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News Developer unveils ‘fi nal’ plan for ex-Gleneagle Golf Course

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VoicesFor political junkies, the coming weeks at Town Hall will be riveting

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LifeLure of solving colorful puzzle attracts hundreds to Lewis-Palm-er Elementary

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By Bill [email protected]

Monument voters gave control of the Board of Trustees to the “Ac-countability Slate” on Tuesday, sweeping into offi ce four men who promised to take charge, roll back steep new water rates and make big changes at Town Hall.

A crush of last-minute ballots pushed the tabulation of vot-ers into the early morning. When Town Clerk Cynthia Sirochman and her staff fi nished and re-

leased the unoffi cial totals, around 1:30 a.m., the landslide was an-nounced.

The four slate members eas-ily outdistanced four other candi-dates, including incumbent trust-ees John Howe and Becki Tooley.

Greg Coopman, a leader of the No Methadone in Monument group, led all candidates, winning 494 votes out of 873 ballots cast by voters in the town of 5,800.

Second was political newcomer Don Wilson who joined the slate as an unknown. His total was 467.

Third in balloting was incum-bent Jeff Bornstein, who consis-tently opposed efforts by a Florida company to open a methadone clinic/dispensary in downtown and then was chairman of the Board of Adjustment that over-turned its zoning. Bornstein racked up 454 votes.

The fourth-place vote winner was Shea Medlicott, who was ap-pointed to the Board of Adjust-ment just days before the climac-tic hearing last summer.

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‘The people have spoken’Voters sweep in ‘Accountability Slate’ members

Promised to roll back water rates By Bill [email protected]

Not long after he was sworn is as the new may-or of Monument on April 4, Jeff Kaiser promised to work to heal the fractured relationship between the public and Town Hall and to be a collaborator and communicator.

Kaiser, who was ap-pointed in August 2009 and elected mayor pro tem in April 2010, recog-nizes a deep rift devel-oped last summer after the town staff approved zoning for Colonial Man-agement Group of Orlan-do, Fla., to open a meth-adone clinic/dispensary in downtown.

Many in the public were outraged and de-nounced the town for not trying to stop the facility. Ultimately, the Board of Adjustment overturned the zoning and the town was sued by Colonial. That suit was settled last month, costing Monu-ment $350,000, plus an undisclosed sum from its

insurance carrier.But the staff’s initial

position that it couldn’t stop the facility pro-duced deep mistrust and frustration among the public. Kaiser said he hopes, as mayor, to repair the public faith in Town Hall.

“I don’t think we – the town or the board – have done a good job in com-munication,” Kaiser said a day after his fi ve col-leagues on the Board of Trustees voted unani-mously to appoint him to replace Rafael Domin-guez, who resigned March 29 with two years remaining in his term.

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Kaiser looks to heal wounds, restore public confi dence in Town Hall

Hopes perfect score opens doors at MIT

By Avalon A. [email protected]

Jasper Howald is one in a million.Or, to be more precise, Howald is

one of a handful in 1.9 million. That’s how many high school stu-

dents take the ACT each year. It’s the national standard for measuring stu-dent achievement, testing students in math, science, reasoning, reading and English. The ACT outstrips the SAT as the No. 1 metric for college readiness in the U.S.

Fewer than one percent of students who take the ACT each year achieve a composite 36 – a perfect score.

But that’s exactly what Howald, of

Palmer Ridge High School, did.“When I fi nished, I knew I probably

did pretty well,” he said. “But I wasn’t too sure.”

Going into the ACT, many students take practice exams and test prep courses, or take the ACT multiple times to try to up their composite score. That was Howald’s strategy. But he said he didn’t exactly cram for the exam.

“I didn’t do too much prep,” How-ald said. “I’ve taken the test before. But more important was getting a good night’s sleep and being emotionally prepared.”

Each part of the ACT is scored on a scale of 1 to 36. Students’ compos-ite scores are the average of their four component scores. There is also an op-tional writing section, but students are scored separately on that and it’s not included in the fi nal composite score.

“Having a perfect ACT is pretty cool,” he said. “And (it) was really fun to tell my parents.

“But to me, it really means one more step on my path to the future. I just hope it helps be one more thing that gets me to a successful future.”

Howald received a congratulatory letter from the ACT’s chief executive of-fi cer, Marten Roorda, which read: “Your achievement on the ACT is signifi cant and rare. While test scores are just one of multiple criteria that most colleges consider when making admission deci-sions, your exceptional ACT Composite score should prove helpful as you pur-sue your education and career goals.”

Howald hopes to leverage his perfect score to get into an elite university.

“I’m looking at math and science schools,” he said. “My top choice is MIT. I’m hoping to study math and physics,

and later go on to be a professor. “I really hope this helps me on the

path to getting the best education and being able to help others down the road.

Jasper Howald, of Palmer Ridge, scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. /Photo courtesy of Jasper Howald

Palmer Ridge student aces the ACT

Mayor Jeff Kaiser

From left, Shea Medlicott, Don Wilson, Jeff Bornstein and Greg Coopman are seen at a March 9 candidate forum for the Monument Board of Trustees. The four, known as the Accountability Slate, were swept into offi ce in the April 5 election./Photo by Bill Vogrin / The Tribune

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Historic Lecture Thursday, April 14What: New historic lecture on “Cheyenne Mountain at 50” featuring James Crew and assorted historic photos and artifacts When: 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture, Thursday, April 14Where: Western Museum of Mining and Industry, 225 North Gate Blvd., Colorado SpringsCost: Free with RSVPInfo: RSVP to [email protected] or call 488-0880

Cappadocia & Yarrow Concert Friday, April 15What: World famous cellist Rufus Cappadocia & singer-songwriter Bethany Yarrow performWhen: 7 p.m., Friday, April 15Where: Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts, 304 Highway 105, Palmer LakePrices: $28 in advance; $30 at the door, non-members; $24/$26 membersInfo: email [email protected]

District 38 Choir Concert Tuesday, April 19What: Concert features choirs from schools in Lewis-Palmer School DistrictWhen: 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 19Where: Large gymnasium at Palmer Ridge High School, 19255 Monument Hill Road Info: Free concert and the public is invited

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2016 MVEA BOARD NOMINATIONSNow Open!

If you are interested in being a candidate, please contact a member of the nominating committee, see committee members below. A candidate must be a MVEA member and reside in the district where there is a vacancy. For additional candidate requirements: visit www.mvea.coop/community/annual-meeting, click on “By-laws,” and go to “Article III, Section 2.” 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/community/annual-meeting. Petitions must be signed by 15 members of MVEA and returned to either MVEA office by 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 18, 2016. 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., Thursday, March 31, 2016 for the committee’s consideration. If you are petitioning for nomination, the candidate application must be submitted to either MVEA office with your petition no later than 5:30 p.m., Monday, April 18, 2016.

Mountain View Electric Association, Inc.’s (MVEA) 75th Annual Meeting is being held on June 2, 2016, at Falcon High School in Falcon. At this meeting two directors will be elected to MVEA’s Board of Directors from the following districts:

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District 3: Elbert and surrounding areas to include a portion of the Black Forest (Incumbent Errol Hertneky)

District 5: Ellicott, Fountain, Falcon and surrounding areas (Incumbent Bud Paddock)

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

Nominating CommitteeDistrict 5Carl Alexander25480 Little Springs RdCalhan, CO 80808719-683-5212

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By Bill [email protected]

Upward of 130 people crowded a school gymnasium to see the latest ver-sion of developer Scott Gratrix’s plans for the old Gleneagle Golf Course and to query offi cials of the homeowners association which plans to take posses-sion of about 90 acres of the course as part of the dea.

Gratrix told the crowd at the April 6 meeting that he had fi nalized plans that he intends to submit to the plan-ning department at El Paso County. The architectural drawings he displayed

showed 56 homesites in basically the same confi guration as he unveiled in February.

Gratrix, of G&S Development Inc., said four houses on the original plan were moved because they would inter-fere with drainage on the abandoned 135-acre property.

Otherwise there were no signifi cant changes. Many in the audience praised him for his plan, and his offer to donate 90 acres to the Gleneagle Civic Associa-tion HOA, which governs 649 homes surrounding the former golf course.

If fact, Gratrix was applauded sever-See Gleneagle on Page 12

Developer unveils ‘fi nal’ plan for ex-Gleneagle Golf Course

Ken Judd, standing on right, chairman of the Gleneagle Civic Association’s architectural con-trol committee, held an impromptu meeting of the homeowners association to explain its plans for 90 acres of open space being donated by a developer planning homesites on the former Gleneagle Golf Course. About 40 people crowded around Judd to ask questions. /Photo by Bill Vogrin / The Tribune

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DENVER – Lisabeth Melahn, 54, of Colorado Springs, was sentenced to 12 months and a day in federal prison, followed by one year of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez for willfully fi ling a false income tax return.

At her March 22 sentencing, Melahn also was ordered to pay $239,876 in restitution to the IRS and a $15,000 fi ne.

Melahn had pleaded guilty in Octo-

ber as part of an agreement with U.S. Attorney John Walsh, who released this account of her fraud:

Melahn became the sole owner and operator of Tan Your Hide II in 2007, when she bought out a co-owner. Be-tween 2007 and 2010, Tan Your Hide had seven tanning salons in Colorado Springs and one in Monu-ment. They were typically open seven days a week.

Melahn had all of the business’ receipts delivered to her every two weeks. All checks, credit card and elec-

tronic funds receipts were deposited in her business bank account.

But Melahn had most of the cash generated by the business deposited into her personal bank accounts. Some she did not deposit at all.

Records revealed those cash re-ceipts totaled nearly $1.1 million from 2007 through 2010, which Melahn never reported to the bookkeepers.

“All Americans are required to pay their fair share of income tax under the tax laws,” Walsh said in a news release. “By hiding $1 million in her

business income in a crude scheme to evade paying over $200,000 in taxes properly due and owing, this defen-dant shirked her duty as an American and as a citizen to support our coun-try.”

“As we approach the end of tax fi ling season, taxpayers should think twice about trying to conceal income from the IRS; it’s only a matter of time before you are caught and brought to justice,” said Stephen Boyd, Special Agent in Charge for IRS Criminal In-vestigation, Denver Field Offi ce.

Owner of Monument tanning salon gets year in prison for false tax return

Volunteers sought as Black Forest restoration resumes For The Tribune

Volunteers are being sought by the Rocky Moun-tain Field Institute as restoration work resumes in a couple of areas burned in the 2013 Black Forest Fire.

One project is in the Pineries Open Space where crews will continue clearing terrain and dispersing felled trees in order to spread the on-the-ground fuel load and prepare the area for a future public trail corridor.

Another project is in Black Forest Regional Park and it involves ongoing restoration, revegetation, trail repairs, and water management.

The minimum age for volunteering is 13, with a parent volunteer.

Workdays run from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Scheduled days are a series of Fridays: April 15, April 29, May 13 and May 20.

The institute will add volunteer workdays to its spring and summer calendar and invites people interested in helping to visit its website at rmfi .org or contact Molly Mazel, volunteer coordinator, by email at molly@rmfi .org or by phone at 471-7736 ext. 4.

Town seeks volunteers for Great American CleanupFor The Tribune

The town of Monument is seeking volunteers to help with cleanup work along the Santa Fe Trail and around the historic downtown area.

The work is planned Saturday, April 23, as part of

the Pikes Peak/Great American Cleanup. The event will focus on trash removal and beautifi cation of parks, trails, open spaces, creeks, and town centers throughout the Pikes Peak region.

Participants will be working simultaneously with crews attacking 20 sites around the region. Event organizers are encouraging individuals, civic orga-nizations, churches, scout groups, and businesses to volunteer to cleanup an area of interest. The clean-up will begin at 9 a.m. at each site.

The Great American Cleanup is a nationwide campaign to improve our environment by creat-ing cleaner parks, streetscapes and public spaces through litter removal and elimination.

In 2015, more than 62 million pounds of litter and debris were collected by volunteers throughout the country.

Please visit the Great American Cleanup/Pikes Peak Partners website for more information and to register to volunteer -www.gacppp.com.

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If you enjoy politics as a blood sport, get yourself some fresh popcorn and settle in because it’s about to get real at Monument Town Hall.

Voters unleashed an “accountabil-ity tsunami” on Town Hall last week, electing four candidates to the Board of Trustees who pretty much vowed to unleash the hounds of war.

The Accountability Slate of incum-bent Jeff Bornstein, No Methadone leader Greg Coopman, Board of Adjustment member Shea Medlicott and newcomer Don Wilson represent a worst-case scenario to “business as usual” types in Town Hall.

Town Manager Chris Lowe and staff are in for a wild ride, I suspect, as the new trustees make good on campaign promises, such as repealing steep new water rates the staff took months to get passed.

And I worry for folks like Pam Smith, former town manager and current treasurer, and others who played key roles in the methadone meltdown last summer.

In case anyone forgot: Smith was in charge when staff quietly approved zoning for a proposed methadone clinic/dispensary downtown, igniting a firestorm of controversy that resulted in hundreds of people packing com-munity meetings and the trustees chambers to demand action.

Coopman and company raised $60,000, hired attorneys and over-

turned the zoning by convincing the Board of Adjustment, whose chairman happened to be Bornstein, the facility was a dispensary, not a clinic.

How long can Smith and others sur-vive the wrath of the slate? It was only a few months ago that Coopman and others were sitting before the board denouncing her performance and demanding she be fired for incompe-tence.

Coopman, Medlicott and Wilson have spent recent weeks publicly criti-cizing the past board for failed leader-ship. Medlicott was particularly critical of Rafael Dominguez, who presided over the board as mayor and famously stood before an angry mob last July and told them the methadone facility was “a done deal” and nothing could be done to stop it.

Dominguez resigned March 29, exactly one week before Election Day, as new controversy over his residency swirled. He cited a conflict of interest with his new job in Colorado Springs for his resignation.

But I can’t imagine Dominguez presiding as mayor yet being in the minority on the seven-member board. It would have been painful for him to stand by as the newcomers dismantled water rates, the staff and budget.

As things stand, it will be lively at Town Hall. If Dominguez were still in office, I’m thinking it would have got-ten really ugly because he struggled to hide his disdain for some people.

New Mayor Jeff Kaiser takes much more of a conciliatory approach, trying to be inclusive and diplomatic. Those character traits will be needed, judging from the tongue-lashing dished out at the April 4 meeting by Trustees Kelly Elliott and Jeff Smith.

Elliott was clearly angry at the campaign tactics of the slate members, telling the audience she was unhappy with the “things I’ve observed.”

Her criticism included the “unbal-anced coverage of those running for the Board of Trustees” and the “unbal-anced comments and inaccurate com-ments about the Board of Trustees.”

It will be interesting to see how well she works with the new trustees, especially since Elliott was one of the targets of Coopman’s former No Meth-adone in Monument colleague, Tom Allen of Woodmoor, and his aborted recall effort.

Smith, who did not run for election, also unloaded in what was his last night on the board. He attacked com-

ments by slate members at a recent candidate forum who suggsted they would “follow their consciences rather than follow the law.”

“I went to the candidate forum and I was disappointed,” Smith said. “There’s always a few who just don’t get it.”

He said the harsh criticism leveled at the board resulted in “this town be-ing painted like a bunch of hicks and bigots.” He called it “a little tiring” and he called on the candidates to “put an end to this sad reflection on the entire community.”

He ended by saying he was glad the meeting was “the last night I have to tolerate blanket assaults of unethical behavior.”

Clearly, the campaign rhetoric hit some nerves. I understand. I’ve found the trustees to be good people trying to do the right thing.

While some incredibly bad judg-ment was on display during the meth-adone meltdown, I never detected any sinister motives. So I can sympathize with folks who are upset about being thrashed.

I think the biggest challenge ahead is for the winners to resist the urge to spike the ball. It will be tempting to pick another ally to replace Kaiser as mayor pro tem and run roughshod over Town Hall.

A little restraint is probably not a bad thing moving forward.

Now, pass the popcorn.

PIKES PEAK BILL Bill [email protected]

For political junkies, the coming weeks at Town Hall will be riveting

Letters to the EditorWho is to blame for Monument Academy’s financial woes?

To the Editor,Is the D-38 Board of Education truly responsible for

the financial predicament of Monument Academy, as some of its families claim? Or do we need to look else-where to understand its lack of operating funds?

Let’s start with the D-38 voters. In 2004, 2006 and 2007, Monument Academy requested additional funds from voters using ballot initiatives that speci-fied the money would go to Monument Academy only, excluding other schools.

These initiatives would have brought Monu-ment Academy funding up to the same level as D-38

schools. The voters rejected all three requests.Then, in 2013, voters were presented a ballot initia-

tive that would have provided operating funds to D-38 schools, and explicitly included Monument Academy. One of the leaders of the 2013 effort was D-38 Board of Education President Mark Pfoff, who is now being vilified by some Monument Academy supporters.

A local anti-tax group named Direction38!, headed by Ana Konduris, opposed the 2013 initiative with community meetings, signs, letters to the editor in lo-cal papers, and more. Once again, the ballot initiative failed.

Finally, the lack of vision and political will dis-played by the board and executive director of Monu-ment Academy also plays a role. Instead of proposing a solution to the real problem, which is inadequate

funding for education at the state level, they chose in-stead to try to shift money from one set of students in the community to another.

Two solutions to the real problem are currently working their way through the state Legislature. Both would increase funding for all students and schools.

Anyone who really cares about all the students in the community should ask their legislators and school officials to support reclassifying the Hospital Provider fee, and the Invest in Colorado ballot initiative, which will let the state keep taxes it has already collected and spend them on K-12 education.

James HowaldMonument

In 1936, the U.S. Forest Service took over operating the Pikes Peak Highway from the old owners, Spencer Penrose and Co.

One of the first things they did was to issue rules for driving the road. You might expect them to be interesting, and they were.

One rule said: Driver watch the road not the scenery.

Another: This highway crosses the area furnishing drinking water. Ob-serve all sanitation signs and instruc-tions.

The speed limit was 20 mph and there was an inspection at Glen Cove on the way down, as well as four water stops on the way up.

Perhaps most surprising is the fact the road was free!

The idea of a new Summit House was proposed: a fine one, located at the center of the summit. It would be funded by WPA, a federal works pro-gram of the time.

In those days, there was an old weather station, owned by the railroad, and a Summit House for the highway.

It sat on the southwest corner of the summit, which is now owned by

the forest service. The forest service wanted to combine all services into one building. Sound familiar?

The idea of the new summit house was big news for several weeks. When the plan for the 100 foot-by-100 foot structure was unveiled, it was greeted with much fanfare. As time went along, there was no progress on the building. There was nothing but talk. The forest service noted that the WPA funding was available, but for now, no changes were going to happen.

As things progressed, the new build-ing turned into a remodeling of the old highway summit house.

The railroad’s summit house would not be changed, as it was felt it was too far for passengers to walk, even to the center of the summit.

In the end, the highway’s sum-mit house was drastically remodeled and expanded. A second story, with a tower, rivaled that of the railroad. Later, a caretaker’s house was built, providing a residence for a forest ser-vice employee.

This was not the last attempt to redesign the services at the summit. At least one other post-war plan was unveiled before the present structure was designed. Now, the replacement for it is being worked out.

There was talk of canceling the hill climb, but it was decided that the publicity was well worth it. The 1936 race had one of the smallest fields of cars due the lateness of the decision. But it did feature a local racing family, the Unsers.

New Summit House is the latest in a long history of proposalsCABOOSE COBWEBSMel McFarland


As our students enter prom and graduation season, it’s the perfect time to remind them about making safe choices to ensure they thrive beyond high school celebrations.

Our district is launching the second phase of its “Be Here” campaign with a website, posters, and resources for our youth. You can review the website at asd20.org/behere/youth.

There are resources for students and families on the website to help promote mental health. However, the overarching message is to encour-age our children to be here for the many positive life events that await them as they continue to grow and mature.

The first phase of our mental health awareness campaign launched for adults in February and culminated with a well-attended Parent Academy session about suicide prevention on March 8.

Our school counselors plan to continue these awareness efforts year

round because they have firsthand experiences with children and adults who could benefit from knowing all of the local resources available to help them through any mental health crisis.

I want to update you on some of the 2016 Superintendent’s Initiatives.

The Bring Your Own Device pilot program appears to have been a suc-cess in the six pilot schools and plan-ning for expansion of the program for 2016-17 is under way.

Michael Pollard is the Bring Your Own Device specialist who has been meeting consistently with representa-

tive teachers and administrators in the pilot program schools. Ranch Creek Elementary is developing a steering committee to begin its Bring Your Own Device program in August.

The Growth and Capital Needs Committee will begin touring our district facilities on April 23 as well as touring new housing developments and build-outs of existing develop-ments in our district.

Each district department and school made a presentation to the 40-plus committee members about what they would do with additional funds if voters are asked to consider a bond ballot measure in November.

No decision has yet been made by the Academy District 20 Board of Education about whether to be on the ballot. The Growth and Capital Needs Committee will make recom-mendations to me in May. You can see the minutes of these meetings on the district website, asd20.org, under the

tab “committees.”Committee members finalized

nomination documents, a rubric, and a tentative timeline and mockup web page for a district Hall of Excellence that includes a virtual hall where, eventually, viewers could see biog-raphies/citations/video of inductees organized by year.

The physical Hall of Excellence is being constructed at the foyer of the staff member entrance to the Educa-tion and Administration Center. The mission of the Hall of Excellence is to honor those who have created a legacy of extraordinary contributions toward upholding the district’s mission and tradition of excellence. Our commu-nity will be asked to submit nominees for the inaugural induction ceremony later this summer.Mark Hatchell is the superintendent of schools in Academy District 20. He writes a monthly column for The Tribune. Fol-low him on Twitter @markhatchell. Like Academy District 20 on Facebook.

GUESTCOLUMNISTDr Mark Hatchell

Lots happening in D-20 as schools make year-end push

Ornate totem poles, jutting skyward 20 feet in air, once marked the turnoffs from the field at the corner of Baptist Road.

Tourists, from all over the nation (and in fact the world) would stop to view the carvers’ craft gathered on 11 acres — and more than 7,000 wood carvings from every state in the union.

Then one dark day in April, 1990, the ornately carved doors were closed to the public, forever.

“The National Carvers Museum, which hosted carvings from around the country for 15 years, is probably closed for good,” leads the Tribune, in the April 26, 1990 edition.

“Unless we can find a rich widow willing to give us a million dollars, I don’t see us opening again,” the Tri-bune article quotes Rich Wetherbee, president of the board then.

Board members and those associat-ed with the museum, said that bonds and loans issued to build and main-tain the facility south of Monument, and high operating expenses drained the museum’s treasury.

The board also canceled the May printing of ‘The Mallet,’ the museum’s monthly publication that went out to 3,200 members. There are also 1,200 honorary life members, according to the Tribune article.

The museum had grown from its incorporation in 1969 to one with 7000 articles in it worth nearly $1 million, according to one of the founders.

Harry Meech, who was one of the founders of the museum, reacted with bitterness toward the move.

“I ran it for 15 years, and then in six months they file for bankruptcy,” said Meech who had retired in the previous October.

However, John Corff, the museum director at the time of closing, indi-cated after taking over for Meech, the museum faced a long financial road.

“He cited $800,000 in bonds that needed to be paid off in 10 years, omitting at the same time any interest payment. Interest on the bonds run as high as 16 percent on some of the bonds that are unsecured with any property, the paper reported.

“Bond holders are already getting uneasy, with two suites against the museum, one for $35,000 and the oth-er for $7,000. There is also an $185,000 mortgage on the building that costs the board $2626 per month,” Tribune said.

“Corff told the membership that the board needed over $400,000 in income to ‘keep the doors open.”

Revenues in 1988 were just over $280,000. In addition, the board has just over $300,000 in notes that were

secured by certificates of deposits, or CDs, reported the paper then.

In taking the bonds and notes, the board is facing payment of $1.4 mil-lion though 1994 if it paid off bonds and interest on notes, a reconstruction of records showed. Even with payment of the $1.4 million, the $300,000 in notes would remain after 1994.

In trying to keep the doors open, Corff and the board devised subscrip-tion plans that changed the life-time membership arrangement of many members who paid $100 a few years ago to assure them a free mallet sub-scription.

Life membership went to $150 with the Mallet subscription going to $15 per year after the first year. Life member were required to pay an ad-ditional $50, but less than $1,000 paid the additional amount, said one board member at the time.

“There is just not enough carvers to go around to support a national mu-seum,” said board member Fred Clark, who moved to Monument from New York to be near the museum.

But there was some bitterness from some of the board members, too, cit-ing bad business practices of selling bonds and getting the museum in over its head.

Meech said the bonds were sold before the museum opened as a way of financing a dream.

“People kept telling me it was pos-sible to sell bonds. We got an attor-ney and received a license to sell the bonds,” he said.

Meech and Lawrence Martin of Chicago, acquired the acreage just off Baptist Road and said at one point, he personally acquired 600 of the carv-ings. The museum building was built in 1973. Later, an educational build-ing, named in honor of Meech and his wife Vivienne, was also constructed.

Meech was working at a Chicago electric utility until he moved to Colorado to work at the museum, ac-cording to an earlier Tribune article six months prior to the closure.

“He served as administrator, publisher-editor of “The Mallet” and elected to the board seven times. His wife worked as member director for nine years without compensation,” the article about Meech’s retirement

said.“I just feel personally sad, After all

these years, now we tear it down.” But they didn’t tear it down. Today Wood Carvers Properties

houses NavSys and the Tri-Lakes Busi-ness Incubator. Alison Brown is the CEO of NavSys and president of the Incubator, and said the property was purchased from the banks in the early 1990s using a special loan program though the Pike Peak Regional Devel-opment Authority.

Brown donated the ornately carved doors to the city of Monument, and several years ago, when the new town hall was constructed, the doors were used in Board of Trustees Chambers.

Brown said for about 10 years, after

the closure of the museum, people still came by asking about it.

“It didn’t help that the Denver Post listed it for several years following in the Top 25 Things not to Miss in Colo-rado. “

For many years, a sign designated the National Carvers Museum, along with the altitude, though Brown, who is an international expert in GPS sys-tems, noted that altitude was wrong. “I think it was several thousand feet off,” she said.

Today, editions of “The Mallet” and memorabilia of the long-lost museum are sold and traded on E-Bay, and a photographic tour of the facility as it was in 1984 is available at http://www.richardstamats.com/NCM/index.html.

National Carvers Museum whittled down to splinters and memories

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Alison Brown donated these hand-carved doors to the city of Monument when she purchased the the former National Carvers Museum property in the early 1990s. The doors display carvings of all 50 states and open into Council chambers at City Hall. The carver’s signature, Tim Weberding, of Batesville, Indiana, is on one corner.

The gazebo at the former National Carvers Museum, though weathered by the years, still sports various carvings from the heyday of the internationally known attraction.


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Remember as a kid playing outdoors and getting really dirty? Well, it seems those days are rapidly disappearing for children around the world.

Experts say the time children spend outside in exploratory, hands-on-play (the kind where you actually get dirty) is dramatically declining. With it goes the opportunity for children to learn essential skills that would serve them for a lifetime.

To better understand the problem, Persil – a UK laundry detergent com-pany – funded a research survey of 12,000 parents of children, ages 5 to 12, in 10 countries. The findings were shocking.

Simply put, outdoor play is dis-appearing. Almost one-third of the children in the survey play outside for 30 minutes or less a day and one in five don’t play outside at all.

To put it in perspective, the re-searchers claim that one in three children spend less time outside than inmates in a maximum security prison. That’s not a little deal.

Research shows that children who spend time in nature are physically, mentally and emotionally healthier. A report by the American Academy of Pediatrics states that free and unstruc-tured play is healthy and essential in

helping children reach important so-cial, emotional and cognitive develop-ment milestones.

Unstructured play encourages children to develop logical thinking, improves their ability to reason, allows them to stretch their imagination and explore their interests and encour-ages them to take risks. And when kids spend time outdoors with their peers, it gives them the opportunity to build the kind of social skills they’ll need throughout life.

If that’s not reason enough to drag your child out of bed in the morning this summer and boot them out the door to play, it turns out getting dirty is good for you.

Dr. Mary Ruebush, an immunolo-gist and microbiologist, in her book “Why Dirt is Good: 5 Ways to Make Germs Your Friends” says: “What a child is doing when he puts things in his mouth, is allowing his immune response to explore his environment. Not only does this allow for practice

of immune responses, which will be necessary for protection, but it also plays a critical role in teaching the im-mature immune response what is best ignored.”

In numerous studies, researchers have concluded that the millions of bacteria, viruses and especially worms that enter the human body along with dirt spur the development of a healthy immune system. Scientists are begin-ning to suspect that the dramatic in-crease in asthma, inflammatory bowel disease, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune disorders is due to a lack of exposure to various microorganisms found in dirt.

So, should your children be wash-ing their hands or licking them after a

romp outdoors? “As a parent, I would simply say:

relax,” says Ruebush, “The human species has not been on this planet for as long as it has without having an unbelievable miraculous immune response.”

“Let your child be a child,” she con-tinued. “If your child isn’t coming in dirty every day, they’re not doing their job. They’re not building their immu-nological army.”

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April 14CASA 411 April is Child Abuse Prevention Month

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April 15Concert Rufus Cappadocia & Bethany Yarrow

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April 16Voting event League of Women Voters of the Pikes

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April 16Earth Day Walk The Falcon Wanderers Volks-

march Club and Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center plan an Earth Day volksmarch Sat-urday, April 16. Walk will start at the Garden of the Gods Visitor and Nature Center, 1805 N 30th St. Park in the Rockledge Ranch parking area and walk to the visitor center. The 5K (3.1 miles) route is rated 2B and the 10K (6.2 miles) route is rated 3B. Jogging stroll-ers can complete the courses with some difficulty, but wheelchairs are not recommended. Elevation is 5,980 feet. Event is free and open to the public. Reg-ister to walk any time between 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and walk at your own pace, but please finish by 3:30 p.m. Leashed pets are welcome on the trail, but no pets inside the visitor center building. Call Carol Kinate at 719-648-9015.

April 23-24Show, sale Tri-Lakes Women’s Club plans its 40th

Pine Forest Spring show and sale, featuring antiques, home décor and garden exhibits. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 23, and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, April 24, at Lewis-Palmer High School, Monument. Enjoy a variety of baked goods from more than 100 bakers; gourmet food trucks will be new this year. Entry is $6. Contact

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Collecting Bottles – Lewis-Palmer High School sophomores will be knocking on doors Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. asking for soda cans and bottles for recycling. If no one calls on you, please take them to the tennis court at the high school.

May Day Festival – Homemakers Club of Monument will sponsor the May Day Festival on May 1. The club will be giving away a quilt and is offer-ing spaces for you to sell your goods. There will be crafts, baked goods, grab bags, lunch and homemade pies and coffee. Contact Mrs. Aldys Fonger.

Slimnastics Class – The El Paso County Park and Recreation Depart-ment will offer a slimnastics class or women. Call by Friday, April 16, if you are interested.

Offi cials sworn – Randall Warthan was sworn in as mayor of Palmer Lake. Gene W. Blackney, who received high-est number of trustee votes, was named mayor pro-tem. Other trustees swornin were Frances M Vanaken, Alice R.

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Honor List – Adel J. Merrick from Palmer Lake made the honor list at Mesa College.

Memorial service – A memorial service for George E. Fuller will be held Friday at 2:30 p.m. Memorial gifts may be made to Shrine Hospital for Crip-pled Children.

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Continued from Page 1 Medlicott, who harshly criticized Rafael Domin-

guez, former mayor, for his authoritarian style, won 431 votes.

They easily beat the other four candidates.Newcomer Kevin Sorenson was fifth with 370

votes. Tooley managed 361 votes. Another newcom-er, Tim Allen, received 338 votes. And Howe came in with 278 votes.

“The people have spoken,” Bornstein said Wednesday. “I’m glad this is over and we can all move forward.”

A last-day surge of voting in the mail-ballot elec-tion brought overall voter turnout to 873 ballots cast, 0r just 18.9 percent of the 4,604 registered voters in Monument. Though a poor turnout generally, it was up from 811 votes cast in 2014.

Almost immediately, the four slate members will have an opportunity to tighten their grip on the board as a replacement is appointed to fill the last two years on the term of Jeff Kaiser, who was appointed mayor at the April 4 meeting.

Kaiser replaced Rafael Dominguez, who resigned March 29, citing a conflict of interest with his new job in Colorado Springs.

On Election Day, Kaiser spoke of the potential that voters might overhaul the board and he said he was ready to work with anyone elected.

“No matter who’s elected, we have a rebuilding process ahead of us,” Kaiser said. “I’m going to sup-port the new board and embrace them. I look forward to working with them, finding out their thoughts and ideas and helping them.”

Kaiser said he always welcomed new ideas and fresh perspectives that newcomers bring.

“I want the board to move together in a cohesive manner so that we can more this town forward, heal this town and make this the town the place we all know and love,” he said. “Let’s make it become the town we all want it to be and know it can be.”

Kaiser, who was a close ally of Dominguez, also had reached out specifically to Coopman in recent months, inviting him to address the board on senior issues and sit in on a water rates community round-table.

While recognizing “a couple issues have been pretty divisive,” Kaiser said he hoped diplomacy be-tween the newcomers and the existing trustees could result in compromises that benefits the town.

“There are going to be things they want to do I can’t stop,” he said. “But maybe I can give them a mo-ment of pause.

“If they come in with attitude of serving the town, there’s hope. If they come in with an agenda and ram it through no matter how it affects the town, that will be unfortunate.”

The biggest winner, Coopman, wasted little time laying plans he intends to initiate after the new board is sworn in April 18.

“We are going to create an atmosphere and en-vironment at Town Hall that is representative of the people,” Coopman said. “Cleaning house isn’t a term anyone likes to use. Accountability is the word we fo-cused on.

“Nobody is out to get anyone. Nobody is out for revenge. You are going to see us address issues like water rates and create a board structure that truly guides the paid town staff.”

Expect quick action on the recent water rate in-crease. Coopman said the steep new rates were en-acted “irresponsibly” and he can’t wait to repeal and replace them with something more “reasonable.”

“That water rate increase was passed irresponsi-bly and without the best interest of the community in mind,” Coopman said. “No one ever debated that we didn’t need a water rate increase. But it needs to be reasonable.”

Coopman, 32, grew up in Palmer Lake and is a 2001 graduate of Lewis-Palmer High School. After living in Arizona, Coopman moved back to Monu-

ment in 2008. He is the vice president of Right at Home Senior Care in Colorado Springs. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two boys and a baby girl. Jennifer is a teacher at Palmer Lake Elementary School.

Coopman was the first candidate to announce for the board in January and he made his campaign all about the proposed methadone clinic/dispensary that he helped defeat last summer.

Though a settlement of a lawsuit against the town was announced in March, Coopman remains frus-trated the deal isn’t final. And he is impatient with the town staff for not rewriting town ordinances fast enough to protect Monument from any other com-pany that might want to open a methadone facility under the town’s vague zoning codes.

“A revision of ordinances was something prom-ised to us in August and it still hasn’t happened,” Coopman said, signaling Town Manager Chris Lowe and his staff that he expects results soon.

“The moratorium extension expires in May,” he said. “What do we have in place to protect us? Noth-ing right now.”

Coopman also wants a forensic audit of town spending, saying he won’t increase water rates until all spending has been justified. He took particular issue with $7,000 he said was spent on a Christmas party, $200,000 on a generator, recent “significant pay increases” for water enterprise employees and $20,000 the town budgeted for the Tri-Lakes Cham-ber of Commerce.

Most important, Coopman said, was the new at-titude the slate will bring to the board.

“We’ll be very open with the community so they are in the loop the entire way,” he said. “We’ll have an open dialogue from day one.

“You are going to see change that represents the interests and wants of the community. Voters have spoken. It’s a new day. We have a tremendous op-portunity to shape the entire future of the entire Tri-Lakes region.”

Continued from Page 1Kaiser said Dominguez became a target of public frustration – somewhat unfairly.

“In defense of Rafael, he had been hammered by our legal team who said it was platted as a clinic,” Kaiser said. “We were told, time and again, there was nothing we could do. Rafael was the bearer of bad news.”

Lost in the furor, he said, was the fact that after the Board of Adjustment decision, the trustees aggres-sively opposed the facility, enacting a moratorium to block Colonial from refiling its zoning request, know-ing the decision was inviting a lawsuit.

“We got a glimmer of hope that we could, indeed, fight this,” Kaiser said. “And we did fight it, tooth and nail.”

But the damage was too severe, resulting in an aborted recall effort and fueling several members of the public to run for the Board of Trustees.

“None of us ever wanted this to happen,” he said. “It was really unfortunate. The pitchforks and torch-es really came out.”

Now, with the lawsuit settled, Town Manager Chris Lowe fully in command after six months in the job and a new Board of Trustees taking office, Kaiser hopes everyone can start fresh and look forward, in-stead of dwelling on the past conflicts.

“Education and open communication are the big things,” Kaiser said. “We have an extremely intelli-gent community. If they understand the facts, they will understand how and why things are done.”

He promises to use his expertise as an engineer and his skills as a facilitator to find areas of compromise between trustees and the public as the board tackles big issues such as securing new sources of water and building a $12 million water recycling plant.

“We need to secure water for our future,” he said. “Renewable, reusable water. We have to stop send-ing half our water downstream. We can cut our water consumption in half.

“If you think property values would go down with methadone clinic, think how they will go down if we don’t have water.”

With large infrastructure projects comes the need

for fiscal responsibility, he said.“There needs to be infrastructure work and

we need to make sure services are provided, but make sure we do so in a judicious manner,” Kai-ser said. “I view tax dollars as sacred funds. They should be spent sparingly and with taxpayers at heart.”

Other initiatives include opening a dialogue with the public about a 1 cent sales tax increase to pay for parks, trails, open space and other amenities.

With the expiration of a 1 cent sales tax on the Baptist Road corridor, Kaiser said there may be an opportunity to ask voters for permission to replace it with a citywide tax to pay for specific projects.

“I can see arguments on both sides,” Kaiser said. “From the taxpayers’ perspective, I understand the view of ‘Keep your grubby hands off my money.’ On the other hand, it’s important to have the types of amenities that attract families and businesses and help the community prosper.

“I will support whatever voters want to do.”

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Nine years ago, Maria Johnson and 15 of her stu-dents gathered in the library at Lewis-Palmer Elemen-tary for the district’s first Rubik’s Cube tournament.

It was a small event, sponsored by Rubik’s Cube, and a way for students to exercise and celebrate visual-spatial intelligence and problem-solving.

At the heart of the tournament was the colorful cube, invented in 1974 by a Hungarian sculptor, Erno Rubik. It was mass-produced in 1980 and quickly be-came one of the most popular toys in the world.

But toy doesn’t quite describe the mesmerizing cube. It is mind-boggling to many and a mystery to be solved, in seconds, by others. And the allure of being the fastest at solving it launched the tournament and caused it to grow.

Last week, the school again held its tournament, hosting 26 teams from districts all across southern Colorado, with hundreds of participants and family members and friends in tow.

More than 260 students took part in the competi-tion this year.

That’s 2,600 fingers furiously spinning the six-sided, three-dimensional puzzle trying to perfectly match its 54 colored squares in the fastest time possible.

“The kids are so good at this,” Johnson said. “I’m always dumbfounded.”

Explorer Elementary took first place in the division 1 team competition, solving their tray of scrambled cubes in just over four minutes.

Laweson McCVay, a 5th grader from Monument Academy, took first in the Division 1 Solo tournament, solving his puzzle in 38 seconds.

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Something special happened at Prairie Winds Elementary School last Friday. Students traveled to the Amazon rain forest, swam with sharks, saw the Egyptian Sphinx and blasted off to the moon, all in time for their afternoon snack.

While Julie Saccuman’s fifth grade class went all around the world, they were never in any real danger. The trip was provided via Google Expeditions, a virtual tour that gives students the chance to explore in, on, and around the world.

The trip worked like this: Google provided all the equipment needed, including viewfinders with phones, a tablet for the teacher and on-site internet. Students peeked into their cardboard viewfinders with a phone placed at the back. It created a virtual effect in which students physically turned all directions to see a new world that surrounded them.

Meanwhile, the teacher acted as the adven-ture guide, leading students from the desert, to the tundra and to outer space all within seconds

through the tablet.At one point, Saccuman took the students to

streets of Venice, Italy, which was met with an excited cry from students.

Saccuman applied to Google for the trip last fall, and to her surprise, was accepted. She was even more surprised when it was free.

She said that it aided as a visual as it took students to places that a bus couldn’t take them.

“It extends the les-sons, and really puts the kids right there in real life,” said Saccuman.

Students were thrilled about the trip around the globe.

“This is my favor-ite thing to do in the world,” said one of Saccuman’s students excitedly.

Another student said “It’s amazing, I can’t get enough of it.”

The Discovery Canyon Campus team competed against Lew-is-Palmer Elementary and several other teams in their tour-nament bracket. /Photos by Avalon A Manly for The Tribune

The Lewis-Palmer Elementary team, coached by tourna-ment founder Maria Johnson, left, race to complete their cubes before the competition.

Lure of solving colorful puzzle attractshundreds to Lewis-Palmer Elementary

Top: Julie Saccuman guides her students to see the Pyramids of Egypt with her tablet.

Prairie Winds Elementary takes a world tour with Google Expedition

Julie Saccuman guides her class through deserts, jungles and the moon with her tablet./Photos by Evan Musick

Students are transported all over the world through virtual technology.


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Peter Wise, math teacher and expert-level chess player under the U.S. Chess Federation rating system, took a handful of his chess students to the recent Colorado Scholastic Team Chess Championship in Longmont. They took third across the state in their division and were recognized by the mayor at a recent town meeting.

“I try to connect chess to life whenever I can,” Wise said. “Life imitates chess. We talk about reducing errors, expanding our pow-ers of concentration, increasing our pow-ers of observation. We work on long-term strategic thinking and short-term tactical thinking.”

Chess works best, Wise said, if all the pieces on the board are in their optimal position. “So we talk about how, if you opti-mize the placement of all the pieces of your life, good luck comes.”

The winning chess team was recognized by the mayor at a recent town meeting. /Photo by Bill Vogrin for The Tribune

Prairie Winds chess team takes third in state tournament

Left and Above: Peter Wise teaches chess at Prairie Winds Elementary. They start class by solving a series of paper chess problems – and their practice shows. Some of his students competed and took third place in a recent state tournament in Longmont. /Photos by Avalon A. Manly for The Tribune

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He was peppered with questions during the 90-minute meeting, with some people worried about traffi c and plans for 10 homes to have driveways connecting directly onto Gleneagle Drive. Many wanted him to design small frontage roads, which they called “eyebrows,” to consolidate the traffi c on a couple entrances.

Gratrix’s land planning consultant, Bill Guman, of William Guman and Associates, said they intended to at-tach restrictions to the plats to ad-dress concern about the lack of eye-brows.

“We are proposing that each of the 10 lots be designed with a turn-around or a circle drive on each so no cars will try to back out onto Gleneagle,” Guman told the crowd. “We want them to access Gleneagle head-fi rst.”

In response to questions, Gratrix said he did not plan to aer-ate the ponds, although he said they would be maintained better than in recent years.

He said his crews would begin the process of letting the property revert to native grasses.

“Our vision for the undeveloped ground is for it to return to its native status,” Gratrix said.

He said he planned to leave a pump house in place but he would not be op-erating the irrigation system for the old golf course. One golf cart tunnel under Gleneagle would remain for future ac-cess to open space, he said, but anoth-er will be removed.

One neighbor wanted him to walk

the sprawling golf course with indi-vidual homeowners to discuss specifi c concerns with each homesite. Others repeated complaints aired in February about drainage, density, views and wa-ter rights.

“Nothing is perfect,” Gratrix said. “But we are trying very hard to be con-siderate and responsive to the commu-nity’s concerns. And anytime you do an ‘infi ll’ project, there are challenges. This is my fi nal plan that I intend to submit. It could change signifi cantly once they see it. But this is what we in-tend to submit.”

The crowd’s attention then shifted to the HOA and especially Ken Judd, chairman of the Gleneagle Civic Asso-ciation’s architectural control commit-tee, who fi elded questions about the open space donation.

Judd told some skeptical residents that the HOA was taking ownership from Gratrix rather than risk the 90 acres being developed in the future. It was a revelation to some of the 40 or so people who circled him to learn water could be obtained to build more houses.

“Despite what many believe, there is water to develop those acres,” Judd said. “We fought to stop one builder who wanted to put in 150 homes. You didn’t know about that.

“The only thing stopping Donala Water and Sanitation District from providing water is a policy decision. It just takes three directors on the Donala board to change that policy.”

Others wanted to know why resi-dents should accept the liability and risk associated with maintaining open space and ponds. Others suggested the community should restrict access to the winding property.

“Are you saying we should put up fences and gates around 90 acres?” Judd asked.

Another Gleneagle resident was shocked at the idea, asking the neigh-bor: “Are you really that selfi sh?”

Judd told the group the HOA will not take possession until all plans are approved by the county and improve-ments are made by the developer, per-haps in nine months or a year.

Then the HOA will consider mak-

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Residents have suggested the HOA build trails, picnic shelters, play-grounds, benches, a band shelter and more.

The HOA will increase its $45 an-nual dues the maximum allowable 5 percent a year to cover anticipated costs, Judd said.

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Like many of you, I was shocked and saddened when Palmer Ridge High School head baseball coach Steve Whiting and two of his assistants were fired following the team’s spring break trip to Arizona last month.

The reason given for his dismissal was an unspecified violation of CHSAA and District 38 rules.

His abrupt dismissal is a reminder for all coaches in the region. Know the rules. Follow them. Or else.

It’s a shame because I’ve known Whiting to be a good, honest, well-in-tentioned coach. And I believe he still is. But he made a mistake and now he’s suffering the consequences.

It’s tough because I know how he sacrificed to serve as coach. He was not employed by the school. Like many coaches, he has a full-time job and often had to find a way to juggle both.

These coaches are glorified volun-teers. The small stipend coaches get hardly pays for the fuel for their cars.

Volunteers or paid, the responsibili-ties are the same and the standards of conduct are high. And there is zero tolerance for failure to meet those standards.

As parents, we trust them to do the right thing and make good decisions with our children.

We hope they will teach our kids how to play a sport the right way. We assume that they will abide by the rules, and obey all the bylaws set forth by the Colorado High School Activi-ties Association (CHSAA) and by local school districts.

The CHSAA rules are pretty clear when it comes to how coaches should conduct themselves. You can look them up yourself by going to chsaa-now.com.

The standards are so high because

coaches, like teachers, can have a profound impact on young people. Coaches often have special relation-ships with our kids that can last a lifetime.

As a former high school athlete, I looked up to my coaches as role mod-els and men of integrity. They were of-ten times larger-than-life figures who played a pivotal role in shaping me as a young man and helping me to meet the challenges of the real world.

One such man was Steve Zahniser. He was one of my football and basket-ball coaches and a PE teacher. Coach Z was the kind of guy who you could sit down and talk about difficult situ-ations you might be facing in school and at home. His advice was sound and he showed a genuine interest.

One afternoon during my freshman year, I sat down with him in his office and told him I was quitting the basket-ball team. I shared with him that my parents were going through a divorce and that the situation was taking an emotional toll on me and my sister.

He told me he understood that I was going through a difficult time, but he was disappointed in me for not finish-ing what I had started.

I wasn’t a star player, so he wasn’t trying to protect the team. He was only trying to help me. He understood that if I quit I would likely regret that deci-sion for a long time.

As it turned out, I finished the season. Though times were tough at home, I knew I always had a friend in Coach Z. He was like a father to me and I was forever thankful to him for helping me make the right decision that was best for my life.

It’s been 40 years, but Coach Z and I have remained close, though much of our contact takes place on Facebook.

Not every coach we come in contact with is going to be a mentor or friend. Sometimes they use poor judgment in the way they conduct themselves on and off the field.

As we have seen in recent weeks, some coaches make poor decisions and get fired for their actions.

Some might say: What if that was a player who broke the same rule? Stu-dents don’t get fired.

We’ve all heard of players being

suspended, benched or even dis-missed for breaking rules. Typically, their discipline allows them to remain with the team. In our society, we tend to give breaks to youths, and deserv-edly so. School is supposed to be about learning. And mistakes are teaching moments that can produce growth and maturity.

Coaches, however, are adults and they have a heavy responsibility when they are in charge of young men and women. They must remain above reproach at all times.

Luckily, the overwhelming majority of coaches understand this and follow the rules and are positive influences in the lives of the kids they mentor.

I guess the lesson here for coaches is to be sure and study the rules, em-brace them and get on with the busi-ness of molding young athletes.

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Steve Whiting, in backround, was Palmer Ridge’s baseball coach for three-plus seasons until his contract was terminated by the school on March 31. /Photo by Danny Summers

Three players are college-bound By Danny [email protected]

If ever a high school lacrosse team was loaded, it would be the Palmer Ridge Bears.

It’s nucleus – Mary Koch, Sam Rip-pley and Liz Phillips – are three of the more talented lacrosse players in south-ern Colorado. And each has signed, or verbally committed, to play in college. That’s one-fourth of the starting 12.

Koch, a senior attacker and team captain, signed with Division II Colo-rado Mesa earlier this year. Rippley, a junior midfielder, is verbally commit-ted to Division I Davidson College in North Carolina. Phillips, a sophomore midfielder, has committed to the Uni-versity of Colorado.

“All three of these girls have amaz-ing skills,” said first-year Palmer Ridge coach Kristy Opresko, who played col-legiately for the University of California at Santa Barbara. “Mary has an amaz-ing shot. Her stick skills are a world above most people.

“Sam’s speed is amazing as a mid-fielder. When she gets the ball nobody is going to stop her. And Liz has amaz-ing all-around clean skills.”

All three girls play club lacrosse for Team 180 in Denver. Their club team takes them to tournaments all over the country. They began their lacrosse ca-reers with Rangers Lacrosse when they were in elementary school.

Rippley is a girl for all season. A rare four-sport athlete in an era of special-

ization, she is also a star softball and basketball player for the Bears, as well as a sprinter for the school’s track and field team. She led the basketball team in scoring average with 15 points per game as a point guard, and batted .311 in softball, where she plays center field.

Rippley maintains a very busy schedule this time of the year. The first day back from spring break on March 28, she was in Longmont with the track team helping the 400-relay team to a first-place finish. The next day she was at lacrosse practice, as the team pre-pared for its March 31 game against Green Mountain and April 1 match at ThunderRidge. On April 2, Rippley ac-companied the track team to the Alti-tude Running Invitational in Fort Col-lins.

“Softball and track are things I do more for fun,” Rippley said. “Basket-ball and lacrosse have been my favor-ite sports my whole life. Lacrosse is the one that has ended up working out. I’m short (5-foot-5), so basketball is not re-ally an option in college.”

Koch led the team in scoring last sea-son with 45 goals.

“Our job is to get the open player the ball,” Phillips said. “But if Mary is the open player, it’s always good to get it to her.

“Her shots are incredible. She’s su-per accurate and she has a lot of power. And she uses her body to shield defend-ers off and she’s able to create space, which creates scoring opportunities for herself and other teammates.”

Phillips was third on the team in scoring last season with 30 goals and

14 assists. She has a team-leading nine goals through the first three games this season.

“Even though Liz is younger, she’s always played up with us because she’s that good,” Koch said.

Three college-bound players is a lux-ury. But consider Palmer Ridge had five on its team last spring. Graduates Ash-ley Walker and Emily Miller are playing for St. Mary’s (Moraga, Calif.) and Fres-no State, respectively.

Another teammate, junior Elizabeth Reich, has verbally committed to play volleyball for Portland State.

“I don’t think about it all that much,” Koch said. “We just try to come out here and get better as a team each day. It’s a great opportunity for our team to have all these talented players, but that’s not something we make a big deal of.

“We’re just a lucky team to have so many great athletes and everybody has an opportunity to shine on our team.”

Palmer Ridge girls’ lacrosse team deep in talent

Palmer Ridge’s girls’ lacrosse team has three players who have signed or committed to play in college. From left to right, junior Sam Rippley (Davidson College), senior Mary Koch (Colo-rado Mesa) and sophomore Liz Phillips (University of Colorado). /Photo by Danny Summers / The Tribune


Faces to FollowSteven LeonardbaseballColorado Rockies organization

Leonard, a 2011 Palmer Ridge graduate, is in his second sea-son with the Colorado Rockies organization. A catcher, Leonard is in extended spring training in Arizona and is scheduled to join the Boise Hawks of the short sea-

son Northwest League when their season begins in June. Ad a prep, Leonard helped Palmer Ridge to the 2011 state semifinals his senior season, batting .561 with 38 RBIs.

Brandi Arsenaultsoccer coachRampart

Arsenault a 2011 Lewis-Palmer graduate, is in her fourth season as goalies coach for Rampart. Arsenault concluded her college career last November after help-ing the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs women’s soccer

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Billy CookbaseballLewis-Palmer

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When Gabriella Hesse qualified for

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But she wasn’t satisfied just being there. Hesse went on to win a match playing at No. 3.

After missing the state tournament as a sophomore, Hesse qualified again last spring at No. 1, and won a first-round match to reach the quarterfinals.

Hesse is playing No. 1 singles again this season and leads a stacked group that includes freshman Mattie Kuntzel-

man at No. 2 and senior Emma Zamora at No. 3.

“My goal is to make finals at state this year,” said Hesse, who is 2-1 in the early going with wins over opponents from Air Academy and Sand Creek. “My original goal was to win state, so I’ve kind of backed that off a little bit. But I think I’ve definitely put in the work and time and I think I can have success.”

Hesse faced one of the top players in the state when she went up against Cheyenne Mountain freshman Morgan Hall on April 4. Hall beat her in straight sets as the Indians – the 7-time defend-ing Class 4A state team champions – scored a 7-0 victory over DCC.

Hall, by the way, is the younger sister of Cherry Creek’s Kalyssa Hall, the de-fending 5A No 1 singles champ.

“I learned a lot about my game and how much more consistent I need to be against the tougher players,” Hesse said. “And I need to be offensive and take control from the beginning. That will be what helps get me through to state.”

Hesse is looking to play in college. She is leaning toward Florida Southern College in Lakeland. But for now she is focused on helping the Thunder to a successful season.

“This has been the best just to see the team and the girls grow,” Hesse said. “We started off not receiving a lot of support or recognition from our school, and now we are really being taken seriously. It’s been a great four years.”

At No. 2, Kuntzelman is establishing herself as a force. She is 4-1 and look-ing like a state contender. She was one of two DCC players to take a set against Cheyenne Mountain. Zamora was the

other.“It was fun playing a girl that was re-

ally good, and I feel that it brought out the best in my game,” Kuntzelman said.

Zamora qualified for state at No. 1 doubles as a sophomore in 2014. She is playing her first year in singles and sports a 2-2 record.

“It’s great to be part of this team be-cause you know you have another fam-ily outside of school where you may not have a lot of friends,” Zamora said. “It’s nice to see progression and see this team achieve success in things we’ve worked hard for since we were fresh-men.”

Most of the DCC girls play club ten-nis at Flying Horse or Lifetime Fitness. Hesse and Kuntzelman were in Las Ve-gas Nevada, for a USTA (United States

Tennis Association) sanctioned tour-nament a couple of weeks ago.

“The big tournaments are a learning experience for me,” Kuntzelman said.

The Cheyenne Mountain match was especially important in the growth of DCC’s program. It marked just the second time the school’s varsity teams squared off, and the first time in five seasons.

“We started a team seven years ago with 18 girls and now we’re up to 33 girls,” said DCC coach Brian Thirkell. “Each year we’ve had more and more accomplishments and new records broken.”

The most players DCC has ever sent to state was four, in 2014 when No. 1 doubles and No. 4 doubles advanced to Pueblo.

DCC senior Gabriella Hesse has advanced to the Class 4A state tournament twice and won matches both times. Here she is at last spring’s state tournament in Pueblo./Photo courtesy of Debbie Hesse

Thunder making noise on tennis courts

Discovery Canyon’s three singles players are enjoying a solid season on the tennis courts. From left, senior Emma Zamora, freshman Mattie Kuntzelman and senor Gabriella Hesse./Photo by Danny Summers


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SEASONAL STREET / PARK TECH IThe Town of Monument is seeking a qualified candidate to join the Streets and Parks Department as a Seasonal Streets / Parks Technician I. This position performs maintenance activities such as: patching potholes, repairing and installing street signs and banners, cleaning storm sewer piping, emptying trash, painting facilities, preparing gravesites, opening and closing gravesites, weed control, pruning trees, removing trees as necessary, mowing parks, playground maintenance, light maintenance on vehicles and equipment, may lead crews of seasonal or summer youth by assigning work and monitoring work progress. Candidate must have a valid Driver’s License, be able to lift up to 75 lbs, irrigation maintenance experience is preferred. The position will run from May 2nd, 2016 to October 28th, 2016, hourly rate will depend on experience.

To apply for this position, please pick up an application at Monument’s Town Hall located at 645 Beacon Lite Rd., Monument, CO, and submit the application along with a resume to the Town of Monument ATTN: Public Works Department, 645 Beacon Lite Rd. Monument, CO 80132, or apply by visiting www.townofmonument.org and print out the application.

The deadline for applications is April 22nd, 2016 at 5pm. Any questions about this position should be directed to the Public Works, Streets and Parks Department, (719) 481-2436. The Town of Monument is a drug free, tobacco free and an EOE.

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