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Tri-Lakes Region, Monument, Gleneagle, Black Forest and Northern El Paso County • Volume 48, Issue 26

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Black Forest residents return to properties Fire at 100 percent containment a� er little over a week By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

Just a little over a week after the most destructive fi re in Colorado history started, the fi re is now 95 percent contained and some residents have been allowed to go home.

As of June 20, the fi re, which started on June 11, burned 14,280 acres and destroyed 509 homes.

As of the morning of June 20, the fi re was 95 percent contained and Rich Harvey, in-cident commander, was hoping for 100 per-cent containment by the evening.

Harvey and his Type I incident command

team were get-ting ready to leave and move on to another fi re and the Type 3 man-agement team was scheduled to take over on June 21.

“The fi re is not a done deal. The fi re will not be left

unattended,” Harvey said.The fi re also tragically took two lives. The

El Paso County Sheriff’s Offi ce has identi-fi ed the victims as 52-year-old Marc Herk-lotz and his wife 50-year-old Robin Herk-lotz of 6720 Jicarillo Drive.

El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa has

said the couple were found in their garage and appeared to be getting ready to evacu-ate.

During a news briefi ng when Maketa fi rst announced two victims had been found Maketa said that someone who had spoken with the couple the afternoon of the fi re said the two had said there was a glow to the west and they were preparing to leave.

During a second conversation with the couple popping and cracking could be heard in the background.

Marc Herklotz was a civilian contractor and Robin Herklotz was an Air Force con-tractor, according to a press release issued from Air Force Space Command.

“The men and women of Air Force Space Command are saddened by the loss of these two members of our AFSPC family,”

A homeowner works hard Friday morning to evaluate damage in the Vessey area. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Police o� cers assist in Black Forest Fire Stepped in to help immediately, assisted with evacuations and patrols By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

Firefi ghters haven’t been the only heroes during the massive Black Forest Fire.

Police offi cers have been assist-ing with evacuations and protecting homes still standing.

Not long after the fi re started the Monument and Palmer Lake Police Departments were assisting the El

Paso County Sheriff’s Offi ce in any they could.

“We responded before they even asked,” Lt. Jason Vanderpool from the Palmer Lake Police Department said.

Monument Police Department responded about 4 p.m. with fi ve of-fi cers on June 11, the day the Black Forest Fire started. They sent seven offi cers on June 12, 10 on June 13, nine on June 14, seven on June 15 and fi ve on June 16.

“The police will continue to pa-trol over there until they are not needed any longer by El Paso Coun-ty,” Pam Smith, Monument town manager, said.

Vanderpool said Palmer Lake sent at least two offi cers per night.

Offi cers assisted with evacu-ations, escorts, check points and helped patrol the evacuated areas from looters. Offi cers worked 12-hour shifts and many came in on their vacation and gave up days off to help.

“They’ve been working around the clock and working very hard with El Paso County and other forces over there to make sure those areas are safe and people’s homes don’t get burglarized while continuing to do our own patrols,” Smith said.

During a news brief Sheriff Terry Maketa said there has been a tre-mendous amount of support from law enforcement. Colorado Springs Police Department and Fountain Police Department also assisted.

Police offi cers were going door-to-door Thursday afternoon when evacuation orders for the Flying Horse area were issued. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Students, sta� lose homes Many students who attend D-38 and D-20 schools live in Black Forest area By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

Many students and staff members in both Academy School District 20 and Lewis-Palmer School District 38 were affected by the Black Forest Fire in some way or another.

Three D-20 schools — Edith Wol-ford Elementary School, School in the Woods and Discovery Canyon Cam-pus — were in the evacuation zones as well as Ray E. Kilmer in D-38.

The fi re came dangerously close to Wolford and School in the Woods but didn’t cause any damage to the build-ings.

DCC is located on Northgate Bou-levard in Flying Horse and Kilmer is on Walker Road.

Two D-38 schools, Lewis-Palmer High School and Bear Creek Elemen-tary School, were in the pre-evacua-tion zone.

Approximately 41,000 people were evacuated at one point and more than 500 homes are considered a total loss.

D-20 is still confi rming which stu-dents and staff lost their homes but as of June 17, 161 students living in 91 houses had their homes either de-stroyed or partially damaged. Twen-ty-two staff members have lost their homes.

Two D-38 families lost their homes which impacted three students and fi ve staff members also lost their homes. One staff member had their property damaged.

In an email sent to parents of D-20 students Superintendent Dr. Mark Hatchell said, “The founda-tion of Academy District 20 is strong and the people even stronger. We will rise to meet the challenges before us. Our school district has been commit-ted to our students, staff and com-munity for more than 50 years. That

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BY THE NUMBERS

9 Days

41,000 Evacuated

14,280 Acres burned

511 Homes destroyed

2 Lives lost

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Color you can see from the air 1968 Ford Galaxie survives the Black Forest Fire By Rob carrigan [email protected]

Out there among the charred tree trunks, wreckage, incinerated dreams, ash-strewn memories, dust, and heartbreaking despair — I noticed some color.

Bright orange red color.Ben Robinett, with his green jeans stained black, from days sifting around in the ash of what used be his home, the owner of that color had been looking for his car keys. He waved us over when we noticed the bright spot, during a media tour Friday, June 21.

Black everywhere, but here, more than little bit of bright orange red.Robinett, a Fort Carson fi refi ghter by

trade, says it is color he has been told that you can see from the air.

The color takes the form of a 1968 Ford Galaxie.“I have had it for about a year and a half. worked on it constantly. My dad was an auto mechanic, and I love to work on it for old times sake. Painted it (even inside the engine compartment, ) shined it up. It was about three quar-ters done. I know all about it. I was the fourth owner.”

And that bright orange red was for a reason.

“We called it ‘Birdy.’ I am a big St. Louis Cardinals fan.”Robinett was off shift when he learned the fi re was burning and he and his family needed to evacuate.

“Needed to get my six-year-old out of here. I had a trailer right over there and thought I might need it for a place to stay, and my 16-year-old drove her car out.”

So, it was bye-bye Birdy, he thought.He had to leave it in the forest, in the minimal protection of the little hut.

He expected to loose ev-erything he had left behind.But today he is talking with the tow company, and despite looking through what are now the ashes of his house, he hasn’t found his car keys.

It melted the gun safes, everything.The cover of the building is gone. And there is a little blistering of the paint on the passenger-side fl ank of the Gal-axie.

The fi ve-gallon buckets nearby, are melted through. All-in-all however, good shape.

The paint is burnt off the li-cense plate in back, but hard-ly any damage to the car itself.What a wonderful spot of col-or she is? Bright Orange Red.Cardinal Color. A bright spot, among the shades of gray and black.

Birdy and Ben Robinett just before the tow truck arrived. Note the darkened license plate. Photo by Rob Carrigan

School in the Woods seminar to be o� ered Focus will be on lessons learned from Creating a Nature Based School Special to Tribune

A special seminar, titled School in the Woods: Les-sons Learned from Creat-ing a Nature Based School seminar will be offered,

Tuesday, July 2, 2013, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monu-ment.

Description: The two teachers who created Acad-emy School District No. 20’s School in Woods will share learning experiences inspired by nature which teachers can implement in their classrooms, on their school grounds, or on fi eld trips.

Activities will be inte-grated with state standards

in Science, Reading, Writ-ing, and Social Studies. Teachers should come pre-pared to spend an active day outdoors.

Please wear appropriate outdoor clothing (no san-dals).

This seminar is open to the public. Teachers may receive credit through Ad-ams State College and/or BOCES.

Fees and reservations apply, call (719) 748-3253 ext. 109 for details.

For more information, please visit http://www.nps.gov/flfo/forteachers/professionaldevelopment.htm.

Directions:To reach Florissant Fos-

sil Beds National Monu-ment, travel 35 miles west on Highway 24 from Colo-rado Springs. At the town of Florissant, turn left onto Teller County Road No. 1 and travel 2 miles to the Visitor Center entra

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D-38 board to participate in November election Two board seats are up, no word on if an MLO will be on the ballot By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

The Lewis-Palmer School District 38 board of education approved a Notice of Intent to participate in the November 2013 election.

Two board of education seats will be open, district one and district three. The district one seat is currently fi lled by Dr. Jeff Ferguson who was elected to the board in 2009 and Dr. John Magerko, who was appointed to the board in 2012, holds the district three seat.

The county has to be notifi ed by August of the school district’s intent to participate in the election.

The district will put out a call for nomi-nations for school board directors in Au-gust.

The district will also need to notify the county by August if they are going to ask voters for a mill levy override in November.

They have not made a decision whether or not they will put an MLO on the ballot.

D-38 has been going into the commu-nity and sharing their story about the dis-trict’s successes and concerns and feel it’s important to create a partnership whether they ask for a mill levy or not.

“We’ll be hitting the community in any way possible this summer to get our story out,” Superintendent John Borman said.

During the June 20 school board meeting, before they got to district business, Marie Revak, middle, who recently re-tired as director of assessment and Nina Zubiel, right, were recognized by the school board for putting together a math tutoring program at the Monument branch library. Dr. Je� Ferguson, president, is pictured left. Photo by Lisa Collacott

Town of Monument unveils new website More information, will have interactive maps By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

The town of Monument has a new website and information about the town can be accessed by the touch of a finger-tip.

The town has been working on upgrad-ing its website for several months but it was taking longer than they had hoped so Pam Smith, town manager, looked into getting a website through Microsoft and asked town clerk Cindy Sirochman to see what she could do with it.

Sirochman put the website together and had it up and running within a week.

“The site looks amazing. I can’t begin to thank Cindy enough for doing it in

seven days when previously it took three years and then it took five months. I gave it to her and she had it up and going in seven days. I’m amazed and really, really grateful,” Smith said.

The new website is www.townofmonu-ment.org.

There is supposed to be an auto-direct from the old website however some com-puters aren’t allowing the auto-direct and Sirochman said they are working on that.

The new website has links to schools, shopping, restaurants and events and has information about the board of trustees, town administration, board of trustee meetings, business licenses and much more.

Smith said they are working on includ-ing interactive maps. She also said they are working on making the site more at-tractive.

“We’ll work on the pretty but the infor-mation is there,” Smith said.

The town of Monument has a new website. Town residents can now � nd information at www.townofmonument.org. Important notices, information about the I-25 expansion and the � re as well as board of trustee agendas and business license forms can be found at the website. Interactive maps will soon be on the site. Photo by Lisa Collacott

‘We’ll be hitting the community in any way

possible this summer to get our story out.’

Superintendent John Borman


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Woodmoor FireWise Community Day set Special to The Tribune

There will be a FireWise Community Day from 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. June 29 at the Woodmoor Barn.

There will be demon-strations and exhibits on:

• El Paso County Office of Emergency Prepared-ness

• Lessons learned from the Black Forest fire

• Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District Crew and Engine

• How to “harden” homes against burning embers — Home Depot

• Replacing decks with fire resistant materials — Home Depot

• Videos and advice from Woodmoor firewise volun-teers about removing fuels

around the home to create defensible space

• Fire resistant plant information from Green-branch Garden Services and Home Depot

• TLMFPD Sparky the Fire Dog and the U.S. For-est Service Smokey Bear will make an appearance

• Snacks and games for kids

The event is sponsored by the Woodmoor FireWise Committee.

For more information call the WIA office at 719-488-2693. This is event is open to the entire Tri-Lakes community.

The Woodmoor Barn is located at 1691 Woodmoor Drive, across the street from Lewis-Palmer Middle School.

Heartbreaking tour through burn areaCounty transitions to on call status for assistanceBy Rob [email protected]

After the Friday, June 21, media tour of the burn area of the Black Forest Fire, the El Paso County Joint Information Center for the Black Forest Fire transitioned to on-call status at 5 p.m. and the fire itself was termed 100 percent contained.

Officials asked that anyone that needed to be in the burn area, please be aware of utility crews and others working to restore services.

Those needing assistance, please call the following numbers:

• El Paso County Sheriff’s Office emergencies at 911, non-emergen-cies at 390-5555 (24 hrs)

• Disaster Assistance Center at 444-8301 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Humane Society for animal con-cerns at 473-1741 ex1

• Public Health for general con-

cerns at 578-3199 or www.elpaso-countyhealth.org

• Public Services Division for roads and culverts at 520-6460 (24

hrs)• Pikes Peak United Way for relief

and recovery questions at 2-1-1 or from a cell phone 719-955-0742

What is left of an ATV is in the foreground of this image in the Ravine area. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Heartbreaking images in the Black Forest Fire burn area Friday morning, June 21. Rob Carrigan

Fund set up for D-20 students, staffSpecial to The Tribune

To support Academy School District 20 students and staff members who are victims of the Black Forest Fire, the Acad-emy School District 20 Education Foun-dation has established the Black Forest Fire Support Fund.

All funds collected will be used for education-related expenses.

Public health convenience center opens for residents Special to The Tribune

As residents begin to re-enter evacua-tion areas affected by the Black Forest Fire, El Paso County Public Health will open a Public Health Convenience Center for resi-dents to get free water testing kits, tetanus vaccinations and distribute public health information.

The Public Health Convenience Center will open June 20 at The Classical Acade-my’s East Campus, 12201 Cross Peak View, in Colorado Springs, located just west of the Pikes Peak Community College Ram-part Range campus and east of New Life Church.

Hours of operation will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with hours to be announced based on availability of sup-

AspenPointe to offer counseling for those affected by fireSpecial to The Tribune

AspenPointe is offer-ing counseling services to those who have been af-fected by the Black Forest Fire.

The AspenPoints call center, 719-572-6100, is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Callers who need assis-tance between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. can call the crisis hot-line at 719-635-7000.

Kevin Porter, vice presi-dent of marketing said, “AspenPointe has staff at

El Paso County’s Disaster Assistance Center at 1675 Garden of the Gods Road and is exploring placing personnel in facilities clos-er to the burn area in the coming days.

“Once finalized, that information will be placed on the AspenPointe web site.”

Those in need of behav-ioral healthcare can learn more about AspenPointe’s services by visiting www.AspenPointe.org or down-load a free app at the Apple and Google app market-places.

Tri-Lakes Cares offers assistance Special to The Tribune

Tri-Lakes Cares is offer-ing immediate assistance for fire victims with food, clothing and gasoline.

Further relief can be ob-tained by appointment to secure household goods, prescriptions, pet food, child/senior care, rent as-sistance and other services.

Tri-Lakes Cares is in need of heavy-duty flash-lights and batteries, bug

repellent for the firefight-ers, hygiene items such as toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby wipes, deodorant and disposable razors, financial contributions and volun-teers who can help fill shifts of volunteers who have been evacuated.

Visit Tri-Lakes Cares at 235 Jefferson Street in Mon-ument for assistance or to donate.

For further information call 719-481-4864.

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Fund set up for D-20 students, staffSpecial to The Tribune

To support Academy School District 20 students and staff members who are victims of the Black Forest Fire, the Acad-emy School District 20 Education Foun-dation has established the Black Forest Fire Support Fund.

All funds collected will be used for education-related expenses.

In addition, the foundation has al-ready pledged all proceeds from its an-nual golf tournament to this cause.

Those who would like to donate can make checks payable to: Black Forest Fire Support Fund and mailed to Acad-emy School District 20 Education Foun-dation, c/o Air Academy Federal Credit Union, P.O. Box 62910, Colorado Springs, CO 80962-2910, attn: Deborah Haas-Henry.

The Ravine Drive area experienced particularly devastating damage. Photo by Rob Carrigan

commitment will not waiver. Through ad-versity we will rise to even greater heights.”

Staff and administrators from D-38 were able to get critical equipment and school records out of Kilmer before the fire moved in the school’s direction. There was no op-portunity to retrieve any items from Wol-ford or School in the Woods.

When DCC was still in pre-evacuation

status there were students at the school at-tending sports camps and students were sent home but there were no items re-moved from the school because the focus was on the students.

“We’ll be providing any resources avail-able to our student families and staff mem-bers,” D-38 Superintendent John Borman said. “What I love about our community is people are really quick to reach out to make sure everyone is all right. I’m really proud of this community. The key is to continue to reach out.”

It is not known how many students were affected in Falcon District 49.

Public health convenience center opens for residents Special to The Tribune

As residents begin to re-enter evacua-tion areas affected by the Black Forest Fire, El Paso County Public Health will open a Public Health Convenience Center for resi-dents to get free water testing kits, tetanus vaccinations and distribute public health information.

The Public Health Convenience Center will open June 20 at The Classical Acade-my’s East Campus, 12201 Cross Peak View, in Colorado Springs, located just west of the Pikes Peak Community College Ram-part Range campus and east of New Life Church.

Hours of operation will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday and Friday, with hours to be announced based on availability of sup-

plies.Public Health will offer the following

services while supplies last:• Water testing kits. Test kits can be

picked up and dropped off at the Public Health Convenience Center no later than 1 p.m. or at the El Paso County Public Health Laboratory, 1675 W. Garden of the Gods Road, second floor, no later than 4 p.m. Return your sample the same day you col-lect it. Water testing fees will be waived for Black Forest residents who live in evacu-ated areas.

• Vaccine clinics: Free tetanus (TDAP) vaccination or booster (TD) will be provid-ed. Tetanus is a preventable disease that, if contracted, affects the body’s central nervous system. The bacteria that cause tetanus are usually found in soil, dust and

manure and enter the body through cuts or puncture wounds caused by contami-nated objects, such as nails and splinters.

Water wells in areas with no evidence of active burn damage are likely safe.

However, Public Health will provide water testing kits and instructions for resi-dents who would like their water tested. The center will be staffed by Public Health professionals and volunteers, with appre-ciation to The Classical Academy for use of the school building.

“Water testing is not required,” said Public Health Director Jill Law.

“However, for anyone who has concerns about the safety of their water we are offer-ing basic water testing. We want to provide people with the peace of mind that comes with knowing their water is safe.”

Results are available within 72 hours af-ter receipt of the sample in the lab. Results can be mailed, emailed or faxed. Those with a positive result will receive a call within 24 hours.

For more information, call 719-578-3199.

The water will be tested for presence of coliform and E.coli bacteria. A positive sample should be considered an indica-tion of possible contamination.

If a coliform bacterium is detected, chlorination, repairs or modifications of the water system may be required and drinking bottled water is advised.

Water testing instructions and informa-tion, as well as tetanus vaccine FAQs, are available on El Paso County Public Health’s website at www.elpasocountyhealth.org.

AspenPointe to offer counseling for those affected by fire

El Paso County’s Disaster Assistance Center at 1675 Garden of the Gods Road and is exploring placing personnel in facilities clos-er to the burn area in the coming days.

“Once finalized, that information will be placed on the AspenPointe web site.”

Those in need of behav-ioral healthcare can learn more about AspenPointe’s services by visiting www.AspenPointe.org or down-load a free app at the Apple and Google app market-places.

said Gen. William L. Shelton, AFSPC com-mander, in a statement. “I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Marc and Robin during this very difficult time. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.”

Most areas of Black Forest re-opened at 10 a.m. June 20 for residents to go back home or to their properties except for Darr Circle, Peregrine Way, Falcon Drive, 12715 Milam Road and 4150 and 4350 Shoup Road.

These areas are still closed due to an active crime scene investigation.

Residents with Black Forest Fire Re-

Entry Information Packets and red plac-ards were allowed open entry to the burn areas.

Access was allowed for residents at all road closure points and without restrict-ed hours.

The National Guard and law enforce-ment agencies that have been assisting El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will no longer be needed to secure check points after 8 a.m. June 22 when roads will be open ex-cept those around the crime scene.

Maketa thanked the law enforcement agencies that have assisted them and said there are many stories of heroic acts from law enforcement and firefighters.

He also said there were seven burglar-ies in the evacuation areas and they are being investigated.

The June 20 press briefing was the last formal press conference.

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Fearing fire in a crowded mining campColorado is not alone in fearing fire. But

with the ramshackle, haphazard, tent-city way many of the mining districts sprang into being, coupled with high altitude, windy, dry weather in the state — entire cities could disappear in a puff of smoke.

“Nothing scared the residents more than the dreaded cry of fire.” according to Duane A. Smith in his recent book, San Juan Legacy: Life in the Mining Camps. “Camps and towns all heard it eventually. It was hoped that the fire laddies were up to the challenge.” The fire could come from anywhere.

“A forest fire which was started from a camp fire last evening had been burning all day north of the mining camp of Gold Hill, a town of 500 inhabitants, fifteen miles from here. The timber was dry as powder, and a fierce wind carried it over five miles of dense timber in a short time,” read the Nov. 16, 1894, dispatch of the New York Times from Boulder.

“Fifty people came into Boulder this afternoon in wagons from Gold Hill. They report that the business men and miners were carrying what goods and property the could into the mining tunnels, and had abandoned hope of saving their stores and

their dwellings.” Early property loss estimates for the first day of that fire was over $1.5 million.

“The residents of Gold Hill, who have not come to Boulder, have assembled at the top of Horsefel Mountain, and are watching the progress of the flames as they consume their former homes. The wind is blowing furiously, and drives the fire before it in larges sheets of flame,” said the Times.

With the threat of fire came the devel-opment of various innovative warning systems.

Cripple Creek, for example, after suffer-ing through two devastating fires early in its existence, was particularly jumpy.

“The town itself was visible from almost all of the railroads and mines …” wrote

turn-of-the-century-era resident Raymond Colwell in 1962. “Occasionally, we would be awakened by a chorus of short, sharp toots from trains and mines in the dead of night, and we’d roll out to see where the fire was. A fire, even though just starting and very small, almost sure to be seen by some train crew or mine engineer who would start his whistle going, with the chorus taken up by others as they heard the alarm,” according to Colwell.

“Another commonly used fire alarm was five or six pistol shots as fast as the gun could be discharged. The townspeople were naturally fire conscious. Some of them remembered the big fires of 1896, and everyone realized that like all mining camps, another such conflagration could occur at any time.”

But, in addition to whistles and pistol shots, other ‘modern’ alarm methods were beginning to be used as well.

“I have a card listing the locations of the 26 fire alarm boxes in Cripple Creek, about 1903 or 1904,” Colwell said.

“It would probably be difficult now to even locate some of the street intersections themselves, and I’m sure most of the build-ings near them have been torn down. The

boxes were numbered from 5 to 45, and when a box was pulled, the number rang in all the stations, and also on a big bell on the Central station which could be heard all over town. Box Number 12, for instance would be one stroke, a pause, two strokes then a longer interval, and repeat. That was great for us kids, because if we were not otherwise engaged we knew just exactly where to head to see the excitement.”

Getting to the fire was also dangerous in the mining camps at times.

“Driving a spirited, excited team to a fire wagon could become quite a trick on some of the streets in Cripple Creek, especially when there was snow on the ground. Going uphill, the men used to hop off and push when the going got rough, but the hard-est thing was to hold the outfit back when going downhill. I well remember one bad crackup when No. 2, The Old Town Com-pany, came down Fourth Street and tried to turn on Eaton. The horses, a beautiful team, slid around and into the fire plug there and turned over. I believe the driver was fatally hurt and two other firemen put in the hospital. The wagon was completely wrecked, and I think one of the horses had to be shot,” recalled Colwell.

Sitting is bad for youIf you are one of the many who detest

working yourself to a frazzle at the local gym, there’s good news for you coming out of Norway. In a small new study published in PLOS ONE - an international, peer-reviewed, online scientific publication – Norwegian researchers found that, when it comes to your negative health markers, it may be more important to reduce your hours sitting than it is to exercise vigorously.

According to an NBC news report, when the volunteers in the study spent two hours standing and four hours walking, they had healthier insulin levels and lower triglycer-ides that when they logged an hour a day busting their buns cycling in a gym.

The research project required 18 college students of normal weight to spend several days participating in one of three regimes. The first group sat for 14 hours a day with no exercise; the second control group sat for 13 hours but logged an hour a day of vigorous cycling, while the third group sat for only 8 hours a day, walked 4 hours and stood for 2 hours.

The scientists measured the subjects’ insulin sensitivity and blood lipid levels after each phase of the experiment. There was no surprise that the sedentary group had the worst insulin, cholesterol and triglyceride scores.

The interesting finding was that the con-trol group that stood and walked for a total of 6 hours a day had markedly better blood panel scores that the vigorous exercisers. Triglyceride levels barely improved for the cyclists but were 22 percent better when the volunteers only sat 8 hours a day.

These new findings continue a research trend in the embryonic science of “Inactiv-ity Physiology” demonstrating that sitting

has a negative impact on a whole host of disease processes. A 2010 study found that even among those who were regular vigor-ous exercisers, the risk of death rose with the number of hours spent sitting.

And here’s the real shocker. Scientists have recently reported research showing that baby boomers are less healthy than their parents at the same age, which is attributed to the fact that the Greatest Generation spent much more time doing chores and walking out of necessity.

Experts say the remedy for the ills of sit-ting is to move and stay active even while at work. Stand up and walk around the office every 30 minutes.

Make every coffee break a walking break; take the stairs; do chair squats at your desk and then move the chair and do desk push-ups. Perform body lifts by placing your hands on the arms of your desk chair and lifting yourself up off your chair.

You can work on your buns-of-steel while sitting at your desk by squeezing your but-tocks for 5 to 10 seconds ten times 3 times a day. And finally, switch between your desk chair and a Stability Ball every couple of hours to work your core muscles.

The message from the world of science is clear … get off your duff, it’s killing you.

I know Black Forest will rise from the ashesLike everyone else I am still shocked by

the fire that burned through Black Forest.What happened is exactly what Black

Forest firefighters and board members have feared for a long time.

I’ve heard time and time again it’s not ‘if’ but ‘when.’ I knew it was a matter of time before there would be a fire of this magnitude somewhere in the Tri-Lakes area but I honestly didn’t think it would be so soon after the Waldo Canyon Fire.

I think the fact that the fire happened nearly two weeks before the first anniver-sary of the Waldo Canyon Fire came as a shock to everyone. The community is still healing from that.

My aunt and uncle nearly lost their home during the Waldo Canyon Fire and I know people that lost their homes in this fire.

The Waldo Canyon Fire was hard to swallow but I think because I spend more time in Black Forest, after all it is part of my

coverage area, it has affected me more.Countless times I have gone down

Shoup Road to get to Edith Wolford El-ementary School, The Pinery or the Black Forest Community Center. Once I had to go to the area around Peregrine Way and Darr Drive to take a picture for a story about some new homes being built. I liter-ally drove in a circle about 10 times before I finally figured out where I was going because I got lost.

I have a memory to share of time I went out to Black Forest. I was a junior in high school and one of my closest friends moved up north to Briargate and started attending Rampart High School. It was the first year the school was open.

We got the brilliant idea to tell our moms we were spending the night at each other’s houses in order to stay out all night. We ended up staying the night at one of her friend’s houses after we realized there was not much to do.

Her friend lived in Black Forest and I remember driving on a winding road that seemed to go on forever, in the pitch dark. When we woke the next morning I saw that I was surrounded by trees. The area was very beautiful.

Another one of my aunt and uncle’s lived out in Black Forest until they decided it was too hard to get into town for work during the winter.

My family was in the pre-evacuation

zone. So I worked from home to get the updates to my editor so he could get them to our readers’ right away. He was in the pre-evacuation zone as well as was many of our readers.

Many of you were in the mandatory evacuation zone. And as you know it was very frightening and stressful. Our fear was that the fire would jump Colo. 83 and into Flying Horse and roar through our Gle-neagle neighborhood.

We all saw what the Waldo Canyon Fire did. And while the fire was burning uncon-trollably in Black Forest the Royal Gorge Fire had jumped the Arkansas River. Never underestimate what a fire can do.

I’m glad you are all safe and my heart goes out to those who have lost their homes and pets and to the family of those that lost their lives.

The people of Black Forest are resilient and strong and the community will come back.

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Mountain View electric association rebuilding after the fireSpecial to the Tribune

The Black Forest Fire, the most destruc-tive in Colorado history that began on June 11, is entirely in the Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA) service territory.

By the second day, as the fire raged through homes and businesses, it also dam-aged transmission lines supplying power to five substations affecting nearly 11,000 MVEA meters.

The transmission lines, owned by Tri-


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As officials allow some Colorado resi-dents back into the wildfire areas, there are important steps homeowners can take to begin the recovery and insurance claims process, says the Property Casualty Insur-ers Association of America (PCI).

“Although losing a home and personal belongings can be overwhelming, the good news is that by working with your insur-ance company, there are things you can do to ease the recovery process,” said Kelly Campbell, vice president for PCI. “Home-owners insurance is a partnership and the sooner you contact your insurance compa-ny or agent, the sooner you can start return-ing your life to normal. Insurers are ready to work with policyholders to help them un-derstand the claims settlement process and offer customer assistance. ”

By following these four steps you can take positive actions that will speed up the claims process:

Step One: Contact Your Insurer and File a Claim.

Filing a claim gets an insurance adjuster from your company assigned to you. If a home is uninhabitable after a covered loss, the Additional Living Expenses (ALE) provi-

sions of a typical policy will help the home-owner find temporary housing white the home is rebuilt.

Homeowners should keep all receipts for hotels and restaurants for reimbursement. ALE does not cover all living expenses, but it does cover the increase over normal living expenses. Homeowners should continue paying their mortgage and property taxes on their home.

Step 2: Make a Home Inventory. Homeowners with a total loss should

begin making lists of their personal belong-ings in each room so your adjuster can un-derstand what needs to be replaced,” said Campbell.

“Go room by room and write down fur-niture, accessories, electronic equipment, kitchen housewares, clothing, jewelry, lin-ens and toiletries.

Step 3: Work Closely with the Claims Adjuster. Public adjusters are independent busi-

ness people that have no relationship with your insurer.

These individuals may solicit homeown-ers after these fires. For a fee, a public ad-juster will help a homeowner document the loss, schedule inspections and negotiate a settlement. It is important to understand that the fee to pay the independent adjust-er comes out of the settlement provided by

the insurer.Your company adjuster will walk you

through the claims process, answer ques-tions, estimate the damage to your property and fairly and promptly settle your claim. Regular communication with your adjuster will make the settlement process move ef-ficiently and smoothly.

The adjuster will work with the home-owner and their contractor to develop a scope of work. This is a detailed building plan used to reconstruct the home. The adjuster will use the previous floor plan, square footage and interior finishes like carpet, counter tops, cabinetry and plumb-ing. Homeowners with a replacement cost policy will cover the cost of rebuilding the house with materials of like, kind and qual-ity subject to limits and terms of the policy.

Step 4: Understand your Coverage and Ask Plenty of Questions.

It is important to understand the sepa-rate types of coverage under a policy. ALE will cover temporary living expenses during rebuilding process.

Coverage A covers the cost of rebuild-ing the home. Coverage B covers detached structures like a garage and is generally a percentage of the Coverage A limit. Cov-erage C covers the contents and personal possessions in the home and is generally a percentage of the Coverage A limit.

As the rebuilding process gets under way homeowners will hear different terms like Coverage A and Coverage B. Homeowners need to understand the type of policy they have and which expenses are paid for under what coverages. There are two kinds of poli-cies: A replacement cost policy will gen-erally repair or replace damage personal property.

While an actual cash policy only pro-vides reimbursement for the depreciated value of covered personal property. Home-owners should always be comfortable to ask questions and don’t be afraid to talk to a supervisor within your insurance company. The Colorado Department of Insurance is available to answer questions or assist with a claim.

Consumers should know their rights and what resources are available.

PCI is composed of more than 1,000 member companies, representing the broadest cross-section of insurers of any national trade association. PCI members write over $190 billion in annual premium, 40 percent of the nation’s property casualty insurance.

Member companies write 46 percent of the U.S. automobile insurance market, 32 percent of the homeowners market, 38 percent of the commercial property and li-ability market, and 41 percent of the private workers compensation market.

Mountain View Electric Association rebuilding after the fireSpecial to the Tribune

The Black Forest Fire, the most destruc-tive in Colorado history that began on June 11, is entirely in the Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA) service territory.

By the second day, as the fire raged through homes and businesses, it also dam-aged transmission lines supplying power to five substations affecting nearly 11,000 MVEA meters.

The transmission lines, owned by Tri-

State Generation and Transmission (Tri-State), MVEA’s power supplier, were quickly rerouted and electricity was restored to 8,000 meters within an hour. MVEA crews worked around evacuated areas to further restore power to an additional 1,500 meters over the next couple of days.

Working with the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), MVEA and Tri-State crews were first allowed limited access into the burn area on June 13 but were quickly or-dered to evacuate as the fire changed direc-tion, threatening their safety.

Tri-State finished its repairs to three sec-tions of infrastructure by June 17 and re-energized its transmission lines.

As of June 20, a total of 70 individuals are working from sunrise to sunset to restore damaged lines; comprised of MVEA line-men, tree trimmers, staking technicians, and engineers as well as contractors from Foothills Energy and Asplundh Tree Expert Company.

The areas surrounding the burn area are currently energized and have been on most of the time since the fire began. However,

there have been several periods of outages, the longest being 14 hours. So, if your home was in the mandatory evacuation area but outside of the burn area, you still need to presume that perishable food items may be bad and should be disposed of properly. Please refer additional food safety ques-tions to the El Paso County Public Health Department at 719-444-8301.

MVEA is represented at the El Paso County Disaster Assistance Center (DAC) on Garden of the Gods Road. The DAC is open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. daily.

Postseason failures, Karl had to goGeorge “The Animal” Steele was a

professional wrestler and a bald-headed maniac.

He had these crazy, unorthodox ring antics that would confuse the heck out of his opponents — especially during his fits of rage where he would use his mouth to rip the stuffing out of a turnbuckle.

Steele’s bizarre behavior endeared him to a generation of wrestling fans. And I thought of him while I was watching another George — Karl, that is — coach his Denver Nuggets against the Minnesota Timberwolves earlier this year.

When Nuggets guard Ty Lawson got called for a ridiculous foul, George “The Coach” Karl when ballistic in a way that would have made George “The Animal” blush.

Arms flailing, his balding head turning beet red, Karl shoved his own players and assistant coaches out of his way during an epic, obscenity-laced tirade aimed at one of the referees.

The whole thing really should have been played out in a steel cage instead of on a basketball court.

It was a sight to see. And no one throws a fit quite like Karl.

We won’t see Furious George on the Nuggets sideline any more. He was fired earlier this month.

And while I’ll miss Karl’s theatrics, Nug-gets president Josh Kroenke was right to put the sleeper hold on George’s tenure in Denver.

Yes, Karl has won a whole lot of games in his 25-year NBA head coaching career. He’s amassed more than 1,100 regular-season wins and has gone 21 straight years without having a losing record.

Under Karl, the Nuggets won 423 games and made the playoffs in each of his nine seasons. That success included this sea-son’s 57 regular-season-win team, a feat that earned Karl Coach of the Year honors.

The Nuggets were a high-octane machine under Karl and were one of the youngest and most exciting teams in the NBA. They may not have had a superstar,

but they had incredible depth at every position.

So, Karl did some very good things in Denver.

But a funny thing happens to Karl’s Nuggets every postseason. They lose — a lot.

When the Nuggets lost to Golden State last month, it became the eighth time in nine seasons that Denver exited the first round of the playoffs under Karl’s leader-ship. And, according to ESPN Stats and Information, 41 teams in the history of the NBA won at least 31 of their final 40 regular-season games in an 82-game sea-son. Of those teams, only six of them lost in the first round of the playoffs. Karl coached three of those squads.

Oh, sure. Nuggets ball is a blast in the regular season. They score a whole lot of points and all their fans get tacos.

But trying to play Taco Tempo in the postseason only leads to a heck of a lot of heartburn.

Good teams pack the paint against Denver, forcing the Nuggets to play a half-court game. Without quality shooters, Denver — already The Team That Couldn’t Shoot Straight — becomes a clueless gang of Sixth Men.

And the Nuggets didn’t just lose to Golden State, they got lit up like a kite be-ing flown by Benjamin Franklin.

They couldn’t stop Stephen Curry. Heck, the Nuggets couldn’t stop Ann Curry. Den-ver gave up 100 or more points against the Warriors four times that series, including a 131-point disaster in Game Two.

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Fourth of July beer tent will be fundraiser Proceeds raised will go to Starlight Children’s Foundation By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

The Starlight Children’s Foundation will be raising money on the Fourth of July with help from the Pikes Peak Brew-ing Company and Serrano’s Coffee.

The brewing company will have a beer tent set up in the fi eld west of the coffee shop and all proceeds will go to the foundation.

Pikes Peak Brewing Company set up a beer tent two years ago during the Fourth of July festivities and raised money for the foundation and had planned to do so last year until festivi-ties were cancelled because of the high fi re danger. This is the fi rst time that the brewing company will be partnering with Serrano’s.

“They’re going to be providing food at this event. It’s a really nice fi t for the activities that are going on in the town of Monument that day,” Courtney Mitch-ell, special events for Pikes Peak Brewing Company, said.

Chris Wright, owner of Pikes Peak Brewing Company, said the fi rst year they raised a couple hundred dollars for the foundation and with the Fourth of July events cancelled last year it impact-ed their ability to provide funds. Their goal this year is to raise $500.

The beer tent will be open from 5-9 p.m. and the brewing company will be serving Gold Rush and America the Pale. America the Pale is a special beer that Wright brews just for the Fourth of July.

Holiday activities will go as planned Because of � re ban there will be no � reworks By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

The Fourth of July fi reworks may be cancelled due to the fi re ban but all other activities will go as planned.

Tri-Lakes Chamber executive di-rector Terri Hayes told the Monument board of trustees at the June 17 board meeting that she talked to everyone who was involved with putting on the events for the Fourth of July and every-one indicated they were still on board.

Hayes just wanted to make sure the town was still on board for the day’s events.

“We all want this to go forward and we just we’re hoping you did to,” Hayes said.

Mayor Travis Easton and the board of trustees said they were still on board as well.

Festivities for the Fourth of July in-clude the pancake breakfast, parade, street fair, Indian Market, bull riding event, kids’ games, food and music.

Complete schedule of events By Lisa Collacott [email protected]

The Tri-Lakes area is once again offer-ing a full day of events during the annual Fourth of July festivities which have long been a tradition in the Tri-Lakes area.

The fun begins with the annual barn dance on July 3 at Si Sibell’s barn on Front Street. On July 4 festivities start early with a pancake breakfast at St. Peter’s Catholic Church and the 32 annual Fun Run which will begin at the Palmer Lake Trailhead. There will be a children’s parade which will be followed by the main parade at 10:00 a.m. sponsored by the Monument Hill Ki-wanis Club.

The theme of the parade this year is “Stand Up for the Red, White and Blue.” The parade attracts nearly 32,000 people.

The parade will feature local high school bands, cheerleaders, politicians, local busi-nesses, classic cars, military members, horses and other animals and local police and fi re departments.

Immediately following the parade there will be the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce

Annual Street Fair. More than 100 vendors will line Second and Washington Streets selling food, crafts, jewelry and much more. There will also be booths set up from local businesses and nonprofi ts.

The Indian Market will return to Secret Window Fine Art Gallery and Floral Studio on Third Street and new this year will be the Monument Bull Bash, a bull riding event, which will take place on Beacon Lite Road.

Monument Community Presbyterian Church will host kid’s games in their park-ing lot on Third Street. During the after-noon there will be music and entertain-ment in the band shell at Limbach Park.

There will also be a beer tent set up by Pikes Peak Brewing Company and food sold by Serrano’s Coffee to benefi t the Starlight Children’s Foundation. The beer tent will be open that evening and will be located in the empty lot west of Serrano’s.

There will be no fi reworks this year be-cause of the countywide fi re ban.

Shuttles will be available as parking is limited in downtown Monument. The shut-tles will have pick-up locations at Lewis-Palmer and Palmer Ridge High School and drop-off attendees at the Vitamin Cottage from 8-10 a.m. with return trips from noon to 2 p.m.

Organizations putting together the day’s

events recommend leaving pets at home because of the large crowd and heat. All activities will take place in Monument with the exception of the Fun Run.

Schedule of eventsJuly 37 a.m-midnight — Barn Dance at Si Si-

bell’s Barn, music provided by RecklessJuly 47 a.m. — Fun Run begins at Palmer Lake

Trailhead7 a.m. — Pancake Breakfast at St. Peter’s

Church7:30- 8:45 a.m. — Parade Line-Up on Old

Denver Highway8 a.m. — Shuttles start leaving high

schools for the Vitamin Cottage8 a.m.-5:00 p.m. — Indian Market at Se-

cret Window Fine Art Gallery8:30 a.m. — Parade entry judging begins9:30 a.m. — Children’s Parade begins10 a.m.— Main Parade begins, spon-

sored by the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club10 a.m.-3:00 p.m. - Street Fair, sponsored

by Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce11 a.m.— 2 p.m. - Games at Monument

Community Presbyterian Church2-4 p.m. - Monument Bull Bash5-9 p.m. - Pikes Peak Brewing Company

beer tent behind Serrano’s Coffee

Map of Street Fair Vendors and parade route for Tri-Lakes Independence Day Celebration. Courtesy of Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce


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FRONT RANGE Business Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the � rst and third Tuesdays of every month at Bella Panini in Palmer Lake.

TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking In-ternational 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 [email protected].

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets at 5:30 p.m. on the third Tues-day of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakes-

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TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Networking Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the � rst 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.

TRI-LAKES NETWORKING Team meets for dinner at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Inn at Palmer Divide. TNT is business women building relationships in a social setting. Visit www.trilakesnetworkingteam.com or call Janine Robertson at 719-266-0246 or e-mail [email protected].

WISDOM AND Wealth Master Mind Group Lifting Spirits meets from 7-9 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday from June

to September at 755 Highway 105, Unit C, Palmer Lake. RSVP to Meredith at 630-618-9400. Visit www.MeredithBroom� eld.com.

WOODMOOR BUSINESS Group Meet-ing is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents o� ering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoor-businessgroup.com.

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Operators are welcome. Call Joyce Witte at 488-0859 for more information.

ADULT RECREATIONAL and intermedi-ate pick up volleyball is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details.

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THANK YOU to all the First Responders for their

efforts in fighting the Black Forest Fire.

Your courage and bravery, commitment of service, caring and dedication,

are a strong display of the high quality of professionalism of our First Responders.

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Special to Tribune

The El Paso County Disaster Assistance Center (DAC) will begin serving residents of the Black Forest from a fi eld offi ce closer to the burn area starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday June 25th.

The fi eld offi ce will be located at The Classical Academy near Pikes Peak Com-munity College off Interquest Parkway at 12201 Cross Peak View.

Hours will be 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday thru Saturday and closed on Sundays. Or-ganizations expected to provide services at the DAC fi eld offi ce are: Mountain View Electric, Black Hills Energy, the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department, El Paso County Development Services, the Colo-rado Springs Housing and Building Asso-ciation, El Paso County Public Health., El Paso County Environmental Services, and Samaritans Purse.

Most major insurance compa-nies will also be on site at the DAC fi eld offi ce to assist policyholders. The main offi ce of the Disaster Assistance Center will be open this week at the Citi-zens Service Center at 1675 W. Garden of the Gods from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday

June 24 thru Friday June 28. The main offi ce will close permanently

Friday afternoon June 28 at 5 p.m.The Disaster Assistance Center brings

together the resources of multiple non-profi t and governmental agencies offering assistance to residents impacted by the Black Forest Fire.

In operation since Thursday, June 13 the Disaster Assistance Center has so far served more than 1,450 families impacted by the Black Forest Fire.

The County has been working with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs and the Division of Emergency Management to provide a central location where residents can access services ranging from assistance in fi ling insurance claims to help with sift-ing through ash and debris, and grief coun-seling to rebuild our community as work begins toward recovery from the Black For-est Fire.

For more information about the services offered to www.BFFassistance.com.

If you are interested in volunteering to help those affected by the Black Forest Fire go to HelpColoradoNow.org Monetary con-tributions can be made to the Pikes Peak Community Foundation Emergency Relief fund at www.ppcf.org

BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stu� and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Je� erson streets in Monument. The money bene� ts Lewis-Palmer community schools.

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonpro� t organization 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 [email protected] or Chris at 719-488-9850.

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.

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A Birthday Celebration to RememberAngels, Dodgers and Disneyland help make southern California a great adventureBy Danny Summers

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The older I get, the less mean-ingful birthdays seem to be. But since I was on the verge of turning 50 I decided to try and create a special memory of what would be my 18,263rd day alive on earth.

Having lived in Colorado for 12 years, I have fallen in love with much of what the state has to offer. Not a day goes by when I am not thankful for my many won-derful friends and abun-dance of natural beauty.

But being originally from southern California, I grew up partaking in numerous adventures in a state that seems to offer endless pos-sibilities.

So when planning my 50th, I looked west.

The actual day of my birthday, June 5, had a lot of historical significance. It was the original date of D-Day (moved to June 6, 1944, due to inclement weather). It was also on June 5, 1963 (my actual birth date) that President John F. Ken-nedy delivered the gradu-ation speech at the Air Force Academy. Five years later, on June 6, Kennedy’s younger brother, Bobby, was assassinated after de-livering a speech at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Being a baseball nut and Disneyland enthusiast, I decided to try and com-bine the two great outings for my birthday celebra-tion. I pulled it off with the help of my 19-year-old son, Garrison – a sophomore at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs – who made the trek with me with me to California.

Rarely do the Los Ange-les Angels of Anaheim and Los Angeles Dodgers play home on the same day. It just so happened that they did on my birthday. The Angels hosted the Chicago

Cubs in a 4 p.m. start in Orange County, while the Dodgers hosted the San Di-ego Padres in a 7:10 affair at Chavez Ravine.

I figured if I could pull of this rare doubleheader, I should easily be able to hit Disneyland the next day – as long as my body held up. And so the planning began.

ANGELS-DODGERSGarrison’s girlfriend, Ju-

lia, joined us for the day’s events. She is a fan of the Angels and Dodgers, so her enthusiasm was much ap-preciated.

We arrived at Angel Sta-dium around 3 p.m. Game time temperature was 83 degrees with an ocean breeze coming from the south.

The Angels jumped out to an early lead on Cubs right-hander Matt Garza. It was fueled by a Howard Kendrick home run. The Cubs roared back and took a 5-4 lead after six innings.

In the top of the seventh I made the call for Garrison and I to head to the car and start making our way to Los Angeles. We hated to leave the Angels game without seeing it through to com-pletion, but that was the only way we would be able to see most of the Dodgers game.

Angel Stadium and Dodger Stadium are sepa-rated by about 35 miles. To our delight, Interstate 5 was wide open and we made it to Dodger Stadium in 40 minutes. We were antici-pating the drive taking up to 75 minutes, so we were very fired.

Dodger Stadium sits on a hill and you have to drive though Elysian Park to get there. Once you make to the top, the stadium jumps out at you like a castle on a hill.

We made our way inside the ball park by the bottom of the second inning.

The Padres mounted a 2-0 lead and went on to win 6-2.

The game was even more exciting for because of the two broadcasting legends (my all-time favor-ites) calling the action for their respective teams; Vin

Scully for the Dodgers and Dick Enberg for the Padres. We worked our way around the ball park to get a nice photo of the two calling the game from their broadcast booths.

DISNEYLANDI first remember attend-

ing Disneyland in the late 1960s. In those days there was no Space Mountain, Star Tours, Thunder Moun-tain or Indiana Jones.

The park has forever had that magical quality that only Disneyland offers, with rides like It’s a Small World, Jungle Cruise and ,of course, Pirates of the Carib-bean.

I know I am not alone when I say that Pirates is the greatest ride of all-time – at any amusement park – on the face of the earth. And for those who need clarity, the ride was around long before the popular Johnny Depp movies came into existence.

Because California Ad-venture now exists where the old Disneyland parking lot once was, you now must park a mile or so away and shuttle to the parks.

The shuttles run all day until 1 a.m., so there is hardly a wait.

Upon reaching the front gates, I was given a “Happy Birthday” Disneyland but-ton to wear with my name on it. I was told that park employees would greet me with a “”Happy Birthday, Danny.” And for the next 12 hours I was made to feel like a VIP.

For those who have passed through the front gates at Disneyland, there’s nothing quite like a look down Main Street. The first thing my son and I did was find a locker to stash our home-made sandwiches, snacks, jackets and other items needed for the day. Next up: Tomorrowland.

Disneyland imple-mented a “fast-pass” sys-tem years ago that allows patrons to get a ticket to return to a ride later in the day – avoiding what could be waits up to an hour or more. We grabbed a fast-pass ticket for Space Moun-tain and then headed over

to Star Tours.Star Tours has been

modernized in recent years and is absolutely delightful. Riders are in a simulator and wear 3-D glasses to get the full effect. The 20-min-ute wait to board the star ship was well worth the time spent in line.

We then headed over to New Orleans Square to ex-perience Pirates of the

Caribbean and the Haunted Mansion. They are located near each other overlooking the Rivers of America and its large ves-sels and canoes, as well as a splendid look at Tom Saw-yer’s Island.

Pirates used to be one of the longer waits in the park, sometimes taking more than 90 minutes to board a boat. But with the Fast Pass system

(Pirates is not part of the system), all the rides in the park flow more smoothly.

There is really no de-scription of Pirates that does the ride justice. One has to experience it and breathe in the atmosphere. It feels like you are in an-other world – an enchanted state of being – that you never want to have end.

A quick stroll over to Haunted Mansion began with a ghostly walk up to the front doors.

Once inside, the ad-venture continued; again leaving you with a feeling of wonder and awe. I don’t think it is possible to expe-rience the Haunted Man-sion and not leave with a smile on your face.

From there, we strolled over to Fantasyland in an attempt to ride the Matter-horn. The wait was about 40 minutes, so we decided to knock out some other rides and then do the Mat-terhorn after the sun went down.

We tried to do the Tea Cups (I still say I can spin faster than anybody), but while we were in line the ride was shut down tem-porarily due to mechanical failures. So we headed to Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride for one heck of an adventure.

From there, it was a mad flurry until dinner time. We enjoyed It’s a Small World, got our Fast Pass for Indi-ana Jones, road the Mark Twain Riverboat

around Tom Sawyer Is-land, hustled over to Space Mountain for an exhilarat-ing adventure, and checked out the Ironman display at Innoventions.

We packed our sand-wiches for dinner and ate them on a park bench look-ing down Main Street. While we were eating, Mickey and Minnie Mouse posed near us for photos with park guests. Pluto was off in the distance doing his thing.

After dinner we decided to head over to Califor-nia Adventure. This park opened in 2001 and is actu-ally larger than Disneyland. Much of the park is dedi-cated to eating places and souvenir shops, but there are some awesome rides.

We headed to Paradise Park and rode California Screamin’. We only had to wait in line for 15 minutes. The ride features a revolu-tion.

We then worked our way over to Condor Flats to ride Soarin’ Over Cali-

fornia. It is a simulated ride that takes you to many of California’s most amazingly beautiful destinations.

Regretfully, we were not able to ride the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Hollywood Land. The wait for that ride was 70 min-utes, so we headed back to

Disneyland for the next couple of hours before the park closed at midnight.

Disneyland really comes alive – even more – when the sun goes down. The parades are amazing and the shows seem that much more exciting. We worked our way back to New Or-leans Square where we watched Fantasmic. It is a larger-than-life musi-cal spectacular featuring Mickey Mouse in a battle of good vs. evil. This show is a must-see.

We made a quick jaunt over to Adventureland where we used our Fast Passes to ride Indiana Jones. Then we sprinted over to Space Mountain to get another Fast Pass and back over to Fantasyland to ride the Matterhorn. This time the wait was only 15 minutes.

We were in need of fuel for our bodies, so we ven-tured over to Main Street and purchased a couple of

awesome ice cream cones and enjoyed them while watching a parade.

The last 90 minutes of our adventure was spent back at Pirates and Haunt-ed Mansion, a quick ride down Splash Mountain in Critter Country and back over for a final ride of the day on Space Mountain, which ended at about 11:50 p.m.

Unfortunately, many of the favorite things I en-joy in Disneyland had to be sacrificed due to time; things like Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln, Enchant-ed Tiki Room, Monorail and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (which was closed the day we went). When my son was younger, we spent a lot of time in Fan-tasyland, which really is a dream come true for kids of all ages.

All in all, I have no re-grets of how I spent my 50th birthday celebration. Included in the four-days in California were wonder-ful times with my 69-year-old mother, Ruth, as well as moments with friends and revisiting old memories from my past.

I don’t see my 51st birth-day celebration being quite as extravagant, but then again, you never know.

Me and my son , Garrison, at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers hosted the San Diego Padres. Photos by Danny Summers

I am standing next to the sign at Pirates of the Caribbean. I feel this is the greatest ride in the history of the world. Photos provided by Danny Summers

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.

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Tri-LakesSportS12 The TribuneJune 26, 2013

Air Force volleyball coach loses home in Black Forest FireBy Danny Summers

COLORADO SPRINGS - Air Force Acad-emy volleyball coach Matt McShane lost his home in the massive Black Forest Fire two weeks ago that destroyed more than 509 homes and burned nearly 15,000 acres.

McShane and his wife, Dana, were coaching a volleyball camp at the Academy on June 11 when an athletic trainer first told him of the fire.

The couple raced to their home - which sat about half a mile east down Wildridge Road from Edith Wolford Elementary School - and spent several hours packing, as well as gathering their two Labradoodles, before fleeing.

McShane, who took over as Air Force’s coach in January 2010, learned that his home was destroyed the next day. He also saw video of the horrible destruction from an overhead television shot.

McShane and his wife finally returned to their home about a week later. They were not allowed back into the area until receiv-ing tetanus shots.

PRCA LEND HELPING HAND TO FIRE VICTIMSIn the aftermath of the Black Forest Fire -

the most destructive in Colorado history - a joint effort by the Professional Rodeo Cow-boys Association and the National Intercol-legiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) produced several trailer loads of hay for the animals displaced by the blaze, which destroyed nearly 500 homes in the northern Colorado Springs area June 11-14.

PRCA Industry Outreach manager Julie Jutten brought back a trailer load of hay from the College National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyo., on June 14 and subsequent donations were delivered to Penrose Arena in Colorado Springs by Mesalands Com-munity College coach C.J. Aragon and New Mexico State coach Jim Dewey Brown. The CNFR donations came from trailers with Alabama, Texas, Wyoming and California license plates.00 Despite the disruptions caused by the Black Forest Fire, the com-mittee for the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo decided to go ahead with its annual Street Breakfast on June 19. The Range Riders col-lected money for the fire victims as part of this year’s downtown event.

HILL CLIMB TAKES PLACE SUNDAYThe 91st running of the famed Pikes Peak

International Hill Climb takes place this Sunday on “American’s Mountain.”

About 160 cars and motorcycles are ex-pected to be showcased in what is America’s second oldest motor race behind the India-napolis 500. In keeping with the race’s grow-ing international reputation, entries have been received from drivers and racers from the United States, Japan, Latvia, France, Sweden, Canada, Brazil, Great Britain, Hun-gary, the Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, Poland, Korea and New Zealand.

Motorsport journalists, broadcasters and website specialists will be covering the race from 20 nations - USA, China, Rus-sia, Italy, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Latvia, Portugal, Austria, Japan, Belgium, Mexico, Switzerland, Brazil, Croatia and the Czech Republic.

The popular downtown Fan Fest is Fri-day from 5 to 10 p.m. in downtown Colo-rado Springs. More than 30,000 fans are expected to attend. This event is free and features a large Budweiser beer garden,

Firefighter chili cook-off for the fans and more fun for race fans and families.

Top race qualifiers will display their ve-hicles (cars, quads, motorcycles, etc.), give driver demos and be present for autograph sessions. In addition, the PPIHC mobile museum will be on-site and exclusive PPI-HC merchandise will be available for pur-chase. Tickets to the 91st running will also be on sale.

Hill Climb tickets are $40.00, but jump to $50 on race day. Tickets may be purchased on the PPIHC official website www.ppihc.com.

WANG ENJOYS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASONKiersetn Wang, a 2011, Palmer Ridge

High School graduate, completed her soph-omore gymnastics season for the University of Florida. Wang set her collegiate floor ex-ercise best of 9.90 at the Southeastern Con-ference Championships. Her season was highlighted by receiving the Scholar Athlete honor at the team’s annual awards banquet. She was also a member of the SEC Academ-ic Honor Roll.

Wang is majoring in civil engineering.

Calhoun comes back to home after Black Forest FireAir Force football coach was on vacation with his family when his neighborhood was evacuated during the Black Forest FireBy Danny Summers

COLORADO SPRINGS - As the buffet line passed behind him, Air Force Academy football coach Troy Calhoun fielded ques-tions about the upcoming season. at last week’s College Football Luncheon at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort.

But before he addressed his quarterback situation and tough schedule, he paused to reflect on the devastating Black Forest Fire, which caused the evacuation of his Flying Horse neighborhood.

“We were out town a few days and just sort of monitored it from afar,” Calhoun said. “It was eerie. There’s just no other way to describe it.”

Knowing there was little that could be done from a distance, Calhoun asked a neighbor to retrieve a pair of photos from his home, one of his daughter and one his son.

“That was it,” Calhoun said.Several of Calhoun’s friends lost their

homes in the fire. At last count, 509 homes were destroyed and nearly 14,500 acres burned.

As Calhoun witnessed the devastation from afar via television and the internet, it became even more real when returned home and saw the carnage first hand. It also reminded him of last year’s Waldo Canyon Fire that destroyed 347 homes in the Moun-tain Shadows area of town and burned nearly 20,000 acres.

“This tells you an awful lot about our community,” Calhoun said. “We come to-gether in a resounding way. The people in Colorado Springs have been amazing, as well as the first responders.”

While Calhoun’s home was unscathed, it brought to mind another fire that his family endured 14 years ago.

That was when his mother lost her home and all of the family’s belongings in a single home blaze.

“My mom had pretty much everything we had growing up in it,” Calhoun said. “I remember she said, `I’m going to give all of this to the grandkids, the letterman jackets and scrapbooks and those things.’ When someone sifted through it they said, `Joan, you’ve lost everything.’ She said, `No, I haven’t. We have our family, we have our friends. We lost every one of our things.’ It’s still in the eyes of the beholder. For each person that’s involved it’s a little bit differ-ent.

“It puts in perspective what really mat-ters,” Calhoun added. “Your family and friends. And make sure you have good in-surance.”

As far as his football team is concerned, Calhoun is taking sort of a wait-and-see ap-proach until the start of fall practice.

“We have nine returning starters, which means we have an awful lot of new spots, new positions to fill,” Calhoun said. “We haven’t had a single person prove that he deserves to be a part of the 2013 Air Force Falcon football team. We’ve had guys do good work academically, but the things that they have to do this summer with their mili-tary and leadership responsibilities has had an impact on what they can do on the foot-ball field. We’ll find out in August.”

Calhoun is the only Falcons coach in the 100-plus year history of service academy

football to lead teams to at least seven wins and a bowl game in each of his first five sea-sons.

Calhoun is 47-31 in six seasons after tak-ing over a program that had posted three straight losing seasons before his arrival. He has posted wins at Notre Dame and Utah, and led the Falcons to a school-record six straight bowl games. Last season the Fal-cons competed in the Armed Forces Bowl and finished the season with a 6-7 overall mark.

“For us, it’s always a new base line every single year,” Calhoun said. “You’d love to have 17 to 18 starters back. We have nine. You’d love to have redshirts. We have none. There’s always an awful lot of discovery that has to occur in spring ball and especially in August.”

While there are no Colorado kids on this

year’s Falcons’ roster, Calhoun does under-stand the importance of home-grown tal-ent.

“Whenever we’ve had really good foot-ball teams at the Academy that have been bowl teams, we’ve always had Colorado kids,” he said.

“I think we’ve seen high school football in this state continues to improve. And I think you can see that with the number of Division I signees every year.”

Air Force opens its season Aug. 31 against Colgate at Falcon Stadium. The Fal-cons host Notre Dame on Oct. 26.

Calhoun was joined at the banquet by new Colorado coach Mike MacIntrye, Colo-rado State coach Jim McElwain, CSU-Pueb-lo coach John Wristen and Northern Colo-rado coach Earnest Collins, Jr.

Air Force Academy football coach Troy Calhoun talked about his football team and his experience as an evacuee of the Black Forrest Fire during a luncheon on June 19 at the Chey-enne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs. Photo by Danny Summers


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Air Force volleyball coach loses home in Black Forest FireFirefighter chili cook-off for the fans and more fun for race fans and families.

Top race qualifiers will display their ve-hicles (cars, quads, motorcycles, etc.), give driver demos and be present for autograph sessions. In addition, the PPIHC mobile museum will be on-site and exclusive PPI-HC merchandise will be available for pur-chase. Tickets to the 91st running will also be on sale.

Hill Climb tickets are $40.00, but jump to $50 on race day. Tickets may be purchased on the PPIHC official website www.ppihc.com.

WANG ENJOYS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASONKiersetn Wang, a 2011, Palmer Ridge

High School graduate, completed her soph-omore gymnastics season for the University of Florida. Wang set her collegiate floor ex-ercise best of 9.90 at the Southeastern Con-ference Championships. Her season was highlighted by receiving the Scholar Athlete honor at the team’s annual awards banquet. She was also a member of the SEC Academ-ic Honor Roll.

Wang is majoring in civil engineering.

Calhoun comes back to home after Black Forest Fire

year’s Falcons’ roster, Calhoun does under-stand the importance of home-grown tal-ent.

“Whenever we’ve had really good foot-ball teams at the Academy that have been bowl teams, we’ve always had Colorado kids,” he said.

“I think we’ve seen high school football in this state continues to improve. And I think you can see that with the number of Division I signees every year.”

Air Force opens its season Aug. 31 against Colgate at Falcon Stadium. The Fal-cons host Notre Dame on Oct. 26.

Calhoun was joined at the banquet by new Colorado coach Mike MacIntrye, Colo-rado State coach Jim McElwain, CSU-Pueb-lo coach John Wristen and Northern Colo-rado coach Earnest Collins, Jr.

CC & V recognized as celebritiesBy Pat [email protected]

Decked out in black matching shirts with an imprint of the Capitol Dome on the back, employees of the AngloGold Ashanti/Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Co. lined the stairs of the state capitol to hand over 65 ounces of gold to Gov. John Hickenlooper.

In a ceremony June 18 in Denver to cel-ebrate the restoration project, with gold mined in Teller County, CC &V’s general manager Ray DuBois highlighted the com-pany’s corporate culture and values.

“At CC & V, safety is our number-one pri-ority. We understand the need for safety in our daily workplace. But gold presents an-other value, that we leave the community and society in which we operate better for us having been there. Colorado gold on Colorado’s capitol dome demonstrates this value.

“Gold mining was Colorado’s first indus-try and remains a vital part of the state’s economy today. Currently CC & V is in the beginning stages of a new project that ex-tends the active mining operation to 2025. CC & V employs over 500 employees and 200 contractors so, with the mine-life ex-tension, that number will grow to over 625 employees as well as over 400 contractors during the construction phase. Each CC & V job supports 4.6 jobs in Colorado.”

For the donation, CC & V shipped 65 ounces of gold bullion to the Guisto Manet-ti Battiloro company, which transformed the gold into gold leaf, DuBois said.

“Manetti, founded in 1820 in Florence, Italy, is one of the very few operations worldwide capable of producing gold leaf,” he said. “Ten ounces of gold dore´buttons will be kept by the state for future replace-ment and repair. The total value of the do-nation, including the refining charges, is approximately $125,000.”

The donation reinstates a tradition start-ed in 1908 of using only pure Colorado gold on the dome.

“We all take pride in knowing we played a role in the restoration of the Capitol Dome,” DuBois said.

“Gov. Hickenlooper, it is my honor to present you with gold from the Cripple

Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co.”Dazzled by the lustre of the gold leaf,

Hickenlooper reacted. “This is so cool. In my entire life did I ever think I’d be touch-ing pure gold leaf,” he said.

More formally, the governor continued. “It’s going to take about 140,000 sheets of gold leaf to gild the dome; we’re going to be-gin this process this summer. Historically, this dome has been a beacon for the entire state, a beacon of opportunity, of economic development, of the state coming together and solving our problems,” he said.

“Not looking away but working toward solutions and really defining our state as a

magnet for entrepreneurs, for small busi-nesses. I think that innovation is going to define our future and in many ways this dome is a symbol of the connection be-tween our past and our future.”

For Marie Patterson, who has 23 years of mining experience, the ceremony was mo-mentous.

“I’ve watched this through the whole process,” said Patterson, manager of state government affairs for Anglo Gold Ashanti in North America whose offices are in Den-ver.

In 2006, Patterson made the connection with the state, offering gold from the mine

in Teller County for the gilding. The 10 dore´ buttons in reserve have an estimated value of $10 million, she said.

Patterson is so involved in the enterprise she traveled to Florence, Italy to watch the gold being turned into gold leaf by Manetti. “The gold leaf is five miles long when rolled out, like a thin pie crust,” she said. “For the dome, the gold is alloyed with silver and copper to give it color.”

Colorado Preservation, Inc., a nonprofit organization, is the fiscal agent for the pub-lic/private campaign “Share in the Care Colorado,” which handled all the details for the ceremony.

The gold arrives in a Brink’s Armored Car at the foot of the Capitol Building around noon on June 18. Photos by Pat Hill

The grand finale after the ceremony at the Capitol in Denver when the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. donated 65 ounces of gold for the restoration of the Capitol Dome.

Jane Mannon, community affairs manager for CC & V presents the cer-tificate of authenticity for the 65 ounces of pure gold to Gov. John Hickenlooper in a ceremony at the state Capitol June 18.


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El Paso County arrEstsThe following list of arrests

is provided by area law enforce-ment agencies. An arrest is not an indication of guilt or innocence and there might be several people with the same name living in the county.

Monument Police Department

June 7An officer received a license

plate reader hit on a vehicle as-sociated to a party with a misde-meanor warrant. The party was contacted and confirmed to be the wanted person and then ar-rested.

June 8Officers were dispatched to

the 15700 block of Jackson Creek Parkway on the report of a theft that just occurred. A vehicle matching the suspect was spot-ted, the driver was contacted, and after investigation, was arrested for theft.

Officers on patrol came across a traffic accident which occurred in the 90 block of Mitchell Av-enue. One juvenile was released on summons for careless driving after he had crashed into private

property structures damaging both the property and his own vehicle.

June 9Officers responded to the

intersection of Jackson Creek Parkway and Higby Road for a traffic accident without injuries.

Officers responded to the 15800 block of Jackson Creek Parkway in reference to cold thefts.

June 10An officer responded to the

300 block of Oxbow Drive on the report of criminal trespass coupled with theft in two differ-ent vehicles.

An officer responded to the area of Struthers Road and Gleneagle Drive to assist the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on a suspected DUI/DUI-D driver. Drugs and drug paraphernalia were found. The driver was ar-rested for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs and / or alcohol.

An officer met with a victim who reported that she had been menaced, assaulted and harassed by her boyfriend in the 800 block of Beacon Lite Road from June

9-10. A suspect was arrested and transported to the Criminal Jus-tice Center.

Officers responded to 16000 block of Old Forest Point in re-sponse to a vehicle being broken into and items stolen.

Officers responded to the 500 block of Oxbow Drive in regards to a criminal trespass auto.

June 11An officer was dispatched to

the 16000 block of Jackson Creek Parkway in reference to a theft in progress.

A sergeant was dispatched to the 19100 block of Beacon Lite Road on an abandoned vehicle that was later found to be stolen from an address in Colorado Springs.

June 12Officers responded to the

Monument Police station in re-gards to a cold felony menacing

June 13Officers responded to the 500

block of Colo. 105 for the report of a fraud report at a bank.

A sergeant took a report of a suspicious incident that occurred in the 16100 block of Old Forest

Loop.

June 14An officer was dispatched to

a report of an incident regarding a suspicious check at a business in the 1000 block of Baptist Road. One male was arrested and jailed after an investigation revealed the check was stolen and the male had forged the owners signature.

June 16Officers were dispatched to the

area of the 1800 block of Wood-moor Drive to assist the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on a report of a menacing.

An officer took a report of a theft that occurred in the area of Front and Second Streets.

June 17Officers responded to 16000

block of Gold Creek Drive in re-sponse to a suspicious incident.

A sergeant responded to a shoplifter in custody in the 16100 block of Jackson Creek Parkway.

One male was cited and re-leased for theft.

Officers responded to the Monument Police Department in response to a cold hit and run at the King Soopers parking lot.

June 18An officer responded to Bur-

gess Road and Black Forest Road on an assist to locate a juvenile on the roadway.

Officers responded to 600 block of Colo. 105 for a theft in progress.

Officers responded to a traffic accident at Colo. 105 and Third Street.

Officers responded to 17000 Via Verde Lane in response to a cold hit and run accident.

An officer responded to the Monument Police Department lobby to contact the reporting party of a theft that occurred in the 1200 block of Synthes Avenue.

June 19A sergeant took a report of a

cold hit and run that occurred in the 200 block of Colo. 105.

A sergeant was dispatched to a menacing involving a father and daughter in the 400 block of Beacon Lite Road. An information report was taken.

June 20An officer responded to a

report of a cold theft at the 800 block of Beacon Lite Road.

I-25 Expansion Project UpdateSpecial to The Tribune

Interquest Parkway Interchange Work Results in Nighttime Closures

Grading and paving work will tempo-rarily impact the Interstate 25/Interquest Parkway interchange, Exit 153, in the com-

ing weeks. The work will close the south-bound I-25 off-ramp at Interquest Parkway on the following days:

• 8:30 p.m., Monday June 24 to 5:30 a.m., Tuesday, June 25

• 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 25 to 5:30 a.m., Wednesday, June 26

• 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, June 26 to 5:30

a.m., Thursday, June 27Detour: Briargate Parkway, Exit 151, east

to Voyager Parkway, Voyager Parkway north to Interquest Parkway.

The Interquest Parkway on-ramp to southbound I-25 will be closed on the fol-lowing days:

• 8:30 p.m., Thursday, June 27 to 5:30

a.m., Friday, June 28• 8:30 p.m., Sunday, June 30 to 5:30 a.m.,

Monday, July 1Detour: Voyager Parkway south to Bri-

argate Parkway, Briargate Parkway west to southbound I-25.

All work is subject to road and weather conditions.

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.

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.

SerViceS

Free genTly used clothing is available the second Saturday of every month from 1-3 p.m. at Tri-Lakes Church of Christ, the intersection of County Line Road and Beacon Lite, 20450 Beacon Lite, in Monu-ment. For more information, call 719-495-4137. Look for the sign on the corner.

Share coloraDo, a nonprofit organi-zation, is a monthly food distributor that

offers grocery packages at half the retail price to everyone. Call 800-375-4452 or visit www.sharecolorado.com.

Social

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.

The cenTurian Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets 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 719-488-9031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org.

coloraDo MounTeD Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Pikes Peak National Bank, in the upstairs conference room. The bank

address is 2401 W. Colorado Ave, on the corner of Colorado Ave and 24th Street. The entrance is a single unmarked door on Colorado Avenue between the bank and the bicycle store. Free parking is available in the bank employee parking lot on the south side of the bank’s drive-up facility. Visit http://itroop.coloradoranger.org or e-mail [email protected].

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 Ambas-sador 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.

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. Satur-days 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://monument-hillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail [email protected]

legacy SerToMa dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second 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.

MounT herMan 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are no meetings in June, July and August. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meet-ing is the third Thursday in October. Call Chris Bailey at 719-481-1579.

orDer SonS of Italy in America meets on the first Tuesday at 702 S. Tejon St. in Colorado Springs. Call Tony Rodasta for details or information, 719-260-8773.

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 [email protected].

The PikeS Peak Branch of the National League of American 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.

roTary cluB of Colorado Springs In-terQuest meets at 4:45 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights Retirement Center, 12105 Ambassador Drive in Colorado Springs. Call Scott Allen at 719-590-7460.

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 [email protected].

ToaSTMaSTerS Facc Masters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http://faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-481-3738.

Tri-lakeS aMerican Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Contact Ed at 719-481-2750.

Tri-lakeS BarBerShoP Chapter meets Mondays. Call Phil Zara at 719-481-3197.

Tri-lakeS croP Club meets on the third Saturday of the month. Call Angela at 719-481-9735.

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.

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 Monu-ment 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, equip-ping 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 informa-tion 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 nonDenoMinaTional Men’s Gathering 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 [email protected] or call 719-488-6785.

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 month starting April 19, from 6 -7:30 p.m. at the Sundance Mountain Lodge in Monument. For information, contact Martine Arndt at 719-231-5323 or [email protected].

wiSDoM anD Wealth Master Mind Group meets from noon to 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Monument Library. “Change yourself, change your success.” Let’s talk money: how to save it (tips and ideas on how to cut costs), how to invest it (where, when and how), how to make it (build your business or start a new business). For information, or to register, contact [email protected] or 630-618-9400.

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alcoholicS anonyMouS meets at 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Tri-Lakes Chapel, Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek. Call Greg at 719-648-9495.

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JUNE 19, JUNE 26, JULY 10, JULY 17, JULY 24, JULY 31

FREE CONCERTS. Historic Downtown Monument presents its 2013 concerts in the park summer music series from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at Limbach Park. Hammerstadt performs June 19. D-Day Invasion performs June 26. Blue Pepper Trio performs July 10. Inman Brothers perform July 17. Skean Dubh performs July 24. Jody Adams and the String Dudes performs July 31. Admission is free. Visit www.monumentmerchants.com.

JUNE 20

BOOK SIGNING. Covered Treasures Bookstore, 105 Second St., Monu-ment, will host Colorado author Beth Groundwater from 5-8 p.m. June 20 for Monument’s monthly Art Hop. Beth will sign her third title in the Rocky Mountain Outdoor Adventure Series, “Fatal Descent.” Refreshments will be served. Call 719-481-2665.

CHIEF MANITOU. The Palmer Lake Historical Society presents “Chief Manitou and His Contributions to the Pikes Peak Region” at 7 p.m. June 20 at Palmer Lake Town Hall, 28 Valley Crescent, Palmer Lake. Robert Cronk presents an informative evening about Pedro Cajete. Pedro was a Tewa Indian from the Santa Clara Pueblo in New Mexico, who became known locally as “Chief Manitou.” This program was rescheduled from February due to bad weather. Robert became interested in the history of “Chief Manitou” while exploring Pedro’s Cave near the Cave of the Winds, which was named for Pedro Cajete. Robert’s research uncovered information about “Chief Manitou,” his travels, and his impact on the tourist industry of this region in the early part of the Twentieth Century. He also found “Chief Manitou” was well liked wherever he went, and why, back in his Pueblo, Pedro became known as “The Great Storyteller.” This event is free and refreshments will be served after the presentation. Visit www.palmerdivide-history.org.

THROUGH JUNE 21; July 19-20

QUILT ENTRIES. Firehouse Quilts is looking for quilt entries for its eighth annual quilt show to support its mission of helping children in crisis in Colorado. Early bird entries submitted by May 17 are taken at a discounted entry fee ($15). Otherwise, the fee is $18 per item, and the � nal deadline is June 21. This year’s show has a special theme, Patriotic, along with 13 other categories. The show is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 19-20 at the Douglas County Events Center in Castle Rock. All forms and instructions are available at www.� rehousequilts.org; click on the Quilt Show link at the top.

JUNE 28-29

COMEDY SHOW. Black Box Theatre

presents “Kill the Critic,” a comedy, at 7 p.m. June 28, and at 2 and 7 p.m. June 29, at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Hwy 105, Palmer Lake. Tickets are $15. For information or to order tickets, visit http://killthecritic.brownpapertickets.com.

JULY 2

SCHOOL IN the Woods: Lessons Learned from Creating a Nature Based School is o� ered from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. July 2. Teachers will learn about nature-inspired lessons that they can implement in their classrooms, on their school grounds or on � eld trips. Teachers should come prepared to spend a day outdoors; please wear appropriate outdoor clothing (no sandals). The seminar is open to the public. Teachers may receive credit through Adams State College or BOCES. Fees and reservations apply; call 719-748-3253 ext. 109 or visit www.nps.gov/� fo/forteachers/professionaldevelopment.htm. The class is at Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument.

AUG. 26

GOLF TOURNAMENT. A Special Olympics golf tournament is planned on Monday, Aug. 26, at Antler Creek Golf Course. Shotgun start is at 9 a.m. Cost is $100 per player. Contact Georgeann Kulton at 719-574-8480 or [email protected].

JUNE 29-30

POND TOUR. Purely Ponds presents the seventh annual Parade of Ponds, a self-guided pond and waterfall tour that will bene� t the Boys and Girls Club of the Pikes Peak Region. The tour will last from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 29-30 at 30 stops in the Colorado Springs area. Visit www.bgcppr.org or call 719-570-7077 to learn more about the Boys and Girls Club. Visit www.purelyponds.com for information about the tour.

JUNE 30

BOARD APPLICATIONS. The Pikes Peak Library District has a vacancy on its board of trustees, which is a seven-member volunteer board responsible for setting library policies, setting the library’s budget and hiring an executive director to oversee the operation of the district. The term of o� ce is � ve years. Applications must be postmarked at noon on June 30 and should be mailed to Pikes Peak Library District, Board Applications, P.O. Box 1579, Colorado Springs, CO 80901. Board responsibili-ties will begin Aug. 1. Applications and position description available at http://ppld.org/sites/default/� les/bot/board-application.pdf.

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