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PET TALK Continued from page 6 intersection of N. Ridge Road and Plum Creek Parkway, is in
sive toward them. Fire fighters do the process of being annexed, zoned, and permitted for the first
their best to evacuate everyone, of two phases.
but they need to know how many
pets are in your house to look for Construction for Phase 1 is planned to start immediately for fall
them. Having a sign on the front 2018 occupancy. The 8.3 acre parcel will have a 50,000 square
door can help. This sign should foot, one-story building (including gym) that will house up to
include how many pets, what type 700 students in kindergarten through 10th grade and will include
of pets they are, and your contact an elementary playground. Parking will be provided for 153
information. cars, and the campus will be closed except for student drop off
and pick-up. A second phase will add through 12th grade and
Pets may escape fire and get lost, increase capacity to about 1,400 students. At that time, track,
microchipping and tags are cru- baseball and football fields will be added along with another
cial. Someone may find your pet 50,000 square feet of classrooms. Additional land remains for
so a tag with your cell number (or a potential third phase as needed. Over 1,000 families have
more than one if available) can help to reunite your pet with already shown an interest in
you sooner. Your pet may lose its collar and identification tags sending their children to Mile-
so microchips are needed. The microchip is only effective if stone. For additional informa-
the information is current, so be sure to update the information tion about enrollment and cur-
when needed and review that it is correct on a yearly basis. riculum, Milestone’s web site
is http://www.capstonecol-
Your local Larkspur Pet Hospital can help you to make sure you legiate.org/milestone-acad-
are prepared in case of trouble. Being prepared for disaster can emy-castle-rock.html
help you and your pet stay safe and alive. Please call us at 303-
681-3980 or come in with any questions or concerns. In 2003, THE ENCHANTED
GIFTS opened for business in
WALT’S WORDS downtown Castle Rock in the
Walt Korinke... little yellow house at 376 Third
St. For 14 years they have been
selling a large variety of gifts,
“Learn the rules so you know how to
break them properly.” — Dalai Lama making sure to reflect seasonal
changes in inventory i.e. Hal-
loween, Christmas, Easter. You
could find jewelry, collector items, home décor, fairy gardens
Douglas County Com-
missioners recommend and much more while they continued to make inventory chang-
a $6.4 million dollar es to match customer desires. Now it is time to move and ev-
plan to relocate the I- erything is on sale, as they get ready to relocate to the north end
25 frontage road to the of Wilcox in the building that houses the Castle Pines Motel
west side of the BNSF and the Estate Sale Consignment Store. New spot, where you
train tracks with access from Plum Creek Parkway. This ties in will be able to continue to shop the treasures of The Enchanted
with plans for the I-25 expansion and as a result would finally Gifts.
open a vast new area for development previously hindered by
the need to cross the tracks. DOT I-25 expansion plans include Foundation work on The RIVERWALK development is pro-
tying in the frontage road where it currently ends at the Yogi gressing on the south side of Sellars Gulch, and we can expect
Bear Campground, with Larkspur’s Spruce Mountain Road in Continued on page 8
order to make the frontage road a viable emergency road when
I-25 backs up traffic.

CASTLE ROCK – With the Douglas County School District
student population growing electric
at over 1,500 per year for
the past five years, Charter
Schools have continued to
pop up in Castle Rock. The Pete Dunbar 1341 Quartz Mountain Drive
latest planned addition to Larkspur, Colorado 80118
the growing charter school 303-681-3809
community will be MILE- Cell 303-638-6762
STONE ACADEMY. The 38-acre site, located west of the
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