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Terri Wiebold:
Sharing a little good news
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By Susan Helton; photos courtesy of Terri Wiebold
Owner and publisher of The Castle Pines Connection, Terri Wiebold works in the Castle Pines community, her home away from home, but lives in Parker. “I can go to the grocery store in my sweats and baseball cap and not have to talk shop,” Terri joked.
Terri has lived all over the world, growing up
in a military household with her parents and brother. “I spent many years at Edwards AFB, in the Mojave Desert and had a front row seat to the rst several Space Shuttle landings,” stated Terri. Her dad retired from the military when she was in high school in the Sacramento area, where she was a varsity gymnast, but enjoyed all sports. “I wasn’t six feet tall then,” recalls Terri. “I should have been a volleyball or basketball player.” Terri received business and marketing communications degrees from California State University, Chico, and modeled part-time to help pay for college.
After graduation, Terri worked as a police o cer/ re ghter/EMT in the Bay Area, one
of six women in a department of more than 200. “It was a fantastic job, and I was fortunate to experience a lot of unique opportunities
that otherwise would have taken years to do elsewhere,” she stated. On the job, Terri carried her [ re ghter] turnouts in the trunk of her patrol car and would exchange gun belt and bullet-proof vest for re ghting gear when responding to a structure re call.
Terri and her husband Bob, an airline pilot, came to Colorado when Denver International Airport was just opening to put down roots and start a family. Their children are now
in college: Brett (21) at Colorado School of Mines and Taylor (18) at Colorado State University.
Away from work, Terri enjoys time with
her family and her dog, Buddy. She looks forward to traveling with Bob more in the coming years. Terri would love to revisit Germany and explore more of her heritage – she lived there three years as a child and her father was a German immigrant at age 10.
Terri loves going to the movies. “They’re my guilty pleasure,” she admitted. “I like all kinds – except horror. My daughter and I binge watch romantic comedies, and I have her hooked on all the classics from the 80s.”
Terri’s inspiration and the driving force behind The Castle Pines Connection is an
Anne Murray song about the negativity in the world and how, “We sure could use a little good news today.” Terri’s desire to create a sense of community and connect people in a fun and interesting way is what drew her to the business.
Terri mostly works from her home o ce but greatly enjoys The Connection monthly sta meetings and year-end holiday gathering. “The friendships I’ve established with my sta and maintaining relationships with our business partners are favorite aspects of my job,” Terri stated. “I try to keep my personal bias out of the paper, but I’m a woman of faith, which I believe keeps me grounded and spiritually connected to the people and world around me. My life’s journey has taken me down many roads that I would have never expected. Every one of them has shaped me into the person, wife, mother, friend and business owner that I am today.”