COS Town Tidings #25-233

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🤣 Today’s Chuckle

📰 This Everyday Habit Sent a Worker to the ICU⚠️

📰 Local Students Are Learning With AI—Are You?✏️

📰 Utilities Budget Balloons Again💡

Recipe: 🌮 Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

📅 FEATURED EVENT! 📍 This Sat: FREE— don’t miss out!

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts & Farmers Markets

🌤 COS Weather - Mostly sunny and hot

Wife: What do you think of having shredded cheese on your fajitas?

👉Husband: It sounds grate 🤣

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⚠️This Everyday Habit Sent a Worker to the ICU

Cautionary tale! Colorado Springs sanitation worker is fighting for his life after being exposed to sulfuric acid while collecting trash on N Chelton Rd. He suffered severe chemical burns and had to be airlifted to Denver.

The acid, improperly placed in a residential bin, highlights the dangers workers face and reinforces the importance of following hazardous waste disposal guidelines. Fire officials stress that chemicals should never be thrown in regular trash—they pose serious risks not only to sanitation crews but also to public health and safety.

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✏️Local Students Are Learning With AI—Are You?

District 11 has begun integrating artificial intelligence into its classrooms through a program called Power School AI. Teachers are using the tool to enhance instruction and prepare students for future careers while still maintaining ethical standards and privacy. Students are even using AI to improve their writing by comparing their own essays to AI-generated versions. Full Story

This practical, hands-on approach is a clear signal that AI isn't going anywhere — and it’s a great reminder for the rest of us to start learning too.  

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🎉 The AImagination Experience is BACK — and now on a weekend so more of you can join! This FREE, hands-on event demystifies AI and shows you how to use it in real life — no jargon, no overwhelm.

• 💬 Expect real talk, creative demos, and tools you can use right away

• ✨ Whether you're curious, skeptical, or just want to catch the AI wave — this is for YOU

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📅 Aug 23, 10:30-Noon (this Sat) @Cheyenne Mountain Library, 1785 S 8th St, Ste 100

🍞 Fresh Baked Sourdough breads, pastries 
📍3312 Austin Bluffs (Inside The Cupcake Doctor): 
M-Sat, 9am-6pm & Sun, 10am-2pm 

💡 Utilities Budget Balloons Again

Colorado Springs Utilities is proposing a $2.2 billion budget for 2026, marking another significant increase as part of its long-term plan to overhaul infrastructure through 2030. Although the utility isn't suggesting a fresh rate hike right now, the previously approved five-year rate increase will still affect your bill in 2026 — adding roughly $14 more for the average residential customer.

With budget hearings set for Oct, it’s worth paying attention, especially if you’re trying to plan around rising costs. Changes like these highlight just how quickly things shift, which is why staying informed — and adapting smartly — matters more than ever. Full Story

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🌮 Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

With just a handful of ingredients and a homemade fajita seasoning mix, these Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas come together in under 30 minutes. Serve in tortillas or turn them into a salad and add your favorite toppings for an easy, fast meal any night of the week.

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

🎉 Events Calendar! (More events including FREE, click here)

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Aug 21-24, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Aug 22-Sept 1: Colorado State Fair @ 1001 Beulah Ave, Pueblo $9-$75

• Aug 22-23, 7:30pm: Circus of the Night @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $28

• Aug 23, 9-11am: Sat Morning Farm Tour @Dianne's Dahlias, 225 N Gate Blvd $35

  • —> 💐 A Symphony of Silence and Color: Dianne's Dahlias Blooms Against the Odds

• Aug 23, 10:30-Noon: AImagination Experience: Dymistifying AI @Cheyenne Mountain Library, 1785 S 8th St FREE

• Aug 23, 7pm: Chicago @Ford Amphitheater, 95 Spectrum Loop $47-$658

• Aug 29, 10am-2pm: Colorado Springs Senior Center Grand Opening Event @1514 N Hancock Ave FREE

• Aug 29-Sept 1: Phelan Gardens Labor of Love Labor Day Weekend Sale and Event @4955 Austin Bluffs

• Aug 30-Sept 1: Labor Day Liftoff @Memorial Park FREE to attend, Tickets needed for special events

• Sept 6, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Dirty Money @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $59.46 (early bird pricing 6 tickets left)

• Sept 12, 7pm: LA Phil Trio: Mastery in Motion @ENT Center $44

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

🍑 Palisade Peaches & 🍉Rocky Ford melons available!

• Aug 21, 5-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28), Manitou Made Market @Manitou Art Center

• Aug 21, 6-8pm (Thurs thru Aug 28): Summer Market at the Lodge @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort, 2 El Paso Blvd, COS 80904 (Manitou)

• Aug 22, Noon-4pm (Every other Fri thru Oct 3): UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle

• Aug 23, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Aug 23, 8am-2pm (Sat’s thru-Oct 4): Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument

• Aug 23, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Sept 27): Homestead Yard Farmers Market @The Yard at The Homestead Collective, 9633 Prominent Point COS

• Aug 23, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd

• Aug 23, 10am-2pm: CFAM (Sat's thru Oct 3): The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd

• Aug 24, 10am-2pm (Sun’s thru Aug 31): Cordera Farmers Market @11894 Grandlawn Cir, COS

• Aug 25 & 27, 10am-5pm: Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Aug 27, 9am-2pm (Wed’s thru Sept 24): Briargate Farmers Market @7610 N Union Blvd

• Aug 27, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Aug 31, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

• Sept 7, (2x/mth, Jun-Oct), 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr (Produce vendors)

🎶 Summer Concert Series - Weather permitting

• Aug 22, 7-8:30pm: Jazz in the Garden @Grace and St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, 601-631 N Tejon FREE

• Aug 23, 4-8pm: Music on The Mesa - SofaKillers @Goldhill Mesa, 142 S Raven Mine Dr FREE

• Aug 23, 6-9pm: Soapdish @Buffalo Lodge Bicycle Resort FREE

• Aug 26, 5:30-7:30pm (Tues’s thru Sept): Music in the Park: @Bancroft Park, 2400 W Colorado Ave FREE

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