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Broncos make a stop in Monument Hundreds of fans wait for autographs Staff report
Broncos Malik Jackson, Virgil Green and Ben Garland just off the bus in front of YMCA in Monument Saturday.
The Bronconator and other fans stretched around the outside of the YMCA building in lines at least as long as a football field. At left, Monument city council members, YMCA officials, Broncos, cheerleaders, city employees and others were all smiles in YMCA Gym Saturday, April 19, as part of the Salute to Fans tour.
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Denver Broncos made a local stop on Saturday, April 19, at the Tri-Lakes YMCA for a little more than an hour in Monument. The scheduled stop included autographs and photos with Broncos players, Malik Jackson, Virgil Green and Ben Garland, cheerleaders and Miles the Mascot. The event was part of the Mile High Salute to Fans Tour. Hundreds of fans stretched around the building waiting their turn to speak with the Bronco players. The second annual Mile High Salute to Fans Tour, presented by U.S. Bank, McDonald’s and Pinnacol Assurance, hit the road this April to thank Broncos fans all across Colorado. The 2014 tour started in Fort Collins on Monday, April 14, and will conclude in Castle Rock on Saturday, April 19. The tour in total, visited 20 cities in six days. The tour visited three-to-four cities per day throughout the week and included autographs and photos with Broncos players, cheerleaders and Miles the Mascot. As a way to thank fans for their loyalty, passion and on-going support, each tour stop was free and open to the public. “We’re very excited to bring this tour to each of the 20 cities,” said Mac Freeman, Sr. Vice President of Business Development. “The Mile High Salute to Fans Tour will allow us to get out and thank fans throughout Broncos Country for their ongoing support. Spending time in the communities that support us so passionately is extremely important to everyone in the Broncos organization.”
What to know about the Black Forest Fire Board election Deadline for ballots is May 6 By Danny Summers
dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com The Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District election on May 6 has already drawn a lot of interest from folks in the TriLakes area and around El Paso County. A three-person group of first-time candidates running on the “Restore Black Forest Fire” platform includes PJ Langmaid, Jayme McConnellogue and Rick Nearhoof. All three are current or former firefighters. Those interested can read more on them at www.restoreblackforestfire.com. The current board consists of five members. President Eddie Bracken, and members Preston Cooper and Walt Seelye are up for reelection. Rick McMorran and Bill Marchant do not have to run. Bracken also has formed a group called Black Forest Together. Those interested can read more by going to www.blackforesttogether.org. POSTAL ADDRESS
A fourth first-time candidate, Mark Fitzgerald, is also running for a board position, but he is not associated with Langmaid’s or Bracken’s group. Langmaid has been a central figure in the opposition to the current Black Forest Fire Board. Under Bracken’s watch, the board commissioned a private investigator to look into last summer’s massive blaze that destroyed nearly 500 structures and killed two people. The report, which is 2,000 words long, was released to the public in March. The board announced at a recent meeting that the cost of its investigation is up to $114,000. Voters cannot vote for more than three candidates. Terms are for four years. There are several special district elections in the County this spring. The office of the El Paso County clerk and recorder is working to ensure that every eligible voter has the opportunity to vote. In particular, the Clerk and Recorder’s Office is committed to enfranchising those citizens affected by last year’s Black Forest fire, who may have inadvertently disqualified themselves
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from voting in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District Board Election. Black Forest citizens who are displaced from their homes must be correctly registered in order to vote in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District Board Election. It is important to note that mail ballots cannot be forwarded so the voter must ensure their registration reflects the correct residential and mailing addresses. “We are concerned about the citizens of Black Forest and respect their situation due to the loss of their homes,” said County Clerk and Recorder Wayne Williams. “Our office is working with the Black Forest District to be sure these residents have an opportunity to vote. In addition to reaching out to the media, we also have sent a letter to these residents to further communicate this important message.” According to Williams, those residents displaced by the Black Forest fire may have inadvertently disqualified themselves from voting in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District Board election by the way they updated their voter information. Voters have two address fields to complete (USPS 418-960)
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when changing their registration; residential address and mailing address. The information provided in the residential address field determines for which jurisdictions an elector is eligible to vote. The information provided in the mailing address field determines where a mail ballot is sent. Displaced Black Forest residents living in a temporary home but who intend to move back to their Black Forest address — and therefore could be eligible to vote in the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District election — must have their Black Forest address listed as their residential address. In order to receive a mail ballot for the election, they must have their temporary address listed only as their mailing address. Some displaced citizens have changed their voter registration to show both “residence” and “mailing” as their temporary address. They will not receive a ballot unless “residence” shows their Black Forest home. Other displaced citizens have not Election continues on Page 12
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NEWS IN A HURRY Free screenings at Tri-Lakes Community Health Fair
The public is welcome to get health questions answered at an upcoming health fair in Monument. Volunteers will be available to check blood pressure, measure cholesterol and blood sugar and provide health education on numerous other topics during this community event. The Health Advocacy Partnership in Monument and Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences at UCCS are collaborating to create a free health fair from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on May 3, at Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road in Monument. Health providers from the Tri-Lakes area and nursing students from UCCS will be on hand to answer questions about chiropractic services, eye health, hearing, blood pressure, nutrition, exercise, stress, dental care, massage, cancer and more. Visitors to the fair will also have an opportunity to win prizes such as sports equipment, tools, certificates for free pizza, gift cards, and a gym membership. The Tri-Lakes Community Health Fair is sponsored by Griswold Home Care, TriLakes Chamber of Commerce Foundation, Synthes, and Penrose-St. Francis Health Services. Tri-Lakes Health Advocacy Partnership was established in 1996 as a nonprofit organization serving Monument, Palmer
Lake, Woodmoor, Gleneagle and unincorporated areas of north El Paso County. Its mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of the Tri-Lakes residents through community-based services and support. For more information about HAP, visit www.triLakesHAP.org.
Memorial Day Ceremony slated for Monday, May 26
The town of Monument will host the annual Memorial Day Ceremony on May 26 at the Monument Cemetery, 800 Beacon Lite Road, at Eighth Street, in Monument. The ceremony is to honor all military veterans especially those who have died and are buried in this cemetery. The program for that day will include the reading of the names of 15 Civil War veterans, and those veterans up to present day who are buried in the local cemetery. The schedule: MC: Mayor Rafael Dominguez; honored speaker, Lt. Col. Ron Pitt; invocation by a military chaplain; flag presentation for the raising of the flag by veterans; guard of honor by Boy and Girl Scouts from the Tri-Lakes area. Benediction by the Rev. Paul A. Johnson and prayer by Sr. Naomi Rosenberger, OSB The honor guard will consist of members of the Monument Police Department; Palmer Lake Police Department and TriLakes Fire Department.
The club is organized for charitable and educational purposes. The organization hosts two major fundraisers per year; proceeds benefit qualified nonprofit and public service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes Area. Since 1977, the group has proudly granted more than $750,000.00. For additional information visit www. tlwc.net.
Music will be supplied by students of School District 38 under the direction of Stephen Hock. The band will play the StarSpangled Banner and God Bless America. J.J. Kaelin will sing “In Flanders Field.” The program will conclude with the playing of “Taps” and a 21 gun salute. The public is welcome to participate in this ceremony. For more information, contact Monument Town Hall at 719-481-2954.
Final lessons learned meeting set for April 30
Annual Pine Forest show announced
The next Black Forest Fire Long Range Recovery Planning Committee meeting will be a town hall style discussion on “Lessons Learned” from the Black Forest Fire. This will be the last dedicated community meeting to review “Lessons Learned” from the Black Forest Fire, as the county is preparing an after-action report on the fire. The report is scheduled to be released this summer. Attendees are encouraged to provide their own assessment of the critical lessons (positive and negative) that should be captured to assist the county in creating the report. El Paso County Commissioner Darryl Glenn, chair of the committee, will host the meeting from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on April 30, at The Charles Brown Transportation and Environmental Complex at 3255 Akers Drive.
The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club proudly announces the 38th Annual Pine Forest Antiques, Home Décor and Garden Show and Sale of the Pikes Peak Region. The event is scheduled for April 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road, just off Interstate 25 in Monument. The admission price is $6; proceeds benefit qualified nonprofit and public service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes Area. This year features new and returning antique dealers, “The Bakery,” botanical topiaries, a large selection of plants for sale, antiques, home décor, garden exhibits, bistro dining, glass repair and more. The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club is incorporated as a nonprofit organization.
40 YEARS AGO Palmer Lake, Monument, Woodmoor News April 25, 1974 Paul Fletcher and Sons has a new revolutionary and economical water treatment service. It is a non toxic professional water treatment system called AQUADENE. It is an inorganic, crystalline compound soluble in water. It will treat the problem at its source in the well. ••• Despite a snowstorm the pancake breakfast and Easter services at the Little Log Church were not hindered. Turn out was better than expected. Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
was a success and thanks were given to the people who contributed. Chuck Boudreau of the Village Inn, the Roman Villa and Glenside Store were the contributors. The Rev. Smitty was in charge of the sunrise service. ••• Three Lewis Palmer High School students won the Junior League Creative Writing Contest. There were 285 entries. Beth Brookman won third place In short story, Karen Moore and Barb Caine took Honorable Mention in the Short Story. The entries were coached and aided by Mrs. L. Hamm,
head of the English Department. ••• An area businessmen’s association will form in the area. A temporary steering committee was elected. The members were Milt Steiner, Terry Morrisey, Ann Shimek, Bob Radosevich, Bob Longfield, Rev. Bob Swift and E. J. Patrick. Howard Cloud was elected as chairman. ••• Ginny and Barbara Caine were the first girls to win a letter award from the high school athletic department. They won their letter for participa-
tion in the high school girls’ swimming team. Ginny is a sophomore and Barb is in the graduation class for 1974. ••• The Easter bunny arrived in town for the Easter Egg Hunt on April 20. The children trudged through the snow to find their eggs. Three golden eggs were found by Andy Keating, Shann Bocock and Michelle Dukes. ••• David Sible, a senior at LPHS and editor of the school annual, the Westwind, was awarded a first place trophy by the Colorado Key Club Or-
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District 38 Odyssey of the Mind teams headed to competition Monument Academy and Prairie Winds will compete in Ames, Iowa By Danny Summers
dsummers@colorado communitymedia.com It was not unexpected that the Monument Academy “Odyssey of the Mind” teams placed second and third at the state competition, respectively, April 12 in Erie. But what was a bit of a surprise was that two Prairie Winds Elementary School teams finished second in their respective problem/divisions and will join its District 38 brethren at next month’s World Finals in Ames, Iowa. “The Prairie Winds team is brand new to Odyssey,” said Allison Catalano, Odyssey of the Mind Building Coordinator at Prairie Winds. “They have never competed before but they took home the second place trophy in both tournaments (regional and state), and the Renatra Fusca Award in the regional tournament. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the Odyssey of the Mind organization and it is given for exceptional creativity.” The Prairie Winds teams won for their very complicated vehicle design. They are all sixth graders, but they are competing against
The Prairie Winds Elementary School Odyssey of the Mind team is brand new this year, but they took home the 2nd place trophy in both the regional and state tournament; and the Renatra Fusca Award in the regional tournament. This award is the highest honor bestowed by the Odyssey of the Mind organization and it is given for exceptional creativity. They are all 6th graders, but they are competing against 7th and 8th graders because they are considered middle schoolers. Courtesy photo seventh and eighth graders because they are considered middle schoolers. “The Prairie Winds principal and all the sixth
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grade teachers are extremely proud of the team and vowed to support us as much as possible in our quest to get to Worlds,” Catalano said. “They have been our biggest cheerleaders.” Monument Academy’s fifth grade team moves onto World’s. The event will take place May 28-31. More than 800 teams from around the world will compete in the 35th Odyssey of the Mind World Finals. The competition emphasizes creativity and teamwork and has grown
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along with one of the other two moms. None of the team members have ever competed in Odyssey before, and they took first place in the Spontaneous competition in both of the tournaments. This is a huge accomplishment, according to Catalano, since the Spontaneous competition is notoriously difficult. The teams have to solve a complicated problem in a limited time (typically less than eight minutes) that they have never seen before. It could involve building a structure or completing some other task that requires a high level of creativity and team work. Many teams from all over the world work for hours practicing example spontaneous problems and still don’t do well at competitions. “The Odyssey team and parents are so grateful to the Monument Academy administration for their support of this rewarding program,” said Monument Academy co-coach Melissa Smith. “The team was very excited after doing so well at regionals. They worked very hard in the weeks lead-
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ing up to the state competition to perfect the script and fine-tune their props. “From re-painting the narrating tree to adding an even `twistier’ twist ending, it was wonderful to see their clever, creative minds work together to create an amazing finished product.” Added Kathy King, Monument Academy’s other cocoach. “While I know the team is thrilled with their trophy and medals as well as having the opportunity to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind world competition, a bigger reward is that the team members have learned a lot about problem solving, creativity, and teamwork,” King said. “The team members did especially well in the spontaneous portion of the competition by scoring first place at both the regional and the state competitions. This part of the competition is called “spontaneous” because teams don’t know what they’ll have to do until they enter the competition room. Solving spontaneous problems teaches students to ‘think’ on their feet.”
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New business group seeks to build relationships Roundtable’s leaders have vision of collaborative platform By Hannah Garcia
hgarcia@coloradocommunitymedia. com Two business leaders are trying to build a consortium of sorts to unite entities with economic interests. The Colorado Business Roundtable is in its infancy, with executive director Jeff Wasden and president Gayle Dendinger starting discussions to form the group in February and taking concrete actions in March.
“Everyone we’ve approached has been really optimistic about the group,” Wasden said. “Nobody’s said ‘no.’ ” Wasden is also the owner of PROformance Apparel in Littleton and vice chair of public affairs for the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. Dendinger is the CEO of shipping company CAP Logistics and publisher of ICOSA, an economic media company. Although both men are well versed in a business environment, Wasden and Dendinger said the roundtable is a collaborative effort that deviates from the corporate model. “It’s all about setting up connections and building relationships,” Dendinger said. Dendinger said he first attempted to found a Colorado-based business roundta-
ble in 2001, but between the 9/11 attacks in New York City and the fizzle of the dot-com boom, 54 percent of members went out of business and the collaborative died out. With the economy making a recovery and the CBRT building momentum, Dendinger said he hopes participants will adopt a new philosophy. “Instead of shrinking, market harder,” Dendinger said. The group has various goals in different arenas, from public policy to education and plans to work with other organizations like Colorado Concerns on immigration issues and the South Metro Chamber on hydraulic fracturing. The group held its first event in Lone Tree on April 16 in conjunction with other organizations to discuss a study by the University of Colorado Leeds School of Business regarding the impact of
a fracking ban on Colorado’s economy. Wasden said a big part of the mission is education. Dendinger said access to ICOSA will be big part of that. “Part of what we’re trying to accomplish is an organization of doers, who want to create the best and brightest in the state,” Wasden said. “We want to partner with other organizations for diversity and strength, to get that extra lens. Instead of working in a vacuum, the idea is to leverage and multiply, then educate.” The group operates under the larger umbrella Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C., which has roundtables in 25 other states in its network, Dendinger said. “It’s a sustainable model that endures, but also gets things done,” Dendinger said.
Reproductive rights effort fizzles Democrats spike own bill before debate By Vic Vela
vvela@colorado communitymedia.com A Democratic effort to bolster women’s reproductive rights was introduced at the Legislature with fanfare, but went out quietly. The bill — which would have prohibited the state from interfering with a woman’s reproductive health care decisions — was killed by Democratic leadership before it ever came up for a highly anticipated debate in the Senate on April 16. The reason behind the
last-minute decision by Democrats to kill the legislation depends on which lawmaker one speaks with. The bill sponsor, Sen. Andy Kerr, D-Lakewood, said the effort was pulled because Republicans had threatened to wreak havoc on the legislative process for the rest of the session, if the bill had gone forward. Kerr said Republicans were planning to use filibusters and other delaying tactics to interfere with key pieces of legislation that are still moving through the Capitol. “It became obvious that D.C.-style politics were going to be happening the last three weeks of the session here,” Kerr said. That’s nonsense, said Republican leadership.
“That’s ridiculous,” said Senate Minority Leader Bill Cadman, R-Colorado Springs. “What they ran into was a firestorm of public dissent, period; a firestorm of public opposition to this political hatchet job.” In the Senate gallery, onlookers who gathered to follow the vote — most of whom were opposed to the legislation — didn’t get much of a show. Senate Majority Leader Rollie Heath of Boulder gave no explanation for spiking the bill when he moved to lay over the measure until the day after the session ends, which kills the legislation this year. The bill would have prohibited state or local governments from enacting “any policy regarding reproduc-
tive health care that is inconsistent with or contrary to current evidence-based scientific data and medical consensus …” accompanying bill language states. The effort is a response to continued conservative efforts to restrict women’s reproductive rights, either through the Legislature or the ballot box. The sudden demise of the bill capped a wild, 48hour sequence of events. Catholics converged on the Capitol to protest the bill on April 15. That’s the day debate on the bill was supposed to be held in the Senate. However, the vote was delayed a day because Sen. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, went home sick. Kefalas’ vote was needed for the vote to pass in a Senate
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that Democrats control by a single vote. The next day, speculation swirled that the bill could end up being killed. Colorado Community Media was the first to report that Democratic leaders had spent the day figuring out whether they were going to move forward with the bill. Kerr asserts that he had all 18 Democrats on board, but the reaction afterward from a couple of Democratic lawmakers puts that in question. Kefalas voted for the bill in committee. But he later acknowledged that he struggled over his vote — and he never confirmed that he was going to vote yes in the first place. After the vote was killed,
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Kefalas did not directly answer questions by reporters as to how he would have voted.
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All roads lead to Walter Paris Art and the ice business, Palmer Lake and Cripple Creek, Professor Ferdinand Hayden and the U.S. Government Geological Survey, local architecture, and Rudyard Kipling’s Nobel Prize for Literature ... all roads lead to Paris. Walter Paris, that is. He arrived in the Pikes Peak area in the Summer of 1873. In his youth, Paris, an esteemed Englishtrained architect had been appointed assistant architect in Bombay, by the English government. He had befriended John Lockwood Kipling, who was professor at the Bombay School of Art, at the time. “One morning December of 1865, John Kipling rushed over to Paris’ bungalow to announce that his wife had given birth to a 12-pound boy. A few days later, Paris went to see the infant and help him in his arms. The infant’s name was Rudyard Kipling, who grew up to be one of the most famous British writers in India and the winner of the Nobel Prize for Litera-
ture 1907. Paris maintained a friendship with the Kiplings and their son, and by 1899, when Rudyard Kipling was living in Vermont, Paris rightfully consider himself Kipling’s oldest, friend,” writes Palmer Lake historian Daniel W. Edwards in a historical paper for the Palmer Lake Historical Society in July of 2010. By 1873, Walter Paris was painting water color sketches in around the Pikes Peak region. He continued to design buildings in Colorado, including an office building on Tejon Street in Colorado Springs, and
a school in west Denver, but also set in motion plans for an Ice House near Divide Lake in northern El Paso County. Divide Lake (later rechristened Palmer Lake) was leased from the railroad and Paris built an ice house there that could store 2,000 tons of ice to be sold in Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Paris and W.S. Hannaford established the Fountain Ice Company and purchased existing ice houses in Colorado Springs and Manitou. “The company’s ice house at Palmer Lake was completed by the end of 1873, and there is one tantalizing reference to Paris sending carpenters to build, if not the beginnings of town, at least some houses at Divide Lake where workers at his plant could spend the winter. If Paris did construct housing facilities, it indicates there was a small settlement at the future site of Palmer Lake long before Thompson began his development efforts
in 1883,” writes Dan Edwards. Paris joined the Prof. Ferdinand Hayden’s U.S. Geological Survey team that documented first intoYellowstone region of Wyoming in the early 1870s was working as an artist for the survey in the fall of 1874. “Mr. Walter Paris, who has been accompanying Professor Hayden’s party in their trip northward from Colorado Springs, along the base of the mountains, has made a number of sketches of scenery in Pleasant Park and other localities along the route, and extends and invitation to our citizens to call at his studio and look them over,” reported the Colorado Springs Gazette on Oct. 24, 1874. But he became restless. In January 1875, Paris wrote to Hayden in Washington, at the time. Carrigan continues on Page 7
Aaron was great, but the ‘Babe’ is a legend Sixty years ago, on April 23, 1954, Hank Aaron belted his first major league home run as a member of the Milwaukee Braves. “Hammerin’ Hank” went on to wallop 754 more home runs. He played through the 1976 season, retiring as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers. Many people, including myself, consider Aaron the all-time home run king. True, he is technically second behind Barry Bonds’ 762, but few folks boastfully place Bonds at the top of the leader board. By now, most baseball fans are well aware of Bonds’ troubles as related to steroid accusations. Aaron, of course, broke Babe Ruth’s all-time record of 714. He did so on April 8, 1974, when he took Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Al Downing over the left-field wall at Atlanta’s Fulton County Stadium. What made the moment that much more significant was that Aaron and
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Downing were both black ball players. Aaron performed his remarkable feat while playing in a baseball world that allowed people of all races, nationalities and color. Interestingly, Aaron got his start in professional baseball in the Negro Leagues. I don’t know if anyone else has looked at this way, but this is how I jokingly break down the home run records of Ruth, Aaron and Bonds. Ruth is the alcoholic home run king. Aaron is the organic home run king.
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Bonds is the anabolic home run king. The “Babe” was, and still is, the most hallowed figure in the history of sports - at least in America. He is arguably the most recognizable sports figure - still - in the world today. And he’s been dead for 66 years. Ruth, you see, was a mythical legend in his time. To understand Ruth you must first understand the legend. And what a man and legend he was. Ruth debuted in major league baseball 100 years ago, on July 11, 1914. He was as a pitcher, of course, and threw seven innings of 8-hit ball against Cleveland. He got the victory by allowing three runs (two earned), while striking out one batter and not walking anyone. Ruth was 0 for 2 at the plate that day with a strikeout. Almost from the beginning of his time as a professional player in the minor
leagues with the Baltimore Orioles of the International League, Ruth overshadowed the game - both figuratively and literally. He played hard and lived hard and enjoyed life to the fullest. Perhaps that is why he died a relatively young man at the age of 53 from throat cancer in 1948. The National Baseball Hall of Fame has allocated 180 square feet to Ruth - an inaugural member in 1936. I have been to the Hall three times and have spent many hours looking over Ruth’s memorabilia and posing next to a life-sized stature of him that is in the main lobby. Ruth was arguably one of the best lefthanded pitchers of his time. He might have gone down as the greatest left-hander in history if he wasn’t’ such a great hitter. From 1915 through 1917, the Babe won Summers continues on Page 7
Sheep stealing was in vogue in the 1890s Back in the 1890s, the sheep business was very important from Monument to Castle Rock; even up at Woodland Park. I found a story that goes to show just how strange this could get. The Seldomridge and Pebbles Co., of Colorado Springs had sheep to sell, and had advertised in newspapers as far as Omaha, Neb. A prospective buyer contacted Mr. Seldomridge, a prominent Colorado Springs businessman. Now I’m not sure where all of the sheep were located, but some were in Black Forest. This man by the name of Wilson in Nebraska, wanted 2,000 sheep. At the time, most of their sheep had already been sold, but Seldomridge knew of sheep that were available and could be available. Wilson came to Colorado Springs with letters of credit from a bank in Omaha, and other backers. He said cash was short in Nebraska, but had security he could offer, as well as cattle. Seldomridge took him to his banker to work out the details. The process of securing other credit for the deal took several days. The banker finally approved the deal and the sale was made. Wilson wanted to ship the cattle to Nebraska. The closest shipping point to the sheep was Falcon. It took a while to get the sheep moved east, but once on the railroad they had to go to Denver before they could go east, because of the railroad’s shipping route. It would take several days to get to Nebraska. The bank, at this time used mainly the mail to move credit information. It was not long before word came from every
direction that they had never heard of Wilson. For many hours the El Paso County Sheriff was busy sending telegrams, trying to locate Wilson and the sheep. The sheep were easy to find, reporting that some had gone to Omaha and others to Chicago. A few days later a telegram from the police in Omaha let the local sheriff know that Wilson was in jail. He was caught with most of the money, and a few unsold sheep. The banker from Colorado Springs went to Omaha to recover what he could. Wilson had already sold most of the sheep and had made a tidy profit in the deal. That money, after paying the shipping bills, more than covered the losses from Seldomridge and Pebbles. The remaining sheep were sold in Omaha. It was hoped that Wilson could be brought to Colorado Springs to stand trial, but it was discovered that there were already charges against him in Nebraska. I have been unable to track any other information on the events, but it seems like he spent some time in prison in Nebraska. In the end the sheep were paid for and Seldomridge and Pebbles, and their banker became a lot smarter about sophisticated sheep thieves.
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Is the Earth warming because of us? For the last three decades, anthropogenic global warming or warming because of humans has made the news daily. The United States government alone has spent more than $72 billion since 2008. The warming predictions are 2 degrees Celsius or about 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the year 2100. The culprit blamed by those projecting the warming to include the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is carbon dioxide, a component of the combustion of fossil fuels like oil, coal and natural gas. Because humans have been burning fossil fuels and generating increasing amounts of carbon dioxide, most of the effort to curb global warming, now politically called climate change, has been to condemn the use of fossil fuels. There are thousands of papers out there in peer reviewed journals and in the news every day. Reviewing those papers to the point where one can understand all of the intricacies of our climate and potential changes can be mind boggling. Let me approach this for you as my ninth-grade
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The average levels of carbon dioxide has been rising while the temperature has remained stagnate. (Based on current capabilities to measure Earth temperature.) Of the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, humans generate three to four percent of the 0.036 percent, (0.00014 percent of the atmospheric carbon dioxide.)
Questions we should ask science teacher taught me.
First, the facts
Scientists have defined five major ice ages on Earth. Between ice ages, the Earth has been relatively ice free. The Earth is in an interglacial period. Composition of the Earth atmosphere: Nitrogen 78 percent, Oxygen 20.95 percent, water 0-4 percent, Argon 0.93 percent, Carbon Dioxide 0.036 percent, Neon 0.0018 percent, Helium 0.0005 percent, Methane 0.00017 percent, Hydrogen 0.00005 percent, Nitrous Oxide 0.00003 percent and Ozone 0.000004 percent.
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of an ice house and nine acres of land in Colorado Springs. Paris returned to Colorado several times in the ensuing years and sketched a number of scenes in and around Cripple Creek in 1892. “Mr. Walter Paris has returned from Cripple Creek bringing with him some excellent sketches of the town from various points in the vicinity and two water colors of mountain scenery. He also has a very vigorous sketch the main street while the fire was in progress Wednesday night,” reported the Colorado Springs paper. Described as “a large man, broad-shoulders, well-built, and wore a mustache and full beard squarely cut,” in the Dictionary of American Biography, he seemed to be well-connected here in the U.S. and his native England, in fact attending a White House reception hosted by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1905. He died in Wash-
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65 games as a pitcher. He then transitioned to the outfield in 1918 and led the American League with 11 home runs, while posting a 13-7 record and 2.22 ERA on the mound. By the way, he led the American League in ERA (1.75) in 1916 while posting a 23-12 record and leading Boston to a World Series title. He won 24 games in 1917. In fact, the Red Sox won three World Series titles in Ruth’s six seasons with the club. Most everyone knows the popular famous story of how Boston owner Harry Frazee sold the “Sultan of the Swat” to the New York Yankees following the 1919 season. Frazee, apparently in desperate need of cash to finance his Broadway musical “No, No, Nanatte” sold Ruth to the Yankees for $125,000. Other versions of the story suggest that Frazee just needed cash so that he could meet player payroll and help pay off his debt to former Red Sox owners. In either case, Ruth was shipped off to Boston and the rest is history. Ruth led the American League with 29 home runs and 113 RBIs as a member of
“He had a dignity which verged on pomposity and was slow and heavy in movement and speech, and latter distinct-
What is the normal temperature of the Earth? Do we have the capability to measure the temperature of the Earth accurately? Are we recovering from the last ice age or entering the next ice age? If the reason global temperatures are increasing is because of the generation of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels, why has the temperature not been rising with the levels of carbon dioxide? Is 0.00014 percent of the carbon dioxide significant? Has the Earth ever had levels of carbon dioxide higher than today? How do scientists determine that there will be global warming in the future if they cannot predict the
weather accurately? First of all, no one knows what the normal temperature of the Earth should be. How do we know if the Earth is warming if we do not have data going back to the last ice age? The first modern thermometer was only invented in 1750s. Scientists use computer models to predict future warming. To have a computer accurately predict an event, all the data entered into the computer must be accurate also. Garbage in — garbage out! A good test of a computer program would be to enter data prior to 1800 and determine if the program will predict the changes in temperatures actually recorded. That has been done and all have failed that test. Mr. Hartman taught me well in ninth grade. If there are too many unknowns it is impossible to prove or disprove a hypothesis. Just looking at these few facts and asking simple questions, it is apparent there is much we need to know before we exhaust our treasury trying to prevent something when we do not know if that something exists!
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor: Thanks so much for printing the wonderful article (and picture) of Samantha Reid being honored as AAA Athlete of the Week at USMA, West Point. I was in a continuing education workshop all day today down at the Marriott and I had so many friends texting me telling me how great the article was about
Samantha in The Tri-Lakes Tribune. I was able to pick a few copies up at Monument library and many friends here in Gleneagle have been dropping off their copies on my porch. Loved the article! Kudos to all of you! Jean Ann Reid, proud Army mom
ly British in accent... Of his own work and attainments he held high opinion, and not infrequently frankly expressed, and he was intolerant of criticism, but this character-
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the Red Sox in 1919. He also went 9-5 on the mound. In 1920, his first season as a Yankee, he belted 54 homers and drove in 135 (both league highs). Ruth followed that with a league-leading 59 home runs and 168 RBIs in 1921. The Babe played 15 seasons for the Yankees and led the club to four World Series titles and seven total appearances in the Fall Classic. Twice he hit three home runs in a World Series game. Ruth played for the National League’s Boston Braves in his final season in 1935. On May 25 of that year at Pittsburgh, a fat and out of shape 40-year-olf Ruth belted three home runs against the Pirates. The last one cleared the roof at old Forbes Field and in doing so Ruth became the first player ever to accomplish that feat. “The Bambino” played his last game on May 30 at Philadelphia, grounding out in his only plate appearance. As far as Aaron is concerned, I have dear memories of watching him play in person and on television when I was child. I had the opportunity to watch Bonds play many times in person and interview a number of times. He was actually a delightful person to talk with. But for my money, nobody can ever replace George Herman “Babe” Ruth as the most significant figure in the history of baseball and sports.
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Kelly Bryant, left, is the site coordinator for the Children’s Literacy Center in Monument, which takes place Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Monument Library. Bryant is going over final instructions with tutor Krystle Hernandez. Marija Srejic, right, a foreign exchange student from Croatia who attends Lewis-Palmer High School, works with Kaitlyn Bull, a student at Bear Creek Elementary during an session at the Monument Library. Srejic has volunteered with the Children’s Literacy Center since last fall. Krystle Hernandez, left, a Monument resident, tutors DJ Dowd, who attends Bear Creek Elementary School. Hernandez is one of the many volunteers who works with the Children’s Literacy Center at the Monument Library.
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Reading Volunteers help youth at Monument Library Children’s Literacy Center provides free tutoring to TriLakes area students By Danny Summers
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wice a week, Sari England takes her son, Shane, to the Monument Library so that he can meet up with James Morton — a tutor with the Children’s Literacy Center. She sits in a chair with her younger daughter and watches as Shane — a first-grader at Bear Creek Elementary School — interacts with Morton over the course of an hour. The two play games like hangman and Boggle, but everything they do revolves around reading. Pretty much whatever it takes to help make Shane a better reader. “Shane was struggling with reading and his teacher recommended this program to help him get ahead,” Sari said. “We started in January and already I’ve seen a confidence in his reading. “James is very good at making Shane’s self esteem boost and reading better and sounding out the words. Now Shane enjoys reading to me.” Sari and Shane’s story is much like that of about two dozen other Tri-Lakes area elementary students that are strug-
gling to read at grade level. That’s where the Children’s Literacy Center comes in. “We have two one-hour sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays evenings,” said Kelly Bryant, a Woodmoor resident and site coordinator for the Children’s Literacy Center in Monument. “Our first session is from 5 to 6, and our second session is 6:15 to 7:15. “The benefit for me and the other tutors is the satisfaction of knowing that these kids are getting the benefit of oneon-one tutoring twice a week. Some of them improve by leaps and bounds once they hit our program. Some are a little slower. But I always get a tear in my eye come graduation time if the kids graduate and are reading at grade level. That’s a big deal for them in their life.” Bryant performs a pre-assessment on every child who comes into the program. She performs a post-assessment after 12 weeks to determine if the child is ready for graduation. “If they’ve achieved success we have a fun little party and celebrate,” Bryant said. “It’s nice a nice way to end the program.” The tutors are all volunteers. They dedicate up to two hours a week at the Monument Library where they are assigned a child to work with for 12 weeks or more. Some, like Shane England will stay in the program for up to a year. He may not always have Morton as his tutor. “I was looking for a volunteer opportunity and sort of landed on this one,”
James Morton, right, has been a tutor with Children’s Literacy Center since last fall. He works with Shane England, left, twice a week for an hour at the Monument Library. Photos by Danny Summers said Morton, a North Gate resident who works in marketing for the Air Force Academy. “I know how to read and figured I could help a kid learn how to read. “Reading is so important. College is harder. High school is harder. And it’s even harder if you can’t read well.” Tutors range in age from 17 to 75. Marija Srejic is a foreign exchange student from Serbia who attends LewisPalmer High School. She works with Kaitlyn Bull, a student at Bear Creek. “I really like this,” Srejic said. “Kaitlyn and I have been together since the beginning.” Shortly after Srejic got involved with the program she encouraged her host sister - Erika Beckner — to also come on board. Beckner is also a student at LewisPalmer. Paula Primavera has been a tutor with the program for more than a dozen years. “I enjoy the one-on-one with a child and I enjoy seeing them smile when they understand something and they can see for themselves that they are improving.” The Children’s Literacy Center is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded and headquartered in Colorado Springs. It began as a Junior League project in 1991 and has since evolved into a state-wide effort that receives support from a broad base of individual donors, businesses, corporations, schools, and foundations. There are presently 15 sites from Pueblo to Denver serving more than 800
students annually. The program has been in Monument for about 10 years. “These kids might be missing a skill or not comprehending and the teachers refer the children to us,” said Gina Solazzi, executive director of the Children’s Literacy Center. “Our curriculum is designed to match the skills the students are missing.” According to the Children’s Literacy Center, approximately 40 percent of fourth grade students in Colorado fail to meet state reading standards and more than 50 percent do not meet state writing standards. “The older students are the harder students for many reasons,” Primavera said. “It’s hard to get them to come here twice a week when they could be doing something with their friends. So the commitment of the parent and the commitment of the child is huge.” The program results in a 95 percent success rate. Program participants develop a solid reading foundation essential to success now and in the future. “Before third grade you’re learning to read,” said Rebekah Gans, director of development for the Children’s Literacy Center. “After third grade you’re reading to learn.” Those who would like more information on the Children’s Literacy Center go to http://www.childrensliteracycenter. org or call 719-471-8672.
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DCC concert winds competes at state, music program up and coming By Lisa Collacott
Contributing writer Discovery Canyon Campus High School is gaining recognition among high school concert bands in Colorado. For the first time since the school opened they qualified to participate in the Concert Bandmasters Association State Concert Band Competition which took place on April 14 at Colorado State University. They walked away with two good and one excellent ratings for their performances. The top 26 high school bands in the state were invited to participate. The concert winds was made up of 34 students. “It was really exciting but at the same time a little nerve-wracking,” said DCC band director Justin Carpenter. Carpenter said since it was the school’s first time at state many people didn’t know who DCC was and they were going up against bands 70 or 80 students strong. “It was real humbling,” Carpenter said. This wasn’t Carpenter’s first trip to state. Before joining DCC three years ago he spent six years at Rampart High School. Over the past three years he has seen the band and orchestra program grow from 14 students to 68. The program has also grown in what it offers students. DCC has a concert band, orchestra, jazz ensemble, percussion techniques class and brass and woodwinds classes. Many of the students also make up the pep band which can be heard at home football and basketball games. There are also many ensembles put together that students audition for. The ensembles will go out and perform in the community. “They (the students) have a love of music and they like to share it,” Carpenter added. Up next for students in the program will be the last concert of the school year, the Spring Concert, which will take place at 7
DCC students take time to relax and have a little fun after they performed at the CBA State Concert Band Competition. The students received one excellent and two good ratings after their performances. Courtesy photo p.m. April 24 and Carpenter will be taking several students to the Greeley Jazz Festival at the University of Northern Colorado on April 25 and 26. Students will have the opportunity to see concerts, perform and take part in workshops. “It’s one of the biggest high school jazz festivals in the nation,” Carpenter said. Carpenter believes that the DCC band and orchestra program will just keep growing and improving. Even though the program will lose students who will soon graduate they will gain a lot of students from incoming freshman. He would like to see the program double in size, put together more bands, have a jazz program and one
day bring in a string specialist. “I would like to see DCC become the unofficial performing arts program of the district” Carpenter said. DCC is widely known for its math and science program. Carpenter said the school has developed a strong choir and theater program in recent years.
“Colorado Springs has a lot of strong music programs,” he added. Rampart and Liberty High Schools in Academy School District 20 also competed at the CBA state competition as well as Palmer Ridge and Lewis-Palmer High Schools in Lewis-Palmer School District 38.
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Falcon football tackles violence prevention training Staff report Air Force Academy football players recently participated in a new training initiative that will help them become better leaders on and off the field and to take a stand against sexual assault. Approximately 60 cadets, football coaches and staff participated in the Mentor in Violence Prevention program where MVP facilitators allowed participants to share personal stories and dialogue on key issues concerning rape, battery and sexual harassment. “We selected the football team to receive the training because football is our largest and most recognizable program,” said Hans Mueh, the Academy’s athletic director. “We hope they will continue to be leaders in the Cadet Wing with this training and be an example for other programs and cadets to follow.
“We want to take a very aggressive approach to help prevent violent actions and reactions, and using our most recognizable program seemed to be a great place to start. In addition, we’re really pushing respect for others in the athletic department and this training is a great complement to that initiative.” Duane de Four, an MVP facilitator, said cadets were very honest with their questions, doubts and concerns. “Everyone was very receptive to everything that was shared,” de Four said. “We had quite a few individuals disclose personal experiences of abuse and others close to them who had experienced sexual assault.” Facilitators encouraged the team to use their influence here in a proactive way by motivating others and being active bystanders by interrupting, confronting, and preventing violence by their peers
and others. MVP wants to leave athletes feeling empowered and knowing that they are in fact leaders here. “The next step is being an empowered bystander in an incident of harassment, abuse or violence,” De Four said. “We hope that if they’re in a situation where they can respond or alter the situation in positive way that they would, and will share this information with their peers.” Facilitators talked openly with cadets about party culture, pressures around sex and practical options in response to incidents of harassment, abuse, or violence before, during, or after the fact. The MVP program was created in 1993 and cofounded by Dr. Jackson Katz, one of the architects of the Defense Department’s bystander intervention training approach to sexual assault prevention. The program encourages high school and
college students, and professional athletes to join the fight against all forms of men’s violence against women. “Football players here are culture influencers,” said Teresa Beasley, the Academy’s sexual assault response coordinator. “They’re looked up to, and we want them to use their talent to encourage and mentor people. The purpose of training is to help reduce risk and prevent bad things from happening such as sexual assault, sexual harassment or even DUIs. “The hope is that the training isn’t just for the weekend but for the long-term. We want to bring all Academy athletes into it because they’re cultural shifters,” she said. “The MVP facilitators are to revisit the Academy in August. We hope to grow this training and get everyone here to embrace it.”
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. APRIL 24 AUTHOR SIGNING Sherry Janes will sign her two titles in the Spirit Songs series, and Kevin Paul Tracy will sign his two titles “Rogue Agenda” and “Blood Flow” from 5:30-7 p.m. April 24 at Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument. Call 719-481-2665. APRIL 24 LUNCHEON THE Pikes Peak Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals plans its annual Administrative Professionals Week seminar and luncheon April 24 at the Double Tree by Hilton, 1775 E. Cheyenne Mountain Blvd., Colorado Springs. Go to www.iaap-pikespeak.org. APRIL 26 AUTHOR SIGNING Molly Wingate and Marti Woodward will sign their title, “Slow Parenting Teens: How to Create a Positive, Respectful and Fun Relationship with your Teenager” from noon to 2 p.m. April 26 at Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monument. The parenting book teens want their parents to read. Call 719-481-2665.
APRIL 26-27 HOME AND garden show The Tri-Lakes Women’s
Club will have its 38th annual Pine Forest Antiques, Home Décor & Garden Show and Sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 26, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 27 at Lewis Palmer High School, 1300 Higby Road, Monument. Admission is $6, and proceeds benefit qualified nonprofit and public service organizations and public schools in the Tri-Lakes Area. Go to www.TLWC.net for details.
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of 100 words or less by May 1 to the Pikes Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women Flash Fiction Contest. For complete rules and entry form, go http://www. pikespeakpenwomen.com/flash-fiction-contest.html.
MAY 1 AUTHOR SIGNINGS Covered Treasures welcomes three authors from 5:30-7 p.m. May 1. Margaret Brettschneider will sign her various titles including her latest “Truth Lies Six Foot Under”; Walt Larimore will sign his titles including his latest, “The Ultimate Girls’ Body Book”; and Joelle Mueller will sign her title, “Unfolding the Sun.” Covered Treasurers Bookstore is at 105 Second St., Monument. Call 719-481-2665. MAY 1-4
SPRING SALE The Black Forest Arts & Crafts Guild presents its 50th anniversary Spring Show & Sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 1-3 and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at the Black Forest Community Center. More than 90 artisan and culinary members will sell their work. Included will be quilts and afghans, baby items, paintings, pottery, jewelry, woodworking, stained glass, dolls, stitchery, note cards, baked goods, jams & jellies and much more. Admission is free. No strollers allowed. MAY 3 DINNER & fellowship Joy on the Rock invites you to hear Christian comedian Rich Praytor and Stu Vezey with the Rock of Ages Band. Come enjoy a positive spiritual experience in an atmosphere that appeals to those who like music with a little kick and leaves you with joy in your heart. Program is from 6-8 p.m. May 3 at Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 South Valley Road. Suggested donation $10. RSVP to joyontherock@gmail. com or 719-499-7467. MAY 4 SYMPHONY PERFORMANCE First Christian Church, 16 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, presents the Rocky Mountain Wind Symphony at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 4. A free will offering will be taken. For more information, call 719-633-8888 or check www.firstchristiancos.org/music/fccconcert-series
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MAY 15 ART HOP signing Art Hop begins for another season from 5-8 p.m. May 15. Covered Treasures presents an outdoor evening with Julie Raber of Pocket Pal Map Guides; Susan Davies, director of Trails and Open Space; and Tom Mowle representative of Rampart Range Wildlands project of the Colorado Mountain Club, who will discuss trail volunteer opportunities and answers to many questions regarding trails in the El Paso County area. Refreshments will be served. Covered Treasures Bookstore is at 105 Second St., Monument. Call 719-481-2665. JUNE 7 BOOK FAIR Born Again Used Books, 1529 N. Union Blvd., Colorado Springs, will have its 20th home school book fair from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 7. Do you have questions concerning homeschooling: laws, sports, music, social activities, curriculum, college and more? Many people will be available answer questions. If you have educational services that you would like to share with home schoolers, plan to attend the fair. Call 719-528-8622. Register at http://www. bornagainusedbooks.com/?page=shop/disp&pid=page_ HomeSchoolSignU
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area clubs Editor’s notE: To add or update a club listing, e-mail calendar@coloradocommunitymedia.com. ProfEssional front rangE Business Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1
p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at Bella Panini in Palmer Lake.
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. tri-lakEs BusinEss Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600 or e-mail ebryson@ farmersagent.com.
Colorado mountEd Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Colorado Springs Police Department, Gold Hill Division, 955 W. Moreno Ave, Colorado Springs. Visit https:// coloradoranger.org/index.php/troops/troop-i or email info@ coloradoranger.org girl sCouting offers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to
make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603.
glEnEaglE sErtoma Club luncheon meeting is every
Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at 719-433-5396 or Bob Duckworth at 719-481-4608, or visit www.sertoma.org.
history Buffs meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month.
tri-lakEs ChamBEr Business After Hours meets from 5-7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.
italian CluB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you. Membership is open to men and women. More information at www. sonsofitalypp.com.
tri-lakEs ChamBEr Business Networking Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www. trilakeschamber.com.
kiWanis CluB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http:// monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail info@ monumenthillkiwanis.org
Woodmoor BusinEss Group Meeting is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com. rECrEation amatEur radio Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Lakes Monutemnt Fire Protection District Station 1, 18650 Hwy 105. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Call Joyce Witte at 488-0859 for more information. adult rECrEational and intermediate pick up volleyball
is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.
Bingo By the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.
lEgaCy sErtoma dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the sec-
ond and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.
moms in Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668. thE monumEnt Homemakers Club meets the first Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-592-9311 for reservations.
thE PalmEr Lake Art Group meets on the second Saturday of the month at the group’s Vaile Hill Gallery, 118 Hillside Road. Call 719-488-8101 for information. PalmEr diVidE Quiltmakers meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Church at Woodmoor. Contact Carolyn at 719-488-9791 or hockcf@aol.com.
friEnds of Monument Preserve is a nonprofit organiza-
thE PikEs Peak Branch of the National League of American
gEntlE yoga with Nancy Stannard is offered at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard nancystannard55@gmail.com for details and to attend first class.
glEnEaglE golf Club has implemented a Community Advisory Committee. Their mission is to help establish a stronger relationship between the club and the community. They are looking for representatives from all home owners associations. The committee meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM at Gleneagle Golf Club. If you can join, give Rick Ebelo a call at the club at 488-0900. thE PikEs Peak chapter of Pheasants Forever meets at 6:30
p.m. the second Tuesday of every month (except June, August and September) at the Colorado Division of Wildlife Training Classroom in the back of the building at 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.
thE VailE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837.
Pen Women offers information by calling 719-532-0021.
PikEs PEak Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome. roCky mountain Chapter, 1st Cavalry Division Meeting is at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at the Retired Enlisted Association, 834 Emory Circle, Colorado Springs. We are a non-political, nonprofit soldier’s and veteran’s fraternity. Anyone who has been assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division anytime, anywhere, is eligible for membership. Friends of the Cav who have not served with the Division are eligible for Associate membership. We are family orientated so please bring significant other. We participate in local parades, do food shelf, picnics, Christmas party. Come join us for great camaraderie, make new friends, possibly meet old friends from the First Team. Contact Paul at 719-687-1169 or Al at 719-689-5778. rotary CluB of InterQuest meets at 4:46 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights at Northgate, 12105 Ambassador Drive (Voyager Parkway and Celestial Drive) in Colorado Springs. Guest always welcome. Serve with intergrity, love our community and have fun. Call Scott Allen at 719-338-7939.
Vini E Crostini, 6 flight wine tasting paired with moZaic
tasty bites is at 5 p.m the first Saturday of the month at 443 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Cost is $40 per person.
silEnt sPrings Social Group is a social group for hard of hearing and deaf adults. Sign language users are welcome. Dining out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail silentspringscos@hotmail.com.
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meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Pinecrest Lodge in Palmer Lake. Continental breakfast is included. Call Basil Marotta at 719-487-9500.
tri-lakEs ParEnts of Multiples Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Child care is provided for a minimal fee. New members and visitors are welcome. E-mail tlpoms@yahoo.com or call 719-488-6785.
tri-lakEs friEnds of the Libraries meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month from September through June at Monument Library.
thE tri-lakEs Lions Club meets the first Thursday of every month at Monument Hill Country Club. The social is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting is at 7 p.m. The International Association of Lions Clubs is the largest service club in the world with over 1.35 million members. The Lions are known as the “Knights of the Blind.” By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. Lions clubs are groups of community minded men and women who are interested in helping serve their communities. For information about the new Tri-Lakes Lions Club, contact the club’s president, Dave Prejean, at 719-492-8274. More information is available at lionsclubs.org.
tri-lakEs VfW Post No. 7829 meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at The Sundance Lodge/Oakleys. New members are welcome. Call Darby Kelly at 719-481-4377. u.s. air Force Academy Toastmasters meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at DeVry University, 1175 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Colorado Springs. Visit www.d26toastmasters.org/ airforceacademy or call Angela at 719-494-2777. Guests are welcome. msgt William Crawford Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7829 will meet on the third Tuesday of each
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Big rEd Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stuff and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Jefferson streets in Monument. The money benefits Lewis-Palmer community schools. tion that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months. Contact info@ fomp.org or Chris at 719-488-9850.
tri-lakEs CruisErs Car Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the Tri-Lakes-Monument Fire Station on South Colo. 105. Open to all vehicle makes and models. Call Dale at 488-2852.
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thE BlaCk Forest AARP Chapter meets for a luncheon the second Wednesday of each month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Call 719-596-6787 or 719-495-2443.
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at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.
Coalition of Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at
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Alexa Smith commits to play volleyball for Purdue Lewis-Palmer junior was courted by numerous Division I schools By Danny Summers
dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Alexa Smith, an all-American volleyball player with Lewis-Palmer High School, has verbally committed to play for Purdue, according to her father, Kirk Smith. “She actually made the decision in November, but she can’t sign with them until next November, Kirk Smith said. “She wanted to play in the Big 10 and she had a really good connection with the head coach Dave Shondell. We went on a visit back in October and she really hit it off with the girls. When she was there on the visit she said she could envision herself playing on that court.” The 6-foot-2 Alexa Smith was pursued by numerous Division I colleges. Among the ones she seriously considered were UCLA, Minnesota, Michigan and Colorado State. Smith led the Rangers to the Class 4A state volleyball championship last fall. She
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updated their voter registration at all. Since there may be no mail delivery to a destroyed residence in Black Forest, they may not receive a ballot. Voters needed to go to the website www. govotecolorado.com or come to one of the Clerk and Recorder offices by 11:59 p.m. on April 14 in order to receive a mail ballot for the election. Black Forest voters who did not meet
also helped Lewis-Palmer to a state runner-up finish in 2012. Alexa’s bother, Justin, is playing basketball for Division Idaho State. He played last year, but will redshirt during the 2014-22015 campaign. “We are really blessed,” Kirk Smith said. COACHING CHANGES Palmer Ridge athletic director Jim Porter expects to name a new wrestling coach within the next couple of weeks after the resignation of Paul Gagich. Two other new Palmer Ridge coaches have already been approved by the District 38 School Board for next season; Dan Tarwater (softball) and Kelly Christensen (cross country). Christensen is a counselor at the school. Lewis-Palmer athletic director Nick Baker said he expects to name a new wrestling coach in May. Baker stepped down as wrestling coach after this season so that he could concentrate on his duties as the school’s AD. PERRY REEMERGES AT VALOR CHRISTIAN Sabrina Perry, a junior, played soccer for Lewis-Palmer for two seasons. She still lives in Monument with her family, but now attends Valor Christian in Highlands Ranch, where she is the team’s starting goalkeeper.
Perry is 2-1 (she had to sit half the season due to the CHSAA transfer rule), with her loss coming April 20 against Palmer Ridge; 1-0 at Lewis-Palmer’s Don Breese Stadium. Mackie Gouner scored the game-winning goal for Palmer Ridge. It came in the second half off an assist from Ali Meyer. Perry drives to Highlands Ranch each day for school. RANGERS ROLL ON IN SOCCER Lewis-Palmer’s Michelle Coleman found the back of the net twice, while Kristen Belisairo, Brianna Alger and Courtney Chastain also scored during a 5-0 victory over Vista Ridge on April 15. BEARS SHUT OUT SAND CREEK Gouner scored in the second half to give Palmer Ridge a 1-0 PPAC victory over Sand Creek (9-2, 1-2) on April 15. Bears goalkeeper Kaylyn Smith had seven saves for the shutout. RANGERS BEST THUNDER, LOSE TO AIR ACADEMY The Lewis-Palmer girls’ tennis team defeated Discovery Canyon, 4-3, on April 8. It was the Thunder’s first loss of the season in five tournaments. Courtney Brandes won No. 1 singles for the Rangers, while Discovery Canyon’s Gabrielle Hesse won in No. 2 singles (defeat-
ing Lauren Manney in two sets) and teammate Lizzie McCurdy won in No. 3 singles over Jordan Arnold ion three sets. Lewis-Palmer won took three doubles matches; the No. 2 team of Anna Olson and Amy Still, No. 3 pairing of Hannah Mills and Laura Nolt, and the No. 4 doubles team of Stephanie Nolt and Mikayla Yossel. Discovery Canyon won in No. 1 doubles as Erin Matheson and Emma Zamora defeated Sophie Barnes and Naimh Christner. On April 18, Lewis-Palmer lost to Air Academy, 5-2. Air Academy took two of three singles matches and three of four doubles matches. The Rangers’ victories were by Arnold in No. 3 singles, and the No. 2 doubles team of Still and Olson. BEARS ROLL IN LACROSSE The Palmer Ridge girls’ lacrosse team defeated Rampart, 12-7, on April 18. Sam Rippley scored three goals for the Bears, while Mary Koch and Ashley Walker each added two goals in the Southern League match. Briana Knop saved nine of the 13 shots she faced in goal for Palmer Ridge.
this deadline to update their registration may still be able to receive a ballot. Until May 5, Monday-Friday, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., those voters can go to Black Forest Fire Station One, 11445 Teachout Road to fill out a “Request for Mail Ballot” form. The fire district’s designated election official will issue ballot packets to voters who are eligible to vote in the Black Forest Fire/ Rescue Protection District Board Election. The Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District election is conducted by the Designated Election Official for the district. The Clerk and Recorder’s Office is assisting in disseminating information to the public in conjunction with the Public Information
Officer for the district to ensure all Black Forest displaced voters have an opportunity to vote in the election. The primary contact for the Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District is Donna Arkowski. She can be reached at 719-495-2892. You can email her at election@bffire.org. Her principal office address is: 11445 Teachout Road Colorado Springs, CO 80908. There are 7,000 eligible voters in the District. There will be one place of deposit, which will be located at the Black Forest fire station, 11445 Teachout Road. Ballots may be dropped off at this address between 9 a.m.
and 7 p.m., Mondays through Fridays only, which began on April 14, and from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the day of the election. Ballots may be accepted only by election judges or the designated election official. No fire department personnel will be able to accept ballots for deposit. For security reasons, there will be no unmonitored freestanding drop-off locations. Ballots can also be mailed in the required return envelope to the District’s Designated Election Official at Black Forest Fire/Rescue Protection District, P.O. Box 88490, Colorado Springs, CO 80908.
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Copies of the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be obtained after April 23, 2014 at the office of GMS, Inc. located at 611 N. Weber Street, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 upon payment of $75.00 for each set.
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Any planholder returning the CONTRACT DOCUMENTS in good condition within 30 MONUMENT TOWN OF days of bid opening will2014 be Drinking refunded Water Quality Report $25.00. For Calendar Year 2013 Date: April 16, 2014 Water System ID: CO0121475 /s/Public Donala Water and Sanitation District Esta es información importante. Si no la pueden leer, necesitan que alguien se la Legal Notice No.: 932272 traduzca. First Publication: April 23, 2014 Last Publication: May 7, 2014 We are pleased to present to you this Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Please contact STEVE R SHEFFIELD at 719-2433312 with any questions about the Drinking Consumer Confidence Rule (CCR) or for public participation opportunities that may affect the water quality. General Information All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can
Public Notice be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or by visiting http://water.epa.gov/drink/contaminants. Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV-AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk of infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potential health effects, or to receive a copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbiological contaminants call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791). The sources of drinking water (both tap
water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include: • Microbial contaminants: viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife. • Inorganic contaminants: salts and metals, which can be naturally-occurring or result from urban stormwater runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming. • Pesticides and herbicides: may come from a variety of sources, such as agriculture, urban stormwater runoff, and residential uses. • Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities. • Organic chemical contaminants: includ-
ing synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and also may come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems.
you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. Additional information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at http://www. epa.gov/safewater/lead.
In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.
Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our water supply. For general information or to obtain a copy of the report please visit http://wqcdcompliance.com/ccr. The report is located under “Source Water Assessment Reports”, and then “Assessment Report by County”. Select EL PASO County and find 121475; MONUMENT TOWN OF or by contacting STEVE R SHEFFIELD at 719-243-3312. The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screening-level evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does
Lead in Drinking Water If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems (especially for pregnant women and young children). It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. When your water has been sitting for several hours,
Our Water Sources Source Type
Water Type
Potential Source(s) of Contamination
WELL NO 1
WL
GW
Aboveground, Underground and Leaking Storage Tank Sites
WELL NO 2
WL
GW
WELL NO 9
WL
GW
WELL NO 3
WL
GW
WELL NO 4
WL
GW
WELL NO 5
WL
GW
WELL NO 6
WL
GW
WL
GW
WELL NO 8
WL
GW
Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend scheduled public meetings. We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliver to you every day. Legal Notice No.: 932273 First Publication: April 23, 2014 Last Publication: April 23, 2014 Publisher: The Tri-Lakes Tribune
Lead Leadand andCopper CopperSampled Sampled in in the the Distribution Distribution System System
Source
WELL NO 7
not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protection plan. Potential sources of contamination in our source water area are listed on the next page.
Commercial/Industrial/Transportation Low Intensity Residential
Contaminant ContaminantName Name
Time TimePeriod Period
th 90 90thPercentile Percentile
Sample Sample Size Size
Unit Unit of of Measure Measure
th 90 90th Percentile Percentile AL AL
Copper Copper
08/16/2011 08/16/2011toto 09/29/2011 09/29/2011
0.155 0.155
10 10
ppm ppm
Lead Lead
08/16/2011 08/16/2011toto 09/29/2011 09/29/2011
33
10 10
ppb ppb
Urban Recreational Grasses
th 90th Percentile 90 Percentile AL AL Exceedance Exceedance
Typical Sources Sources Typical
1.3 1.3
No No
Corrosion of of household household Corrosion plumbing systems; systems; Erosion Erosionof of plumbing natural deposits deposits natural
15 15
No No
Corrosion of of household household Corrosion plumbing systems; systems; Erosion Erosionof of plumbing natural deposits natural deposits
Sample Sample Sites Sites Above Above AL AL
Row Crops Pasture / Hay
Disinfection DisinfectionByproducts ByproductsSampled Sampled in in the the Distribution Distribution System System
Fallow
Name Name
Year Year
Average Average
Range Range Low Low��High High
Sample Sample Size Size
Unit Unit of of Measure Measure
MCL MCL
MCLG MCLG
Total TotalTrihalomethanes Trihalomethanes (TTHM) (TTHM)
2013 2013
0.5 0.5
00toto22
44
Ppb Ppb
80 80
N/A N/A
Contaminant ContaminantName Name
Year Year
Average Average
Range Range Low Low��High High
Sample Sample Size Size
Unit Unit of of Measure Measure
MCL MCL
MCLG MCLG
MCL MCL Violation Violation
Typical Sources Sources Typical
Gross GrossAlpha Alpha
2011 2011
3.7 3.7
1.7 1.7toto5.7 5.7
22
pCi/L pCi/L
15 15
00
No No
Erosion of of natural natural deposits deposits Erosion
Combined CombinedRadium Radium
2012 2012
5.65 5.65
4.1 4.1toto6.5 6.5
44
pCi/L pCi/L
55
00
No No
Erosion of of natural natural deposits deposits Erosion
Combined CombinedUranium Uranium
2011 2011
2.4 2.4
1.7 1.7toto3.1 3.1
22
ppb ppb
30 30
00
No No
Erosion of of natural natural deposits deposits Erosion
Deciduous/ Evergreen Forest Septic Systems
Highest Highest Compliance Compliance Value Value
MCL MCL Violation Violation
Typical Sources Sources Typical
No No
Byproduct of of drinking drinking Byproduct water disinfection disinfection water
Terms and Abbreviations •
Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) − The highest level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.
•
Treatment Technique (TT) − A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water. Action Level (AL) − The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.
•
Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) − The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.
•
Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) − The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.
•
Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) − The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.
•
Violation (No Abbreviation) − Failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.
•
Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) − Escalated action taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or number or severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance.
•
Variance and Exemptions (V/E) − Department permission not to meet a MCL or treatment technique under certain conditions.
•
Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) − Gross alpha particle activity compliance value. It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222, and uranium.
•
Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) − Measure of the radioactivity in water.
Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System Contaminant Name
MONUMENT TOWN OF, PWS ID: CO0121475 2014 CCR Pageto3the of 7typical person. • Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) − Measure of the clarity or cloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable
Radionuclides RadionuclidesSampled Sampledat atthe theEntry Entry Point Point to to the the Distribution Distribution System System
•
Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) �Single or calculated value used to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) is met. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, Running Annual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA).
•
Average (x-bar) − Typical value.
•
Range (R) − Lowest value to the highest value. Sample Size (n) − Number or count of values (i.e. number of water samples collected).
•
Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) − One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.
•
Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) − One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.
•
Parts per trillion = Nanograms per liter (ppt = ng/L) − One part per trillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000,000.
•
Parts per quadrillion = Picograms per liter (ppq = pg/L) − One part per quadrillion corresponds to one minute in 2,000,000,000 years or one penny in $10,000,000,000,000.
•
Not Applicable (N/A) �Does not apply or not available.
Average
MONUMENT TOWN MONUMENT TOWNOF, OF,PWS PWSID: ID:CO0121475 CO0121475
•
•
Year
Detected Contaminants
Range Low �High
Sample Size
Unit of Measure
MCL
MCLG
MCL Violation
Typical Sources 2014 CCR CCR Page Page 55 of of 77 2014
Barium
2013
0.06
0.05 to 0.1
5
ppm
2
2
No
Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits
Chromium
2013
0.2
0 to 1
5
ppb
100
100
No
Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits
Fluoride
2013
1.41
1.41 to 1.41
1
ppm
4
4
No
Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer and aluminum factories
Nitrate
2013
0.07
0 to 0.2
6
ppm
10
10
No
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Nitrite
2011
0.13
0 to 0.2
4
ppm
1
1
No
Runoff from fertilizer use; leaching from septic tanks, sewage; erosion of natural deposits
Selenium
2013
1
0 to 2
5
ppb
50
50
No
Discharge from petroleum and metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits; discharge from mines
MONUMENT TOWN OF routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2013 unless otherwise noted. The State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one year old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report.
Unregulated or Secondary Violations, Significant Deficiencies, andContaminants** Formal Enforcement Actions No that Violations or cosmetic Formal Enforcement **Secondary standards are non-enforceable guidelines for contaminants may cause effects (such asActions skin, or tooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.
Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.
Public Knowledge = Notices Community Contaminant Name
Year
Average
Bromodichloromethane
2012
2
Range Low �High 2
Sample Size
Unit of Measure
Secondary Standard
5
ppb
N/A
Chlorodibromomethane
2012
0.7
0.74
5
ppb
N/A
Chloroform
2012
2.5
2.5
5
ppb
N/A
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Lewis-Palmer senior Carson Haws takes a cut at a ball during a game against Palmer Ridge on April 19. Haws had one of the Rangers’ four hits and scored a run in the 2-1 victory. Photos by Danny Summers
Rangers take one from Bears in baseball Lewis-Palmer improved to 9-0 in league after 2-1 victory on April 19 By Danny Summers
dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com The rivalry between Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge heated up on the baseball diamond April 19 as the clubs squared off in a key Pikes Peak Athletic Conference affair. It was Lewis-Palmer that came out on top of a 2-1 victory at “Ranger Field” to improve to 9-0 in the Class 4A PPAC and put a stranglehold on first place. “I haven’t been in a lot of pressure situations this year, so it was a little different,” said Rangers junior pitcher Colin Cicere, who recorded the final two outs in relief of starting pitcher Paul Tillotson, who notched his fourth victory of the season. It was Cicere’s second save of the season. He has five wins to lead the staff. Cicere entered the game with Palmer Ridge runners Billy Schulze and Jack Stamper on third base and first base, respectively. Cicere walked Cole Hurford to load the bases, but then struck out Carter Thorne looking with a fastball on the outside corner, and got Jake Grubesic to ground out to end the game. “My arm started to get a little tired at the end and my fastball was starting to slow down,” said Tillotson, a sophomore who struck out 10 and walked two while allowing six hits in 6 1/3 innings of work. “Colin is a stud pitcher and I knew he’d come in and shut it down.” Palmer Ridge junior right-hander Kurt Larson threw a complete game in the loss. He held the Rangers to four hits. “I knew it would be a close game because we are the top two teams in conference,” Larson said. “We came out and battled, but some you win and some you lose.” Palmer Ridge leads the all-time baseball
Palmer Ridge junior right-hander Kurt Larson threw a complete-game four hitter against Lewis-Palmer.
Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge took time to shake hands following their April 19 game. series four wins to two. Lewis-Palmer (11-3 overall) traveled to Palmer Ridge (10-4, 8-2) for round two of the home-and-home series on April 22, but results of that game were not available at press time. Lewis-Palmer won for the eighth con-
secutive time since returning from its spring break trip to Arizona. It was by far the Rangers’ closest league game. In their previous PPAC affairs, they outscored opponents 9218; winning four times by the 10-run mercy rule. “Our team is getting better and better ev-
ery game,” Tillotson said. “We keep hitting the ball. We keep working hard at practice. We keep going at it. I feel really good about it right now.” Cicere agreed: “We’ve got that fire this year. We feel that we can go all the way. We’ve got pitching, we’ve got defense and we can hit.” Tom McCabe is in his third season as coach of the Rangers. He came from Widefield, where he built a respectable program. But his teams never hosted a regional. “We play one game at a time and this was a big game for us,” McCabe said. “Our guys have bought into the game concept. If you look at them they are very serious. They are cold-stoned and they are doing business. Mentally they are playing the game. “Our No. 1 goal at this point is to host a regional. That’s one thing that I have never done. My teams have won a conference and we’ve gone to regional, but I want us to host a regional. We have the best ball park in Colorado and I want to show it off. I want to show what the parents have done and what my ball players have done.” The Rangers are in the driver’s seat for the league title - its first in at least a decade. They have two-game series’ left against Falcon and Vista Ridge. Those teams are a combined 6-11 in conference. Palmer Ridge is in a great position for at least second place in league, and it still could win the league title if things go its way. The Bears finished second in league in 2013, but were rewarded by hosting a regional based on strength of schedule. Palmer Ridge’s only other loss in league was to Falcon, 11-7, on April 9. The Bears have one league game remaining against Cheyenne Mountain and two against Discovery Canyon. “It’s not good to play games that are 170; we need to play more games like this,” Hurford said. “We want to play games that are close where you have to battle, but in the field and at bat. This kind of game will help us down the stretch, which is what we need right now.”
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Eighteen Tri-Lakes area athletes sign college athletic scholarships Ceremonies took place at Palmer Ridge, Lewis-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and The Classical Academy By Danny Summers
dsummers@ coloradocommunitymedia.com Lewis-Palmer senior Megan McCutcheon was among more than a dozen TriLakes area student athletes that signed their National Letters of Intent during signing ceremonies throughout El Paso County, the state and the nation. McCutcheon, a three-time state qualifier in girls golf, will attend Division II Colorado State University-Pueblo. “When I was a sophomore I started to improve so much and I was excited about trying to get a scholarship,” McCutcheon said. “That actually became a goal of mine from my freshman year.” McCutcheon was among five studentathletes at Lewis-Palmer to take part in the festive ceremony at the school. Other Rangers headed to college on athletic scholarships include: Madeline Bender, equestrian, Oklahoma St. (D-I), Zach Mullins, diving, California Baptist (DII), Chase Stone, Basketball, Doane (NAIA), and Kaykla Sunada, swimming, Western State (D-II). McCutcheon said she chose CSU-Pueblo for a number of reasons.
“The coach reached out to me and he said he would love for me to come and visit,” she said. “Once I got down there and met the team I was determined I was going to go there. I loved the campus and the course.” CSU-Pueblo uses Walking Stick as its home course. McCutcheon was hoping to join former Palmer Ridge golf star Maggie Geolat on the CSU-Pueblo team, but Geolat has decided not to play golf competitively in college. “Maggie still goes to school there and we stay in good contact,” McCutcheon said. McCutcheon hopes to qualify for her fourth state tournament next month. The regionals will be at the Air Force Academy Silver Course in May. The state finals are at the Country Club of Colorado. “This year I will practice harder for the state tournament,” McCutcheon said. PALMER RIDGE The Bears held their celebration for their four student-athletes in the school’s learning lab. Those honored were: Libby Acker, track, Xavier (D-I), Olga Britton, swimming, St. Leo, (D-II), Daelynn Demelo, field hockey, Missouri St. (D-I), and Ali Meyer, basketball, Colorado Christian (D-II). DISCOVERY CANYON The Thunder’s celebration was held in the school’s gymnasium. Five student-athletes were seated at the main table: Cody Ahlgrimm, baseball,
The Rangers had five student athletes sign their National Letters of Intent during a ceremony at the school on April 16. From left to right are: Kayla Sunada, swimming, Western State in Gunnison, Zach Mullins, diving, California Baptist in Riverside, Calif., Maddie Bender, equestrian, Oklahoma State, Megan McCutcheon, golf, CSU-Pueblo, Chase Stone, basketball, Doane College in Crete, Nebraska. Courtesy photo Pacific (Ore.) Univ. (D-III), Luke Lorenz, tennis, Bryant (D-I), Jason Siegel, golf, Manhattanville (D-III), Jackson Spalding, football/track, Air Force Academy (D-I), and Jonathan Tarno, lacrosse, Arizona St. (D-I). THE CLASSICAL ACADEMY TCA held its signing day on April 21.
Four student-athletes were honored with flowers and cake: Chandler Ryd, cross country/track and field, Hillsdale (D-II), Katie Knapp, cross country/track and field, Colorado School of Mines (D-II), Brianne Hoglin, cross country/track, Lipscomb (DII), and Alex Raphael, swimming, Lewis and Clark (D-III).
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