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MERCHANTS WELCOME TRICK-OR-TREATERS
8 Pikes Peak Bulletin Downtown trick-or-treating Dozens of children and the young at heart took to the downtown streets on Monday, Oct. 31, stopping at businesses to collect treats.
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Two Commonwheel artists wait for the next trick-or-treaters. A small pirate surveys the view from the historical marker on the library lawn. This costumed couple hangs out near the Town Clock.
A dinosaur lumbers along the Manitou Avenue sidewalk. A Salus employee hands out treats from a witch’s cauldron. Mona Lisa employees enjoy handing out treats.
Photos by Rhonda Van Pelt
Everything you need to know about voting
The election is fast approaching — it’s Tuesday, Nov. 8 — so here are some helpful tips.
If you are registered to vote and your information is current, you should automatically receive a mailed ballot. Check your registration and ensure your current address is on file at GoVoteColorado.gov.
Ballots should have been mailed to registered voters by Friday, Oct. 21. You can register at a voter service or polling center in El Paso County through Election Day. See tinyurl.com/ EPCvotesites for locations.
To submit your ballot, you can mail it to the County Clerk’s Office or drop it off in person at a voter service and polling center location listed on the Clerk and Recorder’s Office website.
Manitou Springs’ voter service and polling center in City Hall, 606 Manitou Ave., will be open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and Saturday, Nov. 5, and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 7, and Tuesday, Nov. 8. Bring along an acceptable form of identification; they’re listed at tinyurl.com/ ColoradoIDs.
Secure drop-off boxes will be open 24 hours a day through Nov. 8. Manitou’s ballot box is just east of City Hall.
Track the status of your ballot by signing up at Colorado.ballottrax.net.
GoVoteColorado.gov
IMPORTANT DATES
Through Tuesday, Nov. 8: in-person voting. Tuesday, Nov. 8: polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Mailed ballots must be received by 7 p.m. (postmarks don’t count).
COLORADO RACES
U.S. Senate: one seat U.S. House: all eight seats, including one new one Governor and lieutenant governor State Senate: 17 of 35 seats State House: all 65 seats
Festival in the Community: The Rocky
Mountain Women’s Film Festival will screen “The Automat” at the Manitou Art
Center. This film tells the 100-year story of the iconic restaurant chain Horn & Hardart, the inspiration for Starbucks, where generations of Americans ate and drank coffee together at communal tables. Free. 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. 513 Manitou
Ave. Information: www.manitouart center.org or 685-1861. Art in Action: This is an amazing one-night opportunity to see the combination of dance, art and poetry together. This year’s event will focus around mental health. 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12. Manitou Art
Center, 513 Manitou Ave. Information: www.manitouartcenter.org or 685-1861. Iggy Igloo Mural Unveiling: Celebrate the late musician at the reveal of this memorial overlooking Fountain Creek. 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 19. Memorial Park, 500 block of Manitou Avenue. Funded by the
Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage initiative and a Pikes Peak Arts Council microgrant, with in-kind donations from
Creative Alliance Manitou Springs. Holiday Market: Commonwheel Artists
Co-op hosts its popular annual event, with affordably priced gifts and décor that local artists and crafters have created in various media. Runs Nov. 4-Dec. 30. 102 Cañon
Ave. Information: commonwheel.com or 685-1008.
Arts Events
Courtesy image The completed Iggy Igloo mural will be revealed Saturday, Nov. 19.
Art Classes
FAB LAB: Make things, fix things and build things. Come and create cool projects.
Learn how to use tools, expand your skills and expand your world. Kids younger than 13 should be with a parent. Participants can come to a single class or attend a series.
Class sizes are limited to eight. 3:05-5 p.m.
Wednesdays. Manitou Art Center, between 513 and 515 Manitou Ave. Information: www.concretecouch.org. Makerspace Certification Classes: The
Manitou Art Center offers certification classes for a variety of equipment in its makerspace.
Most are free to MAC members and library card holders. Times and dates vary. 515
Manitou Ave. Information: www. manitouartcenter.org/learn. Teaching Opportunity: The Pikes Peak Arts
Council and the Small Business
Development Center are seeking experienced artists to teach classes for
Courses for Creatives. Artists will be compensated for their time for each class that they teach (typically $150 per class).
Classes are usually taught from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on third or fourth Tuesdays,
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Wednesdays or Thursdays, at the Manitou
Art Center. Apply at tinyurl.com/esmdcc3c.
Calls for Artists
“Carnivale — Celebrating 30 Years”: The annual Carnivale parade and related events began 30 years ago as the brainchild of several Commonwheel Artists Co-op members. To celebrate this momentous anniversary, Commonwheel is hosting a juried show. Artwork and other items in the
Carnivale spirit are being sought.
Applications accepted Nov. 10-Jan. 10 and are available at commonwheel.com/ carnivale-30-year-celebration.html. “Art in the Stars”: Students age 3 to 18 are challenged to create and submit original artwork and to consider the diverse historical figures who broke boundaries to become a
“first” or blazed trails for those who came after them. Acceptable formats include drawings, paintings, mixed media and digital media pieces. Only teachers, parents or legal guardians older than 18 may register to submit artwork on behalf of the artists. All entries must be submitted through ArtShowcase.SpaceFoundation.org by Friday, Dec. 16. Manitou Springs Photo Contest: This year’s theme is “city life and who we are.” All photos are welcome, but should be square or horizontal. First place is $200 in Manitou money. Deadline is 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4. Information: bit.ly/MSPhotoContest.
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MACH grant applications for 2023 being accepted
With an enhanced website to expedite the process, the Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage Board is accepting grant applications for 2023, MACH Board Chair Neale Minch has announced.
Applicants may submit their funding requests between now and Jan. 6, 2023, after which the board will evaluate submissions, learn the exact amount of available funding from 2022 MACH tax revenues and make grant recommendations in late February for Manitou Springs City Council approval.
As set up in the MACH tax initiative voters approved in November 2019, 66 percent of grant funds will go to designated Tier 1 entities: Carnegie Library, Hiawatha Gardens, Manitou Art Center, Manitou Springs Heritage Center and the Miramont Castle Museum.
The other 34 percent goes to Tier 2 competitive grants, available to residents, nonprofits, businesses and others to assist in programs and events that benefit Manitou.
Last year, MACH funds produced about $475,000 in grants — with $324,043 going to the Tier 1 recipients and about $150,000 for Tier 2 grants. Early estimates suggest the amount for 2023 grants will decrease slightly.
Grant applicants can access the online application form at bit.ly/MACHGrants or go to the MACH page on the city website, www.tinyurl.com/ MACHBoard, and click on the “MACH Application Forms” link. You can set up a personal login, allowing you to work on and save unfinished applications until they’re ready.
Applicants for mini-grants ($750 or less) will complete a simpler form that does not require a detailed budget. Applications for more than $750 must also include a budget of projected revenues and expenses.
Any individuals or nonprofits who received MACH grants last year must turn in 2022 project completion reports before being considered for 2023 grants.
Again this year, training sessions are available for grant applicants who need assistance.
Becca Sickbert, executive director of Creative Alliance Manitou Springs (CRANE), will facilitate the remaining session starting at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 12.
The session will be hybrid — in person at the CRANE office, 441 Manitou Ave., and online via Zoom. Prospective applicants may sign up at tiny. cc/MACHinfosession to reserve a spot.
HELP WANTED
The Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage Board also is looking for new members, with vacancies open for regular positions (three-year term) and alternates. Applicants must be Manitou residents, ideally with some awareness of the MACH tax initiative. If interested, email MACHBoard@manitouspringsco.gov.
Photo by Bryan Oller Ayla Flett goes for the block during the Mustangs’ match against Woodland Park on Oct. 13. Teammates (also in light shirts) Lily Glass, Cassidy Blechman and Grace Allen watch to see what happens.
Mustangs receive favorable draw for volleyball regionals
By Daniel Mohrmann
Optimism and payback could be in the cards as the Manitou Springs girls volleyball team looks at its regional draw.
The Mustangs will head to Jefferson Academy this weekend for the three-team regional. They’ll start their run against Fort Lupton and then take on Jefferson Academy in the nightcap. Earlier in the season, the Mustangs (13-10 overall, 7-5 Tri-Peaks) played in the Jefferson Academy tournament and gave the Jaguars a tough test in a best-of-three match.
That match, way back in September, has the players feeling confident about this weekend.
The Mustangs wrapped up their regular season with a 3-0 loss to University on Oct. 27. The first two sets were competitive, but the Bulldogs were able to pull away in the third. Teryn Thime and Flett led the offensive effort with four kills each.
It was a solid test against a top-level team. University is the No. 6 seed heading into regionals and will host Bayfield and Rifle. Manitou officially takes the No. 17 seed heading into the postseason. There are 12 regional hosts so the Mustangs certainly fit within the margin of error of teams that can score an upset coming out of the weekend. “Because (the Jefferson Academy) tournament was so early in the season, we have seen so much growth,” coach Crissy Leonhardt said. “(Our match against the
We have Jaguars) wasn’t a full match because they had a point cap, so it seen so much wasn’t really a true measurement of what that result should be.” If the Mustangs can get two growth. wins over the weekend and advance to the Denver Coliseum, — Crissy Leonhardt it would mark the first state tournament appearance since 2015. The Mustangs have been close in recent years, even just a game away from getting to state last year. Breaking through the region would be a great feather in the cap for the Manitou seniors who have never played in a state tournament. “Going to state would be an amazing experience,” Flett said. “Just reaching that is a huge goal that the seniors would love to accomplish this year.”
Soccer team falls in first round of playoffs
By Daniel Mohrmann
A young Manitou boys soccer team gained valuable experience in reaching the Class 3A state tournament this season. Unfortunately, it was a brief run as the Mustangs fell to KIPP Denver Collegiate 2-1 in the first round.
The season ends with a much-improved 8-7-1 record, leaps and bounds better than last year’s 4-11 effort.
Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of this season is that the team loses only one senior, Luke Donegan. Now, with playoff experience, the returning players will look to do much bigger things in 2023.
The Mustangs return a solid senior class next year, including leading scorer Evan Yount (13 goals, 12 assists) and keeper Deric French. Graham Beckum and Bowman Hall combined to score nine goals this year and both will be back, as well.
The results of this season, if nothing else, should set a standard for where this Manitou team should hope to be not just next season, but for years in the future. The Mustangs want to be a perennial playoff team and establishing that culture has to be done not just during the course of a season, but also in the offseason.
With all but one player returning, next year’s team should look more talented and should also be more mature on the mental side of the game. And that should result in high expectations next August.
Standout Mustangs
Cody Kelley (cross-country): Finished 12th in the 3A state race at the Norris-Penrose Event Center.
Tyler Maloney (football): Scored Manitou’s lone touchdown in the loss to Lamar on Oct. 28.
Lily Glass (volleyball): Totaled eight digs and six assists in Manitou’s loss to University on Oct. 27.
