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This Month in The Connection

Flying to Freedom

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022

When I was 2 years old, my parents got divorced. I was lucky in a way, because at the time I was too young to understand that this separation, at…

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Longtime resident catches a Rockies game or two … hundred

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of the Dempsey family at Coors Field

Longtime Castle Pines resident Pat Dempsey is finding great satisfaction in his next chapter of life, pairing his passion for baseball with his job for Event Services at Coors Field.…

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Helping seniors learn to spot scams

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of Edward Nelson talked to residents at Legacy Village of Castle Pines about elder fraud and protection.

Edward Nelson is determined to take down scammers. Through his nonprofit organization, End Elder Fraud, he works feverishly to stay up-to-date on the latest ploys and tactics by the ill-intended…

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Big heart for little ones

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of Morgan Hengsteler (far right) with fellow KindiePrep teachers Jenny Lea (middle) and classroom podmate Sarah Byrne (far left) in the classroom.

Morgan Hengsteler has always enjoyed working with children. Raised in Castle Pines (attending Buffalo Ridge Elementary, Rocky Heights Middle School and Rock Canyon High School), Hengsteler babysat as a teenager…

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Brilliant and beautiful neighbors

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of American Black-billed Magpie 

Strutting around the yard, perched on a fencepost or swooping down from the sky, the American Black-billed Magpie makes its home in the American West – Colorado sweeping north to Alaska.…

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Seymour the great

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of the Stotz family: Mark and Stacy, Caitlyn, Lindsey and Christian with Seymour the do.

Seymour may be a physically large dog, weighing 99 pounds, but the mixed breed is really a gentle giant. He has been a wonderful companion of the Stotz family, who…

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Healing Waters

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of The Springs Resort & Spa in Pagosa Springs

Soaking in hot springs not only can feel sublime, it has a number of health benefits, too. Geothermal waters contain large amounts of dissolved minerals that come from deep within…

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Drive fore DCCF fundraiser

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022

Picturesque Ravenna Golf Course was the idyllic setting for Douglas County Community Foundation’s inaugural golf tournament fundraiser, Drive fore DCCF. Eighty golfers participated in the scramble tournament, bringing together players…

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Coming full circle – cheerleading style

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of Nine young and enthusiastic girls attended cheerleading camp.

In 2009, two young girls – Meghan Ruder and Katie Hebert – met at one of the first Castle Pines Athletics (CPA) cheerleading camps and they were hooked. The girls…

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Top of Their Game

By CPC | Aug 1, 2022
Photo of Castle Pines Athletics flag football athletes

By Julie Matuszewski; photos courtesy of Castle Pines Athletics

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