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Residents form coalition seeking relief from flooding By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com Editor’s note: This article is another in a series about flooding in the Ute Pass area. Larry Small, executive director of Fountain Creek Watershed district, and Leon Kot, conservationist with Natural Resources Conservation Service, talk about the issues. When the skies open up and rain pours down on Ute Pass, Fountain Creek is the recipient as well as the carrier from Woodland Park on down through Crystola to Green Mountain Falls, Chipita Park and Cascade. This summer, several residents of Crystola have formed a coalition to seek solutions to the flooding. The issue gets sticky, as officials from Woodland Park and Teller County emphasize the efficacy of their detention facilities while those downstream aren’t buying it. Crystola people are steamed, their opinions relayed in the first article in the series Aug. 20. They may or may not be helped by the current Matrix study, a watershed-restoration management plan, initiated by the Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District. “We are looking at project sites and design and setting priorities,” said Larry Small, executive director of the district. The $462,000 study is a project of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, with multiple partners, including El Paso County, the city of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Utilities, Coalition for the Upper
The photo was taken of Fountain Creek during the last week of August. Courtesy photo South Platte and Regional Building Department. Because Crystola is in Teller County, the study will identify but not fund flood-control projects. “We can do projects in Green Mountain Falls and Cascade,” Small said. A hot-button issue on the flooding story is development in Woodland Park. “It’s true that development does contribute to runoff because it increases the impervious surface,” Small said. However, Small highlights the weather patterns, the storms, of the last three years. “Even if there was no development
in Woodland Park, the storms would still have had an impact,” Small said. “The soil is saturated, can’t accept more water.” As well, homes in Green Mountain Falls, Chipita Park and Cascade are a target for flooding due to the lack of adequate vegetation in the burn area, a result of the Waldo Canyon Fire, he added. Since the death of John Collins on U.S. Highway 24 in the flood of Aug. 9, 2013, the fear factor runs high for the Colorado Department of Transportation. Since May 2014, CDOT has closed the highway nine times, according to a report issued by the
agency. In 2013, the highway was closed 17 times. Leon Kot, conservationist with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, is the go-to guy, along with the Coalition for the Upper South Platte, for residents along Fountain Creek. This summer, Kot visited most of the neighbors in Crystola and Green Mountain Falls. “Anything you do down below is influenced by what’s happening upstream,” he said. “Parts of the area around the Walmart rip rap channel and retaining wall have reportedly failed several times. People have seen it clogging their culverts.” While the city of Woodland Park has a series of detention ponds, the impervious surfaces have increased, parking lots, roads and shopping centers, for instance. “The creek from Safeway on down contains construction materials, asphalt, concrete and woody material - a lot of it is man-made material that wasn’t supposed to be waterborne in storms,” Kot said. “The Corps of Engineers says you can’t put that kind of fill in the creeks — you’ve got to anchor it. But with the unprecedented storms, they weren’t anchored properly.” The watershed is in jeopardy, Kot said. “All that debris in the creek is clogging culverts and taking out the banks. The affected parties need to fix it,” he said. One of the solutions, he said, would be the addition of detention dams along the creek; however, that solution is impeded by the narrow streambeds in some places. Flooding continues on Page 18
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phill@colorado communitymedia.com As the campaign for the office of Teller County sheriff heats up, a 32-square foot sign becomes a source of contention. A public scolding of Sheriff Mike Ensminger by Jineen McWherter last month over the sign brought attention, but county officials say that they think the sign needs a permit. At issue is the campaign sign for Mark Manriquez, who is running against the incumbent Ensminger. The sign was on the large billboard in the Florissant Canyon, which is visible from U.S. Highway 24. “I don’t own the property but I own the billboard and have an easement to it,” McWherter said, speaking to commissioners Marc Dettenrieder, Dave Paul and Norm Steen Aug. 28. McWherter is steamed that Teller County officials sent orders that the sign be taken down. “Ensminger is pushing his weight around and got the county sending a letter saying they’re going to file a lawsuit because the big red billboard needs a building permit,” she said. “I’m just appealing to the sheriff’s sense of fair play.” In addition to the billboard citation, McWherter believes the county considers the sign a violation of regulations dealing with the length of time a candidate’s sign can be up. “If you cite regulations that don’t apply; if you’re using the 32 square feet, then why hasn’t the county sent notices to various people who leave signs up over 60 days?” she said. “Mike Ensminger signs were up in April and should have come down after the June primary.” Dettenrieder replied. “As far as
campaign signs go, it’s my understanding that there are no longer restrictions on when you have to put them up and when you have to take them down,” he said. McWherter said, “It’s still written in the regulations; they haven’t been amended.” Dettenrieder countered. “I was under the impression that there are federal cases that support keeping signs up,” he said. McWherter got the last word. “Well, I wasn’t trying to make a federal case out of it,” she said. According to county administrator Sheryl Decker, that particular 32-foot sign has been a problem. “We believe it needs a building permit — we told the owner that and sent a letter to the property owner and Manriquez asking him to pull a building permit,” Decker said. “We got a complaint from somebody else, not the sheriff.” Reached by phone, Ensminger said, “I had no involvement in that sign; I have more important things to do. I’m not the complainant.” On another issue, the county’s attorney, Chris Brandt, announced that a settlement had been reached with Kim Dodge, former employee of the assessor’s office. Dodge sued the county because of allegations that she didn’t receive all the notices that were required under the Family and Medical Leave Act while she was an employee of the county. “The assessor (Betty Clark Wine) has been dismissed from the lawsuit,” Brandt said. “Under the FLMA claim, the plaintiff can claim not only back wages but liquidated damages.” Because a portion of the claims were covered, the county’s insurer, Colorado Technical Services, Inc., provided counsel for the lawsuit. “There is a proposed settlement to resolve the matter and avoid further expense in attorney’s fees,” he
Diane Wetzel, administrative assistant with the Department of Social Services, was honored by the commissioners and her boss, Kim Mauthe, Aug. 28 with a five-year employee service award. Photos by Pat Hill
Teller County Deputy Robert Luce was honored by the commissioners for his role in facilitating and coordinating agency responses to the catastrophic fire July 28 that caused destructive damage to the Miners Union Hall in Victor. said. At the recommendation of Brandt as well as the CTSI counsel, the commissioners approved settlement and release agreements. Part of the settlement funds are provided by the county. To a question from Deborah McKown, from the audience, Brandt said the settlement figure was $30,000.
On another legal issue, Brandt announced that the city of Woodland Park’s motion to be awarded attorney’s fees in the county’s annexation lawsuit was denied by the district court. While the county lost the decision in its suit against the city relating to Jay Baker’s recycling center, the court’s denial was a small victory.
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Inmate dies in Teller County Jail
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Staff report An inmate, Robert Vallina, 28, died in Teller County Jail early Tuesday morning. “In response to media inquiries and with the approval of the immediate family, the Teller County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Sept. 2, at 1:08 a.m., deputies at the Teller County Jail discovered an inmate that had used a sheet to restrict his airway,” the Teller County Sheriff’s Office said in a release late Friday afternoon. “The inmate has been identified as Robert Vallina, a 28-year-old male, being held on two failures to comply with probation warrants. Vallina had just returned from the Colorado State Hospital where he had been ordered by the court to undergo a competence evaluation. He was returned to the jail with no restrictions and no indications that he was suicidal. Vallina was in a cell with no roommate when he was discovered unconscious and not breathing,” a release from Teller County Sheriff’s said. “Deputies immediately started CPR and Divide Fire responded to the Jail by 0120 hours. Para-medics relieved Deputies and continued CPR in an attempt to revive Inmate Vallina. Those efforts were unsuccessful and Robert Vallina was pronounced dead at (1:36 a.m.),” the release says. “Preliminary investigation shows that Vallina was checked on numerous times by jail staff in accordance with all Teller County Sheriff’s Office protocols and procedures. The official cause of death will be determined by the El Paso County Coroner,” according to the release from the sheriff’s office.
A proud moment for Bob Schleicher, third from right, the groundbreaking ceremony official launches the Forest Ridge facility adjacent to Pikes Peak Regional Hospital. Schleicher was the driving force behind the skilled-nursing facility and was recognized at the ceremony Sept. 5 for his tenacity. The facility of a project of Mid-States Senior Living, LLC. The target opening date is the summer of 2015. Schleicher’s wife, Laurie, is fourth from the right. Photo by Pat Hill
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Council divided on state benefit plan for firefighters By N. W. Oliver
Contributing writer At the regular Cripple Creek City Council meeting held on Aug. 20, the council decided to approve an increase in the member contribution rate for the firefighters of the city to the Statewide Defined Benefit Plan by four percent. The increase in contribution by Cripple Creek Fire Department members would take place over seven years through an annual increase of one-half percent resulting in a total of eight percent of their total base pay.
City Attorney, Lee Philips explained that the council’s decision would not be final and that the Fire and Police Pension Association would have to approve the increase as well. The council, excepting Steve Zoellner, agreed that the increase would better serve the firefighters “in the long run” even if it seems like a large chunk of their salaries. Councilman Zoellner voted “no,” arguing that many of the fire fighters would be opposed to the increase and appreciate having a choice on how best to prepare for their retirements. Whether or not the Fire and Police Pension Association’s Board of
Directors would acquiesce to the wishes of the majority of the firefighters seemed an unanswered question for Zoellner. Also at the meeting, the council approved an increase in the fee schedule for various services provided by the police department. According to Police Chief, Mike Rulo, the previous fees were “very low” in comparison to the state average. He argued that some of the services require extensive man-hours, such as copying audio recordings of police transmissions and that the low fees were costing the department money. The new fee schedule has some increased fees but all of them are at or below
the state average. Jim Blasing, the Public Works Director for Cripple Creek, saved the city $17,000 on the installment of handicap railing on ramps around down town Cripple Creek and safety railing on the historic wall. The original contract for this portion of the Bennett Avenue Rejuvenation Project was held be Kiewit, but due to the complex, itemized nature of the agreement, the city is allowed to seek better prices on most of the aspects of the project. K and K Custom Fabrication and Welding will be installing the rails in the months before winter.
CUSP receives national FEMA award Staff report The Coalition for the Upper South Platte is honored to be a recipient of a Federal Emergency Management Agency Community Preparedness Hero Award for work to reduce wildfire risk in our communities and for preparing communities for postfire flooding in the aftermath of the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire. FEMA’s 2014 Individual and Community Preparedness Awards recognize the outstanding efforts of individuals, programs and organizations throughout the country working to prepare their communities for emergencies. CUSP was recognized for preparing communities for the next wild-
fire by proactively working with partners to reduce wildfire risk within our wildlandurban interface, and quickly partnering with businesses, individuals, government agencies, and other organizations to mobilize resources to prepare communities in and around the Waldo Canyon Fire for post-fire impacts. Jonathan Bruno, CUSP’s Operations Director, will attend a ceremony on Sept. 9, 2014 in Washington D.C. to showcase award recipients’ accomplishments. As the region’s largest watershed agency working in the Central Front Range, the Coalition for the Upper South Platte coordinates and implements major crossdisciplinary environmental protection and
reclamation efforts aimed at preparing and responding to environmental issues. During an extended, structural drought, the Waldo Canyon Fire ignited on June 23, 2012, in the foothills west of Colorado Springs in the central Front Range of Colorado. The local community was still reeling from the devastation and loss caused by the Waldo Canyon fire when a normal monsoon-season rain storm occurred within the burn scar on July 30, 2012. CUSP immediately stepped up to the plate with an effective sequence of flood recovery efforts to protect life and property, with the majority of the work being planned in 2012 and completed in 2013. CUSP worked with businesses, individu-
als, government and other organizations to plan for post-fire flooding and keep communities informed. CUSP performed risk and damage assessments, helped develop evacuation plans, participated in community meetings, hosted several tabletop exercises, went door to door to share information about mitigation, assisted communities with flood mitigation structures and planning, helped to define the Incident Action Plan for post-fire flooding, worked in the Incident Command Center, and coordinated volunteers to assist with post-flood cleanup.
Committee aims to keep city beautiful By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com There’s a story behind every one of the blue recycling bins placed strategically next to trash cans around Woodland Park. The story centers on the city’s youth and a drive by the Keep Woodland Park Beautiful committee to involve kids while, at the
same time, promote recycling — cans and bottles, specifically. “We want to make people aware because most people don’t know we have these,” said Jan Cummer, member of the KWPB committee. The committee has snagged the teens’ interest in the project by offering a fundraising carrot. “The teens separate the cans
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TELLER COUNTY Democratic Party (TellerDems) invites interested persons to attend its 2014 informational and educational programs, as well as community events. For details about the TellerDems calendar of activities, call Mrs. Ellen Haase, 719-687-1813. TELLER COUNTY Republicans meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Pikes Peak Comyomunity Center in Divide next to the Conoco. Come and help set the course for conservative thinking and direction in Teller County, Colorado, and the nation. Additional information at http://www.tellergop.org. TRANSPORTATION’S LOCAL Coordinating Council of Teller County meets at 9 a.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.
PIKES PEAK Workforce Center offers monthly classes on topics such as resume writing, interview skills and more. Workshops are free and take place at the main office, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 1107, Colorado Springs. Call 719-667-3730 or go to www.ppwfc.org. TELLER BUSINESS Builders meets at 7 a.m. Mondays at the Hungry Bear, 111 E. Midland Ave., in Woodland Park. The group helps local businesses through cooperative marketing, professional education and trusted relationships. Call Gail Wingerd at 719-686-1076 or send e-mail to gail@woodlandparkprinter. com or Mike Hazelwood at 719-473-5008
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and bottles from the trash and the money they get goes to the Teen Center,” Cummer said. “Unfortunately, people throw trash in there — you wouldn’t believe it — cigarettes, plastic cups …” The bins are the result of a grant to the committee by the Coca-Cola Co. To date, there are metal bins at three city parks, Meadow Wood, Memorial and Crestwood
as well as Kavanagh Field. There are six in reserve for special events and two at the Teen Center to help facilitate separating the recyclables. For Cummer, it’s about using kids as messenger. “The more we get the kids involved, the better it is!” she said. “They’re more likely to tell their friends to recycle.”
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WP Council approves Tamarac Tech Park rezone Lichina Automotive gets nod on expansion project By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer
Laurence Sheerin, owner of Mountain Starr Investments, is hoping that reconfiguring and rezoning eight lots in Tamarac Tech Park will make them more saleable. The lots were zoned heavy service commercial/light industrial. “I haven’t sold any properties in Tamarac since 2007,” Sheerin said. On Sept. 4, Woodland Park City Council approved his requests unanimously. With the exception of Lot 3, all of the lots, located south of Shining Mountain Golf Course, were reconfigured with new ingress/egress points and new lot lines. Lot 3 and three other lots will remain heavy service commercial. New Lot 5, 6.68 acres, was rezoned multi-family residential suburban, with a density of 2-8 units per acre. New Lots 6 and 7, 7 acres and 5.44 acres respectively, were rezoned multifamily residential urban, with densities set at 9-20 units per acre. Lot 8 was rezoned neighborhood commercial. Reserve at Tamarac is located across Colorado 67 from Tamarac Tech Park. Several of its residents spoke against the rezoning at the July 24 Woodland Park Planning Commission meeting. Reserve resident Dave Tanis spoke against the rezoning at the council meeting. “I don’t believe (rezoning the properties to) multi-family residential urban would be in harmony with the neighbors,” he said. “And I think that would cause substantial harm to property values. … I don’t object to residential just to multi family.” “Many of these multi-family units will be senior housing,” said Councilmember Bob Carlsen. “They need to go from their 3,500-square-foot homes to 1,800-squarefoot homes. These are the folks who will be using the golf course, the fitness center and the post office. They’ll be happy to have the police department nearby.” Sheerin said that, while there are no development proposals at this time, some of these multi-family units might also fill the needs of Woodland Park’s workforce — police officers, firefighters and teachers. Carlsen added that “workforce housing is not derelict housing.” The two eastside properties that were rezoned multi-family residential urban back up to Colorado 67. These will have a 25-foot landscaped buffer along the highway. On the west side, Lot 5 is located across a street from Sundance at Shining Mountain patio homes where Brooke
At the Sept. 4 Woodland Park City Council meeting, Mayor Neil Levy, right, stands with Woodland Park School District Superintendent Jed Bowman, his son Brendan and district Athletic Director Mike DeWall. The meeting offered the school district an opportunity to encourage councilmembers and the public to support their local schools. Photos by Norma Engelberg
Brendan Bowman passes out Woodland Park High School sports cushions at the Sept. 4 Woodland Park City Council meeting. His father, Woodland Park School District Superintendent Jed Bowman, and district Athletic Director Mike DeWall came to the council meeting with an invitation to support the school’s sports program.
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Smith lives. He also spoke out against the rezoning and suggested that to make it more palatable, council should include the same kind of buffer that is required on the Colorado 67 side of the property. At first, Mayor Pro Tem Carrol Harvey made Smith’s suggestion part of her motion. However, Planning Director Sally Riley pointed out that a 50-foot utility easement and power lines run along the street between Sundance at Shining Mountain and Lot 5. She also said that requiring the additional buffer as a condition would set it in stone. Carlsen and Sheerin both questioned why there should be a buffer between two residential properties. “It’s apples to apples,” Carlsen said. Harvey agreed to withdraw her initial motion and trust that the planning staff will make sure any development on these lots will be in harmony with city standards. She made a second motion to approve the rezoning as presented. The council also gave unanimous approval to Tom Lichina’s plan to expand his automotive repair business on Park Street. He will be building an 800-square-foot building that will add a fourth bay to his business. He will also make parking and drainage improvements. Lichina had a lot to say against Woodland Hardware’s service entrance, which he said shouldn’t have been approved, because it hinders his customers’ parking and also against the open drainage ditches on his side of Park Street, which also cause parking problems. Councilmember Ken Matthews agreed that the ditches are dangerous and should be fixed. “When our drainage study is done we’ll be bringing the bills to council,” said Public Works Director William Alspach. “If you put the money there, we’ll get it done.” Mayor Neil Levy told Lichina that his business and Woodland Hardware will be neighbors for years to come. “I hope you can find ways to work together to benefit both of you,” he said. The council also heard a presentation from Mike DeWall, Woodland Park School District athletic director. He said his theme for Woodland Park High School sports is “Let’s do it better.” He brought hats, bumper stickers, water bottles and seat cushions to give to council. These were handed out by Brendan Bowman, son of RE-2 Superintendent Jed Bowman, who was also in attendance. Councilmembers could not accept Metro League Sports passes because their value exceeded $50. For a complete athletic schedule, visit www.csmleague.org and click on the Woodland Park High School link.
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September: Cruise Above the Clouds By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com If it’s September, it’s time for the Cruise above the Clouds Car Show. An annual event that puts Teller County on the map, the show attracts people from around the state who come to enjoy the artistry of antique car owners. Founded in 1991 by Gene Kozleski and Jack Maher, Cruise Above the Clouds began with five or six cars in Lions Park. As the number of entrants increased, the club moved the “Cruise” to Kavanagh Field. Today the show, with more than 250 cars, is at Henrietta and Fairview. A week before the two-day event, Sept. 13-14, Marsh Sanders was busy spiffing up his entry. In today’s market, he said, the entrants can spend up to $50,000 for an antique car - refurbished in the owner’s garage. In addition to enjoying the thrill of spiffing up cars for the event, club members make a significant impact on the community by donating the proceeds to various nonprofit organizations in Teller County. The show is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 in Woodland Park, followed by the poker run to Cripple Creek. The show resumes at 9 a.m. on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek. Cruise Above the Clouds’ presenting sponsor is the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. For information, call Sanders at 687-1058.
Above, the car show is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 in Woodland Park, followed by the poker run to Cripple Creek. The show resumes at 9 a.m. on Bennett Avenue in Cripple Creek on Sunday, Sept. 14. At left, Marsh Sander was busy preparing a couple of cars for the 23rd Cruise Above The Clouds in Woodland Park and Cripple Creek. Photos by Rob Carrigan
Treatment center opens in WP By Pat Hill
phill@colorado communitymedia.com It was move-in day for Judith Miller as she prepared for the first two clients at Serendipity Mountain Lodge in Woodland Park. Chief executive officer of the treatment center for women addicted to prescription medications, Miller was multi-tasking the day after Labor Day. In addition to doing a walk-through inspection, signing papers for a leaseopinion on the home at 115 Trull Road, Miller was in the process of hiring staff. “I’ve been doing addiction recovery for 50 years,” said Miller, Ph.D., and addictions counselor CAC III. Ten years ago, Miller discovered a treatment that is a departure from the 12step approach to recovery. “It’s the care and feeding of the brain; addiction is a brain disease, a chemical imbalance in the brain,” she said. “It takes a different treatment regime; they can’t just stop cold turkey or they might have seizures, or complications.”
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The treatment, Low Energy Neurofeedback, LENS, is in collaboration with Barbara Pickholz-Weiner, founder of Journeys Counseling Center in Woodland Park. According to literature provided by Serendipity, clients are laboratorytested for the imbalance. Following identification of this baseline, clients begin a program of targeted oral supplements, amino acids, vitamins and minerals specifically designed to rebuild brain cells and repair neurotransmitters. “LENS prepares people to accept new and healthier lifestyle habits,” Pickholz-Weiner said. “Dr. Miller’s program assists the neurons to develop, accept and rewire neuro -pathways in an improved, more beneficial manner.” In addition to a certified LENS provider, Miller’s staff includes massage and acupuncture therapists, yoga and Pilates instructors as well as a nutritionist. “They need to learn how to cook healthy food,” Miller said. “Recovery-nutrition cooking, shopping and serving the food will be a vital part of the program.”
In treating the addiction, Miller and PickholzWeiner do incorporate the 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous. “We believe the 12 steps are important, we do them and we take our people to AA meetings every day,” Miller said. “But we believe that AA doesn’t work by itself for prescription-drug abuse.” The Serendipity program is $30,000 a month. Most insurance companies pay all or a portion of the cost of treatment, Miller said. The fees help fund the lease-option agreement for the home which is listed at $625,000. Jennifer Erdley, agent with ReMax Performance in Woodland Park, handled the details. The home, custombuilt by the owners, Rick and Kathy Hobbs, is on 2.5 acres. “The owner has agreed to work out a monthly fee which will come out of the client fees,” Miller said. “The client fees will pay for everything, the staff, the food, everything we need.” According to a report from the Center for Disease Control, every three minutes a woman goes to
the emergency department for prescription-painkiller misuse or abuse. In 2010, the CDC reports, that 30,000 people in the United States died from abuse of prescription drugs in 2010. “The doctors are killing our people. Doctors don’t really need to give people so many opiates but they do,” Miller said. “The other thing that happens is that the prescription meds are now sold on the street. People get their prescriptions and only take some of it and sell the rest, for $100 a tablet, for instance.” Miller is also the owner of Courage to Change, an addiction treatment center in Colorado Springs. Serendipity is devoted exclusively to women addicted to prescription drugs. “It’s a nice beautiful spiritual city above the clouds. I’ve been attracted to Woodland Park for the last 10 years so it seems logical to have a retreat lodge here,” Miller said “It’s an ideal place, close enough to the airport yet far enough away from the city that women can take time for recovery.” For information, call 541-4912.
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Barbara Pickholz-Weiner, left, and Judith Miller are ready for the first clients at the Serendipity Mountain Lodge, a retreat center in Woodland Park for women addicted to prescription medications. Pickholz-Weiner, program director at Journeys Counseling, supervises the therapeutic program at Serendipity, which was founded by Miller. Photo by Pat Hill
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Pro Challenge sculpture stays in WP By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com While the start of the USA Pro Challenge in Woodland Park is, by now, only a distant memory, a sculpture by Mitch Lee is a civic remembrance of the occasion. A collaboration of Lee and Robin Pasley, coordinator of the VIP hospitality committee for the Stage 5 Start, the sculpture reflects the celebration theme, “Cycle Above the Clouds.” Pasley designed the sculpture which incorporates a mountain, a cloud and a cyclist. But she needed a welder. “The calendar just keeps moving to the D Day,” Pasley said, going back to a nervewracking time. “Part of our contract for the race was that we had to have a monument that would stay up permanently.” With only 11 days to go before the start Aug. 22, Pasley discovered artistry in someone she’d known for years — Lee, a new resident of the city. In the course of a conversation, Lee casually mentioned welding to which her reaction was “You’re a welder?” Lee agreed to do the steel sculpture, accomplishing the artistic feat in 10 days. Taking Pasley’s original design he enhanced the piece with a 3D motif for the mountain and the cloud with two cyclists and a kinetic wheel as focal points. “I really didn’t know the creative side of Mitch,” she said. The two worked together to install the sculpture hours before the start at 11a.m. “Cycle Above the Clouds,” will ultimately grace the city in a permanent location.
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Cullinane asks for help GMF public works director overwhelmed By Pat Hill
phill@colorado communitymedia.com A one-man show, the new public works director in Green Mountain Falls asked for help from the board of trustees Sept. 2. “I’d like to ask for some contract temporary help for the remainder of the year,” said Michael Cullinane, who has been plowing the town’s roads, many of them torn up from the heavy rains, by himself. Trustee Michael Butts, who was
appointed the town’s budget director after the election in April, hesitated. “I hear the word `temporary’ but we don’t know where we stand right now,” he said. Butts said he is working with the town’s new clerk, Mary Duval, to finalize a budget for the year. While the board removed the title of ‘treasurer” from the former 26-year clerk, Chris Frandina, the trustees recently granted Duval the double title of “clerk/ treasurer. Butts relented. “If it’s something that can’t wait — tell us what you need.” Cullinane expressed concern about the approach of winter. “Right now it’s difficult playing all these dif-
ferent roles,” he said. “There are a lot of meetings and a lot of maintenance. I need somebody who is willing to work and help out.” Butts deferred to Duval. “I definitely feel it is a priority; with the snow, it’s going to be impossible for him to do the job by himself,” she said. From the audience, former trustee Mac Pitrone spoke up. “This man has needed help since the day he started. There’s no question that he’s overwhelmed,” he said. “I’m shocked that you all have not recognized that. The roads are in terrible condition, awful. They’ve never been so bad.” As a response to the request, Butts moved that Cullinane be allowed to
start the interview process and hire someone by Oct. 1. The motion was approved unanimously by Butts, Mayor Lorrie Worthey and trustees Tyler Stevens, Barbara Gardiner, Don Ellis and Chris Quinn. Trustee David Cook was absent. Along with the request, Cullinane reported that he’d sold three pieces of equipment for a total of $4,700. For residents hoping for a return of the fireworks’ show July 4, the word at the meeting was it will not happen. According to trustee Gardiner, the new owner of the property where the firefighters traditionally held the show has nixed the idea of continuing the tradition.
Free fall Clean Sweep encourages proper disposal of hazardous materials El Paso County Environmental Services and El Paso County Public Health are co-hosting a Fall Clean Sweep event to make it easier to properly dispose of household hazardous waste items. The free collection event is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, in the parking lot behind the Citizens Service Center at 1675 Garden of the Gods Road. The Fall Clean Sweep is for El Paso and Teller county residents.
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Teddy Roosevelt spotted at Rock Ledge Ranch Don Moon has been portraying president for 27 years By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com Don Moon has been impersonating President Teddy Roosevelt for so long it’s hard to tell where Moon begins and Teddy ends. The actor, who appears regularly in the Tri-Lakes and Pikes Peak region at special events, was seen Sept. 1 (Labor Day) at Rock Ledge for the annual Base Ball game. Moon-Roosevelt, was almost kidnapped, marched with the Women’s Temperance protestors and even posed with a few photos with an Abe Lincoln lookalike. Moon, 66, and Roosevelt are joined at the hip in many ways. They both suffered from asthma when they were children, and both were decorated for their military service. Moon is a Bronze Star Medal recipient, while Roosevelt posthumously was honored with the Medal of Honor. And then there’s that famous walrus mustache. Moon has been performing as Roosevelt for 27 years. Moon remained in his Roosevelt character during the Labor Day events at Rock Ledge Ranch.
President Reddy Roosevelt, aka Don Moon, took time to march with the Women’s Temperance Movement at Rock Ledge Ranch on Sept. 1 (Labor Day) during the 7th inning of the OldTime Base Ball Game. Inset: Former Presidents Teddy Roosevelt, aka Dob Moon, right, took time to shake hands with Andy Morris, manager of the Camp Creek Cloud Busters Base Ball team at the annual Labor Day Game played at Rock Ledge Ranch. Morris runs the Ranch and is the main blacksmith at the Ranch. Photos by Robert G. MacDonald
THINGS TO DO EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a spaceavailable basis. SEPT. 11 COMMUNITY MEETING The Divide Planning Committee
plans a community meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Little Chapel in Divide. The committee will discuss what it has done in 2014 and will elect members. Anyone who lives in the Divide region of Teller County is encouraged to attend. Go to www.DividePlanning.org for details.
SEPT. 12 ASTRONOMY PROGRAM Join Ranger Leo Sack and see the night sky the way it used to look before city lights crowded out the stars. Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument offers an ideal balance between convenient location and a sky dark enough to reveal the countless stars that once lit the night for our ancestors. The next program is “Farewell Saturn, Hello Uranus,” from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. Call 719-7483253, ext. 122 or 202, or go to www.nps.gov/flfo. Meet at the visitor center. SEPT. 13 MEET CANDIDATE Mark Manriquez, candidate for Teller
County Sheriff, plans a meet and greet event Saturday, Sept. 13. The event will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Pikes Peak Community Club at 11122 U.S. Highway 24 in Divide. Manriquez will answer any question you want to ask. He does not require you to submit questions in advance.
SEPT. 13 FIRE RESTORATION Volunteer with the Waldo Canyon fire restoration effort from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, in Waldo Canyon in Woodland Park. Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado will restore burned habitat and work to prevent erosion. Volunteers will help seed and mulch burned areas. Learn more and register at www.voc.org/volunteer or call 303-7151010. Participation is free, no experience is needed and the minimum age is 16. Light breakfast and lunch provided. Go to http://www.voc.org/project/waldo-canyon-fire-restoration-7.
SEPT. 13 HISTORY TOURS The five museum buildings in History Park, 231 E. Henrietta Ave., will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, for free self-guided tours (donations accepted), presented by Ute Pass Historical Society and Pikes Peak Museum. A walking tour of historic downtown Woodland Park meets at 10:30 a.m. at the Museum Center at History Park. Tour lasts about 90 minutes. Call 719-686-7512 or go to www.UtePassHistoricalSociety.org. SEPT. 13 SPIRITUAL WORKSHOP Barbara Royal, spiritual life coach, presents “Claiming My Kingdom,” a workshop in which participants will learn the tools for moving from the challenges of life to the kingdom of spirit. The workshop is from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Peoples National Bank, 651 Scott Ave., Woodland Park. Contact Barbara Royal at 719687-6823 or miraclesofwellness@gmail.com with questions about cost and to make your reservation. To learn more about Barbara, visit her Facebook page, Barbara Royal’s Spiritual Life Coaching. SEPT. 13-14 CAR SHOW Enjoy the fun and beauty of Woodland Park and Cripple Creek at the 23rd Cruise Above the Clouds car show Saturday, Sept. 13, and Sunday, Sept. 14, at Memorial Park, at Lake Avenue and Henrietta Avenue, Woodland Park. The show is presented by Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co., and features up to 300 cars, trucks and motorcycles, a bike giveaway, live music and more. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14. Bring your vehicle; register online at http://www.CruiseAboveTheClouds.com. SEPT. 16 HORMONE BALANCE The Wholistic Networking Community welcomes Kelly Calabrese, MS, CCN, who will present “Living a Vibrant, Energetic Life Through Hormone Balance” from 1112:30 Tuesday, Sept. 16, at the Rampart Public Library, 218 E. Midland Ave., Woodland Park. Learn how to balance hormones naturally, lose weight without dieting, reduce fatique and stress, sleep better, have clearer brain function and prevent disease. Bring a compact mirror. The Wholistic Networking
Community meets the third Tuesday of each month and presents area practitioners to teach about wholistic wellness. RSVP at 719-963-4405.
SEPT. 20 PEACE VISIONING You may think you are limited in your
ability to improve conditions on earth. Nothing is further from the truth. You can be an instrument for change by adding to the love and peace sent worldwide from the peace visioning circle - either silently, verbally, or visually. The circle is for people from all walks of life with a passion to bring unity and light into our world. Starting Saturday, Sept. 20 and on every Saturday thereafter, we will gather in Woodland Park at 10:30 a.m. Contact Barbara Royal, CSD, 719-687-6823 or barbaragroyal@gmail.com.
to help plan tea for Nov. 8, parades, music program, and benevolence recognition project for theme “Spirit of Giving.”
SEPT. 27 PLANETARIUM SHOWS The Challenge Learning Center will bring its planetarium to the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, with continual shows from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27. Sit back, relax and enjoy the solar system as a trained astronomer blasts you off into an adventure that is out of this world. The Dinosaur Resource Center is at 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Go to www.rmdrc.com for details. SEPT. 27
SUPPORT GROUP The Woodland Park Parkinson Support Group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the boardroom of the Woodland Park Library. The discussion will be on depression and Parkinson’s, and about resources available to those with the disease. The group also will meet Oct. 18 and Nov. 15.
ELK FOUNDATION banquet The Pikes Peak Chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation plans its fourth annual Spike Camp Banquet at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27 at the Shining Mountain Golf Course in Woodland Park. Some outstanding items will be offered our live and silent auctions, and games and raffles are planned. Since 1984 the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has protected or enhanced 6.5 million acres across the United States including 225,000 acres in Colorado. For information and tickets, contact Sue Davis at 719-748-3002 or Ladyelkhunter@skybeam.com.
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MUNCHKIN MARKET Ute Pass MOPS presents its annual Munchkin Market, a consignment sale featuring gently used clothing, shoes and accessories for infants to juniors. Also for sale will be toys, media, play equipment, strollers, high chairs, sporting goods, bedding, baby gear and more. The sale is open from 5-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4 (everything left will be half-price). Sale is at Woodland Park Community Church, 800 Valley View Drive. Admission is free. Cash, checks and credit cards (Visa or MasterCard) will be accepted for purchases. Proceeds benefit Ute Pass MOPS. Call 719-433-3215 or visit www.utepassmops.org.
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listening for the bugling of the bull elk on an autumn evening. Join a ranger at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument to learn about and listing to the wild Wapiti (elk). Program is from 5-7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, and Sunday, Sept. 21; from 5-7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, through Sunday, Sept. 28; and from 4:45-7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, and Sunday, Oct. 5. Program includes a brief presentation about the elk, followed by an off-trail hike of up to 2 miles, during which participants will look and listen for elk in the wild. Normal entrance fees to the park will apply. Because large numbers of people make the elk wary and elusive, the number of participants is limited. Registration is required. Call 719-748-3253, ext. 202. Go www. nps.gov/flfo.
SEPT. 23 CHRISTMAS PLANNING Planning meetings for the Cripple
Creek and Victor Christmas event will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Aspen Mine Center. New volunteers are needed
ONGOING GUITAR, VOCALS Ted Newman entertains with his guitar and vocals from 5:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at The Pantry in Green Mountain Falls. Call 719-6849018 for details and reservations.
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Humor, sadness and the angry bear in a trap From what I have seen, there is a certain humor to losing you mind. True, it is that awkward, nervous, uncomfortable kind of laugh. But beneath that is a sadness … a catch-your-breath, can’t-let-you-see-me-cry sadness, that puts a tremble in your voice to talk about it. Even deeper, there is a sense of betrayal. You can’t trust anyone. Not even yourself. It makes you angry — violent, strike-out, inflictsome-pain angry. There is no peace to the descent into madness. Life is crazy when you are losing your mind. Back in 1974, Don Wallace was slowly dying, but he wasn’t going peacefully. I guess that kind of thing can make you crazy. It seems to me, he felt the betrayal, the anger, the uncontrollable, uneasy feeling that makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time. And when you are dying, I guess you think about legacy. What will you leave here on earth? How will they remember you? That goes directly to the idea of memory. After all, when you leave, the only thing you are likely to take with you is your memories. In the end, that is alternately the only thing remaining here — the memory of you. To Don, though he hadn’t thought of it much before the cancer-imposed deadline, he was thinking about it a lot in the summer of 1974. Patty Hearst, the Pooka, changes in the world affected him greatly. And life on a time
limit made him angry as a bear in trap. My dad told me a story once about a bear that he and his older brother trapped on the ranch where they grew up in north western Colorado. Even back then there was a very strict prescription from Game & Fish regulating how to trap a bear. But the bear was running off horses and raising heck with the rest of the livestock. My grandfather had recently bought a sorrel mare from up around Baggs, Wyoming, (40 or 50 miles away) and my dad’s two older brothers spent almost a week tracking it from farm to farm all the way back there, when it ran off because it was frightened by the bear that was knocking around their place on Morapos Creek. As result, shortly afterwards, they decided to try to get rid of the bear, and in adherence to the conventions of Game & Fish at the time, established a trap set up on the lower 40. Not long afterward, alerted by a terrible
racket in early hours of the morning, and after waiting for daylight, soon found that a bear had indeed sprung the trap and took off down the creek, dragging the big log attached over the berms, and gravel bars, through the willows, and out into a grassy meadow downstream. The bear however, tired from the dragging experience, had laid down somewhere out their in the tall grass and couldn’t be immediately located when my dad and his older brother Bill went to search for it. And they were pretty leery about running out into the tall grass after a wounded bear. Eventually, the bear did rise up in the grass, as my dad told the story, and my uncle Bill shot it in the head a couple of times (from a distance) with a .30-06 to no avail. The bear once again took off down the creek dragging the trap and log. My dad and his brother returned to the house, told my Granddad what happened, and he, recognizing that they were a bit out of their league, sent the hired hand and his daughter (both of which had more experience with such things) to chase the bear. They were able to bring the bear carcass back later that afternoon and the hide nailed to the barn wall measured just over 11 feet from tip-to-tip, according to the story. That anger, and steadfast determination, was also characteristic of Don Wallace’s fight Carrigan continues on Page 9
Teddy spoke softly and carried a big stick My double spinal fusion surgery on May 19 prevented me from playing in the annual Old Time Base Ball Game at Rock Ledge Ranch. Still, I was able to wear the spiffy new uniforms that Ranch director Andy Morris purchased over the winter and I was honored with the duty of co-managing the team with Morris. The Base Ball game is an annual tradition at the Ranch that goes back 20 years. Our team, the Camp Creek Cloud Busters, lost a low-scoring match the Denver and Rio Grande Reds, 5-1. The Reds were led by player/coach Roger Haddix, who looks every bit the part of how a player might look in 1872. Among the 350 or so guests at the game were former Presidents Abraham Lincoln (played by Mike Houston) and Teddy Roosevelt (played by Don Moon). Roosevelt/Moon got me thinking about the days when Teddy was a somewhat frequent visitor to Colorado. In 1900, Teddy was in Victor campaigning for President William McKinley. Teddy was on McKinley’s ticket as Vice-President. On Sept. 6, 1901, McKinley, just months after being sworn into his second Presidential
term, was shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached him and fired two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you tell my wife.” McKinley, a Republican who was also elected president in 1896, died eight days later (Sept. 14), becoming the third United States President in 36 years to be assassinated. But what is troubling to me is that McKinley’s assassination and his assassin (Czolgosz) are almost a footnote when historians recall American Presidents that have been assassinated. The most forgotten of all the U.S. Presidents to be assassinated is, of course, James
Garfield. He was shot by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and died 11 weeks later (Sept. 19). Guiteau was found guilty on Jan. 25, 1882, and hanged on June 30 of that year. The two most remembered and talked about U.S. Presidents to be assassinated are Abraham Lincoln (April 14 1865 - he died the following morning) and John F. Kennedy (Nov. 22 1963). I often wonder if Teddy, or “T.R.” as he was commonly called, would have become as popular had McKinley not been assassinated, opening the door for the former “Rough Rider” to take up residence in the White House. Teddy was immediately sworn in as President following McKinley’s death. Teddy ran for reelection on the Republican Party ticket in 1904 and easily defeated Democrat Alton Brooks Parker. Roosevelt was very popular in his day and could have run for President in 1908. At the end of his second term, Teddy supported his close friend William Howard Taft for the 1908 Republican nomination. After leaving office, Teddy toured Africa and Europe. But upon his return in 1910 he broke his ties with President Taft on issues of
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Dreamtime is a place beyond time, space I remember the haunting 1977 Australian film “The Last Wave” like I saw it yesterday. The movie tells the tale of a lawyer in Sydney whose everyday life is turned upside down, when he defends a group of Aborigines accused of murder. The lawyer, played by Richard Chamberlain, begins having bizarre dreams connecting him to the Aboriginal world of Dreamtime and a pending apocalyptic huge wave. According to Wikipedia, in Australian Aboriginal mythology, Dreamtime is a place beyond time and space in which the past, present and future exist as one. Tribespeople can enter this alternate universe through dreams, various states of altered consciousness or death. It is considered the final destination before reincarnation. If not this, then what are dreams? The study of dreaming is known as “oneirology” and it’s a field that spans neuroscience, psychology and even literature. Why we dream has remained a mystery but there are some pretty fascinating theories.
Sigmund Freud spearheaded one of the first sustained scientific studies into the dream world. After analyzing the dreams of hundreds of his patients, he came to the conclusion that dreams are wishfulfillments. Any dream can be looked at as a means of getting or achieving something you want, either literally or symbolically. This theory became the foundation of Freud’s efforts to help his patients deal with hidden emotions. On the other hand, psychiatrist J. Allan Hobson dismissed dreams as brain burps … an accidental side-effect of activated limbic brain circuits that are involved with
emotions, sensations and memories. This “activation-synthesis” theory says that the brain’s effort to interpret these random signals results in dreams. Then there’s the garbage collection or “reverse learning” theory, which suggests that we dream to get rid of undesirable connections and associations that build up in our brains throughout the day. This concept contends that we dream in order to forget. One of my favorites is the “playing dead” theory. This theory suggests that dreaming could be related to an ancient defense mechanism known as tonic immobility. When we dream, chemicals like dopamine associated with movement are completely shut down. This is a similar state that animals use to fool predators into thinking they are dead. So perhaps we dream so we don’t get eaten in the middle of the night? Darwin, of course, saw dreaming as part of the evolutionary process where dreams introduced thought mutations that our minds could select from produc-
ing new and improved kinds of thought, imagination, self-awareness and other psychic functions. While Darwin suggests we are weeding out maladaptive emotions, psychiatrist and sleep disorder expert Ernest Hartmann has come up with the “Contemporary Theory of Dreaming.” Hartmann sees dreaming as more therapy than evolution where the person processes ideas and emotions by associating them with symbols, which allows you to place them in a broader psychological context. Whatever theory resonates with you, be sure to tune in next week for the skinny on how to analyze your dreams. Who knows, you may plug in to the Aboriginal Dreamtime world? Cord Prettyman is a certified Master Personal Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Re-hab Studio in Woodland Park. He can be reached at 687-7437, by email at cordprettyman@ msn.com or though his website at www. cordprettyman.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear editor: In reference to recent reporting in the Pikes Peak Courier, on Upper Fountain Creek flooding: We live on Upper Fountain Creek, on CR 21, in Teller County, south of Wal-Mart. Our section of the creek is normally dry, unless there is a flash flood, however, it always feeds into downstream Fountain Creek, whether there is a slow stream, or a flash flood. We and our neighbors started noticing an increase of flash flooding on our properties right after Wal-Mart was built, and it getting worse and worse each year with the volume and speed of water. Since the construction of Wal-Mart, Woodland Park has continued to build more and more drainage ditches, culverts, roads, and businesses with large parking lots, directing all of the water runoff right into the Upper Fountain Creek watershed, just north of Safeway. Recently Woodland Park has also installed huge drainage pipes right under the newly built Trail Ridge apartment complex located north of Safeway, funneling and directing all of the water runoff from Woodland Park right into Upper Fountain Creek through these pipes, with no concern for those living downstream of Woodland Park, including those who live in Teller County, Green Mountain Falls, Chipita Park, Cascade, Manitou Springs
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with cancer. Some afternoons he would be roaring about the injustice involved. Other times, he would lie quietly in the grass, trying to muster strength to rise up and take on his attackers head on. In the meantime, he was also concerned about what kind of legacy he might leave. To that end, as I delivered his paper to him one day out on his back porch, he gave me a small, leather-bound volume of poems that would fit in a pocket. He called it “a book about dreams.” I kept the book and tried to figure it out, but at that age, I am afraid I wasn’t up to it. The book went in a drawer; with other things I meant to keep … and in time was lost. I remember only a fragment: “You are not wrong, who deem That my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night, or in a day, In a vision, or in none, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem Is but a dream within a dream.” -Edgar Allen Poe
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progressivism and personalities. Oddly, in the 1912 election, Teddy tried, but failed, to block Taft’s renomination. Teddy then launched the Progressive “Bull Moose” Party that called for progressive reforms. It ended up splitting the Republican vote, allowing Democrat Woodrow Wilson to win the White House and Congress, while the Taft
and Colorado Springs. This also does not include the numerous drainage pipes all along the creek on both sides, which also funnel more water runoff right into Upper Fountain Creek, above El Paso County. Last Aug. 22, 2013, I was at the movies in Woodland Park, when it started raining and hailing very hard. As I drove home to Crystola around 6 p.m., I was alarmed at the amount of flooding taking place on the roads, parking lots, highway, and on properties along Fountain Creek and along Highway 24. The creek was extremely swollen coming out of Woodland Park, and once I got home I became very scared seeing 8-foot waves of water crashing through our property and heading downstream. I immediately called KKTV to have them warn those living along Fountain Creek downstream of imminent flooding. I have been through flash floods in the Texas Hill Country, so I knew the danger of flash floods. One moment our friend’s front-end loader was on our property near the fenceline by our cars, and the next moment the waves had taken it downstream. Not only were our vehicles in danger, but so was our storage shed. That day we lost 8 acres of our property to the flood and Fountain Creek. We also got tons of debris dumped onto our property, including concrete from the plant
Not long after that, Don Wallace’s presence on his back porch, waiting for news of the latest escapades of Patty Hearst, Richard Nixon, and the return of Florida Skunk Ape, tapered off. By late fall, I rarely would see him and I was busy myself, trying to figure out how to play junior high football. I would wonder about him each time I dropped a paper but there was no sign. By the time I was struggling with basketball, I had not seen him in months. I’d always think maybe I should have someone check to see if he was okay, but I never did. One afternoon before practice, my friend Lynn (who delivered papers upriver at the same time I deliver them downriver from our houses) told me Ed Gould had found Don dead in his house. Apparently he had shot himself with that .22 pistol that once had rested there on table. I don’t know what I thought about it at the time, or even now. Since then, however, at times I still think about the Pooka and Patty Hearst, dreams that can be carried around in little books, and the crazed anger of bear caught in a trap. For me there is a certain humor to it, but it is that awkward, nervous kind of laugh, with sadness underneath that puts a tremble in your voice.
conservatives gained control of the GOP for decades. Roosevelt then led a major expedition to the Amazon jungles and contracted several illnesses. From 1914 to 1917 he campaigned for the American entry into World War I. By then he reconciled with GOP leadership and was the frontrunner for the GOP nomination in the 1920 election. But his health collapsed and he died in 1919 at the age of 60. Teddy is considered one of the greatest Presidents in U.S. history and is joined at Mount Rushmore by Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Lincoln.
upstream, mafia blocks, tires, large trees, rocks, trash and tons and tons of sand. The creek bed rose several feet from that flood alone. All of our neighbors also suffered damage to their properties, including losing bridges, fencelines, ponds, wells and acreages. After that incident, every time it rained, I got frantic. I never wanted to leave the house for fear of flash flooding and losing our home. We have had some smaller flash floods over the past few years, but this past July we had yet another huge flash flood like last August, that claimed even more acreage, and dumped even more concrete, debris, trees, and more sand. Alarmingly, this July’s flash flood reached the edge of CR 21 along our property, and up to the edge of our leech field. We are now in danger of losing our leech field to downstream Fountain Creek in future flash floods. I don’t care what Woodland Park’s officials publicly state, the water does not get absorbed into the creek bed from flash flooding, and the water does not all come
from Highway 24 as one official stated in the Courier recently. It comes “downstream” in Fountain Creek, directly from Woodland Park, and it is an insult to every citizen’s intelligence for someone to think that we would believe such nonsense. Anyone can stand along Fountain Creek behind Safeway during a flash flood to see where the water is coming from. Anyone can witness the amount of water rushing down Woodland Park roads, ditches, culverts, etc., during a flash flood to see where the water is headed. Anyone can stand next to the huge drainage pipes under the Trail Ridge apartment complex north of Safeway, during a flash flood to witness the amount of water going directly into Upper Fountain Creek. Not to mention the amount of damage done to CR 21 and properties everytime there is a heavy rain, with water rushing down all of the dirt roads between Safeway and WalMart, and all headed into Upper Fountain Letters continues on Page 12
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Mitchell awarded Nicole Lyne Fields Memorial Scholarship Staff report Allison Mitchell has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the Nicole Lyne Fields Memorial Scholarship. Mitchell is a 2014 graduate of Colorado Springs Christian High School and is the daughter of Mark and Karen Mitchell of Woodland Park. Mitchell has been a member of the Pikes Peak Rangerettes since 2011 and was a member of the Teller County 4-H program for nine years serving as secretary, treasurer, parliamentarian and horse project leader. Additional activities and accolades noted on Mitchell’s resume include varsity cheerleader, Colorado Columbine Girls’ State delegate, Colorado Ambassa-
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meet from 7:45-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Denny’s Restaurant in Woodland Park. TNT is a local businesses owners networking group working to pass leads and help each others’ businesses grow. Join us to learn more or call Vickie at 719-748-1274.
RECREATION ART CLASSES are offered year-round at Shanika Studio for ages 13 and older. Classes focus on traditional oil painting skills, but also include other artistic mediums including drawing, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. Classes are two and a half hours and are offered Mondays, Thursdays or Saturdays. Days may change to meet students’ needs. Classes are taught by professional artist Kenneth Shanika. Contact 303-6471085, ShanikaStudio@aol.com or www. ShanikaFineArts.com. CHRISTIAN YOGA is offered at 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sundays at Corner Street, 500 E. Midland Ave. in Woodland Park. Mindfullness-centered practice aimed at relaxation, focus, gentle movement. Contact Chrissy Bensen, with bStill Integrative Wellness LLC at 719-510-2743 (www.bStillyoga.com) before attending for the first time to reserve a spot; after that, just drop in. Cost is $7 per class. EXERCISE CLASSES offered for
free through Community Partnership Family Resource Center’s Healthy Living Programs. Locations of classes are throughout Teller County. Visit www.
dor for National Young Leaders, National Honor Society, Association of Christian Schools International Distinguished Christian High School Student, as well as a multitude of other academic and 4-H awards and recognition to her credit. Mitchell served as the 2013 Teller County Fair queen and the 2010 Teller County Fair princess and Mitchell was chosen this past July to be the 2015 Aide to Girl of the West for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Mitchell will be the first recipient of the Nicole Lyne Fields Memorial Scholarship
cpteller.org under “Get Healthy Challenge” or email Kathy at Kathy@cpteller. org for more information.
FLORISSANT GRANGE Hall is available for events including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. The Florissant Grange Hall, also known as the Old School House in Florissant, is a historic building built in 1887 and 1888. School started in the school in 1889 and continued through 1960, which creates an interesting historic atmosphere. The Old School House sits on 2-plus acres and weather permitting the grounds can be used as well. Call 719-748-5004 and leave a message to arrange a time to visit the Grange Hall and reserve this space for your event. EVERY THURSDAY all year the Florissant Grange Hall (The Old School House) is open from 6-9 pm for the Jammers Music and Pot Luck. This is a happening place to be on Thursday evenings. Sometimes we have more musicians than people and sometimes we have more people than the hall can hold, but no matter what, we have fun and great music and fabulous food. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session and if you are not a musician, come for the social evening out. Call 719-7480358. YOGA AT Shining Mountain Studio with Nancy Stannard. Safe, fun and empowering; accessible to all fitness levels. Ongoing classes are 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (intermediate); 9 a.m. Thursday (gentle beginner); and 10 a.m. Saturday (intermediate). Contact Nancy at gentleyoga4healing.com before first class and see gentleyoga4healing.com
to hold the title of Girl of the West. Mitchell was selected for this scholarship on the basis of her outstanding leadership qualities, character, school and community involvement, academic records and essay. She plans to attend Colorado Christian University this fall to pursue a degree in pre-med with ultimate plans to become a surgeon. Nicole Lyne Fields was a lifetime resident of the Falcon community, a 1998 graduate of Falcon High School and a student at the University of Northern Colorado. She was very active in her school and community and served as the 2000 Girl of the West for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo. Fields lost her life in a car accident on Jan.
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GET IN shape with a parks and recreation fitness membership. The center offers Paramount and Nautilus equipment and free weights. Schedule a personalized fitness orientation and have an individual workout program designed for your fitness needs. Individuals ages 16 and older are welcome to become fitness members. Minors require signed parental permission. Corporate memberships are available. Call 719-689-3514. FRONT RANGE Fencing Club. Learn to fence class for children and adults. Meets at Discovery Canyon Campus. Visit http://frontrangefencing.tripod. com/ Advanced competitive lessons available too. HEALTHIER LIVING Colorado, Diabetes Self-Management Workshop. Learn the skills needed to manage your diabetes. Teller County Public Health and Community Partnership Family Resource Center offer six-week classes to help you with the challenges of living with this ongoing health condition. Participants learn how to control their blood glucose, prevent complications, and cope with the stress of having a chronic health condition. Call Teller County Public Health at 719-687-6416 or visit www. cpteller.org or www.co.teller.co.us/ PublicHealth for information and a list of classes in your neighborhood. Suggested donation $35. JAM NIGHT. The Grange Hall is open
from 6-9 p.m. every Thursday for the Jammers music and potluck. This is a great night and the place to be on Thursdays. The music is always different
depending on who and how many musicians show up. We always have fun, good food and dancing. All musicians are welcome to join in the jam session. If you are not a musician, come for a social evening out to meet other community members. Call 719-748-0358.
KARATE PLUS meets at 6 p.m.
Mondays and Wednesdays at Woodland Park Community Church and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Lake George Bible Church. The class includes Japanese karate and jujitsu, Okinawan weapons, padded sparring and Judo throws. Self-defense is also taught. The program is Bible-based. Black belt instruction. KP has been in the Ute Pass area for more than 16 years. Low rates. Ages 5 through adult. Two free lessons. For more information call Ken at 719-687-1436. KP is nonprofit and non-denominational.
THE LAKE George Gem and Mineral Club Youth Program for Earth Science Education, Peblepups, meets from 6-6:45 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Lake George Community Center on Hwy 24 on the east side of Lake George. The program is free to students age 8-18. Each session discusses a separate aspect of Earth science or mineral collecting. Warm weather will allow field trips on weekends. Further information from Steve Veatch 719-7485010 or John Rakowski 719-748-3861 or at LGGMClub.org. THE LAKE George Gem and Mineral Club meets the second Saturday of every month at the Community Center, Lake George. Meetings begin at 10 a.m. until May, when it changes to 9 a.m. to accommodate a field trip in conjunc-
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12, 2001, at age 20. This scholarship was created in memory of Nicole Lyne Fields, who touched the lives of so many in her short 20 years. The committee is pleased to award Mitchell $1,000 towards her college expenses. The Nicole Lyne Fields Memorial Scholarship is awarded through the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation. Tax deductible contributions can be made to the fund at: Nicole Lyne Fields Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Foundation, 601 N. Nevada Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903.
tion with the regular meeting. There is always a program or field trip.
MOTHER BEAR Self-Defense offers
Krav Maga classes from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment on Thursdays on the second floor of the Corner Dance Studio in Woodland Park. Mother Bear also offers women’s selfdefense classes for groups of three or more. Contact Wendy at 719-323-7949 for information.
THE MOUNTAIN Top Cycling club holds monthly meetings for bicyclist of all types and skill levels. The club meets at different locations on the first Tuesday of the month. Membership fee is $25 for individual and $40 for family. We have guest speakers, presentations and door prizes. The meeting is from 7-8 p.m. Social time at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.mountaintopcyclingclub.com or write us Mountain Top Cycling Club P.O.Box 843 Woodland Park CO 80866. For more information, call Debbie at 719-687-2489. PIKES PEAK Plein Air Painters offers year-round artistic activities, painting on locations, social activities pertaining to the visual arts and art shows. The group is open to anyone interested in learning to paint or to improve their painting skills. Contact Kenneth Shanika at 303-647-1085 or ShanikaStudio@aol. com, or go to www.PikesPeakPleinAirPainters.com TAI CHI is offered for free at 9 a.m. Mondays at the Florissant Public Library. Call 719-748-3549 or Margaret McKinney, 719-748-5141 TAI CHI is offered every Wednesday at Florissant/Four Mile Fire Department. Call Meridel Gatterman, 719-689-5861. TAI CHI is offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs resource room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122. TAI CHI is offered from 9-10 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs community room. Call Penny Brandt, 719-687-1848 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122. TAI CHI, Sun Style 73 Forms, is offered from 10-11 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs community room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633. TELLER COUNTY Shooting Society, an organization establishing a new gun range in Teller County, meets the second Saturday of every other month at the Divide Community Center and the Elks Club in Victor. The club has 52 members and expects to grow substantially once ground breaks in the spring. All of the political hurdles are completed and all of the necessary applications have all been approved. Go to www.tcss-co.org. THERAPEUTIC YOGA-BASED stressreduction classes offered from 5-6 p.m. Sundays in Woodland Park. Welcoming, fun, and affordable. Cost is $7 per class. See www.bStillcounseling.com or contact Chrissy Bensen, MA-MFT, 719510-2743 for details. TELLER COUNTY 4-H Shooting Sports Club meets the first Sunday of each month at the Pikes Peak Community Club (PPCC) in Divide at 4 p.m. 4-H projects/disciplines covered by the club: .22 and Air Rifle, Archery, Shotgun, and Air Pistol. For more information about the club meetings or project/discipline practices, contact Bob Tyler, 719-7481335 or eagle3tyler@gmail.com. For 4-H enrollment contact Mark Platten at
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THURSDAY NIGHT Beginners Book Study meets from 7-8 p.m. Thursdays at Woodland Park Community Church. Email gclark25@live.com for information. UTE PASS Historical Society offers free tours (donations gratefully accepted) of History Park every second Saturday of the month from June through September. History Park is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come tour our old buildings, and learn some of the history of Ute Pass. We also offer a walking tour of Woodland Park which meets at the Museum Center at 10:30. The Museum Center at History Park is located at 231 E. Henrietta Avenue in Woodland Park, next to the library. For information, contact UPHS at 719-686-7512 or check out our website: www.utepasshistoricalsociety.org. Also, like us on Facebook. UTE PASS Historical Society Main Office and book store are open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays in the Museum Center building at History Park, 231 E. Henrietta, next to the Woodland Park Library. Tours of History Park are available during these hours. A $5 donations is appreciated. Call 719-686-7512 at least 15 minutes before a tour. Go to utepasshistoricalsociety.org. WOODLAND PARK Ceili Club hast monthly ceilis (“kay-lees”), which is Irish for a dance party. The purpose is to bring social Irish dance to the Teller County community. These ceilis are open to the public, with no dance experience required. The dances are taught as part of the event. Visit www.mountaineire. org and see the Ceili Club tab, or call 686-1325. WOODLAND PARK Saddle Club, providing community camaraderie among humans and horses since 1947, sponsors gymkhanas, jackpots, dances, barbecues, parades, trail rides and more. Join us. For information, contact info@wpsaddleclub.com. Visit www. wpsaddleclub.com. WOODLAND PARK Wind Symphony, under the direction of Craig Harms, rehearses at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Woodland Park Middle School band room. All instrumental musicians are welcome. Visit www.woodlandparkwindsymphony.com to learn more about this ensemble and other musical groups which are part of the Woodland Park Wind Symphony, Woodland Winds, Woodland Brass Quintet and Brass Choir and the Swing Factory Big Band. Craig can also be reached at 719-687-2210. YOGA CLASSES are offered at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a senior class at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, at the Florissant Grange, 2009 County Road 31. Certified instructor. Everyone welcome. Call Debbie at 719-748-3678 for information. YOGA CLASSES are offered in Woodland Park. All levels are welcome. Contact Michelle Truscelli at 719-5055011 or check out www.shakti3yoga. com for information. YOGA FOR Every Body 2014 yoga classes offered at various locations in the Pikes Peak area. All classes free or by donation. Call Stacy for more information at 719-689-5745 or email namastacy15@gmail.com. XINGYI IS offered from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Woodland Park Recreation Center. Must be 18 or older. Contact Jeff at 816-260-8595 for information.
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First official Little Free Library in Woodland Park now Woodland Park has its first official Little Free Library. A Little Free Library is a weatherproof box placed in a resident’s yard filled books. Anyone can visit and take whatever catches their fancy. One does not need to live in the immediate neighborhood to enjoy the benefits of this Little Free Library. There is no check-out, no due date, no late fees, and no charges for the book. The book is always a gift and never for sale. In fact, readers can keep the chosen book or return it at a later date. Readers may also contribute a book by placing it directly into the box. Individuals, businesses, and organizations may become stewards for this world-wide movement. Each Little Free Library is registered and the location is placed on the website map. Individual stewards usually place the Little Free Library in front of their home while business-sponsored stewards usually place their Little Free Library either outside their business or sometimes even inside. Organization-sponsored stewards determine a site: usually a pre-approved public place. Stewards for Woodland Park’s first Little Free Library are Cheryl and Darwin Naccarato and the library is placed in front of their home at 410 Craig Court. Stewards also commit to maintaining the box and keeping it supplied with books. “I had been aware of this movement for several years and as a book lover, being a steward puts a smile on my face!” Cheryl says. She designed the box to meet her idea of a perfect Little Free Library. She continues; ”Little Free Libraries compliment public libraries in the fact that they promote literacy and the love of reading. It also fosters a sense of community and connection.” Together, with help of a former Woodland Park resident and good friend, Adrian Vinke, Cheryl and Darwin built the library over the course of a couple of weeks. “Adrian took charge of the actual building and I acted as his builder’s assistant,” said Darwin.
He continued, “Adrian’s building experience far exceeds mine so we took advantage of his expertise!” Darwin designed and built the post that the Little Free Library sits upon. He joked that maybe a more fitting name would be the “Naccarato branch library.” When putting the finishing touches on the library, many neighbors dropped by to check it out and all were not only excited to have a new source for choosing books but an opportunity to contribute books. The Little Free Library movement was started in 2010 by Todd Bol, of Hudson Wisconsin, and Rick Brooks, Madison, Wis. Friends and neighbors loved the idea. Andrew Carnegie’s support of 2,510 free public libraries around the turn of the 19th to 20th century, heroic achievements of Miss Lutie Stearns, a librarian who brought books to nearly 1400 locations in Wisconsin through “traveling little libraries” between 1895 and 1914, and “Take a book, leave a book” collections in coffee shops and public spaces provided inspiration. Kelly’s Office Supply in Gold Hills North is an excellent example of such inspiration. They have had dedicated space in their store for many years for residents to take a book or leave a book. And the rest is history, documented in newspapers, blogs and broadcasts throughout the world. The year 2011 brought local, regional and national media attention to the backyard project that had become a movement. With nearly 400 Little Free Libraries across the United States by the end of the year, the founders knew it was time to become a formal, independent organization. In May, 2012, Little Free Library was offi-
Now there is a local Little Library. Courtesy photo cially established as a Wisconsin nonprofit corporation with a board of directors. In September, the Internal Revenue Service granted tax-exempt status. This goal was of more than 2,510 Little Free Libraries was reached in August of 2012, a year and a half before the original target date. By
January of 2014, the total number of registered Little Free Libraries in the world was conservatively estimated to be more than 15,000, with thousands more being built. For more information, check out the Little Free Library story at littlefreelibrary. org.
Cash advantage goes to Hickenlooper By Vic Vela
vvela@colorado communitymedia.com Gov. John Hickenlooper has raised more than four times as much money as former Congressman Bob Beauprez in the two rivals’ gubernatorial campaign dash for cash. Hickenlooper has raised $4 million to Beauprez’s haul of about $828,000, according to the latest financial disclosures from the campaigns. Hickenlooper’s cash ad-
vantage was helped by the $545,791 that was donated to his campaign during the reporting period of July 27 through Aug. 27 — the incumbent governor’s largest single-month haul. Beauprez raised $223,510 during the recent reporting period. Hickenlooper campaign spokesman Eddie Stern attributes the fundraising success to an economy that is gaining steam, thanks to lower unemployment and 33 consecutive months of job growth.
“We are humbled by the amount of support we’ve received from people across Colorado,” said Stern. Beauprez campaign spokesman Allen Fuller isn’t impressed with Hickenlooper’s cash haul. “Every day it seems like there’s another example of why John Hickenlooper isn’t fit to lead Colorado,” Fuller said. “He’s going to need every dime he can get.” The Beauprez campaign has hammered
Hickenlooper on areas of “failed leadership,” which they hope will resonate with voters. They include attacks on Hickenlooper’s evolving position on the death penalty. The Beauprez campaign has been highly critical of Hickenlooper’s decision to grant an indefinite reprieve for death row inmate Nathan Dunlap. Rather than punching back, the Hickenlooper campaign continues to run positive ads. The gov-
ernor’s healthy cash haul has allowed his campaign to purchase $1.7 million in all-positive television advertising for September and October. The Beauprez campaign is being helped by $1.8 million in advertising
spending from the Republican Governors Association. After spending is factored in, the Hickenlooper campaign has $760,427 cash on hand to Beauprez’s $334,365.
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Senate candidates go head-to-head By Vic Vela
vvela@colorado communitymedia.com Although President Barack Obama isn’t on the November ballot this year, he was very much a part of a U.S. Senate race debate that was held in Grand Junction on Sept. 6. The president’s name dominated much of the fall’s first debate between Democratic Sen. Mark Udall and Con-
gressman Cory Gardner, his Republican opponent in a race that is of pivotal political importance nationally. Gardner spent the early part of the debate hammering away at Udall for a voting record that is closely linked to the agenda of the Obama administration, which has long been mired in low approval ratings. Those attacks included Udall’s support for the Affordable Care Act, Obama’s signature piece of legislation
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Creek. There are too many people who have witnessed the increase in flooding in Upper Fountain Creek in recent years, and it is not from a 100-year flood, it is from continued construction in Woodland Park, and no matter how much denial is being made publicly by Woodland Park city officials, the truth is the truth. Whatever happens on Upper Fountain Creek will affect anyone living downstream, and that’s the truth. Terry Bitzel, Crystola Dear Editor: This is An Open Letter To Mr. Keith McKim, Retired Colonel Van Arsdale, and other supporters of Mike Ensminger who believe that lies are being told about their beloved Sheriff. PLEASE bring your passion to the Saturday evening Sept. 13 meet and greet being held at the Pikes Peak Community Club commencing at 5:30 p.m. in Divide, Colorado. You are most sincerely and cordially invited to attend this event, which is being undertaken on behalf of Mark Manriquez’s candidacy for Sheriff. For clarification of the record, Manriquez and Ensminger opposed each other in 2010 in only a Republican primary run-off. The majority of Teller County voters have had no say in the selection of Sheriff for a long time. If you truly feel the statements being made about your beloved Sheriff are not facts but nothing more than mud slinging and unsupported lies, then by all means do the entire citizenry of Teller County the favor of exposing said falsehoods in a public forum if you can. This is your opportunity to back up your claims and it will take a mere 70% of courage to
Graduation Cameron R. Arias, 2012 Woodland Park graduate, was appointed to the “Dean’s” List for the 20132014 school year. Cameron maintained a 4.0 G.P.A. and is currently a junior, majoring in Global Security Intelligence Studies at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott Arizona. Cameron was recently featured in an article published on Forbes.com. Cameron is the son of Leonard and Sherry Arias of Florissant.
show up and be counted. We are courteous enough to have you in attendance. We only ask that you be civil and truthful. MARK MANRIQUEZ is the kind of Sheriff that this community should have. Freethinking Republicans, Tea Party, Dems, and Independents can thank their lucky stars that there is for the first time in nearly two decades, a worthy General Election candidate running for Sheriff and that we do not have to put up with Ensminger’s malarkey for another four years. Come to Divide to see why You should vote for Mark Manriquez on November 4th. Refreshments served to one an all by Jineen McWherter. Jineen McWherter Dear editor: In light of the overwhelming evidence of the injurious social and economic impacts of recreational marijuana, it’s both remarkable and disappointing that our new mayor is a strong advocate of it. It’s been documented that marijuana use changes brain chemistry, probably permanently, blunts motivation, and causes serious short-term memory loss. Combined with the increased costs to our already over-burdened criminal justice system and law enforcement assets, it’s clearly something most people in Woodland Park would adamantly oppose. I would recommend that Mayor Levy and any other councilmembers who favor recreational marijuana, read the following report which provides irrefutable evidence of the associated dangers: rmhidta.org. The sales tax revenue from this simply isn’t worth the adverse impacts to our vulnerable youth. Therefore, I will actively join like-minded citizens to strongly oppose Levy and any other councilmembers who move to get this measure on the ballot, or who otherwise support it in our community. Let’s maintain our reputation as the “city above the clouds” not one with our head in the clouds. Sincerely, Col. Bill Powell, USMC (Ret) Woodland Park Dear Editor: Although I live in Missouri, we do own a vacation home south of Florissant and we spend a good deal of time in Woodland
Park when we’re in-state. I also happen to be an environmental geologist, and your recent reporting on the flooding issues along Fountain Creek caught my attention. Emotions appear to running high. This is my take looking from the outside in. In the recent series of Pikes Peak Courier articles posted online, residents of Crystola and points downstream blame runoff from Woodland Park for flooding and channel erosion in their communities. The Woodland Park city manager responds that the city requires that detention structures limit runoff to historical discharges for the 100-year precipitation event. City Manager David Buttery correctly points out the numerous inflows to Fountain Creek other than runoff generated in Woodland Park, and that the city’s requirements for runoff-detention structures exceed those of most other municipalities. Yet downstream residents seem to be adamant in their contention that more water is coming at them from the city than in previous years. It could very well be that both sides are right. And in the most recent article (Aug. 27), Teller County officials appear to have a reasonable appreciation of the issues. It is not the amount of water that Woodland Park detains but the amount that still enters the stream channel that may cause problems. The design criteria for detention basins are fine but they are not absolute. They are based on point-in-time calculations that should be constantly updated to reflect changing hydrologic conditions. The term “100-year event” does not represent a constant value of either rainfall or flood discharge. This kind of label is used to describe a statistical calculation based on historical data, and every year the quantitative value associated with the term changes. Because rainfall patterns change, a detention basin that is designed using data available when it was built may or may not meet the requirements as time passes. I do not know whether the city requires annual recalculations for each basin, but I suspect not. Aside from storm characteristics there are numerous other factors
that could be affecting the volume and flow velocity of water leaving the urbanized area. For example, what percentage of the area in the Fountain Creek drainage basin is urbanized, and how much is actually controlled by detention basins? What modifications have been made to the Fountain Creek channel that might affect flow characteristics downstream? How has sediment load changed in response to flood control measures? But those living downstream also have a responsibility to assure that channel and riparian encroachments do not hinder flow. Is the capacity of the channel known? Are zoning restrictions appropriate? What changes have occurred in the last few years? Regardless of the volume of water released at the city’s south limit, the channel downstream has to be able to accommodate it. And it may be the case that old culverts and channel geometry are not adequate to carry present discharge. The interaction of these variables emphasizes the fact that flood management must be done at drainage-basin scale to be effective. And without quantitative data to support anyone’s contentions, placing blame is counter-productive. Productive discussions among Woodland Park, its downstream neighbors and Teller County to identify and quantify all inputs to Fountain Creek are imperative. And I think it would be quite useful to install gauging stations to collect the data needed to quantify the discharge characteristics of the creek. Sincerely, Charles Spencer, Ph.D. Lee’s Summit, Mo. Dear editor: The Teller County Community Development Services Department has forced the removal of the large Mark Manriquez for Sheriff sign in Florissant Valley. The department has done so because they say that the sign requires a building permit due to its size. They quote a regulation that is defined under Section 5.8.D.1.i-l in the Teller County Land Use Regulations, which reads: “Any sign or banner pertaining to any political candidate, party or issue in an upcoming local, State or national election. No political sign or banner
shall be erected or placed within the unincorporated areas of the County sooner than 60 days prior to the officially designated election day for a local, state, or national election. Such political signs or banners must be removed within 10 days after said election day. Political signs or banners are limited to a maximum of 32 square feet. Political banners shall be securely tied down at each corner, and neither flutter, spin, obstruct visibility, nor otherwise create a distraction such as would endanger the safe movement of traffic on the public roads.” Clearly, the Development Services Department has never bothered with the parts that discuss time frames when signs can be put up and must be taken down. They don’t seem to be concerned about signs that block traffic views, and they are certainly not concerned about situations where two signs are put together in a “V” formation thereby exceeded the 32 square feet area limit. Also, they don’t seem to care that the regulation doesn’t define how many signs can be placed on a property or define how the signs must be placed. For your information, the sign in Florissant Valley was made of 8x4 panels, which were withing the prescribed limit. Overall, I must question why the Teller County Community Development Services Department chooses to enforce this regulation in such a selective manner? Why enforce one part only while letting the rest of the regulation slide? Sincerely, Gunnar Tapper, Florissant Dear editor: I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped our town over the last four months. On April 16th our entire Public Works Department resigned. Within two hours of getting the news of the resignations a snow storm settled over the Pikes Peak Region. A few phone calls were made and shortly after a snow plow from El Paso County was available to plow the roads in our town. Thank you El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark and El Paso County Public Works Administrator Jim Reid for providing the snow plow and for sending an
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employee from the county to Green Mountain Falls in order to ensure our roads were passable. A very special “thankyou” to the employee who drove that snowplow and to newly elected Trustee Cook who got up very early that morning to meet the driver and show him around the streets in our town. When our Administrative Staff resigned on May 30th we were left with an overwhelming need to have things continue functioning at Town Hall. Thanks to the city of Woodland Park and the Town of Calhan town business continued with minimal disruptions. Thank you Mayor Bartling for sending your wonderful Town Clerk to our town twice a week in order to ensure town operations continued. Cindy Tompkins, your presence in town hall during that time was very comforting to our residence. Suzanne Brown, thank you for attending our board meetings and providing minutes to the Board of Trustees and our citizens.You did “double duty” for awhile. We are so appreciative for your help with this important task. Thank you Cindy Morse for providing words of wisdom and for being available to answer any question that might come up. Knowing you were only a phone call away made all the difference in the world. Thank you El Paso County for your help in assisting with HR support during our transition. Thanks to the professional assistance given to us, we have a new Town Clerk and a Public Works employee. We are also grateful to the city of Manitou Springs for providing Roy Chaney as “interim” pool help. Thanks to Roy we were able to get our swimming pool up and running for the season. Thank you to everyone who has shown kindness and given of their time to help Green Mountain Falls during this interim time. I am humbled by the outpouring of support we have received. Lorrie Worthey, mayor Green Mountain Falls
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BUSINESS BUZZ The Business Buzz features news about the economic scene, promotions, acquisitions and expansions. Contact Pat Hill at phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com or 686-6458. Teller County Department of Social Services has moved to the new county offices at 800 Research Parkway, Suite 100, in Woodland Park. Pikes Peak Regional Medical Center Association has published Teller County’s first medical directory. The directory is available at releasewire.com. Pikes Peak Regional Hospital and Surgery Center wil host a Community Health Fair from 8:30 a.m. to noon, Oct. 11. Small Farms and Sustainable Living is the theme of Teller-Park Conservation District’s annual meeting, which features Craig McHugh, from the Pikes Peak Small Farm Project. The meeting is from 9 a.m.to 1 p.m. Sept. 27 at the Lake George Charter School. To register, call 686-9405, Ext. 104. Mountain Naturals hosts a local-food celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 20 at the store on N. Colorado 67.
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While the November election is still a ways off, it’s not too early to review the candidates that affect Teller County. In addition to the race for Teller County Sheriff that has the incumbent Mike Ensminger running against Mark Manriquez, the candidates and districts are: • 2nd Senate District — Kevin Grantham (R), incumbent since 2012; Grantham’s only opponent is Martin Wirth (Green Party) • 39th House District — Polly Lawrence (R), incumbent since 2012, faces James Huff (D). Elections of interest: • 18th Senate District (El Paso County) — Pete Lee, (D) incumbent since 2010, faces — Michael Schlierf (R) • 11th Sen. Dist. (El Paso County) — Bernie Herpin (R), incumbent since the recall election in 2013, faces Mike Merrifield (D) • 17th HD (El Paso County) — Tony Exum (D), incumbent since 2012, faces Kit Roupe (R).
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Matthews launches Mountain Shine By Pat Hill
phill@coloradocommunitymedia.com Leave it to Victor Matthews to break barriers and burst into new taste sensations. This time around it’s moonshine — the stuff that’s legal. Chef extraordinaire who brought fine dining to Ute Pass, who catapulted the Black Bear restaurant and Green Mountain Falls onto the national culinary scene, Matthews is now the area’s only distiller of bourbon. “I love distilling, love bourbon, have a connection to distilling and making liquors,” he said. “I studied bourbon for years, wrote the bourbon book, had a bourbon bar (within the Black Bear restaurant), opened Bourbon Brothers; everything’s working full circle and it’s perfect.” While bourbon must be aged for at least two years, more likely four to six, Matthews isn’t waiting around. “The idea is to have a type of moonshine related to my grandfather’s moonshine, but it’s been elevated,” he said. “It’s elevated but it’s also taking place at a higher elevation.” Matthews thinks in superlatives. “The product is more elite, in between a highend vodka and a moonshine, so it’s not like the stuff in the jars or the jugs — it’s smoother and has more flavor,” he said. The flavors, Honeysuckle, Carolina Cherry, Heirloom Apple and Big City Citrus, hark back to his childhood where he watched his grandfather make moonshine. “The recipe is from an old school moonshine recipe — it’s mixed with bourbon white dog,” he said. “White dog is what happens when the liquid in the still comes out clear, because it’s distilled.” In a twist on the old days of Prohibition, Matthews takes his cue, relishing the connection to familial roots. “Moonshine comes from the fact that they used to make it at night because it’s illegal,” he said. “So we took the idea of moonshine, elevating it and making it `Mountain Shine.’” The basic recipe is a mixture of barley, rye and corn. “So I could bottle it and make it as moonshine, or Mountain Shine, or I can put it in a barrel for years and get bourbon,” he said. He’s got his eye on making Scotch. “I’m going to make it Irish style,” he said. “You can’t call it Irish whiskey because it’s not from Ireland, right?” Known for his culinary innovations, his
Victor Matthews is transforming his nationally-famed restaurant, the Black Bear in Green Mountain Falls, into a distillery of fine liquors, including aged bourbon. dinners that pay tribute to the artistry of Claude Monet, for instance, Matthews has commissioned a still from Jesse Lupo, of Trident Stills in Bangor, Maine. “The still is a large beautiful work-of-art and should be finished in six months,” he said. In the meantime, Matthews’ vision for the distillery is a shot of nostalgia and a full glass of artistry and creativity. “The still, 11 feet tall, will go up through an opening in the ceiling,” he said, referring to the restaurant’s former main dining room. “So when you walk in you’ll see this beautiful still; the fermenting and cooking is happening in the kitchen area and the bottling in the back room.” As a tribute to the restaurant, which he
closed in March, Matthews is prepared to launch caramelized wheat-based bourbon as the distillery’s main product, Black Bear Bourbon. “The restaurant opened 15 years to the day, March 17, 1999. I did 15 years of amazing business with amazing people. It was the time of my life and it was just time to change,” he said. Embraced by good luck on his latest adventure, Matthews discovered a natural spring on the property when a neighbor’s pipe burst. “They dug up the parking lot and when they were fixing it, it kept filling up with fresh water and they discovered a spring in the parking lot,” he said. “That was the catalyst that started this whole
thing.” Seemingly serendipitous, the spring will provide water for the whiskey. “There will be a spring house out there that will feed everything,” he said. Matthews expects to launch the Mountain Shine Distillery early next year. “I want to have everything done by March 17 — so I close and reopen on the same day, so it’ll be 16 years with one year of construction,” he said. “Eventually the plan is to build a barrel-storage house on the side lot for 1,000 barrels.” Eventually, the business will be open to the public, with a tasting room and a retail section. Mountain Shine will be available in liquor stores around the region.
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Rivals for governor trade jabs in debate Hickenlooper, Beauprez meet on Western Slope By Vic Vela
vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com Gov. John Hickenlooper and former Congressman Bob Beauprez swapped barbs during a lively debate in Grand Junction on Aug. 6, marking the first time the two gubernatorial rivals squared off this fall. On almost every debate topic — ranging from hydraulic fracturing to the death penalty and the state of the economy — the two traded jabs over who would be the better man to lead
the state over the next four years. The debate’s energy was aided by a lively audience that often interrupted the candidates with cheers and boos. That was especially the case toward the end of the debate, when Hickenlooper and Beauprez were given the opportunity to ask each other a series of direct questions. Beauprez used his first question to attack the governor over his evolving position on the death penalty, focusing on the governor’s decision last year to grant a temporary reprieve to Nathan Dunlap, the death row inmate who killed four people at an Aurora Chuck E. Cheese’s restaurant in 1993.
“Yes or no, will you assure the people here tonight … that you will not grant clemency to Nathan Dunlap?” Beauprez asked. Hickenlooper — who once supported the death penalty, but who recently said he no longer does — said he has “no plans to revisit my decision and my decision stands.” “Government shouldn’t be in the business of taking people’s lives,” Hickenlooper said. Meanwhile, Hickenlooper turned the tables on Beauprez on another issue that the former congressman has used to criticize the governor — fracking. Hickenlooper touted his work on reaching a compromise on local control
issues surrounding oil and gas drilling. The compromise kept anti-fracking measures from appearing on the November ballot — a result Beauprez had also wanted. “You said you wanted the ballot measures off the ballot and I did that, so can I count on your vote?” Hickenlooper said. Beauprez offered an icy response. “I think you know the answer to that,” he said. Hickenlooper is profracking, but has also guided tough regulations on the oil and gas industry that aim to limit potential environmental and health impacts of drilling. Beauprez said those regulations are only hurt-
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Stuart compares body to bank Deposits or withdrawals depend on health or junk By Stacy Schubloom For the Courier
Lauren Stuart, RE-2 School District Food Service Director, teaches “Banking with Nutrition” to kindergartners at Columbine Elementary School. In the lesson, Stuart explained how eating healthy food is similar to making a deposit into a bank account. A withdrawal in the account compares to eating junk food, Stuart said. The district’s food service is managed by Chartwell’s.
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Woodland Park running back Dylan Schaller-Ward, No. 3, galloped 60 yards for a touchdown on Aug,. 30 during the Panthers’ 40-7 loss to Rampart in the season-opener for both teams. Giving Schaller-Ward the handoff is Woodland Park quarterback Cecil Cox. Photo by Paul Magnuson
Stunning beginning to first game Game official dies during halftime of Aug. 29 game By Danny Summers
dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com The start to Woodland Park’s football season got off to an unusual start on Aug. 29 when a game official died during halftime of the team’s contest against Rampart at District 20 Stadium. According to the Woodland Park coach Joe Roskam, the referee who died was John Whitten, 61, a 15-year veteran of the Colorado Springs Football Officials Association and graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School. “He was a good man,” Roskam said. “He’s been refereeing my games for 15 years.” Roskam added that the decision to suspend the game “was a no-brainer.” Woodland Park was trailing 28-0 at the time. “The officials are all buddies and we knew that they couldn’t continue,” Roskam said. “We were going to finish the game, that’s why we decided to come back (Aug. 30).” The Woodland Park players gathered in the locker room after learning the game would not be resumed that night. “We prayed on (Whitten) and we knew we were going to finish the game either way,” said Woodland Park senior running
back/linebacker Dylan Schaller-Ward. The game was resumed the next morning (Aug. 30) at 10 a.m. The two teams paid their respects with a moment of silence before beginning the third quarter. Woodland Park, a Class 3A team, eventually lost by a 40-7 score to the 4A Rams. Schaller-Ward scored the Panthers’ loan touchdown on a 60-yard touchdown dash around right end midway through the fourth quarter. “When (a death) like this happens it is what it is,” said Panthers’ senior center Hunter Wilson. “A good man died, but you still have to play football. It’s a bad thing to happen, but life goes on.” Added Woodland Park senior lineman Joel Woolley, “It’s a horrible thing to happen. There’s nothing you can do when something like that happens. You have to take it for what it is.” Woodland Park High School has been forced to endure the deaths of a half dozen of its own students in over last 26 months — four in automobile accidents and two suicides. But even though this tragedy does not appear to directly affect any of the school personnel or students, the death of the official had a profound impact on at least one Woodland Park coach. “It’s one of those things where initially you feel really bad,” said Panthers’ line coach Brett Nelson. “And then it’s one of those things where the kids are kind of looking at you and saying ‘What?’ And that’s kind of how I looked at it. How can this happen? These things don’t normally
happen.” Nelson went on to say that while he has never experienced a player die on the field during a game, he has had former players die after graduation from car accidents and other events. “(Friday night) we didn’t tell the kids too much; we didn’t even tell them that (Whitten) had passed,” Nelson said “We said a prayer for (Whitten) and told the kids he’s not good. We kept it simple. “These kids are resilient because we’ve had to deal with this kind of stuff at our own school. I don’t want to say these (football players) are cold to it, but it’s more of a ‘here we go again.’ But they have to process it in their own ways.” Woodland Park coaches first learned of Whitten’s “possible” death when Panthers’ scorekeeper Joel Herman went to the team’s locker room during halftime of the game on the 29th. Herman informed the coaches of what he had occurred and that there was a chance the game might be suspended. Crew chief George Demetriou told Rampart athletic director Andy Parks that Whitten got up from the chair he had been sitting in the officials’ room during halftime and then collapsed. Word quickly spread through the press box. Whitten was later confirmed dead at Penrose-St. Francis Hospital. As for the game itself, Woodland Park players and coaches agreed that breakdowns on both sides of the ball played a huge role in Rampart’s lopsided victory. “We had key offensive mistakes and
missed defensive assignments,” said Woodland Park junior quarterback Cecil Cox. “We trailed only 7-0 at the end of the first quarter.” Added Schaller-Ward, “When we did our assignments we were toe-to-toe with them the whole way.” A different officiating crew worked the continuation of the game on Aug. 30. Roskam was pleased with the way his team came back and played strong in the second half. “We were down 12-7 in the second half to a 4A school with 1,700 kids in it,” he said. “They’ll be 5A in two years. “I thought we did well today. “A couple of little things and we beat them in the second half. I hate losses, and there’s no such thing as a good loss, but these guys feel good about the way we played today. We’re okay. We know who we are.” Woodland Park hosts Manitou Springs Sept. 5. Manitou Springs is a 2A team that started last season 12-0 before losing in the semifinals of the playoffs. The Mustangs’ new coach is Monte Gutowksi. Gutowski scouted Woodland Park’s game with Rampart on the 30th. “From what I understand Woodland Park and Manitou Springs have been trying to get a game with each other for a while,” said Gutowski, who is the former head coach of Palmer Ridge and a longtime Lewis-Palmer assistant. “I think this will be fun for both communities.”
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Comer playing a key role in the success of softball team Woodland Park has won seven straight games By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com After beginning its season with two losses in its first three games, Woodland Park softball players, coaches and parents remained upbeat that it was only a temporary bump in the road. Seven consecutive victories have put any doubts to rest as the Panthers are well on their way to taking control of the Class 4A Metro League and another trip to the postseason. “We purposely scheduled a stronger preseason than in years past,” said Woodland Park coach Dale Huntington. “We’re hoping it pays off come tournament time.” The Panthers have had many key contributors in the early going, but nobody has been more valuable to the team than senior pitcher Lexie Comer. “She’s just a great leader,” said Woodland Park junior shortstop Chrissy Cunningham. “She’s played the game for so long and she knows how to play the game the right way. “I don’t know what we’d without `Lex.’” Comer is batting .538 and leads the team in RBI’s (18), hits (14), runs (14), doubles (5) and triples (2). She is tied for the team lead in home runs with one. Comer also leads the team in stolen bases with eight. As a pitcher, Comer is 7-2 and sports a 2.15 ERA. She has 51 strikeouts and 14 walks in 45 2/3 innings. “I’m on a mission,” Comer said with a smile. “I’m not the kind of person to sit back and be okay with losing. “We’ve had some great seasons, but we seem to fall apart when it counts most. The goal this year is to make it to state.” Comer, along with Brenna Peters and Jeanette Worscheck are seniors who have played a key role in the program compiling a 52-19 record since the start of the 2011 season. They are 0-6 in the postseason,
Woodland Park senior pitcher Lexie Comer is a big reason why the Panthers are off to a 7-2 start this season and the favorite to repeat at Class 4A Metro League champions. Photo by Paul Magnuson however. The three seniors celebrated their 50th victory on Aug. 30 with a 5-2 victory over Green Mountain in the finals of the Commander Invitational Tournament in Denver. Comer was named the tournament MVP as Woodland Park went 4-0. Green Mountain knocked Woodland Park out of the state playoffs last season by defeating it in the regioinals. “We’re taking things one game at a time, but you have to look at the big picture.” Comer said. “Better competition will make us a better team in the end.” Huntington has batted Comer leadoff
most of the time season in an effort to get her on base so she can help create runs. While she’s more than held her own at the plate, she might be even more valuable on the mound, where she is in her first season in that position. “She has some pop in her fastball,” Huntington said. “She also has a screwball and changeup, and her rise works well. “If she has all those pitches going she can be very dominating.” Comer is looking to play college softball. Right now she is putting out feelers and plans on taking recruiting trips after the season.
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With Comer leading the way, the rest of the team seems to responding to change and injuries, which are sometimes a big part of the game. Savanna Simpson (.429 in 14 at bats) was slated be the team’s starting catcher, but a knee injury slowed her in the earlier going. Junior Gabbi Talbot (.321 in 28 at bats) stepped in and did a great job in Simpson’s place. “The way last season ended was really hard,” said Worscheck, who is batting .458. “This year we’re hoping to prove we deserve to be among the best teams in the state.”
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September 10, 2014
On June 19, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.
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Original Grantor: ZACHARY R OLSON Original Beneficiary: FIDELITY FIRST MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust: 7/22/2005 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 8/1/2005 Recorded in Teller County: Reception No. 583301 Original Principal Amount: $133,171.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $115,224.25
Reasons to feel crowded top 3 million Metro-area population likely went past mark in middle of August
Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i),according you month, are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been The violatedColorado as follows:
to state estimates. Department of Local Affairs uses the month of July to forecast The failure to timely make payments as numbers annually. The derequired under the Deedpopulation of Trust. partment estimated that the Denver metTHE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. ro area’s population on July 1 would have THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN By Vic Vela and would have passed the I S A L L O F T H E P Rbeen O P E R T2,994,534 Y ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE vvela@coloradocommunitymedia.com 3 million mark in August. DEED OF TRUST. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' Garner, a state demographer, Elizabeth AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH metro FULLY SETsaid FORTH. the average monthly increase in popThe population of the Denver has the address area was expected to exceedwhich 3 million last of:ulation in the Denver metro area is 3,551, 562 Banner Trail Florissant, CO 80816
meaning its population reached 3 million in mid-August. Garner said the growing population can be attributed to a healthy economy in the Denver area. “There is a high correlation between job growth and population change,” she said. “We’re toward the top in the U.S. in terms of recovery and growing jobs.” Garner said population numbers in Larimer and Weld counties are growing at
an even faster rate than the Denver metro area, thanks to high job growth in the oil and gas industry there. But other parts of the state, such as the Western Slope and parts of the southeast, are losing residents. Garner said that can attributed to jobs leaving those parts of the state and not coming back. “If you don’t have a job, it’s hard to stay,” she said.
NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.
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PUBLIC NOTICE Check us out on Russell L. Painter, 1761 Pikes Peak Dr., Florissant, CO, 80816, (719) 258-0550, these social has filed an application for a Hard Rock/Metal Mining Limited Impact (110) THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given Reclamation Permit with the Colorado that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of websites: media Mined Land Reclamation Board under October 15, 2014, at the Teller County provisions of the Colorado Mined Land Public Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Reclamation Act. The proposed mine is Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, Facebook, sell at pubknown as the Macanite VII & VIII (7 & 8), lic auction to the highest and best bidder and is located atand or near Section #3, for cash, the said real propertyTwitter, and all inPinterest Colorado Community Media Search for Colorado Township 125, Range 71, W. Prime Meterest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs ridian. and assigns therein, for the purpose of Linkedin. the indebtedness provided in said Community Media. wants to share the paying news. The proposed date of commencement Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.
is July 31, 2014 and the proposed date of completion is July 31, 2019. The proposed future use of the land is forestry.
Dated: 6/23/2014 ROBERT W. CAMPBELL Teller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE By: Shirley A. Kint Deputy Public Trustee
Public Trustees Public Notice NOTICE OF SALE (CRS §38-38-103) Foreclosure Sale No. 2014-0035 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On June 19, 2014, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records. Original Grantor: ZACHARY R OLSON Original Beneficiary: FIDELITY FIRST MORTGAGE Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Date of Deed of Trust: 7/22/2005 Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 8/1/2005 Recorded in Teller County: Reception No. 583301 Original Principal Amount: $133,171.00 Outstanding Principal Balance: $115,224.25 Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The failure to timely make payments as required under the Deed of Trust. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH. which has the address of: 562 Banner Trail Florissant, CO 80816 NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon of October 15, 2014, at the Teller County Public Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication: 8/20/2014 Last Publication: 9/17/2014 Published in: Pikes Peak Courier Dated: 6/23/2014 ROBERT W. CAMPBELL Teller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE By: Shirley A. Kint Deputy Public Trustee Attorney: COURTNEY E WRIGHT Attorney Registration #45482 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone: 1 (303) 706-9990 Fax: 1 (303) 706-9994 Attorney file #: 14-001438 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.
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EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTION Public Notice Trustee’s Sale No. 2014-0035 LOT 7A (FKA LOTS 7 AND 8), BLOCK 1, ARABIAN SECOND ACAttorneyACRES or Party Without FILING, Attorney: CORDING ORIGINAL PLAT Timothy TO and THE Roshanna Matthias AND TO THAT VACATION RECORDED 1318 Avenue AUGUST 12,Washington 1994 AT RECEPTION NO. Bakersfi eld, CA 423841 AND MARCH 8,93308 1995 AT RETelephone 661-331-5152 CEPTION NO. No.: 430768, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO. Superior Court of California, Legal Notice County No: 2014-0035 of Kern First Publication: 8/20/2014 1215 Truxton Avenue Last Publication: 9/17/2014 Bakersfi eld, CACourier 93301 Published in: Pikes Peak Guardianship of Angelo Fred Donovan Pierce and Destiny Lyiana Pierce, minors NOTICE OF HEARING -GUARDIANSHIP OR CONSERVATORSHIP Case No.: S1501-PB 64090
Attorney: COURTNEY E WRIGHT Attorney Registration #45482 JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C. 9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone: 1 (303) 706-9990 Fax: 1 (303) 706-9994 Attorney file #: 14-001438
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The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTION Trustee’s Sale No. 2014-0035 LOT 7A (FKA LOTS 7 AND 8), BLOCK 1, ARABIAN ACRES SECOND FILING, ACCORDING TO THE ORIGINAL PLAT AND TO THAT VACATION RECORDED AUGUST 12, 1994 AT RECEPTION NO. 423841 AND MARCH 8, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. 430768, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Notice No: 2014-0035 First Publication: 8/20/2014 Last Publication: 9/17/2014 Published in: Pikes Peak Courier
Misc. Private Legals Public Notice Century Casinos located at 200- 208 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, will be redeeming Legends Casino tokens and table games chips and Century Casino Cripple Creek located at 210- 220 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, will be redeeming Womacks Casino tokens and table games chips Sunday through Saturday 24 hours a day beginning August 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014. Legal Notice No.: 72116 First Publication: August 13, 2014 Second Publication: August 27, 2014 Third Publication: September 10, 2014 Fourth Publication: September 24, 2014 Not consecutive publications! Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier PUBLIC NOTICE Russell L. Painter, 1761 Pikes Peak Dr., Florissant, CO, 80816, (719) 258-0550, has filed an application for a Hard Rock/Metal Mining Limited Impact (110) Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. The proposed mine is known as the Macanite VII & VIII (7 & 8), and is located at or near Section #3, Township 125, Range 71, W. Prime Meridian. The proposed date of commencement is July 31, 2014 and the proposed date of completion is July 31, 2019. The proposed future use of the land is forestry. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Teller County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Street, Cripple Creek, CO, 80813, or the above-named applicant. A complete copy of the application is available at the above-named County Clerk and Recorder’s office and at the Division’s office. Comments concerning the application and exhibits must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 2014. Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 34-32-101 et seq., comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office’s jurisdiction. These subjects, and This notice is required by law. This noticeby similar ones, are typically addressed does require you to appear in court, your not local governments, rather than the Division of attend Reclamation, Mining but you may the hearing if you and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation wish. Board.
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1. NOTICE GIVEN THAT: Legal NoticeISNo.: 72174 Timothy Matthias and Roshanna First Publication: September 10, 2014 Matthias Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Have filled: PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR THE PERSON(S) 2. You may refer to documents on file in this proceeding for more information. (Some documents filed with the court are confidential. Under some circumstances you or your attorney may be able to see or receive copies of confidential documents if you file papers in the proceeding or apply to the court.) 3. The petition includes an application for the Independent exercise of powers by a
Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Teller County Clerk and Recorder’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Street, Cripple Creek, CO, 80813, or the above-named applicant. A complete copy of the application is available at the above-named County Clerk and Recorder’s office and at the Division’s office.
Comments concerning the application and exhibits must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 2014.
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Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 34-32-101 et seq., comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office’s jurisdiction. These subjects, and similar ones, are typically addressed by your local governments, rather than the Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Legal Notice No.: 72174 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier PUBLIC NOTICE Russell L. Painter, 1761 Pikes Peak Dr., Florissant, CO, 80816, (719) 258-0550, has filed an application for a Hard Rock/Metal Mining Limited Impact (110) Reclamation Permit with the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Board under provisions of the Colorado Mined Land Reclamation Act. The proposed mine is known as the Amazonite VIII (#8) and is located at or near Section 11, Township 125, Range 71, W. Prime Meridian. The proposed date of commencement is July 31, 2014, and the proposed date of completion is July 31, 2019. The proposed future use of the land is forestry. Additional information and tentative decision date may be obtained from the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 215, Denver, Colorado, 80203, (303) 866-3567, or at the Teller County Clerk and Recorder’s office, 101 W. Bennett St., Cripple Creek, CO, 80813, or the above-named applicant. A complete copy of the application is available at the above-named County Clerk and Recorder’s office and at the Division’s office. Comments concerning the application and exhibits must be in writing and must be received by the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety by 4:00 p.m. on September 20, 2014. Please note that under the provisions of C.R.S. 34-32-101 et esq . Comments related to noise, truck traffic, hours of operation, visual impacts, effects on property values and other social or economic concerns are issues not subject to this Office’s jurisdiction. These subjects, and similar ones, are typically addressed by your local governments, rather than the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety or the Mined Land Reclamation Board. Legal Notice No.: 72175 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier
Government Legals Public Notice NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE RIDGEWOOD WATER DISTRICT, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for directors than the offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write in candidates: therefore, the election held on May 15, 2014 was hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208 ( 1.5), C.R.S.
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The following candidates were hereby declared elected. Michael Hamilton: Two Year Term Until May 15 , 2016 guardian or conservator under (None listed) Eileen McMillan: Two Year Term Until May 15, 2016 4. A Hearing on the matter will be held Jerry Klassen: Two Year Term as follows: Until May 15, 2016 Date: September 23, 2014 Time:McKinley: 9:00 a.m.Two * Dept. P Term Den Year Address Until May of 15.Court 2016 same as noted above. /s/ DenNotice McKinley Legal No.: 72185 Secretary,DEO First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 17, 2014 Contact Person for the District: Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Eileen McMillan Telephone Number for the District: 719-987-1472 District Email: Ridgewoodh2o@gmail.com Address for the District: 55 Ponderosa Lane, Woodland Park, CO 80863 Legal Notice No.: 72178 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier
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AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING AN 800-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO INCLUDE ONE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AUTOMOTIVE AND VEHICLE REPAIR BUSINESS LOCATED AT 115 S. PARK STREET, WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO, IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ON PROPERTY WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, WORKMAN’S SUBDIVISION.
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Public Notices First Publication: 8/20/2014 Last Publication: 9/17/2014 Published in: Pikes Peak Courier
Public Notice CITY OF WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 1220, SERIES 2014
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE RIDGEWOOD WATER DISTRICT, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for directors than the offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write in candidates: therefore, the election held on May 15, 2014 was hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-5-208 ( 1.5), C.R.S.
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The following candidates were hereby declared elected. Michael Hamilton: Two Year Term Until May 15 , 2016 Eileen McMillan: Two Year Term Until May 15, 2016
Written comments in support of or against the proposed measure (“pro/con comments”) concerning the issuance of Bonds for an Aquatic Center and Associated Infrastructure may SUMMARY: This ordinance grants a CUP be submitted to the Deputy City Clerk, for the purpose of adding an 800 square Suzanne Leclercq, by mail at PO Box foot building the business located at 115 9007, Woodland Park, CO 80863, or in S. Park Street, Woodland Park. person at City Hall, 220 West South Avenue, by 5:00 PM on September 19, PENALTY: None. 2014, to be included with a summary of Tothe advertise your publicThis notices call was 303-566-4100 comments in ballot issue notice Ordinance passed on second provided by the Teller County Clerk and and final reading on September 4, 2014 Recorder. Comments must be in writing, after notice and public hearing and is can be submitted only by those people elihereby published by title only as required gible to vote on the proposed measure, by Charter Section 7.6 to be effective sevand must include the signature and aden days after this publication. dress of the person commenting. Contact the City Clerk’s Office for further informaSuzanne Leclercq, Deputy City Clerk tion at 719 687-5295. City of Woodland Park
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Suzanne Leclercq Deputy City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 72180 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice
Jerry Klassen: Two Year Term Until May 15, 2016
CITY OF WOODLAND PARK PUBLIC NOTICE OF SPECIAL COORDINATED ELECTION NOVEMBER 4, 2014
Den McKinley: Two Year Term Until May 15. 2016
Pursuant to Section 2.6 of the City Charter of the City of Woodland Park, Colorado, notice is hereby given that the Special Coordinated Election in conjunction with Teller County will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Ballots will be mailed by the Teller County Clerk and Recorder beginning October 13, 2014. You may register to vote in the County Clerk’s offices in Cripple Creek (101 W. Bennett Avenue) and Woodland Park (800 Research Drive), the City Clerk’s office in Woodland Park (220 West South Avenue), or with any State Driver’s License Examiner. You may also register to vote and check your voter registration information online at the Teller County Clerk and Recorder’s website at www.co.teller.co.us, click Verify Your Voter Registration Information and follow the instructions.
/s/ Den McKinley Secretary,DEO Contact Person for the District: Eileen McMillan Telephone Number for the District: 719-987-1472 District Email: Ridgewoodh2o@gmail.com Address for the District: 55 Ponderosa Lane, Woodland Park, CO 80863 Legal Notice No.: 72178 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VICTOR, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 489 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES ON ANY PUBLIC STREET, ALLEY OR RIGHT-OF-WAY OR PRIVATE PROPERTY NOT ACCESSORY TO A RESIDENCE WITHIN THE CITY FOR MORE THAN THREE (3) DAYS AND PROHIBITING THE OCCUPATION OF RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR MORE THAN FOURTEEN (14) DAYS IN ANY ZONE DISTRICT AND ESTABLISHING LIMITS FOR THE PARKING OF TRAILERS ON ANY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY ON SECOND READING THIS 28th DAY OF August, 2014. Byron L. Hakes, Mayor ATTEST: Sandy Honeycutt, City Clerk Legal Notice No.: 72179 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice Written comments in support of or against the proposed measure (“pro/con comments”) concerning the issuance of Bonds for an Aquatic Center and Associated Infrastructure may be submitted to the Deputy City Clerk, Suzanne Leclercq, by mail at PO Box 9007, Woodland Park, CO 80863, or in person at City Hall, 220 West South Avenue, by 5:00 PM on September 19, 2014, to be included with a summary of comments in the ballot issue notice provided by the Teller County Clerk and Recorder. Comments must be in writing, can be submitted only by those people eligible to vote on the proposed measure, and must include the signature and address of the person commenting. Contact the City Clerk’s Office for further information at 719 687-5295.
To be eligible to vote in said election, you shall be a citizen of the United States, at least eighteen (18) years of age by the date of the election, a resident of the State of Colorado and the City of Woodland Park for at least thirty (30) days immediately preceding the date of the election, and a registered voter, on or before Election Day. SUZANNE LECLERCQ DEPUTY CITY CLERK Legal Notice No.: 72181 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier
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Legal Notice No.: 72182 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice CITY OF WOODLAND PARK ORDINANCE NO. 1218, SERIES 2014 AN ORDINANCE REZONING PARCELS WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF TAMARAC TECH PARK FILING NO. 5 FROM HEAVY SERVICE COMMERCIAL/LIGHT INDUSTRIAL (HSC/LI) ZONE DISTRICT TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL URBAN (MFU) ZONE DISTRICT FOR LOT 6 CONTAINING 7.00 ACRES AND LOT 7 CONTAINING 5.44 ACRES; MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN (MFS) ZONE DISTRICT FOR LOT 5 CONTAINING 6.68 ACRES; AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL (NC) ZONE DISTRICT CONTAINING 2.21 ACRES AS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS MOUNTAIN STARR INVESTMENTS, LLC. SUMMARY: This ordinance rezones parcels of Tamarac Tech Park Filing No. 5 from heavy service commercial/light industrial to multi-family residential urban as requested by the owners Mountain Starr Investments, LLC. PENALTY: None. This Ordinance was passed on second and final reading on September 4, 2014 after notice and public hearing and is hereby published by title only as required by Charter Section 7.6 to be effective seven days after this publication. Suzanne Leclercq, Deputy City Clerk City of Woodland Park Legal Notice No.: 72183 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier Public Notice
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WOODLAND PARK BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING AGENDA City of Woodland Park Council Chambers September 15, 2014 * 6:30 PM
CITY OF WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 1220, SERIES 2014 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADDING AN 800-SQUARE FOOT BUILDING TO INCLUDE ONE AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BAY AND ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE AUTOMOTIVE AND VEHICLE REPAIR BUSINESS LOCATED AT 115 S. PARK STREET, WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO, IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ON PROPERTY WITH A LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1, WORKMAN’S SUBDIVISION. SUMMARY: This ordinance grants a CUP for the purpose of adding an 800 square foot building the business located at 115 S. Park Street, Woodland Park. PENALTY: None. This Ordinance was passed on second and final reading on September 4, 2014 after notice and public hearing and is hereby published by title only as required by Charter Section 7.6 to be effective seven days after this publication.
I. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE III. ELECTION OF OFFICERS IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Review and approval of the February 24, 2014 Minutes. V. REQUEST/PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. CASE #VAR14-003 Big O Tires Expansion Setback Variance – Request for a setback variance to Section 18.21.040 C. of the City of Woodland Park Municipal Code to construct a service bay structure to the south of the existing structure located at 555 S. Chester Avenue on Lot 1A, Block 18, Foster’s Addition in the Community Commercial Zone. The construction of this addition would reduce the required 8-foot side yard setback to 5 feet (a 3-foot variance). The applicant is Mr. Scott Koldenhoven, owner of Big O Tires. VI. STAFF REPORT VII. ADJOURNMENT Legal Notice No.: 72184 First Publication: September 10, 2014 Last Publication: September 10, 2014 Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier
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Suzanne Leclercq Deputy City Clerk
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Suzanne Leclercq, Deputy City Clerk City of Woodland Park
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