Author: By William J. Dagendesh
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Helping aging loved ones after lockdown: Jackson Creek Senior Living offers advice for reconnecting with seniors
While social distancing has helped prevent exposure to COVID-19 and its variants, it also has negatively impacted seniors separated from family. As older adults are more at risk of contracting the illness, it was especially difficult for them to be separated from family during the pandemic. The extended separation caused isolation, depression and health problems.…
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Streamlining child advocacy: Safe Passage facility to bring five Pikes Peak region agencies under one roof
Child abuse and neglect are a reality in the Pikes Peak region and a new facility, designed to streamline child advocacy services for victims, will soon open to help combat the problem. Several local agencies are collaborating on the region’s first inaugural children’s advocacy center. A groundbreaking was held last week for Safe Passage at…
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Streamlining child advocacy: Safe Passage facility to bring five Pikes Peak region agencies under one roof
Child abuse and neglect are a reality in the Pikes Peak region and a new facility, designed to streamline child advocacy services for victims, will soon open to help combat the problem. Several local agencies are collaborating on the region’s first inaugural children’s advocacy center. A groundbreaking was held last week for Safe Passage at…
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New Summit Charter School in Academy District 20 refinances, plans to build new gym
A Pre-K-8 charter school in Academy District 20 has completed a refinancing and will soon begin construction on a new gymnasium. New Summit Charter Academy announced last week it sold $23 million in bonds which will be used to refinance the previous 7.5% private bond loan to public bonds at 3.77%. The 40-year financing is…
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City reps, residents brainstorm solutions for traffic concerns
Finding solutions for improving the ongoing Alsace Way traffic chaos created by icy weather and speeding motorists might soon become a reality. During a working group meeting Thursday at the Colorado Springs Police Department Gold Hill Division, Alsace Way residents met with area officials to discuss ideas leading to reducing traffic and increasing safety in…
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Military moms provide support for peers, soldiers
Not long ago the CBS Sunday news program “60 Minutes” aired a story about American Gold Star Mothers, a nonprofit organization made up of mothers who had children die while serving in the military. Area resident Pam Hasbrouck, who has a Gold Star friend, was so moved by the report that she joined the Rampart…