Author: By Linda Navarro
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Community to celebrate July 4 together
After the wildfire swept through on Tuesday, several groups brainstormed to plan something major to help and to bring the community together on July 4. “A Community Rises” will be the result, a free benefit concert at 7 p.m. at the World Arena featuring the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Flying W Wranglers, Michael Martin Murphey and Flash Cadillac.…
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Cindy Fowler receives Range Rider community award
Cindy Fowler had taught her daughter, Emily, a motto to always live by:”What do you want to be remembered for? Sunday night, at the Pikes Peak Range Riders’ after-ride dinner at the Antlers Hilton, Fowler was honored posthumously with the group’s top community honor, the Silver Spur Award. It recognized all those things Cindy Fowler…
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WALDO CANYON FIRE: Evacuated horses fill barns
It started slowly at 6 p.m. Saturday as volunteers put together procedures for horses being trailered in from the Waldo Canyon fire evacuation areas. There were just two horses in Barn 1 at Norris-Penrose Equestrian Center. In the sky to the northwest, white smoke billowed. How quickly it changed around 6:45 p.m., as trailer after…
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EVER WONDER: How the Satellite H TEL lost its O
I was wondering why the Satellite Hotel sign was removed from the top of the hotel? Is it under new ownership and will it be renamed? Thanks for any information. – Virginia Schimpf ANSWER: Nothing quite so serious. Its old (circa 1969) neon signs atop the building are wearing out letter by letter. General Manager Larry Wilson…
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EVER WONDER: The Templeton Gap families, Part 2
The Templeton families Last week the question was how Templeton Gap was named. We discovered some history but it showed what appeared to be two different families. Sure enough, Old Colorado City history buffs Dave Hughes and Curt Neeley along with reader Paul Kleinschmidt knew all about the Templetons. Hughes said indeed there were two Templetons,…
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Donkey Derby Days a go this weekend despite fires, organizers say
Shrek would have to try something more enticing if he showed up in Cripple Creek this weekend and yelled for “Don-keee” to come trotting right over. It worked in his movies, but in Cripple Creek, not so much. The 13 donkeys in the town’s free-roaming herd are … well, they’re donkeys. They’re a bit stubborn,…
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Donkey Derby Days a go this weekend despite fires, organizers say
Shrek would have to try something more enticing if he showed up in Cripple Creek this weekend and yelled for “Don-keee” to come trotting right over. It worked in his movies, but in Cripple Creek, not so much. The 13 donkeys in the town’s free-roaming herd are … well, they’re donkeys. They’re a bit stubborn,…
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LINDA’S PICK: ‘Lowell Thomas Revisited’
Who’s Lowell Thomas and why does he have his own museum? Enjoy a living history lesson when actor Richard Marold steps into the role of the late author, world traveler and radio broadcast pioneer, who was known for interviewing the real Lawrence of Arabia. The event is a museum fundraiser that also celebrates his 120th birthday.…
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Cindy Fowler receives Range Riders Silver Spur Award
Cindy Fowler had taught her daughter, Emily, a motto to always live by: “What do you want to be remembered for?” Sunday night, at the Pikes Peak Range Riders’ after-ride dinner at the Antlers Hilton, Fowler was honored posthumously with the group’s top community honor, the Silver Spur Award. It recognized all those things Cindy Fowler…
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Donkey Derby Days a go this weekend despite fires, organizers say
Shrek would have to try something more enticing if he showed up in Cripple Creek this weekend and yelled for “Don-keee” to come trotting right over. It worked in his movies, but in Cripple Creek, not so much. The 13 donkeys in the town’s free-roaming herd are … well, they’re donkeys. They’re a bit stubborn,…