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Progress made in town manager search Executive recruiter to provide candidates for consideration By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

Six trustees met during special session in late April to make a se-lection on the recruiting fi rm re-sponsible for attracting and provid-ing new town manager candidates. Of the fi ve companies submitting proposals, Waters & Company, out of Addison, Texas, was chosen. Mayor Dominguez and trustee El-liott interviewed the company via conference call, ultimately offering the contract.

When asked why this company was selected, Elliot said, “They have experience in Colorado, their timeline made sense, and the num-ber of qualifi ed candidates they will give us is higher.”

Waters & Company is an execu-tive recruitment fi rm that, accord-ing to their website, “has extensive experience in professional man-

agement and executive and senior-level recruitments.” They were the fi rm responsible for recruiting Cas-tle Rock’s latest town manager.

Waters & Company Senior Vice President Chuck Rohre met with fi ve trustees and four town staff, during a special meeting May 9, to discuss specifi c candidate require-ments. He requested information on several key areas.

The fi rst pertained to Monu-ment’s selling points. Applicants need to understand what Monu-ment has to offer. A strong school district, lots of recreational activi-ties, climate and a strong sense of community were some of the trust-ee inputs.

Rohre also asked for the town’s major concerns and priority issues. On top of the list was the compre-hensive plan. While a consultant has been hired to assist in the ef-fort, with the recent departure of Morgan Hester, assistant planner, the timeline may be extended. Eco-nomic development, water issues and experience in fundraising and grants were also listed of top im-portance.

The core reason for the meeting focused on qualifi cations trustees would like to see in the proposed pool of candidates. There was some debate over private versus public sector experience. Chief Shirk voiced concerns with sole private sector experience, stating their focus would be more profi t and widget-driven, and not under-stating the town provides a service. Eventually, all came to a consen-sus that a mix of the two, leaning slightly more to the public arena, was preferable. Rohre, based on his extensive experience in hiring gov-ernmental administrators, agreed municipality experience was highly benefi cial.

“In my 20-plus years of search experience, seldom have I seen someone become totally success-ful without a governmental back-ground,” he stated.

Town Manager Pam Smith also recommended the candidate have a strong understanding of Colo-rado’s unique laws, namely TABOR and water. An ability to communi-cate, collaborate with outside or-ganizations and communities, and

openness to guidance were also listed as key qualifi ers.

Educational requirements were briefl y discussed, being identifi ed as a bachelor’s degree or higher, or an equivalent mix of education and experience. While the town had de-termined a salary range between $70,000 and $90,000, Rohre indi-cated, that to be competitive and attract the strongest candidates, the range should be no less than $100,000 to $115,000. Relocation assistance will also be offered.

A specifi c timeline was not laid out, but Rohre stated it could take 90 to 100 days to have someone in place. This is contingent on the availability of the selected candi-date and whether they are under contract with a current position.

Rohre anticipates up to 80 ap-plications from which Waters & Company will select for proposal to the trustees. According to Colorado Revised Statutes, a list of the fi nal candidates must be made public at least 14 days prior to selection. Final interviews are tentatively scheduled for the week of July 20.

Colorado senators receive wild� re support recommendations Report centers on collaborative decision-making, investing in preparedness By Rob Carrigan [email protected]

Colorado U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner received recommendations from a report Bennet commissioned over a year ago. The report, presented at a Fire and Forestry Summit Saturday in Colorado Springs, suggests steps the federal government can take to better support Colorado’s wildfi re mitigation efforts.

The senators were presented with those recommendations by more than 40 fi re and forestry ex-perts from across the state who worked to compile the report. El Paso County Commissioner Sal-lie Clark, representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State University, the Colorado Water Congress, County Commissioners from across the Front Range and West Slope, and other members of the forestry, conservation, and wildfi re prevention community all contributed to the development of fi ndings.

Following the summit Bennet

toured the Navigators Glen Eyrie property to highlight the post-fi re fl ood mitigation efforts in El Paso County. The Navigators have spent more than $7 million on such ef-forts.

“Colorado has a vast and deep knowledge of forest health and fi re mitigation. It’s based on real-world experience and the federal govern-ment should tap into it,” Bennet said. “Our offi ce commissioned this report to hear fi rsthand from the experts on the ground about what the federal government can do to improve the health of our forests and prevent wildfi res. The recommendations we received to-day will help us develop effective, collaborative policy to help deal with the growing threat of wildfi re. We are thankful to everyone who contributed to this important con-versation and came out today.”

“Preventing wildfi res when pos-sible and preparing for when they

do occur is everyone’s job,” Gard-ner said. “It’s critical for offi cials from the local level to the federal government to be on the same page, and today’s summit was an important step in ensuring that they are. We must continue to be diligent in our efforts to prevent these incredibly damaging natural disasters and their equally destruc-tive effects.”

In March 2014, Bennet con-vened a large group of Colorado leaders in forestry and fi re miti-gation to discuss ways the federal government can best work to sup-port collaborative, on the ground fi re protection and forest health efforts. The group spent a day with Senator Bennet and USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Robert Bonnie, discussing their real-world experi-ences working in Colorado forests and communities.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet was joined by Senator Cory Gardner at a Fire and Forestry Summit to receive recommenda-tions from a report Bennet commissioned on steps the federal government can take to better support Colorado’s wild� re mitigation e� orts. Photos by Rob Carrigan

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Navigators’ Derek Strickler and El Paso County Commissioner Sallie Clark tour Glen Eyrie after the Fire and Forestry Summit.

Though it has been described as looking like the border regions at the edge of Jurassic Park, Glen Eyrie’s specially-designed screen captures debris for removal, before it causes damage downstream. Fire continues on Page 0

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Black Forest � re survivors received 10,000 trees Groups combine e� orts Sta� report

On Saturday, May 9, 238 Black Forest families picked up free seedling trees to help restore their burned land.

A total of 10,000 trees have been donat-ed to Black Forest fi re survivors, through the combined efforts of the Colorado State Forest Service, the Arbor Day Foundation,

FedEx, the National Wildlife Federation and Black Forest Together.

Black Forest Together volunteers worked side-by-side with FedEx volunteers, Colo-rado State Forest Service personnel, and Black Forest Fire/Rescue fi refi ghters to di-rect traffi c through the pickup area, and load each family’s pre-reserved trees.

Partnerships and grants have made this tree giveaway possible.

The cost of growing 5,000 of the seed-lings was provided by the Arbor Day Foun-

dation’s Community Tree Recovery pro-gram, an ongoing effort that is currently supporting community disaster recovery in 11 states. FedEx is a National Program Sponsor of the Community Tree Recovery program.

The cost of the other 5,000 seedlings was provided by the Wildlife Enhancement Pro-gram of the National Wildlife Federation.

The CSFS Woodland Park District select-ed fi ve tree species for this giveaway: Pon-derosa Pine, Douglas-Fir, Quaking Aspen,

Limber Pine, and Colorado Blue Spruce. All

seedlings were grown in the CSFS Nursery

in Fort Collins.

To better reach families affected by the

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Mayor completes � rst year in o� ce Mayor says he focuses on engaging community to get things done By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

Last month marked the one-year anni-versary as mayor for Rafael Dominguez. He was interviewed for the fi rst time in January. Via email interview, he answered follow-up questions pertaining to the remainder of his year in offi ce.

Q: During your fi rst interview in January, you were asked why you wanted to become mayor. I’d like to ask you that question again.

Dominguez: Because of the challenge. Having served in the Marine Corps, I am a leader and a leader is not one to sit still and not want to get involved.

Q: What are your main areas of focus now?

Dominguez: Working closely with the EDC to attract primary employers and targeting areas where I believe the town can do more; helping teens and senior citizens.

Q: How would you rate your effectiveness thus far as a leader?

Dominguez: Effective. I engage topics and issues and seek long term solutions. I listen and seek progress on matters that have lingered. Some like to talk about is-sues, but not seek solutions. I seek solu-tions.

Q: How would you describe your relation-ship with the trustees?

Dominguez: Good. This is not to say we agree on everything.

Q: Is there any area you feel you need to im-prove in?

Dominguez: Balancing my time. I enjoy being mayor and I would like to do more, but I have a full time job that pays my bills.

Q: In the January interview you said you are a straight shooter who doesn’t play politi-cal games. During the meet and greet of the town manager candidates in March, you re-vealed to the group you had been working with the Y on possible expansion, and teen programs. Trustees said this was the fi rst time they had heard of it. At the board of trustees meeting on April 6, you mentioned a meeting with local teens, and again, this is the fi rst time it had been shared with the trustees. Does that sync with the straight-shooter description?

Dominguez: I don’t report to the board. They don’t report to me. I engage the com-munity and report to the community. Each board member has the latitude to en-gage the community however they desire. Whether they choose to report their activi-ties to the board is their prerogative.

Q: During the April 6 meeting, trustee Bornstein said he felt you are only focused on you. Could you respond?

Dominguez: If I am focused on engag-ing the community on issues, then how is it that I am focused on me? Consider the source of the comment. If board mem-bers do not report their engagement with the community, as is their prerogative, then I guess they have either chosen to not re-port or they don’t engage the community.

Q: Have you been straight and transparent with the trustees?

Dominguez: Of course! I don’t hide any-thing from the trustees. There is nothing to hide.

Q: Are you still enjoying the position?

Dominguez: Yes, very much so. There are plenty of challenges and plenty of opportu-nities.

NEWS IN A HURRY

Informational session scheduled On Thursday, May 21, from 3:30 to 4:30

p.m., Lewis-Palmer School District 38 will

host an informational session for citizens

interested in running for the board of edu-

cation in the November 2015 election. John

Mann, board of education vice president,

will host this meeting in the community

room of the D-38 administration building,

146 Jefferson St. in Monument. For more

information, contact Vicki Wood, board of

education secretary, at 719-481-9546.

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A piece of history will remain Class project has become an historic part of the town By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

Thoughts of becoming an historic part of the community were far from the minds of four high-school students. However, af-ter 34 years, the wall-sized mural they cre-ated has stood the test of time.

In 1981, the now community room, lo-cated in the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Com-merce and Visitor Center, was once the town hall meeting room. Lewis Palmer High School students Brian Snouwaert, Mitz de-Halas, Brant Roeming and Josh Harrier were the only students in Advanced Art that year. Led by Ms. Oslin, this painting project was just one of many assigned throughout the year.

“I don’t remember much about that time,” Snouwaert said. “But I do remember spending an hour or so a week working on this painting.”

Snouwaert, a senior at the time, is glad to see the artwork still visible. While it has been covered by curtains and hidden by storage at times, it will never be removed. The building is owned by the town of Mon-ument. In their lease agreements, the mu-ral is not allowed to be painted over. Terri Hayes, executive director of the chamber and current tenant, said she would never dream of doing so. The mural does need some touch-up work from years of expo-sure to furniture and people.

The chamber took up residence in late January after the fi re department chose to not renew their lease. Slowly but surely, mi-nor renovations are happening. The biggest hurdles are installation of new doors and base boards, which Hayes hopes to have complete by June. They are relying on vol-unteers. The town has given the chamber a $5,000 per quarter contribution, as it does double as the town’s visitor center, which so far has covered new wood laminate fl ooring in the community room, painting supplies and the purchase of wood doors for the of-fi ces and storage rooms.

“My hope is to create a warmer and more

inviting feel,” Hayes said.She envisions the stage by the mural as a

seating area where two or three people can meet. While no date has been set, Hayes is anxious to fi nalize renovations and hold their own open house and ribbon cutting to celebrate the new location.

The chamber is host to many groups and organizations. The Silver Key Club serves meals to local seniors every Monday and Thursday, utilizing the full kitchen. The El Paso County Sheriffs’ Offi ce holds month-ly training classes for youth. Chamber members and nonprofi ts are welcomed to schedule the space, free of charge, through the administrative staff.

Those who are interested in volunteer-ing or have the talents to touch up the mu-ral can contact Hayes at [email protected] or 481-3282.

Brian Snouwaert stands beside a portion of the mural he painted 34 years ago. He is glad to know the mural has lasted this long and will continue to be a part of historic Monument. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

In 1981, the advanced art class from Lewis Palmer High School spent hours sketching and painting this Americana-style mural of Monument and Palmer Lake landmarks. This photo, courtesy of Judith Snouwaert, was from the original article published in the Tribune. Courtesy photo

Betty Lou, the chamber’s resident pooch, is spoiled by the attention she receives. The seniors who meet for lunch love to play with her, sometimes trying to do so in secret. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham


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Wedding

Sarah Radke and Cap-tain David Franck were married April 17, 2015 at Bridges Golf Club in San Ramon, CA. Steve Siglin officiated the ceremony. Following a reception at Bridges Golf Club, the couple honeymooned in Jamaica.

The bride is the daugh-ter of Steve & Debbi Rad-ke of Monument, CO. The bridegroom is the son of Rick & Marla Franck of Denison, IA. The bride is a graduate of the Univer-sity of Colorado at Colo-rado Springs and worked as an advisor in Pharma-ceutical Sales for McKes-son Corporation in San Francisco up until the wedding. The groom is a graduate of the US Air Force Academy and is a pilot on the C5 SuperGal-axy aircraft at Travis AFB.

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Nuggets hall of famer Issel speaks at prayer breakfast Event coordinated by Monument resident

By Danny Summers [email protected]

Monument resident Rob Jones is part of a host committee that coordinates the Colorado Springs Leadership Prayer Breakfast each year.

Jones, who has booked several keynote speakers during his tenure on the board, went big this year when he got former Denver Nug-gets hall of fame player and coach Dan Issel to speak at the May 5 event that took place at the Colorado Springs Marriott.

“We’re a loosely associated group called Christian Businessmen of Colorado Springs, but we’re committed to making sure the Gos-pel gets presented in the business community; I think that’s what part of the great commission is all about,” said Jones, who works as an at-torney. “It wasn’t hard this year to fi ll up tables with 500 or more people because Dan does a great job.”

Jones added that among the previous speak-ers at the event have been former Notre Dame and NBA player Clark Kellogg, as well as Colo-rado Rockies radio play-by-play announcer Jerry Schemmel.

This year’s event was the 30th annual. Among those in attendance was Lewis-Palmer boys’ basketball coach Bill Benton, as well as

numerous Tri-Lakes area residents.Issel, 66, who lives in Windsor, spoke to more

than 500 men and women who gathered in the main banquet room at the Marriott. He spoke about his faith and tried to impress upon the crowd just how important it to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

“It’s important to spend daily time in the Bible,” said Issel, who played for the Nuggets in the 1970s and 80s and had two separate coach-ing stints with the team. “Prayer is not only ask-ing God daily for things, but having communi-cation with Him.

“Try to tithe daily. I was making good money, but I was not tithing like I should have been. And share your faith. It’s very important to share with people about what God means in my life. That’s the great commission.”

Issel shared stories about his time at the University of Kentucky, where he was an all-American who played for the legendary coach Adolph Rupp. He also talked about his friend-ships in the NBA and his times playing and coaching with the Nuggets.

He made it clear that of all the fame and honor bestowed upon him, the most important thing in his life has been his relationship with Jesus Christ.

“I tell you things I do so that you will expe-rience all the blessings that God has for you,” Issel said. “Respect Him as your Savior and sur-render all to Him. Live out your faith.”

Issel also quoted Philippians 4:5; “Let your

gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near (New International Version).

He coached the Nuggets on two different oc-casions in the 1990s and 2000s. He resigned as coach in December 2001 after an incident with a fan in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was sus-pended four games by the Nuggets for remarks he made to the fan and decided to resign on the eve before he was supposed to return to the bench.

Issel fi led for bankruptcy in 2009, claiming a $4.5 million debt to at least 34 creditors. To defray his debts, he sold off his 1969 Look All America Kentucky All Star Ring, 1970 Kentucky class ring, a 1975 25th anniversary ABA All-Star ring, and a 1989 NBA All-Star ring.

In 2011, Issel lived in Los Angeles where he was executive director at the Bel Air Presbyte-rian Church. He has lived in Windsor since 2012 and is employed in the oil and gas business.

The Leadership Host Committee consists of several high profi le people in the community. Among them are El Paso County Commission-ers Darryl Glenn and Dennis Hisey, Broadmoor President and DEO Steve Bartolin, Colorado Springs City Council member Merv Bennett, president and CEO of Compassion Interna-tional Jimmy Mellado, former Colorado Springs mayor Lionel Rivera, Lt. General U.S. Army (re-tired) Edward Soriano, and Major General Unit-ed States Air Force (retired) Bentley Rayburn.

El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Little-ton was also a speaker at the prayer breakfast.

Former Denver Nuggets forward, coach and NBA Hall of Famer Dan Issel, center, was the keynote speaker at the 30th Annual Colorado Springs Leadership Prayer Breakfast May 5 at the Colorado Springs Marriott. Issel is seen here talking with Lewis-Palmer High School boys’ basketball coach Bill Benton, right, and Rob Jones, a Monument resident and attorney who coordinated the breakfast. Photo by Danny Summers


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DCC students reach top 10 in DECA CompetionFor the Tribune

Matt Chambless, Discovery Canyon Campus DECA Inc. advisor, just learned of three top 10 finishers in the International DECA Competition in Orlando.

Paul Gilliam was second place and won more than $500 in his franchise competi-tion.

Two additional competitors were in the top 10 (between fourth and 10th), but ex-act place will be known in the next several weeks.

Alexis Sotomayor was top 10 in Hotel and Lodging Marketing.

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Three Discovery Canyon Campus DECA students �nished in the Top 10 in their catagories at the International DECA Competition in Orlando. Courtesy photo

Nuggets hall of famer Issel speaks at prayer breakfastgentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near (New International Version).

He coached the Nuggets on two different oc-casions in the 1990s and 2000s. He resigned as coach in December 2001 after an incident with a fan in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was sus-pended four games by the Nuggets for remarks he made to the fan and decided to resign on the eve before he was supposed to return to the bench.

Issel filed for bankruptcy in 2009, claiming a $4.5 million debt to at least 34 creditors. To defray his debts, he sold off his 1969 Look All America Kentucky All Star Ring, 1970 Kentucky class ring, a 1975 25th anniversary ABA All-Star ring, and a 1989 NBA All-Star ring.

In 2011, Issel lived in Los Angeles where he was executive director at the Bel Air Presbyte-rian Church. He has lived in Windsor since 2012 and is employed in the oil and gas business.

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El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Little-ton was also a speaker at the prayer breakfast.

Looking back on the ABA’s Denver Rockets I had the pleasure of interviewing for-

mer Denver Nuggets star basketball player, head coach and Basketball hall of Fame member Dan Issel last week at the 30th An-nual Colorado Springs Leadership Prayer Breakfast at the Colorado Springs Marriott. It was the second time I’ve interviewed Is-sel in the last 10 years and each time he has been very cordial.

I was a big basketball fan as a small tike beginning in the late 1960s. I followed the NBA very closely, especially the Lakers with Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West and Elgin Baylor.

Issel, of course, didn’t play in the NBA until his sixth professional season. That’s because after graduating from the Univer-sity of Kentucky in 1970, he chose to sign with the Kentucky Colonels of the Ameri-can Basketball Association.

Issel was drafted by the NBA’s Detroit Pistons, but elected to sign with the rogue ABA.

The ABA was around for nine seasons (1967-68 to 1975-76). As a kid growing up in southern California, I was much bigger fan of the NBA; especially the Lakers. I real-ize the Lakers are not a fan favorite of folks here in Colorado; especially long-time (50-plus years) residents of the state.

But if you were a kid growing up in southern California back in the day, it was tough not to love Chamberlain, West, Bay-lor, Gail Goodrich, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Jamaal Wilkes. Those Lakers teams from the late 1960s through the late 1980s were pretty special.

The ABA had a team in southern Cali-fornia, but few people really cared about them. The Anaheim Amigos were a charter team of the ABA and played in Orange County for one season.

The Amigos were not successful on the court. They lost their fi rst fi ve games, in-cluding the fi rst-ever ABA game; a 134-129 loss to the Oakland Oaks on the road. After losing two thirds of their fi rst 36 games head coach Al Brightman was fi red and replaced by Harry Dinnel.

The Amigos fi nished the season with 25 wins and 53 losses, fi fth place in Western Division.

They Amigos averaged just 1,293 fans per home game and their games were broadcast on radio and sometimes on tele-vision. However, they lost approximately $500,000 on the season and were sold for

$450,000 to James J. Kirst, who moved the team to the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, where they became the Stars.

But after two seasons in Los Angeles, the Stars relocated again — this time to Salt Lake City — and became the Utah Stars.

I was a huge fan of Issel’s from the time he played his fi rst ABA game. I didn’t see a lot of ABA games on television, but I collected basketball cards and loved those colorful jerseys and the unique red, white and blue basketball. The ABA also had the three-point shot long before the NBA adapted it.

In the spring of 1967, Denver received a charter ABA franchise by default when the original owners of the Kansas City franchise couldn’t get their act together in time. The league needed solid ownership for the franchise, which it eventually found in the form of Denver trucking executive Bill Ringsby.

Ringsby was the owner of the Denver-based “Ringsby Rocket” Trucking System. Therefore, it made sense for the team to be nicknamed the “Rockets.” The team’s unique colors (orange and black) and logo (the “Ringsby System” logo) were borrowed directly from Ringsby’s trucks.

The team’s fi rst year on the court (1967-68) was considered mildly successful. Only 2,748 fans attended the Rockets’ fi rst home game against the Amigos. But attendance picked up over the course of the season as Colorado residents gradually warmed up to their new pro team. In their inaugural sea-son, the Rockets averaged a healthy 4,128 fans per game. This fi gure encouraged the Ringsbys and confi rmed that Denver could, indeed, support a pro basketball franchise.

The Rockets were good, but not great. They had two powerful offensive weapons; Larry Jones, who played for Wilkes-Barre of the old Eastern League, and Willie Murrell (also from the Eastern League).

Jones was one of the quickest and best shooting guards in the ABA. On Nov. 28, 1967, he scored 52 points at home against the Oaks. He averaged 22.8 points per game that fi rst year, and was named First-Team All-ABA. Despite Jones’ spectacular play, Murrell was voted the team’s MVP. Murrell averaged 16.4 points and 9.0 re-bounds for the season.

Other standout original Rockets were Byron Beck (out of Denver University), Wayne Hightower (from the Detroit Pis-tons of the NBA), Lefty Thomas (from the Harlem Clowns), Julian Hammond (out of Tulsa), and Tom “Whammy” Bowens (out of Grambling).

Under head coach Bob Bass, Denver fi nished a respectable 12 games above .500 and third place in the Western Division. Denver played the powerful New Orleans Buccaneers (led by Coach Babe McCarthy and All-Stars Doug Moe and Larry Brown).

At New Orleans, the Rockets lost the fi rst two games of the best-of-fi ve series. They also lost Jones to a broken arm. The series seemed over, but the Rockets sur-prised everyone by winning the next two games of the series, both played in Denver. In the absence of Jones, Murrell shoul-dered the scoring burden in Game 4 at the Denver Coliseum, scoring 14 points in the fi rst seven minutes of the fourth quarter, and 28 in the game to propel Denver to the series-tying win. The rubber game of the series was played back in New Orleans, where the Bucs nipped Denver, 102-97.

The Bucs eliminated Dallas in the conference fi nals and almost defeated the Pittsburgh Pipers, led by Connie Hawkins, in the fi rst ABA Championship Series.

Long before Issel became one of the most popular Nuggets of all time, there was Spencer Haywood. The 6-foot-9 Haywood had played only two years of college bas-ketball, one at Trinidad Junior College and the other at the University of Detroit.

But having averaged 32.2 points per game at Detroit (he was an All-America choice as a sophomore), and having sparked the U.S. Olympic Basketball Team to a gold medal performance at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games, Haywood was bored with college ball. Despite protests from the NCAA and the NBA (and even some ABA owners), Haywood was allowed to play for the Rockets. Team ownership


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Murder near Greenland at turn of last century Greek philosopher Seneca said a sword

never kills anybody; it’s a tool in the killer’s hand. It turns out that the same can be said of Spencer V. Dicks’ revolver.

Greenland looks all-the-world like a peaceful big meadow but one August eve-ning near the turn-of-the century, the road about midway between I.J. Noe’s place and the town itself, took a turn toward violence.

“The people of Douglas County were startled this week by a cold-blooded murder which occurred in the county road a mile west of Greenland about 7 o’clock Sunday evening,” reported the August 31, 1900 edition of the Castle Rock Journal. “The victim was Orville Minor and his slay-er was Spencer V. Dicks. Both were young men about 23 years of age. The killing was the result of unreasonable jealousy and was apparently deliberately planned. Love for a 16-year-old girl was at the bottom of the whole affair.”

The complicated twists and turns of the various relationships leading up to the brutal outcome are bit hard to follow but the Castle Rock Journal, at the time at least, was willing to give it a shot.

“Dicks had for several months been engaged to marry Miss Minnie Hutchin-son, the daughter of C.E. Hutchinson, a respected citizen of this county. The young man formerly worked as a farm hand for J.C. Babcock, a brother-in-law of Miss Hutchinson, with whom she now makes her home, but six months ago left there and commenced working for Charles Allis on a ranch east of Palmer Lake. His atten-tions to the young lady did not begin in earnest until after he had gone to the Allis ranch to live,” the Journal said.

“Orville Minor was a brother-in-law of Miss Hutchinson’s brother, Rollie Hutchin-

son having married Miss Catherine Minor. He had been for quite a time been em-ployed at the Greenland farm, leaving there a week ago Monday. He worked at the Charles Brand’s ranch a couple of days and

then went to the C.E. Hutchinson ranch, of which Rollie Hutchinson now has charge. There Miss Dora Van Epps, to whom Minor was engaged, was visiting, and it was only Sunday that Miss Van Epps returned to Castle Rock. By some it is claimed that Minor, notwithstanding his engagement, had been endeavoring to win the affections of Miss Hutchinson, although this seems doubtful, considering the fact that his own wedding day was set for the early part of next month.”

Anyway, Minor who was to visit Bab-cock’s ranch that fateful Sunday appar-ently innocently enough was asked to take Miss Hutchinson into Greenland by buggy before the arrival of Dicks who she was expecting.

When Dicks did arrive, and after a short exchange with the two in the buggy, he went on to the Babcock place and spoke angrily with Miss Hutchinson’s sister, Mrs. Babcock telling her, according to the paper’s account, that “This is the straw that broke the camel’s back.”

After riding once again toward the couple in the buggy headed toward Green-land, Dicks met Minor and the girl about midway between Noe’s place and the town, where the road dropped into a deep valley.

“Minnie I didn’t think this of you!” he reportedly remarked.

“Minor started to explain that he intended no harm, and went on to say, ‘I am expecting to be married myself a week from Monday.’ Dicks replied, ‘I don’t whether you will or not,’ and pulling a gun, fi red directly at Minor and aimed a second shot at Miss Hutchinson. He then rode away rapidly towards Greenland.”

According to the newspaper account, “Minor, when shot rose up from the buggy seat and fell over in the road, dead. The girl thought she was also shot, although she was uninjured, the bullet having struck a steel stay in her corset and glanced off.”

Apparently Dicks headed south after the shooting.

“He stopped at Sugar City,” reported the Journal. “Where he had his mustache removed and his long hair cut. He then started for Rocky Ford, still riding the horse he had taken from Mr. Allis. At Sugar City he secured a newspaper, and from it fi rst learned that his bullet had not killed Miss Hutchinson. It then that he resolved to surrender rather than lead a hunted life for the rest of his days.”

Dicks surrendered the following Wednesday in Rocky Ford to Douglas County Sheriff Hoffman after sending a telegraph saying he would do so.

“Dicks says he is going to fi ght for a light sentence. He claims that he shot Minor because the latter had been talking about his girl,” the Journal also reported.

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Shawn Ryan Adelgren, age 20, passed away on May 2, 2015. He was a resident of Monument, Colorado for 10 years. He was an Army ROTC cadet and student at Embry Riddle Aeronauti-cal University in Prescott, Arizona.

Shawn Adelgren was born on January 31, 1995 in Albuquerque, New Mexico to Russell Adelgren and Dee (Zappola) Adelgren who currently reside in Monu-ment.

Shawn was very fond of the outdoors. He enjoyed climbing mountains, jeep-ing, hiking, camping, fish-ing, hunting, snow shoeing, skiing and snowboarding. He also enjoyed the Army and was extremely proud to be an ROTC cadet where he loved his fellow cadets and cadre. He recently

finished his sophomore year at Embry Riddle where he was studying Global Security and Intelligence Services with a minor in the Chinese language. He was a member of the Catholic Church on campus and of Saint Peter Catholic Church in Monument, Colorado. He attended Palmer Ridge High School, graduating in 2013.

He is survived by his parents: Russ and Dee; his siblings: Paul, Pamela, Joshua, Jacob, and Dean;

his grandparents: George and Gorda Adelgren, and Dominick and Maureen Zappola.

A visitation was held on Thursday, May 7, at Saint Peter Catholic Church, 55 N. Jefferson St., Monument, Colorado 80132. Mass was held on Saturday, May 9, at Saint Peter with a visitation immediately preceding. A graveside ceremony fol-lowed the Mass at the Town of Monument Cemetery. A reception was held after-wards at the Saint Peter gymnasium.

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publicly explained it as a “hardship” exception, designed to allow Haywood to provide for his large family (including his mother and nine brothers and sisters).

Haywood led the Rockets to a 51-33 regular season record during the 1969-70 campaign and averaged 30 points and 19.5

rebounds per game. At the ABA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, he won the MVP award. And at the end of the season, he was voted the overall ABA MVP (also mak-ing the All-ABA First Team), and the ABA Rookie of the Year.

The Rockets defeated Rock Barry (who lives in the Broadmoor area) and the Oaks in the fi rst round of the playoffs, but lost to the L.A. Stars in the second round.

By the next season Haywood moved onto the Seattle Supersonics (now Okla-homa City Thunder) of the NBA.

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Summers

Just a few days to graduation, continuation Academy District 20 is just a few days

away from the graduation and continua-tion ceremonies that conclude the school year. It’s been an incredible year for the students and staff members in our district. Here is a look back at some of the high-lights.

AUGUST – the school year began with everyone involved in the ice bucket chal-lenge to support ALS research. I, too, was a participant. It was a lot of fun for a good cause and a good way to cool off during hot August days. On Aug. 25, our Academy Education Foundation hosted its annual golf tournament to raise funds for student scholarships and mini-grants for teachers.

SEPTEMBER – The Academy Education Foundation and the Edith Wolford PTO offi cially dedicated a new, artifi cial turf playfi eld at Edith Wolford Elementary. The da Vinci Academy celebrated its 10th an-niversary.

OCTOBER – Pioneer Elementary wel-comed more than 400 students and family members to its Space Night event. Liberty senior Jacob Hullings earned a perfect

score of 36 on his ACT test.

NOVEMBER – My favorite part of each November is Veterans Day because of the many ways our students honor the men and women who have served or are serving our country. I watched DCC students hug veterans, I watched a Liberty High School music teacher who is a veteran lead the Lancers’ band in a musical tribute, and the annual Douglass Valley parade is always a favorite.

DECEMBER – Timberview Middle School raised the most overall money and food when compared to all regional middle schools in the Harvest of Love Food Drive.

I’m always impressed with the generos-ity of our school communities during the holidays.

JANUARY – Mountain View Elementary celebrated its 50-year anniversary. Many former Mountain View administrators, staff members, and students returned to the school for the celebration.

FEBRUARY – Students at High Plains enjoyed their Health Jam activities. Linda Hayes, our assistant director for spe-cial education, was presented a lifetime achievement award from the Colorado Special Education Advisory Committee.

MARCH – Hundreds of students, staff members, and community members lost their hair at the annual Bald for Bucks fundraiser at Rampart High School. The event raised more than $33,000 for the Colorado Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Several of our schools were also recognized as Colorado Healthy Schools Champions. Edith Wolford received $2,500. Other schools honored included Frontier, Woodmen-Roberts, Mountain Ridge, and Discovery Canyon.

APRIL – Four students receive Boettcher Scholarships – Jake Vendl and Natalie Kalin from Pine Creek; Serene Singh from Ram-part; and, Roshni Kalkur from Air Academy. Academy District 20 receives a certifi cate of excellence for fi nancial reporting from the Government Finance Offi cers Associa-tion.

MAY – Explorer Elementary celebrated its 25th anniversary. The board of education honored 48 retirees at the annual retire-ment dinner who have served a combined 1,008 years in Academy District 20.

And on May 20 and May 21, we will honor our high school seniors during grad-uation ceremonies. We wish them bright and successful futures and acknowledge the support of their families and teachers who have supported them on their jour-ney. Our best to the class of 2015!

Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of schools in Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for the Tri-Lakes Tribune. Follow him @markhatchell and like Acad-emy District 20 on Facebook.

FORTY YEARS AGO

Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News

May 15, 1975Woodmoor Bakery and Sandwich Shop-

pe will open soon at the Mine Shopping Center. Candy stripe carpeting and calico tablecloths will be part of the décor. There will be catering and a full line of bakery goods, soft ice cream cones, sundaes, milk shakes, malts and soft drinks. A soup and sandwich special will be offered from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Gene and Carolyn Thomp-son and Bob and Mollie Rush are the own-ers. Their children, Robin and Jim Rush and Denise, Michael and Keven Thompson will help.

Analytical Development Corp. will also be new tenants at the Mine.

• • •Fourth- and fi fth-grade students visited

Denver to see the capitol. They saw the Senate in session and met Gov. Lamm

and Lt. Gov. Brown. There are 93 steps to the top of the dome which they all tack-led. They also visited the State Historical Museum.

• • •On Wednesday, May 21 at 8 p.m., there

will be a pop concert put on by the Lewis Palmer school band and the mixed chorus.

• • •Lewis Palmer Middle School is the place

for a Fine Arts Show Sunday and Monday, May 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee is $5 for a maximum of three pieces of work. All work must be original. Art by the middle-school students will also be displayed. It is free to the public.

• • •Ottis Wassam from Englewood and

Corky Wassam and twin babies were at the Wassam home on Saturday. They fi nished plowing the garden.

• • •

The Wallfl ower has many unusual house plants. They are located at the cor-ner of First and Front streets in Monument in the blue stucco house.

• • •Singer and Pianist Jimmy Gill returns

to Monument on Thursday, May 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the Monument Assembly of God Church. He has recorded four gospel albums and appeared all over the coun-try. Admission is free. An offering will be received.

• • •Hillary Renee Strommenger was born

April 30. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Strommenger.

• • •

Backyard fairs using a special kit from Leukemia Society can be purchased from the Society. Proceeds will go to victims of the disease.

• • •An all-church family dinner is planned

to honor graduates from high school and college. The dinner will be a La Foret on May 18. Chaplain (Lt. Col) James W. Chap-man will be master of ceremonies. The dinner starts at 6:45 p.m.

• • •Doris Blickenstaff is the new postmis-

tress at Monument Post Offi ce. Blickenstaff moved here with her family form Maryland in 1959.

— Compiled by Linda Case

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ProfessionalPIKES PEAK Workforce Center o� ers monthly classes on topics such as resume writing, interview skills and more. Workshops are free and take place at the main o� ce, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Suite 1107, Colorado Springs. Call 719-667-3730 or go to www.ppwfc.org.

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets from 5-7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.

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

RecreationAMATEUR RADIO Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Contact Joyce Witte at [email protected] or 719-488-0859 for information. Go to www.w0tlm.com.

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

details.

BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanle-giontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

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

FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonpro� t and USFS partner organization that works to keep the trails in the Monument Preserve usable by hikers, equestrians, and cyclists. Board meetings are at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in the Monument Fire Center during the winter, and trail work is at the main trailhead at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month during the summer. More details can be found at www.fomp.org.

GENTLE YOGA with Nancy Stannard is o� ered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard [email protected] for details and to attend � rst class.


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U.S. Air Force Academy cadets volunteer for wild�re preparednessMitigation e�orts in Palmer Lake critical for resident evacuationSta� report

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets joined the Coalition for the Upper South Platte as part of National Wildfire Community Prepared-ness Day last week to raise aware-ness about wildfire risk and effec-tive wildfire mitigation.

This volunteer project focused on mitigating important trans-portation routes in the Palmer Lake area that will be critical for resident evacuation and fire-fighter personnel in the event of a wildfire. Efforts to haul, stack, and chip slash during this wildfire mit-igation project will help protect homes, neighborhoods, and com-munities, while increasing safety for wildland firefighters.

As evidenced by recent, dev-astating wildfires, high-intensity wildfire continues to pose a major threat in Colorado, particularly in the wildland-urban interface.

Proven wildfire mitigation techniques greatly reduce the risk of wildfire to lives and property, and improve the health of our for-ests. Wildfire is a natural and inev-itable part of our environment, so communities must work together to proactively prepare for wildfire. National Wildfire Preparedness Day is part of a nationwide move-ment to increase awareness about wildfire and motivate communi-ties to prepare.

About the Coalition for the Upper South Platte

The Coalition for the Up-per South Platte is dedicated to protecting the water quality and ecological health of the Upper South Platte Watershed, trough the cooperative efforts of water-shed stakeholders, with emphasis placed on community values and economic sustainability.

The 2,600 square mile Upper South Platte Watershed, located southwest of Denver and stretch-ing from Strontia Springs to the Continental Divide, is a critical water source for the majority of Colorado residents, provides an abundance of recreational oppor-tunities, and is home to unique ecosystems and rare species.

Since 1998, CUSP has been working with partners and com-munities to sustainability manage the Upper South Platte Watershed and connecting watersheds for the benefit of all stakeholders, now and in the future.

Some cadets assisted in noxious weed removal as well. Photos courtesy of Michelle Connelly, CUSP forester

May 2, Palmer Lake residents were assisted by 30 USAFA cadets under the direction of The Coalition for the Upper South Platte in community �re mitigation e�orts.

Photos show the size and nature of the activities the cadets engaged in.

The community and the cadets logged more than 500 hours planning and imple-menting projects on private properties, town easements and community property to reduce and remove overly-dense, standing dead, and unhealthy trees and vegetation.


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At Bennet’s request, the group then worked together to develop a detailed report on the outcomes from that con-versation, with specifi c recommendations for federal policy.

Recommendations included• Focusing on collaborative decision-making processes

that advance conversations between federal decision mak-ers and community leaders to address wildfi re prevention, forest management, and regulatory processes.

• Increasing education and outreach to homeowners and communities regarding their responsibility to mitigate fuels and property conditions and the actual risk of wildfi re.

• Investing in preparedness, collaborative planning, ca-pacity building, and proactive work before wildfi res occur.

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• Encouraging land management agencies to evaluate their current work and develop new methods that focus on effectiveness across the landscape.

• Requesting that federal forest planning information be more accessible to local and regional groups engaged in complementary work.

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Fire

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Middle School Jazz Band sweeps regional competition Monument Academy brings home four trophies and a surprise award By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

The Monument Academy (MA) Jazz Band, consisting of fi fteen students, be-came an offi cial fi ne arts offering just two years ago. Nevertheless, their fi rst competi-tion, May 2 at the Music in the Parks series,

was no match for the regional schools who participated.

Normally MA competes at the single-A level, which includes schools with a smaller student population. However, due to a mis-take during registration, all three MA bands, to include the Advanced and Intermediate, competed against larger AA-level teams.

The Jazz Band swept the competition, taking home a Superior fi rst-place rating. They were also awarded the Best Overall trophy, beating out twelve schools from Colorado, New Mexico, South Dakota and Wyoming. The third recognition of Best

Overall Instrumental Soloist, won by Joc-elyn Edgar, came as a surprise. As part of another performance piece, Middle School Band Director, Steve Kindermann, was not aware the trombone solo would be con-sidered. The Advanced and Intermediated bands were both awarded Excellent ratings.

“I was very proud of the Jazz Band, since this was their fi rst competition and they’ve only been a formal band for two years,” said Kindermann.

The morning competition was held at Ralston Valley High School in Aurora, Colo. In the afternoon, students were bussed to

Elitch Gardens where there was time to en-joy the park prior to the awards ceremony in the arena. Music in the Parks is a national program held at various theme parks across the United States. Their mission is to bring students and judges together in a positive learning environment that will inspire stu-dents to strive for excellence and make mu-sic a life-long activity.

For more information on Monument Academy band programs, contact Steve Kindermann at [email protected]

Monument Academy band students celebrate taking home four trophies from a regional competition in Aurora. The jazz band swept the competition, taking home three awards. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham


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Monument businesses prosper together Downtown merchants work as a team to promote growth By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

There is power in numbers, and the His-toric Monument Merchants Association has grown into a force for good for historic downtown Monument.

Unlike the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Com-merce, HMMA is solely focused on down-town merchants, responsible development and enhancement of the towns’ historic character. They encourage residents and visitors to experience shopping, dining and personal services, promoting the area as a regional destination for small town values, friendliness, helpfulness, and community. A recent extension of their vision is support and promotion of the arts.

Tommie Plank, the organization’s cur-rent president, has been involved in HMMA since she opened her bookstore, Covered Treasures, in 1993. HMMA has grown to 27 businesses, along with fi ve other organiza-tions, including the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts and Lewis-Palmer School District.

With only a few exceptions, qualifi ca-tions for membership include having a storefront within a specifi c geographic area in downtown Monument. Monthly dues are collected and members are required to actively participate in HMMA events and functions throughout the year.

One of their signature events begins this month. The Monument Art Hop, in its 10th year, brings hundreds of shoppers to town every third Thursday from May until Sep-tember. Merchants stay open until 8 p.m., offering events such as book signings, live music and other enticements.

HMMA also sponsors safe trick-or-treat in October. Plank stated up to 650 children take part in the fun, stopping by participat-ing businesses to collect candy. In early No-vember, they help kick off the holiday sea-son with the holiday open house. Scheduled for Nov. 6 and 7, merchants boast cheer-ful decorations and special sales. The two Saturdays following Thanksgiving, labeled Small Town Christmas, are fi lled with holi-day activities including carolers, crafts for children and a visit from Mr. and Mrs. Claus.

Concerts in the Park, once their fl ag-

ship event and largest fundraiser, has been handed over to the chamber this year. Plank, along with the board, felt it was established enough to sustain itself, and is hopeful the event will continue to grow and prosper.

The transfer of this event will not limit HMMA’s ability to support the community. In the past, their fundraisers have been invested back into the town. In partner-ship with the town of Monument, HMMA was responsible for the band shell and re-strooms in Limbach Park. They have also

been instrumental in installing some street lights in town.

Plank does not anticipate their contri-butions changing. They will continue to sponsor events, and as the organization grows, there will be increased opportunities to support the look and feel of downtown. HMMA believes the chamber’s new location is going to benefi t the downtown area, and as such has determined to support them as well.

“We will give some money to the cham-

ber to help them do things they want to do,” said Plank.

If a business is not eligible for member-ship, there are still opportunities to get in-volved. Sponsorship of their many events is available, along with volunteering or in-kind donations.

For more information about HMMA, visit their website at www.monumentmer-chants.com. Information on the upcoming Art Hop can be found at www.monumen-tarthop.org.

Businesses that are members of HMMA proudly display this banner outside their establishment. Currently, twenty-seven downtown merchants work together to promote business in historic downtown Monument. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham


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ber to help them do things they want to do,” said Plank.

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Mother Nature rains, hails, snows on prep baseball postseasonCHSAA is looking into changing �awed wild card point systemBy Danny [email protected]

Three Tri-Lakes area teams advanced to the postseason, but only one was able to play a game last week as rain, hail, snow and wind - usual for this time of year - wreaked havoc and creating sched-uling nightmares.

Lewis-Palmer, the No. 11 overall seed in Class 4A was supposed to play No. 22 Mesa Ridge May 9 at Runyon Field in Pueblo in a District game. However, that game was pushed to May 11. Results of that game were not available at press time.

If the Rangers (17-2) defeat Mesa Ridge (14-5) they advance to the finals of the four-team bracket against the winner of No. 6 Pueblo South and No. 27 Denver South.

The winner of the district advances to this weekend’s state Elite Eight, which takes place May 15-16. It is a double-elimination tournament. The top four teams advance to the state finals, slated for May 22-23.

Also in 4A, No. 23 Discovery Canyon had its district game pushed to May 12 in Erie. The Thunder (10-9) played No. 10 Palisade (16-3). The winner advanced in the regional to play either No. 7 Erie or No. 26 Longmont.

The district winner also advances to the Elite Eight.

The Classical Academy (11-9) played its 4A district game at No. 2 Montrose (14-6) and lost to the Indians, 13-2.

The No. 31 Titans had a remarkable run to the playoffs after starting the sea-son 0-6. TCA finished third in the Metro League behind Canon City and Mesa Ridge. This is TCA’’s first season playing at the 4A level after many years in 3A.

Also last week, the Colorado High School Activities Association scheduled a meeting for Sept. 10 to discuss ways to change the playoff qualifying format. At issue is the wild card point system.

According to Bert Borgmann, CHSAA’s assistant commissioner who oversees baseball, every member of a seeding committee in each of the sport’s five clas-sifications has been invited to the meet-ing, and most have already responded that they will attend.

Classes 3A through 5A use the wild card point system. The end result of the meeting will most likely be a move away from that system.

Wild card points were put into place prior to the 2012 season, with virtu-ally unanimous approval from the high school baseball community. The change was proposed by a league, championed by some members of the media, and ulti-mately approved by the Legislative Coun-cil.

However, in recent years, many flaws have been exposed in the system; most notably involving Lewis-Palmer. The Rangers have gone undefeated in the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference the past two seasons, posting 28 consecutive vic-tories. Furthermore, they have not lost a regular season game to a team from Colo-rado since 2013 (they are 33-5 overall in

the regular season since 2014), yet have been on the road for the district playoffs each of the last two years because of the quirky way wild card points are given to teams.

The flaw in the wild card point sys-tem reared its ugly head this year when Durango (6-13), a team that lost to a 3A school and enters the season with three consecutive losses, is hosting a district. Durango plays in a combined 4A/5A league and earned “bonus” wild card points for some victories over 5A schools.

“We know that no one system is per-fect,” Borgmann said. “But we do know that the current system may have more flaws that previously anticipated.”

The initial meeting to discuss pos-sible changes took place last week at the CHSAA offices. That meeting, and the one in September, should give the baseball committee some direction on what to do when they next meet in November.

In addition, there is a separate meet-ing set for May 28 which will discuss pro-posals that would expand the baseball season past its current 19-game regular-season format/.

Lewis-Palmer junior pitcher Paul Tillotson is a big reason why the Rangers posted a 17-2 record regular season record, including a 14-0 mark in the Class 4A Pikes Peak Athletic Conference. Lewis-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and The Classical Academy all had District playo� games last weekend. Photo by Danny Summers


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Girls’ state tennis postponed due to threat of rainTri-Lakes girls had to wait several days to start tournament playBy Danny [email protected]

The state tournaments for both Class 5A and 4A girls tennis were postponed to May 11-13 due to expected rain at both tourna-ment sites.

It was the first time in the history of the tournament that the entire event was post-poned.

“This is not something we arrived at

lightly, as there is much that goes into plan-ning this tournament, both on our side of things, and from the schools’ perspective,” said Bethany Brookens, the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA) as-sistant commissioner who oversees tennis. “After careful consideration much of this week, we decided this was the right move.”

Both tournaments were originally scheduled for May 7-9, with 5A taking place at Gates Tennis Center in Denver, and 4A at Pueblo City Park. Several players from Lew-is-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and Palmer Ridge qualified for the state tournament in Pueblo.

CHSAA officials approved Sunday con-tact for tennis athletes and coaches to prac-tice and travel to tournament sites due to

the scheduling changes.With rain falling at a steady pace in the

early part of last week, CHSAA officials made site visits to both Gates and Pueblo City Park on May 6 to assess the courts, and then made the decision to move it.

Rain was in the forecast for both Denver and Pueblo last weekend. There was only a 10 percent chance of rain May 11-13.

The idea of starting the tournaments at multiple sites on Thursday to complete as many rounds as possible before rain hit in the afternoon was discussed, but ultimate-ly, Brookens and the rest of the CHSAA staff decided that it did not make sense with all-day rain anticipated May 8-9.

“We don’t want teams to have to travel (to the tournament sites) twice,” Brookens

said. “It is possible we would have been able to complete one round on Thursday, but then the teams would have been sitting around for two days, waiting for the rain to pass. With the change, it is our hope that teams will only have to travel once.”

The postponement also allowed the tournament to remain a three-day event. Shortening the tournament to two days was discussed, but ultimately shot down. Moving to an indoor facility was also con-sidered.

“Playing around the clock on a limited number of indoor courts is not a practical option, nor would it be a positive experi-ence for the players,” Brookens said.

Palmer Ridge girls lacrosse team in playo�s againBears were 10-5 in the regular season and played Centaurus in a second-round game May 11

By Danny [email protected]

The Palmer Ridge girls’ lacrosse team, a combined Dis-trict 38 squad that includes players from Lewis-Palmer, had its second round game postponed to May 11 due to weath-er conditions last weekend.

The No. 10 seeded Bears (10-5) played at No. 5 Centau-rus (10-5) in the rescheduled game. Results of that contest were not available at press time.

If Palmer Ridge defeats the Warriors, it advances to the state quarterfinals to play No. 2 Mullen (12-4) on May 13 in Denver. Mullen advanced to the quarterfinals with a 10-9 victory over Chatfield.

Palmer Ridge was co-champs of the Southern League this season with Air Academy. Both teams were 6-1 in con-ference but the Bears received the No. 1 seed by virtue of defeating Air Academy, 15-14, on April 20. It was the first-ever victory by the Palmer Ridge over the Kadets, who have been one of the state’s top teams for more than a decade.

Palmer Ridge’s powerful offense is led by junior Mary Koch (45 goals), senior Ashley Walker (37 goals, 14 assists), freshman Liz Phillips (30, 14), junior Ashley Walker (23, 30), sophomore Abby O’Hara (16 goals), junior Mason Wolfe (16 goals), senior Emily Miller (11, 15) and sophomore Sam Rippley (10, 11).

The Bears averaged 13 goals per game this season, while allowing eight.

Paul Lewis is in his first season as head coach. Lewis also coaches the school’s field hockey team. He is the lacrosse team’s third coach in four seasons.

The Bears have advanced to the postseason each year since 2011.

Three Tri-Lakes area golfers headed to state high school girls tournamentPalmer Ridge has two representatives; Discovery Canyon has one quali�er

By Danny Summers

[email protected]

Three Tri-Lakes area high school golf-ers will compete in the Class 4A state girls’ championship tournament May 18-19 at River Valley Ranch in Carbondale.

Qualifying from Palmer Ridge is Kellsey Sample and Teegan Sullivan. Discovery Canyon is sending Paige Anderson.

Sample finished second at the Colo-rado Springs regional last week, which was played at the Country Club of Colorado. She was 6-over par, five strokes back of Kylee

Sullivan of Cheyenne Mountain.

Sample had two birdies and seven pars.

Sullivan was tied for 10th (22-over) at re-

gionals.

Anderson finished eighth (20-over par)

at the Colorado Springs regional.


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Tri-Lakes girls’ soccer teams move on in playo�sLewis-Palmer, Discovery Canyon and �e Classical Academy keep winningBy Danny [email protected]

All four Tri-Lakes area high school girls’ soccer teams qualified for the postseason. Three of them are still alive.

Lewis-Palmer and Discovery Canyon advanced to the Class 4A quarterfinals last week with a pair of victories each. The Clas-sical Academy won its first-round game, but blizzard-like conditions on May 9 post-poned the Titans’ second-round game.

The Titans’ rescheduled game with Standley Lake was played May 11, but re-sults were not available at press time.

Lewis-Palmer, the No. 8 overall seed in the 32-team Class 4A bracket, defeated No. 25 Skyline, 7-0, on May 6 and then downed No. 9 Mullen, 3-0, on May 9 to advance to the quarterfinals for the second consecu-tive season.

Both games were played at Don Breese Stadium.

The Rangers (15-1-1, co-champs of the Pikes Peak Athletic Conference), held Mul-len to one shot on goal. Skyline had just two shots on goal.

Lewis-Palmer junior Sarah Lyons scored a goal in each half against Mullen, and teammate Anna Donisi put the game out of reach with a goal in the second half.

Lewis-Palmer will play No. 1 Evergreen (16-1) on May 14 in Evergreen.

Lewis-Palmer dominated Skyline on May 6, allowing the Falcons just two shots on goal, none until the game’s 58th minute.

Lewis-Palmer had eight shots on goal in the first half, but came up empty as Skyline junior goalkeeper Sariah Orocu made sev-eral diving saves behind her stellar defense. Lewis-Palmer sophomore Bri Alger - the team’s leading scorer with 22 goals, was double and triple teamed the entire first half.

Lewis-Palmer came out firing the sec-ond half as sophomore Karly Sandoval booted a shot past Orocu from 40 yards for the game’s first points. Orocu, who allowed just 24 goals in 14 games heading into the

postseason, got her hands on the slippery ball, but it slipped through her fingers and rolled into the net.

The Rangers added five more goals in the next 20 minutes to take command of the game. Seven different Lewis-Palmer players scored goals, including Alger (from 25 yards) and Lyons (a header).

Lewis-Palmer scored its final four goals against Skyline freshman goalkeeper Kenna Meier.

No. 2 TCA (16-0) defeated No. 31 Pueblo West, 7-0, in its first-round game on May 6.

TCA sophomore Hannah Burgo had a huge game, scoring four goals and adding three assists.

Catalina Hernandez added two goals and an assist, and McKenna Bender also scored for the Titans, who were making

their debut in the 4A playoffs after several outstanding seasons in 3A.

No. 22 Discovery Canyon (9-8) is the sur-prise team of the tournament. The Thun-der (under .500 during the regular season) defeated No. 11 Silver Creek (9-6-1), 2-1, on May 6. The Thunder then downed No. 6 Littleton (12-5), 1-0 on May 9.

Lauren Seeley and Alexandra Palme scored the goals against Silver Creek. The game was scoreless until the second half when Seeley blasted a ball from midfield that fooled Silver Creek goalie Kaeyla No-ble. The ball bounced over Noble’s head and into the net. Palmer scored off a rebound from the foot of teammate Jaime Keith in the 69th minute.

Alexandra Palmer netted the game’s only goal against Littleton. It was her team-lead-

ing 18th of the season.The goal came with seven minutes re-

maining in the first half on an assists from Jamie Keith.

Thunder goalie Murphy Smalley fin-ished with 10 saves. Smalley is the team’s third goalkeeper this season.

The Thunder will face either No. 3 Chey-enne Mountain or No. 19 Green Mountain in the quarterfinals on May 14. The game between Cheyenne Mountain and Green Mountain was postponed until May 11 due to inclement weather conditions.

No. 15 Palmer Ridge (8-7-1) lost to Standley Lake (10-5-1), 2-1, in a first-round game on May 7.

Palmer Ridge led 1-0 at the half, but Standley Lake scored two goals in the sec-ond half to secure the victory.

Palmer Ridge’s Brooke Buzzell, No. 7, gets a hug from one of her teammates after scoring the game’s �rst goal against Standley Lake in a �rst round state soccer match May 6 at Don Breese Stadium. Teammate Lauren Graziano, No. 12, is all smiles. Photos by Steve Buzzell

Palmer Ridge’s Kristina Sabelstrom, No, 8 in air, battles a Standley Lake player during a �rst round state soccer game May 6 at Don Breese Stadium.


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Academy freshman takes third in ri�e at Junior OlympicsSpencer Brandon has solid showingBy Danny [email protected]

Air Force Academy freshman Spencer Brandon of the ri-fle team won the bronze medal after totaling 1235.5 points at the 2015 National Junior Olympic Championships in Colorado Springs last week.

Brandon earned the third-place finish in the 50 meter prone rifle after two days of matches. On day 1, he shot a score of 615.5 and shot a 617.0 on day 2 (1232.5), qualify-ing for the finals. In the finals, he shot a 120.8 and earned three points toward his final score of 1235.5 and the bronze medal. Sixty-four shooters competed in the 50m prone.

Brandon also competed in the 50m three position rifle finishing 11th among 65 competitors. His final two-day match total was 2285. He shot an 1145 and 1140. Brandon also finished with a total of 1219.7 points in the 10m air rifle. In two days of shooting, he placed 16th among 195 competitors.

According to USA Shooting, “The Men’s Rifle competi-tion at this year’s NJOSC was the largest contingent ever to take to the firing line in the event’s history with 192 compet-itors. Over the three weeks of rifle and pistol competition, more than 500 youth, ages 10 thru 20, made their way to USA Shooting’s National headquarters in Colorado Springs. The competitors represented those that excelled during their state championship, whittled down from the 2,500-plus participants competing in 86 events in 46 states.”

President Obama honors Air Force Football team at White HouseObama presented Falcons with huge Commander-in-Chief ’s trophyBy Danny [email protected]

Six months after beating Army, the Air Force Academy football team got its shiny, huge trophy from none oth-

er than the president of the United States at the White House on May 8.

Calling the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy an “un-reasonably large trophy,” President Barack Obama pre-sented the silver and black prize to the Falcons, who have now defeated the Navy and Army teams a record 19 times.

“If anybody can figure out how to get this thing to where it needs to go, it is the Air Force,” Obama said.

The Falcons beat Army 23-6 in November to claim the

title; its third in the last five years.“Now, last year at this time, most folks did not think

that Coach Calhoun and the Falcons would be here today. They’d just come off a less-than-ideal season,” Obama said. “But this year, they came back determined to set a new tone.”

In turn, Falcons quarterback Kale Pearson, who was MVP, presented Obama with a No. 19 jersey, and defen-sive back Christian Spears gave the president a game ball.

President Barack Obama gets a jersey and football from the United States Air Force Academy football team after presenting them with the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy at the White House on May 7. The Air Force Falcons beat the Army team 23-6 in November to win the trophy. Falcons quarterback Kale Pearson (right), presented Obama with a No. 19 jersey, and defensive back Christian Spears (left) gave the president a game ball. Courtesy photo


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In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.

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Our Water Sources

Terms and Abbreviations

• Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) − The highest level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.• Treatment Technique (TT) − A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.• Action Level (AL) − The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) − The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.• Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) − The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) − The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.• Violation (No Abbreviation) − Failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.• Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) − Escalated action taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or number or

severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance.• Variance and Exemptions (V/E) − Department permission not to meet a MCL or treatment technique under certain conditions.• Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) − Gross alpha particle activity compliance value. It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222, and uranium.• Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) − Measure of the radioactivity in water.• Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) − Measure of the clarity or cloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the typical person.• Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) – Single or calculated value used to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) is met. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, Running Annual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA).• Average (x-bar) − Typical value. • Range (R) − Lowest value to the highest value.• Sample Size (n) − Number or count of values (i.e. number of water samples collected).• Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) − One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.• Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) − One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.• Not Applicable (N/A) – Does not apply or not available.

Detected Contaminants

TRIVIEW MD routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2014 unless otherwise noted. The State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one year old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report.

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

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Lead in Drinking Water

If present, elevated levels of lead can cause serious health problems (especially for pregnant women and young children). It is possible that lead levels at your home may be higher than other homes in the community as a result of materials used in your home’s plumbing. If you are concerned about lead in your water, you may wish to have your water tested. When your water has been sitting for several hours, you can minimize the potential for lead exposure by flushing your tap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes before using water for drinking or cooking. Additional information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available from the Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/lead.

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our water supply. For general information or to obtain a copy of the report please visit http://wqcdcompliance.com/ccr. The report is located under “Source Water Assessment Reports”, and then “Assessment Report by County”. Select EL PASO County and find 121840; TRIVIEW MD or by contacting GRANT SHARP at 719-488-6868. The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screening-level evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protection plan. Potential sources of contamination in our source water area are listed on the next page. Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Consumer Confidence Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend scheduled public meetings. We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliver to you every day.

Our Water Sources

Source Source Type Water Type Potential Source(s) of Contamination

A1 ARAPAHOE WELL Well Groundwater Vandalism, residential practices, roads (maintenance/accidents)

D1 DENVER WELL Well Groundwater Vandalism, residential practices, roads (maintenance/accidents)

A7 ARAPAHOE WELL Well Groundwater Vandalism, future development/construction, residential practices, roads

(maintenance/accidents), private wells, septic systems

A8 ARAPAHOE WELL Well Groundwater Vandalism, residential practices, roads (maintenance/accidents), septic systems

D7 DENVER WELL Well Groundwater Vandalism, future development/construction, residential practices, roads

(maintenance/accidents), private wells, septic systems

A4 ARAPAHOE WELL Well Groundwater Electrical substation (spills), vandalism, cattle grazing, roads (maintenance/accidents)


Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

Lead and Copper Sampled in the Distribution System

Contaminant Name Time Period 90th Percentile Sample Size

Unit of Measure

90th Percentile

AL

Sample Sites

Above AL

90th Percentile AL

Exceedance

Typical Sources

Copper 08/05/2014 to 08/12/2014

0.21 10 ppm 1.3 No Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of

natural deposits

Lead 08/05/2014 to 08/12/2014

2 10 ppb 15 No Corrosion of household plumbing systems; Erosion of

natural deposits

Disinfection Byproducts Sampled in the Distribution System

Name Year Average Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL MCLG Highest Compliance

Value

MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)

2014 1.33 1.06 to 1.6 2 ppb 60 N/A No Byproduct of drinking water disinfection

Total Trihalomethanes (TTHM)

2014 0.3 0 to 0.6 2 ppb 80 N/A No Byproduct of drinking water disinfection


Radionuclides Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System

Contaminant Name Year Average Range Low – High

Sample Size

Unit of Measure

MCL MCLG MCL Violation

Typical Sources

Gross Alpha 2014 5.5 5.5 to 5.5 1 pCi/L 15 0 No Erosion of natural deposits

Combined Radium 2014 4.6 4.6 to 4.6 1 pCi/L 5 0 No Erosion of natural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System


Sample Size

Unit of Measure


Typical Sources

Barium 2014 0.05 0.05 to 0.05 1 ppm 2 2 No Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits

Chromium 2014 1 1 to 1 1 ppb 100 100 No Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits

Fluoride 2014 1.36 1.36 to 1.36 1 ppm 4 4 No Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer

and aluminum factories

Violations, Significant Deficiencies, and Formal Enforcement Actions

No Violations or Formal Enforcement Actions


Radionuclides Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System


Sample Size

Unit of Measure


Typical Sources

Gross Alpha 2014 5.5 5.5 to 5.5 1 pCi/L 15 0 No Erosion of natural deposits

Combined Radium 2014 4.6 4.6 to 4.6 1 pCi/L 5 0 No Erosion of natural deposits

Inorganic Contaminants Sampled at the Entry Point to the Distribution System


Sample Size

Unit of Measure


Typical Sources

Barium 2014 0.05 0.05 to 0.05 1 ppm 2 2 No Discharge of drilling wastes; discharge from metal refineries; erosion of natural deposits

Chromium 2014 1 1 to 1 1 ppb 100 100 No Discharge from steel and pulp mills; erosion of natural deposits

Fluoride 2014 1.36 1.36 to 1.36 1 ppm 4 4 No Erosion of natural deposits; water additive which promotes strong teeth; discharge from fertilizer

and aluminum factories

Violations, Significant Deficiencies, and Formal Enforcement Actions

No Violations or Formal Enforcement Actions

Government Legals PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice of Annual Meeting

Mountain View Electric AssociationInc.’s 2015 Annual Meeting of Mem-bers will be held at the Palmer RidgeHigh School, 19255 Monument HillRoad, Monument, Colorado 80132, onThursday, June 4, 2015, with the busi-ness portion of the meeting commen-cing at 7 p.m. for the purposes:

To elect three Directors of the Association:One from District 1, one from District 4,and one from District 6, all as provided bythe Association’s By-Laws and Articles ofIncorporation;

To approve and confirm the minutes of thelast Annual Meeting of Members;

To receive and act upon the report onbusiness transacted since the last AnnualMeeting, and to report on financial trans-actions during calendar year 2014; and

To conduct such other business as mayproperly come before the meeting or anyadjournment or adjournments thereof.

Dated this 18th day of March 2014, at Fal-con, Colorado, by Order of the Board ofDirectors.

Milton L. Mathis, Secretary/Treasurer

Note: Only those who were members ofrecord on April 23, 2015 will be eligible tovote for directors or other matters to comebefore the annual meeting.

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