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El Paso County Board of County Commissioners, May 27: County approves patio homes on driving range

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Below: View of the planned patio home building site as seen from the adjacent Eagle Villas complex. Photo provided by Dick Durham.

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the planned unit development plan as a PDF file. Click here for help with PDF downloads. To view and print the file, you will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader Program.

the BOCC packet as a PDF file. Click here for help with PDF downloads. To view and print the file, you will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader Program.

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Monument Board of Trustees, May 3: Consultant research for proposed water purchase approved

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Drawings provided by Kevan Kuhnel of JR Engineering

Below: Village Center Filing 4 Preliminary Landscape Plan

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Below: Village Center Filing 4 Retail/office Reference Elevation

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Below: Village Center Filing 4 Branch Bank Reference Elevation

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the drawings as a PDF file. This is a 7.7 Mbyte file and will take about 47 minutes to download using a dial-up modem. Click here for help with PDF downloads. To view and print the file, you will need to download and install the free Acrobat Reader Program.

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Donala Water and Sanitation District, May 20: Decision by Colorado Springs may clear the way for a contract with Donala

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Below (L to R): Dana Duthie, Donala General Manager and board members Tim Murphy, Dale Schendzielos, David Powell, William Nance, and William George. Photo by John Heiser.

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Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District Board, April 28: Expenditures and income on track

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Below: District Administrative Assistant Jennifer Martin, standing, receives congratulations from district board members, from left, Barbara Kelly, Charlie Pocock, and Roger Lance. She was lauded for her outstanding perseverance and effort that led her to be elevated to a full-time employee. Photo by Bernard Minetti.

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DWFPD Safety Fair

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Below: Donald Wescott Fire Protection District held its annual summer safety fair and open house to promote health and fire safety with great attractions such as big fire engines, Flight for Life and Memorial Hospital helicopters, and ATVs and jet skis - plus a limitless supply of hot dogs and sodas. Wescott Firefighters Valerie Marshall and Bryan Ackerman show Michael and Debbie Didovic and their children Nathan and Kayleigh the jet skis on display. Photo by Jim Kendrick.

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Lewis-Palmer District 38 Special Education Advisory Committee, May 12: Principals’ panel addresses committee; board elected

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Below: School principals participating in the panel are, from left, Gary Gabel (Palmer Ridge High School), John Borman (Lewis-Palmer High School), Caryn Collette (now of Creekside Middle School, next year at Lewis-Palmer Middle School), Aileen Finnegan (Prairie Winds Elementary), Julie Jadomski of Palmer Lake Elementary, and Peggy Parsley (currently of Grace Best Elementary, to Bear Creek Elementary next year). Photo by Harriet Halbig.

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Snapshots of Our Community

School gets pizza money for playground, April 30

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Photo by Frank Maiolo

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By Frank Maiolo

Jason Mansfield, owner of Nick-N-Willy’s pizza, presented a check for $800 to Grace Best Elementary first-grade teacher Mallori Kortes on April 30. Fliers had been sent home from the school notifying parents of this charity event. Nick-N-Willy’s donated 20 percent of its proceeds from the two days of sales based upon returned fliers from the students.

Kortes’ first-graders were treated to an in-class pizza party lunch supplied by Nick-N-Willy’s for returning the most fliers.

Grace Best Elementary School has collected over $5,000 toward its goal of $10,000 to help support the construction of a new playground facility at Bear Creek Elementary School. In the fall, school staff and students will relocate to Bear Creek (currently the Creekside Middle School campus).

Phase I of the construction is district funded, but Phase II will be funded from community donations and fundraisers. These donations will fund the shade structures, nature trails, fitness equipment and landscaping.

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Burgan entertains with tunes from the ‘50s-‘60s, May 8

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Below (L to R): Tholow Chan and Jerry Burgan perform on the TLCA stage. Photo by David Futey.

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Art sale May 15 provides support for Tri-Lakes Cares

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Below: Tri-Lakes area artist and painter John DeFrancesco, center, is shown with Tri-Lakes Cares (TLC) board members, from left, John Hartling, Kelly McGuire, Henry Brown, Cindy Rush, David Hartline, Ted Bauman, Judy Lyle, Tri-Lakes Cares Executive Director Haley Chapin, Dale Smith, and John Anderson during the TLC’s Community Open House and Art Exhibit and Sale held on May 15. DeFrancesco donated 40 of his paintings to the event, with all proceeds from the sale going directly to the TLC. Nearly $1,400 in donations was received that evening through the purchase of paintings. For those who were unable to attend the event but are still interested in supporting the TLC through this effort, there is still an opportunity. Unsold paintings from the event will be available until end of June with all proceeds still going to the TLC. Call DeFrancesco at 719-488-0459 to review the available paintings at his home gallery. Not pictured in the photo is board member Jim Bergeron. Photo by David Futey.

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Blood drive delivers "Gift of Life", May 18

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Below: (L to R) Barbara Chacon (donor) and Larry Williams (technician). Photo by Frank Maiolo

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Keeping our children safe, May 18

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Below: Monument Police Chief Jake Shirk. Photo by Frank Maiolo.

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Tea Social treated to mini-concert, May 18

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Below: David Siegel and Linda Weise perform May 18. Photo by Bernard Minetti.

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TLWC ends the year with sunflowers and cake

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Photo and information provided by RaeJean Claybaugh

The TLWC is a non-profit organization that has been serving the needs of the Tri-Lakes Community for more than 40 years and where they have proudly granted more than $550,000. To learn more about this club or to join, please visit www.tlwc.net or send an e-mail to membership@tlwc.net.

Below: The Tri-Lakes Women’s Club (TLWC) held its May luncheon at the School District 38 Administration Building where the out-going Board was honored with Sunflowers.

Pictured from right to left: Susan Yoder, Charlie Brown, Carolyn Hodges, Suzanne D’Innocenzo, Judy Crusius, Barbara Dienes, Gerrie Maixner, Carol Reed, Peggy Lilly, Shelley Pruett, Charlie Ann Hayes, Sally Stephenson, Debbie Heredia, Mary Mills, Candyce Sylling, Karen Gruppo, Elly Hostetler, and Maureen Kral.

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Below: The out-going Co-Presidents Rae Jean Claybaugh and Yvonne Jennings hold a cake with the Tri-Lakes Women’s Club logo that was served at the last Board meeting.

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Elected officials take office

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Below: At the May 3 Monument Board of Trustees meeting, Town Clerk Scott Meszaros swore in Mayor Travis Easton and Trustees Jeff Kaiser and Rick Squires for new four-year terms. They were elected on April 6. Photo by Jim Kendrick.

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Below: Newly elected Palmer Lake Town Council members (L-R) Dennis Stern and Joe Polonsky. Photo by David Futey.

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Woodmoor district makes presentations

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Photos by Harriet Halbig.

Below: Board President Benny Nasser, left, presents a bonus to district engineer Zach Collins for his recent detailed mapping of the district.

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Below: Departing board President Benny Nasser, left, receives a keepsake from District Manager Jessie Shaffer. 

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Palmer Lake Medical Marijuana Taskforce meeting

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Below: Palmer Lake’s Medical Marijuana Taskforce includes (seated at table, from left): Bryan Jack, Ken Trombley, Dennis Stern, Susie Hertz, and Cyndee Henson. Three other members were not present. Photo by Susan Hindman.

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"Crimes of the Heart" at the TLCA, May 20-23

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Below: (L-R) Meg McGrath (Sara Crandall) and her sister Lenny (Michelle Paul) speculate on their sister Babe’s reasons for shooting her husband Zackary, a Mississippi state senator, in the play "Crimes of the Heart." The play, written by Beth Henley, takes its first of many turns when it is learned that Babe was having an affair with an underage African-American boy, which Zackary discovered.

The play was performed by the Castle Rock Players at the Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts (TLCA) from May 20-23.This second collaboration between the two organizations was summed up by Castle Rock Players General Manager Anne McGhee-Stinson when she stated, "the TLCA was seeking an emphasis on performing arts and we needed a stage."

This mutually beneficial collaboration will be continuing in July with "The Wisdom Within These Walls."

Information and a listing of upcoming events at the TLCA is available at www.trilakesarts.org. Information on upcoming plays by the Castle Rock Players is at www.crplayers.org. Photo by David Futey taken May 21.

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Monument Art Hop begins new season, May 20

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Photos by David Futey

Below: Elizabeth Hacker

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Below: Gween David, Ron Pijut, Sandee Rogers, and Michael Zacharias

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Below: Wendy Brightbill and Donna McFarland

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Below: Janet Sellers

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Below: Vernon Dayhoff

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Gleneagle Sertoma’s "Spirits of Spring" raises $9,085 for charities, May 22

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Below: Terry Galloway offers chocolates at the "Spirits of Spring" May 22. Photo by Candice Hitt.

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Monument Hill Sertoma cleans up I-25, May 2

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Photos and information provided by Bob Wickham, project leader.

On May 2nd Monument Hill Sertoma conducted their twice yearly (spring and fall) highway clean-up on I-25 between County Line Road and Highway 105. Those pictured were joined by 12 other Club members in this project.

Below (L to R): Bob Hayes, Jim Harris, and Stanchneider; 

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Below (L to R): Dennis Dougherty and WayneClaybaugh; 

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Below: Al Kinchen; 

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Below (L to R): Evan Hand, Jim Woodman, and Jim Clemans. 

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May and June library events: Staff visits schools in anticipation of summer reading

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 Photos by Harriet Halbig.

Below: Children’s Specialist Julie Simmons speaks to a group at Prairie Winds Elementary School about summer reading.

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Below: Adora Cameron displays the sock puppet she made at the library.

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Below: Joel and Jocelyn Heckenkamp enjoyed the puppet workshop.

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Palmer Lake Historical Society meeting, May 20: All aboard for Pikes Peak

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Below: Claude Wiatrowski, author and lecturer, provides a brief history and overview of the cog railway in Manitou Springs at the May Palmer Lake Historical Society meeting. Photo by Bernard Minetti.

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Palmer Lake Historical Society Chautauqua May Planning Meetings: Boy Scouts volunteer to assist Chautauqua project

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Below: From left, Richard Allen, Karen Hartling, Rich Anest, Barbara Brown, Gary Coleman, Travis Coleman, Lou Green, Lois Green, Bonnie Allen, and Mary Meyer participate in the 2010 Chautauqua fund-raiser at the Pinz Bowling center on May 16. Photo by Bernard Minetti.

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