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By Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

Angered by what he called the City Council’s lack of transpar-ency over the decision to change the location of the Aquatic Cen-ter, Woodland Park businessman Cord Prettyman fi led a request Jan. 8 for electronic records and written minutes of four executive sessions held by the council.

But Prettyman won’t get to see any of the records of meetings on

Aug. 6 and 20 and two on Sept. 3, prior to City Manager David Buttery’s announcment of a location change from downtown to the high school. Prettyman’s request, fi led under the Colorado Open Records Act, or CORA, was denied.

The city of Woodland Park destroyed all records of the meet-ings, city attorney Erin Smith said in her reply to his CORA request.

And if Prettyman wants to keep pursuing the issue, it will

cost him upwards of $1,000 in fees, Smith warned.

Prettyman, who writes a column for The Courier, wanted the tapes to see if the council violated state open meetings laws by making a decision to move the Aquatic Center in private session, as Councilman Phil Mella alleged during a Dec. 17 council meeting.

“The disclosure of the request-ed information is in the public interest and will contribute sig-nifi cantly to the public’s under-

standing of the selection process of the proposed location of the Woodland Park Aquatic Center on RE-2 School District Property,” Prettyman wrote in the request he submitted to Suzanne Leclercq, the city clerk.

Smith responded, citing state law permitting destruction of the records: “Proceedings of execu-tive sessions are destroyed after 90 days. See Sec. 45.140 of the Colorado Municipal Retention Schedule.”

According to Leclercq, the city routinely destroys electronic records of all executive sessions after 90 days.

“Absolutely,” she said. “We never take written minutes dur-ing executive sessions.”

Jeff Roberts, president of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, confi rms the city acted within its rights.

“Open Meetings Law re-quires that executive sessions be

Crowd learns how to

respond to “active shooter”

threat //page 9A

Controversial Best Western

project clears hurdles

page 12B//

Community weighs in on

Aquatic Center debate

//pages 6A and 7A//

Restless Native:Early Colorado was bigger than Hollywood

//page 5A//

Expert: Cost of ‘free’ Aquatic Center land in the millionsExpresses surprise city hasn’t calculated value of time or forecast operating budget

See “Aquatic Center” on page 3A

IF YOU GO:The Woodland Park City Coun-cil is expected to take up the Aquatic Center land swap con-tract with Woodland Park RE-2 School District in its meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 21, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 220 W. South Ave., Wood-land Park.

City destroyed tapes of Aquatic Center executive sessions

See “CORA” on page 12A

See “CC&V Mining” on page 10A See “Robbery” on page 3A

CC&V looks underground for its gold mining future

Theft arrest turns into police search for handcuff ed suspect

Tammara Martin is seen in an undated photo. //Courtesy Woodland Park Police Department

//Photo courtesy of CC&V

By Bill Vogrinbillvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

A new spreadsheet, created by a retired YMCA chief executive, projects a $3.9 million cost to taxpayers in the proposed land swap by the city with the Woodland Park School District for construction of the Aquatic Center.

City Manager David Buttery has touted the deal because the district is willing to trade the 1.74-acre parcel near the high school for guaranteed use of the center for its school swim teams and physical educa-

tion classes. The proposed contract, called an intergovernmental agreement or IGA, would promise pool rights to the district for 50 years.

The City Council is expected to debate and decide on the contract at its meeting Thursday night at City Hall.

But it sounded too good to be true when Buttery described the land as free to Art Wannlund, who retired from the YMCA in 2007 after a 38-year career that included seven years as the CEO of the YMCA of Sac-ramento and the fi nal 14 years as the CEO of the YMCA of Orange County, Calif.

By Wannlund’s calculations, the “free” land would cost taxpayers approximately $1.4 million over 25 years and about $3.9 million over 50 years.

Wannlund reached those totals by esti-mating the value of the pool time promised to the school district, adding a modest 2.5 percent rate of infl ation and projecting over the life of the contract.

Of course, he stressed that his calcula-tions are simply an educated guess. He estimated the cost of pool time based on rates charged by Manitou Springs to rent its pool and on his own YMCA experience.

By Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

After a daring escape from a Woodland Park Police vehicle in the wee hours of Jan. 15, Tammara Martin, 34, was captured a few hours later in a Colorado Springs motel.

Somewhere along the way, Martin broke loose of police handcuffs, escaped from the back seat of the patrol car and left in a blue Dodge Caravan with Alaska license plates. Police later received a report of a stolen vehicle that authorities believed could be related.

Martin and three others had been taken into custody after police responded to a call at 2:30 a.m. from Walmart reporting that several individuals were stealing from the store on U.S. Highway 24, said Wood-land Park Police Commander Jim Halloran.

Pursues old Stratton claim and vein linked to Penrose’s C.O.D. mine

By Suzanne Core

Cripple Creek, Victor and the surround-ing area has long been called “The World’s Greatest Gold Camp.” More gold was removed from the Southern Teller Gold

Camp District than from the California Gold Rush and Alaska.

And gold is still being removed from the Gold Camp District, currently by Newmont Mining Corp., new owner of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co., or the CC&V.

Gold mining has changed substan-

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WP celebrates new fleet maintenance building By Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

Woodland Park officials celebrated the opening of the new public works fleet maintenance building last week funded by an $874,000 grant from the Department of Local Affairs for expansion of the existing building.

In securing the grant, City Manager David Buttery credited Bill Alspach, public works’ director, and Brian Fleer, execu-tive director of Economic and Downtown Development.

The city was one of more than 80 ap-

plicants that made it to the presentation stage for DOLA’s Energy and Mineral Im-pact Assistance grants. As a result of being impacted by the operations of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co., the city was eligible to apply.

In an interview earlier in the year, But-tery said, “The grant is important to our citizens because it helps ensure that we have snow plows on the road, that they can be fixed quickly and safely and when we have water-main breaks or sewer backups; it’s the fleet maintenance folks who keep those pieces of equipment running.”

A “ribbon cutting” like no other, officials from the city’s public works department manu-factured their own ribbon out of steel and used a plasma cutter to “cut” the ribbon. Mark Mackel designed and created the “ribbon.” // Photo by Rob Carrigan /The Courier

Officials and residents gathered to celebrate the new fleet maintenance building funded by an $874,000 grant from the Department of Local Affairs. //Photo by Rob Carrigan /The Courier

Thursday, Jan. 21

What: Beekeeping 101 - learn to become a home beekeeper with Kirsten Texler of Miss Bee Haven Farm in CrystolaWhen: 9-10:30 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 21Where: The Warehouse/Miss Bee Haven Farm’s Shop, 1750 Highway 24,Woodland ParkCost: $25 / RSVP required / Kirsten Texler, 970-331-2121Info: www.missbeehavenfarm.org/

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Correction

In the Jan. 13 edition of The Courier, the amount of a sales tax increase sought by the Woodland Park RE-2 School District was wrong. The school district is planning to ask Woodland Park voters for a 1.09 percent sales tax increase to help fund local

schools.

Saturday, Jan. 23

What: Explore winter ecology with volunteer park rangerWhen: 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23Where: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, west of WP, south of Hwy 24Cost: $5 for adultsInfo: Join volunteer interpretive ranger Ste-ven Veatch for a 2½-hour exploration of the interrelationships of plants and animals in the winter environment. Visit nps.gov/flfo

Sunday, Jan. 24

What: Hike for your Health -- 2.3 miles along the Sawmill Trail When: 10 a.m., Sunday, Jan. 24Where: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, 15 miles west of Woodland Park, south of U.S. Highway 24Cost: $5 for adultsInfo: Call 719-748-3253 of visit its website: www.nps.gov/flfo

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Aquatic Center Continued from page 1A

Art Wannlund

RobberyContinued from page 1AIn fact, the city has not made its own calcu-

lation of the value of pool time.Buttery explained last week the contract, or

IGA, only sets the number of class periods the school district can use the pool each day. For two periods a day, the district can use three lanes of the six-lane lap pool. For one period a day, it would be able to use all six lanes. The use of the lap lanes for competitive swimming would also be allowed on a schedule set an-nually.

Buttery noted that in either case, the leisure pool and family changing rooms are off-limits to students taking classes or partici-pating in meets.

But Wannlund believes the city needs to calculate the value of pool time before signing a contract so it better understands whether the contract is fair to the city or weighted toward the district.

“The values I have in there are based on the terms of the original agreement,” Wann-lund said in an email.

His spreadsheet refl ects 33 weeks of physi-cal education classes, three hours a day over a 165-day school year for a total of 495 hours. And he assumed a 12-week swim season for the girls requiring the pool 3.5 hours a day for 60 days or a total 210 hours.

That’s a total of 225 days over 45 weeks a year or 705 combined hours. But the real numbers could be much higher if a boys swim team is added.

He didn’t calculate a cost for a boys swim team since it hasn’t been proposed immedi-ately.

“The main problem I see is that the agree-ment starts with no boys season and adds it later in the term of the agreement,” Wannlund said.

Then he studied Manitou Springs City

Council minutes to learn what the Manitou Springs School District was paying for pool use.

“I got one month’s payment of $4,000, so I used the pool schedule to see the number of hours for that month and came up with $57 an hour,” Wannlund said. “So that number can and should be played with. I used a 2.5 percent rate of increase.”

Given his assumptions, Wannlund cal-culated the fi rst-year cost to the city of the contract at $40,185. When he applied a 2.5 percent rate of infl ation, the cost to the city after 10 years is $450,207. After 20 years, the total reached $1,026,512. And after 50 years, the cost climbed to $3,917,408.

And that doesn’t assume a boys swim team, which would cause all those numbers to jump.

Wannlund said it concerned him when he learned the city hasn’t forecasted an operating budget for the Aquatic Center.

“Anytime I had a capital project, we had to develop a 5- to 10-year budget forecast for any type of borrowing and our large donors also required this type of forecast to assure the project was sustainable,” he said. “The donors and lenders both required us to provide best-case, ideal and worst-case assumptions.”

Buttery said the Woodland Aquatic Project hired recreation consultants Ballard*King in June 2013 to estimate expenditures and revenue for the Aquatic Center. That analy-sis estimated annual expenditures between $502,000 and $508,000.

Annual revenues were projected at $405,185. Buttery said the city expects to subsidize the Aquatic Center at a cost of about $98,000 knowing that few municipal pools made money. He added that the city also sub-sidizes other public entities such as Parks and Recreation and the Ute Pass Cultural Center.

Wannlund also was surprised the city didn’t have a plan for operating the center either by hiring an aquatics staff or paying an outside vendor to run the facility.

“I will be starting that analysis soon,” But-tery told The Courier. “The city does contract many of its services, but it provides other ser-vices in-house. Whether we go with contracts or city employees, the city will own the facility and will oversee operations."

If the city decides to go with an outside vendor, Buttery said it will use the same bidding process it uses for everything else it contracts from sidewalk and road repairs to construction.

When the facility gets closer to completion, he said the city will advertise for bids and the city will decide which vendor best meets its requirements. The YMCA certainly would be able to operate a pool, but there are other pri-vate operators that would also qualify, he said.

While offi cers resumed investigating the thefts, Martin escaped from the patrol car. She had been handcuffed with her hands behind her back and seated in the back of the patrol car.

According to Lt. Cath-erine Buckley, spokeswoman for the Colorado Springs Police Department, Martin was captured at the Circle S. Motel at 1639 S. Nevada Ave. in Colorado Springs.

Apparently, Martin had freed herself of the hand-cuffs.

“She had a shoulder bag on,” Buckley said.

As of Friday morning, police could not explain how she escaped.

“We are still checking the motel room,” Halloran said.

Martin joined the other theft suspects at the Teller County jail later in the after-noon of Jan. 15.

According to Halloran, she will be charged with identity theft, forgery, conspiracy to commit theft, theft, possession of con-trolled substances I and II, possession of burglary tools, escape and auto theft.

In addition, Martin had a previous warrant out for her arrest, Halloran said.

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A year ago, when word first surfaced that the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. was considering a return to underground mining, it caused murmurs around the region.

Some wondered why CC&V would veer from decades of open pit, strip mining to drill, blast, muck and chisel for gold.

Was it a desperation bid to boost the production of the CC&V mine, which has processed mostly low-grade rock and tailings to produce 5 million ounces of gold over the past 20 years?

Or had the previous owner, AngloGold Ashanti, discov-ered a vein beyond its permitted mining area, accessible only via an existing tunnel, that new owner, Newmont Mining Corp., was uniquely qualified to exploit?

Could this signal a new era in the district and extend the life of the mine? Was this a major factor in Newmont’s decision to pay $820 million for the mine last June?

The answers to these questions are critical to the future of the region, as the CC&V is the largest private employer in Teller County with 600 or so employees.

To get some insight and analysis, I called an expert: Hugh Miller, an associate professor in the Mining Engi-neering Department at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden. Miller stressed he has no specific knowledge of Newmont’s plans. But he is familiar with the Cripple Creek Mining District and knows much about modern under-ground mining methods.

“It is exciting news,” Miller said. “This is good stuff. And it’s the natural progression in a lot of surface mining operations.”

I explained to Miller what little I know of CC&V’s plans, how the company is going underground via the century-old Chicago Tunnel, which has its entrance on a hill on the east side of Poverty Gulch, where Bob Womack made his historic gold discovery in 1890.

And I described how the company said it would use the tunnel to explore the old Proper Mine, which was a major producer early in the 20th century.

In 1904, the Mining and Scientific Press reported the Proper, owned by Winfield Scott Stratton, was shipping ore

after “a strike of high-grade ore, two feet wide.”

The Proper was adja-cent to the C.O.D. mine, or Cash On Delivery, a claim struck by Charles Tutt, who later partnered with A.E. Carlton and Spen-cer Penrose. They found a vein of gold, mined it and eventually sold the C.O.D. for $250,000 in 1894. Penrose went on to build The Broadmoor hotel in Colorado Springs and he and Tutt partnered in many mining ventures that made them fortunes.

The Proper made more headlines on Oct. 30, 1915, when the weekly industry newspaper Mining Amer-ica in Denver reported: “A new vein for the C.O.D. Mine in Poverty Gulch, Cripple Creek district, ly-ing parallel to the original C.O.D. vein with gross production exceeding $750,000 has been recently exposed by a crosscut carried in a southeasterly direction from the C.O.D. to connect with workings of the Proper Mine of the Stratton Estate, adjoining for the purpose of ventilation.”

The vein extended from the 750-foot level to the 400-foot level, the report said.

“A machine drill is already in operation drifting on the new vein. Milling values are running as high as $10 a ton at present and prospects for an ore shoot of much higher grade ore are considered excellent.”

It’s impossible to know if CC&V is pursuing the same vein or another, Miller said. But it’s not something any company does on a whim, or on a gut feeling or out of nostalgia.

“Mining underground is a lot more expensive than mining by surface methods,” he said. “You have to be so much more selective in what you remove, it’s got to be a much higher value, higher-grade material.

“The process of assessment, evaluation and analysis is substantial. There is a lot of engineering to be done to mine underground today.”

Miller said geologists and engineers are likely looking at “structures of veins” using three-dimensional computer

analyses of the rock to devise a plan for extracting the ore.“The days of mining narrow veins with old techniques

is long gone,” he said. “Today, underground mining is a sophisticated process that relies on engineering, modern equipment and technology.”

Rock bolts and concrete and steel likely will be used to secure the mine and protect the miners, he said. Then it’s possible CC&V will send in “drill jumbos” to bore holes up to 18 feet deep for blasting and “load haul dump” trucks or LHDs, to clear out the rock.

Most important, miners work in cabs, protected from rock falls with steel roofs, and air conditioned to isolate them from dirt, dust and gases.

Miller said Newmont was particularly suited for the job.

“Newmont has an extreme amount of competence and expertise in underground mining,” he said. “A large percent of their mines are underground. They have the technology and they know how to do it and do it well. This is exciting. It’s good for the county and good for the local community.”

I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to learn even more.

PIKES PEAK BILLBill Vogrinbillvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

CC&V Mining’s move underground creates exciting possibilities

-morial Library was held Saturday, Jan. 15. It began with coffee and cookies in the Saddle Club building.

When planning for the opening of this special event in our town’s growth, the committee had not reckoned with a heavy snowstorm. Nevertheless, there was snow and lots of it. The committee responsible consisted of Marge Solsvig, chairman; Kay Nimrod, treasurer; Edith Atwell and Ric Her-mann.

After coffee, folks trudged over to Me-morial Library Hall, heads bent against the wind and snow, paid a dollar for their fam-ily library card, looked over the books, had more coffee and left feeling proud of anoth-er step in the right direction. Sixty-one cards were issued.

held its first annual stockholders’ meet-

ing Saturday, Jan. 8, at the bank building. This bank, serving the growing Ute Pass area, opened its doors to business in April of 1965. Progress of the bank during this, its first nine months of operation, has exceed-ed expectations.

-tain Falls, died Friday, Jan. 14, at a Colora-do Springs Hospital. She was born Nov. 10, 1886 in Rayville, Mo. She was a resident of Green Mountain Falls for 36 years. She and her late husband, Orville Houchin, operated a grocery store there for 17 years.

being held in jail this week charged with murder. When teenage murders occur, poor environment, broken homes and break-down in parental discipline come in for their full share of criticism. This crime has, however, been committed by youngsters from the “best of homes.”

saddened Sunday afternoon when Cleo Franklin Miller, 56, of Divide, was killed in a tragic accident. He was driving a tractor, clearing his road of snow, when he slipped off the edge of the road and rolled several times into a ravine. Mr. Miller was crushed as the tractor rolled.

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The entrance to the Chicago Tunnel in Cripple Creek is seen in a photo dated circa 1890-1910. The tunnel is on the side of a hill in Poverty Gulch. The Chicago Tunnel is being used today by the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. to access the Proper Mine where it plans to conduct underground mining of gold. //Photo courtesy of the Western History/Genealogy Department of the Denver Public Library.

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The truth is, Thomas Edison liked to play hardball when it came to patents.

He could, and did, wear people out by bringing lawsuits against them, and came to dominate the movie industry. William Selig, the father of Hollywood, was no exception.

But in the early days, you could say Colorado was bigger than Hollywood, in the eyes and lens of fi lmmakers.

“Colorado has been the location of choice for fi lm-makers for well over 110 years. The earliest fi lmmaking in Colorado dates to 1897 when the ‘Festival of the Mountain & Plain’ was fi lmed,” according to the Colorado Offi ce of Film, Television and Media.

“Many feature fi lms followed immediately thereaf-ter. Since then, hundreds of other fi lmmakers have come to Colorado to shoot such notable fi lms as “True Grit,” “Cat Ballou,” “How The West Was Won,” “The Searchers,” “Sleeper,” “City Slickers” and “Thelma & Louise.”

H.H. “Buck” Buckwalter, the western agent for the Selig-Polyscope Co. of Chicago who made short fi lms in Colorado from 1904 to 1909, is a case in point. Some of Buckwalter’s fi lms starred Gilbert M. Anderson before his “Bronco Billy” days.

Another Selig troupe arrived in 1911 included future cowboy star Tom Mix.

In his book “Hollywood Colorado - The Selig Polyscope Company and the Colorado Motion Picture Company,” David Emrich, a fi lm and video editor in Denver who spent 15 years researching the Colorado fi lm industry, tells stories of Tom Mix and his buddies shooting lemons off the glasses in local bars to see who would buy drinks, and relays the legend of the night Mix hid in the awning of the Elk’s Club so his angry wife could not fi nd her errant husband.

Mix reportedly worked as a cowhand in Divide and other nearby locations prior to his success in the movies.

Actors behaving badly, apparently, is nothing new. Mix and others in his troupe risked their lives to make

movies in Colorado, according to Emrich, and he notes Mix endured multiple stays local hospitals during this period of his career.

The Selig company soon left Colorado for the promise of 300 days of sunshine and a wider variety of scenery estab-lished Southern California’s fi rst permanent movie studio, in the historic Edendale district of Los Angeles.

The formation of the Colorado Motion Picture Co. in

1913 by former Selig employee Otis Thayer, who selected Cañon City because of scenery, and fi nancial support via the local sale of $5,000 in stock on the fi rst day of the com-pany’s existence, is also related in Emrich’s book.

But the company was not destined to last long.The drowning deaths of star Grace McHugh and

cameraman Owen Carter during a river-crossing scene in “Across the Border” (1914), and the resultant lawsuits from the families, bankrupted the company and virtually put an end to fi lming in Colorado for nearly 30 years.

McHugh, as many actors and actresses at that time, did many, or all, of their own stunts, and was riding along the Arkansas River, when her horse spooked and tossed her in the river.

Carter jumped in to try and save her, and almost did, but ended up being carried away in the swift current as well. Their bodies were found separately, days later, down-steam.

But back to Edison, Selig, Buckwalter and Mix.“Edison assembled representatives of the nation’s big-

gest movie companies—Biograph, Vitagraph, American Mutoscope, and seven others—and invited them to sign a monopolistic peace treaty,” writes Matthew Lasar in ARS/technica.

Starting in 1891, after he fi led his fi rst patent on a mo-tion picture camera/fi lm system, his lawyers had launched aggressive infringement suits against others.

“But the old man wanted it all, so he assembled his ri-vals and proposed that they join his Motion Picture Patents Company. It would function as a holding operation for the participants’ collective patents—sixteen all told, covering projectors, cameras, and fi lm stock. MPPC would issue li-censes and collect royalties from movie producers, distribu-tors, and exhibitors,” Lasar says.

“To top it all off, MPPC convinced the Eastman Kodak company to refuse to sell raw fi lm stock to anyone but Pat-ent Company licensees, a move designed to shut French and German footage out of the country.

“Make no mistake, had Thomas Edison succeeded in this scheme, he would have killed the motion picture industry or at least delayed its fl owering by a generation. The good news is that the Patents Company foundered for a couple of years, then was declared in violation of the Sher-man Anti-Trust Act by a federal court,” writes Lasar.

As for William Selig and Selig Polyscope Co., he and the company produced hundreds of early, widely distributed commercial moving pictures, including the fi rst fi lms star-ring Tom Mix, Harold Lloyd, Colleen Moore, and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.

The business gradually became a struggling zoo attrac-tion in Los Angeles as it ended fi lm production in 1918.

Denver blogger Brad Weismann notes the connections.“Selig recruited pioneer Denver still photographer H. H.

“Buck” Buckwalter as his cameraman. By 1902, Buckwalter had begun his work for Selig on dozens of short fi lms. He

took footage of local sights -- “Arrival on Summit of Pike’s Peak,” “Runaway Stage Coach,” and “Panorama of Denver from Balloon at Elitch’s.”

In a promotional stunt, Buckwalter advertised the mild climate by fi lming Denverites strolling 17th Street in their shirtsleeves one January day in 1905 (after unexpected snow canceled a couple of earlier tries). “Denver in Winter” may rank as one of history’s fi rst fi lmed commercials,” Weis-mann writes.

“Hot on the heels of the smash success of the fi rst West-ern, pioneering Edison director Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 “The Great Train Robbery,” Buckwalter photographed Colorado’s fi rst narrative fi lm, a tale of violence and mob retribution -- “Tracked by Bloodhounds; or, A Lynching at Cripple Creek.” The true Western hadn’t arrived out West yet, however. A man would shortly be arriving from Chicago who would change all that -- the creator of the cowboy hero, “Bronco Billy” Anderson,” he says.

“In 1907, the ambitious Anderson went to Selig and convinced him to lend him funds and Selig’s Denver fi lm-ing crew in order to make authentic Westerns on location, working in the Golden/Morrison area. Displeased with the results, he split with Selig and formed Essanay Studios with George K. Spoor, proprietor of the National Film Renting Company in Chicago. Anderson returned to Denver in the fall of 1909 with money, equipment, and a small company of actors. Here the inventive, resourceful Anderson began rehearsing the ideas and techniques that would culminate in the wildly popular adventures of Bronco Billy.”

The Denver Post described the outfi t’s activities dur-ing the making of “The Heart of a Cowboy” in 1909: “G.M. Anderson ... has been in Denver for six weeks, ‘making pictures’ ... ’Colorado is the fi nest place in the country for Wild West stuff’ (stated Anderson) ... the company reached Mt. Morrison at 9, where the train was met by a bunch of trained cow ponies and riders under the command of the Morrison brothers themselves.”

The Morrison brothers, Pete, Chick, Carl, and Bob, grandsons of the town of Morrison’s founder, George, took to the lucrative pay and the excitement of slapping pictures together, Weisman writes.

Interestingly enough, an unrelated young actor named Marion Morrison, nervous about being overshadowed by the Morrison legacy, decided to use the name John Wayne instead.

Tom Mix went on to make more than 160 cowboy fi lms throughout the 1920s. Mix appeared with the Sells-Floto Circus in 1929, 1930 and 1931 at a reported weekly salary of $20,000.

The actor was killed in an auto accident by a large aluminum suitcase, (fi lled with cash, jewels, and travel-ers checks) when he wrecked his 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton between Tucson and Phoenix. The heavy suitcase fl ew for-ward, shattered his skull and broke his neck when he tried to stop quickly at barriers at a washed out bridge.

RESTLESS NATIVE Rob Carriganrobcarrigan@yourpeaknews.com

Early Colorado was bigger than Hollywood

As I read this newspaper, I often fi nd items of interest in the news and other columns.

In the fi rst issue in January, I saw the name of a person I had not thought about in years: Phillip W. Jensen.

Perhaps you saw it. Here’s how it read:“The frozen body of Phillip W. Jensen,

21, of Phoenix, Ariz., was found Thursday afternoon, Dec. 30. His car was parked near Lake George, an estimated 10 miles from where he was found. The body was discovered by Jim Quick and Jerry Acord, both of Lake George.

“This was a case of being too lightly clad for this area and season of the year, and the fact the young man had started off the wilderness, hoping to reach his des-tination of the Hightower Ranch, got lost and froze to death in this rugged, isolated area.

“Snow had fallen after Jensen had left the stranded car, making tracking him very

diffi cult. A search party of more than 50 people was formed Monday afternoon.”

Since it happened 50 years ago, it is surely history. But it seems a lot more recent.

I know of one other person up in West Creek who may have seen the story and paused to remember too.

The 50 Years Ago item on Phillip W. Jensen might leave you thinking about the foolishness of someone from Arizona and their lack of knowledge of our winters.

In defense of Mr. Jensen, he was a child-hood friend in Colorado Springs. He lived just down the street, and we were in school together long enough for me to say I knew him pretty well.

He had his faults and was quite impetu-ous, which in all likelihood lead to this situation.

But I admired his talents and skills. And as a teacher for nearly 30 years, I saw a number of young men with his diffi culty in “fi tting in.”

I was surprised to learn details of this event years later, when I learned I knew an-other part of this story, the reason he was trying to get to the Hightower Ranch.

I regularly hear from those of you who read my column, and hope you under-stand this bit of a detour from my normal subjects.

CABOOSE COBWEBS Mel McFarland

‘50 Years Ago’ intersects with man’s January demise, memory

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Bertrand’s death a huge loss to CC-V communityTo the Editor,

It’s a sad day for the Cripple Creek-Victor community when the news carries the passing of Jim Bertrand. The dedi-cation he gave to so many young boys and girls of southern Teller County goes without saying to some.

But for those who didn’t have the opportunity to know him, it was the countless hours he spent helping see that these kids had an opportunity at success, helping find the right coaches to lend a hand in raising them (it does some-times take a village) and when a worthy coach couldn’t be found, taking it upon himself to make sure these kids had the tools to be successful and the ability to find healthy escape through sport.

The years he gave to Pioneer athletic programs won’t soon be forgotten as I’m sure the lessons learned from him by so many of the athletes and students that passed through CC-V’s halls won’t be forgotten, either.

For those of us who had the chance to cover his programs, we all knew and respected that family came first for him. But what may have been most special was the way he balanced his two families, the one at home and the CC-V family.

My condolences to his family and the community as they mourn a kind, caring and generous man.

Sincerely,Ryan BoldreyFormer managing editor, Courier View

Columnist urges Aquatic Center ballot initiativeBy Cord PrettymanGuest Column

In baseball, you get three strikes and you’re out.

I think city manager David Buttery and the City Council have swung and missed at least that many times on the Aquatic Center. It’s time for voters to step into the batter’s box and decide where it should be built.

Ballot Issue 2A was approved by voters on Nov. 4, 2014, authorizing $10.1 million of taxpayer money to build a community swim-ming pool. Our city manager and City Council have had 14 months to break ground but they haven’t put a shovel in the ground.

First, council blindly followed Buttery into the Woodland Station quagmire, declaring it the location while having absolutely no idea about the infrastructure costs. Our city man-ager was wrong by millions of dollars.

Strike one. What should have happened next was a

community meeting to get public input on an alternative location. Remember that the Blue Book for the November 2014 election stated the Aquatic Center was to be built in

Woodland Station. There was no alternative location listed.

Instead, on Sept. 3, 2015, City Council, in two separate executive session meetings be-hind closed doors, evidently gave Buttery the OK to enter into negotiations with Woodland Park School District for a 1.74-acre parcel located on Baldwin Street adjacent to the high school and Gateway Elementary.

This “non-vote” became de facto council approval for our pool being moved to the high school location with absolutely no public input.

So much for open and transparent gov-ernment. Strike two.

Next, our city manager and city attorney brought an Intergovernmental Agreement to the City Council at its Dec. 17 meeting. It called for a 50-year contract for the use of the pool by the school district in return for trans-ferring ownership of the land to the city.

The IGA extensively protected the rights of the school district with absolutely no men-tion of the public’s rights and not a word on operational guidelines. After listening to ex-YMCA CEO and local resident Art Wannlund’s analysis of the weaknesses in the proposed

IGA, council wisely voted to postpone a deci-sion on IGA until the City Council meeting on Jan. 21.

At best, the IGA presented to council on Dec. 17 was a rank amateur job.

Strike three.Trying to understand how we got in this

mess, I filed a request for the city to release records of the executive sessions, using the Colorado Open Records Act, or CORA.

In my CORA request dated Jan. 8, I asked for recordings or minutes of executive ses-sions held Aug. 6, Aug. 20 and Sept. 3. In an email I received Wednesday, Jan. 13, I was informed by city attorney Erin Smith that the tapes of all three of the executive sessions had been destroyed.

By state law, cities can destroy such tapes and records after 90 days. However, one would think that, when council meets behind closed doors making decisions involving $10.1 million of taxpayer money for an ame-nity – a swimming pool – that our commu-nity has been waiting for for decades, those records would be kept.

For me, the destruction of those tapes is strike 4 and you’re definitely out.

I no longer have confidence in our city manager and the majority (not all) of our cur-rent City Council to select a location for our Aquatic Center that serves our entire commu-nity. Therefore, I call for the selection of the location of the Woodland Park Aquatic Center to be put on the April 5 city-wide ballot.

We, the people, should decide where we want the pool. It’s our pool and our money.

City Council will have the opportunity to right its wrongs at its meeting on Jan. 21. Instead of approving an IGA with the school district, the council can give the Aquatic Center back to the people by voting to put the pool’s location on the April ballot.

We’ve been waiting decades for this pool. It should be a project that brings us together, not divides us. It is time for the City Council to do the right thing.

Give us back our pool! Cord Prettyman lives in Woodland Park and was a founding father of the Woodland Aquatic Project. He served as its first president and later as a board member. He wrote the 501(c)3 application for the WAP and was one of three major financial backers of both the 2010 WAP Survey and the marketing effort to pass Ballot Issue 2A.

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Attend council meeting, speak out on Aquatic CenterTo the Editor,

I attended the Dec. 17th council meeting with many others who are con-cerned with the direction the Aquatic Center is taking. What I experienced was very disheartening.

So many people took the time to come; many of them spoke and made excellent points. Not once did the council acknowledge the good points, suggestions and concerns over joint use and location of the Aquatic Center. All the council could manage was a thank you.

They even manipulated the order in which people spoke. I was under the impression that we were called to speak in the order in which we signed in. That was definitely not the case.

The energy in the room felt very condescending, to say the least, and it created an atmosphere of mistrust. They did, however, acknowledge Art Wannlund (retired CEO) and asked if he would be willing to help with the con-tract between the school district and the city. A smart move on Mayor Levy’s part because the 50-year contract they had intended to sign was ridiculous.

The Aquatic Center is rapidly losing the support of people who might have otherwise donated money and or time to make it a success. Once the Depot location was off the table, there should have been an open public forum from

the community to discuss other options. Instead, the council members took

it upon themselves and gave Mr. But-tery permission to open negotiations with the school district. This was done behind closed doors!

They were elected by the people, for the people and it’s time that we demand that they honor the oath they took when accepting their positions. The mishan-dling of due process by our City Council is a total injustice to this community.

I do, however, want to thank Councilman Phil Mella for having the integrity to stand up for what is right. The City Council has not been open and forthright. The repercussions of their ac-tions are already beginning to show and we haven’t even started construction.

I met with Mr. Buttery to discussº specific concerns that I had over loca-tion of the pool. We did agree on one thing, the council meeting on Dec 17 revealed that 50 percent of the people were for the high school location and 50 percent were against it.

Cost to run the facility is $500,000 annually. That includes maintenance, salaries, water, heat, etc. This will be covered by $400,000 in tax revenues and the city will be covering the rest. The land value estimate is $5-10 per square foot, or a minimum $390,000.

The school will be using approxi-mately 10 percent of the facility on a daily basis, while school is in session.

The contact may be revised to reduce the life of the agreement to 25 years. So, at a minimum, we are trad-

ing the value of $390,000 in exchange for 10 percent of free use by the school district for 25 years. If it costs $500,000 annually to run the pool, that 10 percent of school use could add up to as

much as $30,000-$40,000 per year. So our trade with the school will

be paid back within 10-15 yrs. This property hasn’t even been appraised, so we don’t know what the value is that we are trading for. As the contract reads, the school district will have no financial responsibility whatsoever.

The sports complex at Meadow Wood is family oriented and has out-door space for everyone to enjoy. The high school location only offers cement. When council asked Mr. Buttery if the Meadow Wood location was feasible, Mr. Buttery replied yes.

Why would we trade for land with the school district when we already own land that is feasible to build on? Coun-cil’s answer to this is simple: it’s cheaper. Cheaper doesn’t make it right. Instead we should be putting the Aquatic Center in a location where it can generate reve-nue vs. giving it away. The school district can then pay us for use of the pool.

This could be one of many ways to offset the higher cost of building the pool at the Meadow Wood location. Tak-ing a $10 million facility and placing it in a confined space between two parking lots makes no sense at all.

Rushed decisions are never good decisions. This is when the mistakes are made.

Bottom line: the City Council did not follow proper procedure when deciding on a location. We the people have a right to ask for a say in the location of our Aquatic Center. The high school may be the cheapest but don’t you think that it would be in the best interest of the community to spend a little extra money and build it at the sports complex where a building of this magnitude is better suited?

I urge everyone, whether you are for or against the location, to attend the council meeting on Jan. 21 and let your voice be heard.

Our City Council plans to vote on the revised contract with the school district at this meeting. If they vote in favor of

this contract, the pool will be located at the high school. It does not matter whether you live in the city or the county, your voice counts.

Juliann Mills

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Time for a kind word about of-fi cials regarding Aquatic Center

To the Editor,I am one of those who are greatly

looking forward to having a community Aquatics Center in Woodland Park. Our city is one of the most beautiful of mountain communities. I see this as a very positive event that will pay dividends of good health and recreation for generations of our friends and residents.

I am struggling with the negativism and rancor associated with the city’s relocation of the pool. It seems that our children in the school district are seen as aliens rather than a part of our community that we would obviously want to enjoy the new pool. Are the prospects of supporting a swim team and having our children learn to swim really to be subjects of such controversy?

Do we really believe there is a conspira-cy or some sinister motive behind relocat-ing the Aquatics Center? The City Manager has represented that the new site will save a great deal of money, public money that will allow more resources to be devoted to the building project – the Aquatics Center. Are these not the tough, business decisions that we expect our leaders to make?

It is easy to sit on the bench and throw rocks. It is hard to get into the thick of things to create and build. It is my observation that there is a distinct, anti-government strain in this community that tends to dominate the public discourse. This constant, discordant sound makes it diffi cult for competent men and women to fi nd a willingness to serve in public offi ce. Are public servants in Woodland Park always to be public punch-ing bags?

We have a strong City Council that we elected. They didn’t fall from the sky. We chose them to represent us. Our mayor and city manager are certainly human beings who will err. They also most certainly are honorable men who are unquestionably try-ing to build a fi ne Aquatics Facility for this community. It is their job to make tough decisions that are sometimes controversial.

In a free, democratic society such as ours, it is the duty of good citizens to ques-tion and petition their government. But, sometimes, we need to get behind and encourage our leaders and public servants. We can’t always allow the naysayers to dominate the discussion. There is a time for thoughtful criticism. There is also a time for a kind word.

Jackson Peters

Fearmongering beneath city councilmanRegarding the letter “‘Civilization jihad’ threat-ens to sabotage America from within,” by Phil-lip Mella, in the Jan. 6 edition of The Courier

To the Editor,There have always been fearmongers in

our country when it comes to immigration, but the fact that one of them is now a Wood-land Park City Councilman is terribly sad.

Philip Mella continues this fear nonsense by ignoring the historical reality that we are a nation of immigrants and always have been. At one time, it was the Irish who were to be feared, or the Germans, or the Polish, or the Japanese. Now it is the Hispanics and Arabic Muslims who “must” be feared.

In every case, the fear was demonstrated to be wrong and worthless. This time will prove to be no different, as there are already millions of Hispanics and Muslims living in the country as good, contributing citizens.

His using an already discredited claim about “civilization jihad” makes it all the more sad. That whole claim was started by Frank Gaffney in 2010, based on a narrow interpretation of Islamic law and some unac-complished “goal” of the Muslim Brother-

hood made in a document in 1991. Since no such “civilization jihad” has

been accomplished — or actually even at-tempted since 1991 — it means the whole claim is ridiculous. There simply is no real evidence of “malevolent totalitarian aspira-tions of Islamists” currently seeking to ac-complish such based on that 1991 document, or any other. Gaffney has been discredited time and time again, because his claims have no factual reality to them whatsoever.

There are 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide, and to claim that all, or just enough of them, are seeking to overthrow this country, when there is no substantive evidence to prove that, is unhelpful and unworthy of any let-terwriter published in the Pikes Peak Courier, most especially when written by a city coun-cilman, who should know better and present the truth, not some ultra right-wing untruth, since all the claims for this “jihad” are written on ultra-right wing websites.

While there are certainly some extremist Muslims who would welcome world domina-tion, as there are Christians, and even some Jews, and even some militant Buddhists, to claim that this is the essential reality for all Muslims ignores the reality of factual history and the Islamic religion.

Rodney Noel SaundersUnited Methodist pastor, retired

Guest column: Serious analysis of Aquatic Center sites never doneBy Curt GrinaGuest Columnist

City Manager David Buttery wrote an ar-ticle about the selection of sites for the Aquatic Center that was published in the Courier on Dec. 2, 2015. I’m sure it helped many of us to better understand the work to prepare for the city’s most important capital expenditure in a generation.

In my opinion, several of Mr. Buttery’s comments were wrong, misleading or unclear. Here’s my analysis.

In choosing the downtown site, Mr. Buttery said he and his staff did “much discussion and analysis.”

That is just not a credible statement. Here is why: If he did even the shallowest analysis, how could he responsibly tell Council to approve the Woodland Station site when he had no idea what the cost comparison of the two leading candidate locations would be?

Not even an educated guess has been of-fered, except to speculate in a council meeting on Nov. 20, 2014, that he thought the Woodland Station infrastructure cost was more than $1 million. Then he agreed it’s more than $1.5 million. Then more than $2 million. Look at the video record of the council meeting on Nov. 14, 2014.

The bottom line is this. Buttery did not do a serious analysis of the Meadow Wood Sports Complex location, as he stated. Now, a year and a half later, he has still refused to do even a quick educated thumbnail analysis of this question, despite being asked many times.

Buttery wrote that his staff did preliminary

construction estimates before proceeding with the downtown project. Apparently, he conclud-ed the downtown site would include at least $2 million in infrastructure costs. In other words, he was willing to dilute the budget that voters authorized for a pool – not for a DDA bailout.

Buttery and the City Council justifi ed the $2 million premium for the DDA property by citing the putative “magnet effect” of the Aquatic Center. The logic was that this magnet effect was worth more to us citizens than the $2 million Buttery was prepared to spend for it. Really ?

Here is the problem. A huge decision was made based on the “intuition” of a very small handful of people on staff and Council who have no expertise in such matters. We felt at the time that this was a bad choice and time has, of course, proved us right. These things require specialized expertise and discipline in com-mercial project development.

The fact is, nobody involved had any exper-tise nor any useful knowledge of the question. Yet they carelessly tossed millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money without bothering to so much as do a little professional homework or even asking responsible questions.

But beyond that I wonder how could the ac-tual costs later come in more than 100 percent greater than what he expected? Buttery often cites his engineering background. And the city has access to experts who can make credible thumbnail estimates.

Yet he decided (on whose authority?) to throw an additional $75,000+ to discover that Fountain Creek runs right through the middle of the site he selected and would make the site

all but unusable. This is water under the bridge now, but it leaves a troubling legacy. How can we trust the city manager’s judgment about other sites when he failed so dramatically on this one?

Our citizens are smart and accomplished Americans. They know that Buttery missed his estimate of infrastructure costs by more than 100 percent. They know this is not a “savings in our hard-earned tax dollars”as he wrote.

Isn’t that just patronizing and embarrassing political spin for what, in reality, is a colossal failure to manage the site selection? That’s what I call Chutzpah. In the real world, when we make a bad choice and are forced to undo it, we don’t call that “savings” and trumpet our virtue. It’s a bad choice, a bad estimate, and a failed plan. Not savings.

Also troubling me is the fact there was no provision on the ballot saying that city govern-ment could immediately turn around and sell (via barter) a huge interest in our pool to a third party (the school district).

I am not convinced that such a bad-faith move is even legal. I am convinced, however, that it is unethical. If the city wanted to sell part of our pool before it was even built, that should have been on the ballot.

Buttery also wrote that his staff gave serious consideration to Meadow Wood and to possible donated land near Stone Ridge.

That is simply untrue, based on observable facts.

How could “serious consideration” result in not having a clue about costs? Buttery said the “Meadow Wood infrastructure costs and site development costs would be signifi cant.” That

is just plain untrue and has been from the start. In fact, the costs at Meadow Wood are much less than the high school site. Even a superfi cial analysis could put numbers on that.

More alarming – he summarily turned down a donation of highly valuable land. His agenda has driven yet another decision that is shockingly contrary to the public interest. How can the city afford to walk away from a huge fi nancial windfall for the citizens?

Buttery wrote that traffi c would increase through a residential neighborhood at Meadow Wood and Stone Ridge. And the opportunity to build more baseball and soccer fi elds would be lost.

Buttery, in fact, knew a contiguous piece of land would be donated to the city for the cen-ter, preserving land for the baseball fi elds.

Finally, Buttery portrayed the location issue as “quite complex,” which seems to be an attempt at obfuscation to justify an opaque bureaucracy, secret meetings, unethical con-fl icts of interest and breathtakingly expensive and oppressive presence of a lawyer at every single step.

The fact is the continuing rec center/tax increase/aquatic center fi ascos have wasted close to $1 million of our citizens’ “hard-earned money” over the years and have been an embarrassment to all of us who expect good government.

An apology would sure be nice. But I would settle for increasing the quality of governance in Woodland Park.

Curt Grina was a co-founder and fi nancial supporter of the nonprofi t organization that

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Fulfill that New Year’s resolution with a Florissant Health HikeFor The Courier

Is getting more exercise one of your New Year’s Resolu-tions? Do you enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking or snowshoeing or would like to try? Do you enjoy visiting national parks?

At 10 a.m., on Sunday, Jan. 24, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will begin a “Hikes for Your Health” series.

The first hike will begin at the visitor center, located

about 15 miles west of Woodland Park, and cover 2.3 miles along the Sawmill Trail.

Hikes for Your Health will run every Wednesday and Sunday through Wednesday, March 16.

These ranger-led hikes will vary in length from 2 to 5 miles. Depending on conditions, the hikes may either be on foot or by snowshoe. Participants must provide their own snowshoes and safety gear, such as layered clothing, appropriate footwear, water, food.

It is recommended to check with your physician before

beginning any fitness program. Participants must be 10 years or older. The fee for the

program is $5 per adult (ages 16 and older) or free with one of the many federal land passes.

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Explore winter ecology of Florissant Fossil BedsFor The Courier

Have you ever wondered how the animals of our area survive our harsh Colorado winter? Have you ever wondered who or what is making the tracks in the snow near your house? Perhaps it is time to embrace winter and explore the wondrous world of winter ecology.

Visit the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, located about 15 miles west of Woodland Park, at 1 p.m. on Jan. 23 and join volunteer interpretive ranger Steven Veatch for a 2½-hour exploration of the interrela-

tionships of plants and animals in the winter environment.

This program will investigate physical and biological processes and their interactions in snow-covered en-vironments. The program will begin with an indoor presentation of about 20 minutes followed by explorations in the field.

Come prepared for winter by dressing in layers, bringing plenty of snacks and water, and being prepared to go outside and do some hiking, less than a mile, in winter conditions. This program will be family friendly with lots of hands-on activities. But it

is most appropriate for ages 10 years and up.

Admission for the program is the regular park entrance fee, $5 for adults (ages 16 and older); children and federal pass holders are free. Families with one or more fourth graders will be able to receive a free federal lands pass good for one year.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument is open daily 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

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For eight years, I ran through a park in Southern Cali-fornia where I would routinely pass three women leisurely walking as their daily aerobic workout. All three were clini-cally obese and in dire need of losing weight.

I took that run one last time prior to moving to Colora-do 18 years ago. I’m sorry to say those three women looked no different than the first day I saw them. Despite eight years of walking, I doubt if they had lost a pound between them.

How could that be? Quite simply, they didn’t under-stand the principles that govern aerobic conditioning.

There are four variables to manipulate in any aerobic exercise routine. The first is mode. It’s a fancy word for the

exercise you are doing.The American College of Sports Medicine defines

aerobic exercise as “any activity that uses large muscle groups, can be maintained continuously and is rhythmic in nature.”

Walking, running, cycling, snowshoeing, swimming, stair stepping, rowing, using an elliptical or attending an aerobics class all qualify.

The second variable is frequency, which speaks to how often one exercises. ACSM calls for 3 to 5 days of aerobic conditioning a week.

How long your exercise session lasts is known as dura-tion. ACSM guidelines suggest 20 to 60 minutes of con-tinuous aerobic exercise.

The final variable is intensity. If overdone, intensity is a fast track to injury. However, if you don’t work intensely enough, you won’t attain the desired results.

There are two methods of gauging the intensity of an aerobic workout. The first is age-predicted target heart rate. A very basic way to calculate your training heart rate is to subtract your age from 220.

You can track your heart rate during exercise by tak-ing your pulse with your index and middle finger at your carotid artery for 10 seconds and multiplying that number by 6.

An alternative means of measuring your target heart rate is to use a heart rate monitor, which is comprised of

a strap that goes around your chest that relays your heart rate to a watch worn on your wrist. Or join the latest fit-ness craze and buy a FitBit.

However, a word of caution: the makers of FitBit are involved in a class-action lawsuit claiming their product underestimates exercise heart rate.

The second method of gauging aerobic intensity is known as “perceived exertion.” This method uses an indi-vidual’s perception of the degree of difficulty as a guide-line.

It calls for workouts for beginners to range between a perception of “light to somewhat hard.” Intermediate and advanced exercisers should train between “somewhat hard to hard.” It’s OK to spike at “very hard” but don’t live there.

If age-predicted target heart rate and perceived exer-tion are at odds, perceived exertion rules.

There are myriad health benefits to be derived from regular aerobic conditioning. Check it out online at http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/exercisebenefits.html.

Tune in next week for the “skinny” on strength training.

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Woodland Park music teacher Ann Brown, with students Luke Hamlow on cello and Jonny Sarmiento on violin, provided string trio music for shop-pers at City Market on Jan. 9, 2016, as part of the Colorado Springs Youth Symphony fund-raising program. The Symphony, a 501c3 nonprofit, has a Begin-ning Strings program in Woodland Park, one of their eight levels of youth orchestra. Their current raffle helps raise funds to reduce student tuition and cover expenses for travel.

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Crowd learns how to react to ‘active shooter’ threatBy Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

More than 90 people packed the Ute Pass Cultural Center Jan. 12 to hear tips about protecting themselves if they en-counter an active-shooter situation.

“There have been more than 700 violence incidents in the workplace across the U.S.,” said Woodland Park Police Chief Miles DeYoung. “We want to teach you how to take care of yourself.”

There are some common denominators among the killers, he said.

“Seventy-three percent of people who are involved in these mass killings have mental issues, have their own personal de-mons they’re dealing with,” DeYoung said.

The two-hour seminar was part of ALICE – Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, Evacuate – a nationwide program devel-oped by law professionals to prepare com-munities, schools and businesses, for such encounters.

Training is important because an “ac-tive shooter” incident unfolds quickly and quick reaction is critical to saving lives.

“After 25 years of mass shootings, the average response time for law enforcement is fi ve to six minutes after the fi rst shot is fi red,” said Offi cer Ryan Koski, who is the school resource offi cer with the Woodland Park School District. “It’s during that fi ve or six minutes that most of the carnage happens.”

Half of the mass-shooting incidents stop when the police arrive, Koski said, adding that the ALICE program is designed to teach survival skills during that fi ve or six minutes.

In Colorado, schools could be held liable if they fail to protect their students during mass shooting incidents. In Decem-ber 2013, the Legislature passed the Claire Davis Safety School Act, in honor of the student who was gunned down at Arapa-hoe High School that year.

According to the law, victims could receive monetary damages of up to $350,000 and victims have the right to sue schools for negligence with a limit of up to $900,000.

In Woodland Park, Koski and Sean Go-ings, security offi cer for the school district,

teach the ALICE program to students as well as the staff.

The program has evolved since high-profi le mass school shootings, particularly, at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999.

Before Columbine, students and teach-ers were trained to turn off the lights and hide in the corner in the event of an active-shooter incident.

“We can’t do that anymore it’s not a vi-able option – because what happens is that we have passive targets and mass killings,” Koski said.

Instead of simply hiding in place, here’s the basics taught by the “ALICE” program:

“It could be a PA announcement, or a gunshot,” Koski said. “You have to know exactly what’s going on and where the threat is.”

the decisions,” Koski said. “You may want to barricade the doors and get out – these events are very dynamic.”

lowed to use cameras in every room so we can access the PA system and do real time announcements about where that person is,” Koski said. “So people in the building can start making those decisions about what they’re going to do, stay or get out.”

As well, Koski encouraged business owners in the audience to develop a plan using barricades to secure the doors with straps, belts or extension cords, cinch locks, I-Bolts or heavy objects.

Goings, the security offi cer, demon-strated the cinch lock on doors at the cultural center, with volunteers from the audience. “We have 700 doors in the dis-trict,” he said.

have very little training. “They buy a gun and go on their little

spree,” Koski said, adding that active shooters hit their target 50+ percent of the time while police offi cers hit theirs 20 to 30 percent of the time.

“Because in an active shooting incident, everyone is sitting still. Usually when po-lice shoot, people are moving everywhere or they are shooting at us,” he said. “So we want to create that same chaos in an

active-shooting situation to make it harder for him to hit his targets.”

Swarm the gunman, if possible, he added.

“Separate them from the gun if you can.”

point of evacuating, go out with your hands up so that law enforcement can see your hands at all times,” Koski said. Par-ticularly, if the incident occurs at school, don’t use the car to evacuate – run out on foot.

“If the gunman is inside, go outside,” Koski said. “Establish a reunifi cation point.”

Mayor Neil Levy introduced the event, which was sponsored by the Greater Wood-land Park Chamber of Commerce.

Sean Goings, security offi cer with the Woodland Park School District, engages the audience in practicing barricading doors, if they happen to encounter an active-shooter incident. The demonstration was part of the ALICE presentation by the Woodland Park Police Department. //Photos by Pat Hill /The Courier

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tially, however. And not just with improved methods, tools and equipment. The original mining here was underground, with vertical shafts dug 1,500 to 2,500 feet down and horizontal tunnels carved out from them, with no overhead support. The mountain remained.

There is even a book named for it: “Money Mountain” by Marshall Sprague, a worthwhile biography of the Gold Camp. Today, CC&V just removes the mountain, truck by truck, layer by layer, crushing thousands of tons of mountain and squeezing out the gold in a cyanide solution. (Cyanide was also used much earlier, but not as it is now.) The mountain is expunged and a giant gravel pit takes its place, a scar where a mountain had been. A lot uglier. A lot safer for miners. A lot more

profi table for owners. But now, CC&V community affairs

manager Jane Mannon has hinted of a “Back to the Future” moment: A new underground mining operation, through the abandoned Chicago Tunnel below the Mollie Kathleen in Poverty Gulch.

“This is exciting stuff,” said Hugh Miller, associate professor in Mining Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines. “Going underground is a natural progression in a lot of surface mining. It extends the life of the project so it’s good for employees, good for the community.”

Don’t, however, confuse modern un-derground mining with the old days when wooden timbers shored up tunnels and dy-namite blasted open veins of gold. Dyna-mite hasn’t been used for 50 years or more. And steel has replaced wood along with other sophisticated tools and techniques.

“Today’s underground mining would be unrecognizable to the oldtimers,” Miller continued. “Today, safety is paramount. Everything is engineered. They design rock support systems fi rst and look at the geol-ogy.”

Local historian Jan Collins agreed. “I don’t think today’s underground

mining and that of 120 years ago bear any resemblance to each other,” she said. “It would be a lot safer under today’s stan-dards.”

The Gold Camp District, and its gold, were born of volcanic activity, which cre-ated a “bowl” in which the district was born, thrived, later went on life support, and now fl ourishes in a different iteration of its former self – and some of the gold now comes from local casinos.

But in May 2015, before its sale to Newmont, CC&V’s Community Update reported: “Chicago Tunnel opening NOW,” anticipating 2016 portal development and production beginning 2017-2019.

“Chicago Tunnel is on a delayed path for now,” Jane Mannon said recently. “We have money in the 2016 budget for exploration of the tunnel, but we haven’t fi nished our internal review process yet, so we don’t yet have authorization to spend that money.

“I don’t know what any activity at the tunnel would look like this year. There may be opportunities in the North Cresson to increase surface mining and intersect with the underground area in future, but surface mining is more eco-nomical for us.”

The Chicago Tunnel is an abandoned Proper Mine tunnel below the Mollie Kathleen in Poverty Gulch, not a drain-age tunnel. It was included in CC&V’s 1988 state and county permits, which allow for re-opening of the tunnel and exploration at the portal. But the tunnel is outside CC&V’s currently permitted boundary, so further approval is needed before exploration can occur.

“We included it in our latest permit application,” Mannon said. “And we have done some work at the portal to upgrade it for safety before anyone goes in. They’ve gotten in about 50 feet, but that’s as far as they’re going for now. It has to be up-graded to modern standards.”

Those are signifi cant up-grades.

“Basically, modern standards are that you have nobody under unsupported rock,” Mannon said. “Historically, they just went in and dug a tunnel through solid rock. Today there must fi rst be a supported roof. Sometimes it is almost like a culvert. Sometimes bolts are used.”

According to Miller, it’s a slow process for many reasons.

“An underground mine design takes a lot of work and time on top of fi nancing and permitting,” Miller said. “But New-mont Mining has a lot of expertise in this area. A large percentage of their mines are underground. They know how to do this and do it well.”

According to Brian Levine in “Cities of Gold,” the Chicago Tunnel ran under-ground more than 3,000 feet, between

Gold Hill and Globe Hill, with Iron Clad at its center, and was part of Winfi eld Scott Stratton’s hunt for the “mother lode” that he believed was in what he called “the stem of the goblet,” in a wine glass formation under Iron Clad Hill.

In 1904, the Mining and Scientifi c reported that the operators of the Proper Mine in Poverty Gulch, owned by Winfi eld Stratton, had struck a two-foot-wide vein of high grade ore.

For now, underground mining at the Chicago Tunnel is still mostly speculation. But gold mining has always been specula-tion. After so much gold has left the Gold Camp, and so much of the mountain itself crushed and gone forever, could New-mont’s CC&V fi nally fi nd Stratton’s stem of the goblet, the real mother lode? Will we fi nd out soon?

CC&V Mining Continued from page 1A

The mountain demolition of today’s gold mining operations uncovers the many mine tunnels dug by underground miners 120 years ago. //Photo by Suzanne Core

The Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Co. will host a community update meeting at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23, at its Visitors Center, 371 E. Bennett Avenue, Cripple Creek.

Community Aff airs Man-ager Jane Mannon will review updates to its mining permits and current mining operations plan, includ-ing changes to the permit boundary for underground mining.

She will also review CC&V’s position on the American Eagles Overlook site. The meeting is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; call Brad Poulson at 689-2341 to reserve your seat or for more information.

Summit Elementary School receives $30,000 grant

For the Courier

The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation recently awarded a $30,000 grant to Summit Elementary School in Divide to help renovate the preschool playground.

According to Katie Rex-ford, the school’s principal, the playground renovation will need to occur in stages.

“The main priorities for the playground will be to purchase a piece of equipment that will allow multiple students to play at one time,” she said. “The new play structure will also serve as additional shade for our students.”

The grant came together by the collaborative work of Amy Byrne with Teller Park Early Childhood Council, Jill Cochran, preschool director at Summit and the preschool team at Summit.

“It is an honor to work with our preschool team,” Rexford said. “They work hard to provide the best opportunities for our students. The playground that will be created with

these funds will serve our students for many years to come!

“It is exciting to think about the new safe and inviting playground that will engage the minds and bodies of our students.”

In addition to the grant received, the preschool will be working with parents to provide in-kind services to help make the dollars go further. It is the hope of the preschool staff and Summit Elementary to update the equipment, the ground cover, and the fencing of the preschool playground. Plans are to begin construc-tion over the summer.

The Buell Foundation is a professional philanthrop-ic organization supporting the positive development of children through grants and partnerships with other sectors of our com-munity. The Foundation focuses primarily on the state of Colorado and con-centrates its grant making on programs that benefi t children.

Next Divide mayor has ‘big ears to fi ll’ as incum-bent steps down By Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

As Republicans and Democrats duke it out during the 2016 cam-paign season that began in 2015, Teller County Regional Animal Shel-ter has issued a call for candidates for the Divide mayoral election.

The current mayor, Pa Kettle, a bloodhound, has chosen not to run again.

“The next mayor will certainly have some big ears to fi ll,” said Mary Steinbeiser, executive director of TCRAS.

In this election, every vote counts for the dogs and cats that fi nd shelter and adoption at the animal shelter. At $1 a vote, the election is a fund-raiser for the nonprofi t organization.

“TCRAS is a wonderful place because they take such good care of all the animals,” said Pa Kettle, in a press release.“Before they are adopted, each pet is spayed or neutered, brought current on their vaccinations, microchipped and sent home with a free health exam.”

TCRAS is currently accepting applications for the fi rst 12 furry, feathered and/or quilled candidates that work or live at the person’s place of employment. Campaign details

and applications are available at TCRAS in Divide or online at http://tcrascolorado.org/event/mayor-

of-divide. The deadline to submit applications in Feb. 5. The election is in April.

Pa Kettle’s two-year term as Mayor of Divide is up in April. Kettle has chosen not to run again, leaving room for 12 candidates to run for the position in April. //Courtesy photo

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Bertrand memorial service Jan. 29 at Our Lady of the WoodsBy Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeak-news.com

A memorial service for Jim Bertrand will be held 11 a.m., Friday, Jan. 29, at Our Lady of the Woods Catholic Church, 116 S. West St., in Woodland Park.

Bertrand, a long-time teacher, coach and admin-istrator, died Jan. 6 follow-

ing a long bout with bone cancer.

A Vigil of the Deceased service will be at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 28, at the church. And a rosary will be at 10:30 a.m., Jan. 29 at the church.

A reception to follow the memorial service will be held at Our Lady of The Woods Reception Hall.

In lieu of fl owers, the

family requests supporters donate blood to help those suffering from cancer.

Or you may make a contribution to the James Bertrand Memorial Fund through the Cripple Creek-Victor School District to help students who are in need. The address is: 410 North B Street, Cripple Creek, 80813. Phone is: 719-689-2685.

Ordinances and appointments featured at WP City CouncilBy Suzanne Core

In a busy but brief Woodland Park City Council meet-ing on Jan. 7, several people were reappointed to city committees.

David Langley, Michele Perkins and Laurie Glauth were reappointed to the Historical Preservation Commit-tee. Ken Hartsfi eld, Marti Propes and Steve Stannard were reappointed to the Planning Commission.

Steve McCann and David Dernbach were reappointed to the Board of Review and alternate Mac McVicker was appointed a regular member.

Alternate member Lou Ramon was appointed to the Board of Adjustment position vacated by Ann Brown. The appointees were sworn in en masse.

A total of 10 ordinances were presented for initial post-ing. Discussion and decision was postponed to the public hearing, which is scheduled for Jan. 21.

Nine of the ordinances, 1265 through 1273, are referred

measures by the year-long Charter Review Committee. The committee consisted of three council members and four citizens.

As a home rule city, Woodland Park is ruled by its City Charter. Changes to that charter must be made by the voters. The Charter Review Committee has reviewed the current charter and made nine recommendations for changes. The changes are related either to streamlining process or to saving money. The presentation made to Council by the Charter Review Committee is also posted on the city website.

Ordinance 1272 would authorize council to “use Municipal funds/resources, and/or waive certain develop-ment fees” for a development deemed to “further a public purpose.” This change has been recommended in prior years, and defeated, but this version is slightly different. And 1273 authorizes council to handle public easement issues by resolution instead of ordinance. Peter Scanlon, a two-year resident and one of the citizen members, encour-

aged council to carefully consider each ordinance.“I, 100 percent, support all the recommendations,”

Scanlon said. “They improve operational effi ciency and eliminate some expenses, while maintaining Woodland Park’s unique attributes.”

Council was also asked, and agreed, to consider pre-senting an ordinance to the voters on behalf of the RE-2 school district on TABOR issues related to sustainable funding for RE-2, since the school district has no authority to levy taxes. Initial posting of that ordinance will be at the Jan. 21 meeting.

A photographic history presentation was made by 50-year resident Larry Black in honor of Woodland Park’s 125th anniversary. Included were a number of photos of Midland Avenue from the 1890s to the present. Another photo showed the fi rst swimming pool in the city, on Ram-part Range Road, in 1952.

Tax benefi ts available as Teller County joins Enterprise ZoneBy Pat Hillpathill@yourpeaknews.com

With the launching this month of the

expand in Teller County will receive a tax benefi t.

“Tax credits are available in the state of Colorado for businesses expanding and developing in Teller County,” said Commis-sioner Norm Steen at the commissioners’ meeting Jan. 14.

Along with the news, Steen announced his candidacy to retain his seat on the

board for the election in November. Steen was named chairman of the com-

mission for 2016 and Commissioner Marc Dettenrieder moves over to the position of vice-chair.

Dettenrieder, too, announced that he will run again in November. Dave Paul, who was absent, is not up for re-election.

In a report by Krystal Brown, county clerk & recorder, the Teller County offi ce issued:

116 birth certifi cates812 death certifi cates

126 marriage licenses, including one same-sex license.

As well, the county registered:

1,591 new titles for vehicles from out-of-state, an increase of 1,284 from 2014 and renewed registra-tion for 33,696 vehicles

If there is any question about increas-ing traffi c issues, particularly in Woodland Park, there’s a reason.

“As of Jan. 13, Teller County has 55,832 vehicles,” Brown said.

On the election side, the clerk’s offi ce registered 1,296 new voters. “I have eight staff members and myself,” she said. “I couldn’t do this job without my staff.”

The meeting was a fi rst for the new county attorney Paul Hurcomb, who re-placed the retiring Chris Brandt.

In other action, the commissioners ap-proved the Pikes Peak Courier as the legal paper of record for the county.

The next meeting is scheduled at 9:15 a.m. Jan. 26.

electronically recorded,” Roberts wrote in an email. “The recorder may be turned off, however, during portions that involve privileged attorney-client communication.

“The executive sessions record must be retained for at least 90 days. The law does require that minutes for any meeting ‘at which the adoption of any proposed policy, position, resolution, rule or formal action occurs’ (be kept). So, if the council made a decision during an executive session, there should be minutes of that meeting.”

City offi cials have continued to deny that any decision about the change in location for the aquatic center to the high school site was made in executive session. They have insisted they simply “gave direc-tion” to City Manager David Buttery to pur-sue a possible alternative to the Woodland Station site downtown after infrastructure costs soared.

In addition to seeking electronic re-cords, Prettyman requests “a written state-ment of the grounds for the denial, citing the law or regulation under which access is denied.”

To comply with that request, the let-

ter states that Prettyman will be charged $94.25, which does not include Smith’s fees. The request comes under the heading of a privilege log, which would add another $500 to $1,000 to the charge.

“While the city has not charged you for researching and retrieving the docu-ments attached to this response, the city is entitled to a deposit for the cost of researching, retrieving and copying public records moving forward,” Smith said in her response.

At this point, Prettyman is disgusted. “Whether you support the high school

location for the pool, are against that loca-tion or just want the aquatic center built somewhere now, you have to be concerned about the lack of transparency by our City Council and city manager in the location selection process,” Prettyman said. “I urge all concerned citizens to attend the Jan. 21 city council meeting at 7 pm in city hall and let your voice be heard.”

Prettyman ended with a quote from Leonardo da Vinci: “Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.”

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In the age of the specialized athlete, Orion Drummond breaks the mold.

The Woodland Park High School junior is a three-sport athlete. In the spring, he is a hurdler on the track team. In the fall, he hurdles blockers to make tackles as a star on the football team.

And this time of the year, you can find Drummond on the basketball court where he is a starting forward for the Panthers. He is easy to spot on the court. He looks like a football player in short pants.

“I’m a football player who happens to be playing bas-ketball,” said Drummond. “There definitely is a difference in mentality between football and basketball. My problem is I can’t really regulate that.”

Drummond plays basketball like a football player with a reckless abandon I have rarely seen on a high school court. (And I once saw NFL Hall of Fame defensive back Ronnie Lott play basketball in high school and college.)

“I love his energy,” Woodland Park basketball coach John Paul Geniesse said about Drummond. “What he lacks skill wise, he makes up for with his energy.”

He is one of the more unique athletes I have ever seen at any level.

“Orion is John Wayne in ‘True Grit,’” said Woodland Park football coach Joe Roskam. “He gets in there and he gives you everything he’s got every night he plays. He’s just an effort guy. He plays harder than any player I’ve ever coached.”

Drummond is a linebacker in football. He enjoys laying a good hit on a ball carrier, or anyone else who gets in his way. He led all of Class 3A in tackles during the regular season with 124. And he played in just nine games. He was named the co-Defensive Player of the Year in the Southern League.

But basketball is a game of finesse, grace and strength.“I sort of play football on the basketball court,” Drum-

mond said with a grin. “So far, I’ve only fouled out of one game this season.

“You have to be a little crazy when you play football, but you have to be under a little more control in basket-ball.

Drummond keeps himself in check on the basketball court through a lot of self-discipline.

“You do what the sport re-quires you to do,” he said. “You re-ally have to learn how to make the shift from football to basketball. A lot of my fouls come because I forget I’m playing basketball.”

Drummond is averaging 2.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game. Geniesse named him his Player of the Game against Har-rison on Jan. 9 (a 72-46 Woodland Park loss) after Drummond pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.

“Orion is just really passionate and more emotional than anyone I’ve ever seen,” said Zach Hess, a basketball and football team-mate of Drummond’s. “He has a football mindset. I wouldn’t say he’s better as a football teammate or a basketball teammate. He just puts others before him.”

Added Jason Kekich, who also plays basketball and football with Drummond:

“Overall, he is just an amaz-ing athlete. But he’s great in the classroom and he’s even a better teammate in there. Any effort he puts forward is 125 percent. That’s why I like having him around.”

Part of Drummond’s craziness comes from his father, Grant, who is an ironman and triathlete.

“I steer clear of that and do my own thing,” Drummond said. “It’s just too much for me. I can’t even fathom that. My dad is one of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen in my life. I look up to him that way.”

Geniesse and Roskam, unlike some high school coach-es, encourage their athletes to play multiple sports.

“Basketball is so focused on footwork,” Geniesse said. “I’m a big believer that if you’re a good coach, you help kids however you can.”

Drummond, a devout Mormon, has no intention of playing basketball beyond his senior season. He is even willing to put his mission trip on hold for the opportunity to play college football.

“I enjoy playing everything I can; it keeps me out of trouble and it’s a safe environment,” Drummond said. “I will only get the opportunity to play football once. And I want to take advantage of that. I need to play football right away and then I can think about my mission later on. This is my only shot for college.”

For those of us who follow Woodland Park sports, we are privileged to watch a player with Drummond’s flair, passion and intensity represent the school in a variety of sports.

We need more multi-sport athletes like Drummond.

By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

The Woodland Park Hockey Association Pee Wee (11-12 year-olds) team might want to change its name to the Comeback Kids after winning the Ian Tuttle Memorial Tournament, played Dec. 27-31, in Arvada.

The Pee Wees went 6-0 in the tournament, defeating Littleton, 2-1, in the championship game.

But the title didn’t come as easy as the unbeaten record might suggest.

The Pee Wees came from behind four times, including the final game against Littleton. The Pee Wees were down by as many as two goals in two games.

The Pee Wee player roster consisted of Owen Gaul, Sam Bradley, Jacob Thorpe, Grayson Rockenbach, Jacob Hed-rick, Colton Sell. Corey Fischer, Piper Doust, Kiko Miller, Vaughn Hengeller, Kate Wood, Tyler Thime, Tyler Scarbor-ough, Samuel Thorpe and Carson Bowman

Jed Bowman is the Pee Wees head coach, He was as-sisted by Dan Bradley and Kirk Miller.

The Woodland Park Bantoms (13-14) also competed in the tournament, finishing runner-up to the Northern Colorado Eagles.

Most of the Pee Wee team has been playing together since they were four and five years old. They won the Pikes Peak Hockey League championship last winter and are 11-0 this season at the midway point.

The PPHL consists of teams throughout the Pikes Peak region.

FROM THE SIDELINESDanny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Woodland Park Pee Wee hockey team wins tournament

Drummond is a football player in basketball clothing

Woodland Park junior Orion Drummond has worked himself into a start-ing role this season. Drummond is also a standout football player. //Photo courtesy of Paul Magnuson

The Woodland Park Hockey Association Pee Wee team won a tournament in Arvada last month. Pictured, back row (left to right): Assistant coach Dan Bradlrey, Sam Bradley, Owen Gaul, Jacob Thorpe, Grayson Rockenbach, Jacob Hedrick, Colton Sell, head coach Jed Bowman, Corey Fischer, Kate Wood, and assistant coach Kirk Miller. Front row (left to right): Kiko Miller, Vaughn Henggeler, Piper Doust, Tyler Thime, Tyler Scarborough, Samuel Thorpe and Carson Bowman. //Photo courtesy of Woodland Park Hockey Association

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Cliff Richardson, baseball, Woodland Park High SchoolRichardson will coach the Woodland Park C squad baseball team this spring. He was the head varsity coach from 2012 through 2015. He compiled a 36-40 overall record and directed the Pan-thers to the playoffs in 2013. He previously coached the C squad under former head coach Chris Winstead.

Faces to FollowKaitlyn Smith, volleyball, Trinidad State

Smith, a 2015 Woodland Park graduate, is a defensive specialist for the Trinidad State volleyball team. Smith stared the second half of the season for the Trojans. She recorded 50 digs on the season. Smith received the team’s Shelia R. Wor-ley Sportsmanship Award. Trinidad State fi nished fourth in regionals and had a 15-24 overall record.

Stephanie Bylander, track and fi eld, Florida Southern CollegeBylander is in her fi rst season as the Florida Southern College cross country and assistant track and fi eld coach. Bylander was an assistant track coach at Woodland Park High School prior to accepting the position at Florida Southern last sum-mer. Bylander also helped with WP’s cross country team, where her husband, Matt Levassiur, was the head coach. Bylander was a 10-time all-American in college at Adams State in cross country and track.

Woodland Park wrestler has two passions: his sport and the fi shBy Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Jordie Houck, a top wrestler for Woodland Park High School, has a legitimate shot at qualifying for next month’s state tournament.

But grappling is not his favorite past time. You see, he is a fl y fi sherman.

And to suggest that the junior is passionate about fl y fi shing is a gross understatement.

“Let’s say the summer is 200 days long, at least 195 of those days I’m fl y fi shing,” said Houck, a 126-pounder, who has a tattoo of a trout on his right forearm. “I nor-mally go to local rivers around Colorado, but this summer I get to go to Alaska to do some fl y fi shing up there.”

Houck aspires to study wildlife biology at Western State Colorado University, and has already spoken to some of the fl y fi shing shops in Gunnison about being a tour guide.

And when he lists the priorities in his life, he places fl y fi shing behind family but above wrestling.

“It goes school, family, fl y fi shing and then wrestling,” he said with confi dence. “There’s a certain respect I kind of get across when I’m not just throwing out a worm on a hook. I’m tying some feathers onto a silver hook trying to fool a fi sh to bite it. There’s nothing better.”

Houck convinced Woodland Park principal Del Garrick to add fl y fi shing as part of the school’s lifetime fi tness class curriculum.

If fl y fi shing was a sanctioned high school sport that took place the same time as wrestling, Houck admits he would have a hard time choosing.

“I would have to learn how to share some time,” he said with a smile. “That would be a hard one.”

This time of the year Houck commits himself to hook-ing his wrestling opponents and driving them into the ground for pins or whatever it takes to earn a victory.

“Like fl y fi shing, you have to have multiple skill sets to be successful,” Houck said. “In fl y fi shing, there’s dry fl y fi shing, there’s nymphing, there’s streamer fi shing.

“On the mat you have to be able to shoot, to sprawl, you gotta work top and bottom. If I wasn’t working and turning I would probably go out there and fl op like a fi sh.”

Houck’s wrestling teammates say he takes a cognitive approach to each match.

“He’s lanky and he knows his fundamentals,” said senior Garrick Arias. “He’s aggressive and he has a good

outside sweep.“He has improved so much over the years. I remember

when he was in seventh grade he was so easy to dominate. But now he has improved so much and we go back and forth.”

Added freshman Brad Conlin: “Jordie doesn’t have the squirm like Garrick, or the strength like everybody else, but he just knows every possible move out there. He has a move for every position you could be in. It’s frightening.”

Woodland Park coach Keith Sieracki believes Houck has the skills to make it to state this season, and possibly win a match or two.

“He gets out there and scrapes,” Sieracki said. “When

he knows he can beat a kid, he really rises up to the challenge. If he goes out there with confi dence, he has a chance to win every time.”

Houck is 18-7 this season and looking every bit like he could be a contender for one of the top four spots at next month’s regional that determines who advances to the state meet.

He no doubt will work tirelessly over the next few weeks developing the skills needed to advance to the Pepsi Center. But rest assured that when the season is over, he will move onto his fi rst love.

Fish beware.

Woodland Park junior Jordy Houck, bottom, is looking for qualify for his fi rst state wrestling tournament this winter. The 126-pounder is 18-7 this season. //Photo courtesy of Paul Magnuson

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Strong Christmas shopping season has shop owners smilingBy Evan Musickevanmusick.yourpeaknews@gmail.com

The Christmas shopping season brought a strong end of a profitable 2015, according to Teller County shop owners surveyed in the new year.

But small business executives can’t relax and count their profits. Owners now must adjust to the annually rising mini-mum wage.

Every year on Jan. 1, minimum wage rises in proportion to inflation in Colorado. This year, the minimum wage went from $8.23 to $8.31.

Here’s a sampling of the responses we heard from shopkeepers around the region.

WOODLAND PARK“Business has been good for us this

year,” said Dennis Fryer, owner of Café Leo, which specializes in coffee and light meals and is in the old Starbucks building on Midland Avenue.

Prior to being called Café Leo, the shop was called Java Junction and Gold Hill Java.

“We purchased Gold Hill Java about three and a half years ago,” Fryer said. “We’ve just seen a steady rise in business.”

As for the yearly increase of minimum wage, Fryer said it adds to the pressure to increase sales.

“It just means that we have to keep do-ing better as a business or we don’t make it,” he said.

Down the road from Café Leo lies Tweeds, located on U.S. Highway 24 across from Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center, where owner Tanner Coy offers high end home furnishings.

For Coy, business over the holiday sea-son was “pretty good, all in all.”

Typically, Tweeds sells more Christmas décor than other items during the holiday. But this year, he said the store sold more artwork.

Although business was good, Coy said he was expecting even better sales. He blames the shift among consumers away from “brick and mortar shopping” like Tweeds to online shopping.

As a result, Coy said he is working towards having a greater online shopping presence.

As for the annual minimum-wage increase, Coy said it is counterproductive and hurts everyone.

“I think that is a very poor wage policy for the state,” he said.

For Coy, the increasing minimum wage does not affect his business as he does not pay minimum wage. The lowest he pays is $10 per hour, while the highest is $16.50 per hour plus commission.

CRIPPLE CREEKThe holiday season was “very good” for

Cripple Creek shop owners Chris and Bill Burcaw.

The couple operates 9494 Gifts as well as Altitude and Silver Mine. At 9494, they sell gifts, jewelry, scarves and more while Silver Mine is loaded with local artwork and antiques.

They have been in business five years and reported an overall increase in busi-ness in 2015, Chris Burcaw said.

She believes the growth is due to several factors.

“Economy getting better and bet-ter possibly,” she said, along with yearly growth and a regional following.

Burcaw does not believe the minimum wage increase affects her business.

“Hasn’t affected us,” she said. “We run ourselves.”

Burcaw said they do hire some work in the summer months.

She also added she was not opposed to the rising minimum wage.

It puts “more money in people’s pock-ets,” she said.

Nearby at Everlasting Boutique and

Tea Room, the holiday season “was fabulous,” said Evith Smith, whose business combines a tea room, NFL store and boutique.

“It has grown tremendously,” she said.

She credits the success of her shop to paying attention to her customers and offering them small things like free gift wrapping. She also makes it a point to interact with her custom-ers one-on-one.

Increasing minimum wage has also not affected her.

“No, it has not. It truly has not.”Smith and her husband run the busi-

ness with the exception of one employee to help in the tea room from time to time.

VICTORIn Victor, business in 2015 was “abso-

lutely” growing, said Gertrud Wuellner of the Gold Camp Bakery, which she owns with her husband, Ralf Bock.

Gold Camp Bakery offers German and American baked goods and deli foods. Wuellner says her shop is different as they use simple ingredients.

“We buy butter, sugar, flower, eggs, and start with that,” she said. “We’re not a . . . re-heater.”

Although her business is increasing, the holiday season was similar to previous years.

According to Wuellner, rising minimum

wage has not had a large effect on her busi-ness and believes it won’t ever really have an effect, as she and her husband are the main employees.

At the longtime town retail anchor, the Victor Trading Co., owner’s Karen and Sam Morrison said 2015 was better than normal going into Christmas.

That’s when things turned sour at the business they’ve owned for 31 years.

“Between Christmas and New Year’s, it was pretty bad,” Karen Morrison said. “[We] didn’t see the tourists like we usually did.”

A lack of tourists meant slow sales of the handmade brooms, candles, antiques, cookie cutters, and other items that fill their store.

Conversely, she said that January has been OK for business, which was also surprising.

In the Morrison’s case, she explained it was hard to say if the rising minimum wage has an effect on their business as the husband and wife are the only employees.

Cripple Creek’s Bennett Avenue is home to many local shops that experienced a bustling Christmas season. //Photo by Avalon A Manly

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In today’s competitive busi-ness climate, retaining integrity is as challenging as improving the bottom line. For Cascade resident Linda Seger, striving to succeed with spiritual principles intact is the source of her book, “Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success.”

First published in 2009, Seger released a revised edition this month.

“I was aware that people talk about God in so many ways, whether they say the divine, the sacred, the light within, or the guide,” she said. “Without com-promising the Christian side of the book, I just broadened some of the terms. I think spiritual is-sues are universal.”

A script consultant whose work infl uenced 4o feature fi lms and 35 television projects, Seger is a doctor of theology, professor, writer, international speaker and Quaker.

But it’s her internal struggles that defi ne the book.

“It took me a long time to get

a career going,” said Seger, who lives in a log cabin in Cascade with her husband, Peter LaVar. “It was 14 years of living on the edge. Those years were so anx-ious, I didn’t know if I could pay my rent.”

For a career in the initial stages, spiritual issues are about trust and trying to fi nd calm and peace in the midst of the prob-lems, she said.

“You wonder if you are ever going to make it and did you choose the right path,” she said. “You don’t want to enter into a career with a sense of being frenetic; sometimes the calling doesn’t make a lot of sense.”

In a sea of Hollywood script consultants in the 1980s, Seger gave up her dream of being an actor and, subsequently, became internationally known – which, in the end, changed the nature of her spirituality.

“In that time I realized there was a whole new set of spiritual issues – I also kept thinking that the rug would be pulled out from under me,” she said.

As a result of the angst and fear, Seger’s spiritual journey

involved suppressing the egocentric side of her character.

“I tried to set up my professional life so that I had integrity and was encouraging and supportive of my col-leagues,” she said.

In her climb up the success ladder, Seger’s stumbling blocks included an encounter with the Seven Deadly Sins.

“Some of them will have more power over you than others,” she said. “I think pride, envy and covetousness are probably the three biggies for people in the fi lm industry. In the book I talk about how not only to confront the sins but overcome their power.”

Recently, a diagnosis of Stage 1 breast cancer tested, as well as enhanced, her spirituality.

“As I’ve gone through radia-tion I’ve tried to think about how I can be warm and friendly with patients who are there and be

thankful to the therapists,” she said. “It’s not like I’ve been called to have cancer and radiation but there is that other side to the call-ing. That has been helpful to me.”

Seger speaks about her book at 7 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Corner-stone Arts Center at Colorado College.

Linda Seger is photographed in front of her home, a log cabin in Cascade. Seger has written 13 books, including “Jesus Rode a Donkey.” //Photo by Pat Hill /The Courier

If You Go:

Cascade resi-dent Linda Seger will be speaking about her book, “Spiritu-al Steps on the Road to Suc-cess,” at 7 p.m., Jan. 26, at the Cornerstone Arts Center at Colorado Col-lege. The event is free and open to the public.

Cascade author talks on spirituality, success

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COMBINED NOTICE - AMENDED - PUBLICATIONFORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0036

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On June 12, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) JAMES C SMITH AND ANNETTE M SMITHOriginal Beneficiary(ies) COMPASS BANKCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt RREF CB SBL II-CO, LLCDate of Deed of Trust January 23, 2009

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust February 06, 2009

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 623979 Original Principal Amount $184,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $240,625.70

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

ATTACHED HERETO AS EXHIBIT 'A' AND INCORPORATED HEREIN AS THOUGH FULLY SET FORTH.

Also known by street and number as: 111, 113, 115 NORTH 4TH STREET, VICTOR, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 the date to which the sale has been continued pursuant to C.R.S. 38-38-103(2)(a), at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.Amended First Publication 12/30/2015Amended Last Publication 1/27/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

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To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 26, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) CARL E SMITH AND MARGARITA A SMITHOriginal Beneficiary(ies) EQUISHARE CREDIT UNIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt EQUISHARE CREDIT UNIONDate of Deed of Trust April 23, 2007

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust September 05, 2007

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 610385 Original Principal Amount $504,154.78

Outstanding Principal Balance $257,385.07

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

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Also known by street and number as: 2230 COUNTY ROAD 46, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

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IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 10/26/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:KENNETH E DAVIDSON #7596

KENNETH E DAVIDSON 305 MAIN STREET, SUITE A, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80911 (719) 390-7811Attorney File # 334.15The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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DISTRICT COURT, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

101 W. Bennett Ave., P. O. Box 997,

Cripple Creek, CO 80813

_________________________________________

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

KENNETH CHARLES BAUER, a/k/a KENNETH C. BAUER, a/k/a KENNETH BAUER,

Deceased

_________________________________________

Newman E. McAllister

121 S. Tejon St., Suite 900

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Telephone Number: (719) 473-4892

Fax Number: (719) 473-4893

E-mail: nemlawcos@aol.com

Atty. Reg. #: 601

Attorney for Personal Representative

COURT USE ONLY

_________________________

Case No. 2015PR30057

Div. 11

NOTICE TO CREDITORS BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-12-801, C.R.S.

ESTATE OF KENNETH CHARLES BAUER, a/k/a KENNETH C. BAUER, a/k/a KENNETH BAUER, DECEASED

Case No. 2015PR330057

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them

to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Teller County, Colorado, on or before

April 25, 2016, or the claims may be forever barred.

M. Louise Bauer

Personal Representative

P. O. Box 6007

Woodland Park, CO 80866

INSTRUCTIONS TO NEWSPAPER:

Newman E. McAllister #601

Attorney for Personal Representative

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COMBINED NOTICE - DEFERRED - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-803(6) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0046

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On July 28, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) SUSAN D LEONISOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR

EVOLVE BANK & TRUST, A ARKANSAS BANKING CORPORATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust February 23, 2012

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust March 01, 2012

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 651155 Original Principal Amount $167,334.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $161,031.19

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOTS 902, 904, 1001, AND 1002, TRANQUIL ACRES ADDITION NO. 2, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 173 IRIS RD, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. The original Sale Date was scheduled for November 18, 2015 but was deferred pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 38-38-801 et seq. The deferment period has been terminated or ended and the Sale may now proceed according to law.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016 (formerly scheduled for November 18, 2015 and continued for deferment) , at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.First Publication of Notice of Deferred Sale 12/30/2015Last Publication of Notice of Deferred Sale 1/27/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 12/21/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:ERIN ROBSON #46557

MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP 1770 4TH AVENUE, SAN DIEGO, CA 92101 (877) 369-6122Attorney File # CO-15-668218-JSThe Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0065

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 19, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) HEATHER M NELSONOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS

NOMINEE FOR GN MORTGAGE, LLCCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO

CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE TO LEHMAN XS TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-7

Date of Deed of Trust January 26, 2006

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust January 31, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 589983 Original Principal Amount $107,200.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $111,748.80

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 4, RAINBOW VALLEY UNIT 9, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1821 CALCITE DR, DIVIDE, CO 80814.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/30/2015Last Publication 1/27/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 10/19/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043

BARRETT FRAPPIER & WEISSERMAN, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711Attorney File # 9696.100466.F01The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0064

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On October 22, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) GINGER A POINTOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS

NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONDate of Deed of Trust September 04, 2007

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust September 12, 2007

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 610682 Original Principal Amount $374,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $337,451.04

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE N1/2 OF THE NE1/4 OF THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 12 SOUTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. LYING WESTERLY AND NORTHERLY OF COUNTY ROAD 25, EXCEPT ANY PORTION CONVEYED IN DEED RECORDED JUNE 24, 1993 IN BOOK 675, PAGE 346, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 4331 COUNTY RD 25, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 02/17/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 12/23/2015Last Publication 1/20/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 10/22/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:MARCELLO ROJAS #46396

KLATT, AUGUSTINE, SAYER, TREINEN & RASTEDE, P.C. 9745 E HAMPDEN AVE., SUITE 400, DENVER, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965Attorney File # CO150263The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0068

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 3, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) JUDD LUCHENBILLOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS

NOMINEE FOR SECURITYNATIONAL MORTGAGE COMPANYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust March 26, 2008

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust April 03, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 616354 Original Principal Amount $162,705.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $162,323.73

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 62, HIGHLAND LAKES SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 44 CHEESMAN LAKE CIRCLE, DIVIDE, CO 80814.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/6/2016Last Publication 2/3/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/03/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:SUSAN HENDRICK #33196

KLATT, AUGUSTINE, SAYER, TREINEN & RASTEDE, P.C. 9745 E HAMPDEN AVE., SUITE 400, DENVER, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965Attorney File # CO150256The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0071

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 5, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) KENNETH J NOWAKOriginal Beneficiary(ies) WILMINGTON FINANCE, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN GENERAL

MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2009-1, AMERICAN GENERAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2009-1

Date of Deed of Trust September 13, 2006

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust September 28, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 598305 Original Principal Amount $286,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $260,061.88

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 1, REPLAT OF LOTS 5 AND 6 IN PARK VIEW ESTATES FILING NO. 1, TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1650 BLACKFOOT TRAIL, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/13/2016Last Publication 2/10/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/05/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043

BARRETT FRAPPIER & WEISSERMAN, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711Attorney File # 9696.100454.F01The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0070

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 5, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) JOAN M NUTT AND ERVIN A STOHLOriginal Beneficiary(ies) COLORADO MOUNTAIN BANKCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt LRDA, LLC, A COLORADO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANYDate of Deed of Trust September 29, 2000

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust October 04, 2000

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 510257 Original Principal Amount $45,108.75

Outstanding Principal Balance $16,704.79

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 58, FOREST GLEN SPORTS ASSOCIATION SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 758 FOREST GLEN TRAIL, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/13/2016Last Publication 2/10/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/05/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:M JAMES ZENDEJAS #23460

STINAR & ZENDEJAS & GAITHE, LLC PO BOX 1435, 121 EAST VERMIJO AVENUE, SUITE 200, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 (719) 635-4200Attorney File # 9305.004The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0069

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 3, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) TERRY L PATTON AND BETH ANN PATTONOriginal Beneficiary(ies) WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FACurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONDate of Deed of Trust February 28, 2005

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust March 08, 2005

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 577524 Original Principal Amount $248,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $231,715.10

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 77, WOODLAND WEST FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 224 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/13/2016Last Publication 2/10/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/03/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:SUSAN HENDRICK #33196

KLATT, AUGUSTINE, SAYER, TREINEN & RASTEDE, P.C. 9745 E HAMPDEN AVE., SUITE 400, DENVER, CO 80231 (303) 353-2965Attorney File # CO150288The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0067

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 3, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) ERNEST N ALCORNOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS

NOMINEE FOR MORTGAGE INVESTORS CORPORATIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATIONDate of Deed of Trust July 23, 2012

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust July 31, 2012

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 655184 Original Principal Amount $101,088.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $96,786.94

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, BLOCK 2, TROUT HAVEN ESTATES - FIFTH FILING, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 399 SAGUACHE DR, FLORISSANT, CO 80816.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/02/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/13/2016Last Publication 2/10/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/03/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043

BARRETT FRAPPIER & WEISSERMAN, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711Attorney File # 4500.101411.F01The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110700 The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC. To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and particularly to: CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado, duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property, situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit: 7-15-69 7611 PT RUBY LYING N OF KITTIE WELLS NO2 13292 AND N OF HAYWARD 7442 MS That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said certificate holder. Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016 Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016 Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110803

The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of

PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the

name of PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC.

To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the

hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same

was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and

particularly to:

PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC

ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD INNOVATIONS, INC

PINNACOL ASSURANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of

November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,

duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property,

situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit:

7-15-69 10086 KANSAS CITY MS

That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of

purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING

CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the

Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before

June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said

certificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER

TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016

Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20120188

The said premises were for the year A.D. 2011, assessed and taxed in the name of PAUL

A FULLER TRUSTEE and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the name of

PAUL A FULLER TRUSTEE.

To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the

hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same

was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and

particularly to:

PAUL A FULLER TRUSTEE

BRIAN K & AMY EMERSON

CRIPPLE CREEK MOUNTAIN ESTATES POA

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 5th day of

November A.D. 2012, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,

duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2011, the following described property,

situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit:

L77 CCME 22

That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of

purchase was duly issued therefore to WILLIAM K TOWNSEND, the present holder and

legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the Treasurer of Teller County for a

deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before June 8, 2016, the said County

Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said certificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER

TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016

Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110701 The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC. To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and particularly to: CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado, duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property, situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit: 7-15-69 7611 PT RUBY LYING SW OF KITTIE WELLS NO 2 13293 AND N OF ROUDEBUSH 7422 That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said certificate holder. Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016 Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016 Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110702 The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC. To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and particularly to: CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado, duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property, situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit: 7-15-69 10172 PT POLE STAR LYING N OF THE FORESIGHT MS That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said certificate holder. Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016 Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016 Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110808 The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the name of PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC. To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and particularly to: PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC ROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLD INNOVATIONS, INC PINNACOL ASSURANCE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado, duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property, situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit: 7-15-69 9998 PT DEADWOOD #4 LYING E OF THE SPAR + W OF THE PEACOCK MS That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said certificate holder. Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016 Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110809

The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of

PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed in the

name of PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC.

To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the

hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same

was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and

particularly to:

PROVIDENCE MINING, LLC

PINNACOL ASSURANCE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of

November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,

duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property,

situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit:

7-15-69 15755 PT SPAR NO 1 LYING E OF SPAR 8780, W OF MAUD S 10676 & N

OF DEADWOOD NO 4 9998 MS

That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of

purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING

CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the

Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before

June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said

certificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER

TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016

Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

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2. ROLL CALL

1. CALL TO ORDER. 2. ROLL CALL. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 4. CEREMONIES, PRESENTATIONS AND APPOINTMENTS. A. None 5. ADDITIONS, DELETIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA. (Public comment not necessary.) 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: (Public comment may be heard.) Leclercq A. Approve minutes of January 7, 2016 Regular Meeting. (A) Leclercq B. Approve Resolution No. 800 approving the form of election for the City’s April 5, 2016 regular Municipal Election. (A) Leclercq C. Approve IGA between the City of Woodland Park and Teller County to use the Counties Accuvote equipment for the April 5, 2016 Municipal Election. Leclercq D. Approve November Statement of Expenditures and authorize the Mayor to sign warrants in payment thereof. (A) Leclercq E. Approve Department of Local Affairs and City of Woodland, Main Street Annual Memorandum of Understanding. (A) 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: (Public comment may be heard.) A. None

8. ORDINANCES ON INITIAL POSTING: Buttery A. Consider Ordinance No. 1274 of the City of Woodland Park, Colorado,

submitting to the Electorate of the City of Woodland Park at the April 5, 2016 election a certain question seeking authority to impose an additional 1.09% Sales Tax for educational purposes, fixing the ballot title and question, and setting forth other details relating thereto on initial posting and set the Public Hearing for February 4, 2016. (A)

9. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Leclercq A. Approve liquor application from Julie King of Pick Axe Distillery, Inc.

to grant a Distillery Pub License for Pick Axe Distillery located at 1075 East Highway 24, Woodland Park, Colorado. (QJ)

Smith B. Approve Ordinance No. 1263 approving a contract to buy and sell real estate between the City of Woodland Park and the Woodland Park School

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

January 21, 2016

7:00 PM

The Woodland Park City Council is pleased to have residents of the community take time to attend City Council Meetings. Attendance and participation is encouraged. Individuals wishing to be heard during Public Hearing proceedings are encouraged to be prepared and will generally be limited to five (5) minutes in order to allow everyone the opportunity to be heard. PUBLIC

COMMENTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE. Questions raised on non-agenda items may be answered at a later date by letter in order to facilitate proper research.

PLEASE SIGN IN TO SPEAK ON A PARTICULAR AGENDA ITEM

Written comments are welcome and should be given to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Written materials will not be accepted during regular agenda items in the interest of time.

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Wiley B. Approve Resolution No. 798 Establishing the Single Family Residential Water Tap Allotment for 2016. 11. PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. 12. REPORTS: (Public comment not necessary.) A. Mayor’s Report. B. Council Reports. C. City Attorney’s Report. D. City Manager’s Report: Dingwell 1. CAFR award. 13. COMMENTS ON WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE. (Public comment not necessary.) 14. ADJOURNMENT. ** Per Resolution No. 90, Series 1982. (A) Administrative (QJ) Quasi-Judicial (L) Legislative COURIER VIEW – Please publish 01/20/2016 .

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District Re-2 for the purchase of real property on which to build the Woodland Park Aquatic Center. (A) Leclercq C. Approve Ordinance No. 1264 declaring the public notification process method for the City of Woodland Park for 2016. (A) Harvey D. Approve Ordinance No. 1265 submitting to the registered electors of the City of

Woodland Park a proposed amendment to the Charter to simplify the City initiative, referendum and recall procedures in accordance with State law, subject to certain exceptions, and consistent therewith, repealing and reenacting Article VIII, and repealing section 7.8, of the Charter. (A)

Harvey E. Approve Ordinance No. 1266 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to the Charter to simplify the City election procedures in accordance with the State Municipal election laws, subject to certain exceptions, and consistent therewith, repealing and reenacting Article II of the

Charter, and addressing terms of office. (A) Harvey F. Approve Ordinance No. 1267 submitting to the registered electors of the City of

Woodland Park a proposed amendment to Section 3.5 (b) of and adding a new section 3.5 (d) to the Charter to provide flexibility in determining appointments to Mayoral and Council Member vacancies. (A)

Harvey G. Approve Ordinance No. 1268 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to Section 4.3 (e) of the Charter to permit the City Manager to submit the annual report of the City’s finances to Council after receiving the results of the annual audit. (A)

Harvey H. Approve Ordinance No. 1269 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment of Charter Sections 4.5 (a), 4.6 (a) and Section 13.2 to allow insurance in lieu of surety bonds for City Officers and employees whose duties involve the handling of public funds. (A)

Harvey I. Approve Ordinance No. 1270 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to Section 7.12 (d) of the Charter allowing the City to keep one copy of any Code adopted by reference on file in the City Clerk’s office. (A)

Harvey J. Approve Ordinance No. 1271 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to Sections 7.6 (d) and (g), 7.11, 7.12 (b), 9.7 and 9.13, 15.7 (b) (1) and 15.12 to authorize the City Council to determine the instrument(s) of publication, annually, by Ordinance, which may include the City’s website, and not limit publication to the official City newspaper. (A)

Harvey K. Approve Ordinance No. 1272 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to the Section 9.17 of the Charter to give City Council the authority and flexibility, to use Municipal funds/resources, and/or waive certain development fees, for a development that furthers a valid public purpose, and to refer to Ordinances having to do with the use of Municipal funds/resources and/or waiver of development fees by a simple majority vote. (A)

Harvey L. Approve Ordinance No. 1273 submitting to the registered electors of the City of Woodland Park a proposed amendment to Section 15.2 of the Charter authorizing

City Council to sell, exchange, or dispose of any public easement by a resolution in lieu of an Ordinance. (A)

10. NEW BUSINESS: (Public comment may be heard.) Smith/Harvey A. Approve Resolution No. 799 establishing the order of the Charter Amendment Ballot Questions to be submitted to the voters in the Regular Election to be held April 5, 2016. (A)

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(Formerly assessed in the name of Sandra D Hartley)

Also known as: 145 Pennsylvania Ave., Florissant CO 80816, together with all its appurtenances.

Date: December 18, 2015

Published in the Pikes Peak Courier. First Publication: _ Last Publication: _

/s/Noah Klug _ Noah Klug Attorney for Plaintiff

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth: e.g., §38-6- 104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration)

FORM 1.1 R1-12 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

(Formerly assessed in the name of Sandra D Hartley)

Also known as: 145 Pennsylvania Ave., Florissant CO 80816, together with all its appurtenances.

Date: December 18, 2015

Published in the Pikes Peak Courier. First Publication: _ Last Publication: _

/s/Noah Klug _ Noah Klug Attorney for Plaintiff

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth: e.g., §38-6- 104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration)

FORM 1.1 R1-12 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

9 PM

DISTRICT COURT, TELLER

COUNTY, COLORADO

101 West Bennett Avenue

Cripple Creek CO

80813 (719) 689-2543

DATE FILED: December 18, 2015

6:0

FILING ID: 9D96AC7FD4847

CASE NUMBER:

2015CV30095

Plaintiff(s): OCK LLC d/b/a/ OCK LLC 401k PLAN FBO KEVIN POOL, a Colorado limited liability company

Defendant(s): SANDRA D. HARTLEY; and all unknown persons who claim any interest in the subject matter of this action

Attorney for Plaintiff: Noah Klug, Atty No. 39163 THE KLUG LAW FIRM, LLC PO Box 6683 Breckenridge CO 80424-6683 Telephone: 970-468-4953 Noah@TheKlugLawFirm.com

COURT USE ONLY Case Number: 2015CV30095

Div. 11 Ctrm:

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED

DEFENDANTS

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Clerk of this Court an Answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your Answer or other response to the Complaint in writing

within the 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action involving real property located in the County of Teller, State of

Colorado, described as follows:

PT TR B DOME ROCK RANCH 1 AS DESC AT

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(Formerly assessed in the name of Sandra D Hartley)

Also known as: 145 Pennsylvania Ave., Florissant CO 80816, together with all its appurtenances.

Date: December 18, 2015

Published in the Pikes Peak Courier. First Publication: _ Last Publication: _

/s/Noah Klug _ Noah Klug Attorney for Plaintiff

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(g), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure. This form should not be used where personal service is desired.

TO THE CLERK: If the summons is issued by the clerk of the court, the signature block for the clerk or deputy should be provided by stamp, or typewriter, in the space to the left of the attorney’s name.

*Rule 12(a), C.R.C.P., allows 35 days for answer or response where service of process is by publication. However, under various statutes, a different response time is set forth: e.g., §38-6- 104, C.R.S. (eminent domain); §38-36-121, C.R.S. (Torrens registration)

FORM 1.1 R1-12 SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

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Notice of Final Settlement

In accord with C.R.S. 38-26-107(1), notice is hereby given that fi nal settlement will be made on or about January 29, 2016 between The Florissant Water and Sanitation District and Dan’s Custom Construction for the Drinking Water Treatment Plant for Florissant Water and Sanitation District. located at 2244 W. US Highway 24, Florissant, CO.

Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by the contractor identifi ed above or any subcontractor thereof in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that has supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore, has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, may in accord with section 38-26-107 (1) C.R.S., fi le with the Florissant Water & Sanitation District, a verifi ed statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim, which statement must be fi led on or before close of business on January 27, 2016. Any claims shall be fi led with the District at PO Box 565, Florissant, CO 80816.

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location of West Fourmile Creek Reservoir, all such lands including all lands inundated by the anticipated high-water mark, are currently owned by Applicant. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THE FOREGOING APPLICATION(S) MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT AND PROTEST WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE, OR BE FOREVER BARRED. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or application as amended, may file with the Water Clerk a verified statement of opposition setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions, such statement of opposition must be filed by the last day of February 2016, (forms available at Clerk’s office or at www.courts.state.co.us, must be served on parties and certificate of service must be completed; filing fee $158.00). The foregoing are resumes and the entire application, amendments, exhibits, maps and any other attachments filed in each case may be examined in the office of the Clerk for Water Division No. 2, at the address shown below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Witness my hand and the seal of this Court this 7th day of January, 2016.

/s/ Mardell R. DiDomenico ________________________________ Mardell R. DiDomenico, Clerk District Court Water Div. 2 501 N. Elizabeth Street, Suite 116 Pueblo, CO 81003 (719) 404-8832

(Court seal) Published: January _____, 2016

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DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION NO. 2, COLORADO

TO: ALL INTERESTED PARTIES

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are hereby notified that the following case is a

portion of the resume of applications and amendments filed and/or ordered

published during the month of December 2015, in Water Division No. 2. The

Water Judge ordered this case be published in the Pikes Peak Courier View in

Teller County, Colorado.

The name(s) and address(es) of applicant(s), description of water rights or

conditional water rights and description of ruling sought as reflected by said

application, or amendment, are as follows.

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CASE NO. 2015CW3064; Previous Case 1996CW190 - CITY OF CRIPPLE

CREEK, P.O. Box 430, Cripple Creek, CO 80813 (Please address all pleadings

and correspondence to: Chris D. Cummins, Ryan W. Farr, Felt, Monson &

Culichia, LLC, Attorneys for Applicant, 319 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs,

CO 80903; (719) 471-1212)

Application for Finding of Reasonable Diligence

TELLER AND PARK COUNTIES, COLORADO

Name of structures: Applicant was approved for a conditional water storage

right in West Fourmile Creek Reservoir in Case No.96CW190. West Fourmile

Creek Reservoir is decreed to be an approximately 147 acre foot storage vessel

taking its supplies from West Fourmile Creek, tributary to Fourmile Creek,

tributary to the Arkansas River. Applicant seeks a finding of reasonable diligence

for said conditional water storage right adjudicated in Case No. 96CW190 as

more particularly described as follows: Date of original decree : December 10,

2009, Case No. 96CW190, District Court, Water Division 2. Conditional Water

Storage Right. Applicant seeks a finding of reasonable diligence for the

following conditional water storage right: Name of Water Right : West Fourmile

Creek Reservoir. Legal Description : The legal description of the center of the

dam for West Fourmile Creek Reservoir, located on Applicant’s property, is as

follows: In the S1/2 SW1/4 Section 3, Township 15 South, Range 71 West of the

6 th P.M., 390 feet north of the south line of said Section 3 and 1,450 feet east of

the west line of said Section 3. Source : The source of fill for West Fourmile

Creek Reservoir is surface flows of West Fourmile Creek, tributary to Fourmile

Creek, tributary to the Arkansas River. Appropriation: The appropriation date

for West Fourmile Creek Reservoir is June 15, 1995, with a 1996 priority

pursuant to the filing date for Case No. 96CW190. Amount of Water: 147 acre

feet, conditional, with a right to fill and refill. Uses: All beneficial uses including

without limitation, domestic, stock watering, irrigation, recreational, wildlife

habitat, fish propagation, commercial, industrial, municipal, and also for

exchange and augmentation within Applicant’s municipal service area.

Reservoir Specifications: It is anticipated that the maximum surface area will

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be approximately 6.4 acres, with a maximum height of the embankment/dam at 61 feet, with a maximum length of 440 feet. Capacity of Reservoir: The total capacity of the reservoir is 147 acre feet, all of which shall be active capacity. Outline of what has been done toward completion of the appropriation and

application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including

expenditures : Description of Water Rights : The Applicant seeks a finding of reasonable diligence for the above described conditional water storage right in West Fourmile Creek Reservoir, as previously conditionally adjudicated in Case No. 96CW190. Statement of Diligence : The conditional water right for which diligence is sought herein, together with other conditional water rights, absolute water rights, appropriative rights of exchange, and plans for augmentation of the Applicant, are all part of an integrated plan of the Applicant’s to provide water resources and supply to residents and water users within the municipal service area of the City of Cripple Creek. Applicant has expended extensive time and resources since the decree in 96CW190 in the completion of related adjudications of conditional water rights and appropriative rights of exchange, including to and from the conditional water storage right for which diligence is sought herein (West Fourmile Reservoir), including in Case Nos. 96CW233 and 98CW174, both of which have now been decreed by this Court. Part of Applicant’s diligence in pursuing and maintaining this conditional water storage right during the diligence period, therefore, includes these related adjudication activities, as well as expenditures on engineering and construction estimates, as necessary to place such water to beneficial use. Applicant conservatively estimates that it has expended in excess of $145,325.00 since the decree in Case No. 96CW190 in completion of the related and associated 96CW233 and 98CW174 adjudications, now decreed, including legal and engineering consulting fees, and including evaluation of potential design and construction costs associated with the West Fourmile Creek Reservoir, and related to the use and development of Applicant’s integrated water system during this diligence period, since 2009. Applicant has therefore expended in excess of $145,325.00 in analyzing and securing water resources to be utilized in the subject conditional water storage right, and in analyzing and securing other related water rights for utilization within Applicant’s integrated municipal water supply system, and defending the same from potential injury. Based on the expenditures described herein, and ongoing efforts related to the use of the now-adjudicated related exchanges and water structures, and the improvement and maintenance of other water rights integrated into the use of the subject conditional water storage right, the Applicant has established that it can and will complete the development of the adjudicated conditional water right and place it to beneficial use within a reasonable period of time. Names of the owners of land on which structure

is or will be located upon which water is or will be stored or upon which

water is or will be placed to beneficial use: All lands within the municipal service area of the City of Cripple Creek constitute the place of beneficial use, and are owned by numerous individuals, groups and entities. As concerns the

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INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed bids for “2016 Improvements” for Teller County Public Works will be received by Teller County Public Works located at 308-A Weaverville Road, P.O. Box 805, Divide, Colorado, 80814 up until 11:00 a.m. local time, Thursday February 18, 2016, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The work will consist of: Subgrade R&R, HMA patching/overlay (full lane or full roadway width) with three (3) inches compacted mat of PG 58-28 and epoxy striping located on CR 11.

Please visit www.co.teller.co.us to obtain the bid package electronically. Once bid package is obtained electronically, please call Teller County Public Works and inform us so that we can list you on the offi cial plan holders list.

Any questions regarding this bid should be directed to Bryan Kincaid, Right-of-way Supervisor at 719-687-8812.

All interested fi rms are invited to submit a bid in accordance with the terms and conditions stated in the RFB.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

TELLER COUNTY, CO

Publication & Dates: Pikes Peak Courier

January 20

January 27

February 3

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PUBLIC TRUSTEES

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0073

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On November 12, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) ROBERT J HARVEY AND JUDY A HARVEYOriginal Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS

NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT & LOANCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS

INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR NEWCASTLE MORTGAGE SECURITIES TRUST 2007-1

Date of Deed of Trust December 28, 2006

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust January 03, 2007

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 601948 Original Principal Amount $505,400.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $521,360.28

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 13, FAIRWAY PINES, FILING NO. 3. COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1460 MASTERS DRIVE, WOODLAND PARK, CO 80863.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/16/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/20/2016Last Publication 2/17/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 11/12/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:LISA CANCANON #42043

BARRETT FRAPPIER & WEISSERMAN, LLP 1199 BANNOCK STREET, DENVER, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711Attorney File # 9696.100359.F01The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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COMBINED NOTICE - RESTART - PUBLICATIONCRS §38-38-109(2)(b)(II) FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 2015-0026

Republished to restart foreclosure stayed by bankruptcy and reset sale date.

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 24, 2015, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Teller records.

Original Grantor(s) ALBERT R MORGANOriginal Beneficiary(ies) PARK STATE BANK & TRUSTCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt PARK STATE BANK & TRUSTDate of Deed of Trust February 13, 2009

County of Recording TellerRecording Date of Deed of Trust February 17, 2009

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 624145 Original Principal Amount $217,274.14

Outstanding Principal Balance $191,768.45

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

THE SURFACE ONLY OF THE FOLLOWING: EAST 25 FEET OF THE WEST 50 FEET OF LOTS 1 THRU 3, BLOCK 21, TOWN OF VICTOR, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 306 VICTOR AVENUE, VICTOR, CO 80860.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALEThe current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 03/16/2016, at Teller County Courthouse, 101 W. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek, CO 80813, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust , plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 1/20/2016Last Publication 2/17/2016Name of Publication PIKES PEAK COURIER

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General1300 Broadway, 10th FloorDenver, Colorado 80203(800) 222-4444www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection BureauP.O. Box 4503Iowa City, Iowa 52244(855) 411-2372www.consumerfinance.gov

DATE: 04/24/2015Robert W. Campbell, Public Trustee in and for the County of Teller, State of Colorado

By: Shirley A. Kint, Deputy Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:TIMOTHY F BREWER #32946 TIMOTHY F BREWER #32946

TIMOTHY F. BREWER, P.C. 10 BOULDER CRESCENT, SUITE 200, COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 (719) 477-0225Attorney File # MORGANThe Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

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MISC. PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALEAND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110694 The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofCALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxedin the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC. To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of thehereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the samewas taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, andparticularly to: CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day ofNovember A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property,situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit: 7-15-69 13292 UND 2/10 INT KITTIE WELLS #2 MS That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate ofpurchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MININGCO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon theTreasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or beforeJune 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to saidcertificate holder. Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURERTELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110696

The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of

CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed

in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC.

To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the

hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same

was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and

particularly to:

CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of

November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,

duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property,

situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit:

7-15-69 13292 UND 2/10 INT KITTIE WELLS #2 MS

That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of

purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING

CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the

Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before

June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said

certificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER

TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016

Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE TAX LIEN SALE

AND OF APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’S DEED

TAX SALE CERTIFICATE OF PURCHASE NO. 20110697

The said premises were for the year A.D. 2010, assessed and taxed in the name of

CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC and the properties are currently assessed and taxed

in the name of CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC.

To whom it may concern and to every person in actual possession or occupancy of the

hereinafter described land, lots or premises, and to the person in whose name the same

was taxed, and to all persons having an interest or title of record in or to the same, and

particularly to:

CALDERA RIM MINING CO, LLC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a tax lien sale lawfully held on the 4th day of

November A.D. 2011, the then County Treasurer of Teller County, State of Colorado,

duly offered for delinquent taxes for the year 2010, the following described property,

situated in County of Teller and State of Colorado, to-wit:

7-15-69 13725 UND 2/3 INT REVIEW MS

That, at said sale, said property was stricken off to and a tax lien sale certificate of

purchase was duly issued therefore to CRIPPLE CREEK & VICTOR GOLD MINING

CO, the present holder and legal owner thereof, who hath made request upon the

Treasurer of Teller County for a deed, and that unless the same be redeemed on or before

June 8, 2016, the said County Treasurer will issue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to said

certificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County, Colorado, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2016.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURER

TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

First date of Publication: January 20, 2016

Second date of Publication: January 27, 2016

Third and last date of Publication: February 3, 2016

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETINGTELLER COUNTY BOARD OF REVIEW

February 3, 2016 AT 2:00 P.M.Wednesday

1010 West Evergreen Heights Drive

February 3, 2016 Board of Review meeting has been canceled.

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NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the 2015 District’s 2015 Budget; that a copy of the proposed Amended 2015 Budget has been fi led at Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of a Resolution to Amend the 2015 Budget will be consid-ered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at 1010 Evergreen Heights Drive, Woodland Park, Colorado, on January 20, 2016, at 12:00 p.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the fi nal adoption of the Resolution to Amend the 2015 Budget, inspect and fi le or register any objections thereto.NORTHEAST TELLER COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

By: Sharon McCann-KumpeExecutive Assistant

Published in: Pikes Peak Courier Published on: January 20, 2016

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MISC. PUBLIC NOTICES

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CITY OF WOODLAND PARK NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Public Hearing on Ordinance No. 1263, Series 2015, was held in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 220 W. South Avenue, on the 21st day of January 2016 at 7:00 PM. The aforesaid Ordinance was posted in City Hall 24 hours prior to the December 15, 2015 City Council meeting, passed on first reading, and ordered published, as required by Section 7.6 of the Charter of the City of Woodland Park.

CITY OF WOODLAND PARK ORDINANCE NO. 1263, SERIES 2015

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A CONTRACT TO BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE BETWEEN THE CITY OF WOODLAND PARK AND THE WOODLAND PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT RE-2 FOR THE PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY ON WHICH TO BUILD THE WOODLAND PARK AQUATIC CENTER, SAID PARCEL BEING APPROXIMATELY 76,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA OR 1.74+/- ACRES AND LOCATED AT 151 PANTHER WAY ACROSS FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE CITY OF WOODLAND PARK, COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO; SAID PARCEL BEING NORTH OF THE BUS TURNAROUND AND SOUTH OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT; GENERALLY, THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF MIDLAND AVENUE (WHICH BECOMES THE BUS TURNAROUND) AND BALDWIN STREET WHICH IS THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF THE PARCEL.

WHERES, Woodland Park School District RE-2 (“District”) owns a parcel of real property approximately 76,000 square feet in area or 1.74+/- acres and located at 151 Panther Way across from the High School in the City of Woodland Park, County of Teller, State of Colorado; said parcel being north of the bus turnaround and south of the High School parking lot; generally, the northeast quadrant of Midland Avenue (which becomes the bus turnaround) and Baldwin Street which is the westerly boundary of the parcel (the “Property”); and

WHEREAS, the City desires to construct and install or cause to be constructed and installed a municipal aquatic center on the Property; and

WHEREAS, District has agreed to sell the Property to the City of Woodland Park, for said aquatic center; and WHEREAS, District is authorized under state law to sell property without making any findings provided it is selling to a political subdivision, which the City is; and

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WHEREAS, the Woodland Park City Council finds, determines and declares that purchasing the Property subject to the terms and conditions agreed to between District and the City is in the best interest of the City of Woodland Park. NOW, THEREFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO ORDAINS as follows; Section 1. The City Council hereby approves the purchase of the Property subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Contract to Buy and Sell Real Estate between the City of Woodland Park and Woodland Park School District RE-2 dated January 21, 2016 (the “Contract”) and authorizes the Mayor to execute the Contract and any other documents reasonably necessary for closing. Section 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to approve amendments and extensions of the Contract dates and deadlines and any non-substantive changes to the terms and conditions. PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARING, THIS ___________ DAY OF ___________________________, 2015. __________________________ Neil Levy, Mayor

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Teller County Sheriff ’s Department Arrest LogDec. 18Brian Alan Th omasson, DOB Nov. 29, 1980, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for driving under restraint (cancelled/denied) and weaving. Bond set at $1,000.

Roy Dale Ricketts, DOB Dec 20, 1979, of Rye, was served and released on the charge of driving under restraint (suspended).

Dec. 19Monika Lynne Otey, DOB Jan. 24, 1991, of Cop-per Mountain, was arrested for driving under re-straint (revoked), speeding and uninsured motor vehicle. Bond set at $6,000.

Victor Joe Mondragon, DOB June 23, 1979, of Florissant, was arrested for failure to yield right of way to stationary emergency vehicle, driving under the infl uence and drove vehicle with exces-sive alcohol content. Bond set at $1,000.

Carmen Anthony Fiacco, DOB April 27, 1975, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for driving under the infl uence and weaving. Bond set at $1,000.

Coleman Andrew Jones, DOB Nov. 9, 1991, of Divide, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of failure to display proof of insurance and speeding. Bond set at $400.

John Michael Stuart, DOB March 8, 1949, of Westcliff e, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving under restraint and open alcohol container/drink in vehicle. Bond set at $1,000.

Derek Rowe Matten, DOB Aug. 13, 1981, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for possession of

an open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle, drove motor vehicle with blood alcohol content of 0.08 or more, drove a motor vehicle while under the infl uence, drove motor vehicle while license revoked and failure to drive in a single lane (weaving). Bond set at $1,000.

Dec. 22Clinton J. Dansby, DOB Nov. 5, 1988, address un-known, was arrested on a warrant for aggravated motor vehicle theft . Bond set at $1,000. Christopher D. Bailey, DOB Feb. 6, 1996, of Houston, Texas, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of speed-ing. Bond set at $150.

Gavin Melvin Payne, DOB Nov. 3, 1982, of Vic-tor, was arrested for assault in the third degree, domestic violence and child abuse. Bond set at $4,000.

Jesse John Lewellen, DOB May 30, 1982, of Di-vide, was summoned and released on the charge of violation of a protection order (alcohol re-lated).

Dec. 30Joseph Dennis Fox, DOB Aug. 8, 1996, of Lake George, was served and released on the charge of driving under restraint (cancelled/denied).

Dec. 31Jason William Martin, DOB March 4, 1970, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply on an original charge of driving while ability impaired. Bond set at $2,000.

Jan. 1Nile Anderson Greer, DOB Oct. 21, 1984, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for failure to drive

in a single lane (weaving), driving under the in-fl uence and drove vehicle with blood alcohol over 0.080. Bond set at $1,000.

Stephen L. Cunningham, DOB Oct. 27, 1982, of Lima, Ohio, was served and released on the charge of driving under restraint (suspended).

Jan. 2Steven Max Grantham, DOB April 20, 1957, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for speed regula-tions, compulsory insurance, driving under the infl uence of alcohol/drugs or both, possession of drug paraphernalia and prohibited use of weap-ons. Bond set at $1,000. Christopher Shane Gillespie, DOB Dec. 7, 1982, of Pueblo, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of possession of a controlled substance. Th is was a no-bond war-rant.

Jan. 3Derrick Clift on Wardle, DOB Jan. 27, 1980, of Colorado Springs, was arrested for felony menac-ing, possession of a defaced fi rearm, prohibited use of a fi rearm, reckless endangerment and criminal mischief. Bond set at $2,000.

Jan. 5Wayne Roy Newlen, DOB Sept. 7, 1976, of Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply on an original charge of child abuse. Th is was a no-bond warrant.

Joshua Emanuel Medina, DOB May 13, 1993, of Divide, was summoned and released on the charge of driving under restraint (denied) and failure to maintain a single lane of travel (weav-ing).

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Controversial Best Western project clears first hurdlesNext step is Woodland Park City Council

By Norma Engelbergnjengel60@gmail.com

A controversial proposal to build a Best Western Hotel

in Gold Hill Square South won approval from the Wood-land Park Planning Commission after developer William Page redesigned and scaled down the project.

When unveiled in August, the project drew harsh criti-cism from residents and city planning staff concerned it would clash with mountain town architecture and ruin some mountain view corridors.

In response, Page lowered the building. In his original plan, the maximum height was 75 feet. The new hotel de-sign tops out at 52 feet, but it will stand just 31 feet above the U.S. Highway 24/Colorado 67 intersection.

He also redesigned it to be more aesthetically compat-ible with Woodland Park’s mountain town design stan-dards. And he reduced the number of rooms from 80 to 60.

The latest iteration of the Best Western Hotel design calls for converting the old Woodland Hardware space into a 32-space underground parking garage; converting the current spaces used by the Goodwill and Sherwin Williams into the hotel lobby, breakfast room, indoor pool and 14 rooms; and adding two additional floors with 24 rooms each.

Outside the hotel lobby there will be a large timber and stone covered entrance.

With Page’s changes, the new building will be three stories instead of five and will be slightly taller than the former ENT Credit Union building across the parking lot and and several feet lower than the Park State Bank & Trust building across U.S. Highway 24.

He has added a newly designed roof, which will hide the mechanicals and the elevator hoist way and has done away with the stair towers.

Page, who has owned the property since 1969, brought his project to the town planning staff last summer and appeared before the Woodland Park Planning Commission on Aug. 27 where the crowd turned ugly in its assessment of the hotel design and its impact on downtown.

The city planning staff echoed the public sentiment, calling the scope of the project too large and recommend-ing radical changes. The commissioners agreed and con-tinued the public hearing to later date and Page went back to the drawing board.

The project was finally ready for planning-commission review at its Jan. 14 meeting.

The project now goes to the Woodland Park City Council for consideration. If approved, construction could begin next summer. The retail businesses currently located inside the building will have until the end of 2016 to find other accommodations.

Planning commissioners were concerned about build-ing height, traffic flow, pedestrian access and landscaping. Page allayed their concerns on the height of the building and said he would work on the rest.

A traffic study shows that traffic will be cut in half at the hotel’s end of the shopping center. Page also plans to look into changing the traffic flow around Wendy’s restaurant and widen the sidewalks in front of one of the larger retail buildings.

During the public hearing, five people spoke and one letter was also read. Most of the speakers agreed on the need for more lodging and supported this project.

Ed Shirk, manager of Gold Hill Theatre across the high-way, said he is excited about the proposed hotel and said it will compliment his new business incubator, to open soon in the top floor of the former ENT building.

Terry Harrison supported the hotel and appreciated the employment the construction will bring. Tony Perry of Park State Bank & Trust also supported the project.

Rodney Goodlette agreed Woodland Park needs for more lodging, but he had concerns about the rest of the shopping center.

“Gold Hill (Square South) is the least attractive com-mercial area in Woodland Park,” he said, adding that it hasn’t been maintained and is in need of paint and repairs.

He also worried about the parking of big rigs when their drivers are staying in the hotel. He also wanted to know if Page will hire local contractors.

Page said his plans provide space for large vehicles to park. He said his son, Doug Page, will be the general contractor. As for hiring local contractors, Page said the terms of his Small Business Administration financing call for competitive bids. He also plans to upgrade the existing building facades.

Paul Saunier liked the review process and said the hotel

would be an asset to the city. He suggested greater review of the foundation, the elevations, the site layout and the overall drainage. He said snow and ice could become a huge problem on the shaded side of the building.

In a letter to the commission, Kerrie Ahlstrom said she was worried about light pollution and garishly lighted signs, not just on Page’s site but also around the city. Plan-ning Director Sally Riley said the city’s dark-sky codes will be enforced.

Commissioner Jerry Penland asked about Northeast Teller County Fire Protection District’s disapproval of the plan. Commission Chairman Jon DeVaux said the fire district has been disapproving every project being built in the Downtown Development Authority district for the past year.

The district objects because it doesn’t get the benefit of new property taxes when buildings are constructed in the authority’s exempt district.

DeVaux, who also serves on the authority board, said the board is working with the fire district on funding and it will address its concerns each time a construction project comes up.

The commission voted 6-1 to amend the PUD. Com-missioner Ken Hartsfield said he couldn’t support the amendment because of his concerns about pedestrian access and landscaping. After the meeting, Riley said she would work with Page to come up with solutions to these issues.

The commission unanimously recommended approval of the dimensional standards.

The project will go to City Council for initial posting on Feb. 4. The public hearing will likely be on Feb. 11 and DeVaux encouraged the public to attend and voice their opinions of the hotel project.

Leaving it to beaversBy Rob Carriganrobcarrigan@yourpeaknews.com

Beavers, considered a “keystone” species for their dam building efforts, may actually be helping Colorado landown-ers and others weather recent drought conditions.

But how did the beavers fare in the dry conditions?“Drought does have an impact on beaver, though we

haven't heard or seen significant impacts thus far,” says Randy Hampton, Colorado Parks and Wildlife public infor-mation officer.

“In areas where streams dry up, beaver are known to abandon lodges and dams to find other water sources. One advantage this past year was that reservoir storage was high and most larger bodies of water in Colorado were managed to keep minimal flows.

“Smaller streams were impacted, but in the case of beaver, they often store up enough water behind their dams to actually make it through dry periods - as long as the dry periods are short. We would expect to see larger negative impacts to beaver if drought persists into next year and beyond.”

The beaver fur trade reached its peak in the Rocky Moun-tain West sometime between 1830 and 1832.

"At that time, pelts brought trappers an average of $4 to $6 per pound. A resourceful mountain man could trap 400 to 500 pounds per year. By 1840, the price had fallen to $1 or $2 per pound and depletion of the beaver reduced the average trap to 150 pounds -- hardly worth the the time of ambitious man who could otherwise earn $350 to $500 per year. By 1840, perhaps only 50 to 75 trappers remained in the West, a far cry from 500 to 600 who worked the region in the 1820s," writes Thomas G. Alexander in “Utah, The Right Place."

“During the early years, Rocky Mountain bison meat served as the main substance for the the trappers. By the

early 1840s, the mountain men and the Indians had annihilated the buffalo in the Rocky Mountains. The trappers also helped reduce the herds of elk, moose and deer. The communities of small fur-bearing animals dwindled the same way. By the early 1840s, the beaver were almost extinct," according to Alexander.

Beaver expert David M. Armstrong, of the Department of Ecology, Evolutionary Biology Environmental Studies Pro-gram, University Museum of Natural History, University of Colorado-Boulder, notes that many mountain ponds, willow thickets and meadows are the works of beavers over time.

“Beavers are active year-round. Their ponds provide navigable water beneath the ice. No mammal other than humans has as great an influence on its surroundings. This is a `keystone species' in riparian communities; without them the ecosystem would change dramatically,” Armstrong says in information provided by the state parks and wildlife department.

And they have a historic role.“As abundant as beavers are today, it is difficult to believe

that once they were on the verge of extinction, trapped for their underfur, which was used to make felt for beaver hats. In the mid-19th century, silk hats replaced beaver felt as a fashion, and that probably saved the beaver from extinction.

But, before it ended, the beaver trade opened the moun-tains of Colorado to European exploration.

The largest rodents native to North America can be greater than three feet in length, and weigh up to 55 pounds.

“It takes a beaver approximately 30 minutes to fell a 5-inch diameter tree,” says Armstrong.

Beavers are fairly well protected from predators by their large size and aquatic habits. Mink eat some kits, and coyotes can capture a beaver waddling on dry land. Aside from that, floods may be the largest cause of death. Beaver in Colorado are managed as furbearers.

Range: The beaver lives throughout Colorado in suitable habitat, although it is most abundant in the subalpine zone.

Habitat: Beavers live around ponds and streams that are surrounded by trees.

Diet: Beavers feed on grasses and forbs in the sum-mer, and bark in the winter. Beavers eat the upper, tender branches, leaves and bark of trees. They do not eat the inner wood.

Reproduction: The den houses a nuclear family: parents, yearlings, and four or five kits. A single litter of young is produced each year, born in the spring after about a four-month gestation period.

Source: David M. Armstrong, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder.

A beaver on South Creek near the Western Museum of Mining and Industry. //Photo by Rob Carrigan