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CUSP staying home, branching out Forms new organization to help other watersheds By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer

The Coalition for the Upper South Platte has become a leader when it comes to “boots on the ground” accomplishments in wa-tershed management.

“We’re known throughout the country for getting things done,” said Carol Ekarius, the organiza-tion’s executive director. “Other organizations around the region and the country keep asking us to help them organize and get things done, too.”

Late in 2014 the coalition board came together and decided to do something about all of these re-quests for help.

“We’ve formed a new nonprofi t organization to help other water-sheds in the region, Coalitions & Collaboratives, Inc.,” Ekarius said. ““This new organization will an-swer the calls I used to get asking me to come there and start a `new CUSP.’ I want to stay here but I also wanted to help these other organi-zations get the wind in their sails.”

As one of its fi rst projects, the new organization will help with strategic planning for the Arkan-sas River Basin from its headwa-ters to the state line.

“Then we’ll start working with sub-basin groups to help them get going on projects,” Ekarius said. “We’ll also be working with some of the fl ood mitigation groups up north. It’s going to be a lot of work; we’ll be doing big things along the Front Range. We’re kind of into that rising-tide-lifts-all-boats phi-losophy.”

Check out www.coco-inc.org for more information about this new organization. The website is still under construction but has a

message on its opening page en-couraging visitors to keep check-ing back.

Forming a new organization to help others allows the coalition to continue to concentrate on its own mission of protecting the wa-ter quality and ecological health of the Upper South Platte Watershed.

“Some of our (2015) program plans are still up in the air,” Ek-arius said. “But we’ll continue to work on Woodland Park Healthy Forest projects and we’re starting a new healthy-forest project near Bailey at the northern portion of the watershed.”

Another project that is just get-ting underway is streambed stabi-lization of Horse Creek in the Hay-man Fire burn scar.

“We’re just starting our analysis in the Horse Creek area,” Ekarius said. “This will be a project similar to what we’ve done for Trail Creek and West Creek. We’re moving downstream toward Deckers.”

Other projects include trail work in Eleven-Mile State Park and fl ood hazard work in the Wal-do Canyon burn area.

“The Colorado Department of Transportation has begun an anal-ysis of the work that has already been done in Waldo Canyon,” Ek-arius said, adding that in the past, the department has set the precip-itation threshold for closing U.S. 24 at one-quarter inch per hour.

“They hoping to be able to raise that threshold to one-half inch or higher,” she said.

The state department of trans-portation has spent about $10 mil-lion on U.S. 24 fl ood mitigation in Ute Pass. Projects include add-ing a large concrete culvert and other infrastructure and installing fl ood-monitoring devices in the canyon to help track storm events.

“We’re also continuing our weed-management programs,” Ekarius said. “That includes our

cost-sharing program for property owners who are battling noxious weeds from the state’s A-list.”

The A-list includes invasive weeds that are not known to be found in the state or are rare and/or not yet well-established. By state statute, wherever these weeds are found they must be completely eliminated. There are also B and C lists available at www.colorado.gov/agconservation. The site’s conservation/noxious-weed page includes a noxious-weed identifi cation app for IOS and An-

droid devices.For more information about

Coalition programs, including in-formation about volunteer and donation opportunities, visit www.cusp.ws or call 719-748-5325.

Last fall, volunteers with the Coca Cola Volunteer Project install jute matting and crib walls in the Hayman Fire burn scar to reduce � ooding. Photos courtesy of Lisa Patton, Coalition for the Upper South Platte

Trout Unlimited Cutthroat Chapter and Colo-rado Parks & Wildlife sta� mitigate noxious weeds at 11 Mile Reservoir in the fall of 2014.

Students from The Classical Academy rake and seed slopes in the Waldo Canyon Fire burn scar at the Flying W Ranch.

In the forest ‘It is all about caring for the land, and serving the people’ By Rob Carrigan [email protected]

Restoring resiliency to the “Wildland Ur-ban Interface” by thinning out dense forest, reducing fuels and collaboratively manag-ing resources like land, water and provid-ing for travel management planning, are all part of the drill, says Erin Connelly, For-est and Grassland Supervisor for the For-est Service’s Pike and San Isabel National Forest Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, when she spoke to Woodland Park residents at the Ute Pass Cultural Cen-ter on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

“It is all about caring for the land, and serving the people.” Connelly says.

Citing a recent study identifying the Top 5 reasons visitors come to the forest, she notes:

1. They are here to view natural features. 2. Relax. 3. View wildlife.4. Hiking or walking in the natural sur-

roundings.5. Driving to places within the forest.Local residents in attendance challenged

some aspects of the operation, however. “Some of us think of you as the Forest

Closers,” said local resident Curt Grina. “It seems more areas are closed all the time. And much of the forest is cut off from us ex-

cept for about a third of the year.”He asked Connelly and Pike National

Forest District Ranger Oscar Martinez to identify how many miles of road had been closed and additionally how many roads in the forest are targeted for future closer.

Both Connelly and Martinez said they have to look at management with all stake-holders in mind. Concerns for water, and forest management that restores resilience to a diverse and multi-faceted forest land-scape, while helping collaborative efforts in the private sector, and with interactions with all organizations is key to their success.

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Erin Connelly, Forest and Grassland Supervisor for the Forest Service’s Pike and San Isabel National Forest Cimarron and Comanche National Grasslands, spoke to Woodland Park residents at the Ute Pass Cultural Center on Tuesday, Jan. 20, about policies and upcoming issues.

Oscar Martinez, Pikes Peak District Ranger, outlines initiatives and addressed questions by locals at the meeting Tuesday. Photos by Rob Carrigan

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Cascade man killed in Highway 24 crash By Sta� report

According to the Colorado State Patrol, a Cascade man, 42, was killed Friday, Jan. 23, in an afternoon crash on Highway 24.

The crash occurred about 2 p.m. just west of Waldo Canyon, near milepost 295. Colorado State Patrol said the driver was traveling westbound on Highway 24 when he lost control and veered off the left side of

the road. The car went airborne and collid-ed with a large rock. The car came to rest in Fountain Creek and the man died on scene.

Investigators said the driver was not wearing his seat belt.

A release from the Colorado State Patrol says the crash remains under investigation, but speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash. The man’s name has not been released yet.

CORRECTIONS

In the article about the fatal accident Jan. 5 on page 2 of the Jan. 7 edition of The Courier, a release from Colorado State Patrol to the news media stated that the accident was at U. S. Highway 24 and Teller County Road 81. The accident was at the intersection of Colorado Highway 67 and Teller County Road 81.

• • • In the article titled “Council considers

course for correcting killer curve,” on page 11 of the Jan. 14 issue of The Courier, the correct term for the possible decision by the Cripple Creek City Council is “eminent domain.” The correct spelling for the city manager is Ray DuBois.

Healey column on hiatus Ann Macari Healey’s column is on hiatus. It will return in the spring. She encourages

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Public Health responds to pertussis outbreak By Pat Hill [email protected]

In a response to the outbreak of per-tussis in the Woodland Park middle and high schools Teller County Public Health is holding a free vaccine clinic Feb. 2. “We have had an increase in the number of pertussis (whooping cough) cases, more than four, and enough to call the inci-dents an `outbreak,’” said Martha Hub-bard, public health’s executive director.

Hubbard and her staff were concerned enough to send an “alert” letter to the Woodland Park School District Jan. 22. In the letter, public health requests the school to notify parents/guardians re-garding the current outbreak of the dis-ease.

Four students at the schools were diag-

nosed with pertussis and a younger child was hospitalized.

Pertussis is a contagious illness that is spread when an infected person sneez-es or coughs and another individual breathes in the bacteria, states the letter. Symptoms of usually develop 7 to 10 days after exposure but develop from 4 to 21 days after exposure.

“We believe that a lack of immuniza-tion is a contributing factor in the in-crease of pertussis,” Hubbard said. “There is an increase in the disease statewide.”

The Teller County Public Health Per-tussis Outbreak Response Clinic is from 2 to 5 p.m. Feb. 2 at the Woodland Park Middle School library. The clinic is free for middle-and high-school students who have not had a Tdap vaccine. For infor-mation, call public health at 687-6416.

Learn about uses for local plants Pikes Peak Historical Society For the Courier

The Pikes Peak Historical Society in-

vites everyone to join Mari Marques as she talks on the varied uses of local plants, fl owers, trees and shrubs. Marques, a certifi ed herbalist, studied at the Rocky Mountain Center for Botanical Studies in Boulder. She has been practicing herbal-ism for 17 years along with wild-crafting and making herbal remedies. Marques, at one time, had an herb store in Manitou Springs called “The Thymekeeper” and has a small shop in Florissant. Mari also teaches classes.

“Common Mullein, also known as Shepherds Staff, Old Man’s Flannel, Vel-vet Plant, Indian Tobacco, Camper’s Toilet Paper, and many other common names including “those darn cabbages!” can be

found throughout this region. Although considered a “noxious weed” by the state of Colorado, Common Mullein is invasive but noxious, not so much. Consider that mullein is one of the fi rst plants to come back in the Hayman burn area speaks to one of its many uses. Invasive plants that form dense clusters in disturbed habitats help to protect areas from further degra-dation.”

The Pikes Peak Historical Society wel-comes everyone to learn more about lo-cal plants and their variety of uses with Marques from 2 p.m. Feb. 15 at the Flo-rissant Library. The presentation is part of the monthly Chautauqua. This program is presented as a public service of the Pikes Peak Historical Society. Admission is free, and refreshments are served. Seating is limited. For more information, call 748-3562.

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PPRH o�ers transition careBy Pat [email protected]

Wendy Westall had a captive audi-ence when she talked to a group of senior citizens last week about transition care at Pikes Peak Regional Hospital.

Known in hospital lingo as “swing beds,” the transition-care program serves patients who need rehabilitation in a therapeutic setting. “Transition care was designed by Medicare to provide for that gap between being in the hospital and at home,” said Westall, RN and BSN, who oversees the program.

Transition services may include physi-cal, respiratory and occupational thera-pies as well as skilled nursing. “If you have been hospitalized for three midnights, then Medicare has a benefit for a skilled-nursing setting, as long as you meet crite-ria,” Westall said. “If you just need physical therapy, Medicare isn’t going to approve it.”

However, Medicare rules stipulate that the patient must require two or more ther-apies. “If you just need physical therapy, Medicare isn’t going to approve it,” she said.

Transition care includes additional treatments for joint replacements, wound care, or follow-up rehabilitation treatments for patients who have suffered a stroke or cardiac incident and require multidisci-plinary care.

Medicare covers the first 21 days of tran-sition care and 100 days in a calendar year, Westall said.

After the first 21 days, the co-pay for transition care is $157.50 day. “Secondary insurance, such as Medicare Advantage plans, will pick up that co-pay,” she said. “Every plan is different so you may want to check your benefits. We also accept com-mercial insurance and workmen’s comp.”

Transition care at Pikes Peak Regional comes with benefits. “Patients in transi-tion care have private rooms and quiet in a mountain setting,” Westall said.

A woman in the audience asked about the possibility of offering dialysis treat-

ments to at the hospital. “We haven’t found a kidney doctor who wants to come up here,” Westall said. “I know it’s been diffi-cult — there are patients in the Guffey area who have to come to Colorado Springs two days a week.”

Westall followed with information

about what to do if one is not able to make end-of-life decisions. “Advanced directives are living wills, power-of-attorney, medical and durable power-of-attorney and guard-ianships,” Westall said.

For follow-up questions, the hospital makes available information about ad-

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The presentation at the Woodland Park Senior Citizens’ Club included a free lunch catered by A.J.s Pizza.

Wendy Westall, discharge planner for transition care at Pikes Peak Regional Hospital, spoke about the program in a presentation at the Woodland Park Senior Citizens’ Center Jan. 20. Photo by Pat Hill

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POLITICAL

TELLER COUNTY Democratic Party (TellerDems) invites interested persons to attend its 2014 informational and educational programs, as well as community events. For details about the TellerDems calendar of activities, call Mrs. Ellen Haase, 719-687-1813.

TELLER COUNTY Republicans meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Pikes Peak Comyomunity Center in Divide next to the Conoco. Come and help set the course for conservative thinking and direction in Teller County, Colorado, and the nation. Additional information at http://www.teller-gop.org.

TRANSPORTATION’S LOCAL Coordinating Council of Teller County meets at 9 a.m. on the third Monday of each month at the Aspen Mine Center in Cripple Creek. This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to attend.

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DIVIDE CHAMBER of Commerce. Contact president Lisa Lee at 719-686-7587 for meeting dates and times.

COMPUTER CLASSES. The Woodland Park Public Library o�ers computer basics, Internet basics, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Digital Photo Management classes. Some classes have prerequisites, and registration is required for all. Call 719-687-9281, ext. 106 to register.

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

TELLER BUSINESS Builders meets at 7 a.m. Mondays at the Hungry Bear, 111 E. Midland Ave., in Woodland Park. The group helps local businesses through cooperative marketing, professional education and trusted relationships. Call Gail Wingerd at 719-686-1076 or send e-mail to [email protected] or Mike Hazelwood at 719-473-5008

TELLER NETWORKING Team meet from 7:45-8:45 a.m. Thursdays at Denny’s Restaurant in Woodland Park. TNT is a local businesses owners networking group working to pass leads and help each others’ businesses grow. Join us to learn more or call Vickie at 719-748-1274.

RECREATION

ART CLASSES are o�ered year-round at Shanika Studio for ages 13 and older. Classes focus on traditional oil painting skills, but also include other artistic mediums includ-ing drawing, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media. Classes are two and a half hours and are o�ered Mondays, Thursdays or Saturdays. Days may change to meet students’ needs. Classes are taught by professional artist Kenneth Shanika. Contact 303-647-1085, [email protected] or www.ShanikaFineArts.com.

CHRISTIAN YOGA is o�ered at 5 p.m. and 6:45 p.m. Sundays at Corner Street, 500 E. Midland Ave. in Woodland Park. Mindfullness-centered practice aimed at relaxation, focus, gentle movement. Contact Chrissy Bensen, with bStill Integrative Wellness LLC at 719-510-2743 (www.bStillyoga.com) before attending for the �rst time to reserve a spot; after that, just drop in. Cost is $7 per class.

FLORISSANT GRANGE Hall is available for events including weddings, birthdays, anniversaries and memorials. The Florissant Grange Hall, also known as the Old School

House in Florissant, is a historic building built in 1887 and 1888. School started in the school in 1889 and continued through 1960, which creates an interesting historic atmosphere. The Old School House sits on 2-plus acres and weather permitting the grounds can be used as well. Call 719-748-5004 and leave a message to arrange a time to visit the Grange Hall and reserve this space for your event.

EVERY THURSDAY all year the Florissant Grange Hall (The Old School House) is open from 6-9 pm for the Jammers Music and Pot Luck. This is a happening place to be on

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O� cials o� cial on Jan. 13 By Pat Hill [email protected]

The fi rst meeting of the year for Teller County commissioners was a feel-good ceremonial occa-sion. The Honorable 4th Judicial District Judge The-resa Cisneros did the honors of swearing into of-

fi ce the offi cials who won re-election in November, some unopposed, for new four-year terms.

In a fi rst-meeting tradition, the commissioners voted to appoint Marc Dettenrieder as commission chair, Norm Steen as vice-chair and Dave Paul, as commissioner at-large.

Missing from the ceremony was Bob Campbell, who was sworn into offi ce Jan. 5.

Teller County Commissioner Dave Paul looks pleased to be sworn into o� ce Jan. 13.

Al Born is sworn into o� ce Jan. 13 by the Honorable Judge Theresa Cisneros.

Krystal Brown, clerk & recorder, and Judge Theresa Cisneros.

Betty Clark-Wine, county assessor, and Judge Cisneros.

The Board of County commissioners, Dave Paul, Norm Steen and Marc Dettenrieder. Photos by Dee Bordage

AREA CLUBSTHURSDAY EVENINGS. Sometimes we have more musicians than people and sometimes we have more people than the hall can hold, but no matter what, we have fun and great music and fabulous food. All musicians are wel-come to join in the jam session and if you are not a musician, come for the social

evening out. Call 719-748-0358.

YOGA AT Shining Mountain Studio with Nancy Stannard. Safe, fun and empowering; accessible to all � tness levels. Ongoing classes are 5:30 p.m. Wednesday (intermediate); 9 a.m. Thursday (gentle beginner); and 10 a.m. Saturday (intermediate). Contact Nancy at gentleyoga4healing.com before � rst class and see gentleyoga4healing.com for more information.

GET IN shape with a parks and recreation � tness membership. The center o� ers Paramount and Nautilus equipment and free weights. Schedule a personalized � tness orientation and have an individual workout program designed

for your � tness needs. Individuals ages 16 and older are welcome to become � tness members. Minors require signed parental permission. Corporate member-ships are available. Call 719-689-3514.

FRONT RANGE Fencing Club. Learn to fence class for children and adults. Meets at Discovery Canyon Campus. Visit http://frontrangefencing.tripod.com/ Advanced competitive lessons available too.

HEALTHIER LIVING Colorado, Diabetes Self-Management Workshop. Learn the skills needed to manage your diabetes. Teller County Public Health and Community Partnership Family Resource Center o� er six-week classes to help you with the challenges of living with this

ongoing health condition. Participants learn how to control their blood glucose, prevent complications, and cope with the stress of having a chronic health con-dition. Call Teller County Public Health at 719-687-6416 or visit www.cpteller.org or www.co.teller.co.us/PublicHealth for information and a list of classes in your neighborhood. Suggested donation $35.

JAM NIGHT. The Grange Hall is open from 6-9 p.m. every Thursday for the Jammers music and potluck. This is a great night and the place to be on Thursdays. The music is always di� erent depending on who and how many musicians show up. We always have fun, good food and dancing. All musicians

are welcome to join in the jam session. If you are not a musician, come for a social evening out to meet other community members. Call 719-748-0358.

KARATE PLUS meets at 6 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Woodland Park Community Church and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Lake George Bible Church. The class includes Japanese karate and jujitsu, Okinawan weapons, padded sparring and Judo throws. Self-defense is also taught. The program is Bible-based. Black belt instruction. KP has been in the Ute Pass area for more than 16 years. Low rates. Ages 5 through adult. Two free lessons. For more information call Ken at 719-687-1436. KP is nonpro� t and

non-denominational.

THE LAKE George Gem and Mineral Club Youth Program for Earth Science Education, Peblepups, meets from 6-6:45 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the PPHS Museum on Teller 1 just o� Highway 24 on the right. The program is free to students age 8-18. Each session discusses a separate aspect of Earth science or mineral collecting. Warm weather will allow � eld trips on week-ends. Further information from Steve Veatch 719-748-5010 or John Rakowski 719-748-3861 or at LGGMClub.org.

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A $20,000 grant from Kaiser Permanente Thriving

Schools to the Woodland Park School District ushers in a variety of physical-activity programs and other activities throughout the school day in the district’s five schools, Col-umbine, Gateway and Summit elementary schools as well as the Woodland Park Middle and High schools.

Columbine Elementary School fourth-graders Zoey Ripley and Kaci Hereau practice their snowshoeing skills. Courtesy photos

Kaiser Permanente recently presented 27 pairs of child-sized snowshoes and four pairs of adult snowshoes to students at Columbine Elementary School.

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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument announces plans for slash pile burning Operations will begin in February, planned to continue through April By Sta� report

Fire crews plan to take advantage of fa-vorable winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash from several hazardous fuel mitigation projects that have taken place in Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

in the last few years. The primary reason for the project is to reduce the hazardous fuel buildup around the visitor center and on the Fossil Beds boundary. This, in turn, would reduce the intensity of any future wildland fi res that might burn on Fossil Beds property and reduce the chances that fi res would move onto private land.

Slash pile burning operations are ten-tatively planned to take place February through April and will only begin when weather conditions allow. The piles are lo-cated west of the visitor center and on the

north side of Lower Twin Rock Road.The Ponderosa Loop Trail will be tem-

porarily closed during burning operations near the visitor center. No other trail or road closures are anticipated at this time. Signs will be posted along County Teller Road 1 and Lower Twin Rock Road. For safety pur-poses, Florissant Fossil Beds National Mon-ument visitors are urged not to stop along the roadway or enter areas while burning operations are being conducted.

Conditions are evaluated each day in advance of the burn to determine if igni-

tion will be able to take place. Wind, fuel moisture, snow cover and availability of fi re staffi ng all play a factor in where and whether ignition occurs.

Safety factors, weather conditions, air quality and environmental regulations will continually be monitored as part of the dai-ly slash burning operations. Adjustments will be made if conditions warrant changes.

For additional information visit the park’s website at nps.gov/fl fo, follow us on Facebook/FlorissantNPS or call at (719) 748–3253, Ext. 102.

Social Security o� ce expands hours By Carolyn Colvin Acting Commissioner of Social Security

As a result of Congress’ approval of the fi scal year 2015 budget, the Social Security agency will expand its hours nationwide and offi ces will be open to the public for an additional hour on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, effective March 16.

A fi eld offi ce that is usually open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. will remain open until 4 p.m. Offi ces will continue to close to the public

at noon every Wednesday so employees have time to complete current work and re-duce backlogs.

“This expansion of offi ce hours reaffi rms our commitment to providing the people we serve the option of top-notch, face-to-face assistance in fi eld offi ces even as we work to expand online services for those who prefer that fl exibility,” said Carolyn W. Colvin, acting commissioner of Social Security. “The public expects and deserves world-class customer service and, thanks to approved funding, I am pleased we will

continue our tradition of exceptional ser-vice.”

In recent years, Social Security reduced public offi ce hours due to congressional budget cuts, growing backlogs and staffi ng losses. The agency began recovery in fi s-cal year 2014 by replacing some fi eld offi ce staffi ng losses and providing overtime sup-port to process critical work. With the com-mitment of resources in fi scal year 2015, the agency is able to restore some service hours to the public.

Most Social Security business does not

require a visit to a local fi eld offi ce. Many services, including applying for retirement, disability and Medicare benefi ts, creating a “my Social Security account,” replacing a Medicare card, or reporting a change of ad-dress or telephone number are convenient-ly available anytime at socialsecurity.gov. Social Security also offers assistance via a toll-free number, 1-800-772-1213 (voice) and 1-800-325-0778 (TTY). Representatives are available from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday.

TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

Jan. 6Alexander Gribble McCurdy, date of birth March 24,

1954 of Victor, was arrested for driving under the infl uence of drugs, speeding and failure to use turn signal. Bond set at $1,000.

Jan. 7Matthew Andrew Escobar, date of birth July 12, 1990

of Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving under restraint and speeding. Bond set at $8,000.

Damon Ray Hickey, date of birth Jan. 21, 1976 of Hartsel, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of dog at large ordinance. Bond set at $50.

Jan. 9Marcus R. Hughes, date of birth Dec. 12, 1979 of

Colorado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving without a driver’s license. Bond set at $300.

Thomas Joseph Stefan, date of birth April 15, 1976 of Florissant, was arrested for fi rst degree criminal trespass. Bond set at $2,000.

Jan. 10Nancy Ann Pearson, date of birth Jan. 10, 1965 of

Cripple Creek, was arrested on a warrant for harassment. Bond set at $500.

Donnie T. Brown, date of birth Sept. 24, 1957 of Colora-do Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of theft. Bond set at $600.

Anthony Robert Trombley, date of birth Oct. 25, 1996 of Woodland Park, was arrested on a warrant for failure to comply on an original charge of driving under the infl u-ence. Bond set at $2,000.

Jan. 11Raven Zaric Nelson Kavisic, date of birth July 29, 1994

of Cripple Creek, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving while ability impaired and driving without a driver’s license. Bond set at $1,600.

Robert Odell Tarpley, date of birth Oct. 2, 1949 of Floris-sant, was arrested for careless driving, possessed an open alcoholic beverage container in a motor vehicle, drove vehicle with excessive alcohol content and drove vehicle while under the infl uence of alcohol/drugs or both. Bond set at $1,000.

Jan. 13Cleveland Levi Robertson, date of birth July 19, 1988

of Woodland Park, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of driving under restraint

and failure to stop at a stop sign. Bond set at $800.Brian G. Hogan, date of birth Jan. 19, 1990 of Florissant,

was arrested for driving under the infl uence. Bond set at $1,000.

Fabian E. Medina, date of birth Feb. 17, 1991 of Colo-rado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to ap-pear on an original charge of speeding and driving under restraint. Bond set at $500.

Jan. 14Tam Minh Tran, date of birth Sept. 12, 1972 of Denver,

was arrested on a warrant for harassment and disorderly conduct. Bond set at $500.

David Michael Whitman, date of birth May 9, 1993 of Cripple Creek, was arrested for harassment and disorderly conduct. Bond set at $500.

Christopher Michael Tedder, date of birth May 20, 1973 of Divide, was arrested for driving under the infl uence, failure to present evidence of insurance upon request, failure to display valid registration and displayed fi ctitious plates. Bond set at $1,000.

Jan. 15Matthew Ryan Garcia, date of birth Aug. 12, 1980 of

Pueblo, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of theft. Bond set at $800.

Students from the Challenger Learning Center helped Teller County students with projects designed to highlight the importance of science, technology, engi-neering and math, STEM.

THE LAKE George Gem and Mineral Club meets the second Saturday of every month at the Community Center, Lake George. Meetings begin at 10 a.m. until May, when it changes to 9 a.m. to accommodate a � eld trip in conjunction with the regular meeting. There is always a program or � eld trip.

MOTHER BEAR Self-Defense o� ers Krav Maga classes from 9-10:30 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment on Thursdays on the second � oor of the Corner Dance Stu-dio in Woodland Park. Mother Bear also o� ers women’s self-defense classes for groups of three or more. Contact Wendy at 719-323-7949 for information.

THE MOUNTAIN Top Cycling club holds monthly meetings for bicyclist of all types and skill levels. The club meets at di� erent locations on the � rst Tuesday of the month. Membership fee is $25 for individual and $40 for family. We have guest speakers, presentations and door prizes. The meeting is from 7-8 p.m. Social time at 6:30 p.m. Visit www.mountaintopcyclingclub.com or write us Mountain Top Cycling Club P.O.Box 843 Woodland Park CO 80866. For more information, call Debbie at 719-689-3435.

PIKES PEAK Plein Air Painters o� ers year-round artistic activities, painting on locations, social activities pertaining to the visual arts and art shows. The group is open to anyone interested in learning to paint or to improve their painting skills. Contact Kenneth Shanika at 303-647-1085 or [email protected], or go to www.PikesPeakPleinAirPainters.com

TAI CHI is o� ered for free at 9 a.m. Mondays at the Florissant Public Library. Call 719-748-3549 or Margaret

McKinney, 719-748-5141

TAI CHI is o� ered every Wednesday at Florissant/Four Mile Fire Department. Call Meridel Gatterman, 719-689-5861.

TAI CHI is o� ered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursdays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs resource room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122.

TAI CHI is o� ered from 9-10 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs community room. Call Penny Brandt, 719-687-1848 or Judy Ross at 719-686-9122.

TAI CHI, Sun Style 73 Forms, is o� ered from 10-11 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, in the downstairs community room. Call Cheryl Koc, 719-687-2633.

TELLER COUNTY Shooting Society, an organization establishing a new gun range in Teller County, meets the second Saturday of every other month at the Divide Community Center and the Elks Club in Victor. The club has 52 members and expects to grow substantially once ground breaks in the spring. All of the political hurdles are completed and all of the necessary applications have all been approved. Go to www.tcss-co.org.

THERAPEUTIC YOGA-BASED stress-reduction classes o� ered from 5-6 p.m. Sundays in Woodland Park. Welcoming, fun, and a� ordable. Cost is $7 per class. See www.bStillcounseling.com or contact Chrissy Bensen, MA-MFT, 719-510-2743 for details.

TELLER COUNTY 4-H Shooting Sports Club meets the � rst Sunday of each month at the Pikes Peak Com-munity Club (PPCC) in Divide at 4 p.m. 4-H projects/dis-ciplines covered by the club: .22 and Air Ri� e, Archery,

Shotgun, and Air Pistol. For more information about the club meetings or project/discipline practices, contact Bob Tyler, 719-748-1335 or [email protected]. For 4-H enrollment contact Mark Platten at 719-686-7961.

THURSDAY NIGHT Beginners Book Study meets from 7-8 p.m. Thursdays at Woodland Park Community Church. Email [email protected] for information.

UTE PASS Historical Society o� ers free tours (dona-tions gratefully accepted) of History Park every second Saturday of the month from June through September. History Park is open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Come tour our old buildings, and learn some of the history of Ute Pass. We also o� er a walking tour of Woodland Park which meets at the Museum Center at 10:30. The Museum Center at History Park is located at 231 E. Henrietta Avenue in Woodland Park, next to the library. For information, contact UPHS at 719-686-7512 or check out our website: www.utepasshistoricalsociety.org. Also, like us on Facebook.

UTE PASS Historical Society Main O� ce and book store are open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays in the Museum Center building at History Park, 231 E. Henrietta, next to the Woodland Park Library. Tours of History Park are available during these hours. A $5 donations is appreciated. Call 719-686-7512 at least 15 minutes before a tour. Go to utepasshistori-calsociety.org.

WOODLAND PARK Ceili Club hast monthly ceilis (“kay-lees”), which is Irish for a dance party. The pur-pose is to bring social Irish dance to the Teller County community. These ceilis are open to the public, with no


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and failure to stop at a stop sign. Bond set at $800.Brian G. Hogan, date of birth Jan. 19, 1990 of Florissant,

was arrested for driving under the infl uence. Bond set at $1,000.

Fabian E. Medina, date of birth Feb. 17, 1991 of Colo-rado Springs, was arrested on a warrant for failure to ap-pear on an original charge of speeding and driving under restraint. Bond set at $500.

Jan. 14Tam Minh Tran, date of birth Sept. 12, 1972 of Denver,

was arrested on a warrant for harassment and disorderly conduct. Bond set at $500.

David Michael Whitman, date of birth May 9, 1993 of Cripple Creek, was arrested for harassment and disorderly conduct. Bond set at $500.

Christopher Michael Tedder, date of birth May 20, 1973 of Divide, was arrested for driving under the infl uence, failure to present evidence of insurance upon request, failure to display valid registration and displayed fi ctitious plates. Bond set at $1,000.

Jan. 15Matthew Ryan Garcia, date of birth Aug. 12, 1980 of

Pueblo, was arrested on a warrant for failure to appear on an original charge of theft. Bond set at $800.

CC & V supports STEM curriculum By Brad Poulson Contributing writer

Rob Fredell, Ph.D., bounces around the room as if it were a micro-gravity environ-ment. His contagious enthusiasm for edu-cation is fueled by the energy in the room. The energy is generated by hundreds of children experiencing Fredell’s interactive, hands-on, anything-but-boring science experiments: Marshmallows and paper airplanes fl y through the air. Rotational inertia becomes a medium for artists. A fourth grader suits up for a spacewalk. And for a few hours in the evening of Jan. 15, the entire universe is captured at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park.

In a relatively small amount of time (and space!), Fredell, director of the Chal-lenger Learning Center, and his “fl ight crew” from the center created a place where the families of Teller County could discover that the application of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) is exciting.

Challenger in Colorado Springs is part of a national network of educational insti-tutions that facilitates “highly interactive simulations of living and working environ-ments in space” with the goal of “increas-ing student interest in and enthusiasm for the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) studies.”

At Challenger, groups of students per-form simulated space missions in a “fi rst class space-based learning environment” modeled after NASA Space Centers and Space Craft.

Challenger, utilizing mobile commu-nity outreach exhibits, presented a Free Family STEM Night Jan. 15 at the cultural center. Teller County families with ele-mentary- and secondary-school students were invited to experience Challenger’s portable planetarium; explore the forces of fl ight with build-your-own foam gliders; knock- down paper-cup pyramids with

marshmallows launched from student-designed simple machines; paint paper plates that were spun at high rpms by Lego robots; and put on a space suit, complete with astronaut`s helmet, at an entertain-ing presentation on living in space.

In addition to inviting the community to explore its innovative STEM curricu-

lum, Challenger, a nonprofi t educational organization, intended this evening as a fun way to recognize the fi nancial support of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company.

Over the past year, based on CC&V’s support, Challenger provided “a variety of hands-on STEM programs for Teller

County schools” including: Challenger Voyage to Mars Missions; a LEGO design challenge event; planetarium shows, and more. Signifi cantly, CC&V took this oppor-tunity to announce additional support for Challenger and the county’s schools with the donation of an additional $10,000 in 2015.

Dozens of Teller County families turned out Jan. 15 to learn more about the STEM curriculum. The Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Co. recently donated $10,000 to fund eight CC &V Discover ScholarTrips, bene� tting more than 350 students and teachers with educational adventures and � eld trips to the Challenger Learning Center. Photos by Brad Poulson

Students from the Challenger Learning Center helped Teller County students with projects designed to highlight the importance of science, technology, engi-neering and math, STEM.


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OPINIONY O U R S & O U R S

Walls of white, with power and might When I was much younger, I worked for

a guy that had cabins up in Horse Gulch above Rico, and on certain winters, the spring snow had to be cleared from the roofs or they would collapse. We would ski in on a moonlit night to avoid ending up in a avalanche and shovel for days, as well try to get the cabins warm enough that the snow would slide off the tin roof.I always had a lot of respect for slides after seeing a little one in Burns Canyon (also near Rico) run one time, and witnessing the damage that a slide was capable in several locations on the Upper Dolores.

But avalanche caution was sort of insti-tutionalized in San Juans.

Take for example this Feb. 20 report in the Fairplay Flume in 1897. “There was a reign of terror in the mountains yesterday. Reports from Leadville, Aspen, Ouray, Red Cliff, Telluride and other towns tell of snow slides by the dozens. Huge volumes of snow tumbled down from every peak and crag, and those who had to travel on the mountain trails were in fear of their lives. J. E. BELL, a mail carrier of Ouray, was caught and killed in a big slide at Riverside”

It went on to tell of railroad travel being blocked on all of the lines centering at Leadville, and down in the southern part of the state the Rio Grande Southern was tied up at different points by snow.

Earlier reports from papers in the East such as this account in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Jan 27, 1886 had initiated talk

of such dangers.“Another snow-slide horror is reported

from the extreme southwestern part of the State. Leonard Sutton, who has been at work in the Silver Lake basin in the La Plata Mountains, reached Durango last night with a frightful account of a slide which wrecked the cabin at the Daylight Mine on Tuesday last. While he was sitting in the cabin with Henry Thomas, his partner, and a fi erce storm was raging outside, a slide from the mountain side suddenly struck the cabin and demolished it.

“Sutton says he was hurled some dis-tance and buried 15 feet under the snow. He managed to drag himself out, and set about to fi nd Thomas, who was buried about ten feet deep. But the man’s leg was broken, and he was otherwise so badly injured that he could not sit up. Thomas begged Sutton to kill him and thus put him out of his misery. Sutton refused to kill him, and then Thomas begged him to leave at once and save himself. Believing

Thomas would not live more than a few minutes he fi nally consented to leave him to his fate. Before his departure Thomas requested him to return in the spring and bury his body and send his money and other property to his sister, Miss Hannah Thomas, who resides in New York.”And more recently Caroline Arlen quotes Silverton miner and former county com-missioner David Calhoon, on the perils of the area in her book Colorado Mining Stories: Hazards, Heroics & Humor.

“We dug people out of avalanches. Most of them dead. Just digging out bodies. It’s unbelievable the force those avalanches have. It’s terrifi c.”

Calhoon tells of a state highway dozer operator from Durango lost to the snows near Silverton.

“ … An old D-7. It had just come up from the Durango shop and was freshly painted. He had fi nished plowing out the slide, and the road was open. Some people came by and said they noticed that he was sitting in the tractor eating lunch. Anyway, there was another slide come down, and it took that Cat clear across the canyon.”

Calhoon told Arlen that, “When we got down there, we got two tractors to get hold of the Cat and pull it up. Those arms on the side were bent, but there were no abrasion marks on the new paint. No stuff went by it, no rocks or anything. I think it’s because

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� e real story of how the ‘Super Bowl’ got its name On Sunday, Feb. 1, at about 4:30 p.m.

mountain time, the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks will square off in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Arizona.

Plenty has already been written con-cerning the players and coaches from both teams, as well as Defl ate-gate. Because of all these storylines, this Super Bowl might be the most-watched of any of the previous 48 games.

Many believe the Super Bowl has only reached its insane level of popularity in re-cent years. Not so.

The fi rst Super Bowl, played Jan. 15, 1967, between Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers and Hank Stram’s Kansas City Chiefs, was the culmination of a truce be-tween the National Football League and then American Football League.

That fi rst game, which took place at the famed Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, was not a sell out, but there was a plenty of hype. Because of television contracts, the game was broadcast by both CBS (the NFL’s network) and NBC (home of the AFL). The game received a combined rating of 41.1 (22.6 for CBS and 18.5 for NBC.

That 41.1 rating was the highest of any of the fi rst fi ve Super Bowls; and that includes the New York Jets’ upset of the Baltimore

Colts in Super Bowl III, which received a 36 rating.

Much has been discussed concerning how the Super Bowl got its name. Former Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt (who spear-headed the formation of the AFL in the late 1950s (its fi rst season was 1960) is credited by many with coming up with the name.

According to various newspaper ac-counts over the years — including a 1983 article in the New York Times, and a Wall Street Journal report in 2000, after the fi rst three contests were called the “World Championship Game,” one day Hunt “no-ticed his children bouncing one of those hyper-springy `super ball’ around.” He came up with the name Super Bowl and ev-erybody accepted that as fact.

But there are many problems with that

story. Despite what appeared on the face of the tickets from those early games, and whoever decreed the event the “AFL-NFL Championship Game,” several newspapers were already calling that January 1967 the “Super Bowl.”

A headline on the fi rst page of the New York Times’ sports section read that very fi rst Super Sunday; “The Super Bowl: Foot-ball’s Day of Decision Stirs Nation.”

The lead in the Los Angeles Times the day following the game read, “Like a stern parent chastising a mischievous child, the Green Bay Packers soundly thrashed the upstart Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 Sunday in Memorial Coliseum in the fi rst Super Bowl game.”

So why does Hunt gets the credit for coming up with the name “Super Bowl?” Even before that fi rst game was played, members of the press reported that Hunt “gave the playoff its [then unoffi cial] name,” and he was quoted in the Los Angeles Times on January 13, 1967, saying that “I was just sort of kidding at fi rst when I mentioned Super Bowl in the meetings ... But then the other owners started using it and the press picked it up.”

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Hunt, however, contradicted himself in a newspaper article that appeared in a New York Times piece on Jan. 20, 1986, entitled “Naming the Game.” According to Hunt, after Los Angeles was selected as the site of the fi rst game and it was agreed that two networks would broadcast the game, the owners’ committee “continued to have those conversational problems regarding the post-season games and the newly cre-ated title game,” and “one day, the words fl owed something like this: ‘No, not those

games - the one I mean is the fi nal game — you know the Super Bowl.’”

But Hunt’s own time-line does not re-ally jive with the facts. The date and place — Jan. 15, 1967 at the Memorial Coliseum — for the season-ending game was not set until Dec. 1, 1966. Arrangements to broad-cast the game were not announced until the middle of December.

In fact, media outlets for months lead-ing up to the much-anticipated game, were already calling it “Super Bowl” without any apparent input by Hunt.

It appears that “super” was attached to the game as early as June 1966 — imme-diately after the NFL-AFL merger was an-nounced. On June 10 of that year a New York Times sports columnist named Arthur

Daley looked ahead to “a new superduper football game for what amounts to the championship of the world.”

By the time the 1966 season got under-way in early September, that superlative had already been refi ned into its now fa-miliar form.

The term “bowl” has been a long-estab-lished usage for the traditional games that end the college football season. On Sept. 4, 1966, a Los Angeles Times story stated that the season ending game was being “referred to by some as the Super Bowl.” That day’s lead story in the New York Times sports section was headlined “NFL Set to Open Season That Will End in Super Bowl.”

A week later, on Sept. 11, 1966, the Washington Post described the AFL as “the

brash upstarts who will tackle Goliath in professional football’s ultimate produc-tion, a highly appealing ‘Super Bowl’ that promises extra pizzazz at seasons’s end.”

References to the game as the “Super Bowl” continued to appear regularly as the season continued; well before Hunt’s ver-sion of his children playing with a super ball.

By looking at the facts, the war between the two leagues - which hit a fever pitch with the signing of Joe Namath by the AFL’s Jets in 1965 - led to members of the media coming up with the name “super bowl” as a way to describe the game that would de-cide the better league.

I hope you have a great Super Bowl Sun-day.

of a force that’s in front of those slides. Those slides come so fast, they’re pushing air in front of them. All his blood vessels were fi lled up. I think you’re dead before the snow ever hits.”

The April 15, 1906 edition of the New York Times tells of the freakish work of snow slide in the San Juan District.

“… For the avalanche is even more erratic than a cyclone. Some slides follow a certain path every year, and then, for no apparent reason, they will take a sudden shoot to one side or the other and make an entirely new path, probably killing a few men in blazing a new trail. If the big slide at Silverton this year had come down its usual path there would have been no damage. But its course was changed, in some unexplained manner, and it tore through mine buildings and ended by leaping into the Animas River, which it dammed to such an extent that some miners living along the river bottom were forced to vacate their cabins.”The same account talked about another massive slide in the Ouray area.

“Last year a big slide carried away the Banker’s National Mine boarding house and killed eight men. A big force from the Camp Bird Mine was soon on the spot. Electric wires were stretched and system-atic work of rescue was carried on. One man expired of suffocation just as he was

drawn from the slide. Another was taken out alive, clinging to the wreck of a guitar which he had been playing when he was carried away by the slide. The cook was missing and ‘soundings’ were taken with long-handled shovels. A cheer went up when one of these shovels was wrenched from the hand of a rescuer. At the same time a curious rattling sound was heard, which puzzled the rescuers until thy dug down and found the cook rattling the stove damper, the noise being car-ried up the stovepipe through the great mass of snow. At the time the slide struck, the cook was standing by his range. He dropped down beside the stove, and the iron protected him from the weight of the timbers above him. He was able to move a little and had plenty of fresh air, hence was none the worse for his experience when he was released.”

In February of 1897, a slide took out the railroad station at Ophir.

“A monster snow slide came down this after noon and demolished Ophir Station, on the Rio Grande Southern railroad be-tween Rico and Vance Junction, with four loaded freight cars and four empty ones standing on the side track,” reported the Boise Idaho Statesman on Feb. 21, 1897.

“Agent E.L. Gamble had his ankle severely sprained and Mrs. Gamble was badly bruised. She was knocked under a table over which timbers fell, which prob-ably saved her life. The depot is a com-plete wreck. Snow and debris is piled up on the main and the side tracks near the site of the depot 50 feet in depth by 500 feet in width.”


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Forgotten components of � tness Editor’s Note: This is part 4 of a 4 part

series on exercise and aging.Let’s wrap up this four-part series on

exercise as the modern-day Fountain of Youth talking about the forgotten compo-nents of fi tness … fl exibility and balance. More to the point, are you mobile and can you stay on your feet, while moving.

It was September, 1964 and I was a terri-fi ed freshman at the University of Delaware attending my fi rst Biology 101 class. On the black board was a list of the seven charac-teristics that determined whether some-thing was alive and, therefore, included in the study of Biology.

The very fi rst characteristic listed was “mobility.” Does it move, because if it doesn’t, it probably isn’t alive?

That is the essence of fl exibility … mobility.The purpose of a stretching program is to increase mobility, reduce pain, decrease the incidents of soft tissue injuries and muscle soreness and to assist in graceful aging. Increased fl exibility can also result in improved posture and better balance.

Here’s the good news, it’s easy to do, requires no equipment and feels good, immediately. Target the low back, ham-strings, buttock, quadriceps, groin, calves, chest, shoulders, forearms and neck for a comprehensive stretching program.

If you’re a do-it-yourselfer, goggle Bob Anderson (America’s fl exibility guru) and get his book or DVD entitled “Stretching.” If you’re looking for hands-on guidance, there are a multitude of Tai Chi and Yoga classes in the Ute Pass area. Check with Teller County Public Health at 687-6416 or Woodland Park Parks and Recreation at 687-5225 for times and locations.

Does stretching make a difference? A 75-year-old woman approached Ander-son at a clinic he was giving in Columbus, Ohio and reached down from her waist and placing the palms of her hands on the fl oor.

“Do you know why I can do that?” she asked a puzzled Anderson.”Because I do it every day.”

Balance is, perhaps, the single most overlooked component of fi tness. You are unlikely to be aware of it until you fall or undertake a sport that requires good bal-ance and discover you don’t have it.

Every year, 30 percent of all people age 65 and older take a fall resulting in approx-imately 9,500 deaths. They are the primary reason for emergency room visits across the country and are the leading cause of hip fractures that can lead to hospitaliza-tion, an end to independent living and premature death.

Balance responds to training just like aerobic conditioning, strength training and fl exibility. You just need to put in the time and do the drills.

There’s good news for those of you struggling with your balance. The Matter of Balance Program, which is a free 8-week program, is being offered at the Woodland Park Senior Center from January 22nd through March 12th. For more informa-tion, contact Rebecca Janecek at 963-0988.

If you’ve stuck with me over the past four weeks, you’ve gotten the skinny on the modern-day Fountain of Youth … aerobic conditioning, strength training, fl exibility and balance. If you need guidance in get-ting started, call a local gym or personal trainer.

Invest in your fi tness and turn back the hands-of-time!

Cord Prettyman is a certifi ed Master Person-al Trainer and owner of Absolute Workout Fitness and Post-Re-hab Studio in Wood-land Park.He can be reached at 687-7437, by email at [email protected] or though his website at www.cordprettyman.com.

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Knee Arthritis Pain: One HUGE Mistake And Two “Smart Moves” Doctor’s Simple Advice Gets Rave Reviews By Patients Lucky Enough To Give It A TryBy Matt EdgarAmerica’s Health Writer

El Paso County - Have you been told that exercise will help your knee arthritis pain? Well... has it helped? If it hasn’t, one local doctor has a very good reason why. Not only that - he says if you are trying to exer-cise with knee arthritis - you might be making a HUGE mistake.

Sounds crazy? Yes it does. In fact, I thought it was a ridiculous thing to say. That is until I talked to some of his pa-tients who gave him rave reviews. Many said he completely changed their life. When they first came to the office, their knee arthritis pain was so bad they could barely walk and were scheduled for total knee re-placement surgery. In a relatively short period of time, they can-celled surgery and are enjoying their lives again. Why is exercising a HUGE mistake and what does this doc-tor recommend that is helping so many knee arthritis sufferers who come to see them from all over the state? His name is Dr. Swanson MD. Dr. Swanson is a Medical doctor and head of arthritis treatment at Osteo Relief Institute in Colorado Springs, CO.

Double Edged Sword Dr. Swanson says that exer-

cising with knee arthritis is a dou-ble edged sword. It is true, your knee joints need motion to be healthy. And lack of motion can be very detrimental. Without mo-tion joints become “sick.” And in theory exercising should help knee arthritis. But here is the BIG prob-lem: Knee arthritis is condition that dries up the lubricating flu-ids in your knee. It also changes the joint surface and creates bone spurs. Because of these changes - ex-ercising on an arthritic knee can cause more swelling, more pain and more arthritic changes. Imagine driving your car with-out any oil. What happens? The engine parts scrape together and wear out. You can’t simply drive your car more and make it better. And in many cases - you simply can’t just exercise your knee and make it better, either.

What’s the answer? In a car it’s simple - put in more oil. And then make sure the oil level is correct and it is changed when necessary. With your knee joints - it is a little more complicated. The major lubricating fluid in your knee joint is called synovial fluid. Synovial fluid is the fluid that “dries up” when you suffer with arthritis.

But there is good news: Now doctors can inject one of the build-ing blocks of synovial fluid direct-ly into your knee joint. This building block of syno-vial fluid is called hyaluronic acid. And when hyaluronic acid is in-jected directly into the knee joint, many experts believe it helps lu-bricate the joint. Some say it is like squirting oil on a rusty door hinge. This al-lowed the knee joint to glide more smoothly and often reduces or even eliminates pain.

And here is the most impor-tant part: Now that the joint is lubricated and can move with less or no pain - specific exercises can be a tremendous help. That’s why the doctors (when patients qualify) treat knee arthri-tis patients with hyaluronic acid injections FIRST and then pre-scribe a very specific rehabilitation and exercise program specially de-veloped to help knee arthritis pain. This comprehensive knee ar-thritis pain program is called, “P.A.C.E.” and has been getting wonderful results. So what is the HUGE mis-take? If you suffer with knee arthritis and are exercising and the pain is either not getting bet-ter - or getting worse - you may be making a mistake. You may actu-ally be making things worse. And that’s the last thing you want to do. What are the two “smart moves?” If you have knee ar-thritis pain, look into viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid. In many cases treatment with hyaluronic acid followed by a specific rehabilitation or exercise program can get results when eve-rything else has failed. In fact, it is not uncommon to get pain relieve just from the hyaluronic acid treat-ments alone - without doing any rehabilitation or exercising at all. And the results can be dramatic. If you are thinking about giv-

ing hyaluronic acid treatments a try - this is VERY IMPOR-TANT: In our opinion the doctor you choose should use advanced imaging technology such as fluor-oscopy to guide the injections and make sure the hyaluronic acid goes where it is supposed to. La-ser guided digital imaging is one of the best technologies to guide injections. Research shows that without fluoroscopy, doctors miss the joint space up to 30% of the time. Ob-viously, if the joint space is missed - the treatment cannot work. If you have already had vis-cosupplementaion without this advanced imaging technology and it did not work - you may want to give it another try with a doctor who uses this cutting edge tech-nique to get the best results pos-sible. So, if you suffer with knee arthritis pain, talk to a specialist about viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid especially if ex-ercise is not working or making things worse. And make sure the doctor you choose works in a state-of-the-art medical facility and uses advanced fluoroscopic imaging (Like laser guided digital imaging) to guide the injections to make sure the treatments have the best chance to work. For more information on visco-supplementation for knee arthritis or to get a free screening to see if this treatment is right for you, one of the specialists at Osteo Relief Institute can be reached at 719-323-6612.

Making Knee Arthritis Pain Worse: Research has discov-ered that people are suffering with arthritis much younger than expected. Making the right treatment choices now can pos-sibly stop the progression and eliminate the pain.

Knee Pain Treatment Craze In Colorado Springs After thousands already helped knee pain suffers face 48 hour cut off to get risk free screening

for incredibly popular treatment(ORI) - The clock is ticking. There is only 48 hours to go. If you suffer with knee ar-thritis pain and would like to get a risk free knee pain screening to see if the experts at Osteo Relief Institute in Colorado Springs, CO can help you with their extremely popular knee pain relief program - read this right now. Here is why: For the past sev-eral years, the experts at Osteo Relief Institute have been literally swarmed with knee arthritis suf-ferers looking for relief. Nearly all these knee pain suf-ferers chose Osteo Relief for one reason - their top-notch knee pain relief program featuring viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid and specially designed rehabilita-tion program.

The Secret To Success? The experts at Osteo Relief Institute believe one of the biggest reasons for their success is the fact that they have some of the best technology money can buy.

Laser Guided Digital Imaging

The clinic uses extremely ad-vanced imaging equipment that al-lows them to see directly into the knee joint that they are treating. This advanced imaging is called, “Laser Guided Digi-tal Imaging” and many experts believe is the difference between success and failure with this knee pain treatment. And probably the best thing about this technology is that is has allowed the experts at Osteo Relief Institute to get results with knee pain when so many others have failed.

What Is This Treatment? This treatment is viscosup-plementation with hyaluronic acid (HA). Those are big medical terms that basically means this... When you have knee arthri-tis - the lubricating fluid (synovial fluid) in your knee joint dries up. This means instead of gliding smoothly - your bones start to rub

and grind against each other. This causes a little pain in the beginning - but over time the pain steadily gets worse until it is ex-cruciating. Hyaluronic acid works so well because it is like “joint oil.” It is a natural substance and is one of the natural building blocks of the synovial fluid that lubricates your knee. Scientists and researchers dis-covered this natural building block to synovial fluid in the rooster’s comb - that big red thing on top of the roosters head. It is extracted from the roosters comb, purified and concentrated. When it is injected directly into your knee joint, it is like squirting oil on a rusty door hinge. Hyaluronic acid allows your joints to glide more smoothly eliminating a lot of the rubbing, grinding and pain.Why You Should Try This Even If You’ve Already Had Similar Treatments Without results...

“We have been able to help so many knee pain sufferers - even many who have already tried other injections like Synvisc, Supartz, Orthovisc and even Hyalgan. We use special and very advanced low-dose video fluoroscopy imag-ing called “Hologic Digital Imag-ing” so we can see right into the joint. This allows us to put the Hyaglan exactly where is needs to be. Studies show doctors do-ing joint injections without fluor-oscopy miss the joint up to 30% of the time.” said the director of Arthritis Treatment at Osteo Relief Institute. Osteo Relief Institute is a state of the art medical facility offering only the best technology. And that’s not all - Osteo Re-lief Institute has a complete knee relief program called “P.A.C.E.” to make sure you get the most pain relief and the best possible results from treatment. “Every case is individual.

Some patients get quite a bit of re-lief right away - others take a little more time. But most have been ex-tremely happy and the results usu-ally last for at least 6 months. Pa-tients who were suffering for years with bad knee pain are getting their lives back... going for walks again and exercising. It’s amazing to see. They tell all their friends - that’s why we are swarmed. I can’t tell you how many patients have cancelled their total knee replace-ment surgeries.” added one of the doctors.

How To Get It If you have knee pain, the doc-tors and staff would like to invite you for a risk free screening to see if you are a candidate for Hyalgan treatments and the P.A.C.E pro-gram. All you have to do is call 719-323-6612 right now and when the scheduling specialist answers the phone tell her you would like your free “Knee Pain Screening.” Your screening will only take about 25-30 minutes... you will get all your questions answered and leave knowing if you have possibly found the solution to your knee

pain. But You Must Do This

RIGHT NOW The specialists at Osteo Re-

lief Institute can only accept a limited amount of new pa-tients each month for this screening. And because of the demand, we can only guarantee you a spot if you call within the next 48 hours. If you are suffering in pain - make the call right now so you can make your appoint-ment today. Why not take 20 minutes for your risk free screening to discover how you may be able to end your knee arthritis pain? So call 719-323-6612 right now and find out if the ex-perts at Osteo Relief Institute can help you like they have already helped thousands of others in your community. And here’s something really important - Hyalu-ronic acid treatments and the

P.A.C.E program are covered by most insurance and Medicare. To schedule your risk free screen-ing.

Successful Treatment - Hyalgan being precisely injected directly into the knee joint using Hologic digital imaging. Advanced imaging al-lows treatments to be as precise as possible. Hyalgan can lubricate the joint and decrease pain.

Failed Treatment - the injection (and Hyalgan) misses the joint space. Research shows this oc-curs up to 30% of the time without the use of holistic digital imaging to guide the injection. This is why Hyalgan may not have worked for you.

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Wounded Warrior House opens in WPBy Pat [email protected]

Founders of the Wounded Warrior House in Woodland Park, Ryan Creel and Vanessa Valentine share their experience as injured veterans to encourage others to rekindle joy and find a measure of peace.

Medically-retired from the U.S. Army, Creel served 13 years in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia while Valentine, retired after 11 years from the U.S. Air Force, was stationed in Iraq.

For Creel and Valentine, losing the adrenaline rush that accompanies combat can be an impediment to integrating into civilian life. “We try to help veterans regain that passion for life through some kind of physical activity,” Creel said.

The house, on 7.5 acres, accommodates six to eight veterans who stay for a week to 10 days. “For example, we partner with whitewater rafting, horseback-riding, snowmobiling, four-wheeling and fishing companies,” Creel said. “We have a list of resources for vets, as far as what they like to do.”

Valentine interjects. “It’s not just for guys, either, because women are wounded veterans, too,” she said. “Women combat veterans get overlooked a lot.”

The couple, along with Creel’s parents, Donald and Pamela Creel, shares the six-bedroom home with the guests who generally sleep on bunk beds. “We don’t want veterans to isolate,” Creel said. “I’ve found, and other veterans have found, that a bunk-type environment actually helps with communication.”

Valentine, who was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and suffers bouts of depres-

sion, relates. “It’s real easy to hide away and not care about yourself or things going on around you,” she said. “I was starting to isolate; I still do - it’s a struggle to force my-self out of the house at times, but I do it.”

Creel and Valentine, who are married to each other, emphasize that they are not mental-health professionals but offer sup-port through empathy and shared experi-ences.

“I regret the fact that I can’t go back; I really miss it, military service is a huge adrenaline rush,” Valentine said. “I know I’m never going to get that feeling again. It’s almost depressing. That’s something I struggle with.”

Creel, too, is working on his emotional readjustment. “I absolutely loved serving, have no regrets at all,” he said.

Nonetheless, Creel mourns the death of his fellow soldiers. “I lost a lot of friends but everybody was doing what they loved,” he said. “It’s a little hard sometimes, think-ing about the ones who have been lost. But I try to follow that energy into helping veterans.”

With 22 veterans a day committing suicide and one in eight suffering the ef-fects of post-traumatic stress disorder after serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, Creel is concerned. “We have a big problem now with veterans,” he said.

For Creel, the military is what he knows. “It’s hard - I joined the Army the day after I turned 17 so it’s a lifestyle you get addicted to - it’s an adrenaline rush like no other,” he said. “You feel like you have a mission, purpose and drive.”

Creel didn’t want to be medically-re-tired. “I fought for about a year to stay in,” he said.

After being wounded and diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injury,

Creel spent time in the Army’s Warrior Transition Unit. “There’s a stigma to ask-ing for help but as I was getting the help I needed, the Army said it was time for me to go, that I wouldn’t be able to do my job,” he said.

Valentine, too, tried to go back to the battle zone. “Even when I was in transition I wasn’t able to deploy again or do anything cool. And it was really depressing.”

In 2013, the Creels and Valentine, both combat photographers, moved to Woodland Park, purchased the home and became business partners of Char-lie Chambers at CR Chambers studio. “It was a big deal for me because I hadn’t touched a camera since 2010,” Creel said. “I decided I needed to get my passion back for photography. We’re doing things with the studio and WWH to regain that sense of

normalcy.”The Wounded Warrior House is a

nonprofit 501©(3) organization. “We want veterans to come and feel normal and ac-cepted,” Creel said. “And to thank them for their service for our country, give them a place to relax and re-energize.”

Valentine added. “We have a beauti-ful gorgeous view; we have a hot tub and sauna, everything you need to relax,” she said. “There’s something about being in the mountains that revitalizes you.”

The Wounded Warrior House is not part of the national Wounded Warrior Project. “We are not affiliated with them at all, we rely on grassroots funding,” Creel said.

To help fund the organization, which estimates the cost of a week’s stay for a vet-eran at $300, go to http://www.gofundme.com/wwhouse.

Vanessa Valentine joined the U.S. Air Force as a photographer after the attacks of 9/11. She received the Air Force Combat Action Medal, the Joint Commendation Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal.

Ryan Creel, who co-founded the Wounded Warrior House organization, served 13 years in the U.S .Army, �ghting in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and Bosnia. Courtesy photos

Ryan Creel and Vanessa Valentine introduced the Wounded Warrior House in Woodland Park at the city’s Farmers’ Market this summer.

Ryan Creel, Vanessa Valentine, Pamela and Donald Creel, recently opened the Wounded Warrior House in Woodland Park.


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Mount Herman Road is still closed but work is expected to be completed soon, weather permitting. Photo by Rob Carrigan

LETTERS TO THE EDITOREditor’s Note: This letter relates to the

issue of Fort Carson’s use of public lands near subdivisions, including those in the Four Mile area in Teller County, to land helicopters.

Dear Fremont County Commissioners:Thank you for your Dec. 11 letter

regarding Fort Carson’s proposal to use certain BLM-managed public lands within the Royal Gorge Field Office for their HAMET (High Altitude Mountain Environ-ment Training). We appreciate and share your desire to make sure that the public and local residents have ample opportuni-ties to share their concerns. I’ve also had similar discussions with Mike Brazell, Park County Commissioner, and Marc Detten-rieder, Teller County Commissioner, on the same topic.

As we recently discussed, the BLM will include a minimum of a 60-day pub-lic comment period when we release a preliminary Environmental Assessment of Fort Carson’s proposal. We also anticipate holding additional public meetings at that time.

Additionally, we plan on adding steps to our normal review process to maximize opportunities for public involvement throughout this analysis.

We will prepare a Public Scoping Re-port that details the comments we have received during our first scoping periods, Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 and Nov. 19 to Dec. 19. We will make this report available to the public on our website at www.blm.gov/23ld as soon as possible.

Once we complete the scoping report, the BLM will develop a range of alterna-tives to analyze in the assessment. Prior to analyzing these alternatives in depth, we are planning on releasing the alternatives for a 30-day public review and comment period. Following public review and com-ment on the alternatives, the BLM will develop the preliminary EA.

In summary, with the added steps, we anticipate the following approach:

• Public scoping report posted in Janu-ary or February

• BLM drafts several alternatives based on initial public comments and concerns

• Release of draft alternatives for 30-day public review and comment

• BLM reviews public comments, finalizes range of alternatives, conducts preliminary analysis

• Release of preliminary EA for 60-day public review along with public meetings

• BLM reviews public comments, final-izes analysis and releases final EA

In your discussions with your constitu-ents, please feel free to pass on the follow-ing thoughts:

• Fort Carson’s proposal seeks permis-sion to use certain landing zones on public land within the Royal Gorge Field Office in conjunction with other uses of public land. This is not transferring any public lands to Fort Carson or granting Fort Carson exclu-sive use of public lands.

• The BLM’s review process includes the

development of a range of alternatives for analysis, including potential changes to proposed landing zones and/or timing re-strictions. One of the greatest concerns we have heard thus far is that of conflicts over the use of landing zones that are in close proximity to subdivisions and residences. We anticipate that one or more of the alternatives that we develop will address this issue.

• Fort Carson’s current proposal is based on potential maximum level of use. We an-ticipate that one or more of the alternative we develop will include changes to levels of use or other ways to reduce or minimize impacts.

• To sign up for the HAMET contact list, please send an email (with HAMET in the subject line) to RGFO Comments@blm or call Nancy Keohane at 719-269-8531.

Finally, feel free to pass on a reminder that we are still early on in our review process and that a final decision has not been made on Fort Carson’s proposal. We look forward to more public input into our review process. We are committed to a careful and transparent analysis and con-sideration of both the benefits and impacts of a range of alternatives prior to a decision being reached in this matter.

Thank you again for your attention to this matter. Please feel free to visit our website www.blam.gov/23ld for more information or to contact our project lead, Nancy Koehane.

Respectfully, Keith Berger, Field Manager, BLM — Royal Gorge Field Office

Dear Editor:Last Saturday, Pete, Don, me and a

couple ... actually, make that a small herd of folks, were down at the woodyard doing our thing. As I was loading my truck to hit the road for a delivery, this man and woman lined up behind me and started chucking wood into my truck with me. It was nice to have the help. Everyone was bundled up with the weather not cooperat-ing and all ... and I finally realized I didn’t recognize the two of them, and no self-respecting Colorado Boy lets strangers load their truck ... so I moseyed up and intro-duced myself, in between dodging 15-inch split logs flying into my truck. I was lucky enough to meet Teresa and Victor. I asked them what group they were with, and Te-resa said “no group, we just read the article in the paper and decided to help.”

Truly, I hope my jaw didn’t drop too far, and truth be told I wanted to give ’em both a hug for what they were doing, but they struck me as the kinda folks who just generally live in Teller County, plus Victor was a big guy and I didn’t want to divert any energy away from loading the truck ... I just wanted to drop you a heartfelt note of thanks for what you did and the articles in the paper. In a real way, you were in the woodyard with us ... thanks for listening and what’cha did ...

Danny Keuhlen

Sweet! Sugar beets an industry in Colorado

Here in Colorado, a new industry came along about a hundred years ago. It really took off in the 1920s.

The crop was sugar beets. The idea that there was a way to get sweet sugar from an ugly looking plant was novel. Most of the country’s sugar came from the south and sugar cane, from outside the country. It was really expensive.

The sugar beet industry in Colorado saw construction of big refining mills, large ranches, towns an irrigation proj-ects. Along the Arkansas and Platte rivers, even in Kansas and Wyoming, sugar beets became an important crop.

In this area, Colorado Springs was the home of Holly Sugar, and their properties could be found all though the state. As an aside, C&H stands for California and Ha-waii, and much of their sugar comes from cane, but beet sugar is also involved. The beet could be raised even is only moder-ately fertile land, the agricultural experts discovered. The by-products from getting the sugar out could be used to feed cattle.

The industry took a big drop in the 1980s. Many of the smaller mills closed as the costs got too high. Part of it was the

amount of energy it took to extract the sugar from the beets, however, in recent years it has recovered some. The newest touch is that sugar beets can also be used to make alcohol based fuel for automo-biles. Some of the plants in Wyoming and Nebraska are being converted to make fuel. Unfortunately, in many places, the old mills were torn down and scrapped before this was discovered.

Corn was used at first to make alcohol for fuel, but there again it was a cost factor. The price of corn went up and it affected the prices of animal feed, as well as food for us. The lowly sugar beet may again become an important crop, then again, if the price of oil stays down.

Who knows!


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Area identi�ed as potential problem area for wild�re in the urban interfaceBy Rob Carriganrcarrigan @coloradocommuntiymedia.com

When asked this week about any specific areas of con-cern as it pertains to the threat of wildfire, Pikes Peak Dis-trict Ranger Oscar Martinez tabbed the Upper Monument Creek landscape.

“We are just beginning a modelling project to take that landscape and look at how to fragment the way that fire moves there. Our intention is to manage the landscape so that we might be able to design treatments to put speed bumps in place should a major wildfire occur.”

Carin Vadala, NEPA Planner for the Forest Service is the lead for the Upper Monument Creek Project, and says things are just beginning.

“The Front Range Roundtable identified this area as a high priority treatment area to reduce the risk of large se-vere fires and to increase the function of the watersheds. They have worked to garner funding through the Collab-orative Forest Landscape Restoration Project which will help fund the work done on the forest. The estimated costs are approximately $10 million over a ten-year period or about $1 million a year to implement. The main objective is to create a forest structure that is varied across the land-scape and is also resilient to disturbances. The timeline is not completely set because the district is currently working on the Environmental Impact Statement which will be re-leased to the public for review later this year. Once the EIS is finalized it is anticipated that projects will continue for about 10 years,” Vadala said.

According to a description in Forest Service reports, “The landscape is highly urbanized with the Colorado Springs metropolitan area dominating on the southeast border and the community of Woodland Park on the south-west. Two smaller communities, Monument and Palmer Lake, border the landscape to the northeast. The U.S. Air Force Academy is a significant presence on the landscape’s eastern boundary. The USAFA also maintains the private 655-acre Farish Recreation Area as an inholding within the landscape itself. The northern portion of the UMC land-scape includes approximately one-quarter (4,407 acres) of the U.S. Forest Service’s Manitou Experimental Forest and 3,409 acres of designated Colorado Roadless Area. The 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire burned across 11,000 acres at the land-scape’s southern tip.

“The UMC Initiative builds on the work of the Front Range Roundtable, which has been working together since 2004 to dramatically increase forest management that re-duces wildfire risks to communities and restores resilient

ecological conditions in Front Range forests. The 67,000-acre UMC landscape is located within an area designated as a high priority for management by the Roundtable. Treatment within the landscape will be implemented un-der the auspices of the Front Range Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project and Long Term Stewardship Contract, both of which are Roundtable priorities, accord-ing to and executive summary of the initial report.

“The UMC Collaborative used a series of workshops and field visits to identify effective strategies for restoring desired conditions to the UMC landscape. Using both spa-tial and non-spatial analyses, the Collaborative found that: three major forest types comprise 85% of the landscape; forests in older age classes are significantly underrepre-sented; and forest conditions are considerably more dense than they would have been historically, particularly in the

drier ponderosa pine and mixed conifer systems. Analyses also revealed that these closed forest conditions place peo-ple, water and wildlife at significant risk from unnaturally large and damaging wildfires,” the report said.

Based on these analyses, it recommends over the next seven to 10 years, the USFS use a combination of mechani-cal, manual and prescribed fire treatments to manage conditions on approximately 18,000 acres within the UMC landscape.

“First, treatments must be designed and implemented at a meaningful scale, ensuring that they are able to effect a landscape-scale change in conditions and processes. Sec-ond, treatments should be strategically scheduled and lo-cated so that they maximize benefits to both people and nature. Finally, treatments must be carefully designed, us-ing the best available science for individual forest systems and ensuring that the purpose of treatments is clear,” the report said.

Those interested in the project can visit fs.usda.gov.

Mount Herman Road is still closed but work is expected to be completed soon, weather permitting. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Map outlining the scope of the upper Monument Creek project. Courtesy image

Sinclair releases �rst novelBy Pat [email protected]

A memoir 20 years in the making “The Life and Times of a Good Soldier: One Boy’s War” by V. Christian Sinclair, tells of another era, when boys were drafted into the U.S. military.

In some respects the novel is au-tobiographical, as it relates to what could have happened under differ-ent circumstances. “The idea came to

me just as the Vietnam War was end-ing,” said Sinclair, who lives in Divide. “In fact, I had the first chapter in my head.”

Twenty years after the war ended, Sinclair started writing. “It’s the story of a boy growing up in New York City who gets drafted and goes to Viet-nam,” Sinclair said.

The plot thickens when the boy hopes that his status as a conscien-tious objector will free him from serving in the war. “The draft board wouldn’t approve his application,”

Sinclair said. “The story is my take on one boy’s experience, which is like so many others’. Unfortunately, for more than 55,000 boys, it didn’t end well.”

The 55,000 are named on the Viet-nam Wall in Washington, D.C. “And there are so many hundreds of thou-sands who have post-traumatic stress disorder and missing limbs,” Sinclair said. “So this is one guy’s story of his experience.”

The book, published by Creative Space, is available on Amazon in print and on the Kindle.


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Accepting patientsin Woodland Park

beginning February 10!

Quality Care NowConveniently Close to HomeUniversity of Colorado Health - Memorial Hospital is pleased to announce that neurosurgeon Dr. Todd Thompson is acceptingpatients at a new clinic in Woodland Park.

Dr. Thompson specializes in the evaluation and treatment of:

• Head trauma

• Peripheral nerve disorders (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome)

• Brain and spinal column infections

• Tumors of the brain, spinal cord or meninges

• Spine vertebral column trauma

• Herniation of spinal disc, spinal stenosis and instability

• Pituitary tumors or cysts

• Trigeminal Neuralgia

• Hydrocephalus

Located at 700 W. Highway 24Call 719-309-4241 to schedule an appointment.

The Business Buzz features news about the economic scene, promotions, acquisi-tions and expansions. Contact Pat Hill at [email protected] or 686-6458.

The Woodland Park Arts Alliance /Cre-ative District sponsors the Ute Pass Cham-ber Players’ Concert at 3 p.m. Feb. 8 at High View Baptist Church. The players perform the music of Telemann, Beethoven, Sanders and Mozart. Tickets are $15 and are avail-

able at the door or at www.utepasscham-berplayers.com.

Pikes Peak Regional Building Depart-ment host a carbon-monoxide Safey meet-ing from 6 to 8 p.m. Jan. 29 at the Pikes Peak Regional Development Center Hearing Room at 2880 International Circle.

Pikes Peak Wildfire Prevention Part-ners hosts the Spring Workshop March 27 at Camp Elim north of Woodland Park. For more information, visit www.ppwpp.org. Lauren Stuart introduces her Junior Chefs at the January Business After Hours sponsored by the Greater Woodland Park

Chamber of Commerce. Courtesy photo

The Junior Chef at the Woodland Park School District catered the Business After Hours event Jan. 20 at the Woodland Professional Building. The monthly gathering, sponsored by the Greater Woodland Park Chamber of Commerce, was sponsored by the businesses in the professional building. Courtesy photo

The Ute Pass Symphony Guild received a cash infusion this month, with a $5,800 check from the Lighter Side of Christmas committee. Pictured at Park State Bank & Trust, from left, Tracie Bennett, Gail Wingerd, Sandy King, Nancy Spradling, Karolyn Smith and Jan Wilson. Bennett, Wingerd and Wilson represented the LSOC committee while King, Spradling and Smith are members of the symphony guild. Courtesy photo

Marie Pettus, toddler teacher with the Early Head Start Program at Cresson Elementary School in Cripple Creek, spends quality time with her toddlers. The program just received a $900,000 grant to enhance licensed child care in Teller County. The grant is expected to add energy to the economic picture throughout Teller County, as it relates to private day-care providers. Photo by Pat Hill

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CC & V: A vital piece of the economy By Pat Hill [email protected]

With 556 employees and a $34.7 million annual payroll, the Cripple Creek & Victor Mining Co. produced 210,921 ounces of gold in 2014.

In a presentation to Teller County com-missioners Jan. 22, Jane Mannon, public affairs manager for CC & V, highlighted the mine’s key points for the year.

Last year, the mine paid $6,752,415 in taxes to Teller County and $5,600,616 to the

state of Colorado.Construction work on the Valley Leach

Facility as well as the new recovery plant is expected to be completed by 2016. De-velopment for the North Cresson, which is visible from the Cripple Creek Heritage Center, is underway with controls added for storm water. Tree and topsoil removal is scheduled for late summer.

In her report, Mannon emphasized the mine’s donation of the gold leaf for the re-furbishing of the Capitol Dome in down-town Denver.

GMF reverses policy By By Pat Hill [email protected]

In a reversal of policy, the Green Moun-tain Falls’ board of trustees voted to ap-prove specifi c ordinances without a pub-lic hearing or legal notice in the paper of record. Under Chris Frandina, the former clerk/treasurer, the town published legal notices in The Courier before the fi rst and second readings.

On the advice of town attorney Matt Krob, the board approved a motion to pub-lish notices only if the proposed ordinance involves a land acquisition, land trans-fer or zoning change, in accordance with state law. Otherwise, an ordinance could be passed on the fi rst reading, with no an-nounced public hearing, to be effective within 30 days.

On the issue of ordinances, the board has delayed a decision on whether to allow the feeding of wildlife, particularly geese and ducks. The issue drew sparks from dozens of residents this summer when Police Chief Tim Bradley ticketed Ann Pinell for feeding the fowls. To a question by Jane Newberry, former mayor pro tem, trustee David Cook replied that the wildlife issue remains in committee.

There were several moments of confu-sion during the meeting Jan. 20. Among them was Dick Bratton’s query about when he could expect to take his seat on the plan-ning commission.

Former four-term mayor and former several-term trustee, Bratton’s appoint-ment was approved by the planning com-mission but was not brought forward for fi nal approval to the board.

“That was back in the November, guys. What’s going on?” he said.

In scurry to fi nd the planning commis-sion minutes verifying Bratton’s appoint-ment, along with that of Mark Mazza, the board and Krob called a recess and after nearly 10 minutes, came up with the docu-

ment.Bratton again reminded the board about

protocol when Bradley and town clerk/treasurer Mary Duval requested approval to hire assistants, which the board approved.

While the two offi cials can recommend hiring specifi c candidates, the board does

the hiring, Bratton said. As well, Bratton said the public was informed there would be no hiring until the budget was reviewed for the year.

However, the budget takes into account the requests, setting aside $34,000 a year for a permanent deputy marshal while the

clerk’s budget includes $16,000 for an assis-tant. Bradley salary is $50,000 while Duval’s is $44,000.

In other business, Mayor Lorrie Worthey announced that she was appointed as an alternate to the Fountain Creek Watershed Commission.

Green Mountain Falls Police Chief Tim Bradley introduces three reserve o� cers, unpaid volunteers, who have signed on to help patrol the town, on a limited basis. From left. Robert Mensing, Carl Dent and Molly Sterns. Photo by Pat Hill

Board urges plane locator technology Cost is barrier to idea that would prevent lost cra� By Joan Lowy Associated Press

After incidents in which airliners van-ished, U.S. accident investigators recom-mended Jan. 22 that all passenger planes making long fl ights over water carry im-proved technology that will allow them to be found more readily in the event of a crash.

Responding in part to the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines fl ight 370 carrying 239 passengers and crew last March, the Na-tional Transportation Safety Board said that could be accomplished with transmitters that broadcast a plane’s location minute by minute via satellite, or that send a location message just before a crash.

Another recommendation was for fl oat-ing emergency transmitters that can iden-tify where to search for wreckage on the bottom of the ocean.

The board also asked the government to require that planes be equipped with cock-pit video recorders and that their record-ings, as well as fl ight data and video record-ers, be designed so fl ight crews can’t tamper with them.

But cost may be a big barrier to the rec-ommendations. Missing planes are rare, and none of the recent ocean crashes in which planes were hard to fi nd involved

U.S. airliners. The Federal Aviation Admin-istration often has a hard time justifying new regulations unless it can show that the value of saved lives outweighs the cost to the industry.

The NTSB said the technology is avail-able to accomplish its recommendations. Many airliners already have fl ight-tracking devices. The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, which is still missing, was equipped with a digital data-link system that can be confi g-ured to automatically report aircraft posi-tion periodically to a ground station via sat-ellite. But the airline wasn’t paying for that service when the plane disappeared.

Air France Flight 447, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009, killing 228 passengers and crew, also had such a system, and it was in use. However, it was confi gured to report the plane’s position once every 10 minutes. Given the plane’s speed and altitude, this resulted in a search area of 40 nautical miles from its last re-ported position.

“Such a large area made the search much more challenging,’’ the board said in a letter to the FAA. If the plane had reported its po-sition every minute, the search area could have been reduced to a 6-nautical-mile ra-dius, the board said.

Even though some wreckage was discov-ered within days, it took two years before Flight 447’s black boxes were recovered. In 2011, Air France modifi ed its data-link com-munications systems on long-haul planes to report their position every minute.


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‘Over the River’ project closer to becoming a reality Board of Land Appeals and the federal court Interior upheld the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision By Charlotte Burrous contributing writer

Steeped with legal woes, Christo’s “Over the River” project took a step closer to becoming a reality recently when the In-terior Board of Land Appeals and the fed-eral court Interior upheld the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s decision to permit the artwork on the Arkansas River between Parkdale and Salida.

Known for his artworks, such as Wrapped Reichstag in Germany, The Um-brellas in California and many others around the world, Christo plans to hang 5.9 miles of luminous silvery panels in eight sections along a 40-mile stretch above the Arkansas River for a two-week period.According to the plans, the project will be installed with anchors and cables, suspend-ed on the banks of the river.

The idea began in the early 1990s when New York based artist Christo and his late wife Jeanne Claude traveled nearly 15,000 miles, visiting 89 different rivers in seven Rocky Mountain states, looking for a loca-tion for Over the River, said OTR spokes-man Miles Graham.

“They ultimately identifi ed the Arkan-sas River between Salida and Canon City,” he said. “The location provided a number of key elements, such as an east/west ori-entation, where the fabric panels will cap-ture the contrasting sunlight from morning to evening, high river banks to allow steel cables to be strung across the river, a road that ran along the river and a railroad for transportation, as well as rafting conditions so visitors may view the panels from under-neath.

All those elements really put that section of the river ahead of all the others. It’s one of the most rafted rivers in the United States.”Initially, Christo went through the pre-liminary proceedings and hearings before Jeanne Claude determined an Environ-ment Impact Study was needed, which took almost three years before BLM issued a re-cord of decision, approving the project in November 2011, Graham said.

“The Environmental Impact Study was the fi rst ever that analyzed a work of art,” he said. “So it was pretty unique in that respect.”At that point, a Canon City based group known as Rags Over the River Inc., fi led

a legal challenge to the decision in De-cember 2011, which was resolved Jan. 2.“The next step is an appeal through a State Parks Agreement that gives Over the River permission to use the Arkansas River Head-waters Recreation Area,” Graham said. “That is the case that was fi led in July 2011, but it was dismissed by the Colorado Dis-trict Court in September 2013. Now (it is up to the Colorado Court of Appeals).”

If found in Christo’s favor, it will still take more than two years to complete the project.“There are still a number of steps that need to happen before we can move forward with installation,” Graham said.

Rafters will be able to see the sky and clouds under the panels along the Arkansas River. Courtesy images

Christo’s ‘Over the River’ project will consist of 5.9 miles of luminous silvery panels in eight sections along a 40-mile stretch above the Arkansas River between Parkdale and Salida.

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Lake George Fire�ghters review 2014 over prime ribBy N. W. OliverContributing writer

Saturday, Jan. 17, members of the Lake George Fire Protection District, a volunteer organization covering Lake George, Tar-ryall, and Eleven Mile Reservoir, enjoyed a dinner of prime rib, baked potatoes and corn at the Lake George Café in recognition of their service to the community.

At the dinner, Fire Chief, Scott “Dutch” Kleinhesselink, presented the 2014 statistics and expressed his gratitude to the members in attendance. For the year of 2014 the Lake George Fire Protection District responded to 105 emergency calls. This figure was down from the average of 130 calls due to

a reduction in structure fires and wild land fires last summer.

Kleinhesselink, attributed the reduction in structure fires to department sponsored fire prevention awareness programs target-ing local, school age children. “We’re pes-tering kids to pester their parents about fire prevention,” he said.

Kleinhesselink also expressed pride in the number of responders to the calls for 2014— most members responded to more than 25 emergency calls.

One member, Susan Bernstetter, re-sponded to 76 emergency calls, only one fewer than the fire chief himself.

During the training overview, it was re-vealed that the department underwent 137.5 hours of training for 2014. While most

volunteer departments meet for training once or twice a month, LGFPD trains every Monday night for two and a half hours.

According to Kleinhesselink, that train-ing, requested by the members, has trans-formed the department. He said he used to feel that his physical presence was required for every emergency call. Now, when he hears over the radio that the department’s well trained members are responding, he “knows with comfort that things will be ok without him.”

At the end of the presentation, mem-bers were asked to recall some of their most memorable emergency calls. Among the anecdotes was a pain-pill junky pretending to be hurt in Eleven Mile Canyon, cram-ming five fire fighters into the cab of one

fire truck because Kleinhesselink had sug-gested at the last meeting that they watch their fuel consumption, and the courage of the fire fighters who responded to Lake George while the June tornado was still on the ground.

Then, unprompted, a local resident who happened to be eating at the restaurant during the meeting thanked the depart-ment for rescuing her two years ago when she had a seizure. What was taken away from the dinner, besides Styrofoam boxes of dinner rolls, meat, and strawberry cheese-cake, was how grateful Kleinhesselink and the community are to the members of the Lake George Fire Protection District for their bravery, dedication, and sacrifice.

Fire Chief Scott “Dutch” Kleinhesselink orates the Lake George Fire Protection District’s 2014 Review at the Firemen’s Acknowledgment Dinner held at the Lake George Cafe and Pizzeria. Photo by N.W. Oliver

Gold Camp Victorian SocietyLooking Back on History, While Looking Forward to the Annual Victorian BallBy Kaitlyn PrattContributing writer

As the Gold Camp Victorian Society in Cripple Creek approaches its annual Victo-rian Ball this Feb. 7., its members celebrate Cripple Creek’s colorful history.

The word for this upcoming ball is “el-egant”. This ball will feature music from The Grand View Victorian Orchestra from Denver, a sweetheart competition, and the talents of a local opera singer. The attire for this occasion, is of course Victorian. Attend-ees will also each be announced at the door.

“It is going to be more upscale than we’ve ever done before,” says Hedy Boyce, the Chairperson of the Gold Camp Victo-rian Society, “We’re trying to bring in more education to let people know how Victorian balls were done.” A part of this education will include dance lessons on the dances of the era two hours prior.

The ball will be held at the Double Eagle Hotel and Casino. Tickets are $35 a person, $70 a couple. More information on reserva-tions can be found at goldcampvictorianso-ciety.org.

This will be the 14th ball in a tradition that has been around almost as long as the Victorian Society itself which started up in 1999. The Victorian Society started out small, with a few friends who wanted to start a Victorian Club to remember lo-cal history. It has since grown, and now has over 100 members. This society serves to educate, preserve history, and promote tourism in the area. The Victorian Soci-ety is a non-profit organization and shows support for local museums, and historic preservations, through donations and by putting on parades and other events. Mem-bers dress in clothing of the era; the “gold mining hay day” from around 1896 to 1910, and on summer Saturdays will walk around town greeting tourists.

Hedy Boyce plays the part of Dr. Susan Anderson, who was one of the first female doctors in the Colorado Rockies. “There is so much history, it’s like a story out of a his-tory book,” she says.

One of the primary aims of the Victorian Society is to promote education in order to preserve history. Cripple Creek was, and still is one of the nation’s top gold produc-ing areas. From the discovery of gold by Bob Womack to the labor strikes at the turn of the century, to the casinos that currently reside in the city, Cripple Creek’s history is lively to say the least.

“Cripple Creek saved the U.S. from go-ing bankrupt once,” says Boyce, referring to the economic crisis of 1893 when silver prices plummeted, and minors poured into Cripple Creek for its gold.

One of the ways that the Victorian Soci-ety helps to preserve this history is by visit-ing schools and educating students.

“It’s important because people nowa-days are into rocket ships and robots and such, and they forget about heritage, we need to educate people to keep the history alive,” says Howard Melching, president of the Victorian Society.

He adds “When the casinos leave and mines stop mining what is left, is history.”

Members of the Gold Camp Victorian Society turned out in character at the dedication ceremony for Bennett Avenue improvements earlier this winter. Photo by Rob Carrigan


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Woodland Park Parks & Recreation offers the following programs and sports. Sign up at least a week prior to session starting. Classes may be can-celled due to lack of participants. Call 719-687-5225 or stop by our office at 204 W. South Ave. Online registration and class information available at www.wpparksandrecreation.org.

Health and Fitness Classes, AdultsBody Sculpting, 11:30 a.m. to

12:30 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, in the Parks & Recreation Classroom. Cost is $40 per session, or fitness punch card.

Namaste Yoga (ages 15 and older), 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays, in the Parks & Recreation Classroom. Cost is $28 per session, $9 drop-in, or fitness punch card.

Anusara Yoga, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursdays, in the Parks & Recreation Classroom. Cost is $28 per session, $8 drop-in, or fitness punch card.

Mat Pilates, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, in the Parks & Recreation Classroom. Cost is $64 per session, $36 for a half-session, or $10 drop-in.

Sun Style Taiji 97 Form, 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, in the Parks & Recreation Classroom. Cost is $40 per session, or $15 drop-in.

Zumba, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at Ute Pass Cultural Center. Cost is $24 per session (three classes in a ses-sion), or $15 drop-in.

Tae Kwon Do, 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Next session starts Jan. 6. Cost is $80 per session/$40 for additional family members, plus a $30 uniform fee paid to instructor.

Babysitters’ Boot CampAmerican Red Cross prepares boys

and girls ages 11-15 with training every parent wants in a babysitter. Babysitters’ boot camp participants will receive a training handbook, emergency reference guide, and a babysitters’ training CD-ROM. Course includes infant and child CPR certification. Bring a snack, lunch and

drink. Class is led by instructor Julie McGuire. The next class is from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, and from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 1. Cost is $85.

Family Dog TrainingBuild a life-long, healthy and

loving relationship with your dog through science based positive training methods. We will use highly motivating reinforcers that ensure compliance as well as fun with learn-ing cues: loose leash walking, focus, wait, come, sit, stay, down and leave it. No dogs at the first class. Instructor is Alice Roszczewski. Training session is from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, March 7. Cost is $150.

Youth Indoor Tennis LessonsA beginner class for tennis players,

ages 4-12 years, with little to no expe-rience is offered from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays from Jan. 5 to Feb. 2. Cost is $40 per session. Instructor is Jessee Barlow.

Ice Skating LessonsBeginner, intermediate and

advanced ice skating lessons are offered at Meadow Wood Sports Complex. Participants must provide their own skates. Beginner class is from 4:30-5:15 p.m. Wednesdays, and intermediate class is from 5:15-6 p.m. Wednesdays (Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28). Advanced class is from 4:30-5:15 p.m. Thursdays (Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29). Cost is $60.

Volleyball LeagueA volleyball league for boys and

girls in grades 3-8 is offered. Registra-tion deadline is Friday, Jan. 23 (cost is $48/$44 for additional family mem-ber). Late registration deadline is Friday, Jan. 30 (fee is $53/$49). After Jan. 30, a waiting list will be formed. Season runs from February to April.

Cripple Creek Parks and Recre-ation’s fitness center is open from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday

through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Membership is $14 per month. Silver Sneaker memberships are free for qualifying seniors. Call 719-689-3514.

OngoingSilver Sneakers classic class,

10:30-11:30 a.m. Fridays and Sundays. Classes are free to Silver Sneakers members.

English as a Second Language, 6-7 p.m. Thursdays. Cost $5.

Aikido for adults (martial arts), 6-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Cost is $5.

Aikido for kids (martial arts), 4:30-5:30 Thursdays. Cost is $5.

Volleyball open gym for adults, noon to 2 p.m. Sundays at Cresson Elementary. Free

Yoga class, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mon-days and Wednesdays. Cost is $7, or $20 for 5 classes.

Zumba (dance exercise), 4:15-5:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with fitness membership.

Cub Scouts for grades K-5, 4:15-5:15 Tuesdays when school is in session.

Women’s Bible study, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Free soup lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays. Everyone wel-come.

Roller skating, 1-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Cost is $2, skates included.

Archery classes, 5-6 p.m. Fridays, and 8-10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration required. Call John at 719-689-3514 to register.

Archery open shooting, 6-8 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to noon Satur-days. Cost is $2. Call ahead for avail-ability, 719-689-3514.

5K run/walk Start any time after 4:30 p.m. Thursdays.

Day Care (Kids Rock University), open for ages 5-17, Monday through Friday. Licensed day care program through Cripple Creek Parks and Rec.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send listings to [email protected]. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.

THROUGH MARCH 8

SPIN CLASSES Mountain Top Cycling Club will host 20 spin class sessions on Monday and Friday nights through Friday, March 8 at Woodland Park Middle School, in the commons area. Doors unlock at 5:40 p.m., with pedals turning at 6 p.m. A one-time fee of $25 will be charged, for building use and insurance. Participants must provide their own bikes and trainer equipment. David Kreigshauser will instruct the class in a 60- to 75-minute work out to his videos from Seek Out Cycling. Times and dates will be posted on the club website under the calendar tab as there will be some days there will not be class. Visit www.mountaintopcyclingclub.com or call Deb-bie 719-689-3435.

JAN. 31

GROUNDHOG DAY Denise Gard and her famous border collie Sienna presents “Winter or Spring?” a Groundhog Day celebration from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Dinosaur Resource Center, 201 S. Fairview St., Woodland Park. Learn about groundhogs and make a craft to take home. Theresa Johnson and her hedgehogs Flash and Thelma also will be on site from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Go to www.rmdrc.com.

JAN. 31

WOLF TOUR Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center in Divide presents its Full Moon Tour BBQ and Bon�re from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31. Meet Keyni, the ambassador wolf, and take a tour and howl with the wolves. Cost is $30 for adults, $15 for ages 8-12. Call for reservations at 719-687-9742.

JAN. 31

EGGSTRAVAGANZA COOK-OFF

Friends of the Lake George Library presents its annual cook-o� at 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 31, at Lake George Charter School. The Eggstravaganza event is open to the community; you do not have to cook. Just come and enjoy the food. For those who want to enter a dish, it must contain eggs in the recipe. Arrive by 4:30 p.m. and bring a copy of your recipe. Winners will take home a trophy. Cost is $5 per person, and children younger than 5 are admitted free. Call the library at 719-748-3812 for details.

FEB. 3

CYCLING CLUB Mountain Top Cycling Club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 3, at Crystola Roadhouse; social time begins at 6:30. Speaker will be Cameron Chambers, professional mountain bike racer and coach, who is in the process of constructing the Long Trail Ranch Bike Park near Bu�alo Creek. For information on the meeting or the club in general, contact Denise Symes at 719-440-9738.

FEB. 5 to April 9

TAX PREPARATION Teller County VITA is o�ng free tax preparation from IRS trained volunteers for anyone with an income of $53,000 or less. VITA is available on Thursdays at the Woodland Park Library, starting Feb. 5 and ending April 9. To make an appointment, call 719-229-9868 or email VolunteerIn-comeTaxAssist.VITA @gmail.com. For information and what to bring, go to www.ColoradoVITA.org.

FEB. 6

FREE LEGAL Clinic Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help �ll out forms and explain the process and procedure for legal issues in areas including family law, civil litigation, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, veterans’ bene�ts, and civil protection orders at a free legal clinic via computer link. Clinic is open from 2-5 p.m. the �rst Friday of every month at the Woodland Park Library, 218 E. Midland Ave., and Florissant Library, 334 Circle Drive. Clinic dates for 2015 are Feb.

6, March 6, April 3, May 1, June 5, Aug. 7, Sept. 4, Oct. 2, Nov. 6, or Dec. 4. Call Woodland Park at 719-687-9281 ext. 103, or Florissant at 719-748-3939.

FEB. 7

WINTER FUN A free Children’s Winter Fun Day is from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 7 at the Florissant Library. There will be music, Valentine making, jewelry making, tattoos, Legos, pretzel decorating, games, snacks and books to sell. This is our way of thanking the com-munity for supporting our library.

FEB. 7

AUTHOR PRESENTATION Donna “Madonna Mae,” author of “Living with the Sacred Flames” will present an all-day class based on the material in her book from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 at Thunder Butte Mountain Lodge in Woodland Park. Experience Donna’s teaching and learn tools to assist in your journey of personal growth. Release the past and embrace the future. Find the key to what is holding your back from reaching your life’s goals and learn techniques to change your life’s direc-tion. Cost includes her book as well as holograms that will be used in class. For information and directions, email www.�[email protected] or call 303-647-2352. Visit livingwith-thesacred�ames.com for details.

FEB. 7

SACRED FLAMES Author of “Living with the Sacred Flames” will lead an introductory class in learning how to use the Sacred Flames from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, at Thunder Butte Moun-tain Lodge, 943 Painted Rocks Road, Woodland Park. Learn how to release old patterns and behaviors that are holding you back from your desired goals. Cost includes book and seven holograms that contain sacred geometry and the sacred �ames that we will use in class. Space is limited; RSVP at �[email protected] or call 303-647-2352. Go to www.livingwiththesacred�ames.com.

FEB. 8

CONCERT UTE Pass Chamber Players will present woodwinds, brass, strings and one harpsichord performing the music of Telemann, Beethoven, Sanders and Mozart. Concert is at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at High View Baptist Church, 1151 Rampart Range Road, Woodland Park. Tickets available at the door or online at www.utepasschamberplayers.com. Call 719-686-1798 for information.

FEB. 10

HOLISTIC HEALING Practitioners from the Wholistic Networking Community invite you to experience the bene�ts of holistic services on a �rst come, �rst served donation basis. You may choose from touch and no-touch Reiki, chakra balancing, essential oils, tuning fork sound healing, dowsing and Tarot, Prac-titioner information can be found at the Wholistic Networking Community page on Facebook. The Wholistic Network-ing Community’s healing team will be the bene�ciary of your donations this month. The monies will be used to create a meet up page to reach more people with our healing days’ donated services. Holistic Healing Day is from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Feb. 10, at Mountain View United Methodist Church, 1101 Rampart Range Road, Woodland Park. Contact Shari Billger, 719-748-3412 or [email protected].

FEB. 17

WELLNESS THE Wholistic Networking Community invites you to meet area practitioners and learn about wholistic wellness from 11-12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17 at the Rampart Public Library, 218 E. Midland Ave., Woodland Park. Speaker is Susan Richards on “Achieving Financial Health & Wellbeing.” Improve your relationship with money, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritual-ly. Our relationship with money is a very intimate one and stress from money causes disease and illness. Is your belief system serving your truth? Learn how to �nd your “hidden savings.” For informa-tion or to RSVP, call 719-963-4405.

THINGS TO DO


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through Saturday, and from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Membership is $14 per month. Silver Sneaker memberships are free for qualifying seniors. Call 719-689-3514.

OngoingSilver Sneakers classic class,

10:30-11:30 a.m. Fridays and Sundays. Classes are free to Silver Sneakers members.

English as a Second Language, 6-7 p.m. Thursdays. Cost $5.

Aikido for adults (martial arts), 6-7 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Cost is $5.

Aikido for kids (martial arts), 4:30-5:30 Thursdays. Cost is $5.

Volleyball open gym for adults, noon to 2 p.m. Sundays at Cresson Elementary. Free

Yoga class, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mon-days and Wednesdays. Cost is $7, or $20 for 5 classes.

Zumba (dance exercise), 4:15-5:15 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Free with fitness membership.

Cub Scouts for grades K-5, 4:15-5:15 Tuesdays when school is in session.

Women’s Bible study, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays.

Free soup lunch, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Fridays. Everyone wel-come.

Roller skating, 1-4 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Cost is $2, skates included.

Archery classes, 5-6 p.m. Fridays, and 8-10 a.m. Saturdays. Registration required. Call John at 719-689-3514 to register.

Archery open shooting, 6-8 p.m. Fridays, and 10 a.m. to noon Satur-days. Cost is $2. Call ahead for avail-ability, 719-689-3514.

5K run/walk Start any time after 4:30 p.m. Thursdays.

Day Care (Kids Rock University), open for ages 5-17, Monday through Friday. Licensed day care program through Cripple Creek Parks and Rec.

SPORTS

Woodland Park High School could add hockey as early as 2016Preliminary discussions are taking placeBy Danny [email protected]

Since Woodland Park High School was founded, its student athletes interested in playing high school hockey have had to travel down Ute Pass and suit up for anoth-er school.

This season there are four Woodland Park players - Darwin Edie, Alex Hough-land, Colton Ivory and Nate Bradley - don-ning the brown and white of Palmer in downtown Colorado Springs.

A push is being made, however, by members of the Woodland Park Hockey As-sociation to have hockey become a sport at Woodland Park High School as early as 2016.

Woodland Park athletic director Michael DeWall attended an “informal information-al meeting” last month with members of the WPHA. The meeting was led by Bill Edie.

“We sort of put on the table the cost of having high school hockey,” DeWall said. “The cost is rather significant to have a high school hockey program and it would be a very large financial burden for the district to undertake.”

The WPHA was founded in 2009. It grew rapidly and within a couple of years there were more than 100 youths playing on vari-ous house and travel teams. Players come from as far away as Cripple Creek and Colo-rado Springs.

“The first step is to see just how much in-terest there is in adding a high school sport

to determine if there’s enough support,” DeWall said. “Regardless of how much it costs, one of the main questions is `are you willing to pay to have a high school hockey program.’

“We threw out some things to consider, like transportation and ice time. Those are the biggest cost obstacles.”

Ice time would seemingly not be a prob-lem for a Woodland Park since the Meadow Wood Park Ice Rink exists However, the ice there is usually not made until late De-cember or early January. The first official CHSAA sanctioned hockey practices begin the second week of November. That means a Woodland Park team would likely have to secure ice time in Colorado Springs or Monument (Colorado Sports Center) for a couple of months.

“The typical cost for ice time in Colorado Springs is $180 an hour,” DeWall said. “And there are so many groups vying for ice time in Colorado Springs right now. They are be-ing stacked up at 5 a.m. and they’re going all the way until 10 or 11 at night.

“From what I understand from the hock-ey experts you have to start reserving ice time 14 months in advance.”

The cost to play most sports at Wood-land Park is $75 a season. DeWall said there is a high possibility, based on the financial status of the district, that hockey would not be fully funded by the district.

“The cost per player could be as much as a thousand dollars per player,” he said. “When you compare that cost to other club sports, it really isn’t that bad. Some club sports cost two or three thousand dollars.

“Although I am in support of examining hockey as a high school program, we have to be realistic from a financial aspect be-cause we are in a tough time period in this

district. We’ve got declining enrollment and we have fewer and fewer kids in our build-ing and in our district. To ask our school board to add a new sport or team it has im-plications. With declining enrollment that means fewer teachers.”

If Woodland Park were to add high school hockey, it would also be required to add a girls sport in order to be Title IX compliant.

“There are a few options, especially since the city will be getting an aquatics center,” DeWall said. “We’ve had a number of kids over the years swim for other schools and there seems to a lot of interest in swim-ming.”

Most schools offer boys and girls swim-

ming. If Woodland Park added girls swim-ming (a winter sport), it would likely add boys swimming (a spring sport). But that would still mean that another girls sport would need to be added in order to comply with Title IX.

“Spring tennis (for the girls) could be a possibility since we already have the facili-ties at Meadow Wood Park,” DeWall said. “I think field hockey or lacrosse would be dif-ficult because we would be running out of practice space with the teams we already have.

“Swimming and tennis are appealing be-cause they don’t put additional burden on our facilities.”

Crews make ice each December or January at the hockey rink at Meadow Wood Park. Members of the Woodland Park Hockey Association are working with Woodland Park High School to try and get a hockey team at the school by fall 2016. Courtesy photo

Woodland Park basketball teams gearing up for second half of league playPanthers’ girls have a chance to make postseasonBy Danny [email protected]

As both Woodland Park High School basketball teams reach the midway point of their conference seasons, each squad is looking to pick up the pace.

For the girls it means win or stay home for the postseason. The Woodland Park boys are still scrapping to pick up a victory af-ter going winless in their first 15 games.

“We know we had some really bad games against Harrison, Si-erra and Canon City,” said Wood-land Park senior guard Katelyn Kemp. “We did not play very well and we know the second time around we know what we have to do to win those games.

“A lot of it comes down to re-bounds. We could do better on the boards.”

The Panthers picked up a pair of Class 4A Metro League victories last week against The Classical Academy, 60-58), and Mitchell, 48-38.

In the win over TCA, Kemp scored a career-high 25 points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

The Panthers trailed early, but led by 16 points in the final quarter. The Titans rallied to cut the lead to two points late in the fourth, but sophomore Mackenzie Porter had a steal in the last few seconds to help Woodland Park end a three-game losing streak.

Porter had a game-high five steals to go along with her 10

points, and Lexie Comer added six points and seven rebounds in the win.

The win over Mitchell im-proved the Panthers to 3-3 in the Class 4A Metro League. Wood-land Park finishes the first round of league this week with a game against defending-state champi-on Mesa Ridge. Mesa Ridge trails Canon City - the No. 1 ranked team in the state - by one game in conference play.

The Panthers led Mitchell 12-2 at end of the first eight-minute stanza and maintained a comfort-able margin of victory throughout the game. Porter scored 17 points (including a pair of 3-pointers) to lead the Panthers. Kemp add-ed 13 points (three 3-pointers); Lexie Comer had four points, but grabbed a team-high nine rebounds to go along with three steals and two blocked shots. Jenny Sells scored five points to go along with five rebounds.

Woodland Park had a tough time against Manitou Springs on Jan. 24, losing the non-league game to its rivals from the east by a score of 68-37.

The Panthers are 9-6 overall, which matches the most wins in school history by a Woodland Park girls team. But only the top three teams in league are guaranteed postseason berths. That means Woodland Park would probably need to go at least 4-3 (probably 5-2) in the second half of league play to earn a guaranteed playoff spot.

“There’s a lot of pressure to do better, but we are up for the chal-lenge,” said Woodland Park senior center Darian Sanfelice. “We want to break the school record for wins, but we all are looking for-

ward to a second chance against those teams we lost to the first time. I think we’ll play a lot better the second time around.”

Sells, the diminutive point guard, believes Woodland Park can make a strong push for the playoffs.

“We know we can beat every team in our league, even Canon City,” said Sells, who has already committed to play soccer at Hast-ings College in Nebraska. “I think we can go undefeated the second half, but we have to play perfect every game. It’s doable.”

The Woodland Park boys lost all three of its games last week,

but coach John Paul Geniesse be-lieves his club continues to show improvement.

“It’s an incremental process,” Geniesse said. “We’re working hard and our future is extremely bright at Woodland Park.”

The Panthers had to play three games without Sam Hopfe and Justin Logsdon - the only seniors on the team - who were out re-cently with concussions. They re-turned for the team’s Jan. 24 game against Manitou Springs, a 55-39 setback.

Woodland Park junior guard Dominik Cunico scored the Pan-thers’ first seven points and fin-

ished with 10. Hopfe scored a team-high 13.

The Panthers trailed by just one point with eight seconds to play in the first half, but a turn-over led to a three-point play for the Mustangs. Manitou Springs outscored Woodland Park 17-6 in the third quarter.

“We made just 10 of 24 free throws and had 19 turnovers,” Ge-niesse said. “Those are things we need to improve on.

“Great things come to those who wait and those who work. Winning is a culture. It’s a mind-set.”

Woodland Park senior guard Jenny Sells, No. 10 in white jersey, drives down the court during a Class 4A Metro League game against The Classi-cal Academy on Jan. 13. Photo by Paul Magnuson


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SALOME’S STARSFOR THE WEEK OF JAN. 26, 2015

ARIES (Mar 21 to Apr 19) Mixed signals could create problems. Make sure your views are presented clearly, and insist others do the same. Don’t let an unanswered question go by without a full explanation.

TAURUS (Apr 20 to May 20) Financial pressures ease, allowing for more budget flexibility. But as the money-wise Bovine will appreciate, thrift still beats out splurging. Expect news from someone special.

GEMINI (May 21 to Jun 20) Getting things done is what you do so well. But be careful not to overtax your energy reserves. Take time out to relax or to do some-thing different to help keep them at optimum levels.

CANCER (Jun 21 to Jul 22) This is a good time to satisfy the Moon Child’s growing sense of wanderlust. Choose a really special place to go to, with a very spe-cial person to share it all with you.

LEO (Jul 23 to Aug 22) You love being in the spotlight. But be careful it doesn’t blind you to the truth behind a seemingly wonderful opportunity. Look closer and you might be sadly surprised at what you find.

VIRGO (Aug 23 to Sept 22) Isn’t it time to take a break from your hectic schedule? Sure it is. And the sooner you do, the sooner you can return fresh and more than ready to take on all those new projects.

LIBRA (Sept 23 to Oct 22) A recent family incident can help bring everyone closer, and there’s no one who’s better at making that happen than you. Accept (indeed, insist on!) help from others to get things off and running.

SCORPIO (Oct 23 to Nov 21) Long-held habits are often difficult to break. But the change from how you always did things to how you can do them now can be liberating. So, be flexible and give it a try.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22 to Dec 21) Someone you met in your professional world last year and thought you would never hear from again could make a sud-den reappearance in your life, along with an interesting job offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22 to Jan 19) Once again, you delight everyone by coming up with a solution for a problem that actually works. On another note, it’s not too early to get started on those travel plans.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20 to Feb 18) Before you go ahead with finalizing your plans for your new project, check them over to see if you can make some improvements or if you can find ways to cut costs.

PISCES (Feb 19 to Mar 20) The Fabulous Fish might have been out of the social swim for too long, and it’s time you plunge back in. Reinforce your old friend-ships and be open to starting new ones.

BORN THIS WEEK: Your creative talents help bring beauty to the world and the people in it. On their behalf, thank you.

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DANCE EXPERIENCE required. The dances are taught as part of the event. Visit www.mountaineire.org and see the Ceili Club tab, or call 686-1325.

UTE PASS Saddle Club, providing community camaraderie among humans and horses since 1947, sponsors gymkhanas, jackpots, dances, barbecues, parades, trail rides and more. Join us. Contact [email protected]. Visit www.UtePass-SaddleClub.org.

WOODLAND PARK Wind Symphony, under the direction of Craig Harms, rehearses at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Woodland Park Middle School band room. All instrumental musicians are wel-come. Visit www.woodlandparkwindsymphony.com to learn more about this ensemble and other musical groups which are part of the Woodland Park Wind Symphony, Woodland Winds, Woodland Brass Quintet and Brass Choir and the Swing Factory Big Band. Craig can also be reached at 719-687-2210.

YOGA CLASSES are o�ered at 9 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a senior class at 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays, at the Florissant Grange, 2009 County Road 31. Certi�ed instructor. Everyone welcome. Call Debbie at 719-748-3678 for information.

YOGA CLASSES are o�ered in Woodland Park. All levels are welcome. Contact Michelle Truscelli at 719-505-5011 or check out www.shakti3yoga.com for information.

YOGA FOR Every Body 2014 yoga classes o�ered at various locations in the Pikes Peak area. All classes free or by dona-tion. Call Stacy for more information at 719-689-5745 or email [email protected].

XINGYI IS o�ered from 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays at the Woodland Park Recreation Center. Must be 18 or older. Contact Je� at 816-260-8595 for information.

SOCIAL

A COURSE in Miracles classes meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays in Woodland Park. Call 719-286-8421 or e-mail [email protected] for information.

A PEACE Visioning You may think you are limited in your ability to improve conditions on earth. Nothing is further from the truth. You can be an instrument for change by adding to the love and peace sent worldwide from the peace visioning circle - either silently, verbally, or visually. The circle is for people from all walks of life with a passion to bring unity and light into our world. We gather at 10:30 a.m. every Saturday in Woodland Park. Contact Barbara Royal, CSD, 719-687-6823 or [email protected].

ABOVE THE Clouds Cruisers meet the �rst Friday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at 1120 West Bowman Ave., Woodland Park. For information contact Marsh at 719-687-1058.

AMERICAN LEGION Post 1980 Woodland Park meets at 7

p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at Grange Hall on Hwy 67, about three miles north of the US-24/Hwy-67 junction in Woodland Park. Visit http://post1980.org.

AMERICAN LEGION Post 171 meets at 6 p.m. the �rst Thursday of each month at the Post Building, 400 East Carr Ave. in Cripple Creek. All local veterans are invited to check us out.

ART RECEPTION Today is planned for the second Friday of the month and will feature a di�erent artist at Park State Bank in Woodland Park.

BILL HARPER, as seen on the Grand Ole Opry, performs 4-7 p.m. every Saturday at Oney’s Restaurant in Florissant. Enjoy old country classic music in a family friendly atmosphere.

CC&V COFFEE Club meets at 10 a.m. Mondays at the Cripple Creek and Victor Gold Mining Company Visitor Center, 371 E. Bennett Ave., Cripple Creek. Chat with friends over a cup of co�ee, or network with businesspeople. Not just co�ee, but also refreshments and free Wi-Fi will be provided as you sit and visit with others and get the latest community news, or mining information. Refreshment donations will be given to the Aspen Mine Center. Contact the CC&V Visitor Center at 719-689-2341, or Brad Poulson at 719-689-4052 for more information.

COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “B” is looking for civic minded people who wish to volunteer and contribute to their community. We primarily serve Teller and Park counties, and as-sist other troops throughout the state. Troop B meets at 6 p.m. the �rst Thursday of each month at the Highland Bible Church, 800 Research Drive, Woodland Park. We are an all-volunteer organization that is recognized as an auxiliary law enforcement agency by the state of Colorado. We assist law enforcement agencies, forest service, and search and rescue organizations. Experience is not necessary, just a willingness to contribute to your community. To volunteer, or for more information, contact us through www.coloradoranger.org.

COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “I” is looking for responsible and dedicated volunteers who want to make a di�erence serving their community. You are invited to our monthly meeting the �rst Friday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Pikes Peak National Bank, in the upstairs conference room, 2401 W. Colorado Ave, on the corner of Colorado Ave and 24th Street. Free parking is available for the meeting in the bank employee parking lot on the south side of the bank’s drive-up facility. Visit http://itroop.coloradoranger.org or e-mail [email protected].

CRIPPLE CREEK Friendship Club meets from 1-3 p.m. at the Henry C. “June” Hack Arena in City Park. The club is free and o�ers an opportunity to meet with acquaintances and make new friends.

DIVIDE PLAYGROUP meets from 9-10: 30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays at Community Partnership in Divide. Ffdd program. Call 686-0705 more more info. Drop-ins welcome.

DOLL LOVERS of Teller County are invited to meetings at

10:30 a.m. the �rst Thursday of every month at the Village at Skyline. It’s free. A variety of programs include the study of antiques, and vintage and modern dolls. Everyone older than age 12 is welcome. Call Nancy at 719-390-8098.

FLORISSANT GRANGE No. 420 meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month. The grange continues to o�er the Flo-rissant Jammers every Thursday for a potluck dinner at 6 p.m. followed by the music of the great Jammers until 9 p.m. All are welcome to come to the Grange. Call 719-748-0358.

THE FLORISSANT Library Book Club welcomes all book readers to its group. It meets at 10:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of the month. Call 719-748-3939.

GOLD CAMP Victorian Society is dedicated to the preserva-tion of the history of Cripple Creek and the surrounding area. The Society plays a role in Cripple Creek’s historic events, celebrations, and festivals, including Donkey Derby Days, the Gold Camp Christmas, the Mt. Pisgah Speaks cemetery tour, the Salute To American Veterans, and many others. The Gold Camp Victorian Society also supports events in other communities in Teller County. The Society also sponsors a Victorian ball as well as a Victorian tea each year, both of which are open to members and non-members alike. Gold Camp Victorian Society members can be seen dressed in period attire welcoming visitors to Cripple Creek on Saturday afternoons during the summer months. The Society also includes the “Smokin’s Guns” club which presents historically-based skits and other entertain-ment during local events and festivals. The Gold Camp Victorian Society meets on the fourth Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. in the Centennial Building in Cripple Creek. Persons interested in participating as members of the Gold Camp Victorian Society are encouraged to call 689-0907 for more information.

GUITAR, VOCALS Ted Newman entertains with his guitar and vocals from 5:30-8:30 p.m. every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday at The Pantry in Green Mountain Falls. Call 719-684-9018 for details and reservations.

HELP U Club meets the third Thursday of every month. Pot luck at noon and meeting at 1 p.m. We help people and other nonpro�ts in Teller County and the Lake George area of Park County. Meetings are at the Lake George Community Center. Information: Joan 719-689-2486 or Help U Club, 1054 High Chateau Road, Florissant, CO 80816.

ITALIAN CLUB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you. Member-ship is open to men and women. More information at www.sono�talypp.com.

JOIN US to knit, crochet or craft every Monday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bring your projects. Meet new and old friends. Instructions are provided for free. Meeting are at Cripple Creek Co�ee at Aspen Mine Center.

KIWANIS CLUB of Ute Pass/Woodland Park meets at 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays at Denny’s. Call 719-687-5534. Kiwanis is a

global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world, one child and one community at a time.

THE LADIES of the Veterans of Foreign Wars meets at noon, the second Tuesday of each month at the Woodland Park Public Library. Call 719-687-9157.

LAKE GEORGE Fire Protection District Auxiliary meetings are at 6 p.m. the �rst Tuesday of the month at Station No. 1 at the corner of Hwy. 24 and County Road 90.

THE LAKE George Gem and Mineral Club meets the second Saturday of every month at 10 a.m. at the Lake George Com-munity Center. Mineral topics will be discussed but no �eld trips until spring. Call 719-748-3861.

MODA U meets at 1 p.m. at Nuts ‘n Bolts Needleworks, 200 S. Chestnut, Woodland Park. Quilters from novice to professional share their craft and get all the latest info about fabrics and notions. Call 719-687-2272.

THE MOUNTAIN Artists meets from 9-10:30 a.m. the second Saturday of each month at the Ute Pass Cultural Center in Woodland Park. Call 719-687-1374 or visit www.TheMountain-Artists.com. The nonpro�t group was established to promote, encourage and support the making and showing of visual arts in Teller County-Ute Pass area.

MOPS, MOTHERS of Preschoolers in Woodland Park, meets from 8:45-11:30 a.m two Tuesdays a month, from September to May. All mothers of children pre-birth through kindergarten are invited to join. Meetings include guest speakers, social time and creative activities. Child care is included. Register anytime online at www.utepassmops.org or call 719-687-4812.

MUSIC LESSONS. Guitar, drums and general music lessons are now o�ered on Friday mornings at the Florissant Grange, 2009 County Road 31. Call 719-748-0358.

THE TIMBERLINE Artists meet at 10 a.m. every Wednesday of each month, upstairs at the Aspen Mine Senior Center in Cripple Creek. Everyone is welcome. Bring your favorite craft or art medium and join a dedicated group.

PARK AND Teller County potluck Just Folks Luncheon is at noon every third Wednesday at Lake George Community Center, 39141 US HWY 24. Call 719-689-0554.

PIKES PEAK Community Club meets starting at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck supper the second Thursday of each month at the Pikes Peak Community Center in Divide. Supper is followed by a business meeting. The public is welcome to attend.

PIKES PEAK Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday in Woodland Park. Call 719-684-3081. The Pikes Peak Lions Club is part of Lions Club International, which is the largest worldwide service organization in the world. Our annual fundraiser is the annual Donkey Basketball Tournament.


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We are hiring Class A CODRIVERS to run from Golden, COto TX/OK. Earn up to $1200/weekrunning dry van/no touch freight.Weekly pay/direct deposit/medical& dental/sign on bonus available.Lease purchase available.

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ELEVEN MILE STATE PARKis currently hiring summer positionsfor seasonal ANS Boat Inspectors(shifts vary), Visitor Service

Technicians, Park Rangers andMaintenance Technicians (all 40hrs/wk). Training provided. Visit

http://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/ElevenMile/Pages/Jobs.aspxor call Eleven Mile State Park at719-748-3401 for more information.

Immediate Opening for aCDL Driver

Locally owned business isseeking a Route Driver.

Must have a valid Colorado classB CDL License.

Willing to train and help pay for aclass B CDL License/ must havea valid CO License with a clean

driving record.Team player with a great attitude

and customer service.We offer competitive wages &

vacation package after 1 year offulltime employment

If you meet our qualificationsplease fax or email resume or

qualification references.Fax: 719-687-1224

Email: [email protected] stop by officeto apply in person:

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Non-profit education center locatedin Florissant, CO now hiring

Customer Service/ Office Personal.Two positions, one full time sea-

sonal, one part time seasonal(March – Oct) available. Requiresgreat customer service skills, highlevel of organizational skills, atten-tion to detail, physically fit (able towalk a mile and lift 40lbs), experi-ence with excel, google docs, and

Word, natural problem solver,works well with different personalit-ies. Preferred local with profession-al experience in business manage-ment or hotel operations. Pay TBD.Will need to pass background anddriving check. Please send resumeto [email protected] or call719-748-3475 for an application.

Non profit education center locatedin Florissant, CO now hiring cooksand dishwashers. Positions include

AM and PM cooks (full timeseasonal) and AM, Mid shift, and

PM dishwashers (part timeseasonal). Season runs March-Oct.Cook positions require experience

as a cook/chef in a commercialsetting. All positions will need topass a background checks anddriving record check. Preferred

locals. Need to be able to stand onfeet for entire 8 hr shift and lift atleast 50lbs. Pay TBD. Training

begins in March, probation periodrequired. In addition, sister centerin need of cooks. These are fulltime for the camp season (May-

Aug). Morning and afternoon shiftsavailable, background check and

three good work referencesrequired. Must have experience asa cook/chef. For any of the abovepositions please send resumes [email protected] or call719-748-3475 for an application

Help Wanted

Non Profit outdoor edorganization in need of Head ofHousekeeping (full time) and a

Housekeeper (full time/seasonal) Training begins mid February forHead of Housekeeping and Mid

March for HousekeeperPay to be determined, experience

in hotel operations/commercialcleaning preferred

Located in Florissant CO,local residence preferred

This is a physical position,applicants will need to be able

to be on their feet 8 hours a dayand lift a minimum of 40 pounds

Send resumes to:[email protected] or call

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Office Personnelexperience preferred

Call for details (719)510-9373

Part-Time Shuttle Driver-Starting Pay $10.74/hour, DOE. No benefits. Cripple Creek Transportation Department. Colorado CDL, Class B with P1 endorsement preferred, but not required. Nights and weekends required. Application & full ad atwww.cripplecreekgov.com Closingdate: Open until filled. EOE.

Salaried Camp Hostneeded - Primitive sites, no electric

from May-September in lowerSouth Platte

303-647-2250

Shopping & Delivery with light foodprep & packaging. Woodland Parkarea. Mature person preferred.Must be honest, organized, reliable.Newer SUV-type 4 x 4 vehicle, cellphone & computer w/scannerneeded. Need somewhat open &flexible schedule. Part time. Mustbe non-smoking; pet-free preferred.Please reply with work history &references to [email protected]

Teller County Community Develop-ment Services Division is accept-ing applications for the position ofBuilding Inspector. Start ingsalary: $3,726 per month, plus fullbenefits. Job description and ap-plication available at the Centenni-al Building, 112 North “A” St.,Cripple Creek, CO 80813 or atwww.co.teller.co.us. Completed ap-plication, plus resume and coverletter due by Thursday, February12, 2015 by 5:00 pm at the aboveaddress. EOE

Teller County Community Develop-ment Services Division is accept-ing applications for the position ofBuilding Official. Starting salary:$4,870 per month, plus full benefits.Application available at the Centen-nial Building, 112 North “A” St.,Cripple Creek, CO 80813, or onwww.co.teller.co.us. Completed ap-plication plus resume and cover let-ter due by 5:00 pm, Thursday, Feb-ruary 12, 2015 at the above ad-dress. EOE

Teller County seeks a Dispatcherfor the Sheriff’s Office. Startingsalary: $2,561 per month plus a fullbenefit package. Full job descrip-tion and Sheriff’s Office Applicationavailable at www.co.teller.co.us orCentennial Building, 112 N. A St.,Cripple Creek. Application, resumeand cover letter must be turned into the Teller County Sheriff’s Office: 11400 West Highway 24,Divide, CO 80814, Attn: Sgt.Sandefur, by the deadline ofMonday, February 9, 2015 at 12noon.

Town of Green Mountain FallsAdministrative AssistantPart-time, flexible hours

Qualifications: good customerservice skills, organization skills,

and strong computer skillsincluding QuickBooks,

Excel and Word.Website knowledge desired.

Send resume with cover letter to:[email protected]

Town Hall OfficePO Box 524/10615

Green Mountain Falls RdGreen Mountain Falls, CO. 80819

Deadline: Feb. 11, 2015

Help Wanted

Teller County seeks aStaff Accountant for the FinanceDepartment in Cripple Creek. Re-sponsibilities include: accounting,bookkeeping, fiscal analysis and re-porting, and other related financialfunctions for the operations andcompliance of County Finance andBudgeting. Qualifications: Highschool diploma or GED supplemen-ted by two (2) years of accountingor bookkeeping experience, or anyequivalent combination. StartingSalary: $3,173 per month plus acomplete benefit package. Applica-tions available at Teller County Hu-man Resources Office, 112 North AStreet, Cripple Creek, CO or atwww.co.teller.co.us. Completed ap-plication, plus resume and coverletter, due by 5:00 pm, Monday,February 9, 2015 at the above ad-dress. EOE

MERCHANDISE

Appliances

GE Double Oven "Profile" Series(upper oven includes convection)$1,500.00, Maytag Washer andDryer $ 250.00. All in excellent con-dition, very little use. Call 687-0911

Side by SideWhite Refrigerator $500

White Electric Stove $100Admiral Washer/Dryer $500

719-687-4233

Firewood

FIREWOOD For SALE1 cord split/delivered $175 per cord

Call KC Wood Products719-337-3226

FIREWOODRounds $159/cord,

Split $199/cord4 cord load semi dry split $139/cordPick up in the forest rounds or logs

Hardwood/Pine Mix AvailableFuel Surcharge

David - Colorado Timber Products719-287-1234

Miscellaneous

For Sale: Propane by Gallon$2.85 cash / $2.95 card

Hitchin' Post Trailer Sales719-748-8333

PETS

Lost and Found

Check the TCRAS website to see ifyour pet has been located @www.tcrascolorado.com.

Other Pets

Tri-color Guinea Pig free to goodhome with all supplies. Loves to beheld; teenager is too busy to givethe attention it needs.

710 466 7018.

REAL ESTATE

Apartments

In Woodland Parkremodeled 1400 square feet, 1 bed-room furnished apartment with 2baths, microwave, 1 car garage,cable trash included w/utilities.Short term lease preferred, no pets,no smoking, $650 with deposit 1-361-557-0924

Homes

Near Divide scenic location withlakes and streams

Cabin 2 bed, 2 bath with laundryroom, wood burning fireplace,newly remodeled $1050/mo

Large 5 bedroom 4 bath home fullyremodeled $1950/mo.

Call Vicki 719-502-7432

Efficiency - all utilities paid $630.Large 2 bedroom mobile home $915

Water/Sewer/Trash included (719)502-7431

Land ResourceAssociates

Ute Pass2bed 1 bath duplex $800

Woodland Park4 -5 bed 3 bath 3 car garage.

Picture perfect view of pikes peak.$2350

We have tenantslooking for rentals.

If you are interested in renting yourproperty, please call Donna Jones

at Land Resource Associates

719-684-8414

Offi ce Rent/Lease

372 square foot office$475/month utilities included. 130

East Grace Avenue, WoodlandPark

719-687-6042

Storage/Warehouse

Woodland Park1000 square foot warehouse

Toilet, Sink, Seperate utilities16'x10' garage door

$1500/mo. Available (719)687-4122

TRANSPORTATION

Autos for Sale

2003 Dodge Durango 4X4 SLTPlus-White with grey leather interi-or, 3rd row seating, AM/FM/Cas-sette/CD. Vehicle well maintained,tires in good condition, recent brakework, service records. 113,000miles. Great in the snow, plenty ofcargo space. $4500 (719) 748-6016 or (719) 648-5656.

2012 Toyota RAV4V6 limited AWD

Red w/gray leatherLoaded, 20,200 miles

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Cell 208-371-9905Located in Woodland Park

RV’s and Campers

34' 1984 Suncrest MotorhomeW/side canope

Runs Good, New carpet and vinyl.Back on the market!

$1800719-362-9964 or 719-205-1874

SERVICES

Cleaning

Jossette Michelle719-237-4613

Concrete/Paving

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Driveways, Patios, WalkwaysAlso Demo and Removal

CONCRETEPREP - PLACE - FINISH

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• Driveways • Backfill •• Grading • Concrete •

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General

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Handyman

HOME REPAIRSmall repairs to

complete remodeling.Tim Thomas,Woodland Park

687-6941As Always Free Estimates

References

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Painting

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C.W’s Plumbing

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Public Notice

NOTICE OF SALE(CRS §38-38-103)

Foreclosure Sale No. 2014-0053

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice isgiven with regard to the following de-scribed Deed of Trust:

On October 28, 2014, the undersignedPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elec-tion and Demand relating to the Deed ofTrust described below to be recorded inthe County of Teller records.

Original Grantor: HARRISON WILLIAMWELLMAN AND LINDA CATHERINEWELLMANOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LENDER, PRIMARY RESIDENTIALMORTGAGE, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:CITIMORTGAGE, INC.Date of Deed of Trust: 5/22/2009Recording Date of Deed of Trust :5/29/2009Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.626830Original Principal Amount: $236,060.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 1 4 , 1 0 1 . 3 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), youare hereby notified that the covenants ofthe deed of trust have been violated asfollows:

Failure to pay monthly installments dueNote Holder.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BEA FIRST LIEN.THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREINIS ALL OF THE PROPERTY EN-CUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THEDEED OF TRUST.

LOT 26, ROSEWOOD HILLS, COUNTYOF TELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

which has the address of:38 Aspen DriveWoodland Park, CO 80863

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debtsecured by the Deed of Trust describedherein, has filed Notice of Election andDemand for sale as provided by law andin said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon ofFebruary 25, 2015, at the Teller CountyPublic Trustee’s Office, 101 W. BennettAve., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at pub-lic auction to the highest and best bidderfor cash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will issue to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication: 12/31/2014Last Publication: 1/28/2015Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

Dated: 10/31/2014ROBERT W. CAMPBELLTeller COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEEBy: Shirley A. KintDeputy Public Trustee

Attorney: JOLENE KAMINSKIAttorney Registration #46144MEDVED DALE DECKER & DEERE, LLC355 UNION BLVD., SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone: (303) 274-0155Fax: 1 (303) 274-0159Attorney file #: 14-049-27235

The Attorney above is acting as a debtcollector and is attempting to collect adebt. Any information provided may beused for that purpose.

Legal Notice No.: 2014-0053First Publication: 12/31/2014Last Publication: 1/28/2015Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

Public Notice





Original Grantor: ALLEN BROWN ANDLINDA K S BROWNOriginal Beneficiary: WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 3/14/2008Recording Date of Deed of Trust:3/25/2008Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.616111Original Principal Amount: $640,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 5 9 0 , 2 8 6 . 3 5


The failure to timely make payments asrequired under the Deed of Trust.


LOT 42, MORNING SUN SOLAR COM-MUNITY FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OFTELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

which has the address of:725 Sun Valley DriveWoodland Park, CO 80863

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: COURTNEY E WRIGHTAttorney Registration #45482JANEWAY LAW FIRM, P.C.9800 S. MERIDIAN BLVD., SUITE 400,ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112Phone: 1 (303) 706-9990Fax: 1 (303) 706-9994Attorney file #: 14-003753



Public Trustees

Public Notice





Original Grantor: ALLEN BROWN ANDLINDA K S BROWNOriginal Beneficiary: WELLS FARGOBANK, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 3/14/2008Recording Date of Deed of Trust:3/25/2008Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.616111Original Principal Amount: $640,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 5 9 0 , 2 8 6 . 3 5




LOT 42, MORNING SUN SOLAR COM-MUNITY FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OFTELLER, STATE OF COLORADO.

which has the address of:725 Sun Valley DriveWoodland Park, CO 80863

NOTICE OF SALE








Public Notice




On November 5, 2014, the undersignedPublic Trustee caused the Notice of Elec-tion and Demand relating to the Deed ofTrust described below to be recorded inthe County of Teller records.

Original Grantor: MARK E MICHEL ANDCYNTHIA A MICHELOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LENDER, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLCDate of Deed of Trust: 12/18/2009Recording Date of Deed of Trust:12/29/2009Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.632342Original Principal Amount: $157,235.00Outstanding Principal Balance:$142,816.91




All that parcel of Land in Teller County,State of Colorado, being known anddesignated as Lot 35, Rainbow Valley 6AMD and being more fully described asset forth in Reception #558116 dated11/04/2003 and recorded 11/07/2003,Teller County Records, State of Color-ado. Tax/Parcel ID: R0006421

which has the address of:370 OilcreekDivide, CO 80814-7718

NOTICE OF SALE


THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon ofMarch 4, 2015, at the Teller County Pub-lic Trustee’s Office, 101 W. Bennett Ave.,Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at publicauction to the highest and best bidder forcash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will issue to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.



Attorney: JOLENE KAMINSKIAttorney Registration #46144MEDVED DALE DECKER & DEERE, LLC355 UNION BLVD., SUITE 250,LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228Phone: (303) 274-0155Fax: (303) 223-7932Attorney file #: 14-944-27454


Legal Notice NO.: 2014-0055First Publication: 1/7/2015Last Publication: 2/4/2015Published in: Pikes Peak Courier

Public Notice





Original Grantor: MARK SNYDEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERITRUSTMORTGAGE COMPANYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: LSF8MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BYCALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.Date of Deed of Trust: 6/22/2006Recording Date of Deed of Trust :7/21/2006Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.596089Original Principal Amount: $125,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 2 2 , 0 4 3 . 4 2


Failure to make timely payments requiredunder said Deed of Trust and the Evid-ence of Debt secured thereby.


EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONLOT 2, CRIPPLE CREEK MOUNTAINESTATES NO. 8, TELLER COUNTY,COLORADO. BEING THE SAME PROP-ERTY CONVEYED TO DAVID W. ASH-LIN AND MAJA C. ASHLIN FROMDENIS J. GREEN EXECUTED 04/22/94FILED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 419621.AND ALSO, BEING THE SAME PROP-ERTY CONVEYED TO EDWARD E. SI-MON, JR. FROM CONNIE JOINER ASTHE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF COUNTY OFTELLER EXECUTED 12/21/04 FILED ININSTRUMENT NO. 575113. WHICH HASTHE ADDRESS OF: 115 MID DAYCIRCLE, CRIPPLE CREEK CO 80813

which has the address of:115 Mid Day CircleCripple Creek, CO 80813

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: ERIN ROBSONAttorney Registration #46557MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP7700 E ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 150,CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112Phone: (619) 685-4800 Fax:Attorney file #: CO-14-629546-JS



Public Trustees

Public Notice





Original Grantor: MARK SNYDEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERITRUSTMORTGAGE COMPANYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: LSF8MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, BYCALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.Date of Deed of Trust: 6/22/2006Recording Date of Deed of Trust:7/21/2006Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.596089Original Principal Amount: $125,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 2 2 , 0 4 3 . 4 2




EXHIBIT FOR LEGAL DESCRIPTIONLOT 2, CRIPPLE CREEK MOUNTAINESTATES NO. 8, TELLER COUNTY,COLORADO. BEING THE SAME PROP-ERTY CONVEYED TO DAVID W. ASH-LIN AND MAJA C. ASHLIN FROMDENIS J. GREEN EXECUTED 04/22/94FILED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 419621.AND ALSO, BEING THE SAME PROP-ERTY CONVEYED TO EDWARD E. SI-MON, JR. FROM CONNIE JOINER ASTHE PUBLIC TRUSTEE OF COUNTY OFTELLER EXECUTED 12/21/04 FILED ININSTRUMENT NO. 575113. WHICH HASTHE ADDRESS OF: 115 MID DAYCIRCLE, CRIPPLE CREEK CO 80813

which has the address of:115 Mid Day CircleCripple Creek, CO 80813

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: ERIN ROBSONAttorney Registration #46557MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP7700 E ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 150,CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112Phone: (619) 685-4800 Fax:Attorney file #: CO-14-629546-JS



Public Notice





Original Grantor: LOIS J JAEGER ANDJOHN J JAEGEROriginal Beneficiary: FBS MORTGAGECORPORATION, A NEVADA CORPORA-TIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:HSBC BANK USA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 9/20/1994Recording Date of Deed of Trust:9/22/1994Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.425336Original Principal Amount: $45,399.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 9 , 0 1 7 . 3 3




LOTS 32 AND 33, BLOCK 35, THE HAY-DEN PLACER COMPANY'S SUBDIVI-SION OF THE HADEN PLACER,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:125 Crystal StCripple Creek, CO 80813

NOTICE OF SALE


THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Giventhat I will, at 10:00 a.m. in the forenoon ofMarch 18, 2015, at the Teller CountyPublic Trustee’s Office, 101 W. BennettAve., Cripple Creek, Colorado, sell at pub-lic auction to the highest and best bidderfor cash, the said real property and all in-terest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirsand assigns therein, for the purpose ofpaying the indebtedness provided in saidEvidence of Debt secured by the Deed ofTrust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expensesof sale and other items allowed by law,and will issue to the purchaser a Certific-ate of Purchase, all as provided by law.






Public Trustees

Public Notice





Original Grantor: LOIS J JAEGER ANDJOHN J JAEGEROriginal Beneficiary: FBS MORTGAGECORPORATION, A NEVADA CORPORA-TIONCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:HSBC BANK USA, N.A.Date of Deed of Trust: 9/20/1994Recording Date of Deed of Trust:9/22/1994Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.425336Original Principal Amount: $45,399.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 2 9 , 0 1 7 . 3 3




LOTS 32 AND 33, BLOCK 35, THE HAY-DEN PLACER COMPANY'S SUBDIVI-SION OF THE HADEN PLACER,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:125 Crystal StCripple Creek, CO 80813

NOTICE OF SALE








Public Notice





Original Grantor: LYNWOOD D SUMNERJR. AND JACQUELINE E GAINFORD-SUMNEROriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC.AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST NATIONALBANKCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt:WELLS FARGO BANK, NADate of Deed of Trust: 2/25/2009Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 3/4/2009Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.624621Original Principal Amount: $330,480.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 3 3 3 , 2 5 2 . 1 6




LOT 19, THUNDERBIRD ESTATES FIL-ING NO. 1, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO.

which has the address of:502 Skyline DriveWoodland Park, CO 80863

NOTICE OF SALE








Public Notice





Original Grantor: STEVEN J HESSOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LOANCITYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL AC-CREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE AS-SET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICIATES, SERIES 2006-QA2Date of Deed of Trust: 12/19/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust :12/28/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.589024Original Principal Amount: $180,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 6 3 , 3 3 7 . 6 0


Failure to pay principal and interest whendue together with all other paymentsprovided for in the Evidence of Debt se-cured by the Deed of Trust and other viol-ations of the terms thereof.


THE SURFACE ONLY OF LOTS 4 AND5, BLOCK 31, TOWN OF VICTOR,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:209 South 6th StreetVictor, CO 80860

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: LISA CANCANONAttorney Registration #42043ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREETDENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177Fax:Attorney file #: 4500.100798.F01



Public Trustees

Public Notice





Original Grantor: STEVEN J HESSOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEEFOR LOANCITYCurrent Holder of Evidence of Debt: U.S.BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL AC-CREDIT LOANS, INC., MORTGAGE AS-SET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTI-FICIATES, SERIES 2006-QA2Date of Deed of Trust: 12/19/2005Recording Date of Deed of Trust:12/28/2005Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.589024Original Principal Amount: $180,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 1 6 3 , 3 3 7 . 6 0


Failure to pay principal and interest whendue together with all other paymentsprovided for in the Evidence of Debt se-cured by the Deed of Trust and other viol-ations of the terms thereof.


THE SURFACE ONLY OF LOTS 4 AND5, BLOCK 31, TOWN OF VICTOR,COUNTY OF TELLER, STATE OF COL-ORADO.

which has the address of:209 South 6th StreetVictor, CO 80860

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: LISA CANCANONAttorney Registration #42043ARONOWITZ & MECKLENBURG, LLP1199 BANNOCK STREETDENVER, COLORADO 80204Phone: (303) 813-1177Fax:Attorney file #: 4500.100798.F01



Public Notice





Original Grantor: HENRY L LEWIS JRAND SHERYL A LEWISOriginal Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELEC-TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRY-WIDE HOME LOANS, INC.Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THEBANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKATHE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUST-EE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERSOF CWABS INC., ASSET-BACKED CER-TIFICATES, SERIES 2007-12Date of Deed of Trust: 7/26/2007Recording Date of Deed of Trust: 8/8/2007Recorded in Teller County: Reception No.609629Original Principal Amount: $600,000.00O u t s t a n d i n g P r i n c i p a l B a l a n c e :$ 6 3 0 , 7 8 6 . 8 8




LOT 3, "THE RESERVE" AT TAMARACFILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF TELLER,STATE OF COLORADO

which has the address of:425 Pembrook LnWoodland Park, CO 80863-9494

NOTICE OF SALE





Attorney: JOAN OLSONAttorney Registration #28078MCCARTHY & HOLTHUS, LLP7700 E ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 150,CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112Phone: (877) 369-6122Fax: (866) 894-7369Attorney file #: CO-14-633762-JS



Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Mildred Mae Forney

aka Mildred M. Forney, DeceasedCase Number 2014PR30063

All persons having claims against theabove-named estate are required topresent them to the Personal Represent-ative or to the District Court of TellerCounty on or before May 26, 2015, or theclaims may be forever barred.

Helen M. IllianPersonal Representative2523 Farragut CircleColorado Springs, CO 80907

Legal Notice No.: 72553First Publication: January 14, 2015Last Publication: January 28, 2015Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier

Notice To Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORSEstate of Mildred Mae Forney

aka Mildred M. Forney, DeceasedCase Number 2014PR30063

All persons having claims against theabove-named estate are required topresent them to the Personal Represent-ative or to the District Court of TellerCounty on or before May 26, 2015, or theclaims may be forever barred.

Helen M. IllianPersonal Representative2523 Farragut CircleColorado Springs, CO 80907


Government Legals Public Notice

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REALESTATE TAX LIEN SALE AND OF

APPLICATION FOR TREASURER’SDEED TAX SALE CERTIFICATEOF PURCHASE NO. 20110256

The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofSANDRA D HARTLEY and the propertiesare currently assessed and taxed in thename of SANDRA D HARTLEY.

To whom it may concern and to every per-son in actual possession or occupancy ofthe hereinafter described land, lots orpremises, and to the person in whosename the same was taxed, and to all per-sons having an interest or title of record inor to the same, and particularly to:

SANDRA D HARTLEY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that at a taxlien sale lawfully held on the 4th day ofNovember A.D. 2011, the then CountyTreasurer of Teller County, State of Color-ado, duly offered for delinquent taxes forthe year 2010, the following describedproperty, situated in County of Teller andState of Colorado, to-wit:

PT TR B DOME ROCK RANCH 1 ASDESC AT 426728

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto OCK LLC 401K PLAN FBO KEVINPOOL & LISA WILDEMAN, the presentholder and legal owner thereof, who hathmade request upon the Treasurer of Tell-er County for a deed, and that unless thesame be redeemed on or before May 27,2015, the said County Treasurer will is-sue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to saidcertificate holder.

Dated at Cripple Creek, Teller County,Colorado, this 7th day of January, A.D.2015.

ROBERT W CAMPBELL, TREASURERTELLER COUNTY, COLORADO

Legal Notice No.: 72545First date of Publication: January 14, 2015Second date of Publication: January 21,2015Third and last date of Publication: Janu-ary 28, 2015Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier

Public Notice



The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofPAUL A & BRENDA VITTORELLI and theproperties are currently assessed andtaxed in the name of PAUL A & BRENDAVITTORELLI.


PAUL A & BRENDA VITTORELLI


21-13-70 NW4SE4





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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofPROVIDENCE MINING LLC and the prop-erties are currently assessed and taxed inthe name of PROVIDENCE MINING LLC.


PROVIDENCE MINING LLCPINNACOL ASSURANCEHOROWITZ BURNETT PCROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLDINNOVATIONS INC


7-15-69 9011 PT EMERALD (7.88 AC) +BOND (5.38 AC) EXC PTS IN CON-FLICT W/THE STRAY HORSE + THEBIG MULE MS






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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofPROVIDENCE MINING LLC and the prop-erties are currently assessed and taxed inthe name of PROVIDENCE MINING LLC.


PROVIDENCE MINING LLCPINNACOL ASSURANCEHOROWITZ BURNETT PCROCKY MOUNTAIN GOLDINNOVATIONS INC


7-15-69 9011 PT EMERALD (7.88 AC) +BOND (5.38 AC) EXC PTS IN CON-FLICT W/THE STRAY HORSE + THEBIG MULE MS





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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofIVAR K & HELGA UGI and the propertiesare currently assessed and taxed in thename of IVAR K & HELGA UGI.


IVAR K & HELGA UGIAXEON INVESTMENTS CORP


L104 INDIAN CREEK 15 (INCL MN)





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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofIVAR K & HELGA UGI and the propertiesare currently assessed and taxed in thename of IVAR K & HELGA UGI.


IVAR K & HELGA UGIAXEON INVESTMENTS CORP


L104 INDIAN CREEK 15 (INCL MN)





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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofWILMA W & TIMOTHY KLINE and theproperties are currently assessed andtaxed in the name of WILMA W &TIMOTHY KLINE.


WILMA W & TIMOTHY KLINE


L5 + 6 B25 VICTOR

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto BEAR R WOODWARD, the presentholder and legal owner thereof, who hathmade request upon the Treasurer of Tell-er County for a deed, and that unless thesame be redeemed on or before May 27,2015, the said County Treasurer will is-sue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to saidcertificate holder.




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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofUNKNOWN and the properties are cur-rently assessed and taxed in the name ofUNKNOWN.


ROCKY MOUNTAIN RECREATION INCPYRAMID ENTERPRISESCAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORPCONSOLITDATED CAPITALASSOCIATES LTDJAMES BRUCE KLINE


L8 + 9 B8 VICTOR

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto FRANCES HEAD, the present holderand legal owner thereof, who hath maderequest upon the Treasurer of TellerCounty for a deed, and that unless thesame be redeemed on or before May 27,2015, the said County Treasurer will is-sue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to saidcertificate holder.



Legal Notice No.: 72550First date of Publication: January 14, 2015Second date of Publication:January 21, 2015Third and last date of Publication:January 28, 2015Publisher: Pikes Peak Courier

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Public Notice



The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofUNKNOWN and the properties are cur-rently assessed and taxed in the name ofUNKNOWN.


ROCKY MOUNTAIN RECREATION INCPYRAMID ENTERPRISESCAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORPCONSOLITDATED CAPITALASSOCIATES LTDJAMES BRUCE KLINE


L8 + 9 B8 VICTOR

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto FRANCES HEAD, the present holderand legal owner thereof, who hath maderequest upon the Treasurer of TellerCounty for a deed, and that unless thesame be redeemed on or before May 27,2015, the said County Treasurer will is-sue a Treasurer’s deed therefore to saidcertificate holder.




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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofCHARLES W KURIE, JR and the proper-ties are currently assessed and taxed inthe name of CHARLES W KURIE, JR.


CHARLES W KURIE, JRERNEST C KURIE


1-13-71 PT SE4NW4 LYING SELY OFHWY 24 (UND 1/2 INT)

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto TOMMY F YOWELL & DAVID AFENOGLIO, the present holders and leg-al owners thereof, who hath made re-quest upon the Treasurer of Teller Countyfor a deed, and that unless the same beredeemed on or before May 27, 2015, thesaid County Treasurer will issue a Treas-urer’s deed therefore to said certificateholder.




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The said premises were for the year A.D.2010, assessed and taxed in the name ofCHARLES W KURIE, JR and the proper-ties are currently assessed and taxed inthe name of CHARLES W KURIE, JR.


CHARLES W KURIE, JRERNEST C KURIE


1-13-71 PT SE4NW4 LYING SELY OFHWY 24 (UND 1/2 INT)

That, at said sale, said property wasstricken off to and a tax lien sale certific-ate of purchase was duly issued thereforeto TOMMY F YOWELL & DAVID AFENOGLIO, the present holders and leg-al owners thereof, who hath made re-quest upon the Treasurer of Teller Countyfor a deed, and that unless the same beredeemed on or before May 27, 2015, thesaid County Treasurer will issue a Treas-urer’s deed therefore to said certificateholder.




Public Notice

TELLER COUNTY PLANNINGCOMMISSION AGENDA

Regular Meeting - 7:00 p.m.February 10, 2015City of Woodland Park Council Chambers220 W. South Avenue,Woodland Park, CO

I. Order and Roll CallII. Election of OfficersA. ChairmanB. Vice-ChairmanIII. Designation of Location for PostingAgendasIV. Adoption of the Meeting Schedulefor 2015 and First Meeting of 2016V. Review and Approve Minutes –November 25, 2014VI. Consideration and recommenda-tion to the Board of County Commis-sioners of a request by Dan Faulkner,Camp Elim Director, Colorado RockiesBible Camp and Conference, Inc. (Author-ized Representative) and USDA ForestService (Property Owner) for (i) a SpecialUse Permit for Resort uses on approxim-ately 16.24 acre part of the SouthwestQuarter of the Southwest Quarter of Sec-tion 15 and Southeast Quarter of theSoutheast Quarter of Section 16, Town-ship 11 South, Range 69 West of the 6thP.M., Teller County, CO (5567 CountyRoad 78/aka Painted Rocks Road) in theAgricultural (A-1) zone district and (ii) ex-tinguishment of the existing ConditionalUse Permit 02-0130. (Postponed fromDecember 9, 2014)VII. Other ItemsA. Approval by the Board of Adjustmenton November 19, 2014 of a request byBeaverbrook, LLC (Bentley Rayburn) tovary the rear (north) property line setbackfrom 50 to 43.5 feet for an existing resid-ence in the Agricultural (A-1) zone for Lot1, Beaverbrook Subdivision Filing 1(11024 County Road 8).B. Approval by the Board of Adjustmenton November 19, 2014 of a request byRick and Cindy Montgomery to vary therear (north) property line setback from 30to 11 feet for a proposed garage in theResidential One (R-1) zone for Lot 17,Block 1, Trout Haven Estates 4th Filing(72 Pawutsy Road).C. Next Meeting – March 10, 2015V. Adjourn


Public Notice

NOTICE OF BOARD OF TELLERCOUNTY COMMISSIONER’S HEARINGThursday February 19, 2015 - 9:15 a.m.

Teller County Centennial Building –Commissioners’ Meeting Room

112 North A Street, Cripple Creek, CO

On the above date and place, the Board ofTeller County Commissioners will hold apublic hearing to consider material modi-fications to the approved Ute Pass Re-gional Ambulance District Service Planwhich modifications propose (i) to convertfrom a CRS Title 32 ambulance district toa CRS Title 32 health service district, and(ii) to change the official name from “UtePass Regional Ambulance District” to “UtePass Regional Health Service District.” Acopy of the “Ute Pass Regional HealthService District Supplement to SecondAmendment to the Service Plan: Descrip-tion of Services – Conversion from a Spe-cial Ambulance District to a Health Ser-vice District” has been filed with the TellerCounty Clerk and Recorder and is avail-able for public viewing during regular busi-ness hours. This material modificationdoes not include any changes to theboundaries of the approved district nor theestablished mill levy. For more informa-tion contact Teller Planning 719-686-5414.


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NOTICE OF BOARD OF TELLERCOUNTY COMMISSIONER’S HEARINGThursday February 19, 2015 - 9:15 a.m.

Teller County Centennial Building –Commissioners’ Meeting Room

112 North A Street, Cripple Creek, CO

On the above date and place, the Board ofTeller County Commissioners will hold apublic hearing to consider material modi-fications to the approved Ute Pass Re-gional Ambulance District Service Planwhich modifications propose (i) to convertfrom a CRS Title 32 ambulance district toa CRS Title 32 health service district, and(ii) to change the official name from “UtePass Regional Ambulance District” to “UtePass Regional Health Service District.” Acopy of the “Ute Pass Regional HealthService District Supplement to SecondAmendment to the Service Plan: Descrip-tion of Services – Conversion from a Spe-cial Ambulance District to a Health Ser-vice District” has been filed with the TellerCounty Clerk and Recorder and is avail-able for public viewing during regular busi-ness hours. This material modificationdoes not include any changes to theboundaries of the approved district nor theestablished mill levy. For more informa-tion contact Teller Planning 719-686-5414.


PUBLIC NOTICE

CHARTER REVIEWCOMMITTEE OPENING

The City Council of the City of WoodlandPark is accepting applications from per-sons who are interested in serving as amember on the City’s Charter ReviewCommittee. Four terms on this Committeeare open and they will expire on January15, 2016. Interested applicants for thisposition must be a City resident for a min-imum of one year prior to appointment andbe available to meet on a monthly basis.

Application forms for appointments toBoards, Commissions and Committeesare available on the City’s websitewww.city-woodlandpark.org or at City Hall,220 West South Avenue in WoodlandPark. Completed applications must besubmitted to the City Clerk’s Office notlater than 5:00 P.M. February 13, 2015.Applications may be personally deliveredto the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall; de-livered by FAX at 719-686-1010; or de-livered by email to the City Clerk [email protected] or mailed toPO Box 9007, Woodland Park, CO 80866.

Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at687-5295 with any questions.

Suzanne Leclercq, City Clerk


PUBLIC NOTICE

BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING AGENDAThursday, February 5, 2015

TELLER COUNTYCENTENNIAL BUILDING

112 North A Street,Cripple Creek, CO

Commissioners’ Meeting Room

1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session- Invocation- Pledge of Allegiance- Minutes of Previous Meetings- Accounts Payable- Board Reports- Elected Official’s Report- Administrator’s Report2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved for Depart-ment Heads and Public without an ap-pointment.3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards4. 9:40 a.m.: Treasurer: Accept Fourth(4th) Quarter 2014 Public Trustee Reportand 2014 Public Trustee’s Annual Report.

Commissioners Business Items:Sheryl Decker,County AdministratorLegal Matters:Chris Brandt, County Attorney

Adjournment

Appointments may vary by 15 minutesearlier or later than scheduled dependingupon cancellations and time required forreview and/or consideration of an agendaitem.


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PUBLIC NOTICE

BOARD OF COUNTYCOMMISSIONERS

REGULAR MEETING AGENDAThursday, February 5, 2015

TELLER COUNTYCENTENNIAL BUILDING

112 North A Street,Cripple Creek, CO

Commissioners’ Meeting Room

1. 9:15 a.m.: Convene in regular session- Invocation- Pledge of Allegiance- Minutes of Previous Meetings- Accounts Payable- Board Reports- Elected Official’s Report- Administrator’s Report2. 9:25 a.m.: Time reserved for Depart-ment Heads and Public without an ap-pointment.3. 9:35 a.m.: Employee Service Awards4. 9:40 a.m.: Treasurer: Accept Fourth(4th) Quarter 2014 Public Trustee Reportand 2014 Public Trustee’s Annual Report.

Commissioners Business Items:Sheryl Decker,County AdministratorLegal Matters:Chris Brandt, County Attorney

Adjournment

Appointments may vary by 15 minutesearlier or later than scheduled dependingupon cancellations and time required forreview and/or consideration of an agendaitem.


Public Notice

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONSPARADISE OF COLORADOMETROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, par-ticularly, to the electors of the Paradise ofColorado Metropolitan District of TellerCounty, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a spe-cial mail ballot election will be held onthe 5TH day of May, 2015, between thehours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At thattime, two directors will be elected to serve4-year terms and one director to serve atwo-year term. Eligible electors of the Dis-trict interested in serving on the board ofdirectors may obtain a Self-Nominationand Acceptance form from the DistrictDesignated Election Official (DEO): Cath-erine T. Bright, Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.,7400 East Orchard Road, Suite 3300,Greenwood Village, Colorado, phonenumber 303-770-2700, e-mail [email protected]. The Office of theDEO is open on the following days:Monday through Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to5:00 p.m.

If the DEO determines that a Self-Nomina-tion and Acceptance form is not sufficient,the eligible elector who submitted the formmay amend the form once, at any time,prior to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 27,2015. The deadline to submit a Self-Nom-ination and Acceptance Form is close ofbusiness on Friday, February 27, 2015(not less than 67 days before theelection). Earlier submittal is encouragedas the deadline will not permit curing aninsufficient form. Affidavit of Intent To BeA Write-In-Candidate forms must be sub-mitted to the office of the Designated Elec-tion Official by the close of business onMonday, March 2, 2015 (the sixty-fourthday before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an applic-ation for a mail-in (absentee) ballot shallbe filed with the Designated Election Offi-cial no later than the close of business onFriday, May 1, 2015.

PARADISE OF COLORADOMETROPOLITAN DISTRICTCatherine T. Bright,Designated Election Official


When government takes action, it uses local newspapers to notifyyou. Reading your public notices is the best way to find out what ishappening in your community and how it affects you. If you don’tread public notices, you never know what you might miss.

Notices aremeant to be noticed.Read your public notices and get involved!

OUR FUNDRAISERS and service projects provide support for our local community through work projects ranging from testing preschool age kids eyes for eye disease to sponsoring special needs kids to our local Lions Camp in Woodland Park.

PIKES PEAK Plein Air Painters is a nationally recognized group of regional artists. Join the group for year-round activi-ties, painting on location, social activities pertaining to visual arts and art shows. The group is open to anyone intersted in learning to paint or improving their painting skills. Go to www.thepikespeakpleinairpainters.com, or contact Kenneth Shanika at 303-647-1085 or [email protected].

PIKES PEAK Rotary meets at 7 a.m. Fridays at the Woodland Park Library, south entrance. Rotary is a worldwide organiza-tion working on projects ranging from polio eradication internationally to bell ringing for the Salvation Army locally. Call 719-687-3611.

QUILT MINISTRIES meets between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. the third Thursday of each month at Ute Pass Cul-tural Center to make quilts for families that have been burned out of their homes or are in need for some other reason. The quilts are simple, machine pieced and hand-tied and are excel-lent projects for both new and more experienced quilters. No sewing skills necessary. Participants are encouraged to bring their own sewing machines but machines also will be available onsite. Volunteers who don’t want to sew can still serve as cutters and pressers. This is a nondenominational group. Call 719-687-6828.

QUILTERS ABOVE the Clouds is a quilting guild for all levels. The guild meets from 1-5 p.m. the fourth Friday of the month at Mountain View United Methodist Church in Woodland Park to share quilting experiences and exchange ideas. The group

also participates in projects to bene�t charity organizations.

RAMPART ROCK `n’ Jazz Retro Jammers (RJs) singers rehearse Saturday afternoons in Woodland Park. Rock, soul, jazz, blues; soprano, alto, tenor, and bass vocalists welcome in addition to keyboard or instrumental accompanists. Call 686-8228 for directions or visit www.rampartrocknjazz.com.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN Chapter, 1st Cavalry Division Meeting is at 9 a.m. the second Saturday of every month at the Retired Enlisted Association, 834 Emory Circle, Colorado Springs. We are a non-political, nonpro�t soldier’s and veteran’s frater-nity. Anyone who has been assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division anytime, anywhere, is eligible for membership. Friends of the Cav who have not served with the Division are eligible for Associate membership. We are family orientated so please bring signi�cant other. We participate in local parades, do food shelf, picnics, Christmas party. Come join us for great camaraderie, make new friends, possibly meet old friends from the First Team. Contact Paul at 719-687-1169 or Al at 719-689-5778.

SECOND SUNDAY Scribes is for writers, wannabe writers and all those who love the written word. Sponsored by the Cripple Creek Park and Recreation Department the group meets at 2 p.m. the second Sunday of the month at the Bennett Avenue Park and Rec center. Call 719-689-3514.

THE SNOWFLAKE Chapter No. 153 Order of the Eastern Star meets at 7:30 p.m. at 205 Park St. in Woodland Park. Call 719-687-9800.

SOUTH PARK Toastmasters Club meets every Thursday except the �rst Thursday of the month at the Fire Station in Gu�ey. Social time is at 6:30 p.m. with meetings starting promptly at 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Call 719-661-3913 or email [email protected].

TELLER COUNTY Knitters meets from 10 a.m. to noon every

Saturday. The �rst and third Saturdays are at Nikki’s Knots, 101 Boundary, Woodland Park; and the second and fourth Satur-days are at the Community Partnership o�ce in Divide (located above McGinty’s Wood Oven Pub; parking and entrance on the north side). Yarn fans of all skills and types are welcome for a chance to share projects and conversation. For more details and plans for �fth Saturdays, check Teller Knitters on Ravelry.com.

THE TELLER County Sport Horse Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month. Call Grace at 719-661-8497 for more information.

TELLER COUNTY Search and Rescue is an all-volunteer, nonpro�t organization whose mission is to locate and rescue lost and missing people in Teller County and the surrounding area. Our general membership meetings are at 7 p.m. the �rst Monday of every month at the Woodland Park Library, downstairs meeting room. Although we are not accepting new members at this time, the public is invited to our meetings. We are available to give hiking safety presentations to schools, churches or local organizations and we do accept donations. For further information, please contact Janet Bennett at 719-306-0826.

THOMAS V. Kelly VFW Post 6051 meets at at 7 p.m. the �rst Wednesday of each month at Veterans Hall, 27637 Hwy 67, Woodland Park, CO 80863, the old Woodland Park Grange Hall where Eric V. Dickson American Legion Post #1980 meets.

UTE PASS Historical Society self-guided tours of History Park are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the second Saturday of each month from June to September. Tours are free and start at the Museum Center, 231 E. Henrietta Ave., next to the Woodland Park Public Library, and docents will be on hand at each building to answer questions. A guided historic walking tour of Woodland Park meets at 10:30 a.m. Donations accepted for tours. Contact 729-686-7512 or www.utepasshistoricalsociety.org. All tours are weather permitting.

UTE PASS Historical Society board of directors meets at 5:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at the Museum Center, 231 E. Henrietta Ave., next to the library. All patrons and members of the public are invited. Call 719-686-7512 for information.

UTE PASS Masonic Lodge 188 meets at 7:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month. Call 719-687-9453.

UTE PASS Social Club is open to ladies of all ages and interests. The club has many activities to pick and choose from including bridge, hiking, luncheons, mahjongg, crafts, needle works, and much more. Call president Florence Cooper at 719-687-3893 or visit http://sites.google.com/site/upsocial/.

VICTOR HERITAGE Society is a volunteer, nonpro�t organi-zation devoted to preserving the hardrock gold mining heritage and the experience of living in Victor, Colorado during the late 19th and early 20th century. For information on meetings, activities and sponsored events, visit www.VictorHeritageSoci-ety.com or e-mail [email protected].

WRITE-NOW, A writers’ group in Cripple Creek, is open to all writers, all genres, aspiring and accomplished, who wish to hone their craft. Bring �ve copies of up to three double-spaced pages of writing you are working on and a pen to the �rst meeting. We will get right to work after guidelines are discussed. This is a critique group, which means everyone will have constructive input on each other’s writing. A wide variety of input and discussion always helps everyone with their writing. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every other Tuesday at Cripple Creek-Victor Junior/Senior High School Board Room. Questions? Call 719-648-8795.

WOODLAND PARK Book Club meets at 10:30 a.m. the �rst Tuesday of each month in the third �oor board room at thse Woodland Park Public Library. Call 719-687-9281 ext. 103 for book titles and information.


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Reach higher.Choose UCCS.Learn more at uccs.edu or call 719.255.8227

“I chose UCCS for the combination of academics and student life. The Engineering program is one the best in the country and you can’t beat the location with views of Pikes Peak from every building. The University reaches out to every student by holding fun events for all different interests, so it’s easy to make friends. As soon as I stepped onto campus I was completely immersed in the community and felt right at home.”

— Kaleen, Junior, Electrical Engineering

Black Forest recovery reaches milestone More to recovery than replacing homes, removing burned trees By Norma Engelberg Contributing writer

The Black Forest Fire started June 11, 2013. By the time the fi re was contained, nine days later, two people were dead, 488 homes and countless numbers of outbuild-ings were destroyed and the burn area cov-ered 14,280 acres.

Now, 18-months later, while there is a long way to go, the signs of recovery are ev-erywhere.

“We’re past the halfway mark for new construction permits,” said Kathy Russell, public information offi cer for Black Forest Together. “We’ve hit 54.7 percent with 267 permits issued by the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department. They’ve been a big help.”

The Black Forest Together website states that 180 replacement homes have been completed.

Because many of the people affected by the fi re have livestock, some of the fi rst buildings replaced were the barns, sheds and coops needed to house the animals so their owners could end the expense of boarding them. Removing burned timber is also proceeding apace.

Recovery isn’t just about replacing buildings and clearing burned land, it also includes fuels mitigation in the forest that remains.

“One of our main efforts is the make people aware that the large areas that didn’t burn at still at risk for wildfi re; just as much risk as the forest was when it burned the fi rst time,” Russell said.

Black Forest Together Forest Recovery program manager Scott MacDonald added:

“If we want to avoid another big fi re, we must mitigate. We’re fi nding ways to reduce the cost of mitigation but it won’t be free.”

One cost-reducing strategy has come in the form of a grant from the Colorado De-partment of Natural Resources.

“The grant offers a great opportunity now but we need to get neighbors together to take advantage of the program,” Mac-Donald said. “To be effective, we need groups of fi ve or so to pool their acreages. We’re looking for size and contiguity.”

“Nature doesn’t recognize 5-acre prop-erties,” Russell said. “We found that out during the fi re. If one owner mitigated his property but his neighbors did nothing, the fi re just rolled on through. We know that some mitigation is good but more is better.”

This grant offers an opportunity to edu-cate the neighborhoods, MacDonald said, adding. “I like to ask people if they moved here for the forest or if they came for the trees. If they came for the forest, they need to make sure the forest is healthy.”

“It’s like a bell curve,” Russell said. “Some people at one edge of the curve will never be convinced to mitigate, they won’t change. But people in the middle of the curve are getting the message. They know that it was a lucky trick of the wind that they didn’t burn. Many of them are taking steps to become Fire Wise Communities.”

“That’s the nice thing about taking ad-vantage of the mitigation grant,” MacDon-ald said. “They don’t have to be a Fire Wise Community to use the grant but when they’re done they will be a Fire Wise Com-munity. Those of us who live in the wild-land-urban interface are all land managers; mitigation must become a lifestyle.”

To help forest residents to learn more about fuels mitigation and other programs, Black Forest Together is planning Forest Recovery Symposium 5 to take place from 9 a.m.-noon, Feb. 7 in the gymnasium at Edith Wolford Elementary School, 13710 Black Forest Road.

Participants will learn about the orga-nization’s plans to distribute free seedlings this spring and ongoing volunteer projects to clear burned timber. Representatives from the Colorado State Forest Service will discuss its plan to operate a temporary small sawmill in Black Forest this season and Black Forest Together personnel will explain how neighborhoods can take ad-vantage of the grant-assisted opportunity

to reduce the cost of improving survivable space around homes and removing excess green trees to reduce the chance of another extreme wildfi re.

For more information, check out www.blackforesttogether.org, call 719-495-2445 or email [email protected]. MacDonald can be reached from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 719-321-2359.

HAVE A STORY IDEA?Email Publisher and Editor Rob Carrigan at rcarrigan@ coloradocommunitymedia.com or call 719-687-3006.

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