July 28, 2022 Vol. 21, No. 36 Serving Manitou Springs, Old Colorado City and Lower Ute Pass
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Celebrate a day that will go down in Manitou history By Rhonda Van Pelt Are you ready for the party of the century? Well, actually, of the century and a half. Then mark your calendars for Monday, Aug. 1. Here’s everything you need to know about celebrating Manitou Springs’ sesquicentennial and Day of Friendship. Perhaps most importantly, parking will be free at Hiawatha Gardens on Old Man’s Trail starting at 2:30 p.m. Then, stroll over to 7 Minute Spring Park, where elected officials and other community leaders will speak about Manitou’s designation as the nation’s third-friendliest city in Expedia. com’s 2021 survey of travelers. Local organizations and nonprofits will have informational booths near the spring building. Email jenna@manitou chamber.com to reserve a spot. People staffing the booths will have to supply their own tables and chairs. It wouldn’t be a Manitou event without live music, which starts at 3 p.m. with Joe Johnson, followed by A Carpenter’s Daughter at 4 p.m. and Fiddle & Frog & Fiddle at 6 p.m.
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Poetry and Pottery
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt
Mark Wong helps an aspiring ceramic artist learn to use the wheel during the Poetry and Pottery session on Tuesday, July 26. Wong partners with writer Molly Wingate to offer the free workshops in Soda Springs Park’s Bud Ford Pavilion. More information on page 8, or at poetryheals.org.
State health department identifies county’s first monkeypox case The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has identified the first case of monkeypox in El Paso County. CDPHE is the lead agency on this investigation and is tracing contacts associated with this patient. The El Paso County Public Health Department’s role is to vaccinate any high-risk exposures CDPHE identifies during its investigation. Individual risk to the public continues to be low. Monkeypox may begin with flu-like
symptoms that may include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes and exhaustion. Typically, a rash or skin bumps develop within one to three days after the onset of fever, often beginning on the face, then spreading to other parts of the body. Monkeypox can look like syphilis, herpes, blisters or even acne. Anyone can get monkeypox through close contact with someone who has the virus. Brief interactions without physical contact
are unlikely to result in transmission. In recent cases, additional symptoms have not always occurred before the rash or bumps, if they have occurred at all. Coloradans should contact a health care provider and avoid physical contact with others if they think they have been exposed to monkeypox or are experiencing symptoms. The version of monkeypox spreading in the
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