just anyone to possess. But like I said this isn’t about gun control. This is about mental illness. Why isn’t there more being done to help the mentally ill and to reach them before another tragedy happens. I read an article on MSN.com written by a blogger in which she said her 13-year-old son shares many characteristics with Lanza and other mass killers. She
is beside herself because no one has been able to properly diagnose her son and every time he has a violent outburst he threatens to kill himself and her. When he becomes violent her two younger children are trained to run to the car and lock themselves inside. No little child should have to do. She goes on to say that there are really no options. She’s called the police, taken him to the emergency room. He’s seen psychiatrists, school counselors and social workers and been on various psychotic drugs but nothing has helped. She’s been told that all she can do is have her son charged with a crime so that there is a paper trail on him. “No one will pay attention to you unless you’ve got charges,” one person told her. But this blogger said incarceration is not the answer. Already the number of mentally ill inmates has quadrupled from 2000 to 2006 according to Human Rights Watch. This mom said it appears that prison is the last result for mentally ill patients. Her son is a highly intelligent kid but yet there’s no help for him. And I agree with her something must be done to treat mentally ill people, so they can receive the proper treatment and before another tragedy happens. It is important to note that not all mentally ill people have violent tendencies.
Gathering new ideas for history columns I regularly get asked where I get ideas for my column. Simple answer is readers like you! This being the start of a new year I am getting ready for new material. My favorite place to look is in libraries. I sometimes spend hours looking at the old newspapers on microfilm in the main Penrose Library in Colorado Springs. On rare occasions I go to the Rawlings Public Library in Pueblo or up to Denver to read papers at the state historical society. I can even find some newspapers and other information sources online. There are several places that are digitizing the old papers they find, which
makes searching quicker but I still like microfilm! It has been mentioned here before, but there are a few-gold camp newspapers to be found. McFarland continues on Page 7
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A bit of nostalgia is leaving Monument Retrospect Dry Goods will close after the first of the year By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com There aren’t too many places one can go to purchase nostalgic retro gift items such as lunch boxes, cookbooks from the 1950s and 1960s, classic toys and candy. At Retrospect Dry Goods on Front Street in Monument, these items and much more can be found but not for much longer. The storefront is closing its doors after three years in business. The lease is coming up in January and after careful consideration owner Lisa Burnham has decided not to renew it. Burnham said the main reason behind the store closure is because she wants to stay home and spend more time with her grandchildren. “Whenever we’re done clearing (merchandise) out we’ll close up,” Burnham said. But for those loyal customers merchan-
‘Whenever we’re done clearing (merchandise) out we’ll close up.’ Lisa Burnham dise will still be available after the doors are closed. Burnham said customers will still be able to order from the website. “My web business is picking up,” Burnham added. Burnham said she plans to re-design the website so if it goes down for a few days no worries because it will be back up. To see merchandise available and place an order visit www.retrospectdrygoods.com. Burnham is grateful to have had her retro gift shop in Monument.
Right, Lisa Burnham, owner of Retrospect Dry Goods, stands behind the candy counter of her store. Burnham is closing the nostalgic gift shop after the first of the year but will still take website orders. File photo by Norma Engelberg
McFarland: Old newspapers good source for new ideas McFarland continued from Page 6
Pinz Bowling Center will close its doors on Dec. 31. Business has been slow and there is not enough business to remain open. Photo by Lisa Collacott
Pinz to close doors Dec. 31 Lack of business is forcing the bowling center to close By Lisa Collacott
lcollacott@ourcoloradonews.com While the economy is looking better for some it continues to have its effect on local businesses. After more than five years Pinz Bowling Center will shut its doors. Owner Gloria McCarten said business has been very slow and has made the decision to close the business. The last day Pinz will be open is on Dec. 31. “We don’t get enough business from the community to justify staying open,” McCarten said. McCarten said the closing of Pinz has nothing to do with the opening of the new Brunswick Zone XL located on Interquest Parkway. “The bowling business was down prior to Brunswick opening,” McCarten said. Pinz opened its doors in Palmer Lake in August of 2007. It offers 24 bowling lanes, an arcade, snack bar, birthday parties and Rodz
‘We are hoping the
Penrose Library has just added quite a few years of district papers. The Pueblo Library also has a pretty good collection, some of which Tribune/ Courier reporter Norma Engelberg has used in her columns and on the history page she used to create for the Courier each week. I enjoy just reading these old copies. Other really good sources for old news and good ideas are school buildings! Eighth-graders used to study Colorado History and many of their teachers over the years had collected some interesting things. Because I’m a retired teacher, many of them share the things they find with me. I also often visit the Cripple Creek District Museum, Ute Pass Historical Society, Palmer Lake Historical Society and Western Museum of Mining & Industry. I meet many of you in my searches, and
when I am out giving talks. I am regularly asked about a story I did that had information in it that was pretty obscure. It is fun to learn about people we know, or have heard about. I like to find out things about the schools, but my favorite is railroading! We would not be here if it was not for the trains. Most of you also know I have a strong interest in tourists and those mountains around here. I thank all of you for the ideas you send me. I do write columns for a couple other newspapers in the area and sometimes those readers ask interesting questions that I think you might enjoy. Mayan Calendar aside, I think we can look for another year of interesting stories! Mel McFarland, artist, author, retired teacher and railroader, is a Colorado Springs native who has a strong interest in the events of this area’s past.
community comes by before we shut our doors.’ Joseph Conrad Lounge is located inside the bowling center. McCarten said there are no plans to sell the bowling center and all the bowling equipment will be taken out. She is heartbroken that Pinz has to close. “We always felt we tried to be a part of the community. We are big supporters of the fireworks committee and the schools,” McCarten said. “We are hoping the community comes by before we shut our doors.” The last chance for the community to stop by Pinz and bowl will be on New Year’s Eve. McCarten said they have a fun New Year’s Eve party planned and it will be open to everyone.
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Boy Scouts from Troop 78 on the Air Force Academy recycle Christmas trees as a fundraiser and for the environment. Funds will be used to help scouts pay for their summer camping trip and the trees will be used on academy trails. Courtesy photo
Scout troop 78 recycling Christmas trees Twelfth year for public service/fundraiser By Norma Engelberg
nengelberg@ourcoloradonews.com Boy Scout Troop 78 on the U.S. Air Force Academy is offering its 12th annual Christmas Tree Recycling program as a conservation project and fundraiser. “The money earned goes toward our camping trip to Medicine Bow, S.D., next summer,” said U.S. Air Force Maj. Doug Kaupa, troop adult adviser and publicist. “It costs about $350 per scout. We also have other fundraisers throughout the year.” According to adult adviser Russell Weeks, the troop made about $5,000 from last year’s Christmas tree recycling project. The troop also raises money for camping trips through its fall popcorn sale.
Boy Scout Troop 78 on the U.S. Air Force Academy will be recycling Christmas trees for a nominal fee that will be used to help the boys go on their summer camping trip to South Dakota. Photos by Courtesy photo A new fundraising project will be starting this spring but details are still being worked out, Kaupa said. Troop 78’s 22 boys will be helping out
on the recycling project. “We’ll chip the trees and use the wood chips around the academy’s B-52 visitors’ site and on Falcon Trail,” Kaupa said.
“Maintaining the trail and site is a great way for our scouts to meet their community service requirements and both are open to the public so everyone benefits.” The suggested donation for trees smaller than 10-feet tall is $10 for drop-off and $15 for pick-up. Other trees and bushes can be picked up or dropped off for an additional donation; contact the troop for details. Please remove all lights and ornaments. Drop off trees from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 5-6 or Jan. 12-13 at Eagleview Middle School on Vindicator Boulevard, Rampart High School at Lexington and Union, Western Museum of Mining & Industry at Northgate Boulevard and I-25 or at the North Gate B-52 Scout Camp on the Air Force Academy. To arrange a pick-up at a home or business located inside Academy School District 20’s boundaries, visit https://sites. google.com/site/usafatroop78, call 719428-5402 or email usafatroop78@gmail. com.
Local sponsors needed for Relay for Life of Monument Special to the Courier
American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society urges local companies to help support the fight again cancer if their communities by becoming sponsors of Relay For Life. Cancer touches everyone, and involvement in Relay For Life is a great way for companies to demonstrate their commitment to help the American Cancer Society save lives and create a world with less cancer and more birthdays.
Many options for corporate sponsorship are available, including forming a team at one or more local events, encouraging employees to volunteer at events and collecting relay donations at places of business. In El Paso County and nearly 5,100 other communities around the globe, Relay For Life unites people to celebrate the lives of those who have faced cancer, remember loved ones lost and fight back against the disease. Relay For Life, the world’s largest grassroots fundraising movement, continues to grow as tens of thousands of people will
participate in a multitude of relay events across Colorado. The Relay For Life of Monument will be overnight from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Aug. 3-4. Individuals and relay teams will campout overnight in Don Breese Stadium at LewisPalmer High School with the goal of keeping at least one team member on the track or pathway at all times throughout the event. Teams do most of their fundraising prior to the event but some teams also hold creative fundraisers at their camp sites during relay. Relay brings together friends, fami-
lies, businesses, hospitals, schools, faithbased groups, people from all walks of life, all aimed at furthering the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures and by fighting back. If you or your company would like to help the American Cancer Society achieve its mission of saving lives, visit www.RelayForLife.org. To get help or to learn how to become one if the society’s more than 3 million grassroots volunteers, visit www.cancer. org.
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Grocery-store pony still best bet in town Penny ride is 65-year legacy of King Sooper’s founder By Deborah Grigsby
dgrigsby@ourcoloradonews.com If one ever had to place a bet on a horse to win, the penny pony at King Soopers would have to be it. And while the little plastic pony doesn’t pay off in cash, it does hit the jackpot in childhood memories. With no virtual gadgets or high-resolution screens, the old-school mechanical kiddie ride has been a doorway staple for the supermarket giant for more than six decades. “The penny pony has been around ever since King Soopers was founded in 1947,” said Rhonda Remy, corporate communications manager. “It was the request of our founder, Lloyd King, that there be a pony in every store, and that it always remain a penny to ride it.” Born in Kansas, King opened the first King Soopers store on June 20, 1947, in Arvada, pioneering several innovations that changed the grocery industry, including an in-store pharmacy and a selfservice meat department. According to Remy, King Soopers now has 107 stores in the Denver metropolitan area, each with its own penny pony. The ponies are maintained and repaired by Round Up Music, a Sterling company that specializes in jukeboxes, arcade games and kiddie rides, said Remy, who also believes the company is the original provider of the ponies. Calls to Round Up Music were not returned. Although clunky and slow, even the
The penny pony at King Soppers has been a sure bet for more than 60 years. Here, five-year-old Sloane Donahue enjoys the pony at King Soopers Store No. 100 in Greenwood Villages. Her father rode a similar plastic steed more than 30 years ago at a King Soopers on Hampden Ave. Photo by Deborah Grigsby most techno-savvy tots can’t resist the lure of a two-minute ride. “We have to ride it every time we’re in
‘The penny pony has been around ever since King Soopers was founded in 1947.’ Rhonda Remy
here,” shopper Chris Donahue said of his two children, Marek, 3, and Sloane, 5. “I think it’s just kind of neat that the pony’s still around and still costs a penny.” Donahue admits the pony takes him down memory lane, too. “When I was a kid, I used to ride the same penny pony, but at the King Soopers at Havana and Mississippi,” he said. “I was with my grandparents and it was a penny to ride, back then, so it’s nice to see my kids doing the same thing.”
At the time of the pony’s introduction to King Soopers, a loaf of bread cost somewhere around 13 cents. A loaf of bread now averages $3.25. Inflation aside, Remy said the pony will follow King’s wish and remain a penny to ride. Donahue said the problem is remembering to have a handful of copper coins to feed to pony. “Yeah, it’s always a bad day when we don’t have any pennies.”
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Thunder rising, keeps winning streak strong DCC team going 7-0 By Danny Summers
sports@ourcoloradonews.com This is the not the same Discovery Canyon Campus boys basketball team from years gone by. “We all believe in each other this year,” said Thunder senior point guard and co-captain Peter Call. “We go hard in practice every day and it shows. This is when it matters.” Call made things look easy on Dec. 20 as he directed the Thunder to a rousing 69-42 victory over a solid Palmer Ridge squad. It was the Class 4A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference opener for both teams as the Thunder improved to 7-0. Palmer Ridge fell to 4-3. “We have experience and we know what each of us is doing on the court,” said 6-foot-5 senior forward Geo Frye, who had 13 points against Palmer Ridge. “This win gives us momentum. We know we can play with anybody.” The Thunder’s average margin of victory is nearly 30 points. Discovery Canyon’s biggest lead against Palmer Ridge was 30 (61-31) on a pair of free throws by senior power forward Andy Stauffer (17 points) with 3:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. “We came out a little slow tonight,” said Stauffer, a cocaptain who pulled down a game-high nine rebounds in the victory. “But we picked up our pace and kept up the intensity.” Seemingly, this is the same Discovery Canyon team that went 8-16 last season. The Thunder graduated its top scorer in Stone Hood (nearly 20 points per game), but returned eight seniors.
“I don’t even recognize those guys,” said Palmer Ridge senior forward Kenny Suder, who scored 16 points, including four 3-pointers. “It’s like they’re a different team.” Perhaps Suder was looking for a much smaller group of players wearing purple and white? “We all grew about three inches,” Stauffer said with a smile. At 6-foot-3, Stauffer is just middle of the pack. The Thunder has five players 6-4 or taller. Junior center Nate Todtenhagen is 6-7. Senior shooting guard Brandon Nachbar is 6-4. “We’ve all been playing together since we were in eighth grade,” said Nachbar, who leads the team in scoring with 17.4 points per game. “We just have a great chemistry.” Thunder coach John Paul Geniesse is the architect. He built the program from the ground up when the school opened six years ago. “We’re playing a lot faster than we have the past six years,” Geniesse said. “This is a different Discovery Canyon team than we’ve ever had. We’re playing at a different tempo this year. “We have a long way to go, but I’m happy.” The Thunder will get a huge test out of the break when they host defending state champion Lewis-Palmer on Jan. 8. The Rangers (8-1) had their 34-game winning streak snapped Dec. 20 with a 73-68 loss to D’Evelyn. “Lewis-Palmer is a tremendous team,” Geniesse said. “When you get ready for them you have to have a good game plan in mind. “We welcome all challenges and we are ready to go.” Palmer Ridge is enjoying a fine start to its season. The Bears feature a formidable front line led by 6-5 sophomore Matt Cameron (team-leading 15 ppg), and an electric back
Discovery Canyon Campus senior forward Andy Stauffer adds to the Thunder’s big winning margins. Photo by Danny Summers court led by the long-range shooting of Suder (14.4 ppg). The Bears received some bad news a couple of weeks ago when junior 6-5 center Nick Vitwar broke his fibula during a game against Mesa Ridge. “We’ll be okay,” Cameron said. “We still have a lot of good players that can play inside.”
Jordan Scott not just the little brother Building a good reputation on the court By Danny Summers
sports@ourcoloradonews.com He might be “Josh’s little brother,” but Jordan Scott is quickly gaining a reputation as being a pretty good basketball player in his own right. “Jordan has a different skill set than what Josh brought to the table,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Russ McKinstry. “He has the ability to hit the perimeter shot, and he’s very adept at passing and finding the open man.” Scott, a 6-foot-6 senior guard, leads the team in scoring (18.1 points per game), rebounds (9.1), field goal percentage (71 percent) and blocked shots (10). At 8-1, the Rangers are once again among the elite Class 4A teams in the state, despite having their 34-game winning streak come to an end Dec. 20 against D’Evelyn. “Jordan is a combination point guard and shooting guard,” McKinstry said. “His willingness to go inside and bang the boards brings another element to his game. He’s been relentless on both sides of the floor on the boards.” Jordan is relishing his role as a leader. The previous three seasons he played in the shadow of his brother, Josh. The 6-foot-10 Josh led the Rangers to the Class 4A state title last spring, averaging nearly 29 points per game while being named the Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year. Josh is now the starting center for the University of Colorado, where he leads
Lewis-Palmer High School senior guard Jordan Scott has become a Ranger powerhouse. Photo by Danny Summers the team in scoring at about 15 points per game. “To be honest, everybody was in Josh’s shadow because he was the best player in the state,” Jordan said. Jordan doesn’t feel like he has to fill his brother’s shoes. Instead, he’s enjoying making a name for himself. “I try not to think about the pressure,” said Jordan, whose parents, Alton and Theresa, are graduates of the Air Force Academy. “I just go out and try to play my game.” A three-year starter, Jordan has been a solid contributor. His 12.6 points per game as a junior were second on the team. He also made 38 3-pointers and was second on the team in rebounding at 5.5.
Five times he scored 20 or more points in a game, with a high of 25 against Harrison. Jordan played more of a support role to Josh in the Rangers’ two big games against Sierra. He had eight points in the regular season matchup that Lewis-Palmer won 45-42 at Sierra. He had six in the state championship game when the Rangers downed the Stallions, 44-43, at the Coors Events Center in Boulder. “That’s first game (against Sierra) was the most anticipated game of the season,” Jordan said. “I can’t tell you how nervous I was. We ended up winning that game and that helped us every game after that.” Jordan is being recruited by a num-
ber of Division I schools. Among them are Idaho State, Montana and Air Force. Like his brother, Jordan attended The Classical Academy through the eighth grade. He transferred to Lewis-Palmer and played sparingly for the varsity as a freshman. He became a starter his sophomore year, averaging 12.5 points and 6.2 rebounds per game as the Rangers posted a 22-5 record while advancing to the state Final Four. The Rangers have been to four consecutive Final Fours, but this might be their best all-around team. In addition to Jordan, two other starters are also back - swingman Justin Smith (15.5 ppg) and point guard Tyler Owens (8.0 ppg). Complimenting the group is junior Chase Stone (11.4 ppg and a teamleading 20 3-pointers). “We all love to play, and we all like each other, so it adds to how we play,” Jordan said. “I enjoy having the ball in my hands and trying to make the play, but I also know I don’t have to do it all myself.” McKinstry added that any of the four players could lead the team in scoring. “They all could be 23 to 20-something per night scorers,” he said. “We’re fortunate that we have four legitimate scorers on the floor. We get to run an even more balanced attack.” Interestingly, Jordan still plays with a sibling. His younger brother, Jonathan, is a freshman guard for the Rangers. “It’s nice having my little brother out there,” Jordan said. “He’s going to be a good player.” The Rangers come back from the Christmas break and open Pikes Peak Athletic Conference play Jan. 8 at Discovery Canyon Campus.
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Rykerd masters two sports Excels at wrestling, cross country By Danny Summers
sports@ourcoloradonews. com Two of the most physically demanding high school sports are cross country running and wrestling. Both are team sports, but emphasis is placed heavily on the individual. Nate Rykerd is that rare person who not only participates in both sports for Lewis-Palmer High School, but excels in them as well. For good measure, he is a long distance runner on the school’s track team. “It’s kind of strange,” Rykerd said. “I started running when I was little and kind of got into wrestling when I was in middle school. I worked hard and got pretty good at wrestling. I kept running to stay in shape.” Rykerd is a free spirit and rarely lets the pressure of a situation get to him. Known for waiting until the last minute to get
things done, he insists he would rather pin an opponent than go the full six minutes. “I start off slow,” said Rykerd, who takes several advanced placement classes. “I make up points as the match goes on. I don’t have the intensity right away. It’s not there at the beginning. I’m trying to work on being more aggressive from the start. I prefer to pin. It gets the match over sooner. Less energy.” Rykerd, who has five percent body fat, wrestles at 138 pounds. He is arguably the best all-around wrestler on the team. He qualified for the state tournament as a sophomore and junior. He won his only state match last February. “My goal is to win state this year,” said Rykerd, who will attend North Dakota State on a wrestling scholarship next year. “I think it’s realistic to get up there. I’m working on the finer details
and the exact things I need to do to get there.” Rykerd’s main competition is Steve Turner, who is down the road at Discovery Canyon Campus. Turner is ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 4A by Tim Yount of Colorado Wrestling. Turner won the state title last year at 120 pounds. “He’s really methodical in the way he does things,” Rykerd said of Turner. “When he does things in a match he thinks about when he’s going to do it” Lewis-Palmer wrestling coach Nick Baker believes Rykerd has the ability to achieve greater success this season. “Nate is the one the best athletes we have that directly reflects what our program asks of its participants,” Baker said. “We are firm believers that how you practice is how you wrestle. You will never see any less effort out of Nate in practice than what he puts out on the mat. He doesn’t stop for six minutes and wins most of his matches because he is unrelenting.
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“He is the definition of what anyone can be if they put 100 percent of their efforts into what they do. If we had a Nate Rykerd at every weight class, we would easily be a state championship team contender.” Rykerd is off to a great start this season. He won the Lewis-Palmer Wrestling Invitational and took third at the prestigious Battle of the Best at Pine Creek. Rykerd is no slouch in cross country. He consistently finished second or third on the team
this season and ran 90th overall at the 4A meet in October. He runs 40 to 45 miles per week during the season. “Running helps me clear my mind,’ he said. “It’s just kind of natural. It helps me get my thoughts organized. Rykerd also runs the
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of Plaintiff, as set forth in the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your Answer or other response within twenty-one (21) days after service upon you if within the State of Colorado, or within thirty-five (35) days after service upon you if outside the State of Colorado or if served by publication pursuant to C.R.C.P. 4(g). If served by publication, service shall be complete on the day of
1,600 and 3,200 for the school’s track team. But for now, wrestling is first and foremost on his mind. “Coach (Baker) expects a lot more out of us than in previous years,” Rykerd said. “We should get up there at the end of the year where he expects us to be.”
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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF HIGH FOREST RANCH HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION Address of Plaintiff: High Forest Ranch Homeowners Association c/o Z&R Property Management 6015 Lehman Drive, Suite 205 Colorado Springs, CO 80918 Legal Notice No.: 932031 First Publication: December 12, 2012 Last Publication: January 9, 2012 Publisher: The Tribune
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