COS Town Tidings #24-282

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 Community’s Act of Kindness for a Local Boy🎗️

📰 Mayor Unveils Balanced Budget for 2025💰

📰 CMZoo Future in CO Supreme Court🐘

🧛‍♀️ Trivia Time: The Unexpected Journey From Ivywild to Hollywood

📆 Local Events

🚨 Crime: Officer-Involved Shooting in NE Springs

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny, hazy with above average temps

Why did the tree decide to start taking art classes?

👉She wanted to branch out 🤣

🎗️ Community’s Act of Kindness for a Local Boy

When 7-year-old Christopher, who is undergoing chemotherapy for Stage 4 cancer, couldn’t attend his school’s pumpkin patch trip, his grandmother asked a local Facebook group for affordable pumpkin suggestions. To her surprise, the Colorado Springs community came together, donating dozens of pumpkins, decorations, and gifts, transforming their yard into a personal pumpkin patch. Diagnosed with Wilms' tumor earlier this year, Christopher has faced intense treatment, making outings difficult, but this gesture allowed him to experience some joy close to home. In response to the generosity, his family is now giving away some of the donated pumpkins to others in need.

💰 Mayor Unveils Balanced Budget for 2025

Mayor Yemi presented a balanced budget for Colorado Springs for 2025 yesterday, emphasizing public safety, city cleanup, and homelessness. The proposed General Fund budget of $440 million marks a 2.7% increase from the previous year, with sales tax revenue expected to rise by 3.5%. However, these increases won't fully cover rising costs, prompting the mayor to continue last year's budget reductions and utilize $6.5 million from reserve funds, while maintaining a healthy reserve balance of 17%. The budget includes hiring 20 new police officers, adding civilian staff for various operational needs, and funding programs addressing homelessness, all while capping property tax rates to ease the financial burden on residents.

🐘 CMZoo Future in CO Supreme Court

Colorado Supreme Court is preparing to hear a case that could reshape the legal treatment of animals in captivity, on Oct 24. The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) has filed a lawsuit arguing that the elephants at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are suffering due to their confinement in enclosures far smaller than their natural range. The group seeks to relocate the elephants to a sanctuary.

The zoo disputes these claims, asserting that it provides top-level care and is highly accredited. The case, which was previously dismissed by a lower court, will now be heard by the state's highest court. If the court rules in favor of the NhRP, it could set a landmark precedent for animal rights and change CMZoo as we know it.

🧛‍♀️Trivia: The Unexpected Journey From Ivywild to Hollywood

Do you remember the sultry, wise-cracking Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who dominated pop culture in the 1980s? Before she became a horror icon, Cassandra Peterson, the woman behind Elvira, was just another Colorado Springs teenager with big dreams. She attended Ivywild Elementary and later graduated from Palmer High School in the early 1960s, where her flair for the dramatic first took root.  

Raised in a family deeply involved with costumes, thanks to her aunts’ costume shop, Peterson's Partyland, on S Tejon in the historic Ivywild neighborhood. Cassandra was no stranger to dressing up and embracing bold characters. After high school, she followed her dreams to Las Vegas to become a showgirl—a winding and bumpy journey that would eventually lead her toward her famous persona, Elvira. *Source

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📆 Local Events

• Oct 8, 9, 11-13, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Oct 8, 2-3:30pm: Chocolate USA @PPLD: Ruth Holley, 685 North Murray Blvd FREE (Registration required)

• Oct 9, 10-11 AM (Every Wed): Gentle Somatic Yoga @Yoga Studio Satya 1581 York Rd $15

• Oct 9 (every Wed), 3-7pm: Colorado Farm and Art Market @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon (Last One For the Season)

• Oct 10, 7-9pm: BINGO @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd FREE to attend

• Oct 10-11 (7:30pm), 12 (2pm), Oct 13 (4pm), Henry IV and V @ENT CENTER FOR THE ARTS at UCCS $21-$45

• Oct 11-27 (Fri's 9:30am-2:30pm; Sat-Sun 9:30am-4pm): Pumpkin Fest @ Venetucci Farm $9.11

• Oct 11-27 (Fri-Sun) 10am-5pm: Longneck Pumpkin Farm @7595 California Dr $18 (Registration required)

• Oct 11-12, 7pm: The Rocket Man Show | Tribute to Elton John @Boot Barn Hall at Bourbon Brothers, 13071 Bass Pro Dr $39-$79

• Oct 12, 9am-3pm: Free RV Winterization Class @Pikes Peak RV, 4815 E Platte (Few Spots Left)

• Oct 12, 10am-Noon: Tamale Making Class with Monica @Lebowski’s Taproom, 3240 Centennial Blvd $45

• Oct 12, 1-3:30: Forest Bathing Walk @Bear Creek $25-$30 (Prepaid registration required)

  • —>🌟Spotlight: 🍂 The Healing Power You've Been Overlooking

• Oct 12 (7pm) (Limited Tickets left), 13 (2:30pm) (6 Tickets left): Odyssey of Sound: A Musical Journey of Loneliness and Love @Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $13-$41

• Oct 14, 2-4pm: Sunflower Love Benefiting The COS Lotus Foundation @Painting With A Twist, N Powers Blvd $39-49

• Oct 14, 3:30-5:30pm: Beginners Crochet Class @Who Gives A SCRAP, 810 Arcturus Dr $25 (1 Spots Left)

• Oct 18-20, 25-27, 31, 4-8:30pm: Boo at the Zoo @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $23-$25 Family Friendly

• Oct 19, Noon-2pm: Spooky Charcuterie Class with Charcuterie @Goat Patch Brewing, 2727 N Cascade $60.54 (10 Seats Left)

• Oct 19, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $72.95 (9 Tickets Left)

• Oct 20, 11am-1:30pm: Chunky Blanket Workshop | Mimosa Included! @Painting With A Twist (downtown) $75 (5 Seats Left)

• Nov 10, 7-8:30pm: Cave of the Winds Soundbath @Cave of the Winds $65 (Limited Tickets Available)

• Nov 22-24: Vintage Market Days of Colorado Springs @Norris Penrose Ctr, 1045 Lower Gold Camp Rd $13.30-$18.42

🚨 Officer-Involved Shooting in NE Springs

CSPD responded to a shooting involving one of its officers in northeast Colorado Springs. The incident occurred in the 5100 block of Prairie Grass Lane. Authorities shared information via X around 2am this morning. A media staging point has been set up at Tutt Blvd and Buckshot Way as police investigate so if you’re heading that way there may be delays. As details continue to emerge, the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain unclear, but updates are expected as the investigation proceeds.

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