COS Town Tidings #25-272

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🤣 Daily Chuckle

📰 I-25 Overnight Closures🚧

📰 Shooter Still Incompetent After 10 Years⚖️

📰 Library Refresh Coming Soon📚

Wellness: 🦷 Root Canal?

📆 Local Events + Free Concerts, Farmers Markets & Fall Fairs/Festivals

🌟 We want to feature your business

⛅ COS Weather - Warm temps with possibility of isolated PM showers

Why didn’t the patient show up at the dentist for his root canal?

👉He lost his nerve 🤣

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🚧 I-25 Overnight Closures

If you’ve got evening travel plans near S Academy, take note—both directions of I-25 between S Academy and Santa Fe will be fully closed overnight tonight (Southbound) and tomorrow night (Northbound) from 8:00pm to 4:30am as crews work on refreshing road striping. CDOT has planned detours using CO Hwy 85/87 (CanAm Highway), so expect to exit and re-enter the highway via Santa Fe or S Academy depending on your direction.

Prepare for possible delays and stay alert—this stretch is busy even on quiet nights. If you know someone commuting late, feel free to pass this along!

⚖️ Shooter Still Incompetent After 10 Years

It’s hard to forget the shock that gripped Colorado Springs in 2015 when Robert Dear opened fire at the local Planned Parenthood — an act of violence that felt like something that only happened elsewhere. Nearly a decade later, the accused remains mentally incompetent to stand trial. Despite court-ordered medication, his condition hasn’t improved enough to move forward with the federal case.

Prosecutors haven’t dropped charges, but if they do, the state may still pursue its own legal path — potentially resulting in lifelong civil commitment rather than a trial. Full Story 

📚 Library Refresh Coming Soon

If you love the library’s free resources, now’s the time to plan ahead. The Pikes Peak Library District is switching to a new system called Polaris, its first big upgrade since 2001. This behind-the-scenes tool powers everything from checkouts to online catalogs. Starting this Wed, no new titles will be ordered until the first of the year. Then Nov 30, you won’t be able to place holds or browse the catalog until the system goes live Dec 12, but you can still check out books, attend programs, use computers, reserve rooms, and access online resources like Libby.

Once the upgrade is complete, you’ll see a much friendlier catalog with smarter searches, grouped formats (print, eBook, audiobook), reading-level suggestions, and the option to save your reading history—all without changing your library card or PIN.

🦷 Root Canal?

After recently needing two root canals myself, I stumbled on this video a bit too late—but it’s too important not to share. Dr. Michelle, a specialist in biomimetic dentistry, unpacks the risks of traditional root canals and crowns, and offers alternatives.

If you’re experiencing dental pain or facing major dental work, this may be worth a watch before you commit. And while practitioners are rare, there is one right here in Monument who’s trained in this approach.

*Information is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult a health care professional, nothing above should be construed as medical advice.

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📆 Sample Local Events

Weather permitting

• Sept 30-Oct 5, 1-4 PM: 3-Hour Original Colorado Springs Food Tour @1 Tejon St $69-$87

• Sept 30, 4:30-6:30pm: Floral Design Workshop @WMMI, 225 North Gate $105

• Sept 30: 5:30-8pm: Music & Blooms @Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 South US Hwy 85 87 $11.17

• Oct 3 (Noon-6pm), 4 (10am-5pm), 5 (11am-4pm): The Springs Home Show @Colorado Springs Event Center, 3960 Palmer Park Blvd FREE

• Oct 4, 6:30-8pm: Movies Under the Stars - Zombieland @Bristol Brewing FREE

• Oct 4, 7pm: Fashion With A Purpose @Phil Long Music Hall $78-$153

• Oct 5, 11am: The Local Motive - Leaf Peepin' Party @Kinship Landing $54.50

• Oct 8, 2-3:30pm: South/Southeast Colorado 50+ Workforce Listening Session (Virtual)

• Oct 10-12, 17-19, 24-26: First Company Theater Presents, Brigadoon @First United Methodist Church, 420 N Nevada $20

• Oct 10, 7:30pm: The MAT!ch Game @The MAT, 1626 S Tejon $17.50

• Oct 11, 9am-11am: Beginning Bridge Workshop @Bridge Center, 901 N 17th St $10

• Oct 11, 6-9pm: Murder Mystery, Game Over @Great Wolf Lodge, 9494 Federal Dr $74.95 (12 ticket left)

• Oct 17, 6pm & 9pm: The Rocky Horror Picture Show 50th anniversary @Ivywild School Gym Auditorium, 1604 S Cascade Ave $22

• Oct 29, 6pm: Secret of Black Forest Bistro Murder Mystery Dinner @6750 Shoup Rd $80

• Nov 8, 3-6pm: Senior Holiday Dinner Dance @COS City Hub, 4304 Austin Bluffs 65+ FREE (must register)

👩‍🌾 Farmers Markets - Weather permitting

• Sept 29 & Oct 1, 10am-5pm (Mon & Wed’s thru Oct 15): Summer Farmers Market @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 N Gate Blvd

• Oct 1, 3-7pm (Wed’s thru Oct 15): Colorado Farm and Art Market (CFAM) @Pioneers Museum, 215 S Tejon

• Oct 3, Noon-4pm: UCCS Farmers Market @3942 Regent Circle (Last one for the season)

• Oct 4, 7am-1pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Farmers Market @2407 W Colorado Ave

• Oct 4, 8am-2pm: Monument Hill Farmers Market @66 Jefferson St, Monument (Last one for the season)

• Oct 4, 9am-1pm (Sat’s thru Oct 11): Backyard Market @Black Forest, 6845 Shoup Rd (Local produce advertised)

  • 🌟Stop by this booth…🧄 You HAVE to Taste What They're Growing at The Green Witch Homestead!

• Oct 4, 10am-2pm: CFAM: The Margarita at Pine Creek, 7350 Pine Creek Rd (Local produce advertised & Last one for the season)

• Oct 5 & 19, 11am-3pm: Southeast Farmer's Market (Food Coalition) @Stompin' Groundz, 2050 Jet Wing Dr

• Oct 12, 9am-2pm (Every other Sun, thru Oct 26): COS Sunday Market @Acacia Park, Downtown

🎶 Fall Concert Series - Weather permitting

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

🍂 Fall Festivals & Fairs - Weather permitting

• Sept 30, 5-9pm: Pikes Peak Oktoberfest @Hillside Gardens & Events, 1006 S Institute St $12.51

• Oct 3-26, 10am-5pm (Every Fri, Sat & Sun): Long Neck Pumpkin Farm @ 7595 California Dr, COS $18

• Oct 4, 8am-2pm (Sat's thru Oct 11): OCC Craft Fair @Old Colorado City History Center, 1 S 24th St

• Oct 4-31 (Fri's 9:30am-2:30pm), (Sat/Sun 9:30-4pm): Pumpkin Fest @Gaither Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $11.17

• Oct 4, Miner's Pumpkin Patch @ Western Museum of Mining & Industry, 225 North Gate $13

• Oct 4, 10am-4pm: Harvest Festival @Rock Ledge Ranch $8

• Oct 4 (10am-6pm) & 5 (10am-4pm): Market Days @Norris Penrose Event Center $7.23 (Early Bird, ends Oct 3)

  • —>🌿 Zenfullyme: Your Answer To Aches, Stress & Problem Skin

• Oct 4 & 5, 10am-6pm: Oktoberfest @ Gather Mountain Blooms, 5210 S Hwy 85 $18-$35

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