Author: Chhun Sun
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Pikes Peak region high school junior turns class assignment into nearly $10K fundraiser for St. Jude’s
The class assignment posed a rather broad, simple question: “How do we use math in real life?” Kayla Anderson’s mind raced to skiing. “When I am skiing,” she thought, “I constantly calculate my speed and the vertical feet I ski throughout the day.” For this Pine Creek High School student, a pre-calculus assignment ended in…
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Pine Creek junior Kayla Anderson turns class assignment into nearly $10K fundraiser for St. Jude’s
The class assignment posed a rather broad, simple question: “How do we use math in real life?” Kayla Anderson’s mind raced to skiing. “When I am skiing,” she thought, “I constantly calculate my speed and the vertical feet I ski throughout the day.” For this Pine Creek High School student, a pre-calculus assignment ended in…
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Hiking with ‘a bunch of old people’ leads Cripple Creek resident Randall Stewart to write a book
On a nearly daily basis, Randall Stewart finds himself hiking with a group called the Gold Camp Trail Mules. The group is “a bunch of old people,” as Stewart puts it. And they like to go on adventures at about 10,000 feet throughout Cripple Creek, Victor and the surrounding areas. They’re not the fastest hikers…
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Pikes Peak Region summer camps to make a comeback this summer, despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
Like many other social activities, summer camps in the Pikes Peak region were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But organizers of La Foret Conference & Retreat Center in the Black Forest area continued to offer a place for people of all ages to have fun and reflect on their lives through summer camps and other…
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Pikes Peak Region summer camps to make a comeback this summer, despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
Like many other social activities, summer camps in the Pikes Peak region were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But organizers of La Foret Conference & Retreat Center in the Black Forest area continued to offer a place for people of all ages to have fun and reflect on their lives through summer camps and other gatherings. And they…
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Pikes Peak Region summer camps to make a comeback this summer, despite COVID-19 pandemic restrictions
Like many other social activities, summer camps in the Pikes Peak region were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. But organizers of La Foret Conference & Retreat Center in the Black Forest area continued to offer a place for people of all ages to have fun and reflect on their lives through summer camps and other gatherings. And they…
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2021 TELLER COUNTY GUIDE
2021 TELLER COUNTY GUIDE Delve into the rich history of Teller County Teller County at a Glance Florissant: Then & Now Snapshots from around Teller County Friends of Mueller State Park fill in funding gaps A passion for home design: Karrie Stimits, Woodland Designs Charis Bible College students complete mission trips in Alaska and Wyoming…
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TELLER COUNTY GUIDE: Ciccarelli brothers continue family tradition with Woodland Park boys’ basketball team
Let’s get one thing out of the way: Those are their actual names. Not nicknames. Tyger and Sonny Ciccarelli are two key players on this season’s Woodland Park High School boys’ basketball team. Tyger is a senior point guard while his younger brother — standing at 6-foot-2 — plays both guard and forward as a…
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Cheyenne Mountain grad Thomas Staines takes another big step in successful running career
He started out playing soccer at Cheyenne Mountain High School before transitioning to running. But it wasn’t until his senior year that Thomas Staines really took the latter sport seriously. “This is what I wanted to do,” he said, at that point. Look at him now. These days, Staines is living the dream in Washington,…
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Woodmoor Nordic continues to offer cross-country skiing to Pikes Peak region — if winter permits
As the owner of Woodmoor Nordic, Michael Brothers knows he’s at a disadvantage. He works in Monument. And anyone familiar with the area knows that snow is not always a certainty. In other words, many don’t think the southern Front Range as a destination to do some cross-country skiing, which is what Brothers offers through…