Tribune Tri-Lakes 11-6-2013
November 6, 2013
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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 44
Bass Pro location coming together Special sneak peek of shop set for Nov. 20 By Danny Summers
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tion Spanish over a newly-installed, close-circuit TV system to over 500 military families on base. He chose me, then an associate professor Spanish, to write and present, three times daily, the program — live, as there was no videotape available,” says Frier. “I was given the freedom to present my course my “fun and easy way,” with cartoons and humor which had proven very effective when teaching the cadets. The pioneer experiment was a grand success.”
If you haven’t been by the new Bass Pro Shops in North Gate, you don’t know what you’re missing. The 120,000-square foot store is still a few weeks away from opening, but when it does it is sure to be a major gathering point for a lot of folks in the Pikes Peak region. “This is definitely one of our grandest buildings from the outside to the inside,” said store general manager Chris Koeninger. “We’re not skimping on anything.” The grand opening is set for Nov. 21, beginning at 8 a.m. The store will actually be open for three hours on Nov. 20 for a special sneak peek. “Vendors from all of our manufacturers will be on hand for the grand opening,” Koeninger said. “We’ll have hot dogs and drinks for donations. “We’ll even have a live bull from (the Professional Bull Riders Association).” The Colorado Springs Bass Pro Shops is the centerpiece in the 200-acre Copper Ridge development near North Gate Boulevard and Interstate 25. The future extension of Powers Boulevard is to the south, Meadowgrass Drive and a future
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Gleneagle veteran Bill Frier, 82, like his father and grandfather before, graduated from West Point in 1954 and chose the Air Force as a career. While an professor of Spanish at the Air Force Academy in 1961, he pioneered the teaching of conversational Spanish, daily, over closed-circuit TV to more than 500 families on base. Photo by Rob Carrigan
‘Yo Hablo’ program teaches Spanish Service and honor all part of the course By Rob Carrigan
rcarrigan@ourcoloradonews.com “Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.” — Abraham Lincoln At 82, Bill Frier knows about honor and service. Twenty years in the Air Force, third in a line of West Point gradu-
ates in 1954, flying C-130s, teaching at the Academy here in Colorado Springs — it is all part of the program for him. And the thing is, he knows about programs too. As the one-time Chief of Television for the Air Force, that is to be expected. One of his proudest moments he will tell you, however, is development of his “Yo Hablo” program teaching conversational Spanish and pioneered in the early days at the Air Force Academy. “In 1961, B. Gen. Robert McDermott (Dean of Academies, U.S. Air Force Academy and future CEO of USAA) launched a pioneer program teaching conversa-
Take a ride on the Ronald Reagan Highway Stretch of I-25 in El Paso County is named in honor of former president By Danny Summers
Dsummers@ ourcoloradonews.com This week’s edition of “Get to know your Highway” focuses on Interstate 25, specifically the part that that runs through El Paso County. That stretch of road is “officially” known as the Ronald Reagan Highway. You know you’re on the Ronald Reagan Highway when — if you are traveling north to south from Denver to Pueblo — when you hit
mile marker 163 in Monument. A green and white sign is on your right as you enter El Paso County. But how did, and why did, that stretch of I-25 come to be named after our 40th President of the United States of America? On Oct. 7, 2003, then Colorado Gov. Bill Owens and then state senator (now congressman) Doug Lamborn dedicated the road in a ceremony. Lamborn and then state representative Lynn Hefley introduced the legislation naming the highway during the previous session. “I’m just very proud that Colorado is honoring President Reagan in this way,” Owens said at the ceremony. “He did a lot of wonderful things for our country and I think it will be a nice way to remember him.”
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Lamborn’s effort actually began in 2001. It was inspired by the Reagan Legacy Project, which wanted every county in the United States to name something prominent after Reagan. Interstate 25 actually stretches from Interstate 90 near Buffalo, Wyoming, south to Interstate 10 near Las Cruces, New Mexico. The 1,062-mile stretch of highway is the main north-south expressway through Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. The section of the I-25 that runs through Pueblo County is called the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway,” named after the 35th President of the United States. Highway continues on Page 10
This is a view of the Ronald Reagan Highway sign as it looks from the bridge at mile marker 163. The El Paso County section of road was named in honor of the former President in 2003. Photo by Danny Summers
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