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Local planning agency green-lights Seven Falls sewage disposal plan

BY PAM ZUBECK | zubeck@csindy.com

The plan then went to the PPACG. Nothing happened with the request due to the COVID pandemic’s impact on the attraction’s operations, Goode said.

But recently, the plan was revived and assigned to two PPACG subcommittees for consideration — the Water Quality Management and Community AdvisoSEVEN FALLS WAS ACQUIRED BY ry committees. Both reviewed it twice The Broadmoor in 2014. It’s been served and ultimately recommended approval, by a septic/leach-field system, but the which the PPACG board granted on attraction added a full-service restaurant Aug. 9. some time ago, and effluent from the The board imposed two conditions: restrooms and kitchen have exceeded the that The Broadmoor meet with neighbors system’s capacity. about disposal routes, Thus, Seven Falls sought and that the resort approval to install eight outline for neighbors 2,500-gallon storage tanks and the PPACG board on the property from its emergency plan in which effluent would be case of a spill. pumped into 4,000-galOne way Seven lon trucks and hauled Falls could obtain to Springs Utilities’ Las sewer service from Vegas Street wastewater the city is through a treatment plant. special service conThe proposal has stirred tract, Springs Utilities’ opposition from neighspokesperson Jen— Jim Bensberg bors who weren’t notinifer Jordan tells the fied directly of the proIndy in an email. Such posal. That’s because the initial applicaa contract “shall be subject to the terms tion went to state regulators who don’t and conditions as Utilities may see fit to require notices be mailed to neighbors, impose,” Utilities’ rules say. but rather require only a sign be posted The other way is through annexation, at the property, which was done when she says. the application was filed in 2020.

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PLAN TO HAUL TRUCKloads of sewage from Seven Falls to a facility just south of Downtown got the green light, on two conditions. The Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments approved the plan Aug. 9, but the long-term solution of connecting a wastewater line to the city’s system might not happen for a while.

One way Seven Falls, owned by The Broadmoor, could obtain city sewer service is through annexing the tourist attraction into city limits. Another way is through a contract with Colorado Springs Utilities.

Both would require the attraction to fund the extension to city pipes.

Joe Goode, president of Entech Engineering, which is handling the sewage disposal plan for Seven Falls, said at the Aug. 9 meeting the objective is to “eventually” tie it into the city’s system, but he gave no timeline.

“If The Broadmoor would tie in Seven Falls’ septic system into the city’s sewer facilities, that would vitiate the need for any more discussion on this issue,” former El Paso County Commissioner Jim Bensberg, who lives in Cheyenne Cañon, tells the Indy. “There is no timeline that The Broadmoor has proposed for this future tie-in to occur. It’s like trying to nail a container of Jello to a tree.”

PPACG and City Councilor Dave Donelson, a PPACG board member, that the best solution is to annex Seven Falls.

Making the tourist attraction part of the city would enable a hook-up to city pipes while also affording the city sales and property taxes from the attraction, citizens said.

Judith Rice-Jones, a member of PPACG’s Community Advisory Committee, which at first recommended against the sewage trucking plan but later recommended approval, wrote to Donelson in mid-July.

“Wouldn’t it be mutually beneficial to our city and the Broadmoor to annex Seven Falls which would provide them with CS Utilities and CSFD services???” she wrote. “Would also provide the city with sales tax revenue.”

Either method, Jordan says, requires Seven Falls to fund design and installation of the extension.

ANNEXATION APPEARS TO BE entirely up to the property owner, Seven Falls, Donelson told constituents in midJuly via emails obtained by the Indy through an open records request.

“By Colorado state statute a municipality (Colorado Springs) cannot unilaterally (involuntarily) annex property that is not already an enclave within the city limits (unincorporated county inside the city limits),” Donelson wrote.

“The Broadmoor would have to request annexation for it to even be considered.”

The city’s conditions for annexation include a judgment that the land in question is a “logical extension of the city’s boundary,” that development of the area will be beneficial to the city, and that existing facilities are sufficient for the present and projected needs for the foreseeable future to serve present users.

In addition, the landowner must agree to transfer title to all groundwater underlying the land and cede rights of way or easements required by Utilities for extension of service, among other things.

So far, there’s been no application for a contract or annexation, a records request showed, though Jordan says, “Preliminary conversations have been high level and noted requirements for eligibility to receive service.”

Another advantage to annexation could be automatic responses from the city’s first responders. While city public safety responders have received calls to Seven Falls on occasion, a check of those records shows 21 service calls within the last three years.

“The majority were cell phone hang ups with no response at all,” the city wrote in response to the Indy’s records request. “The others consisted of theft, trespassing, medical and fire calls. All continued on p. 4 ➔ NEWS | Aug. 16 - 22, 2023 | INDY

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of those calls were transferred to EPSO [El Paso County Sheriff’s Office] and handled by EPSO and Broadmoor fire [department] since Seven Falls is not in our jurisdiction,” the city said.

DURING THE AUG. 9 PPACG DIScussion, a board member noted that the connection to the city’s lines “is not on the horizon or planned” and in any event wasn’t relevant to whether the sewage disposal plan should be approved.

Though the board didn’t directly discuss annexation, Goode said he didn’t know if a lift station would be required to tie into the city’s sewer line or whether that tie-in would create the possibility of back-flow into houses in that vicinity.

“It [new sewer line] wouldn’t be tied in to any houses initially,” he said. Goode added that the decision to seek approval for the trucking plan was based, at least in part, on the cost and time required to tie into the city’s system.

The sewage tanks project is estimated to cost $250,000, compared to $1.5 million to extend a line from Seven Falls to a city sewer line, Goode said, noting the nearest tie-in point lies 1.4 to 1.7 miles away.

Goode said he’s unaware of discussions within The Broadmoor about connecting to a city line. “As far as I know, the timeline has not been determined,”

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Meantime, PPACG board member El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf noted that septic systems are common; in fact, he said, there are more than 30,000 such systems in the county, meaning trucks frequently haul effluent from

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Goode also assured PPACG that tanker trucks are safe.

After the PPACG board’s approval, VanderWerf reported to Bensberg in an email, saying Broadmoor CEO Jack Damioli told him the two conditions of

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“Let’s call this a verbal agreement with both of these items to be presented at a future PPACG meeting with the Director of the Broadmoor in agreement,” VanderWerf wrote.

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HEN 42 TO 48 POLICE REcruits finish working up a sweat during physical training, they’re faced with taking turns accessing a mere seven showers — four in the men’s locker room and three in the women’s.

If supplies are needed for training, officers have to travel from the facility at 725 N. Murray Blvd. to a storage area on South Academy Boulevard to get them — and some classes must be held at substations around the city and even at Fort Carson.

Why? Because the Colorado Springs Police Department’s training academy is bursting at the seams. That’s leading Mayor Yemi Mobolade to seek voter approval to retain $4.75 million in 2022 revenues collected in excess of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights revenue caps to start gathering funds to replace the facility.

With recruits squeezed into classrooms that must serve dual purposes while police officials also try to wedge in training for existing officers, the 36,619-square-foot facility is simply too small, officials say.

It’s especially too small to accommodate year-round training academies as the city tries to catch up on hiring — it’s 80 officers short of its authorized strength of 821 officers.

Mobolade wants to either buy and remodel another building or build from the ground up, but either way, more space won’t be made available for several years.

The crowding issue hit some City Councilors with an unpleasant reality during a briefing on Aug. 7, prompting Councilor Nancy Henjum to say, “I’m kind of speechless about the conditions our current police force are having to train in and wonder how the hell did we get here. We are a world-class Olympic city that is training our police force in horrific conditions.

It’s just, wow.”

She and others suggested moving forward with what could become a $45 million project, depending on the option chosen, despite what voters might say at the Nov. 7 election.

But even if the project is fast-tracked, it can’t be built overnight. Thus, it’s unclear how quickly more cops

can hit the streets to improve response times, which Colorado Springs Police Chief Adrian Vasquez blames on a staffing shortage.

Data reported by local media show that responses to top priority calls — those involving life-threatening situations — increased from an average of 11 minutes, 40 seconds in 2020 to 13 minutes and 34 seconds last year.

THE CITY ACQUIRED THE EXISTING two-story academy building, on 1.34 acres, in 2001, records show.

Unfortunately, beyond its limited size, the current academy building also needs upgrades that could cost $4 million, Vasquez says.

Vasquez says not only have training requirements intensified over the years to incorporate everything from evidence recovery to medical intervention, but the department, like many others across the country, has lost officers due to social upheaval stemming from George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police and the COVID pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Trying to fill those slots has been a challenge when the training facility was never envisioned to host classes year-round.

Records show that even as the mayor and City Council have authorized more officers, CSPD has been losing them from 2020 through Aug. 9 to retirements (114) and resignations (167).

During those three-plus years, CSPD hired 276 officers for a net loss of five officers.

While the department has stepped up hiring — adding 243 officers since 2021 — departures are also increasing. Through Aug. 9 this year, the department had hired 33 officers but lost 45.

If those trends continue, the job of recruiting and training won’t end any time soon.

Meantime, the rising level of sophistication in policing continues to demand more of officers, Vasquez says.

“The environment they train in becomes critically

important,” Vasquez told Council on Aug. 7.

In response to recommendations from CSPD’s 2022 Transparency Matters study, the department acquired an interactive training simulator that teaches officers, for example, how to continuously evaluate a situation and make judgments about the level of force necessary.

“It allows officers to go through four different rooms and go through different scenarios,” Vasquez said. “We’re asking the company to develop other modules for us, so officers don’t get used to what they’re walking into every time. We can’t do that right now, because this is packed into the room we have right now and curriculum enhancements require more space.”

He also said the room used for lunch breaks must be cleared out for training, and training time is lost when recruits have to drive — Nancy Henjum across town to any one of four substations or the Police Operations Center on South Nevada Avenue for classes.

Then there’s the supply problem. CSPD relies on a 4,600-square-foot facility on South Academy to store items used in the training process. “We want a facility that will have our supply function in the building,” Vasquez said.

Driver training has been conducted in a parking lot at Woodmen Road and Interstate 25 or on Fort Carson, he said, where recruits learning “precision intervention training” must drive at high speeds that can create noise. But Fort Carson recently told the city it needs the space back for its own training.

Training also has become a key benefit in recruitment and retention, Vasquez says, as CSPD competes

“I’M KIND OF SPEECHLESS ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OUR CURRENT POLICE FORCE ARE HAVING TO TRAIN IN.”

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Training takes place wherever there is space, including in the lunch room.

space (currently, there’s just one classroom that can hold a full recruit class), double space used for defenfor personnel with other departments, many of which sive tactics and for weight training, nearly triple lockare experiencing similar staff turnover. er room space and triple storage space. It also shows In addition to the basics required by the Colorado growing, from 0 to 5,000 square feet, space dedicated Peace Officer Standards and Training board for certo reality-based scenario training. tification, the department also provides specialized Chief Financial Officer Charae McDaniel told training in de-escalation, human trafficking and ICAT Council Aug. 7 the dearth of specifics for the project, (Integrating Communications, Assessment, and Tacincluding a site, “does not mean we don’t have a plan.” tics), which gives first responding police officers tools, The plans they have are thanks, in some part, to skills and options that are especially Risley, she said. He offered his expertise helpful in situations where someone to get the project mapped out after some who is unarmed or has a non-fireCouncil members on July 10 questioned arm weapon may be having a menwhether to refer a ballot measure for a tal health or other crisis. project lacking details.

Moreover, it’s no small task to Risley helped Mobolade’s staff put update critical skills training for together estimates, which show land 750 currently serving officers, cost for a new facility could range from which further cramps quarters at $3.3 million to $6 million, and new con— Yemi Mobolade the academy. struction could range from $36 million And officers want this training. to $39 million.

The Colorado Springs Police ProIf an existing facility is purchased, the tective Association’s 2022 survey showed that hiring acquisition could range from $8.5 million to $16 milmore officers and tapping enhanced training opporlion, and construction/renovation could cost from $4 tunities ranked in the top three officer concerns. The million to $5 million. third was better pay.

Bottom line: A new facility’s cost is estimated at a In fact, nearly 85 percent of the 331 officers takhigh of $45 million, while the high end of buying and ing part in the survey said it was very or somewhat revamping an existing building is $21 million. important that CSPD “broaden and enhance current Either way, the city doesn’t have that much extra training offerings.” cash available.

“Our officers are asking for help and it’s upon us as Hence, McDaniel pointed to the $4.75 million a community to help them do their jobs better,” the TABOR refund as a way of “getting this project mayor said. launched.”

Other revenue sources: WHILE NO ENGINEERING OR ARCHITECTUR• $1.8 million from the Public Safety Sales Tax earal studies have yet been performed, Councilor Brian marked for the academy.

Risley, who’s an architect, helped Mobolade’s admin• $500,000 to $1 million in PSST reserve funds as a istration draft an initial needs assessment. one-time draw.

That assessment shows the department needs 65,100 • $2 million to $4 million from the city’s General square feet, which would more than triple classroom Fund reserve account as a one-time draw. ➔ continued from p. 5

“OUR OFFICERS ARE ASKING FOR HELP.”

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That’s potentially a total of $11.5 million, including the TABOR money.

The balance would be financed — the city has used certificates of purchase in the past to fund public safety and other projects by pledging city facilities as collateral; this method allows sidestepping voter approval to borrow money required by TABOR. Money to repay that debt would have to come from annual budgets going forward.

But more money would be available in the future if voters approve the $4.75 million TABOR retention, because the second part of the ballot measures asks to reset the city’s TABOR revenue cap to include that $4.75 million forever.

But no site has been identified, much less purchased, and the cost estimates remain estimates only, McDaniel said.

As a pitch for why voters should approve the measure, McDaniel noted that if the $4.75 million is refunded to residents, it would appear as a onetime credit of about $21 on electric bills for all Colorado Springs Utilities electric customers. For “master metered” apartments, the refund would appear as a single $21 credit to the complex’s owner, she noted.

CITY COUNCILOR DAVE DONELSON SAID the question of whether a new academy is necessary is separate from whether voters should be asked to give up TABOR refunds.

He challenged polling results cited by Mobolade without a source saying most voters would approve the $4.75 million TABOR retention measure.

Mobolade said the poll was conducted using private money and that he would provide the pollster’s name to Donelson later.

We asked the city to identify the pollster, number of voters polled and other details. A city spokesperson says via email, “The polling was conducted by American Pulse. The info you’re seeking is the property of that group.”

Donelson also wondered if, given the CSPD’s training academy typically urgency of the project, the city could runs for 26 weeks, while the EPSO’s spans simply dip into its reserves to fund it 22 weeks. and abandon the TABOR retention ballot It remains to be seen if surrounding question. smaller departments would be interested His concern, he said, is that the quesin sending officers to the city’s new faciltion once again asks voters to raise the ity. But Fountain’s unlikely to be involved: city’s TABOR cap, meaning the city would Fountain Police Chief Mark Cristiani tells retain the extra $4.75 the Indy that his departmillion annually in the ment requires applifuture. “This is not a cants be POST certified one-time $4.75 million in order to be hired, impact,” he said. “It has negating the need for an impact every year its own academy, or after that.” any academy.

And that’s on top Currently, his departof $35 million voters ment is three officers — Dave Donelson exempted from the short from its authoTABOR cap in a 2021 rized strength of 61, ballot measure that earmarked $20 milnot including six new officers voters lion of that total for a fire mitigation fund authorized in a recent ballot measure and refunded the other $15 million. That and school resources officers funded by means the city keeps the $35 million each school districts. year going forward.

“Right now, our system is working Donelson also renewed his idea that pretty well,” he says. “We don’t have the city ask taxpayers to voluntarily forgo high attrition rates. We can be choosy their refund if they wish to contribute to about who we bring on board. If there the project, while others could opt out. came a time when I couldn’t get lateral officers, I would entertain a regional CHIEF VASQUEZ TOLD COUNCIL training academy.” the department wants to engage with El Cristiani said it’s not easy to compete Paso County Sheriff Joe Roybal to explore with larger departments, like CSPD and ways to share a new facility with the SherEPSO, which pay more. Fountain’s starting iff’s Office, and the mayor said he’s already pay for newly hired officers is $30 an hour, reached out to Roybal, because, “Regionaladding up to $62,400 a year if no overtime ization is always at the top of my list.” hours are worked. After three years, the The Sheriff’s Office trains recruits at pay goes up to $35 per hour, or to $72,800. facilities at 2743 E. Las Vegas St. near the The Sheriff’s Office’s starting pay is county jail. $63,337 a year, and $70,428 after one year Spokesperson Cassandra Sebastian says following academy graduation. via email that although the office has faced CSPD pays $62,496 a year to a recruit recruitment issues in the past, it graduated who’s in training and $69,336 for a newly three academies this year and recruitminted officer. ment/retention numbers are “trending In any event, Mobolade told Council well.” In fact, the sheriff’s website says it is that public safety is voters’ top priority not hiring at this time. and that “residents are asking for better “As for combining recruit training response times and more officers.” efforts with CSPD, Sheriff Roybal has In a preview of what could be used by not had any formal conversations with advocates as a slogan for the TABOR retenChief Vasquez or Mayor Mobolade,” tion measure, Mobolade’s presentation Sebastian says. was labeled, “A vote for retention is a vote The Sheriff’s Office, she notes, recently for public safety.” set up a regional academy approach and Several Council members indicated is working with the Teller County Sheriff’s support for the project, including CounOffice, Manitou Springs Police Departcil President Randy Helms and Councilor ment, and Monument Police Department David Leinweber. in training their recruits. More agencies “We have a lot of infrastructure that’s could be added, she says. been pushed down the road so we can The Sheriff’s Office training center deliver low taxes,” Leinweber said. “Those recently upgraded to add a tactical interthings are starting to catch up. I think this vention simulator, a gas house where depis the time we need to do this, because we uties learn to deal with pepper spray, and need to invest in critical infrastructure if a new turf field. “We have partnered with we want to stay a world-class city.”

[D1 Sports Training] to ensure our cadets And Henjum said, “We count on our are physically prepared for the job ahead police officers to save our lives, and now of them,” Sebastian says, adding a second they need to count on us.” shooting range recently opened and the City Council will vote on whether to academy has been remodeled to better refer the TABOR retention issue to the accommodate arrest control training.

Nov. 7 ballot on Aug. 22.

“THIS IS NOT A ONE-TIME $4.75-MILLION IMPACT.”

Year-round training is needed to fill vacant positions and grow.

These sweaty recruits will have to share a total of seven showers.

Classroom space must also be used to train existing officers.

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Cement Stage Series, with Jesse Cornett & The Revolvers, Hickabee, Jordy Smith, Joe Johnson, Brian Parsons Trio; 8 p.m., City Auditorium, communityculturalcollective.org/events.

Jacob Christopher, country; 7:30 p.m., Back East Bar and Grill, backeastbarandgrill.com/events.

Dalonious Funk, jazz/funk; 7 p.m., Summa, dizzycharlies.com/schedule.

The Frickashinas, punk rock, with Reno Divorce, Strike Twelve; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

Gimme Gimme Disco, disco; 8 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks.com.

Missy & The Dirty Secrets, rock; 8 p.m., Good Company Bar, goodcompanybar.com.

Musketeer Gripweed, rock; 6 p.m., Vista Park, banninglewisranch.com.

Ninety Percent 90s, ’90s variety; 6 p.m., Viewhouse, viewhouse.com/ events.

The Rocket Man Show Night 1, Elton John tribute; 7 p.m., Boot Barn Hall, bootbarnhallco.com.

RiuDolç Brass, winds quartet; 7:30 p.m., Brue’s Alehouse, Pueblo, bruesalehouse.com.

Runaway Grooms, funk/psych rock; 8 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

The Shrikes, rock/blues, with Second Wind, Wilted Greens, Dr. Bob; 7 p.m., Dog House, doghousecos.com.

SOAPDISH Glow Party 2.0, dance variety; 7 p.m., Stargazers Theatre, stargazerstheatre.com.

Tim and Friends, acoustic Christian; 7:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/ jackquinns/events.

The Springstown Shakers, blues; 7 p.m., Mash Mechanix Brewing Company, mashmechanix.com.

U.S. Air Force Academy Band’s Pega-

Big Sky, Grateful Dead tribute; 8 p.m., Mother Muff’s, mothermuffs.com/calendar.

Colt 45, hip-hop; 7 p.m., Oskar Blues, coloradosprings.oskarbluesfooderies. com.

DJ Piranha Non Grata, dance variety, with DJ Biggie, DJ Nic Fit; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

The Eternal Temples, jam rock/space funk; 6 p.m., Buffalo Lodge, bicycleresort.com.

Keep Britain Irish, Celtic; 7:30 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns/ events.

The Rocket Man Show Night 2, Elton John tribute; 7 p.m., Boot Barn Hall, bootbarnhallco.com.

Roma Ransom, “eclectic bohemian world folk”; 7 p.m., Mash Mechanix Brewing Company, mashmechanix. com.

Roots and Rhythm, blues/jazz/R&B; 6 p.m., Momma Pearl’s Cajun Kitchen, tinyurl.com/mommapearlscajunkitchen.

THE SIDS: 40th Anniversary Dance Party, “legendary Colorado Springs garage rockers”; 8 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

Spit; 7 p.m., with The Hivemind, Flak; Dog House, doghousecos.com.

SOAPDISH, dance variety; 7:30 p.m., Back East Bar and Grill, backeastbarandgrill.com/events.

Wildermiss, indie rock, with Holdfast; 7 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks. com.

Jess Williamson, alternative/indie; 8 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

SUNDAY, 8/20 John Spengler Trio, singer-songwriter; 5 p.m., Goat Patch Brewing Company, goatpatchbrewing.com.

Hipbone, blues; 1 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Sundressed, indie rock, with Diva Bleach, Krew; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

Traditional Irish Music; 3 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns/ events.

MONDAY, 8/21 Adam Gang, jazz; 5:30 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Megatheria, post-metal, with ABANDONS, Vandhali; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

New Vintage Jazz, “Hard Bop”; 6 p.m., Green Mountain Falls Gazebo Island, discoverutepass.com/monday-musicseries.

TUESDAY, 8/22 Bastardane, rock; 7 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks.com.

Bryan Raymond, dark-folk, with 86-B, Jared Schmidt; 7 p.m., Vultures, vulturesrocks.com.

Subcaste Sound, DJ, “subversive Hi-Fi art reinforcement and sound installation experience”; 6 p.m., Bancroft Park, occpartnership.org.

PLAYING AROUND WEDNESDAY, 8/23 The Acacia Strain, metal, with Mugshot, No Cure, Sewerslide; 6 p.m., Black Sheep, blacksheeprocks.com.

Davenports, rock; John Wise & Tribe, New Orleans R&B/blues/jazz/island; Roma Ransom, “eclectic bohemian world folk”; 6 p.m., Hillside Gardens, h i l l s i d e c o l o r a d o . c o m /u p c o m i n g events.

Falconaires Alumni Band, jazz; 6 p.m., Bear Creek Regional Park, communityservices.elpasoco.com.

Kendall Street Company, electric rock; 8 p.m., Lulu’s, lulusdownstairs.com.

Harry Mo & The Cru, reggae; 6:30 p.m., Front Range Barbeque, frbbq.com.

Springs Contemporary Jazz Big Band, jazz; 6 p.m., Bancroft Park, facebook. com/SCJBB/events.

Craig Walter, acoustic; 6 p.m., Jack

Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns/ events.

THURSDAY, 8/24 Blackthorn, Celtic rock; 7 p.m., Jack Quinn’s, facebook.com/jackquinns/ events.

Dotsero, pop/contemporary instrumental; 6 p.m., Fox Run Regional Park, communityservices.elpasoco.com.

The Lisa McCall Band, blues; 6 p.m., Mash Mechanix Brewing Company, mashmechanix.com.

Love Mischief, jam variety; 8 p.m., Armadillo Ranch, manitouarmadilloranch.com.

Narrow Gauge, country; 6 p.m., Viewhouse, viewhouse.com/events.

Susan Rissman and Jana Lee Ross, jazz; 7:30 p.m., Summa, dizzycharlies.com/ schedule.

BIG GIGS Beck and Phoenix, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 16 Foreigner, Ball Arena, Denver, Aug. 16 Weyes Blood, Boulder Theatre, Boulder, Aug. 16 Alex Williams, Vultures, Aug. 17 Mt. Joy, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 17-18 Dominic Fike, Mission Ballroom, Denver, Aug. 18 Leo Kottke, Chautauqua Auditorium, Boulder, Aug. 18 Sam Smith, Ball Arena, Denver, Aug. 18 Reggae on the Rocks, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 19 Jess Williamson, Lulu’s, Aug. 19 Ed Sheeran, Empower Field at Mile High, Denver, Aug. 19 THE SIDS 40th Anniversary Dance Party, Lulu’s, Aug. 19 Wildermiss, Black Sheep, Aug. 19 Santa Fe Klan, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 20 Bastardane, Black Sheep, Aug. 22 Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 22-23 The Acacia Strain, Black Sheep, Aug. 23 Pantera, Lamb of God, Ball Arena, Denver, Aug. 23 Five Finger Death Punch, Weidner Field, Aug. 25 Gavin DeGraw, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, Aug. 25 Corey Taylor, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, Aug. 25 Ziggy Alberts, Boulder Theater, Boulder, Aug. 25 Rupert Wates, Lulu’s, Aug. 25 My Morning Jacket, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 25-26 Lil Durk, Ball Arena, Denver, Aug. 26 Jake Loggins Band, Stargazers, Aug. 26

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Upcoming music events

Tinashe, who’s touring with Shygirl this fall, will make a stop at Denver’s Mission Ballroom on Nov. 13.

Incubus, Weidner Field, Aug. 27 Damn Tall Buildings and Red Room Rounder, Lulu’s, Aug. 27 Vance Joy, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 27 Tessa Violet, Gothic Theatre, Englewood, Aug. 27.

Duran Duran with Bastille, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, Aug. 28-29 LL Cool J, Ball Arena, Denver, Aug. 29 Goo Goo Dolls with O.A.R., Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre, Englewood, Aug. 30 Continued at csindy.com

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SUNSHINE T AND CANVASES August’s First Friday art walk was big, busy and emotional

BY NICK RAVEN | nick@csindy.com

THE LOOK UP GALLERY City Series by Clay Ross 11 E. Bijou St. • Through August The Look Up Gallery’s setup magnifies the large-scale paintings they hang above the viewer each month, so Clay Ross’ new solo show was a great way to really soak in the beauty of Colorado Springs. Across 11 paintings with twilight and nighttime settings, you get to point and say, “Oh look, that alley (or that building, or...) is just over there.” You don’t need to be a local to admire the warmth and detail of these large tributes to Downtown and places nearby, but it certainly helps.

LIGHTSPEED CURATIONS Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop by various artists 306 S. 25th St. • Through August As a hip-hop dancer, LightSpeed curator Jessica de la Luna knew it was important to use their venue to celebrate the genre visually. The result was a wildly vibrant collection of art celebrating icons like Tupac Shakur, Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan and more, but also cleverly spray-painted and surreal works. Need some beautifully painted skateboards? What about the Grim Reaper with a boombox? LightSpeed’s got you covered this month with dreams of an annual exhibition going forward.

“City Center” by Clay Ross

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HIS MONTH BROUGHT A LOT OF NEW art and warm welcomes on First Friday, but also a few goodbyes. Brian Tryon held his last First Friday as director of The Garfield Gallery in July and will be moving into his new space with business partner Chris Bacavis as Shutter and Strum in Knob Hill. (Stay tuned for our cover story on Knob Hill’s growing art scene.) Art 1eleven Gallery owner Robin Schneider also announced that this would be his and the gallery’s final show, his future adventures still to be determined.

These are just a few of the highlights from the August First Friday that you can experience all month long.

“Red Balloon” by Johnny Larson

SURFACE GALLERY Ordinary Fields by Betony Coons, PARTS by Jes Moran and Connections: A Fibers Exhibition by Art Quilters with Altitude 2752 W. Colorado Ave. • Through Aug. 26 Jes Moran’s new exhibit lives up to its name, but “Acrylic on stitched canvas” undersells them as a descriptor. These small artworks present a visual turbulence — a warning that any kind of judgment or summation won’t be easy. The strokes of her paintings are rough and ragged like pages torn from a book, but so are the surfaces they’re painted on with their frayed and roughly cut edges or outright Frankensteined canvases. Presented in thematic triplets, it’s hard to imagine them separated.

The Ordinary Fields of Betony Coons are… not.

They’re just not. These fantastical collaged paintings have so much to say at a distance, but as they draw you in, you notice more and more details.

The borders of its elements are obfuscated, allowing ideas, concepts and textures to flow through their whimsical compositions effortlessly. If pinching to zoom actually worked on these physical canvases — and didn’t ruin the work — it would be very tempting to seek out even deeper layers and hidden elements here.

ART 1ELEVEN GALLERY Bill Stone exhibition 111 E. Bijou St. • Through August It was bittersweet to run into Jesse Stockwell in the doorway of Art 1eleven Gallery, which was flanked by a pair of his paintings on easels. It may be Robin Schneider’s last First Friday, but he went out in style with a packed room and live entertainment. It seemed fitting that Bill Stone was this month’s featured artist because his large, bright and textured paintings have long been visual anchors in the gallery. While the centerpiece of the show had to be shipped to Austria, Stone still delivered a series of dreamy, cool compositions in which you can lose yourself.

“Cassiopeia” by Betony Coons

“We Are Stars 22” by Bill Stone

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MANITOU ART CENTER Father & Son by Cris and Nikos Pulos 513 Manitou Ave. • Through August Hagnauer Gallery hosts the beautiful art of two generations of photographers this month with the works of Cris and Nikos Pulos. The show, with its rustic, melancholy photos, serves as a silent tribute to Cris, who passed away last year.

The scenes portray stark landscapes, soft details, beautiful hood ornaments from old cars and other interpretations of what looks like a somber parallel reality.

Key to their aesthetic is their carbonprint-on-glass process alongside other hands-on printing techniques featured around the exhibit. With a helpful display featuring the inks, gelatin, film and other components used in the process, Nikos demonstrated how they could create unique prints each time. The stark black carbon on glass can then be placed over a variety of backgrounds to alter the temperature or mood — evenTODAY masking out SCHEDULE YOUR EYE EXAM portions of the composition for dramatic effect.

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SCHEDULE YOUR EYE EXAM TODAY ABBAEYECARE.COM | 719-257-2713 KREUSER GALLERY Curse You, Tiny Paintings and Master Copies by Chris Alvarez and Neon Arcade by Jon Francis 125 E. Boulder St. • Through Aug. 25 Somehow, Chris Alvarez managed to paint, ship and have Abigail Kreuser curate 100 of his tiny paintings for his massive exhibit this month.

They’re small, but don’t think for a second that they lack impact.

Individually, they’re studies. The thicker strokes reduce the resolution of what you see just a tad compared to a photograph, blurring the reality just enough for you to slip in your own imagination. There’s a skull here, a VW Bus and farm equipment there, a car stopped at an intersection over there. As a whole, the scenes paint a warm, innocent Midwest America that celebrates the seemingly mundane.

Of course, stepping into his separate Master Copies exhibit in the South Gallery is like upgrading your display from a cell phone to an IMAX theater screen. There, he uses much larger canvases to study and re-imagine the work of famous painters such as N.C. Wyeth and Vincent Van Gogh, among others Seemingly conspiring with Clay Ross a few blocks away, Jon Francis presented an epic study of the Springs’ vintage signage with an aim to preservation in Neon Arcade. A centerpiece is his painting of the iconic Michelle’s ice cream shop sign, once lit with neon and 248 light bulbs, that went missing from storage last November. Locals will have a fun time picking through his array of painted signs and dilapidated billboards and his re-interpretations of Manitou Springs Penny Arcade machines.

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OG CERBERUS CHEF RETURNS

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HEF MARK LEFEBVRE HAS JUST RETURNED TO HIS FORMER post at Cerberus Brewing Company (722 W. Colorado Ave., cerberusbrewingco.com), taking up the title of culinary director. Those in the know should be excited. His new menu dropped Aug. 8.

“I’m going to get Cerberus back on track and bring it back to its glory days,” he told me during a short phone chat the week prior. “The new menu is fun and fresh again.”

Admittedly, I take heart in hearing that, because I tell him the place hasn’t been the same since he left it. His early food rose far above brewery basics and his successors — despite a nice bite here and there — couldn’t match the high bar set at the beginning.

LeFebvre is a former chef de cuisine at The Broadmoor. He opened Cerberus and ran the kitchen between 2016 and 2019, leaving only for a job in Missoula, Montana, at a fine steakhouse named 1889. He’d grown up in a small southern Montana town named Red Lodge and attended the University of Montana in Missoula before heading to CIA in Hyde Park, New York. So there have been reverse homecoming aspects to his recent postings.

Now, he says he and his wife Melisa — who’s Cerberus’ GM — are happy to be back in the Springs. “I’m excited to see folks I haven’t seen in several years.”

When we speak, the menu’s still under development, but LeFebvre provides a few teasers as well as an image of one completed dish: a vegan appetizer. It’s a cannellini bean and artichoke dip with crudité vegetables, tapanade, lemon oil, micro herbs and lavosh. Just look at the photo at the top of this page: It’s a gorgeous color bomb.

LeFebvre says that some “mainstay stuff” will stick around, and that he’s finalizing a 2.0 version of his bestselling smoked brisket grilled cheese. (Yes and please.)

There’ll be the OG cheddar ale and crispy pork lettuce cups plus more entrées coming soon, to include a salmon plate. But one more dish he enthusiastically teases for now: something he’s calling Hell’s Shells. “It’s our version of a mac n’ cheese,” he says, describing how he smokes wheels of brie and turns them Chef Mark into a rich cream sauce with chorizo and truffled breadcrumbs LeFebvre over pasta shells. (Hell yeah, I’m in.)

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IDE DISH WITH SCHNIPER IS PRESENTing its first pop-up!

In collaboration with the Downtown Partnership, I’m presenting a one-day-only takeover of Bingo Burger’s COS location (123 N. Tejon St., bingoburger.com) by Diavolo Pueblo Hot chicken (400 S. Union Ave., Pueblo, diavolopueblo.com). It’s Tuesday, Aug. 22, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The popular Fuel & Iron Food Hall (fuelandironfoodhall.com) vendor will serve its fiery Hot as Hell Red Bird Farms chicken sandwich, featuring 15 different dried chiles in the seasoning, including New Mexican red and green, habanero, guajillo and a Pueblo chile variant (two times hotter than the one you’re familiar with) named the Mirasol Giadone Pueblo Hot Chile.

Not a hothead? That’s OK, there’s milder options available. And awesome side items. Plus, Bell Brothers Brewing (114 N. Tejon St., #100, bellbrothersbrewing. com) has brewed an exclusive “Joule’s Law-ger” Pueblo fire-roasted chile-infused beer for the event. It’s gonna be hot action. Join us!

MAYOR’S CUP

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UST BECAUSE I WROTE THIS CLEVER headline, let’s go ahead and clarify out of the gate that yes, Mayor Yemi Mobolade remains a co-owner in Wild Goose Meeting House (401 N. Tejon St., wildgoosemeetinghouse.com), but he’s completely removed from day-to-day operations to focus on running the city. (Big job.)

That leaves co-owner Schaeffer Ware and other long-

time experienced employees like GM Heather Moake at “Our focus is on bringing in good ingredients to the helm. (And, yes, one more clarification: Ware’s name come up with fun menu items,” Schaeffer says. “It’s should be familiar; he moved into an ownerrounding out what we offer. But our biggest focus ship stake after his dad, Russ, stepped remains on drinks.” out of the business in mid-2022.)

I enjoy an oat milk latte and taste The Goose will turn 10 later a couple of the Goose’s popular this year, in November (actumocktails, partly because I’m ally on Black Friday, rannot craving a true boozy domly). But it hasn’t aged sipper at the moment. without refreshes to overall Heather pours me programming along the through a quick way. The staff has just done tasting of neat sips some redecorating on the of their Ritual front dining room and conZero Proof spirit verted the rear Nest space select ion — into a comfortable lounge wow the tequi(free to use for meetings, by la alternative reservation). nails the flaSchaeffer tells me he spent vor, in parroughly a month designing the ticular. They new menu; the last refresh was make a sweet in October 2022. He says about 60 Margarita with percent of the items are new, or in it, Triple Sec syrup, some cases returned from an old menu lime and simple. We Ro as with new iterations. also try an Old Fashte dr He’s candid that they’re limited in what ioned (with the Ritual ed p p ep sou whiskey and local Dram bitthey can do with their tiny kitchen area — which p e r an d G o u d a also supplies Brooklyn’s on Boulder — so smart curaters) which finishes with a slight, tion of commercially procured items is key. Still, they but not unpleasant, apple cider vinegar edge. take time to make what they can in-house and buy For bites, the team serves us samples of several new from a number of area businesses, including Black items. They make a nice fresh hummus in-house and Girl Salsa (who uses the Goose as her commissary), plate it with crisp fixings and pita wedges on a thin Raquelitas, Lockhart Honey Farms, Charcutnuvo and Sourdough Boulangerie. continued on p. 14 ➔

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charcuterie board. The Almost A BLT Wrap (a riff on an old menu item) gets bacon, lettuce and tomato of course, joined by chicken, arugula and honey mustard on a flour tortilla. A float of house-made scallion oil and almond slivers garnish the hearty roasted red pepper and Gouda soup that’s ideal for a sandwich dip. They do offer a soup and half sandwich option for just this reason.

Next up, pulled pork nachos (available in single or shareable portions) with queso, black beans, jalapeños, green onions and a house chipotle mayo (actually vegan on its own) with a side of Black Girl GM Heather Moake and co-owner Schaeffer Ware Salsa. These beg for a beer pairing. And while leaning Mexican, we’re then treated to the Tijuana panini. It’s composed with roasted bell peppers, provolone, jalapeños, chipotle mayo and gooseberry relish on Sourdough Boulangerie’s levain. It delivers a respectable spice bite balanced with the touch of sweetness. Schaeffer says this sandwich has been with the business since opening, in one form or another, but this latest update smacks closest to the original rendition.

For our outro dessert, we’re served the chia pudding with granola, made in-house with simple ingredients: coconut milk, chia seeds and maple syrup. Granola and berries go atop and so does a drizzle of Lockhart honey plus toasted pepitas.

Related: Wild Goose sister outfit Good Neighbors Meeting House (505 E. Columbia St., goodneighborsmeetinghouse.com), where Mobolade is still part-owner, continues to host Food Truck Fridays from 5 to 8 p.m. with guest businesses. That started in February and they’re tentatively planning on keeping The Margarita mocktail it going year-round.

PAELLA STILL ON THE PATIO

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APATERIA’S (2607 W. COLORADO AVE., TAPATERIA.COM) popular Paella on the Patio series is back in action this summer. (Visit tapateria.com/events-paella-on-the-patio for more.)

It’s totally a thing worth doing. If you’ve never been to one, you have my vote for remedying that situation. The next one’s Aug. 20, and the link above will direct you to more dates ahead.

Visit csindy.com (Dine & Dash, May 11, 2022) to read what I had to say about my last experience at the Basque-style event.

Final teaser: blood orange sangria. Yup. Related: Chef/Owner Jay Gust’s sister outfit Pizzeria Rustica (2527 W. Colorado Ave., pizzeriarustica.com/wp) does Wine Wednesdays, where guests can get half-priced wine bottles plus “our open bottle special” (half-price on all open bottles, by the glass, until the bottle’s kicked).

Matthew Schniper is the former Food & Drink editor and critic at the Indy. You can find expanded food and drink news and reviews at sidedishschnip.substack.com.

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From Aug. 2 to Sept. 5, vote for your favorites to determine who is the Best Of Colorado Springs! Fill out this ballot or vote online at csindy.com. Vote in at least 20 categories for your vote to count. Winners will be announced in the Best Of magazine inserted in the Oct. 25 Indy!

BACK TO BASICS: 1. One ballot per reader, including online. All paper ballots must be postmarked by 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5; online ballots must be submitted before midnight Sept.

5. Paper ballots must be sent via U.S. Postal Service. Faxed, handdelivered or photocopied ballots will not be accepted.

2. You must vote in at least 20 categories for your ballot to count.

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3. For verification purposes, ALL BALLOTS MUST INCLUDE NAME, ZIP CODE AND A VERIFIABLE EMAIL ADDRESS.

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4. If we can’t read it, it doesn’t count. Spell check is a thing; please use it.

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CALENDAR ART EVENTS Agents of Care: A Collections Transparency Project, an opening celebration garden party for an exhibit that “highlights the often unseen, behindthe-scenes collections-based work of the museum.” Friday, Aug. 18, 5 p.m.; free; in newly transformed galleries at Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale St.; 719-634-5581, tinyurl.com/FAC-agents.

Craft materials swap, presented by Pikes Peak Library District and Who Gives A SCRAP. Trade your new/gently used crafting items for new stuff. Saturday, Aug. 19, 1-4 p.m.; East Library, 5550 N. Union Blvd.; tinyurl.com/aug-artswap.

ART EXHIBITS 45º Gallery, 2528 W. Colorado Ave., Suite B, 719-434-1214, 45degreegallery.com.

Gourd artist Dawn Healy and painter Michelle Lopez.

Academy Art & Frame Company, 7560 N. Academy Blvd., 719-265-6694, academyframesco.com, How Do You See God? — works by artists of “all faiths and beliefs, as well as all media, all ages, and 2D or 3D works.” Through August.

Anita Marie Fine Art, 109 S. Corona St., 719-493-5623, anitamariefineart.com.

Past and Present — “original works by artists that have studied with Chuck Mardosz or Richard Dahlquist.”

Art 1eleven Gallery, 111 E. Bijou St., 719493-5084, facebook.com/Art1elevenGallery. Large-scale abstract oil paintings by Bill Stone.

Bella Art and Frame, 251 Front St., #11, Monument, 719-487-7691, bellaartandframe.com. Nature and Wildlife, photography by Tom Ulmer. Opening reception Thursday, Aug. 17, 5-8 p.m.; through Aug. 31.

The Bridge Gallery, 218 W. Colorado Ave.,

Your guide to events in the Pikes Peak region #104, 719-629-7055, thebridgeartgallery. com. Clayprints, monoprints created by using clay as the printing medium.

Through Aug. 26.

Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, 30 W. Dale St., 719634-5581, fac.coloradocollege.edu. Solo(s): Krista Franklin. Franklin “creates books, poetry, collages, handmade paper, installations, murals, performances, sound works, sculptures, and lectures.” Through Dec. 16. In Conversation: Krista Franklin and Ionit Behar, Thursday, Aug. 31, 6 p.m.

Contested Terrains — Carolina AranibarFernández “looks at sites of extraction across the Americas.” Through Sept. 16.

FAC museum free day, Aug. 18.

Cottonwood Center for the Arts, 427 E. Colorado Ave., 719-520-1899, cottonwoodcenterforthearts.com. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, a juried show by artists from the Pikes Peak region and beyond who were asked “to study their subject with a faithful eye, showing us a glimpse of modern life, culture, and/or experience. The goal is to communicate essential qualities that get at the ‘real’ and not the ‘ideal.’” Through Aug. 26.

Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, 121 S. Tejon St., #111; facebook.com/ artsculturefun. Stone Boats, O Vases, and Other Fleeting Things, “stoneware ceramic pieces by local artist and educator Jeremiah Houck.” Through Aug. 25.

G44 Gallery, 121 E. Boulder St., 720-9510573, g44gallery.com. Suz Stovall: A Conversation with Color: “Manipulating layers of paint to reveal themselves, I allow the paint to be in control and be authentic.” Memento by Felicia Kelly, “who works mainly with ‘traditional women’s craft’ mediums with a current focus on collage.

Inspired by Victorian photocollage she almost exclusively uses second-hand, used, and upcycled materials.” Artist talk Aug. 17, 5:30 p.m.; through Aug. 25.

Gallery 113, 125½ N. Tejon St., 719-6345299, gallery113cos.com. Karen Standridge’s contemporary abstract paintings, and works by Mary Sexton, a rural-landscape painter working in pastels.

The Garfield Gallery, 332 E. Willamette Ave., 719-227-8836, garfieldgallery.com.

Playtime by Jeffrey Allan Rozell. Using photos of ’90s-era Playboy and Playgirl models “to envelop the awareness of fleeting beauty,” the exhibit “serves as a time capsule of exuberance that blends the body with disorder, color, and an occasional unclear form. We live in our skin as it fades with us.”

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12 Hands: Works in Clay, by six Bemis School of Art ceramic instructors, shares “the joys of the many facets of the ‘mother earth’ medium — clay.” Commonwheel Artists Co-op, 102 Cañon Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-1008, commonwheel. com. Through Aug. 28.

GOCA (Galleries of Contemporary Art, UCCS), Marie Walsh Sharpe Gallery, Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave., gocadigital.org. Martha Russo’s Caesura — “her sculptural investigations appear at once fragile and potentially dangerous, cautioning one away while hypnotically drawing one in — ever closer — for intimate examination.” Through Dec. 2.

Visiting artists and critics lecture, Sept.

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Kreuser Gallery, 125 E. Boulder St., 719464-5880, kreusergallery.com. Curse You,

Tiny Paintings: “Through a collection of 100 miniature oil paintings, Chris Alvarez invites viewers into a world that weaves together his life experiences and his deep connection to the landscapes of Colorado, New Mexico, and New England.”

In Master Copies — “a curated selection of master copy paintings,” Alvarez “takes on the role of interpreter, allowing us to experience the artistic vision and technique of iconic artists.” Neon Arcade, new works by Colorado Springs native Jon Francis: “I am currently focused on painting urban landscapes as a way to record, preserve, and savor what has shaped my childhood and shaped Colorado.” Through Aug. 25; artist talks Wednesday, Aug. 16, 5:30 p.m.

LightSpeed Curations, 306 S. 25th St., 719-308-8389, lightspeedart.art. Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop, with works by Brian Tryon, Johnny Larson, Dreamscaper, Elizabeth Juvera and more.

The Look Up Gallery, 11 E. Bijou St. (inside Yobel), thelookupgallery.com. City Series, a solo show by Clay Ross: “11 large-scale paintings of Colorado Springs from a townie’s perspective.”

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“Imagine” by Rose Legge

Connections: A Fibers Exhibition by Art Quilters With Altitude — a group show. “Our futures are frequently based on the foundations laid by our previous connections. Sometimes, we’re the catalyst for these welds. Other times, we’re the result.” Surface Gallery, 2752 W. Colorado Ave., 719-359-6966, surfacegallerycos.com; through Aug. 26.

Manitou Art Center, 513/515 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, 719-685-1861, manitouartcenter.org. Father & Son, a commemoration of the life’s work of photographer Cris Pulos, who died in 2022, and a celebration of new work by Nikos Pulos.

True North Art Gallery, 31 E. Bijou St., 210-842-2476, truenorthartgallery.com.

New work by 18 local artists.

UCCS Downtown, 102 S. Tejon St., downtown.uccs.edu/our-space. The Urban Animalz, a themed group art exhibition.

The Peake Gallery, 14 S. Tejon St. (inside The Perk Downtown), instagram.com/ Peake_Gallery. Solo show by Aurora artist Ryan Secora upstairs and a quarterly group show on the first floor.

ZoneFIVE, 1902 E. Boulder St., zonefivecs.com. Idiom: Works by Warren Arcila, “a collection of paintings, drawings, and sculptures created throughout the years.” Through August.

Portraits of Manitou by C.H. Rockey, features original town views and significant historical buildings. Manitou Springs Heritage Center, 517 Manitou Ave.; manitouspringsheritagecenter.org; through November.

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Ordinary Fields, “paintings by Betony Coons exploring Midwestern iconography in richly storied environments both personal and collective.” PARTS, new abstract works by Jes Moran, “explores the multifaceted identities in a world that often demands simplicity.” (Artist talks for Moran and Coons, Aug. 26, 11 a.m.)

Connections: a Fibers Exhibition by Art Quilters With Altitude: “Our futures are frequently based on the foundations laid by our previous connections. Sometimes, we’re the catalyst for these welds.

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Underdog, a Vermont dairy farmer risks his farm and home to chase dreams of dog mushing in Alaska. Monday, Aug. 21, doors open at 6:30 p.m., film at 7; Ivywild School Auditorium, 1604 S. Cascade Ave.; rmwfilm.org/pop-up-cinema.

Back to the Future, outdoor movie night at UCCS’ Heller Center (bring a chair and a blanket). Thursday, Aug. 24, 8:30 p.m.; free, snacks provided; 1250 North Campus Heights Drive; heller.uccs.edu/ events.

KIDS & FAMILY A’Buzz: Annual Honey Harvest & Pollinator Celebration Day — “watch beekeepers harvest honey from hives, see bees in action in their observation hive,

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Once Upon a Sign: ASL Storytime, “early literacy activities and stories signed in American Sign Language by a deaf role model, and spoken aloud in English.”

Thursday, Aug. 17, 9:30-10:30 a.m., PPLD’s Library 21c, 1175 Chapel Hills Drive; lpowers@ppld.org, librarymarket.com/onceupon-sign-asl-storytime-8.

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Black Wings: American Dreams of Flight is “the story of African Americans who, despite facing tremendous racial barriers, attained amazing achievements in aviation history. ... stories and artifacts from local Tuskegee Airmen will be on exhibit to highlight the many Black heroes in our community.” Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; free; Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum Annex, Plaza of the Rockies, 121 S. Tejon St., #100; cspm.org.

SPECIAL EVENTS Cement Stage, with music, film and more, outdoors at City Aud, presented

by Community Cultural Collective. Friday, Aug. 18, 6-10 p.m.; free; 221 E. Kiowa St.; tinyurl.com/cementstage-a18.

Happy Trails BBQ Fundraiser, “join El Paso County Nature Centers for an evening of great food, music, wine, incredible desserts and friends.... Support the nature centers and the future Fox Run Nature Center!” Friday, Aug. 18, 6-9 p.m.; $50, $300/table; 245 Bear Creek Road; 719-520-6387, see tinyurl.com/coparksfundraiser for tickets.

Manitou Springs Heritage Brew Festival, an afternoon of (unlimited) craft beer tastings from 20+ breweries, along with live music and vittles from local vendors.

Saturday, Aug. 19, 1-5 p.m.; Memorial Park, 502 Manitou Ave., manitouspringsheritagecenter.org/heritagebrewfest.

Health & Wellness Festival, “with a 5K fun run, yoga on the field, kids zone, live music, subject matter experts and 50+ organizations offering health- and wellnessrelated services.” Saturday, Aug. 19, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; free; Weidner Field, 111 W. Cimarron St., tinyurl.com/wf-health.

Urban Living Tour — wondering what’s inside all those new Downtown apartment blocks? The self-guided tour includes new (VIM, Fiona, The Mae on Cascade, The Plaza at Pikes Peak) and existing multifamily properties. Saturday, Aug. 19, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $15 (includes copy of urban living guidebook); tickets/registration at tinyurl.com/cs-urban.

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Cool Science: The Magic of Harry Potter, “levitate feathers and other objects; look into the Mirror of Erised; taste Bertie Bott’s Every Flavor Beans; find out what Hedwig has eaten; use the Sorcerer’s Stone to turn pennies into gold.” Saturday, Aug. 26., 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; general admission required; Space Foundation Discovery Center, 4425 Arrowswest Drive; tinyurl.com/cs-harryp. dance festival. Including: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, Youth Ethiopian Dancers of Colorado, Norma Johnson (poet), Santemu Aakhu (storyteller), plus vendors. Saturday, Aug. 19, noon to 4 p.m.; Ent Center for the Arts, 5225 N. Nevada Ave.; cospringskwanzaa.org.

Prohibition at the Castle, “dancing, drinking, and diversion in the Speakeasy atmosphere of Miramont Castle!” FridaySaturday, Aug. 18-19, 6-8:30 p.m.; Miramont Castle Museum, 9 Capitol Hill Ave., Manitou Springs; see facebook.com/miramontcastlemuseum for ticket info.

Pasta in the Park: A Black & White Affair, fundraiser for TESSA of Colorado Springs. Teams compete for the best pasta sauce while guests enjoy live music; sample the sauces; try specialty cocktails, wine, whiskey/spirits and beers from local vendors; and bid on auction packages.

Saturday, Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m.; TESSA, Myron Stratton Home, 2525 Colorado Hwy. 115; see tessacs.org for tickets.

STAGE & THEATER The Odd Couple, Neil Simon’s classic comedy about divorced sportswriter Oscar who moves in with finicky Type A Felix and funny things happen. FridaySunday through Aug. 20; First United Methodist Church, see tinyurl.com/ FUMC-OddCouple for times and tickets.

School of Rock: The Musical, Community Cultural Collective presents the fully staged play that’s based on the movie.

Three shows Aug. 25-26; $13; Colorado Springs City Auditorium, 221 E. Kiowa St., see tinyurl.com/cityaud-rock for tickets.

Lights Out: A 24 Hour Play, Lightbulb Theatre Co. will write 10 plays, rehearse them and perform all 10 — in 24 hours.

It’s a fundraiser partnership with Ute Pass Cultural Center to buy a new stage curtain. Saturday, Aug. 26, doors open at 6:30 p.m.; $10; 210 E. Midland Ave.; Woodland Park; tinyurl.com/LightsOut-24.

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OU PROBABLY SAW THAT A FEDERal judge has blocked the new state law raising the age for all gun purchases to 21. I wish I could say I was shocked or even surprised by the ruling, but that would be to deny the reality of the maddening times in which we live.

Passing gun safety laws has always been difficult.

But in the face of a gun-violence epidemic, when mass shootings seem to be an every-day occurrence, our rightwing, Trump-McConnell-delivered Supreme Court has been doing all it can to make passing any beneficial gun laws that much harder.

The ruling blocking the age requirement is officially a temporary injunction — in force only until the full case brought by the vile cranks at Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) can be heard and resolved — but U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer made it pretty clear he thinks that the law is, well, toast.

The age requirement was one of five gun-safety laws the state Legislature passed in the last session, with the memory of the Club Q massacre in Colorado Springs all too fresh. The other four laws are still standing, for the moment. And the Legislature was expected to take up a possible assault weapon ban next year. Who knows what happens next?

We do know the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners — a group that has managed over the years to make the NRA look progressive — will be back. This may be the RMGO’s biggest moment since the historic 2013 legislative recalls when two Democratic lawmakers lost their jobs after helping to pass major gun-safety legislation.

That was a time, of course, when Republicans still had some small amount of political juice in the state.

If you think blocking the law is an outrage, you may not be alone. According to a Quinnipiac poll last year, nearly three in four Americans believe you should be at least 21 before you’re able to legally purchase any gun.

That’s what can happen when enough disturbed young men shoot up way too many schools.

But it may be even more outrageous than you think, and not only because there is apparently very little — and maybe nothing — that you or I or Gov. Jared Polis or the Colorado Legislature or three in four Americans can do about it.

What’s truly outrageous is the, uh, reasoning behind the ruling.

Thomas wrote that gun laws must be “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation” in order to pass muster with the Second Amendment.

And, yes, I’ll bet you caught it, too. It seems that 106 years of history and tradition, as in the New York law, were not sufficient. Just as, on another issue, 50 years of history and tradition weren’t enough to save Roe v. Wade.

No, you have to go back, back, back. Way back. In arguing for the age-requirement law, Colorado had to invoke 18th-century law and traditions. For the state, which didn’t exist in the 18th century, to prevail, the judge ruled it had to show there were laws and traditions at the time that would allow a modern-day government to raise the age of purchasing a rifle from 18 to 21. But, sadly, neither Alexander Hamilton nor James

Madison ever got around to writing about that issue.

They were struggling, if memory serves, about what to do about, say, slavery.

In other words, Thomas went all originalism in his ruling, which was joined by the other five conservatives on the court. And in doing so, Thomas decided that judges must now be historians. But as several judges have pointed out since, there is no “standard” history. Just ask any historian. In some places — like, I don’t know, maybe Ron DeSantis’ state of Florida? — a state board of education can require middle school students to be taught that some “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” continued on p. 22 ➔

I’M NOT ENTIRELY BLAMING JUDGE BRIMmer, although another judge might have ruled differently. Where the blame squarely belongs is with the Supremes and particularly with Justice Clarence Thomas’ majority opinion in a case last year called New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn. v. Bruen.

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Is that the kind of history a judge should rely on? Is that any kind of history at all? For that matter, what about the history of technology? That history doesn’t seem to matter much, either.

For example, in the 18th century, if you were a really proficient marksman, you might get off as many as two shots over the course of a minute. Should that be the standard for determining whether we should be using AR-15s today?

“seems to rely on the assumption that the past was little more than a differently-dressed version of the present, ripe for easy one-to-one comparisons without regard for deep changes in political structure, unspoken institutional arrangements, or language.”

Back in the day, as you may recall, many people didn’t have the right to bear any arms — say, slaves and even freed Black people and also Native Americans.

Since the Bruen case, there have been rulings on whether it’s constitutional for a state to deny guns to a domestic abuser. In the 18th century, a wife had no legal standing to accuse her husband of abusing her. There has been a ruling on guns and the need for legible serial numbers. I’m thinking guns had no serial numbers in 1791.

Should we go on?

There’s definitely historical irony here.

In 2008, the Supreme Court changed everything about gun law with its monumental District of Columbia v. Heller ruling, which said the Second Amendment guaranteed the individual right to possess a gun. That has long been the holy grail for the NRA and the gun-rights movement. Before Heller, courts had ruled the Second Amendment was about, you know, guns and militias.

But that particular history and tradition had no impact on deciding Heller, which led, once the court was packed with conservatives, to the point where Thomas, in between all-expenses-paid vacations, would make his ruling that we should decide 21st-century issues based on 18th-century life.

It doesn’t matter that the Second Amendment was written with ink on a scroll or that today you can not on ly reproduce Judge Brimmer’s ruling on a laser printer, you can make so-called ghost guns on a 3D version.

As you may remember, the Legislature banned those copier-made guns in one of the five gun bills it passed this year. You might now rightly wonder whether that law has a ghost of a chance of surviving.

The age requirement was one of five gunsafety laws the state Legislature passed in the last session, with the memory of the Club Q massacre in Colorado Springs all too fresh.

IT’S SAFE TO say that not all judges are happy about the ruling, or about their roles as would-be historians. According to an article published by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center for Justice, judges appointed by presidents from Reagan to Biden have criticized Thomas’ decision.

The Brennan Center article quoted Judge Robert Miller Jr., a Reagan appointee, who said he hoped he had “misunderstood” the Bruen ruling because “most of the body of law Congress has passed to protect both public safety and the right to bear arms might as well be unconstitutional.”

That all makes sense. And so does this from Judge Aleta Arthur Trauger, a Clinton appointee, who says the ruling

Mike Littwin’s column was produced for The Colorado Sun, a reader-supported news organization committed to covering the people, places and policies of Colorado. Learn more at coloradosun.com.

Free Will ASTROLOGY LEO

Warren Epstein

(July 23-Aug. 22): Unless you are French, chances are you have never heard of Saint-John Perse (1887-1975). He was a renowned diplomat for the French government and a poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Now he’s virtually unknown outside of his home country. Can we draw useful lessons for your use, Leo? Well, I suspect that in the coming months, you may very

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): “Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique, and not too much imagination.” Virgo author Christopher Isherwood said that.

I’m offering his thought because I believe life will be spectacularly not bad for you in the coming weeks — whether or not you have a good physique. In fact, I’m guessing life will be downright enjoyable, creative and fruitful. In part, that’s because you will be the beneficiary of a stream of luck. And in part, your gentle triumphs and graceful productiveness will unfold because you will be exceptionally imaginative.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): “You know how crazy love can make you,” write Mary D. Esselman and Elizabeth Ash Vélez in their book Love Poems for Real Life. “On any given day, you’re insanely happy, maniacally miserable, kooky with contentment, or bonkers with boredom — and that’s in a good relationship.” They add, “You have to be a little nuts to commit yourself, body and soul, to one other person — one wonderful, goofy, fallible person — in the hope that happily-ever-after really does exist.”

The authors make good points, but their view of togetherness will be less than fully applicable to you in the coming months.

I suspect life will bring you boons as you focus your intelligence on creating wellgrounded, nourishing, non-melodramatic bonds with trustworthy allies.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “I don’t adopt anyone’s ideas — I have my own.” So proclaimed Scorpio author Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883). Really, Ivan? Were you never influenced by someone else’s concepts, principles, art or opinions? The fact is that all of us live in a world created and shaped by the ideas of others. We should celebrate that wondrous privilege! We should be pleased we don’t have to produce everything from scratch under our own power.

As for you Scorpios reading this oracle, I urge you to be the anti-Turgenev in the coming weeks. Rejoice at how interconnected you are — and take full advantage of it. Treasure the teachings that have made you who you are. Sing your gratitude for those who have forged the world you love to live in. You now have the power to be an extraordinary networker.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The Tibetan term lenchak is often translated as “karmic debt.” It refers to the unconscious conditioning and bad old habits that attract us to people we would be better off not engaging. I will be bold and declare that sometime soon, you will have fully

well come into greater prominence and wield more clout. But it’s crucial for the long-term health of your soul that during this building time, you are in service to nurturing your soul as much as your ego.

The worldly power and pride you achieve will ultimately fade like Perse’s. But the spiritual growth you accomplish will endure forever.

paid off a lenchak that has caused you relationship problems. Congrats! You are almost free of a long-running delusion.

You don’t actually need an influence you thought you needed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): If you’re like many of us, you have a set bathing routine. In the shower or bath, you start your cleansing process with one particular action, like washing your face, and go on to other tasks in the same sequence every time. Some people live most of their lives this way: following well-established patterns in all they do. I’m not criticizing that approach, though it doesn’t work for me.

I need more unpredictability and variety.

Anyway, Capricorn, I suspect that in the coming weeks, you will benefit from trying my practice. Have fun creating variations on your standard patterns. Enjoy being a novelty freak with the daily details.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In July 1812, composer Ludwig van Beethoven wrote a 10-page love letter to a woman he called “My Angel” and “Immortal Beloved.” He never sent it, and scholars are still unsure of the addressee’s identity. The message included lines like “you — my everything, my happiness ... my solace — my everything” and “forever thine, forever mine, forever us.” I hope you will soon have sound reasons for composing your own version of an “Immortal Beloved” letter. According to my astrological analysis, it’s time for your tender passion to fully bloom. If there’s not a specific person who warrants such a message, write it to an imaginary lover.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): At age 32, artist Peter Milton realized the colors he thought he used in his paintings were different from what his viewers saw. He got his eyes tested and discovered he had color blindness. For example, what he regarded as gray with a hint of yellow, others perceived as green. Shocked, he launched an unexpected adjustment. For the next 40 years, all his paintings were black and white only. They made him famous and have been exhibited in major museums.

I love how he capitalized on an apparent disability and made it his strength. I invite you to consider a comparable move in the coming months.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): The Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1 is a hollow globe of aluminum launched into Earth orbit in 1965. Fifty-eight years later, it continues to circle the planet — and is still doing the job it was designed to do. It enables ground-

based radar devices to perform necessary calibrations. I propose we celebrate and honor the faithfulness of this magic sphere. May it serve as an inspiring symbol for you in the coming months. More than ever before, you have the potential to do what you were made to do — and with exceptional steadiness and potency. I hope you will be a pillar of inspiring stability for those you care about.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Live as though you’re living a second time and as though the first time you lived, you did it wrong, and now you’re trying to do things right.” Holocaust survivor and author Viktor Frankl offered this advice. I wouldn’t want to adhere to such a demanding practice every day of my life. But I think it can be an especially worthwhile exercise for you in the coming weeks. You will have a substantial capacity to learn from your past; to prevent mediocre histories from repeating themselves; to escape the ruts of your habit mind and instigate fresh trends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Gemini author Jamie Zafron wrote an article titled “To Anyone Who Thinks They’re Falling Behind in Life.” She says, “Sometimes you need two more years of life experience before you can make your masterpiece into something that will feel real and true and raw. Sometimes you’re not falling in love because whatever you need to know about yourself is only knowable through solitude.

Sometimes you haven’t met your next collaborator. Sometimes your sadness encircles you because, one day, it will be the opus upon which you build your life.” This is excellent advice for you in the coming months, dear Gemini. You’ll be in a phase of incubation, preparing the way for your Next Big Thing. Honor the gritty, unspectacular work you have ahead! It will pay off.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): You’re entering a phase when you will generate maximum luck if you favor what’s short and sweet instead of what’s long and complicated. You will attract the resources you need if you identify what they are with crisp precision and do not indulge in fuzzy indecision. The world will conspire in your favor to the degree that you avoid equivocating. So please say precisely what you mean! Be a beacon of clear, relaxed focus!

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Maryland’s Kimberly “Kimycola” Winter has eructed her way into history with a Guinness World Record, United Press International reported on Aug. 2. Winter broke the previous record for loudest burp (female) with a 107.3-decibel growler. That’s louder than a blender, an electric hand-held drill and even some motorcycles. She prepared for the event with breakfast, coffee and beer.

Winter said to achieve the big belch, she takes a deep breath and tries to “manipulate that into something monstrous and magical.” She admitted she loves to shock strangers with her burps. “I love to be loud and proud!”

Bad trip

I bet it was better than this couple’s. Alan Stevens, 50, of Hull, England, booked a surprise 17-day trip for his wife’s birthday to the Dominican Republic for late June.

When they arrived, however, it was clear the resort’s “five-star” rating was a mistake. Hull Live reported that while at the resort, Stevens and his wife observed a variety of alarming behaviors. “When we went out to the pool for the first time, we saw guests smoking weed in the pool, people having sex in the pool ... one woman being sick all over herself in the pool, and another guest

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actually defecate in the pool — it was disgusting,” Stevens said. “We were approached by people offering us drugs about 10 times in the 17 days we were there. A woman fell from a balcony while we were there, and we walked past and saw her body hidden under a sheet. ... We had no idea what was going on.” He continued: “When we were out one day, I saw a man knocked clean off his motorbike. I just burst out crying because on top of everything else that had happened, it was such a shock.” The travel company Stevens worked with offered £200 in vouchers and counseling credits, which Stevens called “a joke. This was 100% the worst holiday we’ve ever been on.”

Wait, what?

Bob Blankenship of Ormond Beach, Florida, wants some answers after a May incident where he discovered airplane parts, including a windshield, in his yard, News 6 reported. Blankenship lives near the Ormond Beach Airport and is used to the noise, but pieces of fiberglass and metal falling from the sky concerned him: “It could fall on anybody out here,” he said. “Just think if it fell from 300 feet. What’s the impact going to be? Probably cut you in two.” Blankenship determined which plane had been flying over and contacted the airport, leaving his contact information. Later, he got a message from the pilot: “Hey, this is Douglas and I’m over in DeLand and I lost a piece of my airplane yesterday. ... I’m wondering if I can connect with you and come and get it.” No, said Blankenship.

He reported the incident to the Federal Aviation Administration, which claimed that “the falling aircraft part situation is being taken seriously by our organization,” but he’s unsatisfied with their slow response. “The next time it could be somebody’s life,” he said.

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RITISH COLUMBIA REAL ESTATE agent Mike Rose is out on his ear in Kamloops after he was caught on video swigging milk straight from the bottle at a home he was showing. Canoe reported on July 28 that Rose was waiting for his clients to arrive for a showing; after slaking his thirst, he returned the milk jug to the refrigerator.

Rose apologized, saying his behavior was out of character and he was “unusually dehydrated,” but his clients replaced him and he was ordered to pay a $22,500 fine.

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s health care shortages continue to rise, addressing elder care is one significant piece of the puzzle. More and more Baby Boomers are aging within (or into) the 65+ population bracket, presenting unique problems for local health systems.

With aging, patients often need a variety of services to include acute care, or hospitalization, as well as outpatient care. Some need chronic care. So it’s not just a question of having enough nurses at the hospital — it’s a question of a much larger network

needing to find sustainable methods to attend to geriatric medical needs.

“There are challenges to have enough geriatric-specific providers, especially given how many ‘touches’ an elder patient may have with the health care system,” says Cara Welch, senior director of communications at the Colorado Hospital Association.

“Hospitals and health systems continue to plan and adjust for our changing population.”

Still reeling from the COVID pandemic, hospitals and nursing homes must contend

with an already strained workforce. “In the hospital setting, we reached heights of upwards of 25 percent of nurse turnover during the pandemic,” says Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum, chief nursing officer at UCHealth. “So one in every four nurses left the organization. That’s significant when there’s 2,000 nurses in the organization in our southern Colorado region.”

And that’s just nurses. But other health care workers have also experienced burnout over the past three years. “According to the AHA, one-third of health care workers are considering leaving their profession, and 60 percent report impacts to their mental health due to the pandemic,” says Cary Vogrin, media relations specialist at UCHealth.

Moreover, Vogrin says, more of the health care workforce itself is nearing retirement age.

With the conf luence of these issues, “the Colorado Hospital Association predicts an additional shor tage of more than 10,000 RNs in the next five years statewide, along with a shortage of more than 54,000 other health care workers, to include medical assistants and home health aides,” Vogrin says.

Nursing homes have also been hit pretty hard with employment shortages. A 2022 study, “Long Term Care and Skilled Nurs-

ing Facilities,” from the Delaware Journal of Public Health, reveals the strain on nursing homes, with an average of 15.2 percent employment loss in the sector.

The article also details surveys showing many nursing homes are contending with high-level staffing shortages, difficulties hiring new staff and real concerns about having to close facilities all together.

In Colorado Springs, at least a dozen nursing homes have closed since the start of the pandemic nearly three and a half years ago.

“The statistics for our community, vary somewhere around between 250 and 300 post-acute care beds closed during or after the pandemic,” says Dunseth Rosenbaum.

“What that means for a hospital is that our length of stay has increased significantly because we have no place to put people.”

For people who may be stable enough to remain in their own homes, Rocky Mountain PACE may be one solution.

“PACE is a program of all-inclusive care, providing all medical services including medical transportation, to people 55 and older on a limited income, who are living in El Paso County, and in need of ADL, or Activities of Daily Living,” says Carolyn M. Wilson, public relations specialist at PACE. continued on p. 27 ➔

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tems to help foster a better understanding of elder care and help readjust systems to The nonprofit organization is currentbetter address geriatric needs. ly serving 939 people in the Pikes Peak Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill region. Not everyone is eligible, though, so 23-1246 in May 2023 to begin the Career the other solutions are still needed.

Advance Colorado program. The stateAccording to the Department of Local funded program partners with community Affairs, 108,961 people 65+ live in El Paso and technical colleges across the state to County — making up about 22 percent of provide free tuition for the local population. in-demand jobs. NursTo encou rage people to ing is on the list. work in health care, educaBut a complete set tional programs are ramping of solutions also must up across the state. address taking care of UCHe alt h lau nche d it s the current workforce Ascend Career Program in and trying to reduce February 2022 to address the strain in hospitals. overall shortage. While not UCHealth is currentgeriatric-specific, this proly expanding its program aims at reducing the gram, Partners in Care, shortage by funding particular t o it s fou r t h Ac ut e health care tracts.

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“Some of our fully funded The program redistribprog rams (100 percent of tuition is paid) include: phar- — Tamera Dunseth Rosenbaum utes caseloads and has nurses and techs workmacy tech nician, medical ing closer together in assistant, phlebotomy techniorder to effectively care for more patients. cian, a [Bachelor of Science] in Behavioral “One in four [nurses] leaving is not a Science, an associate degree in radiograsustainable model. When it costs anyphy, an associate degree in respiratory where between $68 and $92,000 to train a therapy and a master’s in clinical mental nurse, that will hamstring an organization health counseling or social work,” says financially beyond what you could sustain,” Vogrin.

Dunseth Rosenbaum says. “And so we are The American Hospital Association has doing things that we are trying to allow a program called Age-Friendly Health Sys-

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With the Partners in Care program, she says, “Nurses are able to focus on the things that nurses are licensed to do, like assessments, medication passes, those kinds of activities, and not spending time doing things that a tech can do like activities of daily living, bathing, vital sign management, and so on. So it’s really allowing both the tech and the nurse to operate at the top of their scope.”

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Some will recognize her performing the National Anthem at Mayor Yemi Mobolade’s swearing-in ceremony, or from her ministry work at the New Vision Christian Center. Others might recognize her from her time teaching Advanced Cake DecoratPhoto by Helen Lewis

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Throughout all these experiences, Ford hopes to make an impact on those around her.

“I’ve talked about ministry. I’ve talked about cakes. I’ve talked about music. I’ve talked about impact. That’s my biggest thing,” she says. “When I leave here — meaning this planet — I want to know that I moved the needle for the good. It’s my ultimate goal.”

What does your work with the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC look like?

I do a lot of behind-the-scenes work — a lot of my work no one will ever know about. I’m the executive administrator, so I assist [Chamber & EDC President] Johnna [Reeder Kleymeyer] directly and I deal with our board of directors. Anything that’s board of directors-related, my hands are on. …

I find that I have an opportunity to be in places and spaces that a lot of people that look like me aren’t in, and that comes with a sense of excitement because I get to open up doors and open up people’s eyes to certain perspectives that they might not have had the opportunity to hear or see at some point.

But it’s like Spider-Man, you know? ‘With great power comes great responsibility.’

There’s pressure because when you’re that one face in the room, you represent everyone — so you always want to make sure you do that to the best of your ability. I want people, especially young people, to see themselves here.

I do a lot with the youth; I’m an ordained minister. I’ve been at a ministry for about 21 years, and I worked a lot with the youth there, and what I find is that a lot of them struggle with the fact that they can’t see themselves in a position [of leadership]. If you don’t see yourself in leadership positions, you don’t see yourself being successful unless you have a basketball in your hand, or you’re singing — which is cool, I mean everyone has their thing. I’m not saying that we can’t do that, but I feel like they need to be able to see themselves in rooms that they don’t normally see themselves. ...

That’s why I feel like it’s very important for people of color to be in leadership positions — so that the younger generation of color can say, ‘I think I could be senior vice president or president or CEO or a board chair.’ So it’s very important to me to make sure that I’m in places and spaces that you don’t see too many people that look like me.

Tell us about singing the anthem at the swearing-in ceremony. What was that experience like?

The Chamber & EDC held a debate and I did the national anthem for our event.

Then we received a call from the city asking if I would sing the national anthem for the mayor’s swearing in ceremony — this was before we even knew who was gonna win — and I agreed to do it, which is out of my comfort zone. It’s completely out of my comfort zone, which is weird because I preach, you know? I’ve been on stage in front of thousands speaking God’s word, but singing in front of people is completely different to me. So, I decided I was gonna throw caution to the wind and just do it, and I’m so glad that I did.

It was such an important event for our city, and the fact that I was able to sing the national anthem at swearing in ceremony for the first Black immigrant mayor is amazing. The fact that I was even part of such a historic event brings me a sense of pride.

I want to know that I moved the needle for good.

Tell us about an exciting project you’ve worked on there.

I can’t say that I have a highlight careerwise, but I would definitely say the highlight of my life is my life outside of the Chamber, which would be a life that’s dedicated to serving other people. Serving my community, serving children — it’s the reason why I do what I do. I come here, and I make an impact in the community on a bigger scale — but then when I step away from here, I’m impacting lives and that’s what gets me excited. That is what I live for.

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I sang for the [United States Air Force Academy] Commandant of Cadets, for the change of command ceremony. That was an experience of a lifetime for me. My dad was in the military. He was an Army man, served in Vietnam, so there’s a big sense of pride in our country. Whenever I’m in the presence of anyone in the military, it feels like a great honor, so I was probably more nervous about that than singing for the mayor. … I believe I’m going to sing the national anthem at the 9/11 ceremony that we’re holding. But other than that, as far as public singing, I sing at church all the time.

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ccord i ng to the 2020 Census, Colorado’s veteran population is the 17th largest in the United States. Colorado is also home to about 49,000 veteranow ned bu si nesses, and the Small Busi- Melba ness Administration Robinson-Santa want to see more Veterans open businesses.

A nonprofit, Mt. Carmel is dedicated to improving the lives of members of the military-connected community by delivering support and services in a variety of areas including health and wellness, family services, housing, financial, transition and employment, and for veteran-owned small businesses.

Mt. Carmel has worked for years with the SBA in the SBA’s Boots to Business program, assisting military members by equipping them with general information about starting their own businesses.

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VBOC facilitates entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling, and resource partner referrals to service members, veterans, National Guard and Reserve members, and military spouses interested in starting or growing a small business. SBA has 28 VBOC offices across the United States.

One important part to business — after the corresponding education and support from the VBOC — is to give veterans access to capital so they can open a business. This is why Mt. Carmel and Colorado Enterprise Fund have formed a key partnership to augment business education resources and provide access to loans for veterans going into business.

Colorado Enterprise Fund is a Community Development Financial Institution. It was established in 1976 to help accelerate community prosperity by financing and supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses. CEF understands traditional financing is not always available — the business might be a startup and unproven, or have limited collateral or a low credit score.

CEF works to provide capital to veterans, women, minorities, people with low income or low wealth, and to underserved areas across Colorado with loans ranging from

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$1,000 to $1 million. Flexible, low-barrier loans can be used for working capital, equipment, inventory, business purchase, property improvements and more. CEF offers a variety of borrowing solutions including SBA microloans. One product called VALOR for Veterans, is made specifically for veterans and offers loans from $5,000 up to $500,000 with terms up to 10 years — and there is a 2 percent discount off the standard interest rate. CEF’s main goal is to grant funding to military veterans, Gold Star families and provide access to affordable business capital and free business navigation services to veteran borrowers. To date, CEF has helped 344 veteranowned small businesses, including Colorado Springs-based Knight Watch & Jewelry Company and Brass Brewing Company.

In addition to capital, CEF has a Business Navigation department that provides free educational coaching and training throughout the life of the loan. The Small

Biz Academy administers workshops, presented in English and Spanish, covering a variety of business topics such as financial planning, accounting, QuickBooks, marketing, how to do business with the government, human resources and more.

According to the Department of Veterans Affairs, American veterans are nearly twice as likely to be self-employed compared to non-veterans. Thus, in combination with the services Mt. Carmel provides for veterans and their families, VBOC’s strong commitment to assisting with education and providing resources to veterans, and the mission of CEF to provide access the capital, the transition from military life to civilian life and business ownership has become much easier.

The collaboration between VBOC, Mt. Carmel, and CEF is reflected in a series of informative podcasts. The VBOC Podcast produced by Veterans Voice is available at veteransvoice.us. The three organizations are jointly offering workshops throughout Colorado including in Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Denver and Grand Junction.

For more information about VBOC and CEF services, contact Nakia “Kia” Palmer at kpalmer@mtcarmelcenter.org, veteranscenter.org/vboc, or Melba Robinson-Santa at melba@coloradoenterprisefund.org.

Melba Robinson-Santa serves as the assistant manager of the Business Navigation Department at Colorado Enterprise Fund and has more than 20 years’ experience in business development, personal and commercial banking, insurance, HR, business consultancy and sales. She holds a master’s degree in business administration with a concentration in human resources.

The Veterans Voice News Service, presented by The Veterans Voice Project and Mt. Carmel Veterans Service Center, provides weekly, military and business-themed news, analysis and commentary for The Front in partnership with the Colorado Springs Business Journal.

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