COS Town Tidings #24-310

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

🗳 Voting Deadline Location Reminder

📰 Traveling This Holiday? Save on Parking!✈️

📰 Detours Ahead on S Academy🚧

📰 Feeling Stressed? Emmett’s Got You!🐻

🧐 Trivia Time: Early Colorado Springs Claims: Health Haven or Clever Marketing?

📆 Local Events

🚨 Crime: Bank Robbery on N Academy – What We Know

🌦 COS Weather - Cooler temps with PM rain turning to snow. Impact mostly Northern El Paso/Teller Counties

We don’t approve of political jokes…

👉we’ve seen too many get elected 🤣

🗳 Deadline For Voting: You Have Until 7pm Tonight!

Today, let’s cast our votes with hope, knowing that, no matter the outcome, we’ll keep moving forward TOGETHER. 🤗

Ballots must be dropped off in person or in a secure 24-hour drop box by 7pm TONIGHT or visit a Voter Service and Polling Center (VSPC) for secure, last-minute voting, 7am-7pm. Click for nearest locations in your area. 

🔎 Interesting find! 

Here’s a 1964 letter read again today by the legendary Dick Van Dyke—its message feels as relevant today as ever. Please don’t focus on who he’s voting for as that’s not the point. It’s about how history repeats itself and the power of words across time.

✈️ Traveling This Holiday? Save on Parking!

If you're flying out of Colorado Springs Airport (COS) this holiday season, plan it right and get 50% off long-term parking! For two periods—Nov 25 to Dec 1 and Dec 20 to Jan 2—COS is dropping the daily parking fee from $8 to $4.

This promotion is part of the airport’s appreciation for local travelers, making it a great time to choose COS for your holiday travel. Just exit through a manned booth to get the discount, no coupon needed. COS is making it easy to save a bit extra on holiday travel right from the start!

🚧 Detours Ahead on South Academy

Planning to travel along S Academy? Be aware of several upcoming lane shifts and closures as the widening project continues. Starting today at 4:30am until Thurs, Nov 7 at 4:30am, the northbound lane over Fountain Creek Bridge will shift to a new alignment for repairs, while Willshire Dr will close temporarily for sound wall work.

These adjustments are part of broader improvements to reduce congestion and increase safety on South Academy. As lane alignments and detours vary throughout the week, it’s a good idea to stay updated and drive carefully through the work zone, especially where merge lanes have been shortened. The full project, managed by El Paso County, is expected to wrap up in early 2026.

🐻 Feeling Stressed? Emmett’s Got You!

With Election Day today, we could all use a moment to de-stress. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo has just the thing—an adorable video of Emmett the Bear bobbing for apples. Emmett can be seen diving, crunching, and rolling in the water with pure joy, creating a lighthearted escape and add a touch of tranquility to your day.

🧐 TRIVIA: Early Colorado Springs Claims: Health Haven or Clever Marketing?

Colorado Springs' history as a health destination is filled with audacious marketing claims that would raise eyebrows today.

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, city promoters boldly marketed the area as a world-class health resort, going so far as to claim that "The atmosphere is antiseptic and free from all germs, and is so pure and invigorating that it acts as a tonic to the entire system." This outrageous assertion, along with other bold claims, drew visitors from across America and Europe seeking the city's supposedly curative climate. *Source1 *Source2

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📆 Local Events

• Nov (Mon-Fri): Silver Key's Activity Center OPENING @1655 S Murray Blvd FREE classes all month

• Nov 5, 10am: Salvation Army Bell Ringers Job Fair @908 Yuma St

• Nov 5-10, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Nov 5, 6-7pm: Zumba @Westside Community Center, 1628 W Bijou $6 Drop-in

• Nov 6, 10am-1pm: First Wednesday Job Fair @PPWFC, 1675 Garden of the Gods

• Nov 6, 10-11 AM (Every Wed): Gentle Somatic Yoga @Yoga Studio Satya 1581 York Rd $15

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

• Nov 7, 7pm: Starburn's 60's, 70's and 80's Tribute @The Buzzed Crow Bistro, 5853 Palmer Park Blvd

• Nov 8-9, 3:30 PM: 2.5-Hour Cocktails & Canapés Walking Tour @1 N Tejon $79 must be 21+

• Nov 8 (7pm), 10 (2:30pm) (Limited Tickets): An Evening of Roman-ticism @Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N Nevada $13-$41

• Nov 8 (7pm), 9-10 (2:30pm): The Velveteen Rabbit @First Company of First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $5-$15

• Nov 9, 9:30-11:30am: Dried Flower Day @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S US Hwy 85/87 $5.72

• Nov 9, 10-11am: Essentrics Stretch & Tone @Black Forest Community Club $8

• Nov 9, 6pm: LOL, Eat & Help Autism Comedy Show @Peak Improv Theater, 3440 Carefree Cir N $25

• Nov 9, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, A Noteworthy Crime @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $62.95-$72.95 (3 Tickets Left)

• Nov 10, 5-7pm: A Beautiful Winter Benefiting Harley's Hope @Painting With A Twist, N Powers Blvd $39

• Nov 14-16 & 21-23 (7:30pm), 17 & 24 (4pm): Jellofish @Millibo Art Theater $25-$28

• Nov 15 (10am-5pm), 16 (10am-6pm), 17 (10am-5pm): Colorado Country Christmas Gift Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $10-$12 (Order By Nov 14 for discount)

• Nov 16, Noon-2pm: Holiday Miniatures Ornament Make-and-Take workshop @Goat Patch Brewing, 2727 N Cascade $35.98 (10 Spots Left)

• Nov 21-22 (7pm), 23 (2:30 & 7pm), 24 (2:30pm): It's a Wonderful Life A Live Radio Play @ First United Methodist Church - 420 North Nevada Only $5

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

• Nov 29-Dec 22 (Thurs-Fri 7:30pm, Sat 2 & 7:30pm, Sun 4pm): Sense & Sensibility-Theatreworks @Ent Center for the Arts $21-$45 (Smaller Theater, Already Selling Out)

• Dec 1, 2-3pm: Door Swag Workshop @Phelan Gardens, 4955 Austin Bluffs $27.50 (9 Spots Left)

• Dec 7 (10am-5pm), 8 (10am-4pm): Candy Cane Craft & Gift Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd $8 (Order Tickets Before Nov 15 Save $2)

  • —> Sourdough bread and unique gift baskets: 🍞 A Slice of Home: Nature's Start Bread Co Rises in Colorado Springs

• Dec 5, 10:30am-1:30pm: Holiday Auction Fundraiser for We Fortify - District 2 School Teachers @Flying W Ranch $70

🚨 Bank Robbery on N Academy – What We Know

Yesterday, Mon. Nov 4, a bank near N Academy and Union was robbed around 11am, prompting a police investigation. According to the police blotter, a male suspect reportedly entered the bank, demanded cash, and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. While the authorities are actively investigating, no additional information about the suspect has been released. If you were in the area, keep an eye out for updates or contact the police if you might have any helpful details.

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