click us at Index Business & Service Directory Community News 2-3 27 Senior News 9 ęȱ 28 Activities 6 Churches/Obituaries Here’s My Card Opinion 10 29 OUR WEBSITE: 4-5 Sports/Outdoors Horoscope/Puzzles 30-31 Chamber News 12 7 Legal Notices 20-27 www.epcan.com Section B 1-32 64 Pages in 2 Sections, 1 Insert Issue No. 40 October 5, 2016 — In Our 59th Year Your “Hometown Community Newspaper” Published Every Wednesday since 1958 School District 3’s INSIDE Community Day is Sat. Photos from Fountain’s Parade Starts at 10:30 a.m. Community Night in the Park ȱ ȃȱ ȱ ǰȱ ȱ ȱ ǰȄȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ęȱȱ - see page 18 School District 3’s Community Day events this Sat., October 8. Events begin with a parade starting at 10:30 a.m. at Big R, 165 Fon- taine Blvd. “Advice from an The parade begins in the Big R parking lot on Fontaine Boulevard, heads west on Fontaine, continues north on Security Boulevard, and Older Sister” Column ȱȱȱȱǰȱęȱȱȱȱǯǯȱȱȱȱ ęȱȱ ȱȱȱ¡¢ȱŗŗDZřŖȱǯǯ Debuts This Week “The streets along the parade route will be closed from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. We apologize for this inconvenience to your home or business and We are pleased to hope that you can join in our community celebration,” Sam Briggs, Di- welcome Fountain City Clerk Silvia Huffman Earns rector of Communication for School District 3 said. Resident DeeDee Following the parade will be a Fall Festival starting at 11:30 a.m. at Lake, and her new Distinguished Designation ǯǯȱȱȱȱęȱȱ ȱǯȱǻȱȱęȱȱ column, “Advice from The Fountain City Council recognized City Clerk Silvia the Parks & Rec Aaron Gutierrez Scholarship Fund.) an Older Sister,” to Huffman at its meeting last week for earning the designation of Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC), which is awarded by ȱȱȱęȱĴȱȱȱ¢ȱȱ ȱȱȱȱ our pages. We hope the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), Inc. 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. at the stadium, followed by a football game at 1 p.m. you will enjoy her DeeDee Lake Only municipal clerks who complete demanding education ȱęȱȱȱȱȱȱ ȱǯȱȱȱ column (on page 11). requirements and who have a record of significant are $3 (includes entrance to the festival.) Cookout tickets are $3 (in- contributions to their local government, community and state receive this designation. See related story on page 4. cludes a hot dog, drink and chips.) NEWS PHOTO BY PATRICIA ST. LOUIS For more information call 391-3000. County Treasurer’s 2016 Tax Lien Sale Notice for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and Special D-8 School Board Assessments Inside Returns From Inside this issue is the El Paso County Treasur- Washington, D.C. er’s 2016 Tax Lien Sale Notice for Delinquent Real The Fountain-Fort Carson Estate Taxes and Special Assessments Payable in School District Eight Board of 2016. This notice is being published Sept. 21, Sept. Education and Superintendent 28 and Oct. 5, in this newspaper. Dr. Keith Owen recently The 2016 El Paso County Delinquent Personal travelled to Washington, D.C. Property and Manufactured (Mobile) Home Taxes notice was published Sept. 14, 2016. for the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools conference. During Meetings on Proposed the visit they also met with Colorado’s delegates in D.C. Charter School Announced They are shown at right with There will be two community meeting op- Congressman Jared Polis. portunities on a new proposed charter school They also met with Senator ȱ ęȱȱ ȱ ȱ řǯȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ ȱ Michael Bennet. school is Bluestem Charter Academy. See related story/photos on The dates are: page 2. ȱŗşȱȬȱęȱȱ ȱȱȱŜȱǯǯ PHOTOS COURTESY OF October 26 - Mesa Ridge High School at 6 p.m. CHRISTY MCGEE, APR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER Coming In Our Next Issues: Starting Our 59th Year of Serving as Your “Hometown” Community Newspaper It is indeed our pleasure to announce the start of this newspaper later this month. newspaper’s 59th Year of serving the Fountain Valley “We couldn’t do it without our dedicated and talented area including City of Fountain and unincorprated areas staff who I want to especially thank for their commitment of El Paso County including Security and Widefield. to the newspaper and the community, and all of their hard Co-founders H. Kay Larson and Carl H. Wiese saw a work to bring you the “newspaper that truly cares about need in the community and created this newspaper as the Fountain Valley area and its people” each and every a venue for both sharing the good news taking place Wednesday,” she added. locally, informing, educating and entertainment local “We also want to express our appreciation to everyone residents, providing a source for local businesses to get in the community who make publishing the newspaper their advertising messages to local residents and last but such a true pleasure for us. We have the best jobs in the * Toys for Tots Toy Run not least, serving as the community’s “watchdog.” world-and it’s a blessing getting to know so many of the “We are so honored to follow in their footsteps and carry wonderful people who work here and live in the most Brings 1000+ Bikers into Fountain on the tradition,” said Editor Patricia St. Louis who will be beautiful little corner of the world.” * Candidate Profiles celebrating her own 35th anniversary of serving at this and much more. Stay tuned! Publisher: Shopper Press, Inc. – 120 E. Ohio Ave., Fountain, Colo. 80817 – (719) 382-5611 – Kathryn A. 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Essentially, NAFIS works to ensure that districts are provided the re- sources they need to ensure students have the opportunities they need to succeed. Part of this work comes in the form of an annual fall conference, ȱȱȱŞȱȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱ¢ǯȱ ȃ Ĵȱȱȱȱ ȱŞȱĜȱȱȱȱȱȱȱȬ gress and about federal funding; to advocate for School District Eight, and to connect with our representatives as well as other school districts on the ȱ ȱǰȄȱ¢ȱ ǰȱǰȱȱ ȱĜȱȱȱȱ ȱȱǯȱȃȱȱȱȱȱȱĴȱȱȱȱ our voice heard on behalf of Fountain and Fort Carson students.” For at least one day each year, the school board and superintendent meet with the Colorado delegates in Congress, both in the House of Representa- tives and the Senate. bigotires.com No Credit Need BIG OCTOBER Financing SAVINGS On a set of 4 $ Big O Brand Tires From the left, Fountain-Fort Carson School District Eight Superintendent Dr. Keith Owen, and Board 100 with Installation Purchase of Education members Vice President Lori Kimball, Director Teresa Wright, Treasurer Dale Terrell, President Suzanne Foster and Director Don Grubbs in front of our nation’s capitol during their recent visit to Washington, D.C. 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