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August 17, 2007 - 1:33AM
PALMER LAKE - Water will soon flow into Palmer Lake from a pipeline to Monument Creek. The Palmer Lake Town Council voted 6-1 Thursday night to open a valve that will send water from reservoirs above the town into the evaporating lake. Mayor Max Parker cast the lone dissenting vote.
The move comes at the recommendation of the town’s volunteer Awake the Lake Committee, which says the town hasn’t been taking advantage of all its water rights.
“Right now all that water is going to somebody else. It’s our water,” said committee spokesman Jeff Hulsmann.
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The picnic date has been changed from August 18th to the 25th.
More details about the picnic will be forthcoming on the website and in our newsletter,
which will be mailed to homeowners the week of August 6th.
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June 13, 2007 - 12:15AM
When Monument shut down its skate park last fall, skaters weren’t pleased. “Dude, we were pissed. We were mad,” said 18-year-old Kyle Hoffman.
Town officials said decaying equipment and acts of vandalism gave them no choice. When officials last summer posted signs asking skaters to take care of the park, someone set them on fire.
Vandals also ignited a portable toilet and chopped down newly planted trees.
Now town officials are giving the skate park another chance: They reopened a stripped-down version of the park last month. But they warn it could close again if vandalism returns.
“I’m trying to be optimistic. I’m hoping it doesn’t happen,” public works director Rich Landreth said.
The park, on Beacon Lite Road, was built by volunteers in 2000.
But last summer, Monument police said it had become a hangout for kids drinking and using drugs, and in September officials announced it would close.
A few months later, Landreth started meeting with local skaters and parents to discuss building a new park or revamping the old one.
“The kids were saying, ‘We’d love to be able to at least use those half-pipes,’” Landreth said. The half-pipes are curved concrete ramps that can’t be moved.
A few weeks ago the town, with the help of skaters, hauled the old, decaying equipment out of the park.
“The wood had rotted to the point where they were becoming unsafe,” Landreth said.
Now the park features two concrete half-pipes, a couple of concrete ramps and one modular ramp made of metal and wood. Metal poles along the sidelines show where benches used to be.
The nine skaters hanging out at the park Tuesday afternoon said most of the vandalism came from teenagers who didn’t use the park for skating.
“The kids that would come here and not skate are the ones who caused problems,” said 17-year-old Dan Frelly.
Frelly’s friends aren’t too excited by the bare-bones park.
“Who’s gonna come down here and skate this?” 17-yearold Mike Cruz said. “It’s better than nothing, I guess.”
But the park could improve. A committee comprising parents and skaters continues to meet and could solicit donations and grants to pay for upgrades, Landreth said. The town also could contribute some funds, he said, though an exact amount hasn’t been determined.
Skating enthusiast Thad Handrick, who helped raise $150,000 to build the park in 2000, hopes the whole financial burden won’t fall to the skaters.
“There’s communities that have top-notch skate parks, and they didn’t ask the kids to have a bake sale to fund it,” Handrick said.
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The HOA Board is looking at possibilities for repairing the HOA tennis court and seeks your input. Two directors met with a Lakewood company that proposed the following:
- Clean court with a pressure washer.
- Patch all cracks and cover with a US Nickel and a Rhino Patch Binder.
- Apply one coat of acrylic resurfacing coating. Silica sand is mixed to provide a smooth and textured underlayment for color coatings.
- Apply two coats of fortified acrylic color coatings.
- Layout and paint 2” wide lines in accordance with the USTA and ASBA specifications for double play.
The cost is estimated at $5,087 and would last up to eight years with the amount of current use. Other uses, such as roller blading (hockey), would ruin that particular surface in a very short time. President Joline will contact another company for possible other solutions/bids. Once that is accomplished, Director McGuire suggested the Board make a decision at the next meeting to proceed, whether it is at this time or to budget the project for the future. Please use the electronic poll at the top of the home page to register your opinion or drop the HOA an email at
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| 01/02/2007 |
| Event centers do well in spite of being off main drag |
| By: Nicole Osborn , The Tribune |
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 | This lodge is part of Pinecrest, which also includes an event center and chapel, in Palmer Lake. The center does about 150 events a year. | |
The newest addition to the area, The Inn at Palmer Divide, is adding its second phase of three.
Presently, the facility hosts weddings, receptions, retreats, banquets, conferences, meetings, special occasions and dinner patrons.
"We pride ourselves on individual service; attention to your details," said co-owner Al Fritts.
The inn plans to include coffee service in the guest rooms and expand food service to include breakfast and lunch in addition to the current dinner service.
Guest amenities include a massage therapy studio, where Fritts said the inn intends to employ a local massage therapist by appointment, and an exercise room.
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