COS Town Tidings #25-049

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 You’ll Never Guess What’s Behind This Door🎟️

📰 Club Q Shooter’s Mother Sues CSPD!😲

📰 Saved! Springs Tradition Lives On🥞

🏫 Trivia Time: The Surprising Story Behind Colorado Springs' Aging Center

📆 Local Events

🌥 COS Weather - Chilly with flurries throughout the day, minimal accumulation

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👉One hour after falling asleep in his recliner 🤣

🎟️ You’ll Never Guess What’s Behind This Door

Tucked away behind an unassuming door inside Dice Guys Game Shop in Old Colorado City is one of the city’s best-kept secrets—a hidden speakeasy style theatre bringing bold, thought-provoking performances to life. The Springs Ensemble Theatre (SET) has made this intimate space its new home after spending over a decade near the Olympic Training Center.

Now, they’re kicking off their latest production, On Clover Road, running from Feb 13- March 2. If you love intimate, adult appropriate, unique theatre experiences, this is one you won’t want to miss! Full Story

😲 Club Q Shooter’s Mother Sues CSPD!

In an unexpected legal turn, the mother of the Club Q shooter has filed a lawsuit against CSPD, claiming officers violated her rights during their response to the tragedy. She alleges they entered her home without a warrant, refused to leave, and locked her outside barefoot in freezing temperatures while searching the residence.

The lawsuit, naming five officers, accuses them of excessive force and false arrest, as the charges against her were later dismissed. With the City declining to comment, the case raises questions about police conduct and constitutional rights. Full Story

🥞 Saved! Springs Tradition Lives On

A staple of Colorado Springs' summer traditions, the Western Street Breakfast faced uncertainty after losing city funding, but thanks to the Colorado Springs Airport, it’s moving forward as planned! The airport, already a partner of the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo, stepped in with a $15,000 sponsorship to ensure this beloved event remains the official kickoff to rodeo season. With its deep ties to the rodeo and local military, the airport saw this as a perfect opportunity to give back to the community—one pancake breakfast at a time! Full Story

🏫 TRIVIA: The Surprising Story Behind Colorado Springs' Aging Center

Did you know that Colorado Springs is home to a unique mental health clinic that has been serving older adults for over two decades?

**What unexpected challenge did the UCCS Aging Center face shortly after opening its doors in 1999?

The UCCS Aging Center opened on Jan 25, 1999, at 1510 North Hancock, next to the Senior Center in the Golf Acres Shopping Center. Its dual purpose was to serve as a training clinic for the developing doctoral program in geropsychology and as a community mental health clinic for underserved older adults.

In its early years, the center faced various challenges but continued to grow:

1. The center established four core programs: Memory and Cognitive Disabilities Clinic, Psychological Disorders Clinic, Family Consultation Services, and the Life Transitions Resource Center.
   

2. By 2002, it had provided 2,049 hours of services to 195 older adults across all programs.
   

3. The center's impact was described as "changing individual lives from a focus on loss, deterioration, or dependency toward coping, mastery, and purposive living".

Today, the UCCS Aging Center continues to evolve. In 2014, it moved to the Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences on the UCCS campus, becoming part of an integrated health care initiative. This move allowed the center to expand its services and collaborate with other health providers. Now, it serves approximately 3,000 clients with about 9,000 service hours annually across all its programs.

Answer: Less than four months after opening, the center learned that Medicare rules had changed to disallow payment for services provided by trainees, forcing them to return $29K and search for a new funding model. *Source

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• Feb 18-23, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Feb 18-20, 7:30pm: AIN’T TOO PROUD – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE TEMPTATIONS @Pikes Peak Center $55-$131

• Feb 19, 10am-Noon: Sourdough Baking Workshop @ 725 Clark Place, COS $65 (7 Spots Left)

• Feb 19-Mar 8: Ice Castles @Cripple Creek $21-$29

• Feb 22-23: Ice Festival @Cripple Creek FREE

• Feb 22, 7pm: All About Love - A Flight of Operas @Broadmoor Community Church $21.25-$61.25

• Feb 26-Mar 1: 33rd Annual Wine Festival of Colorado Springs @ Broadmoor and other historic sites (Limited Tickets Left)

• March 7-16: Lucky Stiff by First Company Theater @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $5-$18 (Local small theater company, let’s support them!)

• Mar 15, Apr 19, 6:30-8:30pm: Date Night Starlight Safari – Adults Only (21+) @Cheyenne Mountain Zoo $40.75-$55.75

• March 22, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $64.95 (16 Tickets Available)

• Mar 22, 7-9pm: Meditation and Music by Healing Wheel Holistic @Cave of the Winds, Manitou Springs $65

• April 13, 7-9pm: Sara Evans | Unbroke Tour @Phil Long Music Hall $40-$239 (ages 14+) (6 Tickets Available)

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