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POETRY HEALS WINS PRESTIGIOUS GRANT
September 1, 2022
Pikes Peak Bulletin 9 Poetry Heals wins grant for therapeutic writing program
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The Pikes Peak Community Foundation’s Pikes Peak Fund for the Arts will give Arts Vision Grants totaling $50,000 to 11 diverse and inspiring grantees from the local arts community. The individual grant awards range from $1,250 to $10,000.
Over the summer, the program invited the community to apply for funding for creative projects that bring to life the declarations and opportunities inArts Vision 2030, the 10-year cultural plan for the Pikes Peak region.
The response was overwhelming, with 60 applications that were weighed by an expert panel of judges. The grants are managed by the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region.
The 2022 Arts Vision Grants recipients include Manitou-based Poetry Heals for its Write It Out After School” program.
“We are very pleased and honored to have received this $5,000 grant and to be in such fine company with the other recipients,” Poetry Heals Executive
Molly Wingate of Poetry Heals speaks to the audience during the Saturday, Aug. 27, Dragon Theatre performance.
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt
Director Molly Wingate said.
Poetry Heals’ first program partner is Voces Unidas for Justice, which serves primarily Latinx youth in southeast Colorado Springs. Poetry Heals will create unique materials and provide Spanish translation at workshops to help young people processing trauma.
“We will augment and collaborate with ongoing programs at Voces Unidas for Justice and community centers. This grant will get us started on a program that we plan to grow and continue,” Wingate added.
Learn more at: www.poetryheals.org.
Community members who would like to contribute to the future work of the Pikes Peak Fund for the Arts may donate directly by visiting www.ppcf. org/donate.
Treasurer wants to return unclaimed property to local entities
Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young is focusing on schools that have lost track of property such as gift certificates, tax refunds, unpaid wages or uncashed checks.
“Back-to-school time is a perfect opportunity to conduct an unclaimed money search for your favorite schools, from nursery schools to colleges, both public and private. We’re always happy to reunite funds with our school systems so they can be put to use to help serve our students” said Young, who is also the former president of the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.
But schools aren’t the only entities that have funds sitting in the state treasury.
A search on Tuesday, Aug. 30, revealed that several Manitou Springs organizations and entities have unclaimed property. District 14 schools are among them, and Suzi Thompson, D14 chief financial officer, said they’ve already submitted claims.
Others include the Manitou Art Center, Cherokee’s of Manitou, Manitou Springs Mineral Water, the Kiwanis Club of Manitou Springs, D’Vine Wine and Welrite LLC.
To search, just type “Manitou” in the name field. The amounts range from 80 cents to more than $250.
Last fiscal year, the Great Colorado Payback returned almost $50 million to nearly 55,000 claimants through the Unclaimed Property Division. To simplify the claims process, a pilot program that proactively returns funds was started, returning $4.1 million to 13,700 rightful owners without requiring additional paperwork for identification purposes.
Money or property turned over to the State Treasury for safekeeping is held for the owner or heir of the account and there are no time limits for filing a claim. The Colorado State Treasurer maintains a list of more than 1.7 million names of individuals, as well as schools, for whom property is available, including more than $960 million total.
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Volleyball team battles to first win of season
By Daniel Mohrmann
The Manitou Springs girls volleyball team is showing true signs of progress as it gets deeper into the regular season. It’s not a matter of opinion, it can be determined by looking at the results of the season’s first three matches.
After getting swept by Fowler, the Mustangs (1-2 overall) dropped a five-set heartbreaker to Pueblo Central in their Aug. 25 match. In perhaps desperate need of a win, the Mustangs battled after a first tough set to rally and beat Pueblo East 14-25, 26-24, 25-21, 20-25, 15-9 on Tuesday, Aug. 30, to get their first win of the season.
Three Manitou seniors recorded double-digit kills: Ayla Flett led the way with 12, Grace Allen had 11 and Teryn Thime had 10.
Thime also led the Mustangs with three blocks, Allen had a team-high 30 digs and senior Lily Glass was crucial to the offensive effort as she racked up 21 assists. The win over East was a true sign that this group of seniors is starting to get a genuine feel for how they’ll play together on the court. “We’re just getting more
We’re comfortable playing with each other in practice and bonding and it’s really helping,” Glass said. “All of us haven’t growing as played together before so it’s good that we’re bonding and a team. growing as a team.” The Mustangs will get — Lily Glass their first taste of tournament action when they head to Jefferson Academy on Friday, Sept. 9, but will see some tough competition before then. They head to Lutheran on Thursday, Sept. 1, to take on the Lions, No. 9 in the Class 4A CHSAANow.com rankings. They then come home on Tuesday, Sept. 6, to host 5A Doherty. Getting the win over Pueblo East was a welcome feeling for the girls and a sign that they’re developing as a team and trending in the right direction. “We’ve been stressing offense,” Leonhardt said. “We’re also making sure that we’re making smart decisions, but aggressive decisions, and they’re so coachable.”
Photo by Bryan Oller Hannah Ruger is set to block the ball during Manitou’s match against Pueblo Central.
Cleaning up short game a priority for golfers
By Daniel Mohrmann
Perhaps the best sight in all of golf is a well-struck ball flying through the air in the direction of a flagstick. It doesn’t matter if it’s off the tee or from the fairway, the high straight ball is something that every golfer hopes to achieve.
But oddly enough, it’s not the most effective shot when it comes to lowering a score. Those shots come from either around or on the green, and they’re crucial — especially in high school golf.
After playing in three tournaments, Manitou Springs boys golf coach Ken Vecchio likes what he’s seeing from an inexperienced group. But he knows there’s plenty of work to be done for their numbers to come down. And that work has to come around the green, not on the way to the green.
It was no surprise that junior Jack Clifford fared well at the Aug. 24 Tri-Peaks League tournament at Hollydot. Clifford shot a 17-over-par 88 to finish ninth on the leaderboard. Sophomore Landon Foster and senior Kai Thomas shot matching 108 scores, while senior Landon May rounded out the effort with a 132.
Clifford put together another good round the next day at the Marauder Invitational at Cherokee Ridge, shooting 87 to finish sixth. The Mustangs are off this week and head to the Woodland Park Invitational at Shining Mountain on Tuesday, Sept. 6.
