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Timeline uncertain for new town manager selection One candidate withdraws, position has been vacant for more than two years For the Tribune

On Saturday, March 15, two potential candidates for the Monument town man-ager position met with five trustees, some staff and citizens. Each candidate had two hours to introduce themselves and answer questions from the audience.

Both candidates presented their strengths and experience. They also ex-pressed their positive impressions of Monument and voiced their excitement for the opportunity to help the town grow and prosper.

However, on Sunday night, candidate Kevin Flanagan of Iowa, withdrew his ap-plication for undisclosed reasons. Fla-nagan has been reached out to for com-ment, but has not responded.

The town manager position has been vacant on and off for more than two years since January 2013, when the previous town manager, Cathy Green, was termi-nated by the town council.

The town treasurer, Pam Smith, was made interim town manager until she was officially assigned in April 2013. A new treasurer was hired, but stepped down in October 2014. Instead of ad-vertising for a new treasurer, Pam Smith reassumed her treasurer duties and has been wearing both hats.

Advertising for the town manager po-sition began early this year. More than 60 candidates applied. After these ap-plicants were narrowed down to a man-ageable group by town staff, a selection committee made up of two trustees, the incumbent town manager, the town clerk, and the previous mayor, Travis Easton, met periodically to further whittle down the pool. In the end, two candidates were presented to the entire board of trustees for consideration.

At the March 16 board of trustees meeting, candidate Tara Marshall again introduced herself and explained her qualifications. She answered questions from some trustees as well as citizens in attendance.

At the conclusion of her remarks, May-or Dominguez announced the withdraw-al by Flanagan. He went on to say the council would discuss the way ahead in executive session with no set timeline for hiring. Some indication was given more candidates might be solicited. Monument town manager candidate Tara Marshall Courtesy photo

Tom Del Porto on the ladder at the back of truck packed to the roof with supplies gath-ered by Tri-Lakes area volunteers associated with Church at Woodmoor. Courtesy photo.

Local group helps Native Americans on reservation See photos and story on page 14

Letty Clark working on some knitting. Photo by Rob Carrigan

Lifting Spirits, Adult and Senior Day Care Center, of Palmer LakeSee photos and story on page 21

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NOMINATING COMMITTEE

2015 Mountain View Electric Association BOARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPENAt MVEA’s Annual Meeting on June 4, 2015 at Palmer Ridge High School in Monument, three directors will be elected to Mountain View Electric Association’s (MVEA) Board of Directors from the following districts:

District 1 Limon, Karval, Genoa, and surrounding areas (Incumbent Joe Martin)

District 4 Calhan, Peyton, a portion of Black Forest and surrounding areas (Incumbent Milt Mathis)

District 6 Falcon, Cimarron Hills, a portion of Black Forest and surrounding areas (Incumbent Barry Springer)

The procedure for Director Elections & Member Voting is available on MVEA’s website at www.mvea.coop.

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact a member of the nominating committee, (see committee members lower left). A candidate must be a MVEA member and reside in the district where there is a vacancy. Before applying, please contact either MVEA office at 719-775-2861 or 719-495-2283 to verify your district.

A member may also petition for nomination. Petitions and procedures are available at the Limon Headquarters, 1655 5th St., Limon; or at the Falcon Operations Center, 11140 E. Woodmen Rd, Falcon, or online at www.mvea.coop. Petitions must be signed by 15 members of MVEA and returned to either MVEA office by 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2015.

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2015 Mountain View Electric Association 2015 Mountain View Electric Association BOARD NOMINATIONS NOW OPENAt MVEA’s Annual Meeting on June 4, 2015 at Palmer Ridge High School in Monument, three directors will be elected to Mountain School in Monument, three directors will be elected to Mountain View Electric Association’s (MVEA) Board of Directors from the following districts:

A candidate questionnaire must be completed for either nomination by the committee or nomination by petition. This questionnaire can be found on MVEA’s website or you may pick one up at either office. If you have questions, please contact a member of the nominating committee. Candidate questionnaires must be received by the nominating committee by 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 7, 2015 for the committee’s consideration. If you are petitioning for nomination, the candidate questionnaire must be submitted to either Association office with your petition no later than 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 20, 2015.

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Getting to know Madeline VanDenHoek Monument town employee has the pulse of community By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

It’s not what you know, but who you know.

And if you want to know anything about the town of Monument, Community Rela-tions Specialist Madeline VanDenHoek is one to know. A native Coloradan and resi-dent of Monument since she was 4 years old, VanDenHoek is a wealth of information on its history, attractions and businesses. She also knows quite a few people.

Her position was established in Septem-ber 2013. Prior to her appointment, a mar-keting fi rm managed the town’s promotion. Her presence ensures a personal, invested approach to the town’s prosperity and feel.

VanDenHoek isn’t one to tout her roles and responsibilities, but they are many. For almost every event in town, large or small, she is the catalyst behind its success. She is responsible for all social media, coordi-nates trustee involvement and suggests new events and programs to town leader-ship. For the bigger events requiring street closures or licensing, she works with the board of trustees for approval. VanDen-Hoek searches for ideas by viewing activi-ties of towns similar in size to Monument. She learns how they operate and gleans in-formation to improve processes locally.

Monument has a substantial arts com-munity with numerous cultural assets. Van-DenHoek wants to promote this aspect to attract additional events and businesses. In the short time in the position, she has already been recognized by the Cultural Of-fi ce of the Pikes Peak Region with a “Busi-ness Leader in the Arts” nomination.

VanDenHoek has also been instrumen-tal in the establishment of a grant program for businesses in the community.

“Business is very important to Monu-ment,” she said. “We wanted a way to help our businesses be successful.”

Grants were developed as a way to help increase a business’ knowledge and mar-keting abilities, as well as storefront esthet-ics. Three grants are available to include

Marketing & Promotions, Small Business Scholarships and Monument Improvement Programs. Information and forms to apply can be found on the town of Monument website by following the Forms tab then Business Resources.

Although she works for the town, her of-fi ce is located in the new Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center location in downtown Monument. This is a perfect arrangement as she and the chamber staff

work closely together on coordinating and advertising events.

Larger events often require community involvement to be successful. Businesses, as well as individuals, have the opportu-nity to support activities through sponsor-ship. In return, recognition is given through event advertising. One fun, family event to support is this summer’s “Monumen-tal Movie Nights.” For three nights in June, movies selected via survey will be shown by

the clock tower in the Wal-Mart shopping center complex.

The Tri-Lakes Fourth of July celebra-tion is another community-wide event that draws thousands of people from across the state. The town sponsors the live music in the beer garden that follows the morning breakfast, fun run, street fair and parade. This year, at least three bands are slated to perform in Limbach park.

Dozens of events are planned through-out the year. For details or a complete list-ing, visit monumentcolorado.org.

VanDenHoek’s drive to advocate for Monument comes from her desire to see the town recognized for the great commu-nity that it is.

“I love the beautiful setting and the small-town feel. I want it to be a place my children want to raise their family,” she said.

To connect with the town and all its hap-penings, visit FaceBook, Twitter, Pinterest and Nextdoor and search on town of Monu-ment. There is also a monthly newsletter, which can be requested on the homepage of the website listed above.

Those with ideas or suggestions can contact VanDenHoek at mvandenhoek@tomgov.org.

Madeline VanDenHoek (right) works closely with Julie Matalus at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center. Coordination between the two organizations is critical to successful events and publicity. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

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March 27CONCERT TRI-LAKES Center for the Arts presents “Cara-van of Thieves” at 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, at 304 High-way 105, Palmer Lake. Doors open at 6 p.m. Call 719-481-0475 or go to www.trilakesarts.org for tickets and more information. Driving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, upright bass and violin lay the foundation for mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantastic stories. It’s theatrical and humorous. Call 719-481-0475 or go to http://trilakesarts.org/.

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Getting to know Madeline VanDenHoek

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The Tri-Lakes Fourth of July celebra-tion is another community-wide event that draws thousands of people from across the state. The town sponsors the live music in the beer garden that follows the morning breakfast, fun run, street fair and parade. This year, at least three bands are slated to perform in Limbach park.

Dozens of events are planned through-out the year. For details or a complete list-ing, visit monumentcolorado.org.

VanDenHoek’s drive to advocate for Monument comes from her desire to see the town recognized for the great commu-nity that it is.

“I love the beautiful setting and the small-town feel. I want it to be a place my children want to raise their family,” she said.

To connect with the town and all its hap-penings, visit FaceBook, Twitter, Pinterest and Nextdoor and search on town of Monu-ment. There is also a monthly newsletter, which can be requested on the homepage of the website listed above.

Those with ideas or suggestions can contact VanDenHoek at mvandenhoek@tomgov.org.

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Caravan of Thieves to perform again at TLCA Gypsy swinging group takes center stage March 27 By Danny Summers dsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Sometimes known as the gypsy swing-ing, serenading, fi re breathing circus freaks, the Caravan of Thieves will return to the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on March 27 for what is sure to be an exciting show.

The Caravan of Thieves, which features riving gypsy jazz rhythms, acoustic guitars, an upright bass and a violin — along with mesmerizing vocal harmonies and fantas-tic stories performed at the TLCA last fall to an appreciative audience. Fuzz and Carrie Sangiovanni, co-founders of the band, are both happy to be headed back to Palmer Lake for a second gig.

“We had such a blast the last time we were there,” Carrie said. “We had no expec-tations coming in and we were so pleased with the warm welcome. We felt like we were coming into somebody’s home.

“We play a lot of shows around the coun-

try, and Palmer Lake defi nitely made us feel welcome.”

Caravan of Thieves is theatrical, humor-ous and intense. It entertains, dazzles and defi es classifi cation while welcoming the spectator to join the band throughout the performance in momentary fi ts of claps, snaps and sing-alongs.

Fuzz said the acoustics and setup of the TLCA make for a fun time.

“We set up the room in a way that allows us to perform our show in effective way,” Fuzz said. “We like the way that the is an art gallery and a nice community center. It has a nice vibe to it. Everybody seems to know each other and they have similar interests.”

TLCA executive director Michael Mad-dox is thrilled the group is making another appearance.

“During last year’s concert event, every-one in attendance had an absolute blast,” Maddox said. “Caravan of Thieves is one of the most energetic, entertaining bands you will ever see.

“They are such a great group and good people, too.”

Fuzz and Carrie founded the band about a decade ago. In the spring of 2008, Fuzz and Carrie extended their journey to in-

clude fi ery violinist Ben Dean and double bass maestro Brian Anderson. Since then, the four of them have never looked back.

Within that fi rst year, Cara-van of Thieves began to win immediate praise for their unique blend of gypsy swing and popular music, inspiring them to re-cord and release the debut full-length al-bum “Bouquet” in 2009. To accompany this collection of dramatic and satirical tales, they built an interactive stage set of percus-sive junk and the quartet took their newly animated show on the road, sharing stages with world renowned artists such as Emmy-lou Harris, Dan Hicks, Glen Campbell, Nan-ci Griffi th, The Decemberists, Keb Mo, Tom Tom Club, Iron and Wine, Punch Brothers, Tony Trischka, John Hammond, John Jor-genson and many others.

Caravan’s Colorado tour also includes concerts in Denver, Boulder, Carbondale and Woody Creek. The band heads south to Texas following its Colorado show dates.

The Caravan successfully connected with audiences on each of these diverse bills, proving their act to be understood and appreciated by folk, pop, rock and jazz au-diences of all ages. The group continued to reach new fans with each release; “Mischief Night” (2010) and “The Funhouse” (2012).

The group is gearing up for their new-est release, “KISS KISS”, which comes out March 31. KISS KISS combines the dark humor and sarcastic social commentary

of their previous efforts with an added em-phasis on love and all the beauty and dan-ger it brings.

They have created the music to match, including a tuba and beat box to draw lis-teners in to their entertaining world.

Olivia Mainville will be the opening act for Caravan of Thieves. Much like caravan of Thieves, she has an eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds, laden with infectious hooks, foot tapping rhythms, and memo-rable harmonies.

In July of 2014, the 18-year-old’s fi ve song EP titled “Full Steam Ahead” was indepen-dently released. “Full Steam Ahead’s” tracks vary in style from the driving, gypsy-swing of the title track, to the bluegrass infl uenced “Thorn of a Rose,” to the atmospheric “Sault Ste. Marie.” Mastered and mixed by Nashville based Quad Studio’s Rob Feaster (Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison), “Full Steam Ahead” showcases a dynamic soundscape to be enjoyed by lis-teners of all ages.

Mainville has spent the majority of the last few months supporting the Accidentals and performing more than 100 shows.

Advance Tickets for Caravan and Main-ville are: TLCA members, $17; non-mem-bers, $22. Day of show tickets for TLCA members are $22; non-members are $27.

Tickets are available at trilakesarts.org and by calling 719-481-0475.

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

The gypsy swinging audience interactive musical group Caravan of Thieves will be performing at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on March 27. The group performed at the TLCA last fall with rave reviews. Courtesy photo

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Students raise funds for Palmer Lake restoration Flower bulb sales proceeds used to match GOCO grant For the Tribune

Palmer Lake Elementary students are initiating a fundraiser selling fl ower bulbs to match funding for a Great Outdoors Col-orado grant to improve Palmer Lake.

“Now that we have a way to fi ll the lake, we need to focus on fi nishing the work around the lake,” said a release from Palm-er Lake Resoration Committee. “The kids at Palmer Lake Elementary want to help us

with that. They have put together a fl ower bulb sale/fundraiser through Dutch Mills Bulbs. They want to use the money they raise to help match the funds for the GOCO grant that we have been awarded.”

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Je� Hulsmann, co-founder of the non-pro� t group Awake Palmer Lake looks over a barren Palmer Lake last spring. The towns of Monument and Palmer Lake continue to work out a deal that would stop the case from going to water court. An agreement could be reached by the middle of the month. Photo by Danny Summers

Caravan of Thieves to perform again at TLCA

of their previous efforts with an added em-phasis on love and all the beauty and dan-ger it brings.

They have created the music to match, including a tuba and beat box to draw lis-teners in to their entertaining world.

Olivia Mainville will be the opening act for Caravan of Thieves. Much like caravan of Thieves, she has an eclectic blend of indie-folk sounds, laden with infectious hooks, foot tapping rhythms, and memo-rable harmonies.

In July of 2014, the 18-year-old’s fi ve song EP titled “Full Steam Ahead” was indepen-dently released. “Full Steam Ahead’s” tracks vary in style from the driving, gypsy-swing of the title track, to the bluegrass infl uenced “Thorn of a Rose,” to the atmospheric “Sault Ste. Marie.” Mastered and mixed by Nashville based Quad Studio’s Rob Feaster (Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, George Harrison), “Full Steam Ahead” showcases a dynamic soundscape to be enjoyed by lis-teners of all ages.

Mainville has spent the majority of the last few months supporting the Accidentals and performing more than 100 shows.

Advance Tickets for Caravan and Main-ville are: TLCA members, $17; non-mem-bers, $22. Day of show tickets for TLCA members are $22; non-members are $27.

Tickets are available at trilakesarts.org and by calling 719-481-0475.

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

The gypsy swinging audience interactive musical group Caravan of Thieves will be performing at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts on March 27. The group performed at the TLCA last fall with rave reviews. Courtesy photo

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Breaking the cycle of poverty in Monument Getting Ahead program helps maximize resources By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

When looking around the town of Monument, poverty doesn’t seem to be a concern. Unfortunately, there is a hidden portion of the community that struggles to pay their bills and put food on the ta-ble.

Simply put, it is defined by lacking the resources to get ahead in life. If some-one is living paycheck to paycheck, they would fall into this category.

For more than 30 years, Tri-Lakes Cares has provided food and financial support to members of the community. But their services don’t stop there. Many different programs have been established to meet needs outside of the basics.

One such program is called “Getting Ahead.” In its second year, this 10 to 16-week course walks clients through the path of discovering what they do and don’t have, how to maximize the resourc-es available to them and help them build beneficial relationships. It helps them understand the barriers that are keeping them in poverty.

Kim Whisenhunt, Operations Manag-er at TLC, organizes this program which takes a great deal of coordination. Din-ner and childcare are provided each week for the participants and any children they bring. Workbooks are also provided, along with $25 gift cards for each class they attend.

All attendees are current clients of TLC, but are viewed as “investigators.” They are required to do self-evaluation that helps them understand their current situation and mindset. Research on find-ing resources available to them is also requisite for the course. Something as simple as the Wal-Mart Savings Catcher app can be a tremendous asset to share with the class.

“Getting out of poverty is not just a monetary thing,” Whisenhunt said. “It’s

a lifestyle change, a mindset change. You need a mentor to take you through it.”

Dr. Tiko Hardy, a TLC board member, is the group’s current facilitator and mentor. She has been the face of poverty. Her ability to relate to clients and show them how to move beyond circumstances fuels her love of this program.

“To them I’m a living hope,” she shared. “They listen to my journey from GED to doctorate degree.”

Tera Ott, a graduate of the first class last spring, heard the message and took action. She is not the picture of “poverty” as often assumed. She has a stable office manager’s position in a doctor’s office. While she and her two teenage girls man-age on her salary, without any govern-ment assistance, it leaves little left over.

“I was in a circle of poverty that I didn’t know could be changed,” she shared. “Now I have money in a savings account.”

The class helped her identify this cycle and showed her how to change her mind-set and habits. It also educated her on the “predators” that take advantage of lower-income citizens. Now she knows to avoid these businesses and situations.

Ott is still shocked by the differences in her life and attitude from a year ago. Instead of going straight home after work and spending hours crying on her couch, she is now involved with work, the com-munity and TLC. Her success, as a result of the program, has prompted Whisen-hunt to ask her back as a paid facilitator. Ott is very impressed by and thankful for Tri-Lakes Cares. Her long-term goal is to become a member of the Board of Direc-tors.

“I have broken the cycle of poverty for my children,” she said.

This statement directly supports the new vision for Tri-Lakes Cares. The board recently determined there needs to be a greater focus to create self-sufficiency for its clients, vice providing only day-to-day needs.

The Getting Ahead program is cur-rently offered just once per year. A sec-ond course began on March 3 with eleven clients. The expense to run the classes, ranging from $6,000 to $8,000, prohibit more frequent offerings. Self-sufficiency programs usually have a much higher cost per client.

“It’s a continual struggle for nonprof-its to get funders to invest in these areas,” said Haley Chapin, executive director. “If we can get donors to start looking more intently at the outcomes of a program rather than the cost per unit of the pro-gram, they will find that sometimes it takes a bit more money to have a greater, more lasting impact.”

The majority of funding for Tri-Lakes Cares comes from Hangers to Hutches, an upscale thrift store next to the TLC facil-ity. In an effort to increase their contribu-tion, furniture donations are now being accepted. To celebrate the expansion and more inclusive name, Hangers to Hutch-es will be a hosting a ribbon-cutting Sat-urday, April 4, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The community is welcome to attend.

For more information on the Getting Ahead program, or to sponsor all or a por-tion of the classes, contact Kim Whisen-hunt at 481-4864 or operationsmanager@tri-lakescares.org.

Getting Ahead graduate Tera Ott shows o� her gradua-tion poster, which she proudly displays in her o� ce. At the conclusion of each course, the “investigators” pictori-ally show the progression of where they’ve come from to where they want to go. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

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Prairie Winds Elementary Science FairAliyah Eaton, 4th grade student in Ms. Jones’ class at Prairie Winds Elementary, was one of 105 students participating in the PWES Science Fair and Basket Drawing Night on February 27. She was the happy winner of the 6th Grade Retro Basket put together by Mrs. Locke’s class. Aliyah says, “Thank you, Mrs. Locke’s homeroom!” She is having a blast with the fun stuff in the basket.

April 2 LPMS Open House for incoming 7th grade

April 9 LPHS Blood Drive

April 14 Air Academy Federal Credit Union -May 7 Art Scholarship Show displayed at Big Red

April 16-18 PRHS Theatre Production: The Boys Next Door

April 17 LPHS Prom

April 22-25 LPHS Theatre Production: The Odd Couple

April 25 PRHS Prom

April 28 ACT Testing for all juniors

April 28 All District Choir Concert at LPHS, 7:00 p.m.

April

Upcoming Events

Lewis-Palmer High School Band and Symphony News

On March 5, the two LPHS concert bands participated in the Southern Colorado Regional Concert Band Festival organized by the Colorado Bandmasters Association. This five-day event hosted 86 bands competing for a spot at the State Festival. Judges assign a 1 to 5 rating (1 being the best). Band 2 (Symphonic Band) received 3 twos (the scores within the ratings were high). Band 1 (Wind Symphony) received 3 ones.

The Wind Symphony was selected to play at the State Festival on Monday, April 13. The Wind Symphony has never missed qualification to the State Festival.

2015 DECA International Career

Development Conference

After competing in the State DECA Conference, February 22-24, against more than 2600 students from across Colorado, the following Lewis-Palmer High School and Palmer Ridge High School students earned the right to compete in the 2015 DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida, April 25-28.

From Lewis-Palmer High School (DECA sponsor, Mike Diamond):

Josh Battle - Accounting Applications Ethan Liss - Finance Operations Research Cody Leeper - Finance Operations Research Sam Nesmith - Business Finance Chris McGann - Sports and Entertainment Management Courtney Morris - Personal Financial Literacy Jada Berry - Leadership Academy Cheyenne Phillips - Leadership Academy

From Palmer Ridge High School (DECA sponsor, Courtney Bushnell):

Samantha Jackson - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan Ben Kirby - Principles of Marketing Zac Alwais - Apparel and Accessories Marketing Brooke Sveska - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan Alexis Faeh - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan (all PRHS students are first-year DECA members)

Good luck to all of our participants!

Lewis-Palmer Elementary School

Eagle Choir PerformsThank you to Cynthia Eversole and the LPES choir for performing at the February 19 Board Meeting. These students sang to a full house as many proud parents and siblings showed up to enjoy their rendition of “How I Love My America” arranged by Albrecht and Althouse.

Palmer Ridge High School Students at the

CapitolStudents from the PRHS Newspaper Production class, which produces the school newspaper, The Bear Truth, joined their teacher Tom Patrick at the state capitol on February 27 for the Colorado High School Press Association’s annual Capitol Hill Press Conference. Editor-In-Chief Jimmy Kochanski, Assistant Editor Jenna Bethany, and Copy Editor Savannah Olmstead along with other Colorado student journalists observed a formal press conference event with legislators and other government officials, received a briefing from a professional journalist on how press conferences are conducted and how to report on them, competed in writing and photo contests, and asked questions of legislators. Representative Paul Lundeen, a featured speaker this year, met with these PRHS students privately prior to the formal event. Congratulations to junior Savannah Olmstead for placing 3rd in the photojournalism category of the competition.

Ray Kilmer Elementary School Student Interviews Superintendent

Ben Firestone, a RKES 6th grader, interviewed Superintendent Karen Brofft on March 5 as part of a social studies project about Mexican immigration. He chose to challenge himself by choosing to interview a political figure regarding how immigration affects education. Fellow RKES 6th grader Zach Chastain assisted Ben by taking notes during the interview.

Lewis-Palmer School District Not

Participating in Healthy Kids Colorado Survey

The Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS) collects health information biennially, every odd year, from Colorado public school students. While our district received communication in the past that this survey was required, we will not participate in this survey planned for the fall of 2015. This survey has raised a great deal of concern across the State and recently prompted the State Board of Education to consider requiring parental consent to participate in the survey. In the past, the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey required an “opt-in” approach to the survey, which meant that parents must notify the school that they do not want their child to participate. Regardless, Lewis-Palmer School District will not participate in the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey.

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Breaking the cycle of poverty in Monument“I have broken the cycle of poverty for

my children,” she said.This statement directly supports the

new vision for Tri-Lakes Cares. The board recently determined there needs to be a greater focus to create self-sufficiency for its clients, vice providing only day-to-day needs.

The Getting Ahead program is cur-rently offered just once per year. A sec-ond course began on March 3 with eleven clients. The expense to run the classes, ranging from $6,000 to $8,000, prohibit more frequent offerings. Self-sufficiency programs usually have a much higher cost per client.

“It’s a continual struggle for nonprof-its to get funders to invest in these areas,” said Haley Chapin, executive director. “If we can get donors to start looking more intently at the outcomes of a program rather than the cost per unit of the pro-gram, they will find that sometimes it takes a bit more money to have a greater, more lasting impact.”

The majority of funding for Tri-Lakes Cares comes from Hangers to Hutches, an upscale thrift store next to the TLC facil-ity. In an effort to increase their contribu-tion, furniture donations are now being accepted. To celebrate the expansion and more inclusive name, Hangers to Hutch-es will be a hosting a ribbon-cutting Sat-urday, April 4, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. The community is welcome to attend.

For more information on the Getting Ahead program, or to sponsor all or a por-tion of the classes, contact Kim Whisen-hunt at 481-4864 or operationsmanager@tri-lakescares.org.

� e pageantry of baseball’s Opening Day Opening day for Major League Baseball

is offi cially March 30, although the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals play the fi rst game of the season on Sunday, March 29.

Opening Day for Major League Baseball is drastically different from all the other sports. You may or may not agree with me, so I will state my case.

Baseball’s Opening Day signals that spring has sprung. It is time to sit back, relax and enjoy the next seven months of the diamond game.

The smell of the grass; the taste of hot dogs and peanuts; the crack of the bat; the roar from the crowd; all lend to the overall experience at the ballpark.

For nearly 150 years, Opening Day has arrived at ballparks and stadiums around the United States and Canada amid pag-eantry. In Cincinnati, home of the sport’s fi rst professional team the Red Stockings, an annual parade marks an offi cial “city holiday” with many folks taking the day off to cheer on their beloved Reds.

For decades, the fi rst pitch of every major league season offi cially took place in Cincinnati. The Reds remain the only ma-jor league team to always open the season with a home game, although in 1966 they started in Chicago after rain washed out the opening series in Cincinnati, and 1990, when due to a lockout affecting the sched-ule they opened the season at Houston.

Fittingly, the Reds were also the fi rst team to host an Interleague game on Opening Day when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim traveled to Ohio in 2013 in the fi rst year of year-round Interleague play.

Here are some interesting Opening Day facts:

In 1907, the New York Giants forfeited their game at the Polo Grounds to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9-0, after rowdy fans threw snowballs at each other and on the

fi eld. Without police available to restore or-der, hall of fame umpire Bill Klem awarded the game to the Phillies.

In 1940, Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller threw a no-hitter against the Chicago White Sox to open the season. “Rapid Robert’s” gem remains the only no-hitter in Opening Day history.

Twelve United States Presidents have thrown the fi rst ball of the season. The fi rst to do so was William Howard Taft On April 14, 1910. He attended the Senators’ home opener in Washington, D.C.

Harry Truman threw fi rst pitches with both his right and left arm at the Senators’ home opener in 1950.

The great Ted Williams was a .449 hitter in openers, belting three home runs and 14 RBIs in 14 games. He also had at least one hit in each game.

On April 4, 1974, “Hammerin’” Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves ignited the Opening Day crowd at Cincinnati’s River-front Stadium with his 714th career home run, tying Babe Ruth on Major League Baseball’s all-time list. Aaron fi nished his career with 755 home runs.

On a side note, a case can be made that Ruth is the alcoholic home run king, Aaron the organic home run king and Barry Bonds the anabolic home run king.

In 14 season opening starts for the Sen-

ators, Walter “Big Train” Johnson pitched a record nine shutouts.

On April 4, 2005, Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers hit three home runs in his team’s opener against the Kansas City Royals at Detroit’s Comerica Park. He became the third major leaguer with three home runs on Opening Day, following the Toronto Blue Jays’ George Bell in 1988 and the Chicago Cubs’ Carl “Tuffy” Rhodes in 1994.

The St. Louis Cardinals were the fi rst major league team to open their home season with a night game, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates, 4-2, at Sportsman’s Park on April 18, 1950.

The longest Opening Day game in major league history was played on April 5, 2012, between the Indians and Blue Jays. Played at Cleveland’s Progressive Field, it ended with the Blue Jays beating the Indians, 7-4, in 16 innings.

Two other times Opening Day games went 15 innings. On April 19, 1960, at Cleveland’s old Municipal Stadium, the Ti-gers defeated the Indians 4-2 in 15 innings. The Athletics and Senators also played a 15-inning season opener on April 13, 1926, with Washington winning, 1-0, at home.

On rare occasions, mostly in the early part of the 20th century, teams would sometimes open their seasons with a doubleheader. The fi rst of these occurred when the Boston Americans (now Red Sox) and Athletics split a pair on April 20, 1903.

The most recent Opening Day double-header came on April 7, 1971, with the White Sox sweeping the host Oakland Athletics in both games.

And last, but not least, hall of fame pitcher Tom “Terrifi c” Seaver started a record 16 Opening Day games for the New York Mets, Reds and White Sox.

Where is the Tri-Lakes? In this week’s paper as a supplement to

the Tribune, you received a copy of 2015 Tri-Lakes Guide, our magazine offering that illustrates just how special this com-munity is.

One of the underlying elements of the Tri-Lakes is that, really, it is many commu-nities melded together to create a unique force in northern El Paso County, and to some extent, southern Douglas County.

Defi ning the Tri-Lakes area is somewhat nebulous.

The local arts organization Tri-Lakes Views notes that “Palmer-Divide is the highest point on the Front Range, (approx. 7500 feet at Monument Hill) a geological ridge running from Palmer Lake eastward, it creates it own weather patterns and separates the Arkansas River drainage to the South, and the Platte River Drainage to the North.”

The group identifi es the earliest known area inhabitants as the native-American tribes — Ute, Arapahoe, Kiowa, and Chey-enne, and the earliest recorded activity in the area being Army’s Major Stephen Long

Expedition of 1820, which discovered the Colorado State Flower, the Columbine, somewhere between Monument and Palmer Lake.

“Many homesteaded ranches and farms straddled the El Paso / Douglas County line as early as the 1860s. Mr. David McShane is credited with being one of the fi rst home-steaders, 1865, in the Town of Monument. Henry Limbach and his family were also early arrivals and had much to do with planning and developing of Monument which prospered as the commercial hub for the area on arrival of the railroad,” ac-

cording to Tri-Lakes Views site.With Air Force Academy development in

the early 1960s, came other development.“Woodmoor has a poetic ring to it. The

word is so quiet sounding it could be a ru-mor. But it isn’t,” wrote Ralph Moore of the Denver Post in a March 22, 1965 article.Moore noted that owner /developer Steve Arnold, “unpretentious and slight of build, a conservative in many ways, is busy pro-moting a pretentious 2,000-acre housing and recreational project in the Black Forest east of Monument.”

The creation of Woodmoor provided the third lake for the local trifecta. It was only a matter of time before the area started becoming known as the Tri-Lakes.

Today, different segments of this com-munity might defi ne it differently, but they all agree it is a fi ne community in which to live, and work, and enjoy the benefi ts of.

I invite all of you to help us to continue to defi ne this wondrous place of opportu-nity, by participating in the discussion of just what our boundaries are.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor:D38 School Board is out of step with

Commissioner and U.S. Senate candi-date Darryl Glenn on our kids’ future.

Candidate Glenn recently released a statement to our community titled “Let’s talk about Education.”

His position says “Common Core claims to raise the quality of education but is designed to data mine personal

family information, indoctrinate chil-dren, and expand federal control.”

I completely agree with Glenn. The question is why doesn’t our D38 school board?

Many in our community received a letter from our school board on Nov. 12, 2014 accepting this intrusion into our families to the state of Colorado while they seem to sit idle on the side-

lines, do not advocate for our teachers, our kids’ privacy, or address our kids’ education future.

Please help motivate Lewis Palmer D38’s School Board to act as our commu-nity advocate for education as does U.S. Senate candidate Glenn. Thank you.

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There’s gold in them hillsWith the winter nearly coming to an

end, it certainly has been a surprise to many all over the United States.

I want to go back to 1891. That winter there was a real surprise in store. That was when they really found gold in the Cripple Creek District.

The first real claim in the Cripple Creek District was in 1891. It was done by Bob Womack, as is well known to most, even those not interested much in history. His mine was called the El Paso Claim, but to most it was simply Womack’s Claim. It was on the west bank of Cripple Creek a little above the town of Fremont.

No, there was no town of Cripple Creek yet. Fremont would eventually become Cripple Creek, the town. The mine was above Fremont, near Poverty Gulch, which is east of Cripple Creek. He sunk a shaft about 40 feet down, where he found a vein that assayed at $100 a ton, but he barely found a ton of the ore. The claim was worked about six months before the efforts were given up. By then other mines were being done all over the hills, most with equal results.

Late in the year, the claim was sold to F. F. Frisbee. He started new diggings into the side of the hill near the old shaft. Wom-ack had found free gold in Cripple Creek, which led him to locate his claim on the spot. Free gold is nearly pure gold.

It was not found very often in the area, but Frisbee found the vein of free gold only a short distance into the hill. It soon

turned into a vein of fairly rich ore. The size of the deposit grew! It was certainly a winter surprise.

The ore was taken to Florissant in wag-ons, where it went out on the train. Frisbee was sending several wagon loads a day within a short time, and the workings still looked great. The ore went mainly to Lead-ville, where there were several smelters, but there were also others in Denver at the time. Within a short time smelters were built near Florence, south of the district. This would inspire the construction of the two railroads into the camp.

The further Frisbee dug into the hillside the better it got. By February 1892 he was shipping more wagon loads everyday and even had to guard his loads!

It only got wilder. I have told stories about how the camp looked in that winter of 1892. I think it was probably a lot like this winter, as I read the old newspapers. It certainly was adequate inspiration to build cabins to live in. Would you want to be living in a tent in this kind of weather?

FORTY YEARS AGO

Palmer Lake-Monument-Woodmoor News, March 27, 1975

The Centennial Committee of Palmer Lake will celebrate Patriots’ Day with a dinner at Palmer Lake Town Hall April 19 from 4 to 7 p.m. The cost is $1.50 for adults and $1 for children. This is to cel-ebrate Paul Revere’s ride 200 years ago. There will be Paul Revere impersonators riding through town.

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The PTO of Palmer Lake Elementary School will sponsor a spring carnival Friday, April 8, from 2:30 p.m until 8 p.m. Each class will sponsor a booth. There are many door prizes and the kitchen will serve delicious food.

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Little Log Church Sunday school will sponsor their annual Easter egg hunt on the church lawn March 29th form 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. If the weather is bad, they will meet in the church basement.

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The opening day reception for Monu-ment Hill Community Library, Saturday, April 5 from 2 to 5 p.m. Forms will be available for a library card for those who don’t have one. Films will be shown in the afternoon. Light refreshments will be served by the ladies from Woodmoor Wives Club.

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While visiting the graves of her rela-tives, Hattie Siehl witnessed children playing in the cemetery. They were climbing trees and she saw that a fire had been set on her gravesites. Children should not be using the cemetery as a playground. Vandals have taken flags from the veteran’s graves. There is a

$1,500 fine for vandalism.

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Ice Capades will be at the Denver Coliseum from April 8 to 13. Admission is $3.50-$6.00. There are special rates for groups.

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The annual Easter sunrise service will be at Little Log Church. It is sponsored by Kiwanis. The service will be at 6:30 a.m. on March 30. The Rev. F.J. Smith of Palmer Lake will coordinate the service. Pastors of Palmer Lake and Monument area churches will join together to take part in the service. The Easter message will be presented by the Rev. Douglas Wasson of the Church at Woodmoor.The Kiwanis Club will host a pancake break-fast at the Palmer Lake Town Hall after the service from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Some of the Andersons, Kendricks and Colvins will be over today or tomor-row as Kaye has a dental appointment on Monday.

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There will be a special showing of unique handcrafted jewelry at Heritage Square on March 28th and March 29th from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Heritage Square is located at the Mine Shopping Center.

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A new shop has been added to Col-umbine Antiques. It is called Pantigues II. It has ladies pantsuits, slacks, blouses and accessories. The opening of the shop will be Wednesday, April 2. There are seven other shops in the building.

— Compiled by Linda Case

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

TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600

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

TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Net-working Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the �rst and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com.

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

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

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

BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.

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

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

GENTLE YOGA with Nancy Stannard is o�ered at 5:30 p.m. Wednesdays, and at 10:30 a.m. Saturdays. Safe, fun and accessible for all. Flexibility, breathing, balance and gentle strengthening. Yoga 101 for beginners also available. Contact Nancy Stannard nancystannard55@gmail.com for details and to attend �rst class.

THE PIKES Peak chapter of Pheasants Forever meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month (except June, August and September) at the Colorado Division of Wildlife Training Classroom in the back of the building at 4255 Sinton Road, Colorado Springs, CO 80970.

PIKES PEAK Jugglers is an informal group of jugglers ranging in skill from beginners to professionals. The group meets weekly, from 3:30-5 p.m. Sundays, at the down-town YMCA. This is a free activity, and one does not need to be a member to participate. All those with a fun attitude are invited to join. Call 719-477-9978.

THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837.

VINI E Crostini, 6 �ight wine tasting paired with moZaic tasty bites is at 5 p.m the �rst Saturday of the month at 443 S. Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Cost is $40 per person.

SocialTHE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets from 1-4 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month at Black Forest Lutheran Church, 12455 Black Forest Road.  No membership, no dues, no obligations; just an opportunity to get to-gether and socialize. Some individuals play dominoes, others work on their needlework or other projects that they bring, and some just watch and talk.  Light snacks and co�ee and lemonade are furnished. The Black Forest AARP Chapter 1100 sponsors the Senior Social but you do not have to be a chapter member to attend.  All ages are invited. Bring a friend Call the

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Lawmakers reach deal on immigrant driver’s licenses Funding will allow for three o� ces By Ivan Moreno Associated Press

Colorado lawmakers reached a deal last week on a standoff over how to pay for a program that lets immigrants get driver’s licenses regardless of their le-gal status, an initiative that Democrats passed without Republican support two years ago.

The deal approved unanimously by the six-member Joint Budget Committee allows enough funding for the program to operate three offices where immi-grants can get licenses, driving permits and identification cards. State officials had only one such office available to im-migrants since February because of the

legislative stalemate.At issue was a request from the state

Department of Revenue to collect and spend $166,000 in fees from immigrant applicants to keep up with high demand for the program and potentially expand it.

After weeks of negotiations, legisla-tive budget writers readjusted the re-quest to $66,000. That will allow the revenue department to serve immigrant applicants at three motor vehicle offices in the state, instead of having just one location in Denver. The two other loca-tions have not been determined.

When the program started in August, there were five offices around the state, but with temporary staff. Democrats and the department wanted the $166,000 to make staff at those locations permanent and open more offices if enough fees came in.

Democrats and immigrant advocates

feared that with only one location open some applicants would have to wait years for their turn to get a license.

Rep. Millie Hamner, one of the Joint Budget Committee members who ne-gotiated the agreement, said both sides had to budge.

“It’s one of those things where no-body is ever fully happy,” she said.

The agreement still needs to be ap-proved by each chamber — a likely out-come because it’s backed by the Joint Budget Committee and legislative lead-ers.

Democrats passed the program in 2013 when they controlled both cham-bers of the statehouse. Every Republican lawmaker opposed the program then.

Democrats kept control of the House after November’s elections, and Repub-licans took over the Senate for the first time in 10 years. That gave them power over an initiative that they argued legiti-

mized illegal immigration. That made a potential expansion an unpalatable proposition for the party.

“We still have concerns over the over-all program. But we were able to come to some compromise here on this one, and we’re happy with it,” Republican Sen. Kevin Grantham said.

Supporters of the program argue it improves public safety because immi-grants will know the rules of the road and can be properly identified during accidents. Police chiefs and sheriffs wrote lawmakers last month in support of the licenses.

Sen. Jessie Ulibarri, a Democrat who sponsored the bill to implement the pro-gram, applauded the Joint Budget Com-mittee’s deal.

“I see this as a first step to demon-strate that this is a vital public safety program,” he said.

includes two Saturday workshops, the Forgiveness Prayer and the Welcoming Prayer, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 21 and March 14. Contact Ana Cloughly, OSB at 719-633-0655 or sana@benethillmonastery.org for more information or register online at www.benethillmonastery.org.  Benet Hill Monastery is on Highway 83 north of Colorado Springs in the Black Forest at 3190 Benet Lane.

April 2HERITAGE LECTURE Eric Twitty, author, archaeolo-gist and founder of the Mountain States Historical group, will lead an evening exploring the archaeological remains of the Leadville mining region. The lecture is at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, with a reception at 6 p.m. at Western Museum of Mining and Industry. His presentation will involve how mine sites are viewed and perceived from an archeological perspective, describe methods used to document and record these sites, and also describe how the argument is made for

their historical signi� cance within state and federal recognition guidelines. Discover what the miners left behind after the late 19th-century mining boom, including homes, tools and mine wreckage. Lecture is free; RSVP at 719-488-0880 or rsvp@wmmi.org.

Through AprilWORKFORCE WORKSHOPS Pikes Peak Workforce Center presents a number of workshops each month, at no cost to those who want to attend. Find schedule and reg-istration information at www.ppwfc.org. Workshops for adults include Orientation (April 6, 14, 20, 28); H.I.R.E.D. (April 9, April 21); From Job Loss to Job Search (April 6, April 20); LinkedIn and Your Job Search (April 13, April 27); Federal Jobs: How to Apply (April 13, April 27); 50-plus Network Group (Thursdays, April 9, 16, 23, 30); Build a Basic Resume (April 15, 29); Create a Better Resume (April 1, 8, 14, 22, 28); Preparing for the Interview (April 7, 23); Personality and Careers: Myers-Briggs Type Indica-tor (April 9, April 23); Basic Computer Skills (April 9); Microsoft Word Skills (April 23). Workshops for young adults (ages 14-21): Ready, Set, Work (April 21); Face Time, (April 3); Be a SuperStar at Work (April 15); Resume Writing and Filling Out Applications (April 30).

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‘What else can we do?’Local group helps Native Americans on reservationBy Rob Carriganrcarrigan@coloradocommunitymedia.com

To be useful, honorable and compas-sionate.

Seems like it all started as when the pas-tor talked to him. Doug McKenzie describes it this way.

“Pastor Ellen (Fenter) had contacted me about going to an Indian reservation in South Dakota to help take some donations from the church’s storage. I decided to go ahead and make the trip with Carl (Fenter, the pastor’s husband). On Monday morn-ing, I met Carl at the church to load up the donations and make the long drive to South Dakota. While loading the donations, that seemed to be not in that great of shape and nobody helping load the trailer, I may have started out the trip on a bit of a negative side. The drive not bad, but when we got to the reservation and the people started gathering around the truck, very happy to see us. As we opened the trailer, there were enough young men to unload everything. Old women came up and gave us hugs, thanking me for everything; the little chil-dren were running around playing with their new toys. Experiences the happiness in all those faces, and it just did not seem like we did all that much.”

Doug McKenzie and others made addi-tional trips.

A flyer that they put together for one the trips asks: “Please help. South Dakota Pine Ridge and Cheyenne River Indian Reserva-tions. We are in need of donations for an auxiliary heat source. Last winter too many were lost from freezing to death! We are try-

ing to give 300 or more heaters to the ones that are in the most need.

With discounted pricing from the local Big R store, the group was able to gather enough for 238 new heaters at $16 each, for one of their trips. On another trip, 100 fans made their way to reservation families be-cause of the groups efforts.

McKenzie is concerned that still is not enough help, and plans to do everything he can. “We can’t turn our head and pretend the problems are not there. It is Third World conditions right here in our own coun-try. Unless we start helping out, they will start disappearing. Diabetes, cancer, other health problems like Arthritis, are rampant. I do have a heart.”

No one really questions that.McKenzie and other continued to

make the long trips — and plan for more. He and Tom Del Porto are trained as elec-tricians and have the idea that could put together enough people to help out with building trade experience to perhaps build chicken coops and green houses and such on the reservations. Maybe minor repairs on homes and such.

McKenzie, who himself suffers from Diabetes, knows the importance of pro-

viding healthy food items, and with the help of his wife Angie, working at the King Soopers on Baptist Road, the store provides discounted items to put to-gether significant food boxes for families. From that introduction, “This trip weighed heavy on my mind, so over the last cou-ple of weeks I have been talking with Ser-ena King to see what I could do to help. Now I am asking for your help and sup-port to make this commitment to the people of the Pine Ridge Indian Reserva-tion. I believe there is an urgent need,” McKenzie wrote in a recent appeal. McKenzie, from a Kentucky coal mining family, with Shawnee roots, thinks the best thing to ask is:

“What else can we do.”He has made five trips in the last year

bringing hundreds of needed fans, heaters and food boxes, as well as other items. He plans on continuing the mission.

Those interested may contact, or do-nate at The Church at Woodmoor, reference Native Americans, 18125, Monument, CO 80132. Or call 719-488-3200.

Doug McKenzie reviews the grocery ticket in Serranos for recent shopping trip to Kings Soopers in Monument for boxes of healthy food supplies that he and others took to Pine River Reservation in South Dakota.

A trailer full of food products is readied for the trip.

Tom Del Porto with a South Dakota family that bene�ted from new mattress and other items during a recent trip. Courtesy photos

Can goods are broken into family boxes.

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Democrats reintroduce ‘Frack Pack’ regulationsDeGette measure would regulate hydraulic fracturingBy Mead GruverAssociated Press

A group of bills called the “Frack Pack” announced last week by four Democratic congressmen would impose more strin-gent federal environmental regulations on a domestic petroleum industry lately suffering from its own success amid a persistent downturn in oil prices.

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The bills all have been introduced be-fore without success. They attempt to ad-dress problems associated with a recent surge in domestic oil and gas develop-ment made possible by advances in tech-niques including hydraulic fracturing, the process of blasting pressurized vol-umes of water mixed with fine sand and chemical products underground to crack open oil- and gas-bearing deposits.

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“I support fracking so long as it’s done responsibly. Unfortunately, the current regulatory framework does not make sure this is the case. Our laws are riddled with loopholes that exempt fracking from protections that are vital to the safety of

people and communities,’’ DeGette, D-Denver, said on a conference call hosted by the Environment America federation of environmental groups.

A bill brought by Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, the BREATHE Act, would end ex-emptions to federal air pollution rules for the petroleum industry. The bill would require air pollution from many small sources to be regulated collectively rather than just individually.

“One or two fracking pads might not make much of a difference. But you sud-denly put thousands of them in a limited area, it has an enormous impact on air quality which is currently exempt from the Clean Air Act,” Polis said.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky of Illinois wants to require pollution testing of water sources before and during petroleum de-velopment under her SHARED Act.

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to other industries, said the bill’s sponsor, Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania.

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States with significant oil and gas de-velopment have adopted their own regu-lations to address pollution from the oil and gas industry.

Wyoming, for example, recently im-plemented a rule that requires oil and gas developers to test nearby groundwa-ter for pollution before, during and after drilling. Wyoming also was the first state to require companies to disclose to state regulators the ingredients in the chemi-cal products used during fracking.

“All other states with oil and natu-ral gas production have stringent rules and exemplary safety records that don’t require new, redundant federal regula-tions,” Sgamma said.

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mine the process. While they realized their mother would be unable to move, they came across what is called a Treaty Investment Visa. This type of visa allows for non-citizens to make a “substantial investment (in an American-based business), with assets committed and irrevocable,” accord-ing to the State Department website.

To prove their commitment to the U.S. Embassy in Eng-land, the Leites sold their home, put items they were keep-ing in storage, and sold their computer consulting busi-ness. They were offi cially homeless and without jobs, with no guarantee their visa would be approved.

They were originally drawn to this area by a Bible college Fabian wanted to attend in Colorado Springs. They also knew they wanted to own a coffee shop, so Lindsey began the search. Wesley Owens caught her eye, and as they fol-lowed the shop on Facebook, they found the look and feel of the shop appealing. She asked their broker if it was avail-able for sale, and it was.

While they waited out the three-month visa approval process, Fabian enrolled in the London School of Coffee, an internationally accredited school. Here he learned barista skills, the science behind roasting and brewing, and how to

discern the complex fl avors found in different beans.There is more to coffee than running hot water through

grounds. The Italian-made espresso machine behind the Wesley Owens counter has numerous dials and indica-tors. The amount of pressure, coffee, water and time are all factors in a great cup of joe. Of course the beans play a major factor as well. Wesley Owens uses two specifi c roast-ers, both within Colorado. One is Novo, an award-winning company in Denver. The second roaster, who supplies their decaffeinated beans and drip coffee, is Golden Pines locat-ed in Black Forest.

Coffee beans are seasonal. This requires roasters to adapt their blends based on availability. Environmental factors also play a role in the taste and quality of a bean. Rain, temperatures, and soil conditions can all change the fl avor. Fabian has honed his palate so precisely that he can tell when a blend has been altered.

“Coffee is an organic product,” Lindsey said. “Our fl avor will always be excellent, but it will never be identical.”

When all was said and done, the Leites received a visa good for fi ve years, the longest period allowed. On their an-niversary, December 2017, their family, which includes two girls, ages 6 and 9, will need to return to England to request renewal. At each review, there is no guarantee of approval. Fabian admitted it was an uncomfortable way to live, but they do not second-guess their decision at all.

When asked if they considered changing the name of the store, an interesting story emerged. The name, Wesley Owens, comes from the grandfather of the previous owner, Aric Habeck. On the day of the opening, Habeck’s grand-father died. As a tribute, he used his name. The Leites re-spected the history behind and asked Habeck if they could keep it.

To learn more about Wesley Owens coffee, consider at-tending their next class on Saturday, April 18, at 1:30 p.m. Here you’ll learn how to taste and identify fl avor profi les, discover how coffee grows and how roasting and brewing impacts the fl avor. This is a fun, informative class, great for groups, a unique date or just because you love coffee.

Each attendee will receive a goody bag to take home. Cost of the class is just $15 per person. Contact Lindsey at 271-8598 to register, or stop by the store located at 1744 Lake Woodmoor Drive in Monument, in the library com-plex.

Wesley Owens Co� ee & Café is a family a� air. You’ll often � nd Lindsey (left), along with 9-yr-old Juliana (shown here) and her sister, 6-yr-old Gabriella, helping check-out customers or cleaning tables. Photos by Jennifer Cunningham

Fabian loves what he does. He considers co� ee-making an art and a science, which � ts perfectly with his creative, technically-minded personality.

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church o�ce at 719-495-2221.

THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the �rst and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.

COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-488-9031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org.

COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets at 7 p.m. the �rst Friday of the month at the Colorado Springs Police Department, Gold Hill Division, 955 W. Moreno Ave, Colorado Springs. Visit  https://coloradoranger.org/index.php/troops/troop-i or email info@coloradoranger.org

GIRL SCOUTING o�ers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-597-8603.

GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meeting is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Garrett Barton at 719-433-5396 or Bill Bristol at 719-481-3366, or visit www.sertoma.org.

HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the �rst Wednesday of every month.

ITALIAN CLUB If you love family, socializing and culture, then membership in Sons of Italy is right for you.  Membership is open to men and women.  More information at www.sonso�tal-ypp.com.

KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail info@monumenthillkiwanis.org

LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.

MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, through-out the school district for one hour each week to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668.

THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the �rst Thursday of every month at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Com-merce Administration Building, 166 Second St., Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m.; meals served at noon. Bring a dish to pass and your own dinner service and �atwear. We usually have a luncheon and play games. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, co-president, at 719-481-1188 for reserivations.

MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Thursday of each month (October to April) at Palmer Lake El-ementary. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October. Visitors welcome.

THE PALMER Lake Art Group meets the second Sat-urday of the month at 643 Highway 105, Palmer Lake. Social time is 9 a.m. followed by the busiess meeting at 9:30 a.m. and a short program. Membership consists of artists in all �elds of media. Visit www.palmerlakeartgroup.com for details.

PALMER DIVIDE Quiltmakers meets at 7 p.m. the �rst Thursday of each month at The Church at Woodmoor. Contact Carolyn at 719-488-9791 or hockcf@aol.com.

THE PIKES Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women o�ers information by calling 719-532-0021.

PIKES PEAK Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome.

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 fraternity. Anyone who has been assigned or attached to the 1st Cavalry Division anytime, anywhere, is eligible for mem-bership. 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 cama-raderie, make new friends, possibly meet old friends from the First Team. Contact Paul at 719-687-1169 or Al at 719-689-5778. 

ROTARY CLUB of InterQuest meets at 4:46 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights at Northgate, 12105 Ambassador Drive (Voyager Parkway and Celestial Drive) in Colorado Springs. Guest always welcome. Serve with intergrity, love our community and have fun. Call Scott Allen at 719-338-7939.

SILENT SPRINGS Social Group is a social group for hard of hearing and deaf adults. Sign language users are welcome. Dining out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail silentspringscos@hotmail.com.

TAI CHI in the Park meets from 9-10 a.m. Saturdays in Big Red Park (behind the District 38 building in Monument). Limited instruction will be o�ered to those who do not know tai chi. Club is a way to get people together to introduce them to tai chi, and for those who already know it to have a time and place to meet one another. Club is free to join. Instructors from White Crane Tai Chi will help through warm-up, session and warm down. Open to all ages.

TOASTMASTERS FACC Masters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http://faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-481-3738.

TRANSMISSION MEDITATION The simplest, most potent way to serve humanity and help transform our world. Dynamic aid to personal growth. Group meditations at 7 p.m. every Monday and Thursday in Palmer Lake. Call 303-494-4462 for local group information and directions. Go to www.Transmis-sionMeditation.org.

TRI-LAKES AMERICAN Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the �rst Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Contact Ed at 719-481-2750.

TRI-LAKES BARBERSHOP Chapter meets Mondays. Call Phil Zara at 719-481-3197.

TRI-LAKES CROP Club meets on the third Saturday of the month. Call Angela at 719-481-9735.

TRI-LAKES CRUISERS car club meets at 7 p.m. the �rst Wednesday of the month in the Monument Fire Station on Hwy 105. Open to all makes and models of automobiles. It is a family oriented club that does several cruises and social events through-out the year. The club does a car show every June to bene�t Tri-Lakes Cares.  For more information visit: www.tl-cruisers.org. 

TRI-LAKES FRIENDS of the Libraries meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month from September through June at Monument Library.

THE TRI-LAKES Lions Club meets the �rst Thursday of every month at Monument Hill Country Club. The social is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting is at 7 p.m. The International Associa-tion of Lions Clubs is the largest service club in the world with over 1.35 million members. The Lions are known as the “Knights of the Blind.” By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. Lions clubs are groups of community minded men and women who are interested in helping serve their communities. For information about the new Tri-Lakes Lions Club, contact the club’s president, Dave Prejean, at 719-492-8274. More information is available at lionsclubs.org.

TRI-LAKES NONDENOMINATIONAL Men’s Gathering meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Pinecrest Lodge in Palmer Lake. Continental breakfast is included. Call Basil Marotta at 719-487-9500.

TRI-LAKES PARENTS of Multiples Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Child care is provided for a minimal fee. New members and visitors are welcome. E-mail tlpoms@yahoo.com or call 719-488-6785.

VETERANS OF FOREIGN Wars Post 7829 meets the third Tuesday of each month at the Monument Hill Country Club, 18945 Pebble Beach Way, Monument. VFW 7829’s focus is Service to Veterans www.vfw7829.org. Veterans with combat service in a foreign area are welcome. Contact Post Com-mander Joe Carlson at jcarlson@vfw7829.org.

U.S. AIR Force Academy Toastmasters meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at DeVry University, 1175 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Colorado Springs. Visit www.d26toastmasters.org/airforceacademy or call Angela at 719-494-2777. Guests are welcome.

MSGT WILLIAM Crawford Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7829 meets at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month at the Monument Hill Country Club, 18945 Pebble Beach Way, Monument. Contact Kathy Carlson at 719-488-1902 or carlsonmkc@aol.com.

WISDOM AND Wealth Master Mind Group meets from noon to 1 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Monument Library. “Change yourself, change your success.” Let’s talk money: how to save it (tips and ideas on how to cut costs), how to invest it (where, when and how), how to make it (build your business or start a new business). For information, or to register, contact Meredith@MeredithBrom�eld.com or 630-618-9400.

SupportALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Tri-Lakes Chapel, Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek. Call Greg at 719-648-9495.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Sunlight of the Spirit Women’s Closed Step Study. Mondays, 6pm. Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 E. Baptist Rd. 487-7781.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Beacon Lite Group meets at 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at Tri Lakes Chapel, 1750 Deer Creek Road, at Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek Road. Call Kathleen at 649-1046.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Recovery in Action Group Open Big Book Study. Thursdays, 7pm. Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 Baptist Road. 487-7781.

AL-ANON FAMILY Group meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family of Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781 or Kay at 719-481-9258.

AL-ATEEN GROUP meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family of Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781.

ALS, LOU Gehrig’s disease support group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Weber St. Center on Weber Street between Kiowa and Bijou streets. in Colorado Springs. Patients, family and caregivers are welcome. Contact Julie Bloom at 719-481-1906.

BLACK FOREST Al-Anon meets at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Black Forest Community Church in the East Educational Building to help families and friends of alcoholics. Call 719-632-0063.

BLACK FOREST Homemakers meets the second Thursday of the month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Social time begins at 9 a.m. and is followed with a meeting/program. Newcomers are welcome. Call Cindy at 719-495-3402.

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Subaru Specialists • Honda • Toyota

719-488-6729

SUBARUHours: 7:30 am-5:30 pm Mon-Fri

707 County Line Road | Palmer Lake P.O. Box 363 80133

Specializing in Subaru repairs &

parts since 2004

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

Unique concept in medical services comes to Monument During weekdays, primary care physicians, specialists available, Premier available weekends By Jennifer Cunningham Contributing writer

The face of primary and urgent medical care is changing, beginning right here in Monument. On March 11, in a fi rst-of-its-kind partnership, Premier Urgent Care and University of Colorado Health have joined to bring essential medical services to the Tri-Lakes community. During the week-days, primary care physicians and special-ists will be available. In the evenings and on weekends, Premier Urgent Care will be available, just like they have been for the last seven years.

Dr. John Torres, an emergency room physician, and his wife, Lynda, opened Pre-mier to bring personalized urgent medical services to Monument. As a private, family-

run business, their goal was to build rela-tionships while minimizing high costs and long wait times often encountered in emer-gency rooms.

“The reason I opened the urgent care is because 85 to 90 percent of what you see in the ER does not need to be in the ER,” he said.

As they grew, feedback indicated a need for on-site primary care as well as extended hours. Call it kismet. UCHealth knew there was a need to expand north, so they ap-proached the Torres’ six months ago to be-gin discussions on a unique partnership to do just that.

Voutsalath is one of four UCHealth staff now assigned to Monument. She is trained in family medicine and was previously as-signed to the Rockrimmon clinic. As a resi-dent of Monument, she is thrilled to be able to work in her own community. She can see patients of all ages, ranging from infant to geriatric, and brings numerous skills to the clinic, to include women’s health, osteo-pathic manipulative treatment, and derma-tology. She is accompanied by two medical assistants and a physician’s assistant, who

begins in May.Having UCHealth in Monument will

give patients access to specialists in Den-ver and Colorado Springs with a wide gam-bit of world-renowned care. In addition, UCHealth is working toward having spe-cialists, such as cardiology and neurology, see patients on site so there’s no need to travel to Colorado Springs.

Dr. V., as her patients call her, is begin-ning this practice from scratch. She has availability for new patients who need pri-mary care. As her schedule fi lls, UCHealth will send more providers as necessary. Al-most all forms of insurance are accepted, to include Medicare and Tricare.

Because Premier and UCHealth are two separate and distinct businesses, some cli-ents expressed concern with the reduced urgent care hours during the day. If these services are required, patients are direct-ed to the Torres’ second urgent care clinic

located off Voyager Parkway in Colorado Springs.

When asked about the impact Colorado Springs Health Partners and Centura Health urgent care centers will have on their busi-ness, Dr. Torres voiced little concern.

“We provide very good quality care and people know us,” he shared. “We also have longer hours, so we can still take care of people.”

The cost to visit corporately-owned clin-ics is signifi cantly greater than a visit to Pre-mier. Urgent care associated with hospitals tack on fees which drive up the cost of each visit. Premier’s insurances rates are person-ally negotiated with the carriers, keeping costs low.

For more information on urgent care ser-vices available at Premier, visit premieruc.com. For services offered by UCHealth in Monument, visit memorialprimarycare.org.

Doctors John Torres (L) and Melissa Voutsalath of University of Colorado Health have partnered to create a unique con-cept in medical care. During the day, primary care and specialty services will be o� ered. At night and on the weekends, urgent care will be available. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

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Sunday Worship: 8:30, 9:45& 11:00 am

Sunday School: 9:45 am

The Churchat

Woodmoor

488-3200

A church for all of God's people

Sunday 8:15a - Daybreak ServiceSunday 10a - Traditional Service

18125 Furrow RoadMonument 80132

www.thechurchatwoodmoor.com

Crossroads Chapel, SBC

840 North Gate Blvd.

Bible Study 9am

10:15am Celebrating HIM in Worship

6pm evening Adult Bible Study

Wednesday AWANA 6:15pm

495-3200

Pastor: Dr. D. L. Mitchell

Child care provided

True Direction from God’s WordWorship Service at 9:30 a.m.

Lewis Palmer High SchoolHigby Road & Jackson Creek Parkway

www.northword.org 481-0141

Maranatha Bible FellowshipA Home Church Spirtual Growth

Meaningful Relationships Solid Biblical Teaching

A New Testament early churchformat that is changing lives

495-7527

Monument Hill Church, SBC

18725 Monument Hill Rd.481-2156

www.monumenthillchurch.orgSunday: Bible Classes 9:15amWorship Service 10:30am

Pastor Tom Clemmons USAFA ‘86, SWBTS ‘94

Preaching for the Glory of GodGod-centered, Christ-exalting

worshipWed: AWANA 6:30pm

The “New” MHC - Where Grace and Truth Abound

SERVICE TIMESWoodmoor Campus

8:15, 9:30 and 11:00 a.m1750 Deer Creek Rd., Monument, CO

Northgate Campus9:30 a.m.

975 Stout Dr., Colo Spgs, COChurch Office

1750 Deer Creek Rd.Monument, CO 80132

(719) 481-3600www.TheAscentChurch.com

238 Third Street Monument, CO 80132

719.481.3902 www.mcpcusa.org

Monument Community Presbyterian Church

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

Nursery for 0-4 years olds — 8:45 a.m.—12:30 p.m.

Lutheran Church 675 W. Baptist Road

Colorado Springs, CO 719.481.2255

Family of Christ

Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod

Pastor David Dyer

8:00 AM – Classic Worship9:30 & 11:00 AM – Modern Worship9:30 & 11:00 AM – Children and Student

Programs5:00 – 7:00 PM – Programs for all ages

To advertise your place of worship in this section, call 303-566-4091 or email kearhart@ColoradoCommunityMedia.com

(Corner of Beacon Lite & County Line Road) www.trilakeschurch.org

20450 Beacon Lite Road ● 488-9613 Christ-Centered ● Bible-Based ● Family-Focused

SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:00 am

●Fellowship Break 11:00 am (Refreshments Served) to 11:15 am

●Life Application Classes 11:15 am (Applying Morning Message)

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS

●Free Fellowship Meal 6:00 to 6:30 pm

●Singing/Bible Classes 6:30 to 7:30 pm

Unique concept in medical services comes to Monument located off Voyager Parkway in Colorado Springs.

When asked about the impact Colorado Springs Health Partners and Centura Health urgent care centers will have on their busi-ness, Dr. Torres voiced little concern.

“We provide very good quality care and people know us,” he shared. “We also have longer hours, so we can still take care of people.”

The cost to visit corporately-owned clin-ics is signifi cantly greater than a visit to Pre-mier. Urgent care associated with hospitals tack on fees which drive up the cost of each visit. Premier’s insurances rates are person-ally negotiated with the carriers, keeping costs low.

For more information on urgent care ser-vices available at Premier, visit premieruc.com. For services offered by UCHealth in Monument, visit memorialprimarycare.org.

Doctors John Torres (L) and Melissa Voutsalath of University of Colorado Health have partnered to create a unique con-cept in medical care. During the day, primary care and specialty services will be o� ered. At night and on the weekends, urgent care will be available. Photo by Jennifer Cunningham

Coalition for the Upper South Platte promotes forest health Use of controlled pile burns on private property takes planning and care By Jessica Allison University of Missouri Journalism

Jessica Allison is a journalism student at the University of Missouri who recently spent a few days working at the Courier learning the ins and outs of small town journalism.

Have you seen smoke in the air on re-cent snowy days? With wildfi re season ap-proaching, the Coalition for the Upper South Platte has been promoting forest health on private property, including with the use of controlled pile burns. The Pikes Peak Courier spoke to Jonathan Bruno, op-erations director for CUSP, about what the organization is doing to prepare the Wood-land Park area for warmer, dryer days.

What kinds of things does the Coalition for the Upper South Platte do?

CUSP is a 501c3 nonprofi t organization, and our mission is to protect the Upper South Platte watershed. Ultimately what that means is if there’s conditions that po-tentially could cause negative outcomes to our watershed area, those are things we’re going to work on. We’re the lead organiza-tion working within the Waldo Fire. Since 2002 we’ve been leading restoration pro-cesses within the Hayman Fire. Recreation is also very important, we have alternative energy programs, and we deal with invasive species. We manage the pile burning on pri-vate properties, and we provide our team to the state forest service or other entities that are doing burning operations.

What impact has CUSP’s forest health efforts made thus far?

We haven’t had a fi re in our area to test our treatments and nor do we want one, but over the last fi ve years we have treated approximately 2,200 acres surrounding Woodland Park. The goal of our work is that you never see our work; you never have to realize how essential it was. Sometimes it’s thankless, but ultimately it’s about the pro-tection of this beautiful place we live in.

What do you want people to know about the smoke they see from these con-trolled burns?

These piles being burned are done to the highest standard within the state of Colo-rado. The smoke is a sign that we’re taking the necessary proactive steps to reduce the potential for catastrophic wild land fi re in the future. When we put fi re into one of these units, it’s taken the upwards of several weeks of planning, so it’s not something that happens overnight. If there are ques-tions or concerns, I invite people to call our

offi ce and chat with someone there about how we do things.

How do you determine where and when to do these burns?

There’s a lot of information on what ar-eas are at highest risk for uncharacteristic wildfi re. If there was this horrible wildfi re, what’s’ the potential risk out there? We identify these risks, go talk to the property owner and from there, if the funding al-lows it, and we’ll go in and do forest man-agement. If you cut a tree today, it wouldn’t be ready to burn for another six months. It’s important as you plan pile burning you have a good idea of what your timeline is.

Within the state of Colorado there are specifi c requirements for when I can burn. The only days I’m allowed to burn are the days the smoke impact is going to be as

limited as possible. And within our burn units, I have to have on average between four to six inches of snow.

If someone wants to have a controlled burn on their property, how could they do so?

One of the most important elements related fi re protection and preparedness is ownership. I would much rather have an owner who’s aware of the risk and call us and ask if there’s any funding and ask if there are ways we can help. Fire is a really important element to land management; it’s necessary to help maintain the balance within the forest, and it’s important that people understand that the wise use of fi re is really a benefi cial thing for our commu-

nity.What other measures can people take

to reduce fi re danger on their property?One of the fi rst things that property own-

ers should do is assess their risk within the fi rst fi fty feet surrounding their structure. Often times it’s not a direct contact with fl ame from a wildfi re that starts a house fi re, often times its embers. I’ve come up on houses where they use wood mulch di-rectly adjacent to their structure. Wood is fl ammable, and if an ember were to get into

that mulch, it could potentially cause their house to light up. The other thing is clean-ing of your gutters. We see a lot of people who stack their woodpile directly against their house, and again that’s fuel for the fi re. If there are trees overhanging their house, they need to assess if that risk is worth the aesthetics. It can be as simple as raking your landscaping, it can be as simple as cut-ting those small trees. We know we’re going to have another fi re, so a property owner needs to be aware and prepared for that.

The Pikes Peak Courier spoke to Jonathan Bruno, operations director for CUSP, about what the organization is doing to prepare the Woodland Park area for warmer, dryer days. Courtesy photos

Coalition for Upper South Platte works on a treatment area located to the south west of Woodland Park on a 160 acres.

Braving the winter on Pikes PeakBarr Camp caretakers required to be well preparedBy Kaitlyn PrattContributing writer

The hike to the top of Pikes Peak is a feat to begin with, but winter weather turns it into a whole new beast. For the Barr Camp caretakers who live at the midway point year round, these challenges are just a part of the daily norm.

Barr Camp is a 6.5 mile hike up the Barr Trail, at a 10,200 foot elevation. Renee Labor and Anthony Duricy have been the caretak-ers since Sept. 2013. “It is not for the faint of heart.” Renee Labor said.

Hosting at the Barr Camp requires being well prepared. While most hikers tackle the climb in the summer months, there are still a few hardy hikers that venture the jour-ney to Pikes Peak’s summit in the dead of winter. Labor and Duricy are both a part of the El Paso Search and Rescue team, which means that they are the first responders if anyone is in trouble two miles above or be-low the camp. The biggest dangers in hik-ing a 14er in the winter are hypothermia and frostbite. Most of these problems come from a lack of preparation.

“People think that it can be an easy day hike, but it is the hike with the longest mile-age and the greatest elevation gain of any of the 14ers,” Renee Labor said, then added as a bit of advice, “definitely check the weather before coming and know that the weather can change drastically between the trail-head and the summit.”

There a several ways in which an emer-gency on the trail can be dealt with. If the hiker can still walk, they are often taken to the Cog Railway’s Mountain View stop, which is about a mile away from Barr Camp. If not, then a search and rescue team is called in. Labor and Duricy have not had to send anybody out in a flight for life heli-copter yet, but there are two landing zones close to the camp, in case of such an even-tuality.

Luckily, most hikers who dare to tackle it in the winter are more experienced, and come well prepared with the right gear. While the hike can be done in one day in the summer, hikers almost always break it up and stay a night at Barr Camp in the winter. The camp often reaches its max of 45 guests in the summer, but Labor and Du-ricy still host overnight visitors three or four times a week this time of year.

Hosting hikers on Pikes Peak requires other preparations as well. Motorized vehi-cles are not allowed on the Barr Trail, which means that it is a six and a half mile hike any time the caretakers need to make a trip back into civilization. Supplies are brought to the Mountain View stop by the Cog railway, for Labor and Duricy to take back to camp.

The camp is made up of two cabins with hostel-like lodging and a campground. The main cabin has a wood burning stove, but temperatures are usually in the 30’s at night after the fire dies out, so hikers are advised to bring warm sleeping bags. Water is piped to the cabin from a nearby creek through a gravity flow system, but in the winter the system is emptied to prevent freezing, so water has to be hauled in from the creek by the bucket load daily.

While winter on Pikes Peak can bring in its fair share of deep snow and fierce weath-er, Renee Labor said that the trail is almost always hike-able to the camp for those who want a winter adventure.

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Cozy Barr Camp, inside the cabin. Photos courtesy of Renee Labor and Anthony Duricy.

Front of Barr Camp, Renee Labor and Anthony Duricy.

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Adult, senior day care provides respite for caregiversBy Rob Carriganrcarrigan @coloradocommunitymedia.com

Suddenly, it is all just too hard. A person needs a break.

“The most important thing is that the caregivers are healthy. It is a 24-hour-a-day job,” says Sonja Search of Lifting Spirits, Adult and Senior Day Care Center, of Palm-er Lake.

Search describes the business as pro-viding quality day services and compan-ionship for adults and senior in a safe and comfortable setting. “We assist families by providing services needed to keep loved ones living at home while maximizing their independence and personal dignity.”

Search began working with seniors in 2009 after being trained as a Certified Nurse Assistant.

“Years ago my father became chronically ill and my mother became his primary care-taker. Not unusual for a spouse, but I saw how the constant 24/7 responsibility tired her. I thought how different here experi-ence could have been if she just had a few hours of respite for herself,” she said of her reason for founding the business.

“It is the caregiver, as well as the patient, who needs a break. Having a cup of coffee with a friend, going shopping or just taking a few minutes to relax. These are necessi-ties, not luxuries. But without a safe, clean, caring environment for your loved one, the necessities are difficult to accomplish.”

Making the business prosper has not been easy however.

“I need to create a steady flow of clients,” Search says, and like many businesses try-ing to get the word out, there has been some confusion about what services are offered.

“With my name Lifting Spirits, maybe they think I am a liquor store or a pot shop,” she says.

She is inspected by the state of Colorado, Department of Health certified, and Quali-fied Medication Administration Personnel and can accommodate as many as eight cli-ents, with a private pay rate of $10 per hour.

“I don’t know what I would do without her,” says Stella Nicholson, who sometimes employs Lifting Spirits for care her husband Lloyd. “One of the main things seems to be the isolation. I felt almost ashamed, as I was seeing Lloyd lose pieces of himself. The important message is, you should not be ashamed, and you need to reach out and tell people that. I don’t want to be shut off, and I want others to know about it, and use our resources.”

Gary Coleman, and his son Travis fre-quent stop in at Lifting Spirits because his son enjoys the interaction and playing games there. “I didn’t know her, but was looking for a place to set up our train,” Gary says. “It’s a nice place, and everyone is well-accepted. I was surprised to find out how she takes care of seniors and thought, Wow, what a cool idea.”

The Colemans set up their ‘N’-gauge Po-lar Express train there around Christmas time.

“She recognizes each person as unique. I am impressed with the operation and care,” says Gary Coleman.

Travis Coleman, Sonja Search, Joe Brockett and Letty Clark playing a variation of poker to keep sharp Friday at Lifting Spirits Adult and Senior Day Care Center in Palmer Lake. Photos by Rob Carrigan

Comforts of home at Lifting Spirits. Joe Brockett explains his answer in the midst of the game.

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Lindeman a �xture at Air Force AcademyNorth Gate resident is in his 26th year coaching trackBy Danny Summersdsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com

When Ralph Lindeman was hired as Air Force Academy’s head track and field coach in 1989, he figured he’d stay for a few years and move onto bigger and better things.

Those plans didn’t exactly pan out.Lindeman, a North Gate resident, is in his 26th season

with Air Force and has no desire to leave the Tri-Lakes area anytime soon.

“When I came to the Academy, I thought I’d be here four or five years,” Lindeman said. “My plan was to use this as a stepping stone and move onto the (Pac 12). Twenty-six years later I guess I must like it here.”

Lindeman, 64, has been married to his wife, Cindy, for 43 years. They lived in Black Forest prior to moving to North

Gate last year. Now Lindeman is just a long triple jump away from being at his office each day.

Lindeman is one of the most respected coaches in the Mountain West Conference and around the nation. He of-ten speaks at coaches conventions and is even working on a book on how to be a more effective coach and leader.

The charismatic Lindeman is the recipient of numer-ous conference and regional coaching awards. Under his direction, the Air Force men’s track and field program has accounted for 23 top-three finishes at the Mountain West Championships, including three conference titles (2012 in-door, 2012 outdoor, 2013 outdoor).

The Air Force women have also thrived under Linde-man, becoming a significant presence in the league.

Since Lindeman’s arrival at the service academy, the track and field team has accounted for 31 Western Athletic Conference champions (27 individuals, four relay teams) and 100 Mountain West champions (93 individuals, seven relay teams).

The men have rewritten 48 Academy records, while the women have displaced 42. Lindeman-coached Air Force

teams have produced two national champions, including Callie Calhoun, who earned five titles during her career, and Dana Pounds, who collected back-to-back titles in the javelin. His teams have also garnered 57 All-America selec-tions.

“I’m not a fiery motivator,” said Lindeman, whose coach-ing career began in 1973 as an assistant at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix. “I’m more of a pat on the back and talk to them one-on-one guy.”

Lindeman’s coaching season is about 10 month long. He works with the cross country teams in an advisory role beginning in August. As soon as that season over, many of those runners head over to work with him during the in-door track and field season. The outdoor track season be-gan last week.

Lindeman actually oversaw the Air Force men’s cross country team during the first three years of his tenure (1989-91), guiding the Falcons to their first conference title at the 1991 WAC Championships. That 1991 team went on to place second at the regional meet and 14th at the NCAA Championships. The team’s second-place finish at the re-gional championships remains the best finish ever by an Air Force cross country team, while its placing at the na-tional meet is the program’s second-best finish since 1967.

Lindeman is a 12-time conference Coach of the Year; most recently in 2013.

“My kids hear me talk about integrity and honor all the time,” Lindeman said. “We weave character and integrity lessons into every team meeting.

“I hope I’m a role model for everyone on the team.”Lindeman has a simple coaching philosophy that is

summed up in the Academy core values: “Integrity first. Service before self. Excellence in all we do.”

He believes that his role as the head coach is to make sure that the program provides a framework in which the cadet athletes can achieve excellence; not only athletically, but also academically and militarily.

Prior to his arrival at Air Force, Lindeman was at Long Beach State from 1984 to 1989. He was named the Big West Coach of the Year his final season at Long Beach.

“At Long Beach State you might have three or four ath-letes that are seeking the kind of excellence we’re striving for at Air Force,” said Lindeman, who has six grandchildren. “Here, it’s 100 percent.”

Lindeman’s coaching resume is so long it almost reads like a book.

He served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s Track and Field Team that participated in the 2007 World Cham-pionships in Osaka, Japan.

Previously, he was the jumps, pole vault and decathlon coach for the U.S. Men’s Track and Field Team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. That team collected 19 medals, including two Gold and five Silver medals from Lindeman-coached athletes. It was the team’s highest medal count since the1992 Barcelona Games.

Lindeman also served as an advisor to the South Korean team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and was a scheduling manager for the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

In addition to his work with the Olympic Games, Linde-man has served as the head men’s coach for the 2001 World University Games, the 1999 Pan American Games and the “North Team” at the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival.

Air Force Academy track and �eld head coach Ralph Lindeman shares a laugh with Falcons’ javelin thrower Jacki French during a meet. Lindeman and his wife, Cindy, live in North Gate. Photo courtesy of Air Force Academy

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Lindeman a �xture at Air Force Academyteams have produced two national champions, including Callie Calhoun, who earned five titles during her career, and Dana Pounds, who collected back-to-back titles in the javelin. His teams have also garnered 57 All-America selec-tions.

“I’m not a fiery motivator,” said Lindeman, whose coach-ing career began in 1973 as an assistant at Carl Hayden High School in Phoenix. “I’m more of a pat on the back and talk to them one-on-one guy.”

Lindeman’s coaching season is about 10 month long. He works with the cross country teams in an advisory role beginning in August. As soon as that season over, many of those runners head over to work with him during the in-door track and field season. The outdoor track season be-gan last week.

Lindeman actually oversaw the Air Force men’s cross country team during the first three years of his tenure (1989-91), guiding the Falcons to their first conference title at the 1991 WAC Championships. That 1991 team went on to place second at the regional meet and 14th at the NCAA Championships. The team’s second-place finish at the re-gional championships remains the best finish ever by an Air Force cross country team, while its placing at the na-tional meet is the program’s second-best finish since 1967.

Lindeman is a 12-time conference Coach of the Year; most recently in 2013.

“My kids hear me talk about integrity and honor all the time,” Lindeman said. “We weave character and integrity lessons into every team meeting.

“I hope I’m a role model for everyone on the team.”Lindeman has a simple coaching philosophy that is

summed up in the Academy core values: “Integrity first. Service before self. Excellence in all we do.”

He believes that his role as the head coach is to make sure that the program provides a framework in which the cadet athletes can achieve excellence; not only athletically, but also academically and militarily.

Prior to his arrival at Air Force, Lindeman was at Long Beach State from 1984 to 1989. He was named the Big West Coach of the Year his final season at Long Beach.

“At Long Beach State you might have three or four ath-letes that are seeking the kind of excellence we’re striving for at Air Force,” said Lindeman, who has six grandchildren. “Here, it’s 100 percent.”

Lindeman’s coaching resume is so long it almost reads like a book.

He served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s Track and Field Team that participated in the 2007 World Cham-pionships in Osaka, Japan.

Previously, he was the jumps, pole vault and decathlon coach for the U.S. Men’s Track and Field Team at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. That team collected 19 medals, including two Gold and five Silver medals from Lindeman-coached athletes. It was the team’s highest medal count since the1992 Barcelona Games.

Lindeman also served as an advisor to the South Korean team at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and was a scheduling manager for the 1996 Games in Atlanta.

In addition to his work with the Olympic Games, Linde-man has served as the head men’s coach for the 2001 World University Games, the 1999 Pan American Games and the “North Team” at the 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival.

Tri-Lakes area baseball teams head south for spring breakArizona is the destination for Palmer Ridge, Discovery Canyon and Lewis-PalmerBy Danny Summersdsummers@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Three of the four Tri-Lakes area high school baseball teams are in Arizona this week playing games.

Lewis-Palmer has contests against South Albany (Oregon), Taft (Lincoln City, Ore-gon), North Canyon (Phoenix) and Horizon Christian (Hood River, Oregon).

Palmer Ridge is playing Shadow Ridge (Surprise, Arizona), Sprague (Salem, Or-egon) and Beaverton (Oregon).

Discovery Canyon has two games on March 25 against Mingus (Cottonwood, Arizona) and Paradise Valley (Phoenix).

The Thunder and Palmer Ridge square off in Class 4A Pikes Peak Athletic Confer-ence action in Colorado on March 31 and April 2.

The Classical Academy is staying home during spring break. The Titans will resume their schedule with a game against Harri-son on March 31.

THE MIGHTY TITANSThe Classical Academy girls’ soccer team

is proving very quickly that it is making a

smooth transition from 3A to 4A.The Titans knocked off two-time defend-

ing 4A state champion Cheyenne Mountain, 1-0, on March 17 in a non-league match to improve to 4-0 on the young season.

Sophomore Hannah Burgo had the game-winner with about 32 minutes re-maining in the second half. The Titans’ stingy defense took over from there.

Cheyenne Mountain dropped to an un-characteristic 2-3.

Last fall, TCA’s boys’ soccer team also de-feated Cheyenne Mountain.

KARCHER WINS AWARDColorado Springs Sky Sox Broadcaster

Dan Karcher added another honor to his impressive resume when he was presented with the `Award of Excellence’ from the Colorado Broadcasters Association for the `Best Sports Coverage by an Individual or Team in a Major Market’ at their annual awards dinner in Denver on March 14.

The winning call came during the Sky Sox’s 2014 home opener against the Round Rock Express when infielder Drew Garcia belted a game-winning walk-off three-run home run, giving the Sky Sox an 11-10 come-from-behind victory.

“That undoubtedly was the most excit-ing game of the season last year and it just so happened to be the home opener, which added to the drama,” Karcher said. “And the game winning blow could not have come from a more unlikely candidate than Drew

Garcia, who was not exactly known for his power. That’s what made it so shocking and led to a very spontaneous call.

“All thanks to Drew, who was truly one of the one of the great guys on the team last year.”

This marks the second time Karcher has taken home the award, having previously been honored for his 2006 call of Sky Sox first baseman Carlos Rivera’s game-winning blast.

Karcher is entering his 26th season pro-viding the play-by-play call of Sky Sox base-ball. He is the longest tenured play-by-play broadcaster with one professional or Divi-sion-I team in the state.

He is also beginning his 31st season of baseball play-by-play, including the last 27 at the Triple-A level. He spent the 1989 sea-son in Des Moines with the Iowa Cubs.

The Sky Sox open this season April 9.SKY SOX LOOKING SWEETThe Milwaukee Brewers named Rick

Sweet as the new manager of their Triple-A affiliate Colorado Springs Sky Sox on March 17.

The Brewers are entering their first sea-son with the Sky Sox, who were affiliated with the Colorado Rockies since 1993.

The Sky Sox franchise relocated to Colo-rado Springs from Hawaii in 1988 and was a Cleveland Indians affiliate through the 1992 season.

Joining Sweet on the coaching staff will

be pitching coach Fred Dabney, coach Bob Skube, athletic trainer Aaron Hoback and strength and conditioning coach Andrew Emmick.

Sweet, 62, becomes the 15th manager in Sky Sox history. The 2015 season will be his second in the Brewers organization after leading Triple-A Nashville to a 77-67 last year. Sweet spent the previous nine sea-sons in the Reds organization as manager of the Louisville Bats (2005-11) and as the Reds’ catching coordinator (2012-13).

The 2015 season marks Sweet’s 25th as a minor-league manager; a managerial ca-reer that dates back to 1987. As one of the most successful managers in the game, he owns a 1,665-1587 (.512) career record while his 1,665 wins rank sixth-most among active minor league managers entering the upcoming season.

“I’ve been coming to Colorado Springs as a visiting manager since 1993 and one thing that’s always stood out has been the tremendous fan support,” Sweet said. “Our staff and players will be active members in the community and fans will be proud of how we go about our business and how we play on the field. We’re very excited to be here and thrilled to be a part of the Sky Sox.”

A former catcher, Sweet had a nine-year playing career (1975-83) including three seasons in the majors with San Diego (1978), New York Mets (1982) and Seattle (1982-83).

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