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By Dave Betzlerbetzler13@gmail.com

The shortage of living facilities for senior citizens in Monument has at-tracted another developer to invest in the community.

Greenwood Partners of Denver an-nounced last week plans to build a $27 million luxury senior living campus with 131 apartment units along Jack-son Creek Parkway.

“We’ve fi nalized all project details,” said John Raycraft, Greenwood princi-pal, adding that plans have been fi led with Monument’s planning depart-ment for review.

The Jackson Creek Senior Living center will consist of a three-story, 128,500-square-foot building on 6.5 acres at the northeast corner of Jackson Creek Parkway and the future western extension of Harness Drive.

Raycraft projects a 12-14 month construction period, meaning the cen-ter could open in January 2018.

The Jackson Creek project closely follows news in March of plans for Bethesda Gardens Monument, a $13.5

million, 60-unit senior apartment proj-ect on Beacon Lite Road, on the west side of Interstate 25.

Monument Mayor, Jeff Kaiser said

it was “very gratifying” to fi nally have a breakthrough in providing living al-ternatives to the region’s vibrant senior community.

Kaiser also praised ex-mayor Rafael Dominguez, noting he deserves the “li-on’s share of credit and without his ef-forts we’d still be struggling to fi nd suit-able senior living accommodations.”

The Jackson Creek facility will offerSee Senior Center on Page 13

Treatment facility in Red Rock Ranch raises neighbor concerns

By Evan Musick

Unattended clients, people climbing out of windows and cars blocking roads are some of the complaints neighbors are raising against an area residential addiction treatment facility.

And questions surrounding the drug-overdose death a year ago of a for-mer client only intensifi ed concerns of neighbors, who have requested inves-tigations by state and county offi cials.

The facility, Soaring Hope Recovery Center, operates in a large red-brick house on Spruce Road in the unincor-porated Red Rock Ranch neighbor-hood between Monument and Palmer Lake. It opened about 18 months ago.

In recent months, neighbors have grown upset with the facility, even ap-proaching police and sheriff’s deputies at a “Coffee With A Cop” community outreach program to vent their griev-ances.

So The Tribune looked into the com-plaints, talking to neighbors, police and

Soaring Hope offi cials. Here is what we found:

Clients come to Soaring Hope, for-merly known as Courage to Change Ranch, for a minimum of four weeks or up to a year in a program that offers

“holistic therapies,” daily Low-Energy Neurofeedback System treatments, or LENS, to counter chemical imbalances in the brain, daily meditation, group therapies and support group meetings.

The facility also offers intensive out-

patient therapy in group and individual sessions, two days a week. And its sober living program requires clients to par-ticipate in cooking, laundry and house-keeping along with chores like garden-ing, landscaping and maintenance.

The facility’s mission is to treat pa-tients in a quiet and secluded manner, according to its website.

But neighbors claim they have done the opposite.

Neighbor Beth Lonnquist said it’s common to see patients “leave sober, come back not sober.”

Other neighbors claim to have seen patients jumping out of the facility’s windows as late as midnight.

They also complain Soaring Hope often has so many cars parked outside the facility they spill into the street, blocking snow plows.

Lonnquist also said that neighbors in the area have seen patients wander the neighborhood unattended.

“It’s a problem because they don’t respect the neighborhood, Lonnquist said. “They really aren’t sober and they really aren’t being watched.”

See Recovery Center on Page 12

Photo by Bill VogrinThe Soaring Hope Recovery Center on Spruce Road in the Red Rock Ranch neighborhood as seen on May 20th.

Hope sags for tranquil neighborhood

Plans announced for senior center on Jackson Creek

Courtesy GraphicAn artist rendering of the proposed the Jackson Creek Senior Living Center.

For additional information on Jackson Creek Senior

Living, contact Vivage’s Nancy Schawlm, 720-974-6212.

By Tribune staff

A dozen new fl ower barrels were be-ing added to the Monument Cemetery in preparation for a busy Memorial Day weekend.

Madeline VanDenHoek, community relations specialist, said the town was sprucing up the fi ve-acre cemetery at 800 8th St., just off Beacon Lite Road, were about 800 people are buried dat-ing to the 1860s, years before the town was incorporated in 1879.

The goal is to have the cemetery ready for the posting of fl ags on veter-ans and the annual Memorial Day Cer-emony at 10 a.m. Monday, May 30.

Former Trustee John Howe, who has worked to improve the cemetery with new headstones over unmarked graves, will be master of ceremonies.

Navy veteran Bill Miller will present the U.S. fl ag while the POW/MIA fl ag will be presented by Air Force retiree Jodie Zwolinski.

The fl ag raising will be conducted by American Legion Tri-Lakes Post 9-11

Post Commander Dan Beatty and See Memorial on Page 3

Cemetery spruced up in preparation for Memorial Day ceremony

Memorial Day May 30

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MeadowGrass Music FestivalFriday-Sunday, May 27-29What: 8th Annual Meadowgrass Music Festival featuring 20 bands under one tent in Black ForestWhen: First act takes the stage 1 p.m. Friday, May 27Where: La Foret Conference and Retreat Center, 6145 Shoup Road, Black Forest, 80908Tickets: If purchased before May 29, a three-day ticket, no camping, is $110, plus $6.49 fee, with mandatory $25 vehicle entry charge, plus $2.25 fee; Children 12-under free. Early three-day camp-ing ticket is $140, plus $7.99 fee, plus vehicle entry fees. Daily tickets are $50 Friday & Sunday, plus $3.49 fee, $60 Saturday, plus $3.99 fee, with $10 vehicle entry charge, plus $1.49 fee. Information: For questions, visit MeadowGrass.org, e-mail info@rockymountainhighway.org or call 719-776-9800.

Memorial Day Ceremony - Monday, May 30What: Monument hosts a special ceremony to honor all military veterans.When: 10 a.m., Monday, May 30Where: Monument Cemetery, 8th Street and Beacon Lite Road, MonumentInfo: Visit monumentcolorado.org or contact Mad-eline VanDenHoek at 719-884-8013

Palmer Lake Fine Art ExhibitTuesday, May 31What: Palmer Lake Art Group opens its 51st An-nual Fine Art ExhibitWhen: Noon-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 31-June 25Where: Tri-Lake Center for the Arts, 304 High-way 105, Palmer LakeInfo: Gallery is free. For details, visit www.palm-erlakeartgroup.com

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By Stan BecknerSpecial correspondent

Tri-Lakes residents can protect themselves from fraud and protect the less-fortunate from hunger by partici-pating in the upcoming free shredding event on June 18.

Shredding sensitive personal docu-ments helps reduce the chance of your personal information falling into the hands of a scammers or identification thieves.

And at the same time, you can help your community by contributing to

Black Forest Cares Food Pantry.The event is 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday,

June 18, at the Black Forest Lutheran Church parking lot at 12455 Black For-est Road.

It is a joint project of the Black Forest AARP Chapter, the AARP Foundation/ElderWatch, the Black Forest Lutheran Church, and the Mobile Record Shred-ders.

Individuals can shred the equivalent of three copy-paper boxes of personal financial documents that are no longer needed.

Your documents will be shredding on-site by the professional shredding operator. No plastic bags or 3-ring binders will be accepted, as they can-not be shredded.

In exchange, Black Forest AARP asks only for your donation of cash or non-perishable food items to help the Black Forest Cares Food Pantry.

The Black Forest Cares Food Pantry was established in 1985 to provide indi-viduals and families with enough food to last a week. Initially, 170 people were served. The program hit a high of 2,402 people, or 752 families, in 2014 follow-ing the devastating Black Forest fire.

In 2015, the program served 1,948 people, or 671 families.

The Pantry greatly appreciates sup-port from the community, especially since the food donated from the slash program has decreased significantly in recent months. Don’t miss this oppor-tunity to help yourself and your com-munity.

Coffee and pastries will be available to all those who participate.

Last year, the shredding event in Black Forest served 419 individuals from 28 ZIP codes. The yield was $696 in cash and 867 pounds of non-perish-able food for the Food Pantry.

And more than 10,000 pounds of shredded paper was recycled.

For more information, visit the Free Shredding page at aarpchapter-1100blackforest.weebly.com/index.html or call Ray at 495-6767 or Stan at 596-6787.

Fight fraud, help stock the food pantry at AARP shredding event

Volunteers flank a sign, posted on Black Forest Road, identifying the entry point for drop-ping off personal documents to be shredded on June 18. Volunteers are Black Forest Chap-ter members, from left: Rita Fitzpatrick, Bev Schaab, Electa Beckner, Ray Rozak, Pat Dix, Carol Billiard, Gwen Burk, Chuck Karlstrum, Shirley Karlstrum, Lavonne Hidey, Stan Beckner. Kneeling front; Lin Rozak, left, and Diane Apodaca.

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In Loving Memory

Stephanie Ann Fox died unexpectedly Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at her home in Mon-ument, Colorado. Stephanie was born May 8th 1961 at War-ren Robbins AFB, Georgia. She was a long time resident of the Monument area, hav-ing moved there as a teenager. Stephanie was well known in the area due both to her long term residency and her work for many years at the 7-11 and then with Synthes. She most recently enjoyed working with the customers at the Circle K on Baptist Road.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin

H. Booth and Margaret Ann Coughlan Booth. Stephanie is survived by her husband David Scott Raber of Monu-ment; the two sons she was so proud of, Garrett Ray Fox of Rapid City, SD and Christo-pher Lynn Fox of Palmer Lake, both honorably discharged U.S. Marines; her former daughter-in-law Ashley and her granddaughter Giuliana of Monument; her brothers: J. Michael Booth of Divide, C. Timothy Booth of Chey-enne, WY and Kerry F. Booth of Denver; and her sister C. Denise Gonzalez of Colorado Springs.

Stephanie Ann Fox

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By Bill Vogrinbillvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

The fi rst signifi cant water rate in-crease in 20 years, enacted by the pre-vious Monument Board of Trustees to bring rates in line with costs and end town subsidies of the water enterprise fund, may not be doomed as recent campaign rhetoric suggested.

Following months of debate, the previous board voted 3-2 to adopt

a new rate structure that caused the base rate to quadruple from $8.80 a month to $31 a month, which includes 1,000 gallons of water. The rates ap-ply to about 1,100 west-side custom-ers, mostly homeowners and about 200 businesses. East-side Monument residents are served by other water dis-tricts.

Under the new rates, proposed by Town Manager Chris Lowe, the typi-cal monthly bill during the winter was projected to jump from $33.75 to about $55. That was based on an average of 5,000 gallons of water used a month.

The new rate structure also called for rates to climb 9.5 percent each of the next six years. By 2021, the average winter bill would be $86.60.

Then voters in April swept into of-fi ce a four-member “Accountability Slate” of candidates who promised to repeal the new rates and re-examine the issue.

But at its May 2 meeting, the new board failed to pass an emergency or-dinance that would have rolled back the rates. The emergency ordinance needed fi ve votes of the seven-member board and only the four newly elected trustees voted in favor.

Then the four slate members split on the question of immediately intro-ducing another ordinance. Mayor Pro Tem Don Wilson broke ranks, opting not to support a motion by slate mem-ber Greg Coopman.

Wilson said later he thought it would be better to simply push ahead with a public roundtable on the issue of water rates and make adjustments later rather than confuse the public by dropping rates only to raise them again

in a few weeks.At the time, his fellow slate mem-

bers appeared surprised by his move to side with Mayor Jeff Kaiser and Trustee Kelly Elliott. Observers in the trustee chambers immediately labeled Wilson a “swing vote” who potentially would emerge as a power broker on the board.

Coopman opened the May 16 meet-ing of the Trustees by reading a state-ment clarifying what happened at the previous meeting and asking his col-leagues to set fi rm deadlines and dates for revising the water rates.

But another seeming crack in the solidarity of the group appeared to emerge when Trustee Jeff Bornstein told of a meeting he had with Lowe re-garding the rates.

Bornstein declared himself “on the fence” about the new rates following the discussion and his own investiga-tion of the issue.

“I think it’s time to move on,” Born-stein said, adding he is now convinced new revenue from higher rates is need-ed to pay for preventive maintenance on the town’s aging water pipes, pumps and storage tank. He also spoke of the need to invest in new sources of water, such as building a reuse facility to re-cycle wastewater currently dumped in Monument Creek.

The meeting took a nasty turn when emotions fl ared as members of the business community approached the board and criticized town staff over the rates.

Harsh criticism was offered by A.B. Tellez, owner of Rosie’s Diner, and John Dominowski, who has owned the Front Street Square in downtown since 1992.

Dominowski expressed surprise at Bornstein’s apparent change of heart. The trustee responded that he hadn’t made any decisions, but he had a new appreciation of the need for more rev-enue for the water system.

Dominowski also chided the board for not standing up to town staff.

“These are punitive rates,” Domi-nowski said. “You are asking for a lot of money from this town. The respon-sibility of the board is not to be a rub-

ber stamp for everything the staff pro-poses.

“I am so fed up with Monument and the way things have gone the last year that I regret ever locating in Monu-ment.

Tellez singled out Lowe, the town manager, for not calling him to offer an explanation for the increase or to an-swer his repeated demands for alterna-tives to the new rates.

Tellez even pointed his fi nger at Lowe and growled: “You are doing an injustice to the people of Monument.”

Lowe stood his ground and voiced his own frustration at the way the “city staff is continually being attacked” by Tellez, Dominowski and a few others at previous meetings.

“You act like we are doing this for our own benefi t, as if we want to hurt the community,” Lowe said in a loud, heated exchange with Tellez that went on several minutes.

Meanwhile, members of the board urged Wilson to bang his gavel and stop the argument. But he let the ex-change continue.

When it fi nally subsided, Bornstein clearly was frustrated, calling the be-havior “not productive” and falling far short of a code of ethics recently pro-posed by Lowe. And Coopman chas-tised Lowe for confronting a commu-nity member in such a way.

Lowe apologized saying he won’t stand by and have the integrity of his staff impugned.

“We’re trying to save the water util-ity,” Lowe said. “We’re trying to make

this right.”Also at the May 16 meeting, the

board voted to again extend the town’s moratorium on new clinics another 60 days, until July 19, to give four new members of the board time to study the issue and a chance to weigh alloptions for future zoning rules for clin-ics.

The extension also will give the town time for a community discussion of the proposed zoning changes, Lowe said.

The original six-month moratori-um was imposed last Aug. 24 to allow town staff time to rewrite zoning codes to prevent a methadone clinic/dis-pensary from opening near parks or schools.

Before it expired Feb. 24, the Board of Trustees voted to extend it 90 days to give Lowe and Larry Manning, the newly hired planning director, time to get up to speed on the issue.

The moratorium was to expire May 24.

‘Accountability Slate’ fracturing after just weeks in offi cePublic forum on water

rates announcedBy Tribune staff

The town of Monument has sched-uled a public forum to discuss the new water rates enacted in March and possible changes to the new rate structure.

The forum will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, June 9, at the Monument Town Hall, 645 Beacon Lite Road.

Continued from Page 1V.F.W. Post 7829 Post Commander Joe Carlson.

The Lewis-Palmer School District 38 band will perform the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America.

Lt. Col. David Laydon from Fort Car-son will offer refl ections and retired Brig. Gen. Anthony Trifeletti will be the featured speaker.

The speeches will be followed by the traditional reading of every names of

every veteran buried in the cemetery and the ringing of the bell.

A rifl e salute will be offered by an honor guard made up of members of the Monument Police Department, the Palmer Lake Police Department and the Monument Police Explorer Post.

Then the ceremony will end with the band playing Taps.

Following the event, the Ladies Aux-iliary to V.F.W. Post 7829 will host re-freshments, provided by the town.

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I admit I was thrilled when the slides flashed on huge screens in front of a packed Denver-area ballroom recently announcing The Tribune had won top awards in a Colorado Press Association contest for our work in 2015.

Typically, I avoid journalism awards banquets. I’m not much of a mingler or small-talk artist. And, to be honest, I don’t like to lose. Who wants to sit through hours of awards presenta-tions only to pick up an “honorable mention” certificate?

Readers are the only judges I need. And they aren’t shy about letting us know if we are screwing up.

Fortunately, the overwhelming response has been praise for the work we’ve done since buying The Tribune last June.

Credit goes to our staff, which has busted its collective butts to dig up compelling news, to profile interest-ing people in the Tri-Lakes region, provide in-depth coverage of politics and local elections, to report impor-tant community events and document the growth of our area children and students.

Readers certainly have responded. We have seen subscriptions climb along with advertising growth.

We regularly hear from people who drop by the office to pick up extra copies of a particular edition and thank us for a well-written story, like Danny Summers’ excellent piece on the “senior night” basketball game at Palmer Ridge High School.

Others go out of their way to com-pliment Rob Carrigan for his well-re-

searched commentaries on the history of the region.

And it’s not uncommon to hear praise for Tribune coverage of Town Hall and the ongoing saga of the pro-posed methadone clinic in downtown Monument.

Still, this year I wanted to know how the work of my team was viewed by our peers. I wondered how they would judge The Tribune in com-parison to other small weekly news-papers.

And how would we compare to The Tribune of past years? The paper has fared well in previous Colorado Press Association contests. I hoped I hadn’t dropped the ball.

In fact, our work earned us first- and second-place awards from the CPA judges.

Most satisfying was being recog-nized for our coverage of the metha-done clinic, which had been admin-istratively approved by town staff in historic downtown Monument on a residential street, across from a popu-lar park and within a couple blocks of an elementary school.

For 11 consecutive weeks, The Tri-bune had front-page stories about the clinic. We investigated the clinic own-

ers and used open records requests to learn the company, Colonial Manage-ment Group of Orlando, Fla., had been disciplined and fined in other states for poor operations.

For example, we reported one CMG clinic in Alabama was fined for losing 3,400 doses of methadone. Officials in Minnesota and Texas cited CMG clinics with dozens of infractions. One clinic lost its license.

But that wasn’t the only award CPA judges bestowed on The Tribune. Danny Summers won second place for his story of a young athlete fighting cancer.

And I won first place in the col-umn-writing category for a piece

on the sentencing of a young man who drove away from a Labor Day 2014 party drunk and high with three friends in the car. He wrecked in Black Forest, killing two Palmer Ridge High School students and seriously injuring a third.

Of course, we’re far from perfect. During the year we made our share of mistakes and missed some stories we should have reported.

But we’re trying and, as always, we need your help. Please don’t hesitate to email me at billvogrin@yourpeak-news.com with story ideas, questions, comments or complaints.

You never know when your little nugget of news will turn into next year’s CPA award-winner!

PIKES PEAK BILL Bill Vogrinbillvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

Awards confirm Tribune’s dedication to reporting local news

Back in the 1960s, Memorial Day in small town Minnesota was a com-munity-wide remembrance, complete with the high school band, speeches, wreath-laying and concluding with the haunting notes of Taps.

Such ceremonies, large and small, were typical. Fathers and mothers, grandparents and children all gath-ered to recognize the service of those who had died fighting for this country.

Sadly today, Memorial Day, for many, is just a three-day holiday.

That’s certainly not how it started. Memorial Day dates to the Civil War. On May 5, 1868, Gen. John Logan is-sued General Order No. 11 designating May 30th for “strewing with flowers and otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country . . . and whose bodies lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land.”

A largely unknown historical footnote is that Logan’s decree was actually preceded three years earlier by a May 1, 1865, Decoration Day in Charleston, S.C, an observance essen-tially created by recently freed black Americans that honored both Union and Confederate dead.

In a well regarded 1884 speech, Oli-ver Wendell Holmes, later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, remarked: “Our dead brothers still live for us, and bid us think of life, not death — of life to which in their youth they lent

the passion and joy of the spring. As I listen, the great chorus of life and joy begins again, and amid the awful orchestra of seen and unseen pow-ers and destinies of good and evil our trumpets sound once more a note of daring, hope and will.”

A modern day perspective can be found in the words of Army veteran Peter Hegseth, a Minnesota native who served in Iraq.

“Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans,” Hegseth said. “It’s honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the future of coming home. For us, that’s a reminder of when we come home, we still have a responsibility to serve. It’s a continu-ation of service that honors our country, and those who fell defending it.”

For this Navy veteran, Memorial Day must include something more than public ceremony, the graveside

placing of flags and flowers. I like President Eisenhower’s words: “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

We have a special opportunity and obligation this Memorial Day to not only acknowledge and remember the sacrifice of those who’ve served and died, but importantly to renew our commitment to our nation and its founding principles.

This Memorial Day, listen closely, embrace and internalize, and live these penetrating words of Chief Justice Holmes, memorably rephrased by President Kennedy: “It is now the moment when by common consent we pause to become conscious of our national life and to rejoice in it, to recall what our country has done for each of us, and to ask ourselves what we can do for the country in return.”

I’ll see you at the cemetery.

RETIREMENT YEARS Dave Betzlerbetzler13@gmail.com

Memorial Day must be more than just a holiday weekend

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History can be cold and sterile, or it can offer warmth and understanding. It can be very personal at times.

A few years ago, I attended a very interesting program at Tri-Lakes Cen-ter for the Arts in Palmer Lake intro-ducing a new book about Estemere Mansion written by my friend, Dan Edwards, and the owner of the house, Roger Ward.

At the end of the program, Edwards and Ward signed copies of their col-laboration “A Victorian Mansion in the Colorado Rockies: The Estemere Estate at Palmer Lake.”

These two take history personally, and I recommend the book and DVD.

Though my thought today devel-oped from that presentation, it is not necessarily about the mansion.

Ward described in great detail how they relied on a photograph taken in 1893 of Estemere to restore the prop-erty during the past decade.

The photo revealed mysteries about lions at the steps of the house, the stained glass in the windows, even the light on the porch, and lightning rods on the gables.

The photo was taken by one H.S. (Horace Swartley) Poley.

As some of you know, or have guessed, I have great love for old pho-tos. So much so, in cases, that I feel like I have come to know a few of these old shutterbugs from a hundred years ago, or at least their style and work.

It is a fascinating bit of time travel for me. I have, of course, seen Poley’s stuff before.

He has a famous and exhaustive set of photos of the bull fights in Gil-lett in 1895. He completed fabulous work in his decades of documenting Southwestern archeology and Na-tive American culture. His train and railroad photography rivals giants

of the period, such as William Henry Jackson, Robert Richardson, and Otto Perry.

But who is this character?I can only give you what I know

today. Perhaps, as is the way with digging in the history pile, I will know more tomorrow.

“Horace Swartley Poley created a major collection of photographic images of Native Americans in the southwestern U.S.,” reports Genealo-gy.com. “Born in Norristown, Penn., in 1864, Poley moved to Colorado in the 1880s and was a resident of Colorado Springs for 62 years. Poley started a commercial photo studio in 1892 and remained an active photographer until 1935.

“In addition to his photographic work, Poley served as head of the U.S. Postal registry department in Colora-do Springs. During summer vacations, Poley served as photographer with archaeological expeditions in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and southwest Colorado. He recorded landscapes, cityscapes, and events in the Pikes Peak region of Colorado. Poley was noted for his travelogue lectures em-ploying his images in ‘magic lantern’ shows.”

The Denver Public Library obtained the Poley collection in 1937.

But how about a photo of the pho-tographer? What was he like? And his family? Let’s try to personalize this.

Well, I got lucky and found the above photo with the following infor-mation.

“Studio bust portrait of the Poley family. Margret Ferguson Poley has short bangs and wears a pince nez, a blouse and jacket with puffed sleeves and ruffled lace collar with a flower or heart charm. Frank Ferguson Poley has short hair and wears a shirt with probably a wide starched collar, Hor-ace Swartley Poley has a mustache and

wears a bow tie and jacket over a shirt with a straight, starched collar. Eliza-beth Poley Schrader has short bangs and wears a dress with puffed sleeves and wide laced collar.”

Margret Ferguson Poley, Frank Fer-guson Poley, Horace Swartley Poley, Eliszabeth Schader and “about 1893” inked on verso.

I feel like I know the fellow a little better, even though it has been more than 100 years.

RESTLESS NATIVE Rob Carriganrobcarrigan@yourpeaknews.com

40 Years AgoTri-Lakes TribuneMay 25, 1976

Hospital denial reviewed: The Colorado Board of Health will review a ruling by a hearing examiner that the proposed Rampart Hospital in Monument is entitled to a certificate of necessity but is not en-titled to use of any portion of Medicare or Medicaid funds. The ruling banned full reimbursement for pa-tient treatment under either government program. The Rampart Comprehensive Health Care Plan of Colorado proposed building the $3 million, 25-bed hospital.

Youth Center grant: Monument Town Council will contribute $300 toward getting the youth center running again, as requested by Yvonne Penland. They would like the money to be used for June and July rent.

Monument homebuilding: A 2,216-square-foot, three-bedroom rancher has been built on Jefferson Street near Franklyn Avenue. It is the first of four that will be built on a six-lot site by developer Thomas E. Dame. Heavy stress on insulation will reduce heating bills by almost 25 percent. It is listed in the $35,000 price range. In the past seven years, Dame has built

350 condominium units at Aspen, Vail, Brecken-ridge, Winter Park and Steamboat Springs and 1,000 single-family homes. Currently he is building 138 apartments in Granby.

Music Man Larry: Larry Kintz came to Lewis-Palmer High School two years ago. “The twenty piece high school band couldn’t even blow a scale. Other bands were devoid of leadership and initia-tive and a choir “sounded like voices from the Tower of Babel.” Today his classes are making beautiful music. They have won prizes in state and regional contests. Children would rather practice their music than do English or Math homework. Parents are proud of Larry and their kids.

Christmas Star Party: A party is planned on May 31, at Palmer Lake Town Hall. Music will be fur-nished by the Salvation Army. Prizes will be awarded. First prize will be two $100 bills to commemorate Bicentennial year. A second prize is $100 bill to mark the Centennial year of Colorado. Third prize is an afghan made by a lady in Palmer Lake. A short and interesting program will be held preceding the prizes.

Ice Cream Social and Auction: Palmer Lake Volunteer Fire Department and Mount Herman Lion’s Club will hold an old fashioned homemade

ice cream social Sunday, June 13 at the Palmer Lake Town Hall. Ice cream, pies and lemonade will be sold. There will be an auction of white elephants. Proceeds will be divided between Lion’s Club and the Fire Department.

Fine Arts Show: Palmer Lake Art Group will pres-ent a Fine Arts Show on Sunday, May 30 and Mon-day, May 31 at Lewis-Palmer Middle School. This is the eleventh show of the Palmer Lake Art Group. The first one was held at Staeben’s Stables in 1965. There is a $6 registration fee for a maximum of three pieces not shown at previous shows. There will be no charge for the show. Call or write Grace Best for information.

Know Your Local Police Day: George Hutchens of Palmer Lake displayed and discussed his collection of police badges, patches and hats at Palmer Lake Elementary School. Marshalls Dale Smith and Bob Conner talked about safety and the law.

Services for Stuart Best: Alvin Stuart Best, hus-band of Grace Best, passed away on his ranch in Greenland. He was found in his pick-up truck Mon-day, May 24. Services will be at Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Interment will be at Spring Valley Chapel.

Compiled by Linda Case

Looking back at history through the viewfinder

As long as I am doing bits of ancient history, ever heard of Charles Aiken?

He came to Colorado in the early 1870s, and became famous for the animals here in this area. He studied animals. And, back then, his way of saving them was as a taxidermist!

Yes, he stuffed animals. He had a little museum in downtown Colorado Springs. And he also sold examples of his skill.

You may have even some of them. He even sent samples all over the world, but the best collection is at the Smithsonian Institution in Washing-ton, D.C.

Aiken collected animals big to

small, as well as birds and ducks. One of the real prizes in his shop were heads of bison, commonly known as buffalo.

At the time it was thought that there were two varieties of them here, Mountain and Plains Buffalo. It was

later figured out that they were actual-ly the same, but the ones in the moun-tains had longer hair and more fat.

In this area the last “mountain” buf-falo was shot up near Gillett, in 1879.

The last report of a “plains” buffalo was east of Fountain in 1873.

The lone buffalo was grazing near the site of present day Schriever Air Force Base. Two men, Hezekiah Bos-worth and W.W. Perkins, were on the way to Perkins’ Sheep ranch when they saw it.

They took after the big bull, but it turned and charged. Bosworth’s horse was knocked down, and the rider hit the ground. Perkins shot the beast,

and stopped it in its tracks. The animal was slaughtered and the head was sent to Aiken’s for mounting.

There is another story of a lone buf-falo wandering through Black Forest at about the same time. Tales of it do not include it being dispatched!

When Aiken died, most of his col-lection went to Colorado College, which had a huge collection of ex-amples already. One floor of a campus building was used as a museum. I understand Pioneers’ Museum has at least one of his mountings.

I wonder . . . does the museum have the last buffalo’s head?

Pikes Peak region was home to bison until the last was shot

CABOOSE COBWEBSMel McFarland

Courtesy PhotoThe Poley Family about 1893, as photographed by H.S. Pol-ey, and part of collection at Denver Public Library.

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Grateful for kindness from Christian Brothers, others in Monument

To the Editor,

My husband and I were on a six month road trip and decided to book a flight to Maui. We were mak-ing our way to Denver to catch our flight when we ex-perienced some pretty serious van trouble. We made it off the highway safely to a grocery store in Monu-ment.

While ordering a coffee at Starbucks, I asked the barista about a garage that might be close by and she suggested the Christian Brothers, which was only

about a mile away. Our van wouldn’t even start at this point, so we de-

cided to walk to the garage. As soon as we entered the Christian Brothers garage we were greeted warm-ly, offered coffee and they immediately began mak-ing a plan for us. They took our vehicle right away and made arrangements for us to stay at a nearby ho-tel.

Our anxiety was running pretty high as we had booked our trip at the last minute and we were un-able to cancel. The Christian Brothers staff kept reas-suring us that they would do everything they could to be sure we made our flight, including driving us to the airport, helping us gather all our surf gear from

our van and allowing us to park our travel trailer at their garage while we were away.

I just can’t explain how grateful we were for all of their acts of kindness. We were very fortunate to break down in Monument and have our lives touched by the caring people at the Christian Broth-ers garage. I would also like to give thanks to the staff at the Fairfield Inn by Marriott and the Front Range Shuttle Service.

We didn’t need to come all the way to Maui to feel the Aloha Spirit.

Deborah ReidYour friends from Canada

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Chilly winds didn’t stop the celebration on May 18 of the completion of West Baptist Road, with its new bridge over the railroad tracks and Monument Creek as well as a new roundabout.

Officials of El Paso County and Monument came out for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Santa Fe Trailhead, near the roundabout intersection of Bap-tist, Old Denver Highway and Woodcarver Road.

The grand opening marked the end of the $13.1 million project, which began in April 2015 and fin-ished several month ahead of schedule.

In addition to the bridge and roadwork, major drainage improvements we made to enhance runoff into the creek.

Funding came from the Pikes Peak Rural Trans-portation Authority, which provided $11.4 million, the Baptist Road Rural Transportation Authority with $750,000 and a $1 million grant from the state Department of Local Affairs.

As a special feature of the roundabout, it was designed to allow installation of four abstract metal trees in June amid the large boulders and other land-scaping. The sculpture, by Reven Marie Swanson, is titled “Aspen Grove.”

Photos by Avalon A. Manly/The TribuneJennifer Irvine, engineering manager for El Paso County Department of Public Works, spoke at last week’s ceremony about the importance of the West Baptist Road project to the navigability and access of the area

Officials celebrate completion of West Baptist Road improvements

Jim Reid, executive director of El Paso County Department of Public Works, addressed a small crowd last week at the ribbon-cutting for the West Baptist Road improvement project.

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There is still no resolution to the im-passe in contract negotiations between Lewis-Palmer School District 38 and Monument Academy.

The D-38 board voted to extend ne-gotiations another month at last week’s school board meeting. It’s the third time the negotiations have been ex-tended.

The two sides can’t agree on how voters in 1999 intended for the district to use proceeds of a mill levy override.

Monument Academy, the district’s high-performing, 20-year-old charter, has been excluded from the proceeds of the property tax increase since it was passed in 1999.

But now the academy’s leadership is demanding a share of the revenue moving forward.

The school board insists the charter was never meant to receive a portion of the tax, which generates about $4 mil-lion a year.

The board said the district does its fair share supporting the charter each year in the forms of several hundreds of thousands of dollars in waived main-tenance fees and in-kind donations.

But the academy said it deserves more financial support for the job it’s doing educating about 950 students, or 15 percent of the D-38’s student popu-lation, in grades preschool through 8th. It’s promised to use the MLO funds to, in part, provide its teachers with a sub-stantial raise.

District and charter parents, as well as community members, have been expressing their opinions on the issue for several months, in person at school board meetings and coffees and on so-cial media.

To emphasize their position, acade-my supporters showed up at the school board meeting last week wearing blue as a show of solidarity.

They weren’t the only ones making a fashion statement at the meeting.

Lewis-Palmer Education Associa-tion members worry all the debate about money has distracted the two sides from the top priority: the stu-dents themselves.

So teachers from across D-38 were in the audience at last week’s meeting, all decked out in red, a choice which their designated representative, Phyl-lis Robinette, a second grade teacher at Palmer Lake Elementary, explained

during public comments. “We wear red so you will see us,” she

said. “We wear red so you will see who we are.”

As other red-clad teachers stood be-hind and around her, Robinette said that the contentions between the dis-trict and the academy have shifted the focus of the parents, administrators and school board members away from the students they serve. That needs to change, she said.

Other parents and community members spoke up during public com-ments, as well, some in support for the academy, some in opposition and some expressing gratitude to the district and

its school board for the hard work they put into ensuring area students receive an excellent education. All spoke with passion about their causes.

While negotiations may yet pro-duce a new five-year operating agree-ment between the two sides, it’s clear a schism exists between the two and it could result in the academy leaving D-38 to seek a new authorizing body.

It could also result in legal action against D-38 by the academy.

Board member John Magerko seemed hopeful the impasse will be broken and an agreement reached.

“This isn’t novel,” he said. “We’ve (negotiated) in the past . . . and will continue making arrangements ac-ceptable to both sides.”

Photos by Avalon A. Manly / The TribuneMembers of the Lewis Palmer Education Association wore red to last week’s school board meeting in an attempt to remind the board and community that recent tumults have dis-tracted public focus from what is best for the students, as expressed by Phyllis Robinette, a second grade teacher at Palmer Lake Elementary.

Charter negotiations extended for another month, community members take sides

Many Monument Academy supporters were present at last week’s school board meet-ing, wearing blue in a show of solidarity, as they asked the board to award the charter a share in the contentious 1999 mill levy over-ride funds.

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By Bill Vogrinbillvogrin@yourpeaknews.com

Several second-grade students found themselves in the Monument Police Department jail cell last week and they came away quite impressed, their teacher said.

About 50 students from Palmer Lake and Prairie Winds elementary schools made field trips to Monument recently as part of their social studies work.

“We were studying about govern-ment, how to solve problems and where to go for for help,” said Linda Wilson, a second-grade teacher at Palmer Lake the past 19 years.

“We showed them where the po-lice stations are in Monument and in Palmer Lake. We visited the Town Hall in both towns.”

In Monument, the kids received a tour of two public works trucks. The Tri-Lakes Monument Fire department gave tours of two fire trucks and the students received a tour of the police department, said Madeline VanDen-Hoek, town community relations spe-cialist.

They even met with Town Manager Chris Lowe and Tom Tharnish, public works director.

“The kids pretended to be the may-or and trustees, sat in their chairs and had a little meeting,” Wilson said with a chuckle.

“Mr. Lowe told them ‘This is your town.’ If you want something to hap-pen, this is where you come and attend meetings. And to vote.”

She said Lowe and other officials

showed the students plans for park im-provements in Monument.

“He asked for their input and what they wanted in the parks,” Wilson said. “It was neat.”

Tharnish arranged for them to see some heavy equipment.

“They let the kids ride on a big snow plow,” Wilson said.

A highlight for the students was a visit to the police headquarters.

The students learned about the 9-1-1 emergency phone system for town police.

“The policemen showed us where they put prisoners in a little jail cell,” she said. “That really impressed them. The police put them in there. It was a big thing for the kids.”

The kids were similarly excited to see the inside of a police cruiser and to learn about all the different equipment Monument Police officers wear.

“An officer told them about every-thing carry on their belts,” Wilson said “The Taser was a big thing for the kids.

“They did such a wonderful job.”

Second-grade students visit Town Hall, take turns in jail cell

Six Colorado museums free for kids this summer

For The TribuneHistory Colorado is making it easier for families

to experience its community museums this sum-mer by offering free admission to children 18 and under.

The free admissions are offered Memorial Day through Labor Day at these museums:

Byers-Evans House Museum, 1310 Bannock St., Denver, open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

El Pueblo History Museum, 301 North Union, Pueblo, open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m., Sunday, noon to 4 p.m., open late on Thurs-days until 8 p.m.

Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center, 29477 Highway 159

Fort Garland, open daily, 9 a.m to 5 p.m.Fort Vasquez Museum, 13412 U.S. Highway 85,

Platteville, open daily, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Healy House and Dexter Cabin, open daily, 10

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.Trinidad History Museum, 312 E. Main St., Trini-

dad, open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

History Colorado’s Community Museums tell the history of different cities in Colorado and prominent figures of the community. From historic homes to adobe forts, Community Museums document the stories of Colorado’s incredible history throughout the state.

“Each museum offers a different learning experi-ence that encourage kids to learn Colorado’s history through hands-on activities and engaging content,” said Dawn DiPrince, director of Community Muse-ums. “Free for kids summer offers opportunities for kids to have a fun, educational experience during summer break and provide families with affordable activities.”

Admission for adults and seniors vary for each location. For information on scheduling tours and programming, please contact 719-583-0453, or visit HistoryColorado.org.

El Paso County seeks volunteers for Citizen Review Panel

For The TribuneThe El Paso County Commission is seeking vol-unteers to fill a vacancy on the Citizen Review Panel, an advisory board that processes complaints

against the county Human Services agency in child welfare cases.

Applications for the open position are due by June 3.

The panel is composed of 5-9 citizens who serve three-year terms and meet on a quarterly basis, as needed, at 3:30 p.m. at the Department of Hu-man Services, Community Conference Room 3032, 3rd Floor, 1675 Garden of the Gods Road, Colorado Springs.

The volunteer application is located at www.el-pasoco.com and can be accessed by clicking on the “Volunteer Boards” link. Applicants are asked to reference the board and position they wish to rep-resent and include a mailing address and daytime phone number.

Send completed applications and letter of inter-est and/or résumés to:

Board of County CommissionersAttn: Jessica McMullen, administrative assistant200 S. Cascade Ave.Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903-2208JessicaMcMullen@elpasoco.comApplications may also be faxed to 719-520-6397

or emailed to webmaster@elpasoco.com. For fur-ther information call 719-520-6555.

Courtesy photos Students from Palmer Lake and Prairie Winds elementary schools recently took field trips to Monument Town Hall.

Top: They visited the chambers of the Board of Trustees, sat in the trustees’ chairs and were welcomed by Town Manager Chris Lowe, standing at right.

Botton: Students also visited the public works department and were shown snow plows. They also got to see firefighting equipment of the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District.

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From May 16 through June 1, new Lewis-Palmer School District 38 middle school science materials will be available for public review and comment before they are formally ad-opted by the school board for use next year.

The books and curricular resources will be available from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at the D-38 administration building at 146 Jeffer-son St., in Monument.

Members of the community inter-ested in reviewing the materials should contact Cheri Crockett at 719-785-4210.

DENVER (AP) – The Douglas Coun-ty Coroner’s Offi ce has identifi ed two men who died in a crash that killed three people on Interstate 25 south of Larkspur.

The coroner’s offi ce identifi ed them as Valentine “Timothy”’ Baca, who was driving, and his cousin Simon Gene Mejia. Both were from Denver and 40 years old. Authorities did not iden-tify the third victim in the Friday night crash because he was only 15.

Trooper Josh Lewis says the group had been heading north on the high-way when their SUV veered off the road and plunged into a culvert near the Greenland interchange.

Investigators say the three victims died at the scene and none was wear-ing a seat belt. The state patrol doesn’t believe drugs or alcohol played a role in the crash.

The cause of the crash remains un-der investigation.

Victims of deadly SUV crash near Larkspur identifi ed

New D38 science curriculummaterials available for public review

Student NewsHannah Overton, of Monument, has

been named to the Dean’s List at Wil-liam Woods University for academic accomplishments during the 2016 spring term.

To be named to the Dean’s List, Overton, a senior, had to achieve a minimum 3.6 semester and cumula-tive grade point average on a 4.0 scale as a full-time student at the school in Fulton, Mo.

Jacqueline Bennett, of Larkspur, was

named to the President’s Honor Roll at Oklahoma City University.

Bennett had to complete a mini-mum of 12 credit hours during the se-mester and maintain a GPA of 3.9 or higher to meet the President’s Honor Roll requirements.

Josey Burkett, of Monument, was named to the Dean’s list at Fort Lewis College for the spring 2016 semester. To qualify, Burkett had to take at least 15 credits of gradable hours and achieved a 3.60 or higher grade point average. Burkett’s major is Biology.

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A pair of Black Forest artists, painter Jo Gaston and metalsmith Kathleen Krucoff, are featured in the current exhibit, Botanical Expressions, at the Commonwheel Artists’ Co-op in Manitou Springs.

Jo Gaston interprets nature in vibrant watercolors and Kathleen Kru-coff shapes and molds her art jewelry from precious metals. This show fea-tures and highlights their individual interpretations of the beauty found in nature.

The intricate shapes of trees, leaves, flowers and even vegetables fasci-nate both Jo and Kathleen. They have elected to produce some representa-tions with the same subject, such as acorns, oak leaves, aspens and hibis-cus flowers.

In their other works, you will find some of their favorite botanical sub-jects.

Jo’s paintings have a great sense of joy and grace. You can see her passion for painting in the fluid elements of her work. She fully utilizes her free-dom as an artist to combine, simplify and emphasize what she sees in her mind’s eye.

One of her goals is to make the viewer’s experience as rich as possible.

Because Jo works in transparent wa-tercolor, layering washes are essential to creating the deep, dramatic colors she finds in nature.

Using the ancient art of “Chas-ing and Repoussé,” Kathleen creates her art jewelry. It is a technique that is experiencing a resurgence among metalsmiths.

In addition to her signature cuffs, she has created a new series of ear-rings, rings and pendants. Kathleen works with sterling silver, some gold,

Japanese alloys and even steel. You will have the opportunity to see some of the tools she uses to create her works, which I think makes this exhibit so interesting.

I think you will find these artists’ works complement each other. Their love for this subject matter is obvious. They have created an exhibit that is beautiful and inviting.

As they discussed their mutual vi-sion for Botanical Expressions, they shared with me how their enthusiasm built with the prospect of creating new works for this event.

I know their hope is to fascinate the public with this show. Whenever you have a chance to see two artists that are in tune with each other cre-atively, delightful things happen. Be prepared for some amazing sensory delights.

This exhibit will run until June 13, so make sure you see it!

The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts will have an opening reception from 6-8 p.m., on June 3, for Palmer Lake Art Group’s exhibit “Color Splash.”

The Lucy Owens gallery will be showing the paintings of Cindy Tafil, Irmgard Knoth, Nancy Moeglein and Margarete Seagraves.

GUESTCOLUMNISTNancy Bonig

Tri-Lakes artists featured at Manitou Springs gallery

Courtesy photos

Right: Fine art jewelry by Kathleen Krucoff

Below: Watercolor paintings by Jo Gaston

Black Forest residents Jo Gaston and Kathleen Krucoff are featured

in the Botanical Expressions exhibit at Commonwheel Artists

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through June 13.

Yea! School is out.Finally, children and adolescents

are free of the daily grind of classes and homework. For the next three months, they can sleep late, play Xbox and hang out with their friends – right?

Unfortunately, far too many will be thrust into a far more onerous situa-tion than school. Enter the dreaded summer marathon of adult-super-vised sports.

Be it baseball, soccer, volleyball or basketball, know that there will be well-intentioned adults organiz-ing practices and games at a frenzied pace. Predictably, a youth will get injured.

Make no mistake, injuries are inherent to youth sports. They are as inevitable as car pools, pizza parties and grass stains.

Experts estimate that every year 1 in 10 youngsters suffers a sports-related injury requiring medical treatment. Many are garden variety mishaps like a turned ankle or a bloody nose.

However, one stat is disturbing. As many as half of all youth sports inju-ries are the result of overuse due to an adult-driven regimen of sports play and training so intense that a child’s body rebels.

Overuse injuries were virtually unheard of before grown-ups began to dominate every aspect of child play. According to Dr. John DiFiori, chief of sports medicine at UCLA, children entertaining themselves at their own pace, in their own way, simply do not play sports until it hurts.

The CDC estimates that youth sports injuries account for 4.3 million hospital emergency room visits annu-

ally with orthopedic surgeons seeing four times as many overuse injuries as five years ago.

Twenty-one percent of youth ath-letes say they have been pressured to play with an injury and 62 percent of sports-related injuries occur during practice making for a bad situation.

Overuse injuries are the direct result of “too-much, too-soon.” The “too-much” is easily identified. Adults across the country have organized intense weekend tournaments in a multitude of sports, where four to five games are played within a 48-hour period.

Combine that with the “single-sport-athlete” syndrome, where tal-ented youth are directed by their par-ents or coaches to play only one sport, year-round, with little downtime and it’s no mystery injuries occur.

As for the “too-soon” aspect, Mark Hyman says it best in an excerpt from his book on youth sports: “Until It Hurts.”

“Recently, I came across an old photo of my son Ben, then 18 months old, taken in our front yard. He’s bundled in a snowsuit and knit cap, his red face barely visible behind lay-ers of fleece,” Hyman wrote.

“All around him is a blanket of fresh snow. It’s a classic wintry scene that would make for an excellent holiday greeting card, except for one unset-tling feature: Ben is posed beside a batting tee.”

“Grasped in his red mittens is a plastic bat. Whose idea was it to hone the swing of a toddler in the dead of winter? What was I thinking?”

Hyman’s book has been called the sports Bible for every parent with a kid in youth sports and for every coach. Perhaps, you know an adult who should read it?

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Teacher Spotlight: Leah Phillips

Who really knows what advanced quantitative reasoning is anyway? Leah Phillips, Palmer Ridge High School (PRHS), math department chairperson, does and so do her students. Phillips, in her sixth year at PRHS, teaches pre-calculus in addition to advanced quantitative reasoning and is the school sponsor for FCA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The FCA group started with ten kids and now boasts nearly 100 students. In addition to classroom assistance, Mrs. Phillips supports all of her students by attending their sporting events, band concerts, and National Honor Society functions.

Leah and her family moved to Monument from Oregon in 2000. Leah briefly homeschooled her kids and when her youngest child was in middle school, started substitute teaching. She taught math at Monument Academy and owned a cleaning business before teaching full time at the high school level. She proudly wears a split LP/PR sweatshirt as her boys graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School and her girls from Palmer Ridge High School.

This summer Leah will attend a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) training at the Air Force Academy, mountain bike in Breckenridge, and enjoy her first grandchild.

June 1 School Readiness Assessment Waiver Hearing, 5:00 p.m., Admin Building Learning Center

June 4 Tri-Lakes Lions Club Kids Fishing Derby, 8:00 a.m. – noon, Palmer Lake

June 8 LPSD’s Home School Enrichment Academy Open House, 1:00-3:00 p.m., 66 N. Jefferson St.

June 16 Monthly School Board Meeting, (2016-2017 Budget), 6:00 p.m., Admin Building Learning Center

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Family Honors LPES StaffLisa and Andy Glen greatly appreciate the positive experiences that Lewis-Palmer Elementary School (LPES) provides for their son Michael, a third grader with Down syndrome. In an effort to make their gratitude tangible, they applied for two awards. Early in May during Teacher Appreciation Week, the Glens recognized Michael’s teachers Sue Hilton and Beth Kenny at an LPES staff meeting. Sue Hilton received the Colorado Springs Down Syndrome Association Teacher Appreciation Award with a $500 check to provide resources for her classroom. This award recognizes teachers who go above and beyond in including a child with Down syndrome in the classroom. Lisa relates that Mrs. Hilton “highlights ways all children are alike.” Beth Kenny received a PEAK Parent Center Above and Beyond Award. Mrs. Kenny coordinates Michael’s classes and additional resources. “Our staff and our students have worked hard to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment for Michael. It is terrific that our awesome classroom and special education teachers were acknowledged for their work,” shares Principal Jenny Day. Beth and Sue claim that watching Michael develop bonds with his classmates has been priceless. The teachers note that Michael and his classmates have shown growth in areas of empathy, compassion, and an overall willingness to accept each other. Michael especially enjoys his involvement in the Landsharks Running Club. The Glens’ efforts showcase that LPES truly takes meeting the specific needs of each student seriously and excels at it.

By Halle Thorntonhalle.thornton@yahoo.com

The rain held off and crowds gathered in his-toric downtown Monument for the first Art Hop of the summer on May 19.

Art Hop has become a tradition on the third Thursday of each summer month when the 30 shops, galleries and other members of the Historic Monument Merchants Association open late and plan special events to celebrate local artists.

And last week was no exception. There were receptions for artists, including

for artist Pam Aloisa, who specializes in abstract acrylics and has an exhibit at Bella Art and Frame.

And there were book signings hosted by Tommy Plank, owner of Covered Treasures Bookstore and one of the founders of the Art Hop.

She had been anxiously awaiting the first Hop. And she hopes this year will be even better than 2015.

“It’s a different shopping experience for the Historic District,” Plank said, noting her clientele knows what to expect from the Art Hop and looks forward to the authors they bring in each time.

To kick off the season, Plank reached out to two local authors, Kellen Cutsforth and Casey Con-verse, and hosted a book-signing for them during the Hop.

The Covered Treasures Bookstore has been a part of the Art Hop for about 15 years, according to Plank, and the store will be celebrating their 23rd year in business this July.

Marylee Reisig, owner of Santa Fe Trail Jewelry, said that the Art Hop was “over the top” last year, and expects “this year will be even better.”

Reisig has been a part of the Art Hop for 10 years, and the store itself has been in the Hop since it was opened 17 years ago.

Reisig said that May is usually slower for the Hop due to graduations and the end of the school year, but picks up in June and July.

The next Art Hop will be held June 16th from 5-8 p.m.

Photos by Halle Thornton / The TribuneTop: Kellen Cutsforth, local author from downtown Denver, talks to the locals about his book titled Buffalo Bill, Boozers, Brothels, and Bare-Knuckle Brawlers, An Englishman’s Journal of Adventure in America.

Botton: Jodie Bliss and Elly Beyer, owners of the Bliss Studio and Gallery, celebrate the first Art Hop of the season.

Crowds dodge raindrops for first Art Hop of the season

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Continued from Page 1Because of her belief clients are leav-

ing the facility unattended and return-ing under the influence, she suspects there is a drug-drop somewhere in the neighborhood.

She also is frustrated because she said she caught clients of the facility in her yard, next to her pine trees, smok-ing cigarettes and leaving behind the butts.

“With the dry pine needles, ciga-rettes concern me,” she said.

Neighbor Gloria Lanyons said some are so upset they asked the homeown-ers association to intervene. And they have circulated a petition to protest Soaring Hope and prevent any expan-sion of it in the neighborhood. They currently have about of 200 signatures.

As proof of their complaints the fa-cility is disrupting the neighborhood, they cite the repeated calls for service to the center from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department. In 2015, sheriff’s deputies visited the facility 12 times. This year, they have only responded once, in March.

Soaring Hope’s founder and its managing director defend the facil-ity against the criticisms, saying there are simple explanations for most of the things neighbors are seeing. And they simply deny other allegations.

“Our clients are looking for some-where they can come and be away and they can focus on their recovery,” said Rick Bolin, CEO of Soaring Hope. “They don’t want to be seen. They don’t want to be heard.”

Founder Judith Miller said some of the claims simply aren’t true.

For example, she rejected the sug-gestion clients are unattended or al-lowed to roam the neighborhood.

“They don’t go anywhere without us accompanying them,” she said.

Bolin added that for the facility to be fully certified to provide drug and alco-hol recovery, it must be staffed 24 hours a day.

And they say strict facility testing would catch anyone coming in drunk or under the influence of drugs.

They said clients receive a minimum of three tests a week. If residents do leave the facility, they receive two tests when returning: a breathalyzer and uri-nalysis.

“There is nothing that you could put in your body in any way shape or form that we wouldn’t be able to detect,” said Bolin.

Nor is the number of clients over-whelming the neighborhood, as some neighbors suggest.

Miller said El Paso County does not allow Soaring Hope to have more than five people living at the facility at one time. And they aren’t allowed to have cars.

As for the cars neighbors have seen, it’s due to weekly staff meetings, not

clients. Bolin said he plans to fix the problem by moving the staff meetings off site.

“The neighbors won’t have to wor-ry about seeing all those cars on a Wednesday,” he said. “We have a large number of staff, and a small number of clients.”

As for sighting of people climb-ing out windows, Bolin said it was the house manager trying to reach the eaves to clean them.

Regarding its name change, Bolin said there is nothing suspicious about it. He said the rebranding from Cour-age to Change was designed to make it easier to expand the program to other parts of the country.

And both insisted they have no plans to expand their facility at the Tri-Lakes location.

Perhaps the most troubling com-plaint about Soaring Hope involves the death of a former client on March 15, 2015. Bolin and Miller said it was a freak circumstance that won’t occur again due to new policies implemented since.

Bolin explained that the Tri-Lakes facility received a call regarding a for-mer client, 21-year-old Gage Sandberg, who had received treatment from an-other one of Soaring Hope’s facilities in Colorado Springs on Appaloosa Drive.

The Appaloosa facility is a sober-living house where, according to the fa-cilities’ website, residents pay $500 per month and receive sobriety monitor-ing, 12-step fellowship meetings and career enhancement.

Within a few days of Sandberg leav-ing the Appaloosa location to live else-where, he had a drug relapse, accord-ing to Bolin.

Sandberg reached out to the Appa-loosa facility for help and was referred to Soaring Hope in Monument.

Once Sandberg arrived at the Spruce Road location, a counselor sat down and talked with him. Concerned about Sandberg’s condition, the counselor called an ambulance.

Emergency medical technicians performed a wellness check Saturday night on Sandberg and determined he did not need hospitalization. How-ever, he died that night and his body was discovered the next morning, still wearing a long-sleeve, gray, button-up shirt, gray gym shorts and black shoes.

According to the autopsy report from the El Paso County Coroner’s of-fice, Sandberg’s death was ruled acci-dental due to methamphetamine in-toxication.

As well as methamphetamine, the toxicology report showed Sandberg had elevated levels of oxycodone, a narcotic meant to treat moderate to severe pain.

Miller said she was aware of the in-cident taking place, but went to bed at her home believing Sandberg would be taken to a hospital. She said she was

asleep when he died.Bolin said that future situations like

Sandberg’s, would be dealt with in a “very, very different way.” Instead of calling out an ambulance, Bolin said that someone who needed the help that Sandberg required would be taken directly to the hospital.

“That was the worst day of my whole entire life,” said Miller.

But neighbors are not satisfied with the explanation.

Neighbor Kevin Guy questioned whether Soaring Hope was licensed properly and the group reached out to state Rep. Terri Carver, R-Colorado Springs, to request licensing verifi-cation with the Office of Behavioral Health.

That’s when they got another sur-prise.

In the email to Carver that was shared with neighbors, the Office of Behavioral Health said that “it was le-gal to operate a general substance use disorder facility without a license in Colorado.”

According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-tion, a general substance use disor-der occurs “when the recurrent use of alcohol and/or drugs causes clini-cally significant impairment, including health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home.”

While it did not address the Tri-Lakes facility specifically, it did apply to two other facilities that were managed by Miller - one in El Paso County and one in Colorado Springs.

Neighbors believe more oversight is needed of Soaring Hope, especially in response to the client death.

Guy is particularly upset that a group treatment home can “have a death oc-

cur and nobody cares.”Guy thinks someone should be ac-

countable.“The county doesn’t investigate,” he

said, somewhat shocked. “The state doesn’t investigate. They just go ‘well, that’s just the way.’ ”

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Officie also looked into issues that were raised by the neighbors.

“Our folks looked into a neighbor-hood complaint and determined that there were no continuing criminal events occurring or ordinances being violated, which would require us to seek any type of injunction or further action,” said El Paso County Lieutenant J.D. Ross in an email.

“From the information we were able to obtain, the business is operating le-gally in a residential neighborhood,” he said.

Bolin and Miller vowed to work harder to win over the neighbors.

“We take very seriously the concerns of the neighbors, and we try to address every one as they come up,” Bolin said.

Bolin and Miller suggest some of the neighbors’ concerns might be allevi-ated if the facility reached out to them and was more open about its opera-tions.

“Maybe we haven’t done as great a job of communicating with neighbors as we should have,” said Bolin.

Miller said neighbor suspicions and petitions and complaints to authorities are the last thing she wanted when she opened Soaring Hope.

“We don’t want to be an institute like up on a hill,” Miller said. “We want to have a family living situation for them, so that does require a house.

“We would like our neighbors in the whole community of Monument to be proud that we’re here.”

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By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Overdrive Raceway, the nation’s fi rst two-story electric go-kart raceway, has pushed back its grand opening to July 2.

Co-owner Jim Mundle told The Tri-bune the wetter-than-normal spring in the Tri-Lakes area has delayed con-struction on the $6.5 million facility, located at Polaris Pointe in North Gate.

“All the snow we had put us behind,” Mundle said. “We could have opened one track, but we decided we wanted to wait until we were 100 percent. We want to open with our best foot for-ward.”

The multi-level facility will be housed in a 68,000-square-foot build-ing - 34,000 square feet per fl oor - near

Bass Pro Shops. The building will fea-ture more than 50 karts for drivers of all ages. The fi rst-fl oor track will ac-commodate children and adult racers, while the second fl oor is set aside for adults. A full bar is located on the sec-ond fl oor.

By the end of summer, Mundle ex-pects to add four more go-karts with hand controls for disabled drivers. He is a double amputee.

“The best part of our facility is that it doesn’t matter if there’s three feet of snow or if it’s sunny because we’re in-doors,” Mundle said.

The grand opening is scheduled for July 2-4. The public is welcome to free hot dogs, Pepsi and Rockstar Energy Drinks while supplies last.

Overdrive grand opening stalled by Mother Nature

Continued from Page 1a variety of levels of care for senior living including 27 independent-living apartments, 76 assisted-living units and 28 memory-care units.

Jackson Creek Senior Living will employ 35 people and offer 24-hour staffi ng and a wide range of ameni-ties.

Planned services will include: individual dining areas on each fl oor, and social and cultural, as well as educational and physical activities.

The facility will provide concierge services, a bar-ber and beauty salon, short-term respite care, sep-arate offi ce space for medical, dental, optical and podiatric services, as well as a chapel, bistro café, community store, and guest apartments.

Larry Manning, town Planning Director, con-fi rmed Jackson Creek plans were received in early

May for review and comment by the town staff. By mid-June, Manning expects to submit a report for Planning Commission review, which should lead to a recommendation to the Board of Trustees in early August.

Kephart Architects of Denver, a national leader in design of senior lifestyle communities, designed the facility. A Colorado Springs construction company will build the Jackson Creek facility, with tentative plans for a November groundbreaking and grand opening in January 2018.

Raycraft said “a national mortgage banking com-pany headquartered in Bethesda Maryland” will provide project fi nancing, and Vivage Quality Health Partners of Lakewood will manage the senior resi-dence.

“This is a great project and we’re very excited

about it as it’ll be our fi rst continuum of care effort in Colorado (independent, assisted and dementia),” said Vivage’s Mark Osweiler.

The company currently operates 27 nursing homes and senior residences in Colorado, as well as facilities in Oklahoma and Missouri.

In just three short months, Tri-Lakes has moved from no senior residences to announcements on two major new facilities.

For over a decade, the late George Krause and his successor Chuck Roberts, were constant but lonely advocates for a local senior residence.

“These new developments exemplify what a com-munity can do when everyone has the same dream and works together to make that dream come true,” Roberts said.

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Courtesy photoOverdrive Raceway in North Gate has had its grand opening pushed back to July 2 be-cause of construction delays due to weather.

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District Court of El Paso and Teller County, Colorado Court Address: 270 S. Tejon Colorado Springs, CO 80202 In the Matter of the Estate of: James H. Rutz, Deceased. Attorney: Robert A. Lees, #8369 Robert A. Lees & Associates 5290 DTC Parkway, Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone No.: 303-292-1020 Email: ral@robertalees.com

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Case No. 2015 PR 30228 Division: W Courtroom: W150

SUMMONS WITH NOTICE BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO C.R.S. §15-12-801

TO: Iuliia Kharytonchuk, D/O/B February 20, 1985 YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to serve a Notice of Appearance within the next twenty (20) days upon the undersigned counsel, who represents the Estate of James H. Rutz, who passed away on December 10, 2014.

ROBERT A. LEES & ASSOCIATES

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_____________________________ Robert A. Lees, #8369 5290 DTC Parkway, Suite 150 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Telephone: 303-292-1020 Email: ral@robertalees.com

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TOWN OF MONUMENTOrdinance 11-2016 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE TO EXTEND AN EXISTING MORA-TORIUM WITH RESPECT TO THE NEW ESTABLISHMENT OR NEW OPENING OF ANY BUSINESS THAT CLASSIFIES ITSELF OR SEEKS APPROVAL FOR ITSELF AS A “CLINIC” IN THE B AND C ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS UNTIL JULY 19, 2016 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF MONUMENT, THIS EMERGENCY ORDINANCE WAS INTRO-DUCED, PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of May, 2016, by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Monument by a vote of 4 for and 0 against constituting the affirmative vote of at least three-fourths of the members of the governing body as required pursuant to C.R.S. 31-16-105.

SECTION 00020

INVITATION TO BID

Owner and address of Owner: Triview Metropolitan District

16055 Old Forest Point, Suite 300

Monument, CO 80132

Sealed bid will be received by OWNER at 16055 Old Forest Point, Suite 300, Monument, CO 80132 until 2:00 PM MDST on June 22, 2016 . Any bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened.

At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received will be pub-licly opened and read aloud. All interested parties are invited to attend. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and to waive irregularities or informalities in any bid.

The Contract Documents consisting of a Project Manual and Drawings may be obtained by either electronic documents on-line, or a hard copy at the office of JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc., 545 E. Pikes Peak Ave Ste. 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 during normal working hours on and after 2:00 P.M., Wednesday April 13, 2016. Only firms obtaining documents by these methods will be placed on the Planholders’ List. Complete electronic Project Plans, Project Specifications, and Bid Proposal Packet are available at the JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. website “www.jdshydro.com”, click on the “Browse Current Projects” link and select this project from the project list. Documents cannot be downloaded or printed without purchasing. To purchase and download the project documents in pdf format, click “Download Project PDF” and sign on to QuestCDN.com or join for a free membership. Plan documents can be downloaded for a fee of $10.00. Please contact QuestCDN at 952-233-1632 or email “info@questcdn.com” for assistance in the free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information. A hard copy set of project documents may be obtained from the office of JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc. (719) 227-0027 for a non-refundable price of $40.00 for each complete set. Payment of an additional $25.00 is required for express mail. In addition, the Drawings and Project Manual may be examined at the following locations: the office of the consulting engineer, JDS-Hydro Consultants, Inc.

A Mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held at 10:00 AM, June 10, 2016 at the Triview Metropolitan District Office.

The Work to be performed generally includes: construction of a 1-room (1920 SF metal building) on a conventional shallow concrete foundation to house a potable water booster pump station, provide and install three (3) 40 HP pump/motor, switch over of an existing booster pump station to a trans-mission pump station, underground utility piping, valves and fittings, connections to existing lines, MCC, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, various site and drainage work, and final grading.

No Bids may be withdrawn within a period of sixty (60) days after the date Bids are opened. The OWNER reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that Bid or combination of Bids, if any, which, in its sole and absolute judgment will under all circumstances best serve the OWNER’s interest. No Bid will be accepted from any firm, person, or corporation who is a defaulter as to surety or otherwise, or is deemed incompetent, irresponsible or unreliable by the OWNER. A Bid Bond of 5 % of the Bid will be required.

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NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN THE TARIFFS

OF

MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.

1655 5th Street

P O Box 1600

Limon, Colorado 80828-1600

YouareherebynotifiedthattheabovenamedAssociationproposestomakethefollowingchangesinitstariffs,tobecomeeffectiveJuly1,2016:

11.0BILLING:

11.3MemberOptionsforBillingCredits:Memberswhochoosetosignupforthefollowingoptions through theAssociationwill receiveamonthlybillingcreditoffiftycents ($0.50)permonthperoption:

1. Paperlessbilling-agreenottoreceiveapaperbill.

2. Recurring Automated Clearing House (ACH) monthly payment – anymemberwhosetsupamonthlyrecurringACHpaymentthroughafinancialinstitution.IntheeventtherecurringACHmonthlypaymentisdeniedtwo(2)timesinanytwelve(12)monthperiod,thebillingcreditwillberemoved.

3. Onceanaccountisremovedfromeitheroption,nobillingcreditwillbegiven.

11.10Short-TermReconnect: A short-term reconnect is service that is reconnected toprovideamemberwithelectricityforashort-termperiodoftimewhichrequiresameterto be installed. The applicant requesting the servicemust sign an application, pay inadvanceanon-refundabletripchargeof$50.00,anon-refundabledaytimemetersettingreconnectionchargeof$75.00,andthefull-monthGridAccesschargeattheapplicablerate. Feesaredefined inGeneralRulesandRegulations12.0DISCONTINUANCEOFSERVICE.

Thedaytimemetersettingreconnectionchargeof$75.00willbechargedtothememberforreconnectionswhentherequestismadeforthecrewtobedispatchedintimetoallowtraveltoandfromthemeterservicelocationduringthehoursof7:00a.m.to5:30p.m.,Monday through Friday. The after-hoursmeter reconnection charge of $200.00 will bechargedtothememberforreconnectionsrequestedbythemembertobeperformedduringthehoursof5:30p.m.to8:00p.m.MondaythroughFridayor7:00a.m.to8:00p.m.onSaturdayorSundaywhennoticewasnotgivenbythememberinsufficienttimetoallowthe reconnection during normal business hours. Meters will not be reconnected on any dayduringthehoursof8:00p.m.to7:00a.m.oronscheduledholidaysasdefinedintheGeneral Rules and Regulations Section - 5.3 APPLICATION FEE.

11.12.2ElectronicPayments:Thenumberofdaysrequiredforatransactiontobesetuppriortothescheduledtransactionwasreducedfromfifteen(15)tofive(5).

12.0DISCONTINUANCEOFSERVICE

12.13After Service isDiscontinued: In the event theAssociation discontinues servicebecauseofamember’sfailuretopayabillordeposit,theservicewillnotberestoreduntilpaymentforallamountsdueismadebycash,moneyorderorvalidcardpaymentcurrentlyacceptedby theAssociation. Allamountsduewill includeadepositas requiredby theGeneralRulesandRegulations–9.0MEMBERDEPOSITS–DEPOSITSADJUSTMENT,all amounts past due, a non-refundable trip charge, and a non-refundable metersettingreconnectioncharge.The tripchargewillbe$50.00. Thedaytimemetersettingreconnection charge of $75.00will be charged to themember for reconnectionswhentherequestismadeforthecrewtobedispatchedintimetoallowtraveltoandfromthemeterservicelocationduringthehoursof7:00a.m.to5:30p.m.,MondaythroughFriday.Theafter-hoursmeterreconnectionchargeof$200.00willbechargedtothememberforreconnectionsrequestedbythemembertobeperformedduringthehoursof5:30p.m.to8:00p.m.MondaythroughFridayor7:00a.m.to8:00p.m.onSaturdayorSundaywhennoticewasnotgivenby themember in sufficient time toallow the reconnectionduringnormal business hours. Meters will not be reconnected on any day during the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. or on scheduled holidays as defined in theGeneral Rules andRegulations Section - 5.3 APPLICATION FEE.

AnyonewhodesirestocommentontheproposedchangewillfileawrittenresponsewiththeAssociationat16555th Street, P O Box 1600, Limon, Colorado 80828, nolaterthantwenty(20)daysfromthedateofthisnotice.

TheAssociation may hold a hearing to determine whether the proposedchangewillbeauthorized. Anyonewhodesires toreceivenoticeofhearing, ifany,willmakewritten request therefore to theAssociation, at the above address, no later thantwenty(20)daysfromthedateofthisnotice.

MOUNTAIN VIEW ELECTRIC

ASSOCIATION, INC.

By: JIMC.HERRON

ChiefExecutiveOfficer

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Lewis-Palmer pitcher to choose between college and pro baseball By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

As a freshman quarterback in the fall of 2012, Paul Tillotson led the Lewis-Palmer High School “C” squad football team to an undefeated record.

Rarely do I cover any high school sports below varsity level, but even as a freshman, Tillotson deserved a good, hard look as an exceptional athlete.

He was very mature for a 14-year-old. And even then it was obvious he might someday play at the “next level.” Or the level above that.

Fast forward four years and Til-lotson, who turned 18 on May 3, has become one of the most-talked about professional baseball prospects in Colorado in many years.

Already he has signed with the University of Nebraska. But depend-ing where he is chosen in the amateur baseball draft next month, he could face a very difficult decision about his life’s future.

Tillotson’s scholarship to Nebraska is worth the weight in gold. Con-sider this: Non-resident tuition to the university this year – including room and board – was $32,844, according to the school’s website. That does not include books.

Calculate tuition and books by four years – taking into consideration there will be annual increases in costs – and the education Tillotson receives at Nebraska would run upwards of $150,000.

Sound like a no-brainer? Well you have to weigh what his

powerful right arm and bulldog de-meanor on the mound might be worth of pro teams.

Tillotson met with his advisor, Arizona-based sports agent Jonathan Pridie, recently to discuss where he might land in the draft. Based on the number of home visits, telephone calls

and letters Tillotson has received, Pri-die believes Tillotson will be selected in the top 10 rounds.

Signing bonuses for high school players vary, but generally the money is higher for pitchers than position players. For example, in 2015, Cleve-land selected right-hander Jonas Wyatt out of Quartz Hill High in Southern California in the sixth round and gave him a bonus of $253,700, according to MLB.com.

Another high school pitcher se-lected in the seventh round, left-hander Jovani Moran out of Puerto Rico, got $275,000 from Minnesota. In the eighth round, Boston selected left-hander Logan Allen out of IMG Academy in Florida and he received a whopping $725,000.

The largest bonus given a high school pitcher in 2015 was $3,042,400 – yes, more than $3 million – to San Clemente High left-hander Kolby Al-lard, who was selected 14th overall by Atlanta.

Sounds like it’s win-win for Tillot-son. But that doesn’t make the choice any easier.

You can always go back to college, right? But all your friends will be long gone. How many one-and-done NBA players have wished they’d stayed lon-ger in college to enjoy the atmosphere and camaraderie of their peers? Can you put a price on that?

If he chooses to turn professional, he could be playing pro ball by the middle of June. He’d likely join a club-house where he’d be surrounded by full-grown men. Not carefree teens de-ciding which frat to pledge or talking

about Captain America vs. Iron Man. Men worried about wives and kids and mortgages.

That is one huge choice. Making the decision even harder is the fact Tillot-son isn’t quite ready to leave LP.

“I don’t want to wish high school away,” Tillotson told me. “I’ve love playing for my high school. I love play-ing with my boys.

“I want to enjoy what I have right now.”

Turning professional in any sport right out of high school is rare these days. Football and basketball prohibit it. Most prep athletes are lucky to get a college scholarship.

So it’s a big deal that pro scouts have been lining up at Tillotson’s door since January. Daily he gets calls from scouts representing all 30 major league organizations.

“He’s had 10 to 15 home visits,” said Tillotson’s mother, Shelly. “It was a pretty intense January and February time frame. It’s getting more intense

the closer we get to the draft.“They want to get to know him

better. We’re supportive of what he chooses, but we don’t exactly know what all this means. We talk about this morning and night at our house. It’s constant.”

The interest from major league teams seemed to climb as his fastball edged higher and higher on the radar gun.

“Paul hit 95 (mph) in Arizona and that put him in a whole differ-ent category,” said his father, Paul Sr. “That’s when things really started to get crazy.”

Tillotson graduated from L-P on May 20 during a festive ceremony at the World Arena. On May 26, he is headed to Cozumel for a family vaca-tion to try to relax before things really get crazy with the draft June 9-11 in Secaucus, N.J.

Tillotson won’t be at draft head-quarters, rather he will likely be hang-ing out in Monument or getting ready for a summer league game with his travel team.

Tillotson knows that money is not everything. He enjoys being a whacky 18-year-old and hanging with friends. He is looking forward to the opportu-nity to enjoy the college life and help lead the Cornhuskers to a College World Series appearance.

But a signing bonus with lots of zeroes could change his mind.

If the offer comes. You never know. Just look at Josh Scott. Coming out

of LP, he seemed a lock for the NBA after, that is, leading Colorado to the NCAA championship. Except that it didn’t happen. And now he may not even be drafted by the NBA. If he can’t catch on, he might find himself in Eu-rope or elsewhere chasing his dream of turning pro.

Bet he’s glad he had four years in college with his friends.

As tempting as the pros sound, Tillotson is smartly staying in regular contact with Nebraska coaches while accommodating major league scouts as best he can.

Nebraska pitching coach Ted Silva keeps in touch with Tillotson weekly to see which way his protégé might be leaning. It helps that Nebraska’s head coach is former major leaguer Darin Erstad, a Husker alum and a member of the 2002 Anaheim Angels World Series championship team.

No doubt he can help prepare Til-lotson for the pros, if he chooses the college route.

If Tillotson is drafted, he would be-come the third L-P player selected, fol-lowing outfielder Reid Engel (Boston Red Sox, fifth round, 2005) and pitcher Bobby Hansen (Washington Nation-als, 18th round, 2008).

Engel got as high as Double-A be-fore his release following the 2009 sea-son. Hansen reached Single-A before retiring after the 2012 season.

In a few weeks, Tillotson will be riding a team bus to a Waffle House in some backwater rookie league town in the South with his new pro team, or he’ll be packing for Lincoln, Neb., to begin summer school classes.

Either way, it will be fun to watch his journey. Very few teenagers are faced with these types of decisions. As overwhelming as it may be, Tillotson seems to have handled it in a mature way.

All we can do is wish him the best of luck, no matter what decision he makes.

FROM THE SIDELINES Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Courtesy photoThe Leaf Company made a baseball card of Paul Tillotson while he was still a junior at Lewis-Palmer High School.

Big decision looms for Tillotson as draft nears

Courtesy photoPaul Tillotson graduated from Lewis-Palmer High School on May 20. He has a scholarship to play baseball at the University of Nebraska, but could be drafted by a major league team in June.

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Palmer Ridge girls lose to Mullen By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

The season ended in the quarterfi-

nals of the state playoffs for the Palmer Ridge High School girls’ lacrosse team with a 19-9 loss to Mullen.

The No. 10 seeded Bears (11-5) – a combined District 38 team with play-ers from Lewis-Palmer – never led in the May 17 contest as No. 2 Mullen (14-3) raced to a 5-0 early lead.

“Our heads weren’t in the right place,” said Palmer Ridge senior team captain Mary Koch, who had a goal. “(Mullen) pressured us and they were really fast. They won the draws and ground balls.

“We were so excited to get this far and we were all so nervous and excited I don’t think we kept our heads.”

Palmer Ridge was led offensively by Sam Rippley, who scored three goals to raise her team-leading total

to 44. Rippley, a junior, has verbal-ly committed to Davidson (N.C.) College.

In fact, despite the playoff loss, the team already is looking to next year due to all the returning talent.

Rippley will be joined by other un-derclassmen on this year’s team in-cluding sophomore Liz Phillips (41 goals, 11 assists), and juniors Abby O’Hara (23 goals) and Elizabeth Reich (14 goals).

The Bears won their first-ever Southern Conference championship this spring, as well as their first post-season game in program history, an 18-15 victory over Regis.

“We have a lot of good returning players and we’re getting a good group of sophomores” said Phillips, who has already committed to the Universi-ty of Colorado. “Winning our first play-off game (this season) will help us with confidence next year. We have a lot to do if we want to be state champions, but I think we can get there.”

Bears’ lacrosse season ends in quarterfinals

Photo courtesy of Lisa Slaatten ReichThe Palmer Ridge girls’ lacrosse team bowed out of the state playoffs with a 19-9 loss to Mul-len in quarterfinals on May 17.

Rangers seeking program’s first state championship since 1996 By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Back in the spring of 2013, there was

a shakeup in the Lewis-Palmer High School girls’ soccer program that near-ly split the team.

But now, the team is fully mended and the Rangers are on the verge of possibly winning their first state cham-pionship in 20 years.

“We’ve been working together for a long time and we know our strengths and weaknesses and we’ve become a better team,” said L-P senior midfield-er Sarah Lyons.

They’ve become good enough to be rated No. 1 in the 32-team playoff bracket at 18-1. But winning the cham-pionship will require beating a formi-dable No. 7 Valor Christian (16-3) at 5 p.m. at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park on May 25.

Lyons was one of three freshman on that 2013 squad that went 9-6-1, losing in the first round of the Class 4A state playoffs. The others were goalkeeper

Haley Arsenault and Addison Britton. They have played key factors in Lewis-Palmer’s success over the last four sea-sons, helping the squad to a combined 55-13-5 record – 35-3-1 over the last two seasons.

The Rangers have gotten closer to winning a state title each year. In 2014 they lost to Broomfield in the quarter-finals. Last year they advanced to the championship game, losing to three-time defending state champion Chey-enne Mountain on penalty kicks.

“I think we’re playing our best soc-cer right now,” said L-P junior mid-fielder Annica Fletemeyer. “We work as a family and every single game we give it all we’ve got.”

L-P head coach Joe Martin was at the center of the storm in 2013. He was eventually reassigned to program di-rector, while assistant coach Ryan Par-sons was promoted to co-head coach during games.

Martin, Parsons, Lyons, Arsenault and Britton don’t waste their time re-flecting on the ugliness that was 2013. They have enjoyed the ride this season.

Tonight’s game will mark the last in the coaching career of Martin, who

announced two weeks ago that he was stepping down this spring. He has been with the program for 14 seasons,

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L-P to face Valor Christian in state title soccer game

Photo by Danny SummersThe Lewis-Palmer girls’ soccer team had a brief meeting after their 3-0 quarterfinals victory over Steamboat Springs on May 19.

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Palmer Ridge boys finish second, miss out on three-peat

By Danny Summersdannysummers@yourpeaknews.com

Palmer Ridge senior sprinter Caleb

Ojennes completed his high school ca-reer in style last weekend at the state track meet by winning three more gold medals.

The University of Indiana-bound Ojennes, the most decorated male prep track athlete in the Tri-Lakes his-tory, won eight golds in his career and reached the podium 14 times.

Ojennes was a two-sport athlete through his junior year. He was the top receiver on the football team, but de-cided to sit out last season to focus on his track career.

“This proves that all my hard work and my decision to quit football and take the nine months to work on track alone makes it all worth it,” Ojennes said.

Competing in 4A, Ojennes took first in the 200 meters (21.5 seconds) and 400 (46.71, meet record), and was fifth in the 100 (11.07). He also anchored the 4x400 relay team that won gold with a time of 3:18.92. The other members of the team were Bailey Rosenstrauch and Garret Obermeyer, and junior Brandon Pappas.

Ojennes was very pleased with the way he performed in all of his events, but he was especially happy with his individual 400 run.

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Discovery Canyon sophomore Lauren Gale won four gold medals at the state track meet in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 sprint medley relay.

PR’s Ojennes wins gold; TCA girls win team title

Courtesy photoPalmer Ridge senior Caleb Ojennes won gold medals in the 200 meters, 400 and 4x400 relay. His 400 time set a meet record.

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Continued from 2B boys’ program as an assistant the last seven years.

“It’s time,” said Martin, 52. “After 30 years of doing this, now I have an opportunity to spend more time with my family. My wife has been very pa-tient.”

This Rangers’ squad has dominated its play-off competition, giving every reason why they were worthy of holding the No. 1 spot in the polls most of the season. In four postseason games they have out-scored opponents 15-0, including a 10-0 first-round romp over Mesa Ridge.

“The work ethic that’s been put in, the movement off the ball, we’re starting to really work and be suc-

cessful with,” Martin said. “And they’re working for each other.”

Junior striker Bri Alger has been the team’s most important offensive player during the Rangers’ play-off run. She scored the team’s lone goal in a 1-0 semi-finals victory over Mullen on May 21.

It came with 5:09 remaining in the 15-minute overtime period at Legacy Stadium in Aurora. Alger was playing with an injured groin. That forced her to sit out the second half of the Rangers’ 3-0 quarterfinals victory over Steamboat Springs on May 19.

“It’s been one game at a time for us,” Alger said. “We’re going to keep doing our best and keep doing

what we’ve been doing, hopefully progressing.”Alger has scored in each playoff game. She also

had the lone goal in the second-round victory over D’Evelyn.

In her three seasons with the team, the Washing-ton State commit has tallied a mind-blowing 67 goals and 25 assists.

L-P and Valor have six common opponents this season: Palmer Ridge, Discovery Canyon, Cheyenne Mountain, Rampart, D’Evelyn and Windsor. The Rangers went undefeated against those teams, while Valor lost to Cheyenne Mountain.

L-P’s lone loss was at The Classical Academy, 1-0, on March 12 in its second game.

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Lewis-Palmer High School junior diver Noah Bet-

tner’s fourth-place finish at last weekend’s Class 5A state swim and dive meet at the Air Force Academy was the best showing among any Tri-Lakes area ath-lete.

Bettner scored 509.35 points to set the new school mark for an 11-dive meet. He led the field of 38 divers after his first five dives.

Bear Creek sophomore Octavio Lucero easily won the meet with a score of 604.65. Arapahoe sopho-more Caleb Ives was a distant second with 535.30.

“I was very happy with my score,” Bettner said. “I had pretty consistent dives. I didn’t mess anything up too bad.”

Bettner’s finish was the best for an L-P diver at the state meet since Zach Mullins finished fourth in 2013. Mullins is currently diving for California Bap-tist University in Riverside, Calif.

Bettner finished ninth at state as a sophomore.“I’m going to have to work very hard over the sum-

mer,” said Bettner, who plans on attending camps in Michigan and Texas. “I have to work on my back and reverse dives.”

L-P dives coach Alan Arata said that Bettner’s strengths are “anything moving forward head to toe.”

“His weakness is anything going backwards,” Ara-ta said with a smile.

All three L-P divers competed at the state meet. Sophomore Jack Nagle finished 9th with a score of 420.45. Sophomore Aric Althouse (242.30) was not able to get past the semifinals.

L-P finished 11th as a team, scoring 66 points. It was the best finish of any Colorado Springs-area school. Fossil Ridge won the meet with 331.50 points.

According to Arata, L-P was not projected to score more than two swimming points, but the Rangers

wound up scoring 43 from their swimmers.Sophomore Nick Orie scored points in four events;

50 yard free, 100 breast, 200 medley relay and 400 free relay.

“We’re very happy with how we performed as a team,” Arata said.

Discovery Canyon swam in the 4A meet at Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton. The Thunder finished 19th (29 points) out of 26 teams.

Discovery Canyon’s top performer was freshman Braden Whitemarsh, who was ninth overall in the 200 free (1 minute, 47.36 seconds) and 500 free (4:47.60), breaking his own school record by three seconds which he set days earlier during a Pikes Peak Athletic Conference meet at Cheyenne Mountain.

Whitemarsh attends The Classical Academy, but since that school does not field a swimming program, he swims for DCC, which is closest to where he lives.

Continued from Page B3but I kicked a little early. I said ‘This is my last race in the open 400’ and I kicked it at 200.”

During his state track career, Ojennes won two 200s, two 400s, three 4x400s and one 4x200.

Palmer Ridge senior George Silvanic finished off his prep career with a state title in the discus (158-7). He beat Montrose’s Sam Distel by three inches.

Silvanic never trailed the event. His first throw put him in the lead and he increased his lead with his second throw. He was seeded fifth going into the finals.

“I felt really good out there today,” said Silvan-ic, who will attend the Air Force Academy Prep School this fall and play on the football team. “The wind changed during the finals, but I was able to ad-just.”

Palmer Ridge took second as a team, missing out on a three-peat. The Bears scored 79 points, losing by 10 to Mountain View. TCA was fourth with 57.

“We’re a little disappointed, but I’m so proud of the boys and I love these guys,” Ojennes said.

Ojennes was one of 11 seniors on the boys’ and girls’ team that did skipped their high school gradu-ation ceremonies on May 20 to take part in the state track meet. There was a special ceremony at the school to honor the 11 grads on Monday, May 23, at 5 p.m.

“I’m not bummed at all (about missing gradua-tion),” Ojennes said. “I wouldn’t miss track for any-thing in the world. I was out supporting my boys on the track and that’s where I wanted to be.”

TCA GIRLS WIN TEAM TITLEThe Classical Academy girls claimed the 4A state

team championship, outdistancing second-place Ni-

wot 84.5 to 58.The Titans who are

dropping down to 3A next year due to chang-es in classification en-rollment figures, saved their best for last at the state track meet by win-ning the 1600-meter re-lay.

The four Titans run-ners – all seniors – were Bethany Johns, Teresa Ambuul, Maggie Zielin-ski and Kendra Frieden. They ran the race in 3:52.10.

TCA had several strong performances. Sisters Andrea and Eri-ka Willis finished 1-2 in the pole vault. Andrea leaped 13-4, while Erika cleared the bar at 11-11.

Andrea, who is head-ed to the University of Kansas on a track schol-arship, is already the state record holder at 13-9.

TCA freshman Chantae Steele was second in the 400 and 800.

DISCOVERY CANYON’S GALE WINS FOUR TITLESDiscovery Canyon sophomore Lauren Gale won

four gold medals in the 100 (12.21), 200 (24.19) 400 (53.72) and the 800 sprint medley relay (1:44.54). The relay team set a meet record in the process.

Gale ran anchor (the final 400 meters. Other mem-bers of the team were junior Jenny Hall, and sopho-mores Ayannah Lang and Lianna Ubungen.

OTHER HIGHLIGHTSTCA senior Alex Miller closed out his impressive

career by finishing second in the 110 hurdles (14.66) and 300 hurdles (38.22).

TCA junior Tanner Norman took second in the 1600 (4:22.45).

Photo courtesy of Alan ArataLewis-Palmer junior Noah Bettner finished fourth in diving at last weekend’s Class 5A swim and dive meet at the Air Force Academy.

Bettner, Whitemarsh lead Tri-Lakes area divers and swimmers at state meets

Track

Photos courtesy of Alan VersawTCA senior Andrea Willis won the 4A state pole vault title with a leap of 13 feet, 4 inches. She will be competing for the University of Kansas next year.

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