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Our Community Newsletter #5 – June 12, 2025

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The Palmer Lake Board of Trustees meets TONIGHT: June 12, 6 pm.

Palmer Lake Mayor Havenar resigns

After our June 7th issue had gone to press, it was announced in a June 5th press release that Glant Havenar has resigned as Mayor of the Town of Palmer Lake.

The resignation comes following text messages being made public in which Havenar insulted constituents, fellow board members, and community residents and admitted to creating fake social media accounts and communicating with Darcy Schoening and Buc-ee’s consultant Mark Waller during meetings. Buc-ee’s has proposed building a travel center at the southwest corner of I-25 and County Line Road. Some texts were shared widely on social media, excerpted from a supplemental filing to a lawsuit filed by Integrity Matters against the Town of Palmer Lake.

Read our June 7th issue

Legacy at Jackson Landing Community Meeting, June 19

A community meeting will be held Thursday, June 19, 5:30-6:30 pm at the Tri-Lakes Chamber Meeting House, 300 Highway 105 in Monument 80132.

Legacy at Jackson Landing is 30-acre commercial development which includes a 129,000 square foot “major” retailer, a potential hotel, restaurants, and additional retail space. It is located next to I-25, just north of Baptist Road.  For more information on the project, see the Monument Planning Commission Article in our June 7th issue: wp.ocn.me/v25n6monpc/ and attend the community meeting June 19.

Read our June 7th issue

New videos posted at the OCN YouTube Channel

  • Pikes Peak Soap Box Derby on Higby Road
  • The Ashtonz perform at the grand opening of Lake and Lantern in Palmer Lake.
  • USAFA Graduation
  • Madeline VanDenHoek sworn in as Monument Town Manager, May 19, 2025
  • New sidewalk in Monument from 2nd and Mitchell to Limbach Park
  • Memorial Day at the Monument Cemetery May 25, 2026

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Interview with the late Jim Maguire

Long-time resident Jim Maguire died recently.

Our editor Michael Weinfeld has posted a 2019 audio interview he did with Jim. You can find it at www.youtube.com/@OurCommunityNews. Click on Playlists.

Michael also posted videos of Jim’s Maguireville.

Look for Michael’s article about Jim in our June 7th issue.

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Improved podcasts

We have made significant improvements to the podcasts since they were announced.

To listen to the highlights podcast of this issue in our new video format, go to https://wp.ocn.me/ocn2505highlightsvideo/. The news article headlines are listed below the player so you can skip around to hear summaries of the articles that interest you most.

The audio articles podcast of this issue in our new video format is posted at https://wp.ocn.me/ocn2505audiovideo/. As with the highlights podcast, the news article headlines are listed below the player so you can skip around to hear full text of the articles that interest you most.

All the past and current podcasts are posted at https://wp.ocn.me/podcast/.

While we think you will have the best experience playing or downloading the podcasts on our website, you can also find them on our channels at Apple Podcasts Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube.

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Upcoming Local Events

See page < 22 > and page < 23 > for event locations and other details of these and many other local events.

  • Town of Monument Concerts in the Park, first Wed., 6-8 pm. Limbach Park. See ad on page < 4 >.
  • Monument Hill Farmers Market, every Sat., 8-2 pm. D38 Lewis Palmer admin building, 66 Jefferson Street, Monument. See ad on page < 5 >.
  • Palmer Lake Farmers Market, every Sun., 10 am-2 pm. Now taking new vendors, info: calvertsminimarket.com. See ad on page < 2 >.
  • Palmer Lake Board of Trustees meeting, Thu., June 12 & 26, 6 pm
  • Benet Hill Monastery, Forest guided walks, Tue., June 10, 10 am-noon. Fri;, June 20, 6-8 pm. Fri.-Sun., June 27-29. See ad on page < 3 >.
  • Campbell Homes Model Home Grand Opening, Wed.-Sun., June 11-15. See ad on page < 10 >.
  • PLHS Father’s Day Ice Cream Social, Sun., June 15, 2-4 pm.
  • Monument Town Council meeting, Mon., June 16, 6:30 pm
  • Lewis-Palmer School District 38 public budget hearing, Mon., June 16, 6 pm. See ad on page < 6 >
  • Puzzle swap and speed jigsaw puzzle competition. Mon., June 16, 6:30-8:30 pm. See ad on page < 4 >.
  • Poetry Book Launch and Summer Solstice party, Fri., June 20, 6-8 pm. See ad on page < 14 >.
  • Furry Friends Grand opening, Sat., June 21. See ad on page < 10 >
  • WMMI History Day, Sat., June 21. See ad on page < 12 >.
  • Art Hop, Fri., June 27, 5-8 pm, fourth Fri. May through Sept. See ad on page < 2 >.
  • Restyle Your Furs Event, Mon.-Tue. June 30-July 1. 10 am-5 pm. See ad on page < 11 >.
  • OCN mailing day, Thu., July 3, approx. 7-8:30 am. Become an OCN reporter! We will train you! Call 719-488-3455.
  • Kiwanis 4th of July events. See ad on page < 8 >.
  • Palmer Lake July 4 Fun Run. See ad on page < 14 >.
  • Braver Angels & Reclaiming Civility hosting summer workshops to promote respectful dialog, Sat., Aug. 16. See ad on page < 11 >.
  • Tri-Lakes Cruisers 22nd Annual Benefit Car Show, Sun., Aug. 17, 9 – 2 pm.

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