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Lewis-Palmer’s Kathy Thirkell named Colorado Teacher of the Year Math department chair has taught more than 5,000 students in 33 years By Danny Summers [email protected]

During her 33 years as an educator, Kathy Thirkell has taught math - mostly calculus - to over 5,000 students at Lewis-Palmer High School.

As the math department chair, she has had a say in the hiring of teachers, and has been contacted by numerous former students who have thanked her for her dedication in help-ing them become better citizens.

On Oct, 13, during an all-school assembly at Lewis-Palmer, Thirkell was named the 2015 Colorado Teacher of the Year by State Educa-tion Commissioner Robert Hammond.

“We’ve always known for years how won-derful of a teacher she is,” said Lewis-Palmer principal Sandi Brandl, who was hired as a math teacher at the school by Thirkell 18 years ago. “She’s been my mentor, colleague and friend for 18 years. She’s been a mentor and a leader and a cornerstone in our building for 18 years. She keeps that Lewis-Palmer tradi-tion alive.”

After receiving the award, which included numerous other gifts, Thirkell addressed the crowd, telling those in attendance that she was “… standing up here representing all of the great teachers at L-P.”

“Teaching is always a work in progress,”

said Thirkell, 57. “It’s a challenge and an honor.“But I still love what I do and I’m not think-

ing about retiring anytime soon.”Thirkell also gave the student body home-

work at the assembly. She provided them with cards and asked each of them to write a thank you to a teacher who has infl uenced their lives. She plans on collecting them and see that they get delivered.

Thirkell concluded her speech by saying the nation needs to recruit, train, and retain good teachers to do the job, and asked Lewis-Palmer students to consider a career in educa-tion.

“We need you to be the difference-makers,”

LEFT: Lewis-Palmer calculus teacher and math department chair Kathy Thirkell, center with � owers, is � anked by Colorado Education Association President Kerrie Dallman, left, and Vice President Amie Baca-Oehlert at the awards ceremony to congratulate their colleague, a member of the Lewis-Palmer Education Association, on being named the Colorado Teacher of the Year. ABOVE: Kathy Thirkell’s calculus students wore “Team Thirkell” t-shirts adorned with mathematical formulae and they sang some of her most-loved “calculus songs;” a class activity for which she is famous. Courtesy photo s

Lewis-Palmer High School teacher Kathy Thirkell, holding papers, is congratulated by her calculus students at an assembly in her honor Oct. 15 at the school. Thirkell was named the Colorado Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Education Association.

More road improvements and roundabouts planned for Tri-Lakes area � e work is never done for El Paso County engineers By Danny Summers [email protected]

El Paso County Department of Transpor-tation engineers always have projects in the works. Because of that the Tri-Lakes area will likely continue to benefi t, according to El Paso County engineer Andre Brackin.

“We have budgeted for a lot of road projects in the Tri-Lakes area,” Brackin said. “Everything from paving Beacon Lite Road from Highway 105 to County Line Road (exit 163) to putting in a roundabout at Gleneagle Drive and Struthers Road, as well as other roundabouts.”

Brackin and his team have been conduct-ing studies on the intersection of Struthers and Gleneagle for years. In early 20ll, the Board of County Commissioners voted to approve a professional service contract to Wilson and Company for Civil and Traffi c Engineer Plan-ning and Design Services. The traffi c study examined possible ways in which to make the intersection safer.

“Ultimately this is all about safety,” Brackin said.

“We did a study and what the study recom-mended is a roundabout. A signal would not make sense there. Plus it would be too costly.”

Currently, there is an all-way stop sign locat-ed at the intersection. Brackin said there have been several accidents over the years caused by motorists running the stop signs.

The County added fl ashing beacons atop the stop signs in 2010.

Brackin said that an outside consultant group will design the roundabout. It will be two lanes on each side.

The two roundabouts on North Gate Road near Interstate 25 were built by the Colorado Department of Transportation last fall as part of its I-25 expansion project.

Last month at a Town Hall meeting at Lew-is-Palmer High School hosted by County Com-missioner Darryl Glenn, Brackin explained some of the benefi ts of roundabouts compared with signalized intersections, or the current stop sign approaches.

El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew

Thompson was featured in a short video shown to the crowd of about 25 people explaining the driving procedures and safety of roundabout intersections.

Informational fl yers were also provided at the meeting.

Brackin addressed the crowd and answered questions. He said some of the benefi ts of roundabouts include a 78 percent reduction in fatal or severe crashes, and a 48 percent lower instance of overall vehicle crashes. He added that roundabouts would likely also reduce head-on collisions and rear-end collisions, which generally occur in the early morning and late afternoon hours.

In addition, Brackin said that roundabouts are less expensive to maintain, have increased economic effi ciency because there are no sig-nals to maintain, have an increased opportunity for pedestrian crossings, In addition, all vehicle types are allowed.

Brackin said that other planned roundabout

intersections include: 1. Old Denver Road, Bap-tist Road, and Woodcarver Road; and 2. Baptist Road, Hodgen Road, and Roller Coaster Road.

Brackin also addressed the water control problem at the intersection of Northgate Road and Struthers Road and said that it is scheduled to be improved by next spring.

Brackin told the crowd that the County - instead of the Department of Transportation - now has control over Monument Hill Road, which is the main outlet for Palmer Ridge High School. Brackin added that the county is gath-ering community input concerning planning and design, including suggestions from Lewis-Palmer School District 38 regarding frontage road safety.

Ongoing Tri-Lakes road projects that the County is involved with include Black Forest Road culvert replacements, numerous proj-ects along County Line Road, Lake Woodmoor/Moveen intersection improvements, and work along Baptist Road west of Interstate 25.

Monument Hill Road is now maintained by El Paso County. County engineer Andre Brackin said improvements will be made to the road in the next six to nine months. The County also has many more projects that will a� ect Tri-Lakes area roads. Photo by Danny Summers

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Rampart Range Road openWPA and CCC project built for forest accessBy Dave SmithContributing writer

More than 80 years ago Everard Spencer Keithley, supervisor of Pike National Forest brought together crews from the Works Prog-ress Administration and the Community Con-servation Corps. to build a road accessing the forest and to plant trees. The road they built is Forest Service Road 300, better known as Ram-part Range Road. Access to the road was de-nied in June 2012 due to the Waldo Canyon fire and remained closed because it was deemed too dangerous for the public.

Now as of Oct. 10 the United States Forrest Service opened Rampart Range Road between the Garden of the Gods and Rampart Reser-voir after determining it is now safe for recre-ational public use.

“I am glad they opened it back up,” said Douglass Edmundson, Keithley’s great-grand-son. He looks forward to resuming periodic drives up the road. “When I was little my great-grandfather was still living so we would take drives up there and talk trees. There were 25 million trees planted under his administra-tion.”

Kenneth Yager of Manitou Springs is also happy Rampart Range Road is reopened. He uses the road frequently for recreational pur-poses like hunting.

“I went up the day after it reopened and was surprised to see how good the vegetation is coming back and how good it looked,” Yager said. “Mother nature knows what she is do-ing... repairing the forest.”

Several factors accounted for the decision on reopening according to Scott Steiner, visi-tors information service, Pikes Peak Ranger District.

“We were finally able to get enough of the restoration work completed to feel comfort-able letting people in there,” Steiner said. With the rainy season mostly finished, new culverts under the road and drainage ditches cleaned and dug out any runoff should be handled safely as well.

Even though it is considered safe, the area is not like it was prior to the devastating fire.

Up to four inches of topsoil was burned along with trees in the event, leaving a great deal of damage, Steiner explained.

“A lot of trees are still at risk of falling,” he said. Designated parking areas have been vet-ted for falling trees and branches so visitors to the area should use them for safety’s sake.

Area visitors should keep in mind that many hillsides where trees and soil were burned have a great deal of loose soil.

“With nothing to hold the soil in place hik-ers should be careful because there could be slides. As for the trees, any breeze should be a warning sign to get out because trees could break or blow down from the wind,” Steiner said. Hikers and visitors should be careful around the bases of trees too because holes in

the ground around the stumps could prove hazardous. “Hiking around burned trees is not a good idea.”

Parts of the area remain on a restricted status and some parts are still closed. Waldo Canyon trail and Wellington Gulch trail, for example remain off limits to public access as does The Rampart Range shooting range. The road and open areas are accessible 24 hours a day, but camping is not allowed.

“The main thing is no overnight camping and stay out of areas designated as closed.” Rangers received calls almost weekly about people being in the closed areas prior to re-opening of the road. “There will be people working up there and you want to give them space too,” Steiner said.

How long the road is going to remain open is still up in the air, literally.

“It depends on the weather. We thought about a seasonal close, but we will wait and see what the weather does,” he said. “We will decide around December based on weather and road conditions.”

Until that decision is made both Edmund-son and Yager are going to take advantage of restored access.

“I feel it’s safe,” Edmundson said. “I trust their judgment and reasoning. They had to make sure the banks and drainage were all sta-bilized.”

“I think it is safe,” Yager added “I Think it should be kept open.”

Many people might agree with Yager, but Mother Nature gets the final call on the matter.

Visitors should refer to maps posted at en-try points and within the Waldo Burn Area.

For more information: http://www.fs.

The public can once again enjoy access to Rampart Range Road between Garden of the Gods and Rampart Reservoir. The road opened Oct. 10 after about two years of being closed for safety reasons following the Waldo Canyon �re. Photo by Dave Smith

ABOVE: This gate for Rampart Range Road near Balanced Rock in Garden of the Gods opened Oct. 10. The scenic road is now open up to Rampart Reservoir. Photo by Dave Smith LEFT: Access to Rampart Range Road between Garden of the Gods and Rampart Reservoir in the Waldo Fire restoration area is now open. Courtesy image

Palmer Lake taking baby steps with Main Street 101 projectSeveral Tri-Lakes area organizations attended Oct. 11 presentationBy Danny [email protected]

Main Street 101 is back in Palmer Lake.Sort of.Representatives from Main Street 101

were at Town Hall on Oct. 11 and gave a lengthy presentation to residents, as well as numerous groups that were on hand to see how they might get involved in the project that would help revitalize the town.

“The town reached out to key groups in our Tri-Lakes area and most were represent-ed at this presentation,” said Jen Martin, a member of the Palmer Lake Town Council. “The goal is to have one committee that has a representative from each group. We will be eventually reaching out to these group heads for letters of support for Step 3.

“This is a collaborative program that once again will require a team approach.”

Among the groups represented on Oct. 11 were Monument Hill Kiwanis, Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce, Tri-Lakes Eco-nomic Development Committee, Town of Monument, Palmer Lake Historical Soci-ety, Palmer Lake Restaurant Group, Lewis Palmer District 38 and the Tri-Lakes Art Group.

“The American Legion (Post 9-11) was absent, but the Town did approach them for support,” Martin said.

Martin added that Palmer Lake is ap-proaching the project with care and is seek-ing the advice of other cities that have done the project, like Victor in Teller County, as well as the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA), which is based in Denver.

“Clay Brown is our representative from DOLA,” Martin said. “He was out last month to offer his professional services and resources to the town. This past council ap-proved his help and we have requested to part take in step one of technical assistance which is to participate in a board retreat which provides for goal settings.

“It was suggested by Clay Brown that we reach out to Victor and ask them to come give us a presentation on their trials and

tribulations.”Martin said that Palmer Lake attempted

Main Street 101 in the early to mid 2000s, but “it fizzled out due to a lack of support by previous councils.”

The Main Street 101 project will not happen overnight and probably would not be fully implemented for at least a year or more.

“We’re not ready to go in full force,” Mar-tin said. “We have some fine tuning that we need to do.”

Martin said that Step 1 would require an assessment by professional consultants.

“A few of the trustees are already in search of grants for that possible funding,” she said. “DOLA will guide us on finding

sources to fund it.“Step 2 would be to create a comprehen-

sive plan. The town already has one, but it is dated and needs to be reviewed.”

Among the things Main Street 101 would do is strategically focus on downtown revi-talization, increase property and sales tax revenue, improve the quality of life, pre-serve historic resources, and create an ef-ficient use of public infrastructure.”

Rich with history, Palmer Lake was founded by General William Jackson Palm-er in 1871 and later incorporated in 1889.

Martin has asked fellow trustees to see if they would be in agreement to set up a Board retreat to discuss the project further.

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A view of Palmer Lake from above the Star. The Town is considering becoming part of the Main Street 101 project. Courtesy photo

HAP bene�ts from Bines & Brews FestFor the Tribune

Oct. 6, Tri-Lakes Health Advocacy Part-nership (HAP) was the beneficiary of the Bines & Brews Festival at Limbach Park in Monument last month. The fund-raising event was organized and sponsored by the Town of Monument and the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce.

The Bines & Brews Festival is a com-petition among Pikes Peak region micro breweries. Ten breweries competed for this year’s award. Monument’s own Pikes Peak Brewery received the Twisted Bine’s Top Hop Award.

Funds raised from the event were pre-sented during the Monument Board of Trustees meeting by Madeline VanDen-Hoek, Monument’s Community Liaison, and by Terri Hayes, Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Executive Director. Dave Bet-

zler, HAP’s Board President, accepted the check. Betzer thanked the Town of Monu-ment and the Chamber of Commerce for their recognition of HAP’s contribution to enriching the lives of senior citizens throughout the Tri-Lakes region with a range of activities sponsored by HAP, in-cluding operating a local senior citizens center, hosting a weekly senior luncheon, and offering day trips for seniors. Betzler also noted that HAP provides free and low cost medical consultation services to Tri-Lakes citizens through its Neighborhood Nurse program.

Tri-Lakes HAP is a local, all-all vol-unteer 501(c)(3) non-profit which has been actively serving and advocating for Tri-Lakes seniors since 1996. More infor-mation about HAP is available at www.TriLakesHAP.org.

Funds raised from the event were presented during the Monument Board of Trustees meeting by Madeline VanDen-Hoek, Monument’s Community Liaison, and by Terri Hayes, Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce Executive Director. Dave Betzler, HAP’s Board President, accepted the check. Courtesy photo

North Pole Craft Show on Dec. 6 and 7For the Tribune

On Saturday and Sunday Dec. 6 and 7, 2014 the North Pole Arts & Crafts Show will take place. In will be held at the Grace Best Education Center ( formerly Grace Best Elementary School ) located at 66

Jefferson Street in Monument, Colorado from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. This is the nineth annual show, which is spon-sored by Monument Hill Kiwanis Club.

Admission is a non-perishable food item or a new toy or a cash donation. Crafts include a variety of handmade

goods, clothing, quilts and holiday gifts. Monument Hill Kiwanis Club is a service organization with numerous activities year round benefiting the Tri-Lakes com-munity.

All proceeds from vendor participa-tion goes to the D-38 School District. All

donations of food, money or toys goes to Tri-Lakes Cares Food Bank.

To register as a vendor at the show, contact show director Bob Nissen at: 719-351-6481. or [email protected] email or www.monumenthillkiwanis.com and click on the North Pole Show link.


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Sertoma Patriot Golf Tournament bene�ts local charitiesFor the Tribune

The Patriot Golf Tournament is held each year near Sept. 11, to memorialize those who served and lost their lives in the disasters inflicted by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

The 13th annual Patriot Golf Tourna-ment sponsored by Gleneagle Sertoma Club was held on Sept. 8 at the Eisenhower Golf Course on the Air Force Academy. The 126 players included patriot teams from Fort Carson, Peterson AFB, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs Fire Depart-ment, and the Wescott Fire Protection Dis-trict. Fees for the Patriot Teams were paid by friends of Sertoma and sponsoring busi-

nesses.Net proceeds from the event totaled

more than $6,000 and will benefit Home Front Cares and other local charities. More than a dozen members of the Gleneagle Sertoma Club spent many hours prepar-ing for and hosting this successful event. All sponsors and paying players are greatly appreciated for their contribution this im-portant fund raising event.

Participating teams were offered chanc-es to win prizes for best score, “closest to the hole” and “longest drive.” A conclud-ing luncheon was held at the clubhouse in which prizes were awarded to winning teams and individuals.

Keith Deutsch putts for a par on the 18th hole. Keith is a disabled US Army veteran of the con�ict in Iraq. He is an honored guest sponsored by Home Front Cares. Keith was teamed with George Hayward of Home Front Cares. Courtesy photos

The Patriot Team members from the Air Force Academy are Ian Collins, Jason Jones, and Kerry Warren.

These players are among the many paying golfers whose participation helped make the tournament a big success. They are (left to right) Scott Karstens, Michael Jala, Aaron Moore, and Mike Kenney.


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Catriona Cellars sweeps Colorado commercial wine competitionStates newest winery wins nine medals including Best of ShowFor the Tribune

Catriona Cellars swept the Colorado State Fair Commercial Wine Competition recently, winning nine medals for their wines – two Best of Show medals, two gold medals and five silver medals. Ca-triona’s Orchard White took top honors, winning both Best White Wine of Show and Best Overall Wine of Show over all other Colorado commercial wines en-tered. But the judges didn’t stop there; they also awarded Catriona’s Cellar Re-serve Red Limited a gold medal in the Other Red Blends Category.

Catriona’s 243 White, 243 Red, Cellar Reserve Red, Cellar Reserve White and their flagship wine, Red Diva, also won silver medals in their categories.

Catriona Cellars’ winemaker Woody Woodworth was “surprised, delighted and simply ecstatic with results,” adding that he was grateful to be so honored by

the judges and that he faced stiff compe-tition from entries from other Colorado wineries. Woodworth gave an appreciate nod to Colorado wineries and the Colo-rado winery industry in general, noting that “there is a reason that the Colorado wine industry is growing as quickly as it is – the presence of truly skilled winemak-ers and the growing number of vineyards in the state.”

Woodworth is known for his skill in crafting premium blends to achieve, in his words, “a brand new wine, one that ‘sings the praises’ of all of its ingredient varietals and flavors in a way that takes what is best in each wine and produces something new and exciting.” Wood-worth’s blended wines are the winery’s primary focus.

This year’s awards are not Woodworth’s first; just last year he also won silver and one bronze medals for his wine entries in the 2013 WineMaker International Ama-teur Wine Competition, the largest wine competition of its kind in the world.

Catriona Cellars opened its doors in early June of this year and has already received rave reviews and accolades both

for its wine and for its culinary offerings.The following is a complete listing of

Catriona Cellars’ 2014 Colorado Com-mercial Wine Competition awards:

· Orchard White, BEST OF SHOW OVERALL

· Orchard White, BEST WHITE WINE OF SHOW

· Orchard White, GOLD MEDAL, OTHER WHITE BLENDS CATEGORY

· Cellar Reserve Red Limited, GOLD MEDAL, OTHER RED BLENDS CATEGORY

· Cellar Reserve Red, SILVER MEDAL, OTHER RED BLENDS CATEGO-RY

· Cellar Reserve White, SILVER MEDAL, OTHER WHITE BLENDS CAT-EGORY

· 243 Red, SILVER MEDAL, OTHER RED BLENDS CATEGORY

· 243 White, SILVER MEDAL, WHITE RIESLINGS CATEGORY

· Red Diva, SILVER MEDAL, OTHER RED BLENDS CATEGORY

For more information, visit www.ca-trionacellars.com or call 719-481-3477.

Winemaker Woody Woodworth when Catriona opened in May. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Texas Road House hosts Halloween contestsSta� Report

Children (1-13yrs) may participate at Texas Roadhouse’s Pumpkin decorating contest in Monument any night from Oct. 20 - Oct. 30 to decorate their own pumpkin.

“Then, come in again on Halloween to find out if you are the best pumpkin deco-rator (announced at 6:30 p.m.) and to Trick-or-Treat with your favorite Monument mas-cots. We will also have a spooky room and a BIG surprise! The winner of the pumpkin decorating contest will win a lunch and story time with Andy Armadillo for your

entire class,” says information from the res-taurant.

Everyone (14 yrs. and up), Texas Road-house wants to see a pumpkin. Simply carve a pumpkin with a design that rep-resents “Texas Roadhouse” to you, take a picture with your pumpkin, and post it on the Monument Texas Roadhouse Facebook page. The owner of the best carved pump-kin will receive a Texas Roadhouse gift bas-ket with a free dinner for two. Winner will be announced in the restaurant on Hallow-een night at 7 p.m.

Awake Palmer Lake haunted hay ride setSta� Report

Awake Palmer Lake Presents it’s second annual Haunted Hay Ride, Oct. 31st at 6 p.m.

Children and adults are invited to come on out for a great night of tricks and treats

and spooky story telling. Riide around the lake at sundown and be prepared for some surprises!

Tickets are $8, but be sure to look around town for some discount coupons.

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makers,” she said “We need you to join us in building our bright future one student at a time.”

Hammond praised Thirkell.“She understands the importance of

achieving at the highest level and demon-strates that ability on a daily basis,” he said. “She challenges herself not only in the class-room, but in every facet of her profession. She is passionate, respected, and incredibly knowledgeable.”

Among the gifts Thirkell received was a $2,500 check from the Colorado Free Masons to help pay for the many trips she will be tak-ing over the course of the next year as the Colorado Teacher of the Year recipient. One of those trips is to Washington, D.C., next spring where she is invited to the White House to meet with President Barack Obama.

Thirkell was also presented with a bouquet of flowers by CEA President Kerrie Dallman and Vice President Amie Baca-Oehlert, as well as four flavors of Bluebell Ice Cream.

Thirkell was also made an adjunct profes-sor by Adams State University.

“Mrs. Thirkell really goes out of her way for her students,” said Lewis-Palmer senior Con-ner Weeth, who has taken two years of calcu-lus from Thirkell. “She makes sure we all un-derstand the concepts.

“She definitely challenges us. She believes we are capable of great things.”

Thirkell was supported by her current stu-dents - about 150 of them - who wore “Team Thirkell” t-shirts that they decorated in her honor while holding up letters that read “WE LOVE THIRKELLCULUS.”

“I’ve gotten two A’s from her and a 5 (top score) on my AP calculus exam,” said Lewis-Palmer senior Miguel Mendez, who has taken calculus classes with Thirkell since his sopho-

more year. “Everyone is always asking “How in the world do you (get A’s)?” I tell them that all the credit goes to Mrs. Thirkell.”

A video presentation was shown at the as-sembly showing Thirkell working with her students.

Among those in attendance was District 38 superintendent Karen Brofft, who officially took over the position on July 1.

“I am so proud to tell people in other dis-tricts that we have the Teacher of the Year,” Brofft said. “This just reinforces what an amazing school district we have.

“We have some invaluable teachers and our kids continue to accomplish such great things.”

Thirkell began the application process in May and interviewed with CEA officials in Au-gust. On Sept. 18, members of the CEA came to Lewis-Palmer on a site visit, where they conducted interviews with teachers, staff and students.

Thirkell was informed that she had been selected Teacher of the Year on Sept. 26.

Thirkell’s son, Brian, is one of her former students. He is a sixth-grade math and sci-ence teacher, and tennis coach, at Discovery Canyon Campus.

Thirkell also taught her daughter, Deanna Johnson, a fourth-grade teacher Edith Wol-ford Elementary.

“I am a career teacher, and I can think of no finer profession in which I can and will con-tinue to make a difference in the lives of our young people as they journey toward their to-morrow,” Thirkell said. “Teaching is an art and a science. I continue to seek out and develop new strategies and materials for my classes, so that all of my students can share in the vision of success now and in their futures.”

Since 1963, four other teachers in the Pikes Peak region have won the Colorado Teacher of the Year award; the last before Thirkell being Kathleen Mathers, 1993, Washington Irving Junior High School, Col-orado Springs School District 11.

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Walk in town’s streets, and spirits of the past

The manifestation of a spirit, a ghost, something that you couldn’t quite see, or taste or smell — but sensed was there, nevertheless. Perhaps you felt it. You might walk down Central (or Main) between Fourth and Fifth Street back then, when the buildings were still there. Conversa-tions from the past, tracks from memories, a phantom where a town once lived... walked with you.

“Dolores was the scene of a deplorable tragedy Wednesday when Mrs. Almeda Majors was shot and almost instantly killed by a shotgun blast fi red allegedly by Mrs. Ruth Baldy, a resident of this place,” read the front page of Dolores Star that week, June 4, 1948.“Mrs. Majors, whose husband was killed almost two years ago by the Cortez town marshal, was employed in the offi ce of H.V. Pyle, a local real estate and insurance man at whose offi ce the shooting oc-curred.”

The Del Rio Hotel building still rises

three stories above the sidewalk, across the road from Flanders Park.

“Mrs. Pyle and Mrs. Majors had re-turned noon from a business trip to Cortez and drove to the offi ce. Mrs. Majors went up the street where she did some shopping and returned to the offi ce. In the mean-time Mrs. Baldy had met Pyle near the offi ce where some words were exchanged. The two went to the offi ce and into the inner offi ce where there were more words and Pyle lay down on the couch. Mrs. Majors came in the offi ce and to the door

leading to the inter offi ce. Seeing Mrs. Baldy with the shotgun, a single barrel 410 gauge, she remarked jokingly that it was a “nice gun.” Realizing that the situation was serious, according to a statement by Pyle, she started to leave and got to the front door of the offi ce.

Pyle, who is recovering from an opera-tion and illness, said he was unable to rise quickly, but heard the shot,” the Star account said.Apparently, so did much of the nearby town, as several eating lunch at Green Frog recalled later in personal accounts.

“Mrs. Majors was struck in the back and the charge, fi red at a short distance, passed through body in the region near the heart. She called for help and said she was shot and staggered to the alley adjoin-ing the building and collapsed. She died within a few seconds,” reported the Star.

Professional soccer may never become a major sport in America

Professional soccer, in my lifetime, has not taken hold in America as a major professional sport. And I don’t think it will become a major professional sport in the good ol’ U.S. of A. anytime in my next 50 years, whether I’m 6-feet under or hiking up Pikes Peak.

Before all of you soccer lovers in the Pikes Peak region begin pulling out your hair and calling me names, please note that my original statement was that I don’t think professional soccer will become a major sport in at least the next 50 years.

I am not suggesting that I don’t like soccer. As a writer, I love covering the sport. I think soccer is a beautiful game and I would rank the stamina of a soccer player with the likes of those high-level athletes who play basketball, hockey and football.

But since my favorite sport is baseball, let me add by saying that it is probably the most diffi cult sport to master; for two rea-sons. It is the only physically challenging sport that I know of where the defense has the ball. And hitting a ball thrown 95 to 100 miles per hour or more from 60 feet,

six inches away with a rounded piece of wood has got to be the most diffi cult thing to do in any sport.

Now back to soccer.On Oct. 18, the Colorado Springs

Switchbacks FC presented the “Pro Soc-cer Kickoff,” which pitted the LA Galaxy II against Arizona United, featuring top goals scorer Chandler Hoffman against leading mid-fi elder Jon Okafur.

The game was played at the newly renovated Sand Creek Stadium located near Tutt Blvd. and Barnes Rd., next to Security Service Field.

Tickets were $5 apiece; free if you are a Switchbacks season ticket holder.

The Switchbacks FC are a Colorado Springs USL Pro soccer club starting of-fi cial play in March 2015. The USL labels itself as sort of a Triple-A of Major League Soccer, but that is debated. Major League Soccer is not even close to being on the same level of major European soccer, nor on par with teams such as Manchester United.

The Switchbacks are continuing their “Wind-Up” campaign with events like the Galaxy II and United. Promoters labeled it as “the fi rst-ever USL PRO match played in Colorado Springs.” Promoters added that “both teams are set to make history in Little London.”

I like it when Colorado Springs is re-ferred to as Little London. But I guarantee you that “Big London” across The Pond has much better soccer than we will ever see in the Pikes Peak region.

Switchbacks owner Ed Ragain, and president Nick Ragain, claim that newly renovated Sand Creek Stadium “will

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“The Ertel ambulance and Sheriff Frank Weaver arrived within a a few minutes and took Mrs. Baldy into custody, and Mrs. Majors body to Cortez. Ben Caylor, who lives across the street from the Pyle office said he heard the shot and looking out saw

what happened and called Town Marshall Edward Lockett and Dr. E. G. Merritt,” ac-cording to the paper’s account.

“Mrs. Ruth Spurgeon, who lives near the Pyle office ran out and saw Mrs. Majors lying on the sidewalk struggling to rise.

“District Attorney Byron Badford came in and investigated the case, and stated that as far as he knew at the time first degree murder charges would be filed against Mrs. Baldy. The trial will not called

before the fall term of the district court,” reported the paper. But according those familiar with the case’s history, Baldy served no time.

“Mrs. Majors, formerly operated the Green Frog cafe and recently took a short business course in Grand Junction pre-paratory to taking over the work in Pyle’s

office. She was the mother of two small sons,” the Dolores Star said.

In the center of the town, phantoms, memories, tracks in time, conversations from the past, a spirit, a ghost, something that you couldn’t quite see, or taste or smell — but sensed was there, neverthe-less.


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feature a variety of new game day experi-ences for fans including quality seating, lighting, concourse experience, drink rails, fantastic music, food and beverage along with the featuring of craft brewers from the area.”

Sounds like a lot of fun, but will anyone actually show up to games beyond a select few fans?

“The Switchbacks promise not to disappoint,” Nick Ragain said prior to the Galaxy game. “We guarantee that this will be a Colorado Springs event to be remem-bered.”

Here’s a quick American soccer history lesson for you. Did you know that Ameri-can folklore asserts that Pilgrim Fathers, upon settling at Plymouth Rock, found American Indians along the Massachu-setts coast playing a form of soccer. The Indians called it “Pasuckquakkohowog,” which means “they gather to play foot-ball.”

As early as 1820, many American colleges played soccer, but there was no intercollegiate competition. Rules were casual and changed often.

In 1862, the Oneidas of Boston, the first organized soccer club in America, was formed by Gerritt Miller Smith. The Oneidas were undefeated from 1862-65. A monument now stands in Boston Com-mon, where the Oneidas played their home matches.

From 1865 to 1876 soccer was initiated as an organized college sport in the USA in the years following the Civil War. Princ-eton and Rutgers Universities engaged in the first intercollegiate soccer match Nov. 6, 1876, in New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers won the match 6-4. The game was more similar to both rugby and soccer than

gridiron football. In 1885 and 1886, the United States

and Canada played a game a year against each other, representing the first “interna-tional” soccer games to take place outside the British Isles.

Over the course of the next 80 years the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was formed and profes-sional soccer clubs formed all over the United States. But it wasn’t until 1967 that the two legitimate professional leagues formed in the United States that actually attracted some of the world’s best players - the United Soccer Association (USA) and the independent National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). By the end of the year, the leagues merged at the request of FIFA and the North American Soccer League (NASL) was established.

In 1971, Pele retired from international competition after Brazil tied Yugoslavia 2-2 before 150,000 at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium and joined the NASL’s New York Cosmos in 1975 for $4.5 million.

In 1973, Kyle Rote, Jr., whose famous father played football for the New York Giants, became the first rookie and first American to win the NASL scoring title with 10 goals and 10 assists for 30 points.

In 1977, the NASL signed a seven-game contract for national television. On Oct. 1, Pele participated for both sides in his farewell game at Giants Stadium between the Cosmos and Santos, his old team from Brazil, in front of a crowd of 77,202. I watched that game on television.

In 1978, the Cosmos became the first NASL team to break one million in home and away attendance. By 1985, however, the NASL and United Soccer League (USL) ceased operations.

The MLS was founded in 1993 and be-gan play in 1995 with 12 teams. The league now has 18 teams in it.

Colorado Springs Switchbacks owners and backers of the club hope it becomes the 19th MLS franchise.


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Prisoners on Peak summit

With winter coming on, I thought this April, 1927 story of opening the rail-road up Pikes Peak would be interesting.

I started working on the railway just before they started running year around. At that time it was usual to try to start going to the summit in May.

If the weather was good, they always wanted to start earlier.

In the very dry years they might get up in March or April, but if you have been in the area long, you know we can get big snow storms about then too. So this was probably one of those years.

Two men, James Amess and Axel Simonson, were snowbound on the summit of Pikes Peak.

A storm had blown in. With few pro-visions, and little coal, they had to wait a long and chilly time for the cog railroad to plow out the road again.

Fred Morath, president of the AdAmAn club, said that if thought necessary, the club could organize an expedition and make the climb to take them food.

For a while it was possible to com-municate with them by telephone but the wires were broken by the weight of heavy snow and then there was no other way to communicate with them.

Amess was manager of the sum-mit house for Stewart Brothers, which operated it for the railway, and Simon-son was an employee. They went up on the first cog train after the road had been opened by plowing through the drifts that had accumulated there over

the winter. The two were left there to get ready for business. Then came the snowstorm that blocked the road. There was reported to be two feet of snow on the peak, and winds blew it into big drifts.

No attempt was made to reopen the line and rescue the men until the weather settled down.

If more snow would come the situ-ation would be made much worse. The AdAmAn club did not make a trip to rescue the men, but finally the cog road was able to get a train up to the summit. The men were cold, but not starving. A few emergency accommodations were always left in the building, and they were nearly finished with those. A few pieces of furniture were sacrificed for heat, but they were very happy to hear that train arrive.

There were two summit houses back then; the other serving the highway. It was still closed. The official opening of the railroad and the highway waited another month that year. Hopefully, we escape big storms again this year, but “we always need the moisture.”

First quarter �ies by, visit conferences

It’s difficult to believe how quickly the first quarter of the school year has flown by. I urge all of our parents and guardians to try and make it to their students’ parent/teacher conferences from Oct. 15-17, 2014. We know that one of the keys to success for students is involvement by caring adults. It is also your opportunity to learn more about your children’s teachers and their goals for helping your student thrive in school.

---Two of our students who are also Girl

Scouts were honored Friday, Oct. 3, with Spirit of the Springs Awards from Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach. Jordan Wilson, a sophomore at Liberty High School, and Rebecca Clark, a junior at Rampart High School are Girl Scouts in Troop 931. They were backpacking on Pikes Peak during the summer. After they reached the summit and started back down, they encountered three teen-aged hikers from Kansas who were ex-hibiting symptoms of altitude sickness and hypothermia. The three Girl Scouts assisted the hikers and helped them to safety. Wilson and Clark have also participated in many community projects that have positively af-fected Colorado Springs.

---Seventeen students, four staff members,

and a parent are currently visiting schools in China. The trip was organized by Assis-tant Director of Talented and Gifted Pro-grams Ruthi Manning-Freeman. Students will spend two days in Shanghai and then the group members will be divided to visit schools in Shanghai, Nanjing, and Yixing. You may recall, several students and teach-ers from China visited our district last year and the trip for our students and staff mem-bers is part of an exchange with Ameson schools. It is a unique and rewarding oppor-

tunity for our students to see the Forbidden City, the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, and other cultural and historic sites. The group will return from China on Oct. 19. We look forward to hearing about their trip.

---Residents in the Briargate area and es-

pecially many of our students will welcome the completion of John Venezia Park located northeast of Academy International Elemen-tary School at 9330 N. Union Blvd. Late last month, the city parks and recreation depart-ment released artists renderings of what the park will look like. Academy International Elementary students wrote to city officials in 2007 about what features they would like to see at the park. Budget cuts in all local governments delayed construction on the park. At the media briefing, a couple of those students, who are now Rampart High School students, reread their letters to the crowd. The students described their anticipation at having the play fields and all of the other park amenities finally come to fruition in their neighborhood. Officials said construc-tion on the $9.8 million park will begin in spring 2015 and will take 18 months.

(Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of schools for Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for the Tri-Lakes Tribune. You can follow him on Twitter @markhatch-ell. Like Academy District 20 on Facebook.)


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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Where is this so-called social

cost of marijuana? In areas where recreational marijuana is allowed for sale, its use already being legal for those over 21 in Colorado, vio-lent crime and property crime is down, youth usage of marijuana is down, illegal drug markets have been seriously curtailed, traf-fi c fatalities are down, property values are up and hundreds if not thousands of jobs have been created. Best of all, those cities are earning signifi cant money. Manitou Springs earned more than $200,000 in sales tax revenue in the fi rst 67 days of offering retail marijuana, with no impact whatsoever on the town or its res-idents, according to their Mayor. Visit coloradocannabiscampaign.com for the underlying facts and a white paper in support of these statements.

The US Government owns the only patent on marijuana, dated October 7, 2003. The patent sum-mary states, “… cannabinoids are found to have particular applica-tion as neuro-protectants, for example in limiting neurological damage. Note that many of the healing properties cited in the US Government’s patent invoke neurodegenerative and brain-based illnesses! This fl ies in the face of studies that claim it causes degenerative brain changes in persons of any age.

Marijuana is not a gateway drug; it is well documented as lacking the so-called “depen-

dence liability” of other substanc-es. There are currently 23 states and the District of Columbia that has legalized or decriminalized marijuana to date. When more than half of the 50 states have legalized marijuana, whether for medical or recreational, then the federal government will be forced to reschedule marijuana to a much lower classifi cation, as the enormous momentum and trend for marijuana legalization moves forward. President Obama noted in a press conference earlier this year that the Feds would not pursue arrests or prosecution in states where marijuana is legal, whether medically or recreation-ally, of persons who are legally in possession of marijuana.So much for the argument that it is still against federal law.

Here is the social cost for Palmer Lake if you don’t vote YES for Palmer Lake Ballot Initiative 300 – it will cost us roads that could be paved, sidewalks that could be built, a lake that could be fi lled, bridges that could be repaired, parks that could be maintained or improved, new signage and so many things that our current budget doesn’t even address or plan for that would contribute to the quiet enjoyment of our town. There will be new mill levies and higher property taxes. Please don’t support illegal, black market dealers. It also sup-ports an atmosphere of stigmati-zation and prejudice against an

activity that is completely and to-tally legal. Vote for the safety and welfare of our children, because illegal growers and dealers don’t check IDs. Vote YES on Ballot Measure 300.

Karen Stuth

Thank you for your great sup-port for this year’s Monument Hill Kiwanis Empty Bowls Dinner and Silent Auction for Tri-Lakes Cares.We had a superior event and, as you know, will be able to donate over $20,000 to Tri-Lakes Cares so that they can continue their criti-cal work for our community.

I had previously sent you or had sent to you a post-event press release. I left out one piece of information of interest to many. The winner of the door prize, a 7” Kindle Fire HD, was Mr. Ed-die Moore of Beacon Lite Road, Monument. He has taken receipt of his prize. We congratulate Mr. Moore.

Thanks again for your support to this important community service event. See you next year.RF Smith, Monument Hill Kiwan-

is, 2014 Empty Bowls Director

I would like to thank Town Council for accepting the odious task of considering the repeal of the existing ban on the retail sales of cannabis.

From the beginning, with the passage of Amendment 64, this body has been faced with a diffi -cult but fairly obvious choice. You

have been tasked with determin-ing whether or not the freedom and liberty of some citizens shall be curtailed by others.

Our most recent election was fl awed at best. It very possibly did not refl ect the will of the people.

Even, so, the topic at hand is not legal cannabis, and whether, or not, Town Council thinks that should be a right. Legal cannabis is a right, that is settled for now.

The topic at hand, is that individual rights should not be put up to a vote. We accept that the National and State constitu-tions apply here, in our Town. Those constitutions grant certain rights, and extend long arms of protection around oppressed minorities.

In Palmer Lake, cannabis consumers are such an op-pressed minority. We have been treated to unwarranted surveil-lance, subjected to undue and unfair searches of our properties, become victims of invasive social and political harassment. We are currently targets of trumped-up police and Town Hall investiga-tions, simply for speaking our minds.

It has been stated, by Mrs. Bromfi eld, that we would be prostituting ourselves if we ac-cept retail cannabis sales into Palmer Lake. I seems that we are all already prostituting ourselves to retail alcohol venders, since they are the largest source of tax revenue for the town. They serve

intoxicants to people that drive home intoxicated. Their custom-ers are an actual danger to the citizenry, and for the most part, do not reside in Palmer Lake.

Retail cannabis consumers go home and consume there.They do not consume, in public, then drive. For this reason I believe that retail cannabis sales is a safer business model than retail sales of alcohol, and that legal retail sales poses less risk and potential for danger than currently operat-ing alcohol venders do.

Again I thank you for address-ing what is such a pressing issue for our time, in our little town. In the face of threats and intimida-tion from opponents, I ask that you take a stand for the good of Palmer Lake, and that you protect the citizens from the hypocrisy, and tyranny, of the few.

Pay no attention to the little men behind the curtains, they are not wizards, they do not grant wishes. They do not own Palmer Lake, and they do not own me.

I would like to add that the current ebola scare could drive down all public retail sales of everything, especially alcohol. A purchase-then-go-home-model sounds pretty good relative to a crowded sweaty bar room, at least from the point of view of family values. (Like keeping our families alive as value number one.)

Sincerely, Jim Adams

FORTY YEARS AGO

Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News, Oct. 24, 1974

The Palmer Lake Elementary School Library has a staff of volunteer mothers who work ½ a day a week. Meg Ed-monds, one of the volunteers, has shared her professional expertise with the rest of the library staff.

• • •

There has been some tampering with the mail and mailboxes at the Palmer Lake Post office. Any further trouble will result in locking of the lobby doors from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily and from noon on Saturday until 8 a.m. on Monday. Children are not to play or congregate at

the Post Office. Penalty for tampering is $1,000 fine or three years imprisonment.

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Sunday, Oct. 27 the nation will return to standard time. Please roll your clock back one hour. This ends the practice of maintaining daylight savings time instituted during the peak of the energy crisis.

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St. Peter’s Church will join the Church of Woodmoor for a joint Vespers Celebra-tion at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday evening, Oct. 27. This is a chance to discover other segments of the community and join then in a Thanksgiving service.

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All luxury yarns are half-off in inven-tory reduction at II Bee, 211 Second St. in Monument. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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At the former location of L and L Supers in Monument there are three new businesses: a Ready to Wear Shop, a Handcraft shop with famous Indian Jewelry and paintings, and a Thrift Shop. Also the Boutique Flower Shop has moved from the Woodmoor Shopping Center and a Home Decorating shop will be opening in Monument. Nice new shops for your Christmas shopping.

• • •

Lt. Col. (retired) and Mrs. James Fahnauer celebrated their 25th anniver-sary on Oct.12 with an afternoon punch party.

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At the Little Log Church Mrs. Reba Bradley told the story of Sundance Mountain. She and her late husband, Arthur Bradley, gave the mountain to the Town of Palmer Lake with the under-standing that the men of the Volunteer Fire Department would build and main-tain the star that shines on the mountain every night during December. She said the star represents Jesus who brought light to the world.

• • •

James Keyes, son of Lt. Col. (retired) and Mrs. Arthur L. Keyes of Monu-ment received the Air Force ROTC Vice Commandant’s award and an AFROTC scholarship at the University of Northern Colorado. Keyes graduated from Lewis Palmer in 1972 and is an industrial arts major at UNC. The AFROTC scholar-ship will pay tuition, fees and textbook expenses in addition to monthly allow-ance of $100.

— Compiled by Linda Case


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We Welcome You! 9:00 a.m. Worship with Praise Team Children’s Church 10:00 a.m. Hospitality Time 10:15 a.m. In-Between Time (IBT) Classes for All Ages 11:00 a.m. Hospitality Time 11:15 a.m. Worship with Chancel Choir

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Lt. Col. (retired) and Mrs. James Fahnauer celebrated their 25th anniver-sary on Oct.12 with an afternoon punch party.

• • •

At the Little Log Church Mrs. Reba Bradley told the story of Sundance Mountain. She and her late husband, Arthur Bradley, gave the mountain to the Town of Palmer Lake with the under-standing that the men of the Volunteer Fire Department would build and main-tain the star that shines on the mountain every night during December. She said the star represents Jesus who brought light to the world.

• • •

James Keyes, son of Lt. Col. (retired) and Mrs. Arthur L. Keyes of Monu-ment received the Air Force ROTC Vice Commandant’s award and an AFROTC scholarship at the University of Northern Colorado. Keyes graduated from Lewis Palmer in 1972 and is an industrial arts major at UNC. The AFROTC scholar-ship will pay tuition, fees and textbook expenses in addition to monthly allow-ance of $100.

— Compiled by Linda Case

Students raise money for Make-A-Wish Sta� report

The Lewis-Palmer High School Student Council took on a philanthropic challenge that they have never before attempted for their 2014 homecoming theme. This year, homecoming for the Rangers was about more than football and dancing; it was a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish foundation and all events center around that theme. All homecoming events, including the Power Puff game centered on the fundraising ef-fort.

The Make-A-Wish foundation grants the wishes of children who have been di-agnosed with life threatening medical conditions. Make-A-Wish makes children’s dreams come true, believing that fulfi lling these dreams will help them and their fami-lies have a more optimistic attitude about their conditions.

The ultimate goal for Lewis-Palmer was to raise $8,000 by their homecoming dance on Saturday, Oct. 4. The homecom-ing theme was When You Wish Upon A Star .

Powerpu� football pre-game meeting. Courtesy photos

Student Council working a bake sale to raise money for Make-A-Wish. The powerpu� cheerleaders.

Meghan McGrath runs for a touchdown. The seniors won the game 28-12.


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LIFET R I - L A K E S

Lewis-Palmer students celebrate space week with Astronaut programU.S. Air Force Academy excites learning of science, technology, engineering and mathBy Michael S. HumphreysContributing writer

Lewis-Palmer students launched to the U.S. Air Force Academy to excite their learning of science, technology, engineer-ing and math as part of the Space Founda-tion’s Audience with an Astronaut program Oct. 10.

In celebration of World Space Week, Space Foundation special advisor, and shuttle astronaut, Leroy Chiao met with more than 200, 4th through 6th graders

from Lewis-Palmer school district to an-swer questions about space and share many anecdotes of his time as an astro-naut.

“Because of our STEM program, our students get to come to the Academy and sit with an astronaut and see all the won-derful STEM activities they do at the Acad-emy,” said Neva Nardone, 4th grade teach-er at Lewis-Palmer Elementary School and Space Foundation teacher liaison.

“Doctor Chiao is our favorite astronaut from the space foundation,” Nardone said. “He gives a wonderful presentation and talks to the kids all about what it is like in space. He teaches them what space is all about and what we are still doing even though the shuttle program is ended.”

“Max and a lot of his friends want to

go to space,” said Lorna Horton, mother to one of Nardone’s 4th graders. “This is a great opportunity for them to meet some-one who has been to space and ask some questions.”

Though he has more lately decided he wants to be a soccer player, Max said he long ago wanted to be an astronaut and he still enjoys talking to Chiao, who has visited his school on occasions as well.

“It is important to get the message out, not only to the general public but also, and especially, the young people, to get them thinking about what they want to do,” Chiao said. “We are really focused here on space and technology, but it’s really for ev-eryone to think about what they are excited about, whether it’s science and technology and space, or whether it’s music, or litera-

ture or art. Whatever it is, I want to try to stimulate them to think about their future.”

During their visit to the Academy, the students got to see other STEM activities there as well, such as the famous chem-istry magic show performed by Academy chemistry professor Ron Furstenau, who said he has performed the show more than 900 times. He said the Academy conducts a STEM outreach program more than 100 times a year at the Academy and at schools all along the Front Range and the chemistry magic show is a large part of the program.

“We don’t care how much chemistry they learn from it,” Furstenau said. “What we want to do is excite them about Chem-istry. We want to get them excited to learn about science.”

Parent Lorna Horton and Lewis-Palmer 4th grade teacher Neva Nardone pose with U.S. astronaut Leroy Chiao and Nardone’s 4th grade class at the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Audience with an Astronaut Oct. 10. Photos by Michael Humphreys

In celebration of World Space Week, Space Foundation special advisor, and shuttle astronaut, Leroy Chiao met with more than 200, 4th through 6th graders from Lewis-Palmer school district at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Oct. 10 to answer questions about space and share many anecdotes of his time as an astronaut.

In celebration of World Space Week, Space Foundation special advisor, and shuttle astronaut, Leroy Chiao met with more than 200, 4th through 6th graders from Lewis-Palmer school district at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Oct. 10 to answer questions about space and share many anecdotes of his time as an astronaut.


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Gypsy-swinging band Caravan of Thieves to perform at TLCA Unique show takes place Oct. 25 at Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts By Danny Summers [email protected]

Caravan of Thieves, a gypsy-swinging four-piece band from Bridgeport, Connect-icut, will be performing at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on Saturday, Oct. 25.

“If Django Reinhardt, the cast of Stomp, and the Beatles, all had a party at Tim Bur-ton’s house, Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired,” said TLCA president Michael Maddox.

The show begins at 7 p.m. Doors open 6 p.m.

Advance Tickets for TLCA members are$17; non-members are $22.

“Caravan of Thieves is one of the coolest, most unique groups I have ever booked at the TLCA,” Maddox said.

Caravan of Thieves began as a duo con-sisting of Fuzz Sangiovanni (of Deep Ba-nana Blackout fame) and his wife Carrie Sangiovanni. The two quickly discovered their voices blended quite well with one another.

“It started as a romantic, bohemian vi-sion of a couple making music, perform-ing on the road, in parks, venues, travel-ing around and avoiding responsibility as much as possible,” Fuzz said. “The fi rst thing we discovered was we loved singing together, harmonizing our voices. We just seemed to click right away.”

Over the years the couple has added vio-linist Ben Dean and bass player Brian An-derson. The band released their debut al-bum Bouquet in 2009. Their second album, Mischief Night was recorded at a sold out show in Fairfi eld, Connecticut.

Caravan of Thieves signed with New York based record label, United For Oppor-tunity, for the release of their third album, The Funhouse, in 2012.

“We had a concept going in, both from a sound and production standpoint, lyrically and thematically,” Fuzz said. “A lot of crazy stuff happens on the road, and we took our experiences from on and off the stage, and brought them into the studio with us.

“Life is ridiculous, all our lives; like an amusement park ride. In this case, we picked a funhouse, since those are ridicu-lous too. And we wanted to expand the range of what we can do instrumentally but still keep it non electric so we added a few more gritty and twangy stringed instru-ments that were fun to spank, like banjos, resonator guitars and ukuleles, as well as an orchestra of kitchen appliances for some additional percussive bang.”

Maddox was not exaggerating when he said Caravan of Thieves is the most unique

band he has ever booked at the TLCA.“We like writing songs about ghosts and

afterlife,” Fuzz said. “It’s about throwing a big party for all the deceased and honoring them for their life’s achievements. We per-form it live this way, get off stage, unplug completely, get the crowd to surround us, and stomp, clap and sing along.

“We recorded our third album this way and made a video with the same feel in a really old theater and cemetery.”

The band’s fall tour began Oct. 17 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Oct. 18 in Chicago, and then onto Minneapolis. The band performs in Denver before heading to the TLCA.

Caravan of Thieves has toured with re-nowned artists such as Emmylou Harris, Glen Campbell, The Decemberists, Keb Mo, Tom Tom Club, Iron and Wine, and Punch Bowl Brothers.

For more information on the band’s up-coming show at the TLCA call 719-481-0475 or go to www.trilakesarts.org.

Caravan of Thieves, a gypsy-swinging four-piece band from Bridgeport, Connecticut, will be performing at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on Saturday, Oct. 25. Courtesy photo


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Stories growing in stature Culturally modi� ed trees (CMTs) are a living, breathing historical record By Rob Carrigan [email protected]

It makes some sense, that if you wanted to tell a story to your children, and your grand-children, and perhaps their children, and their children’s children — you might tell that story to Ponderosa pine tree.

Culturally modifi ed trees (CMTs) might be the form such stories take locally, and former El Paso County Sheriff John Ander-son tells the story of the story tellers in a new book due soon.

He also has conducted tours and hikes centered mostly on reasons that the Utes, Native Americans inhabiting this area, might have modifi ed area trees.

He says the Utes had different reasons for modifi cation including navigational, medicinal, nutritional, educational, burial or spiritual purposes. He cautions, how-ever, that other things, like heavy snow fall, lightening, and natural forces can also alter the way a tree might grow.

With recent local fi res, in Waldo Canyon, the Black Forest area, Hayman and around the state, it is important to preserve such cultural resources as they are continually damaged or destroyed by man and the rav-ages of nature.

“It’s becoming critical that we fi nd out now what we have in terms of living re-sources and document them,” said Rick Wilson, then chief ranger at Florissant Fos-sil Beds National Monument nearly a de-cade ago.

With beetles kill; drought and fi res as a constant threat; and even foresters, carry-ing out fuel-reduction programs, the cul-tural record of American Indian activities and lifestyles could be lost forever.

The Ponderosa Pine is the major species used for dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, to study historic climate patterns by reading the width of tree rings. In wet years, trees grow wide rings. In dry years, the rings are narrow. Reading tree ring widths from the roof beams of cliff dwellings and other Indian ruins has allowed archaeologists to precisely date their construction.

Native Americans ate the seeds of this tree either raw or made into a bread and used the pitch as adhesive and waterproof-ing agent for canoes, baskets and tents. Ponderosa Pine lumber is highly valued for constructing cabinets, Southwestern-style furniture and house trim.

Locally Ponderosa Pines have been scorched or killed by recent forest fi res. Though ironically, without the forest fi res, Ponderosas would not be able to sur-vive.

Fires are essential for Ponderosas be-cause they help keep the more shade-tol-erant tree species from invading Ponderosa Pine’s preferred habitat. While small Pon-derosas may succumb to a hot fi re, only the most horrendous crown-fi res or fi restorms will kill the bigger trees. Even if all the nee-dles are burned off the tree, it will still sur-vive. Its thick bark acts like an armor, pro-tecting the life force of the tree known as the phloem layer. As long as this inner bark that transports sugars isn’t burned, the tree will survive.

Ponderosa Pine trees will live as long as 800 years, which is a considerable shelf life for most stories.

Not all bent trees are CMTs Anderson says but there are certain distinctive signs that point to the possibility, Anderson says. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Members of recent tour examines and discusses this tree’s bend. Anderson described ligature marks in this bend of a tree.

This pine tree exhibits almost a curl in it, and burl can be seen in a nearby smaller tree.

Two very old trees, very close together in Fox Run Regional Park indicate may have been culturally modi� ed. Former El Paso county Sheri� John Anderson explains his thoughts on CMTs to a tour Fox Run Regional Park recently.


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Festival draws large crowd Sta� report

Hundreds of children and their parents attended the Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11, on Northgate Road near Interstate 25 and the North entrance to U.S. Air Force Academy.

The pumpkin patch at Reynolds Ranch was a large draw as always, and WMMI director Jeff Tapparo said extra precautions were taken this year to make sure they would not run out of pumpkins.

Blacksmith Lowell Ross demonstrated tool making at onsight blacksmith shop at the rear of the property. It was the fi rst time the shop had been operating since about 2001.

A cider works was running. Finger pullers had the stamp mill in operation. Native Amer-ican drummers, singers, and dancers provided demonstrations, and as always, the ma-chinery was fi red up, inside and out.

The pumpkin patch at Reynolds Ranch was a large draw as always, and WMMI director Je� Tapparo said extra precautions were taken this year to make sure they would not run out of pumpkins. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Thousands of area children and parents turned out Friday and Saturday, Oct. 10 and 11, for the Western Museum of Mining and Industry’s Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival featuring vintage equipment rides, demonstrations and more.

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Empty Bowl raises more than $20KSta� report

On Oct. 8, the Tri-Lakes community turned out to raise more than $20,000 for our local family resource center, Tri-Lakes Cares.

The 30th annual Empty Bowls Dinner and Silent Auction was presented by the men and women of the Monument Hill Ki-wanis Club.

The event hosted nearly 1,000 people whose donations of $20 each earned them a bowl donated by a local potter and a hot soup meal donated by local restaurants and businesses. The entire event was sup-ported by volunteer labor, including mem-bers of the staff of District 38 and Lewis Palmer High School, the Kiwanis Key Clubs from Lewis Palmer and Palmer Ridge High Schools, and Jackson Creek Kohl’s Associ-ates in Action.

The 2014 Empty Bowls event was made possible by donations from 30 area art-ists and schools, 44 local restaurants and churches, and over 150 local businesses and citizens who donated bowls, food, and items for auction. The event is organized by the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club, 140+ members strong, whose mission is helping youth and improving our community. 2014 MHKC Empty Bowls Chairman, R.F. Smith, said, “This year’s event was an unqualified success. We are very proud to be able to serve our community in this way.”

Local artists, Anne Shimek and Linda

Pankratz organized artists and schools from around the front range who produced over 1,000 bowls for the event. More than 60 high school students from the two District 38 Ki-wanis Key Clubs provided volunteer assis-tance to operate the event, gaining valuable experience in service and leadership.

Ticket holders were entertained by mem-bers of four local musical groups, including high school and middle school choirs and bands, as well as two local pianists.

Begun in 1984 by a group of like-mind-ed, community-spirited citizens, Tri-Lakes Cares is a community-based, volunteer-supported resource center whose purpose is to improve people’s lives through emer-gency assistance, self-sufficiency, and relief programs. Tri-Lakes Cares is a safety-net for people in the Tri-Lakes area, providing assistance with medical, food, clothing, fi-nancial, and seasonal needs.

Monument Hill Kiwanis Club is a non-profit 501(c)3 affiliated with Kiwanis In-ternational, a global organization of vol-unteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time. Members of MHKC have been supporting the Tri-Lakes community for over 35 years. Each year, in addition to sponsoring the Monument 4th of July Parade, they raise and contribute over $100,000 to worthy or-ganizations such as Tri-Lakes Cares, Salva-tion Army, Lewis-Palmer School District 38, Griffith Centers for Children, and the Rocky Mountain Youth Leadership Foundation.

The entire event was supported by volunteer labor, including members of the sta� of District 38 and Lewis Palmer High School, the Kiwanis Key Clubs from Lewis Palmer and Palmer Ridge High Schools, and Jackson Creek Kohl’s Associates in Action. Photos by Bonnie Nasser

The 30th annual Empty Bowls Dinner and Silent Auction was presented by the men and women of the Monument Hill Kiwanis Club.

ABOVE: Wednesday night, October 8th, a generous Tri-Lakes community turned out to raise over $20,000 for our local family resource center, Tri-Lakes Cares.

LEFT: The event hosted nearly 1,000 people whose donations of $20 each earned them a bowl donated by a local potter and a hot soup meal donated by local restaurants and businesses.


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Blacksmith, architect, model builder, preservationist ... Lowell Ross pounds it out with precision By Rob Carrigan [email protected]

There is a Finish proverb that holds ‘No one is a blacksmith when they are born.’ But sometimes, a deep interest in history, a gift for precision, strong focus on detail, and an opportunity to learn — point folks in that direction. Lowell Ross, of Woodland Park, was practicing the craft Saturday af-ternoon Oct. 11, at the Western Museum of Mining and Industry, near Northgate Road and I-25.

“It hasn’t been working much since the 1990s,” Ross said of the WMMI smith works, as he pounded out several curved knives at demonstrations during the weekend har-vest festival. He thinks he might have been the last one operating it, in about 2001.

“Our Blacksmith shop is now up and running and we had blacksmithing dem-onstrations this weekend at our Reynolds Ranch Harvest Festival,” said WMMI direc-tor Jeff Tapparo about Friday’s and Satur-day’s (Oct. 10 and 11) events.

Ross said there are eventual plans to re-store completely, the complex line shaft ma-chine shop that incorporates trip wheels, clutch mechanisms, and fl at belts to power grinders, drills and other equipment.

He picked up the trade watching a few old timers that knew a thing or two about black smithing and the skills go hand-in-hand with his day job. He is an archi-tect with Fine Line Design Studio, LLC, of Woodland Park.

“I’ve been a practicing architect for years, designing commercial and residen-tial structures throughout the world. I have also been building professional commer-cial models for clients all over the county.”

He also professes a love of history that has helped in the creation of Anvil Moun-tain Models, a sideline that develops his-torically accurate scale models.

“I started scratch building scale models in my early childhood, winning my fi rst model contest at age 14. Since then many of my models have won national awards – best of show and several fi rst place awards at National Narrow Gauge Conventions. Be-

ing an architect, I offer well thought out kits with innovative and time saving techniques and clear comprehensive instructions,” he said.

“At a very early age my family spent our free time exploring old ghost towns and mine sites, fostering a love for historic structures. Since childhood I’ve continued to explore old mine sites and ghost towns throughout the United States, and have spent countless hours hiking to hundreds of remote mills/mines/ghost towns,” Ross says.

“My personal sketch books are full of de-tail drawings documenting these sites and great old structures. Living in Colorado allows me the opportunity to continue ex-ploring many historic sites.

In the 1990’s I lived in Telluride and Ouray Colorado during which I fell in love with the history and beauty of the San Juan Mountains. Since then I have spent a considerable amount of time researching and documenting many of the structures throughout the San Juan’s – many of which are from Silverton.”

“The kits I offer come from these years of research and documentation. I person-ally model Otto Mears’ three railroads with a special emphasis on the Silverton North-ern. Many of the kits offered and future of-ferings will refl ect my personal interests.”

To top that off, he is also restoring, in his shop locally, RGS Inspection Car #1, re-built from a converted Model T Ford, as an inspection vehicle for Superintendent W.D. Lee on the Rio Grande Southern. Although not a Goose, the forerunner perhaps led to development. It rolled into the Dolores River according to the lore in 1913, and Lee and his wife jumped before it hit the water. Road Master J. C. Gilland didn’t, and was se-riously hurt. Mrs. Lee reportedly refused to ride it after that mishap, saying it bounced too much. In 1925, it was wrecked again, this time, beyond repair, and was scrapped.

Locally, his accurate scale models ap-pear in the Cripple Creek Heritage Center, a complex replica of the Will Rodgers Shrine of the Sun for El Pomar, and new project that will replicate the tram line at the Buf-falo Boy Mine for the Silverton Northern Interpretive Center.

Ross said he started smithing in the 1990s when he wanted to create his-torically accurate brackets for one of his

buildings and hired a blacksmith to build them. “They asked me if I wanted to give them a hand, and that was the start of it. “ He says that typically, blacksmithing was a trade learned as master/apprentice but there are not those same opportunities available today. He estimates he spends about 1,200 to 1,500 hours a year at the craft — usually at three or four hours at a time, because it takes long time to get the forge hot.

He would eventually like to develop it, as a business, perhaps with architectural hardware development as the focus.

He has a lean-to type shop at home and plans for whole new building, where he might incorporate the use of two vintage air hammers (a 100-pound and 50-pound, the largest weighs nearly 4,000 pounds and takes up signifi cant space. Plans also include line (modeled after the ones used from about 1918 to 1930) that enables him to run his other vintage equipment via fl at belts and other related technology of the period... “my own mechanical mini-muse-um.”

Ross says a person can get into to smith-ing for near nothing, by using makeshift equipment in the form of an anvil made of railroad rail for $50 to $80, and brake drum

modifi ed to become a bellows for the forge. But vintage anvils now go for about $5 per pound (which adds up with the weight of an anvil) and other equipment that was often scrapped in ‘70s and ‘80s as blacksmith-ing was seen somewhat of a ‘dying art.’Today, there has been a major resurgence.

“Historically, it was fi xing tools and mak-ing tools, wheelwrights, ferriers, and such. But recently there is a new-found apprecia-tion for the art aspects based on raw skill and craftmanship. It goes along well with my work as an architect with the expression of joinery of materials, it is an easy transi-tion...”

As an architect, the overlap for him is manifested in the economy of architec-tural preservation, joinery of timbers, and old-fashioned arts, used to build structures that place emphasis on beauty of material, structure and details. “Instead of taking any two pieces of material and unceremoni-ously slapping them together,” Ross said.Structures that locally that demonstrate some of that forethought include work that he has collaborated on including Keller Wil-liams building in Woodland Park, structures at Sturman Industries, Focus on the Family, and many Church buildings all along the Front Range.

Smith Lowell Ross had the forge � red up in the Western Museum of Mining and Industry Saturday Oct. 11, for the � rst time since about 2001. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Belt driven grinder operates along the line in the shop with the help of trip wheels and � at belts powered by a centralized drive shaft near the ceiling.

The red glow of the iron gives Ross an indication of readiness for the twist, as he ‘reads’ the metal by color.

Ross examines the curve on what once was a rail spike.


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Slim Rail show is scheduled Nov. 15, and 16, at Cultural CenterBy Rob [email protected]

Lowell Ross says his business, Anvil Mountain Models, is in many ways, just “ar-chitecture in miniature,” and he is looking forward to an opportunity next month to show off some of his work. He says his focus on historical preservation has helped set him apart in the model-making industry.

The 33rd Annual Slim Rail show is scheduled this year, Nov. 15, and 16, at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park.

“We are stepping it up a notch with a two day show, scheduled clinics for both begin-

ning and advanced modelers, prototype historical presentations on the Colorado Midland Railroad, Ute Pass Historical So-ciety will also have their museum open for tour, and many fun activities within walk-ing distance of the show,” says organizers for the two-day event.

The exhibition is open Saturday, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Admission is $4, Family - $6, and children are free. For table reservations or informa-tion, contact Don Baily at 719-548-1270 or email [email protected]. The show is sponsored by Slim Rail, Modular Colorado Narrow Gauge.

Metal parts, like this Model T radiator, are recreated authentically in miniature by modeling, then casting them of metal, painting, or �nishing as if they were original. Photos by Rob Carrigan

This international award-winning design depicts the blacksmith shop out in Gu�ey in miniature down to the last detail, inside and out, including Bill Soux, in the corner back room.

Complete railroads and towns have been created in the name of historical accuracy.

A model of a stamp mill �lls in all details, inside and out, including working lights.


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Forerunner to the “Geese” being rebuilt in Woodland ParkBy Rob [email protected]

Despite difficult terrain, extreme weather conditions, and a trainload of financial diffi-culties, the Rio Grande Southern (RGS) Rail-road operated 162 miles of track between Ridgway and Durango from legendary Otto Mear’s construction efforts, beginning in 1890, until they went into receivership again and started pulling up track in 1953.

RGS built seven motors and one addi-tional short-lived vehicle for the San Chris-tobal Railroad on the Denver & Rio Grande Western (D&RGW) Lake City branch. The term “Motor” was officially used by the RGS, although by 1944, the term “Galloping Goose” was used locally.

A forerunner to the “Geese,” an open in-spection car, built from a 1911 Model T Ford is being recreated locally.

Local model builder, blacksmith, and ar-chitect Lowell Ross is restoring a precisely detailed, comprehensive duplicate of the original RGS Inspection #1, in his shop lo-cally in Woodland Park. The car is being re-built from a converted Model T Ford, and the original served as an inspection vehicle for Superintendent W.D. Lee on the Rio Grande Southern.

“I am just about ready. Finally locating the wheels for the car, in the desert of Ne-vada,” Ross said.

Although not technically a Goose, the RGS Inspection Car #1, led to development of the storied line.

In early use, an out-of-control RGS In-spection Car #1 rolled into the Dolores River, and according to the lore in 1913, Lee and his wife jumped before it hit the water. Road Master J. C. Gilland didn’t, and was seriously hurt. Mrs. Lee reportedly refused to ride in it after that mishap, saying it bounced too much. In 1925, it was wrecked again, this time, beyond repair, and was scrapped.

Something larger and more powerful, anyway, was needed to provide passenger, mail, and LCL (less than carload) freight ser-vices to these remote mountain communi-ties.

RGS hired auto mechanic Jack Oden-baugh for the Ridgway shop crew, and he built Motor No. 1 from a 1925 Buick Model 45 touring car in early 1931. It uses an ex-tended frame, the front of the car body, and a stake bed.

Odenbough and his crew built two more motors in 1931. Motor No. 2 was built from a Buick four-door sedan with an enclosed freight body behind and Motor No. 3 from a Pierce-Arrow limousine. Motors 4, 5, and 7 were built similarly to No. 3, and Motor No. 6 was a work motor built similar to No. 1.

The RGS motors economically operated during World War II, repairing the “Geese” with war surplus bus bodies from the Wayne Company of Richmond, Indiana. The bod-ies allowed more passengers and had doors on both sides for entry, as some of the buses were built for use in right-hand-drive Eng-land.

Larger passenger trains were used to at-tract additional tourists to the scenic route, and the RGS finally began using the term “Galloping Goose” in advertising for scenic tours in 1950-1951. Books and articles about them as early as 1947 had referred to these

vehicles as “Galloping Geese.” The Rocky Mountain Railroad Club began scheduling fan trips on the Galloping Geese in 1946, and a number of fan trips were run with the “geese.”

Unfortunately, too late to save the RGS, which again went into receivership under J. Pierpont Fuller. In late 1951, he decided the RGS was in too rough shape to continue operation. Abandonment was approved by the ICC in April 1952. The route was sold for scrap, and the line was rupped up by June 1953, with Motor No. 6 pulling the last rails up at Hesperus.

The ‘Galloping Geese,’ as well as some other locomotives and rolling stock, sur-vived the death of the RGS. The Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden acquired and restored No. 2, 6, and 7. Knott’s Berry Farm of Buena Park, California, bought Motor No. 3 and operates it in the amusement park,

along with D&RGW 2-8-0 #340 and RGS 2-8-0 #41. Motor No. 4 is on display in Telluride. Motor No. 5, restored to operational condi-tion in 1998, is showcased at the depot-mu-seum in Dolores.

RGS Inspection Car #1, rebuilt from a converted Model T Ford, as an inspection vehicle for Superintendent W.D. Lee on the Rio Grande Southern. The forerunner led to development of the galloping goose. It rolled into the Dolores River and wrecked according to the lore in 1913, and Lee and his wife jumped before it hit the water. Road Master J. C. Gilland didn’t, and was seriously hurt. Mrs. Lee reportedly refused to ride it after that mishap, saying it bounced too much. Photo by Rob Carrigan

ABOVE: R.G.S. Inspection car photographed circa 1920. The car was wrecked again in 1925 and scrapped. BELOW: Rio Grande Southern (RGS) Inspec-tion Car # 1 with Superintendent W. D. Lee, photographed in about 1912. Courtesy photos


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Rangers maintain No. 1 state ranking with straight-set victory over Cheyenne MountainLewis-Palmer (18-0) clinches third-straight PPAC titleBy Danny [email protected]

When Cheyenne Mountain High School volleyball coach David Barkley speaks, people usually take note.

Shortly after his team’s three-set loss to Lewis-Palmer - the state’s No. 1 ranked team - on Oct. 16, the coach had this to say about the Rangers’ main attraction.

“Alexa Smith may be the best all-around volleyball player ever to play in the state,” Barkley said with his arms folded survey-ing the madness in the Lewis-Palmer gym. “I’ve seen a lot of great players through the years.

“She can do things in the back row that few players can do. Our No. 1 goal was not to serve Alexa - and she passed about 75 percent of the balls - because her range is so huge.”

Smith, whose nickname is “Hammer,” also happens to be the state’s best outside hitter, a skilled digger, and at 6-foot-1 - a pretty good blocker.

She had a game-high 17 kills and 11 digs against Cheyenne Mountain to lead Lewis-Palmer to 25-16, 25-23 and 25-21 victories.

The Class 4A defending-state champion Rangers improved to 18-0 and clinched their third consecutive Pikes Peak Athletic Conference championship.

“Normally when we play Cheyenne Mountain these are close games and it’s just a lot of fun.” said Smith, who is expect-ed to sign with Purdue next month. “To-night shows how much heart we have and how hard we work to come out and beat a really good team the way we did. I think it shows a lot about our team.”

Smith, of course, was not the sole rea-son why Lewis-Palmer defeated the Indi-ans, who entered the match ranked third in the state. Senior right side hitter Nicole Montgomery had 10 kills, while sopho-more middle blocker Lydia Bartalo blocked seven shots.

Junior defensive specialist Tylar Fugate and junior libero Emily McCurley were constantly hitting the floor to keep balls alive so that junior setter Mariah Evans (29 assists) could set her teammates. Evans has already committed to play for North Caro-lina, which was ranked seventh in the na-tion at last check.

“This is probably the best game I’ve played, but Mariah’s sets were absolutely

perfect tonight,” said the jumping jack Montgomery, who will run Division I track in college. “She was working very hard be-cause Cheyenne Mountain was giving me lines. Mariah was working very hard to make sure the set was where I could hit line and it was like we just clicked. Everyone clicked.”

Montgomery will be going on recruiting trips to Colorado, Kansas, Penn State and Arkansas for track.

McCurley, whose sister Haley was part of Lewis-Palmer’s state championship in 2013, said that Cheyenne Mountain front row players did a great job of hitting balls low and hard.

“We had to get everything up, so that means hitting the floor,” McCurley said. “Their middles put a lot balls away and you

have to keep an eye on them.”The Rangers, who were state runner-

ups to Cheyenne Mountain in 2012, rarely trailed in their match against Indians, which featured four Division I college re-cruits - Jenna Price (Holy Cross), Court-ney Domme (Washington), Lindsey Baker (Bucknell) and Mika Dickson (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo).

Cheyenne Mountain trailed 11-5 in the second set, but stormed back to take a 15-13 lead. The set was tied 22-22, but Smith scored the two of the final three points on kills for the Rangers and that appeared to deflate the Indians and dash just about any hopes they had of winning the match.

Lewis-Palmer bolted to a 4-0 lead in the third set and never trailed.

“I think you could see the emotion for

the game and the magnitude of this game,” said Lewis-Palmer coach Susan Oden-baugh. “It was just a fun match because both teams played hard and neither one of the teams let up in their intensity.

“We can play this kind of volleyball ev-ery night. These are fun to play.”

The Rangers have lost just one set all season - 25-22 to Valley (19-2 overall re-cord) on Sept. 6. Lewis-Palmer is a stagger-ing 50-1 in sets.

The Rangers played 5A Chaparral on Oct. 21 in a non-league match and will play in the 12-team Cheyenne Mountain Invite Oct. 24-25.

“It’s sort of a warm-up for state,” Bark-ley said. “L-P will be very difficult to beat at state because they have that kind of talent. They are the real deal. ”

Lewis-Palmer volleyball players and coaches celebrate at center court on Oct. 16 after defeating Cheyenne Mountain for their third consecutive Pikes Peak Athletic Conference championship. Photos by Danny Summers

Lewis-Palmer volleyball coach Susan Odenbaugh concentrates on the action during her team’s match with rival Cheyenne Mountain on Oct. 16. Odenbaugh has the top-ranked team in the state and one of the top teams in the nation. Her Rangers are 18-0 and have lost just one set all season. They are the defending Class 4A state champs.


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Palmer Ridge football team rolls up 88 points vs. Air AcademyBears win wild game, 88-54, Oct. 16 at Don Breese StadiumBy Danny [email protected]

It wouldn’t be surprising if the fans who watched the Palmer Ridge vs. Air Academy football game Oct. 16 at Don Breese Stadium were a bit dizzy.

That’s because 142 points were scored. Final score: Palmer Ridge 88, Air Academy 54.

“Every week our staff comes up with a good game plan and we knew we had to have a good game plan against a high-scoring team like Air Academy,” said Palmer Ridge coach Tom Pulford said. “We knew on offense we had to do a good job of running the ball and throwing the ball, and I think we did that.”

Bears’ senior running back Eben Martin had a career-high 231 yards and six touchdowns on 19 attempts The 5-foot-10, 220-pounder was a big reason why the Bears outscored the Kadets 37-0 in the final stanza.

“Everybody did a good job on the line, which made it easier for me,” said Martin, who had just 102 yards for the whole season heading into the matchup with Air Academy.

“But it’s not about me. It’s about the team getting the win.”Martin’s previous high rushing game was 189 yards in

2013 against Mesa Ridge. Martin led the team in touch-downs last season with nine.

He has a team-high 10 rushing touchdowns this season.“Eben showed great work ethic (against Air Academy),”

Pulford said. “Everybody worked together to do their jobs, which created opportunities for us.”

Palmer Ridge improved to 2-1 in the Class 4A Pikes Peak League, 5-3 overall.

Martin wasn’t the only Palmer Ridge player to put up huge numbers. As a team Palmer Ridge piled up a stagger-ing 816 yards of total offense - 534 on the ground and 282 through the air - and 41 first downs; all in 48 minutes of play - 12 less minutes than college or the NFL games.

According to records kept by the Colorado High School Activities Association, the Bears’ yardage total was fifth-best all-time in state history, and their 88 points could be as high as seventh place.

Bears’ sophomore quarterback Cooper Weiss complet-ed 11 of 14 passes for 254 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on four carries.

Junior wide receiver Caleb Ojennes had three catches for 96 yards and two touchdowns. Senior tight end Matt “Koz” Kostenbauer hauled in a team-high five receptions

for 74 yards and a touchdown.Kostenbauer, who starts at multiple positions, convert-

ed 7 of 8 extra point attempts and made his only field goal attempt - a 35-yarder in the first quarter for the Bears’ first points of the game.

He also is the team’s punter and starting outside line-backer. He punted just once against Air Academy.

“I was a little tired at the end of the game,” Kostenbauer said. “It’s nice to be involved in so many parts of the game, but it’s not about me. It was a total team effort.”

A team effort indeed.The Bears actually trailed 27-22 at halftime, and 54-51

at the end of three quarters. That’s when the Bears’ defense clamped down against the potent Air Academy passing at-tack and shutout the Kadets 37-0 in the fourth quarter.

Air Academy (2-6, 0-3) quarterback Adam Brown throws for about 350 yards and four touchdowns per game. In a game against Sand Creek earlier this season, Brown set a state record with 589 yards passing yards on 35 of 54 com-pletions.

“We knew we needed to have good pass coverage,” said Palmer Ridge senior inside linebacker Hunter Williamson. “Our pressure on the quarterback was huge.

“We just tried to get the quarterback off his spot and make him move.”

Bears’ junior cornerback Bailey Rosenstrauch agreed with Williamson.

“We knew we were going to have to make plays and do our jobs,” Rosenstrauch said.

Next up for Palmer Ridge is Liberty Oct. 25 at District 20 Stadium. The Bears finish the season at home against defending state champion Pine Creek.

“We’re taking things one game at a time,” Pulford said. “Right now Liberty is the only game on our minds.

Palmer Ridge scored a school-record 88 points against Air Academy during an Oct. 16 game. Senior running back Ebin Martin rushed for a career-high 231 yards and six touchdowns. Courtesy photos

The Palmer Ridge football team came out pumped up in its game against Air Academy Oct. 16 at Don Breese Stadium. The Bears won the wild game 88-54 to improve to 2-1 in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference.


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Notice of Names of Unclaimed Refunds The following is a list of unclaimed refunds of consumer security deposits. Information concerning the property may be obtained by any person possessing an interest in property by addressing an inquiry to Mountain View Electric Association, PO Box 1600, Limon, CO 80828, (719) 775-2861 or 800-388-9881. The Colorado Unclaimed Property Act requires that any abandoned property escheat to the State if it remains unclaimed by the owner for more than one year. Mountain View Electric Association directs all unclaimed property to the Colorado Energy Assistance Foundation.

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Thunder bows out of state softball playo�s in quarter�nalsDiscovery Canyon’s 20-3 record is the best in the program’s historyBy Danny [email protected]

Discovery Canyon’s run at a state softball championship ended in the quarterfinals of the Class 4A tournament Oct. 17 at Aurora Sports Complex.

The No. 5 seeded Thunder had a two-run lead in the bottom of the sixth inning against No. 4 Wheat Ridge, the defending state champs. But Wheat Ridge rallied for two runs in the sixth to tie the score at 9-9.

Wheat Ridge’s Gabby Loya ended the game in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single off Thunder ace right-hander McKenzie Surface.

“It was a back and forth game,” said Dis-covery Canyon coach Tanya Ramsay, who is 33 weeks pregnant with twin girls. “It was a battle for seven innings.

“Wheat Ridge is probably the best hitting team we’ve seen all season. They’ve won two of the last three state championships and they play with a lot of confidence.”

The Thunder scored three runs in the top of the first, but trailed 7-4 heading after five. They retook the lead with five runs in the sixth to go on top 9-7. Surface and Larissa Lum each had two-run singles, while Emily Selby added a run-scoring single to put the Thunder up by two runs.

The Thunder (20-3) advanced to the quarterfinals with a relatively easy 11-2 vic-tory over No. 12 Windsor earlier in the day.

That victory marked Discovery Canyons second-ever win in the state tournament. The Thunder won a first-round playoff game in 2012.

Discovery Canyon has been to the state tournament five of the last six seasons.

“We’re going to get a state title one of these years,” Ramsay said. “And it won’t just be for the girls on that team at the time, it will be for everyone who has ever been a part of our program.

“When we first started coming to state five and six years ago people were asking `Who are you?’ Now they know that Discovery Can-yon not only has a solid softball program, but a lot of great teams in other sports.”

This was Discovery Canyon’s most suc-cessful season record-wise, even though the Thunder officially finished in second place in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference to Vista Ridge. The two teams tied with 6-1 league records, but Vista Ridge earned the No. 1 seed from league based on the head-to-head matchup, with Vista Ridge winning 3-2.

Discovery Canyon’s only other loss was to Fossil Ridge, 11-1. Fossil Ridge finished run-ner-up to Grandview in the state title game on Oct. 18.

“You have to have a well-rounded team to win state,” Ramsay said. “Our girls have been to state enough times to not get intimidated by everything happening. We’re able to play ball and not let all the other stuff get in the way.”

Discovery Canyon softball players are all smiles after Emily Robinett’s RBI single in the bottom of the 11th inning propelled the Thunder to a 3-2 victory over Berthoud in a Class 4A regional playo� game on Oct. 11. Photo by Danny Summers


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