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🚫 Cybersecurity Scare 🍔 Skirted Heifer 🥕 Roasted Carrots Recipe

🚫 Cybersecurity Scare 🍔 Skirted Heifer 🥕 Roasted Carrots Recipe

3 Min Read | Issue #24-117 4/26/24

26 Apr • Estimated Reading Time: 10 minutes

COS Town Tidings #24-117

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📰 PikeView Quarry Reclaimed: 31K Trees Planted 🌲

📰 D20 Faces Cybersecurity Scare 📵

📰 Skirted Heifer Rises Again 🍔

Recipe: 🥕 Oven roasted carrots with parmesan

🌧 COS Weather - PM Thunderstorms possible

I called the police to remove some carrots from my fridge…

👉 They were disturbing the peas 🤣

🌲 PikeView Quarry Reclaimed: 31K Trees Planted

After 16 years, the PikeView Quarry in Colorado Springs started its last reclamation phase, initiating the planting of 31,000 trees. The reclamation process, divided into three phases, involves stabilizing the mountain, creating underground trench drains, and planting native vegetation. Once the trees and shrubs are in place, the site will be monitored for a year before potential donation as park land. The future use of the area, possibly as a mountain bike park, remains under consideration.

📵 D20 Faces Cybersecurity Scare

Academy District 20 responds to a potential cybersecurity threat, resulting in a district-wide internet and phone outage and a two-hour delay yesterday. While schools resume normal operations today, internet service restoration is anticipated later in the day. Concerns arise regarding communication channels and data security, but the district assures ongoing efforts with its network provider, Palo Alto as they rebuild the firewall.

🍔 Skirted Heifer Rises Again

Skirted Heifer, a cherished eatery downtown resumes operations following a three-month closure due to a car crashing into the building. Owner Kevin Mcgarry, expresses gratitude for community support and unveils enhancements, such as a new garage door offering outdoor views. Despite challenges, Mcgarry remains optimistic and looks forward to the official grand reopening today.

🥕 Oven roasted carrots with parmesan

Recipe by Season Two Taste

Created by local Colorado Springs chef, Jason Miller at Season Two Taste. This delicious side dish recipe captures the natural sweetness of the whole carrots, and is fantastically simple to make! (This also is a perfect side with the Blackened Chicken Breast recipe we shared)

Access the complete recipe with tailored modifications to suit your dietary requirements, along with convenient print options.

👉 Submit Your Event Here - NEW FORM

💊 Drug Disposal Day, Sat Apr 27 Click issue #24-115 for details and find a location near you! 💊

📆 Local Events

Apr 26-28, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87
Apr 26-27, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon St. $79 per person Must be 21+
Apr 26, 6:30-8:30 PM: Full Moon in Scorpio: A Lunar Reflection @Soluna Mind and Body, 3945 N Academy $35 (5 Spots Left)
Apr 27, 9 AM-1 PM: ♻ E-Waste Recycling Event @Meadows Park Community Center, 1943 S El Paso Ave (Sign up Here)
Apr 27, 9 AM-4 PM: Palmer High School Bands Spring Fling Craft Fair @ERPS Gym - 325 N. Wahsatch Ave FREE
Apr 27, 12:30-4:30 PM: Gently Used Outdoor Gear Collection @ Fire Station 20, 6755 Rangewood Dr at Dublin
Apr 27, 3-5 PM: Colorado Flowerscape on Wood | Add DIY Candle @Painting With A Twist, Powers Blvd $49
Apr 28, 10 AM-2 PM (every Sun): Backyard Market at Park Union @108 W Cimarron St FREE
Apr 29, 3:30-4:30 PM (Every Mon): Beginning & Intermediate Yoga @Rockrimmon Library, 832 Village Center Dr FREE
Apr 29, 6:30-8:30 PM: Disney Themed Trivia Night @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE
Apr 30, 5:30-8 PM: Sourdough Baking Workshop @ 5 Star Food Stop, 4621 Austin Bluffs $65 (11 Spots Left)
- Local Spotlight: 🍞 Baking Legacy in the Making
May 1 (4-7 PM), 2-4 (9 AM-7 PM), 5 (10 AM-2 PM): Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild Spring Show and Sale @Black Forest Community Center, 12530 Black Forest Rd FREE
May 2-June 2: RENT, the musical @Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St. $26-$60
May 3, 5-6:30 PM: First Friday Happy Hour MINI Canvas Fun @Painting With a Twist, Downtown $20 (9 Spots Left)
May 4, 11 AM-1 PM: Hope Blooms: A Mother's Day Celebration with Partners in Housing @The Peel House, 1515 N Cascade $35 (LAST DAY; ticket sales end Apr 26)
May 4, 11 AM-3 PM: Salvation Army' Annual Fashion Show, Lunch, Live and Silent Auction @Doubletree-1775 E Cheyenne Blvd $50
May 4, 7:30 PM: RIP Improv @Millibo Art Theater, 1626 S. Tejon St $15
May 6, 7-8:30 PM: USAF ACADEMY BAND'S ARMED FORCES DAY @Pikes Peak Center FREE (Reserve you ticket)
May 11, 5:30-9 PM: Humane Society’s Fur Ball 2024: Wizard of Paws @DoubleTree Hotel, 1775 E Cheyenne Mtn Blvd $225 (22 Tickets Left) Or Donate
May 12, 11 AM-3 PM: Mother's Day Brunch @ Ephemera, 514 S. Tejon
May 12, 7-8:30 PM: Cave of the Winds Soundbath @Cave of the Winds by Yoga Studio Satya $65 (Will Sell Out Fast)
May 19, 3 PM: Pikes Peak Philharmonic @ENT Center for the Arts at UCCS $20
Jun 3, 11 AM-Noon: Hardy Cacti & Succulent Gardens for Cold Climates @Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $15 (11 Spots Left)
Jul 11th, 8 PM: Rick Springfield and Richard Marx @Pikes Peak Center $49-$286

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1. Mother's Day Orchids: Pre-order in store or by phone by Apr 30 for 15% off delivery on or after May 6
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