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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. The Alzheimer’s Association seeks two volunteers to facilitate the monthly Saturday morning caregiver support group in Monument. Knowledge of dementia is needed, but facilitator training and support is provided on an ongoing basis. Please email Barbara Caudle at bcaudle@alz.org.
FREE TAX advice. The Pikes Peak Library District, in partnership with H&R Block tax experts, presents a free tax talk on family issues affecting taxpayers, including education, childcare credit and tax planning, at 7 p.m. Jan. 30 at the Monument Library, 1706 Lake Woodmoor Drive, Monument. For information on this, or the other 10 sessions offered through the district, call Linda Famula, 719-369-8326.
JAN. 10 TAPPING INTO Theology. Do you have questions about faith? Do you think faith is wishful thinking? Join Father Larry Brennan for his inaugural presentation, “The Act of Faith,” from 7-9 p.m. Jan. 10 in the newly remodeled Barrel Room of the Pikes Peak Brewing Co., 1756 Woodmoor Drive. This monthly series of challenging talks is open to the public. (Snow date is Jan. 17.) Contact Stephanie Kemp at 719-481-4355.
DEC. 27 COOKIE MINING. Become part owner of an imaginary mining company. Participants will receive an introduction to the dynamics of team building by making decisions on resource quality, job responsibilities, tool purchases, budgetary expenditures, environmental issues, and more. After forming
a company, it’s ready, set, go. Participants race other teams to mine chocolate chips from cookies. Everybody gets a chance (regardless of age). Included with paid admission. Reservations required. Call 719-488-0880 or rsvp@wmmi.org. Event is at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Visit www.wmmi.org.
DEC. 28 WINTER BREAK with the burros. Have you heard of reindeer games? You might consider this burro games. Take a break from winter break and visit the mining museum’s burros. Meet our mascots as you enjoy a break from the holidays! Then, come inside to warm up (we’ll buy you a cup of coffee or hot chocolate) and learn what games pioneer children played (marbles, jacks, pickup sticks, tag, and more). Included with paid admission. Event is at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Dec. 28. Visit www.wmmi.org.
DEC. 30 RECITAL SERIES. Ed Nuccio and his New Horizons Band have created a new opportunity for Colorado Springs chamber music and jazz lovers. A group of members will make their debut as soloists or chamber music participants at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 30, at First Evangelical Free Church, 820 N. 30th, Colorado Springs. Proceeds from a free-will offering will be presented to the First Free Church. Contact Rob Taylor at 719-460-7352 or rmekmk@msn.com, or Reb Arnold at rokuzan@comcast.net or 719-266-8364. EDITOR’S NOTE: Calendar submissions must be received by noon Wednesday for publication the following week. Send information to calendar@ourcoloradonews.com, attn: Tribune. No attachments, please. Listings are free and run on a space-available basis.
CLUBS IN YOUR COMMUNITY EDITOR’S NOTE: To add or update your club listing, e-mail calendar@ourcoloradonews. com, attn: Tribune. PROFESSIONAL FRONT RANGE Business Group meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of every month at Bella Panini in Palmer Lake. TRI-LAKES BUSINESS Networking International meets from 8-9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at the Mozaic Inn in Palmer Lake. Call Elizabeth Bryson at 719-481-0600 or e-mail ebryson@farmersagent.com.
TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business After Hours meets at 5:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month at various locations. Free to members; $10 for non-members. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com. TRI-LAKES CHAMBER Business Networking Group meets at 7:30 a.m. the first and third Thursday at Willow Tree Cafe, 140 2nd St., Monument. New members welcome. If District 38 is delayed or cancelled, their will be no meeting. Yearly membership dues are $20. Call 719 481-3282 or go to www.trilakeschamber.com. TRI-LAKES NETWORKING Team meets for dinner at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Inn at Palmer Divide. TNT is business women building relationships in a social setting. Visit www.trilakesnetworkingteam.com or call Janine Robertson at 719-266-0246 or e-mail janine@coloradorobertsons.com. WOODMOOR BUSINESS Group Meeting is the second Monday of every month from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Woodmoor Barn, 1691 Woodmoor Dr. We are Woodmoor residents offering products and services to the community. New members welcome. For more information, call Bobbi Doyle at 719-331-3003 or go to www.woodmoorbusinessgroup.com.
RECREATION AMATEUR RADIO Operators, W0TLM (Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Radio Association), meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Tri-Lakes Monutemnt Fire Protection District Station 1, 18650 Hwy 105. All Amateur Radio Operators are welcome. Call Joyce Witte at 488-0859 for more information. ADULT RECREATIONAL and intermediate pick up volleyball is at Lewis-Palmer Middle School every Monday from 7-9 p.m. Call Claudia at 719-313-6662 for details. BINGO BY the Tri-Lakes American Legion Post 9-11 is conducted from 7 to 9 p.m. every Saturday at the Post home, Depot Restaurant in Palmer lake. Proceeds are dedicated to Scholarship and community support activities of the Post. At least 70 percent of the game sales are awarded in prizes, and free food drawings are conducted. Doors open at 6 p.m. and all are invited for the fun, food, and prizes. See www.americanlegiontrilakespost911.com/bingo.htm for more information.
BIG RED Saturday Market. Fresh vegetables and fruit, bakery items, local honey, crafts, jewelry, pet stuff and more are for sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday at the Big Red Saturday market at Second and Jefferson streets in Monument. The money benefits Lewis-Palmer community schools.
FRIENDS OF Monument Preserve is a nonprofit organization that works to keep trails rideable and hikeable in the Monument Preserve Area. Meetings are at 7 p.m. every third Wednesday at the Monument Fire Center. Trail work is done at 6 p.m. the second Tuesday in the summer months. Contact info@fomp.org or Chris at 719-488-9850.
GLENEAGLE GOLF Club has implemented a Community Advisory Committee. Their mission is to help establish a stronger relationship between the club and the community. They are looking for representatives from all home owners associations. The committee meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30PM at Gleneagle Golf
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THE VAILE Museum, 66 Lower Glenway, is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays year-round and from 1-4 p.m. Wednesdays from June through August. Groups by appointment are accepted. Call 719-559-0837. SERVICES FREE GENTLY used clothing is available the second Saturday of every month from 1-3 p.m. at Tri-Lakes Church of Christ, the intersection of County Line Road and Beacon Lite, 20450 Beacon Lite, in Monument. For more information, call 719-495-4137. Look for the sign on the corner.
SHARE COLORADO, a nonprofit organization, is a monthly food distributor that offers grocery packages at half the retail price to everyone. Call 800-375-4452 or visit www.sharecolorado.com.
MOUNT HERMAN 4-H Club meets at 7 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month at Grace Best Elementary. There are no meetings in June, July and August. Anyone interested in pursuing animal projects, archery, cooking, sewing, model rocketry, woodworking or just about any hobby is welcome. A new member meeting is the third Thursday in October. Call Chris Bailey at 719-481-1579. THE PALMER Lake Art Group meets on the second Saturday of the month at the group’s Vaile Hill Gallery, 118 Hillside Road. Call 719-488-8101 for information.
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PALMER DIVIDE Quiltmakers meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of each month at The Church at Woodmoor. Contact Carolyn at 719-488-9791 or hockcf@aol.com.
THE BLACK Forest AARP Chapter meets for a luncheon the second Wednesday of each month at the Black Forest Lutheran Church. Call 719-596-6787 or 719-495-2443.
THE PIKES Peak Branch of the National League of American Pen Women offers information by calling 719-532-0021.
THE CENTURIAN Daylight Lodge No 195 A.F and A.M meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month. Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays. Both groups meet at 18275 Furrow Road. Call 719-488-9329.
PIKES PEAK Women’s Connection meets the second Thursday of the month for a luncheon at the Clarion Hotel Downtown, 314 W. Bijou St., Colorado Springs. Social time begins at 11:30 a.m., with luncheon and program from noon to 1:30 p.m. Free preschool childcare is available with a reservation; $16 inclusive. Call 719-495-8304 for reservations or information. All women are welcome.
COALITION OF Tri-Lakes Communities. Call John Heiser at 719-488-9031 or go to www.CoalitionTLC.org. COLORADO MOUNTED Rangers Troop “I” is looking for volunteers. The troop meets
ROTARY CLUB of Colorado Springs InterQuest meets at 4:45 p.m. Thursdays at Liberty Heights Retirement Center, 12105 Ambassador Drive in Colorado Springs. Call Scott Allen at 719-590-7460.
at 7 p.m. the first Friday of the month at the Pikes Peak National Bank, in the upstairs conference room. The bank address is 2401 W. Colorado Ave, on the corner of Colorado Ave and 24th Street. The entrance is a single unmarked door on Colorado Avenue between the bank and the bicycle store. Free parking is available in the bank employee parking lot on the south side of the bank’s drive-up facility. Visit http://itroop.coloradoranger.org or e-mail Info@coloradoranger.org.
SILENT SPRINGS Social Group is a social group for hard of hearing and deaf adults. Sign language users are welcome. Dining out at local restaurants, potlucks and community activities are available on an ongoing basis. Call 719-487-9009 or e-mail silentspringscos@hotmail.com.
GIRL SCOUTING offers opportunities for girls ages 5-17 to make friends, learn new skills and challenge themselves in a safe and nurturing environment. Call 719-5978603.
TOASTMASTERS FACC Masters Club meets at noon Thursdays at Lockheed Martin, 9975 Federal Drive. Visit http://faccmasters.freetoasthost.us or call Kirby at 719-4813738.
GLENEAGLE SERTOMA Club luncheon meeting is every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m., at Liberty Heights, 12105 Ambassador Drive, Colorado Springs, 80921. Call Sherry Edwards at 488-1044 or Bill Nance at 488-2312 or visit www.sertoma.org.
TRI-LAKES AMERICAN Legion Post 9-11 meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month at the Depot Restaurant on Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Contact Ed at 719481-2750.
HISTORY BUFFS meets at Monument Library from 1-3 p.m. the first Wednesday of
TRI-LAKES BARBERSHOP Chapter meets Mondays. Call Phil Zara at 719-481-3197.
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KIWANIS CLUB of Monument Hill, a service club dedicated to providing assistance to those less fortunate in the Tri-Lakes community, meets 8 a.m. Saturdays at The Inn at Palmer Divide, 443 Colo. 105. Join us for breakfast, great fellowship and informative programs, and come be a part of the opportunity to give back to your community. Visit http://monumenthillkiwanis.org; call 719-4871098; e-mail info@monumenthillkiwanis.org
LEGACY SERTOMA dinner meetings are at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays monthly at Monument Country Club. New members and visitors welcome. Call Ed Kinney, 481-2750.
MOMS IN Touch prayer groups meet, by school, throughout the school district for one hour each week to support the children, their teachers, the schools and administration through prayer. Call Judy Ehrlich at 719-481-1668. THE MONUMENT Homemakers Club meets the first Thursday of every month at
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TRI-LAKES CROP Club meets on the third Saturday of the month. Call Angela at 719-481-9735.
TRI-LAKES CRUISERS Car Club meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month at the Tri-Lakes-Monument Fire Station on South Colo. 105. Open to all vehicle makes and models. Call Dale at 488-2852. TRI-LAKES FRIENDS of the Libraries meets from 10 a.m. to noon the second Monday of each month from September through June at Monument Library. THE TRI-LAKES Lions Club meets the first Thursday of every month at Monument Hill Country Club. The social is at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting is at 7 p.m. The International Association of Lions Clubs is the largest service club in the world with over 1.35 million members. The Lions are known as the “Knights of the Blind.” By conducting vision screenings, equipping hospitals and clinics, distributing medicine and raising awareness of eye disease, Lions work toward their mission of providing vision for all. Lions clubs are groups of community minded men and women who are interested in helping serve their communities. For information about the new Tri-Lakes Lions Club, contact the club’s president, Dave Prejean, at 719-492-8274. More information is available at lionsclubs.org. TRI-LAKES NONDENOMINATIONAL Men’s Gathering meets at 6:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Pinecrest Lodge in Palmer Lake. Continental breakfast is included. Call Basil Marotta at 719-487-9500.
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the Tri-Lakes Fire Department Administrative Building, 166 Second Street, Monument. Arrive at 11:30 a.m. to prepare for a noon potluck, program, and business meeting, which ends around 1:30 p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Call Irene Walters, Co-President, at 719-481-1188 for Jean Sanger, Co-President, at 719-592-9311 for reservations.
TRI-LAKES VFW Post No. 7829 meets at 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at The Sundance Lodge/Oakleys. New members are welcome. Call Darby Kelly at 719481-4377. U.S. AIR Force Academy Toastmasters meets from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Mondays at DeVry University, 1175 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Colorado Springs. Visit www.d26toastmasters. org/airforceacademy or call Angela at 719-494-2777. Guests are welcome.
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MSGT WILLIAM Crawford Ladies Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7829 will meet on the third Tuesday of each month starting April 19, from 6 -7:30 p.m. at the Sundance Mountain Lodge in Monument. For information, contact Martine Arndt at 719-231-5323 or Martine.Arndt@yahoo.com.
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TRI-LAKES PARENTS of Multiples Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Monday of each month at the Little Log Church in Palmer Lake. Child care is provided for a minimal fee. New members and visitors are welcome. E-mail tlpoms@yahoo.com or call 719-4886785.
SUPPORT ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS meets at 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays at Tri-Lakes Chapel, Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek. Call Greg at 719-648-9495. OurColoradoNews.com
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ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Sunlight of the Spirit Women’s Closed Step Study. Mondays, 6pm. Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 E. Baptist Rd. 487-7781. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Beacon Lite Group meets at 8 p.m. Monday and Thursday at Tri Lakes Chapel, 1750 Deer Creek Road, at Woodmoor Drive and Deer Creek Road. Call Kathleen at 649-1046.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Recovery in Action Group Open Big Book Study. Thursdays, 7pm. Family of Christ Lutheran noon Church, 675 Baptist Road. 487-7781. mation h- AL-ANON FAMILY Group meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family e of Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781 or Kay at 719-481-9258.
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AL-ATEEN GROUP meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at Family of Christ Church, 675 Baptist Road. Call Jean at 719-487-8781. ALS, LOU Gehrig’s disease support group meets at 6 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month at the Weber St. Center on Weber Street between Kiowa and Bijou streets. in Colorado Springs. Patients, family and caregivers are welcome. Contact Julie Bloom at 719-481-1906. BLACK FOREST Al-Anon meets at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Black Forest Community Church in the East Educational Building to help families and friends of alcoholics. Call 719632-0063.
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COLORADO SPRINGS Shrine Club accepts new members who apply and register for children’s admittance to a Shriner’s Hospital from 10 a.m. to noon on the second Saturday of each month. Call 719-632-3881. FIBROMYALGIA SUPPORT Group meets the second Monday
of each month at 3505 Austin Bluffs Parkway at College Pharmacy. A DVD is shown at 5 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. Visitors and new participants always are welcome. There is no charge; no products sold. Contact Lorna Searle at 719-481-2230.
LEWY BODY Dementia support group meets from 10 a.m. to noon the first Monday of every month, unless that Monday falls on a holiday, then the meetings are the Tuesday that follows that holiday. Meetings are at St. Francis Medical Center, Conference Room 5. Contact Marika Flynn, RNC, at mudflynn@yahoo. com. For information about LBD, visit www.LBDA.org.
MACULAR DEGENERATION Support Group for the visually impaired meets from 1-2 p.m. othe third Thursday of each month. Call Tri-Lakes Cares 719 481-4864 ext. 23 for information. MOMS CLUB, Moms Offering Moms Support, offers weekly activities each week for stay-at-home moms and children from birth to 5 years old. Moms living in Monument and Palmer Lake, contact Erin at 719-487-8233 or erin.vineyard@gmail. com. Moms living in ZIP code 80921 and parts of Black Forest can contact Debbie at 719-646-5939 or debdidovic@gmail.com.
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS support group meets the second Saturday of every month. Call Carolyn at 303-360-7080 or 719-488-3620.
A PALMER Lake session of AA meets at 8 p.m. Wednesdays in the basement of The Little Log Church in Palmer Lake at the corner of High Street and Upper Glenway. Call Bonnie BowenPyle at 719-488-0908 or 719-661-6702.
SUDDEN UNEXPECTED Infant Death Local Support Group. The group offers bereavement services for parents, families, friends and caregivers who have been affected by the sudden unexpected loss of an infant or toddler. There is no cost. Meeting are the third Monday of the month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Colorado Springs Penrose Library, 20 N. Cascade Avenue. Adult meeting only; no child care will be provided. For additional help and information please call Angel Eyes at 888-285-7437 or visit angeleyes.org
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SUPPORT GROUP for juvenile diabetes meets at 9 a.m. every third Saturday of the month at It’s a Grind coffee shop in Monument. Contact Dawn at 719-466-7551 or dawnweb@q.com. TRI-LAKES AL-ANON, meeting of Al-Anon Family Groups, meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Family of Christ Lutheran Church, 675 Baptist Road, Colorado Springs, just east of Walgreens. This is an open meeting and the format is Al-Anon 12Step/Al-Anon literature study. Call Janet M. at 719-481-5648. TRI-LAKES MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, meets from 9:15-11:30 a.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at Tri-Lakes Chapel. The meetings begin in September and continue through May. Child care is provided. All mothers with children from birth to kindergarten are welcome. Call Melissa at 719-488-2680 or Bengetta at 719-487-1078. PARENTS OF Tourette Children meets every other week. Call Liza at 719-488-2945. PIKES PEAK SHARE pregnancy and infant loss support group meets from 7-9 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 5265 N. Union Blvd. in Colorado Springs. Call Melissa at 719-640-7691. ROCKY MOUNTAIN Stroke Club meets from 1:30-3 p.m. Wednesdays at Easter Seals, 225 S. Academy, suite 140. Call Eddy Woodruff at 719-481-4292. STEP PARENTS support group meets every third Tuesday of the month. Call 719-487-2942 or e-mail kariannkimbrel@aol. com.
TOPS, TAKE Off Pounds Sensibly, a nonprofit weight control organization, meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays. Call Terry Franz at 719-488-8684. TRI-LAKES CARES is a social services agency that supplies the needy in the community through food, commodities, limited financial assistance, school supplies, holiday programs, jobs programs and more. Volunteer opportunities are available. Hours of operation are Monday from noon to 3 p.m. and Thursday from noon to 3 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. Call 719-481-4864. TRI-LAKES HOME Educator’s Support Group meets at 6:30
p.m. the second Monday of the month. Contact Maria at learning@mountainhomeschool.com. Prayer, fellowship, friendship, encouragement, resources and more are provided. Meeting is for parents only.
WINGS PROVIDES therapist facilitated support groups for women and men in which survivors are believed, accepted and no longer alone. There is a women’s group on Tuesday evening and one on Thursday evening. We are also starting a Loved Ones Group for family and friends of survivors. For more information contact the WINGS office at 800-373-8671. Visit www. wingsfound.org VOLUNTEER HANGERS THRIFT Shop benefiting Tri-Lakes Cares needs volunteers. Please call Kris at 719-488-2300. LUCRETIA VAILE Museum needs volunteer docents or museum guides. Call Susan at 719-481-2323. MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY Transportation, which provides free rides for area senior citizens needing transport, is in need of volunteer drivers. Mileage reimbursement is available. Call 719-237-9913. ODYSSEY HEALTH care and hospice volunteers are needed. Call Kent Mathews at 719-573-4166. PIKES PEAK Hospice needs volunteers. Call Cathy Woods at 719-633-3400. THE PIKES Peak Library District needs volunteers. Contact the LitSource office at 719-531-6333, ext. 2223 or ext. 2224. PIKES PEAK Workforce Center is in need of volunteers. Please call Larry Oliver at 719-481-4864. SILVER KEY Senior Services needs volunteers. Call 719-8842300.
TRI-LAKES CARES needs volunteers in a variety of positions. Call Cindy Rush at 719-481-4864. TRI-LAKES CHAMBER of Commerce needs volunteers. Call 719-481-3282.
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artin, While nearly every neighborhood bar, 481- saloon, restaurant and coffee shop in the country celebrate New Year’s Eve but a few of local parties stand out. The Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts New 719Year’s Eve party is earlier than most. Art center members and nonmembers alike -3197.are invited to see and hear Dotsero when the band returns to center stage on Dec. at 29. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and dinner, including chocolate-raspberry tiramisu month for dessert, will be provided by Catering by makes Nikki. The name “Dotsero” means “something unique” in Ute and for many people the fusion jazz band has become a perennial favorite and its name has come to mean ent something unique in smooth jazz. The naband was founded in 1990 in the small 1.35 Colorado town of the same name by David ng Watts on guitars and Stephen Watts on sax ing and synthesizer. r all. It has returned to the art center several ed times since the nonprofit home for local art ns opened about 14 years ago. tion is The band has 11 CDs on the music market. For more information, visit www.dotednes- sero.org. ll Basil Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts is located at 304 Colo. 105 in Palmer Lake. Party tickets are $25 each for members and $30 for nonof each members. al fee. Reservations are due by 4 p.m. Dec. 27. 488For more information, call 719-481-0475 or visit www.trilakesarts.org. h at Going to the art-center party will leave 19- Tri-Lakes residents plenty of time to party hardy a second time before the date changeVry es to 2013. One of the biggest in the area will be ers. at the Pikes Peak Brewing Co., 1756 Lake Woodmoor Drive in Monument. This event 29 will celebrates the New Year in three time zones, the New York, Chicago and Monument. Capacdt at ity is limited and reservations are required. Tickets to this gala casino-night event are available for $45 each at Pikes Peak Brewing, at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Comakes merce office or www.trilakeschamber.com. Tickets include unlimited hors d’oeuvres, starter Casino Cash, two drinks and a mid-
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USAFA Airmanship Program Environmental Assessment Update
Introduction: The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) assessed the environmental impact of the Introductory Flight Training Program (IFT) in an Environmental Assessment (EA) conducted in 2001, which resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). This update serves to catalog and assess all the changes since the 2001 EA. Additionally, this update includes the rest of the components of USAFA’s Airmanship Program’s operations and serve as a baseline of operations for future changes and comparison.
The center stage is set for the return of Dotsero for an evening a jazz, food and excitement as Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts kicks-off the new year early with a party on Dec. 29. Photo by Norma Engelberg night champagne toast. Food will come from local caterers and restaurants and the brewery will be providing its own unique brand of microbrews. Dance music will be live by The Chimney Choir, a band whose biography says combines folk with world music and adds a touch of “psychedelia.” Find out more at www.chimneychoir.com. More information on sponsorship and participation opportunities for this and other chamber events call 481-3282. For a bit of nostalgia, Dec. 31 will be the last time people will be able to party at Pinz Bowling Center, 855 Colo. 105, Palmer Lake. The bowling alley will be closing its doors after its very last New Year’s Eve party. Put on party hats and ring in the New Year with a few frames before the champagne toast at midnight. The event is open to all but only patrons age 21 and older will be allowed in the bar area. For more information, call 719-4877469.
The IFT program is no longer conducted at USAFA. However, similar operations to those described by the 2001 EA are still being performed in the form of Powered Flight Programs (PFP). USAFA has been conducting powered flight and glider operations (Soaring) since 1961, and parachute operations (Jump) since 1983 (94th FTS History, 2007). These three missions, PFP, Soaring, and Jump along with unmanned aerial systems and remotely piloted aircraft (UAS/RPA) comprise USAFA’s Airmanship program that is executed by the 306th Flying Training Group (FTG). Additionally, the Aero Club operates out of the USAFA airfield. The mission of USAFA’s Airmanship Program has remained largely the same since the inception of the USAFA, and the surrounding areas over which much of the operation takes place has not changed significantly since the 2001 EA. While the geographic areas of operation have not changed, the extent of development in these areas has changed since 2001. Current Operations: This EA update evaluates the environmental impacts associated with USAFA’s Airmanship Program and aviation activities. The “Proposed Action” in this update is the current operations. The current operations include the four branches of the Airmanship Program, PFP, Soaring, Jump, UAS/RPA, as well as Aero Club operations. The current operation includes those aviation activities that occur at the USAFA Airfield (KAFF) and the surrounding training airfields and airspace. Under the current Airmanship operations, the vast majority of the flight training, approximately 87% of flight hours, occurs within 60 nautical miles of the USAFA Airfield (KAFF), and more than 50% of flight hours are spent within the KAFF class D airspace and the KAFF. USAFA aircraft are housed at KAFF with one exception; the three UV-18s utilized by the 98th FTS are hangared at Peterson AFB. Neither the Air Force nor USAFA own the airspace within which the Airmanship Program is executed. The National Airspace System, or the airspace of the United States, is managed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). All airspace utilized by USAFA aircraft can also be used by civilian aircraft in accordance with FAA regulations. Only the USAFA airfield (KAFF) itself is owned by USAFA and limited to USAFA approved use. USAFA programs operate almost entirely under VFR (visual flight rules) and in VMC (visual meteorological conditions). The training areas east of Colorado Springs and most of the transit routes to and from the USAFA are located in category E airspace. Aircraft flying VFR in category E airspace are not restricted to defined corridors, but are permitted anywhere in the airspace while complying with FAA altitude requirements. USAFA aircraft use specific flight routes in the transit areas to facilitate instruction and maximize safety. USAFA arrival and departure routes include restrictions imposed by FAA. The majority of routes (those that interact with the Colorado Springs category C airspace) are defined in a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with Colorado Springs Approach Control to ensure positive de-confliction from IFR (instrument flight rules) traffic including scheduled airline arrivals into KCOS. Comments on the Draft EA Update should be directed to Ms. Jennifer McCorkle, U.S. Air Force Academy Environmental Planning Office, 10 CES/CEV, 8120 Edgerton Drive, Suite 40, USAF Academy, CO 808402400, (719) 333-8869 or jennifer.mccorkle.ctr@us.af.mil. Contact Jennifer McCorkle for an electronic copy. A hard copy is available at the Penrose Library, 20 North Cascade Ave, Colorado Springs, Colo., (719) 531-6333, copies are also available at the Air Force Academy Base Library in the Community Center (719) 488-2370 and Monument Library, (719) 4882370.
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Aero Club offering shares in wellmaintained, well-equipped Piper PA24 Commanche and PA28-235 Cherokee. Based at Meadow Lake Airport (KFLY), Falcon, CO. See website for details: WWW.NOSPINAIRCRAFT.COM, or call David Miller at No-Spin Aircraft Sales: 719-650-8667.
Farm Products & Produce Grain Finished Buffalo
quartered, halves and whole 719-775-8742
Appliances Whirlpool Washer/Dryer
Matching Set. Great working and cosmetic condition. $175 for both 719-487-8826
Misc. Services CAMPBELL PIANO SERVICE. Professional piano services including Tuning, Repairs, Rebuilding, Voicing, Touchweight Analysis/Correction, and Humidity Control. Quality materials and craftsmanship to keep your instrument playing and sounding its best.
(719) 351-2766. Campbell Piano
Musical Lessons
Guitar Lessons;
beginner/advanced. Learn from Award winning Guitarist, with over 45 years experience. Serving Tri lakes for over 10 years. Christmas Gift Certificates Available. Call Joe 719 487 8826
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