Author: Linda Navarro linda.navarro@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Peaceful St. Jude Shrine, Pauline Chapel part of the story of generations of Penrose family women
Passersby on the road to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo during this 100th anniversary year sometimes wonder the whole story behind a lovely little roadside shrine tucked away at an intersection along the way. Residents, as well, have wanted to know more as they rest there for quiet moments. The shrine is one of two religious memorials…
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PIKES PICK: Go skating this summer for $1
Buy Skate City’s Pepsi Roller Sports Arena’s Summer Card for $5 and all regular public skating sessions are just a dollar. The card is good through May 31, 2027, for summer and school breaks. skatecitycolorado.com
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Rocky Mountain Greyhound Park a memorable part of Colorado Springs’ history
“Here comes Rocky!” The many thousands of local fans over the years 1948-2005 recognize this call summoning their all-time favorite rabbit. Not a little bunny in danger, Rocky was instead the zippy metal mechanical rabbit apparatus streaking around the track in front of the dogs to start each race at Rocky Mountain Greyhound Park.…
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AROUND TOWN: Six Colorado Springs Women of Distinction honored by Girl Scouts
The Girl Scouts of Colorado have more than 100 special mentors and women to emulate, and six more were added to their Colorado Springs Women of Distinction on Feb. 23 at the Colorado Springs Marriott. Named 2026 Women of Distinction were Beth Ann Taylor, Donna W. Guthrie, Gina Sacripanti, Promis Bruno, Trina Baldock and Stella…
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PIKES PICK: Join the Touch-a-Truck crowd
Climb aboard trucks: police, fire, garbage, military, construction and maybe even a helicopter at the popular Touch-a-Truck, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 16 at Norris Penrose Event Center, 945 Lower Gold Camp Road. Free timed entry. Sound sensitive. A Children’s Entrepreneur Market and learn about the nonprofit Friends of the Children. Tickets: norrispenrose.ticketspice.com/3rd-annual-touch-a-truck. —…
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City Life & Recreation
APARTMENTS (DOWNTOWN) Gold: 333 ECO 333 E. Colorado Ave., 333eco.com Silver: The Mae on Cascade Bronze: Fiona APARTMENTS (SUBURBAN) Gold: Lark on Woodmen 5683 Skywarrior Heights, larkonwoodmen.com Silver: The Estates at Cheyenne Boulevard Bronze (tie): Vistas at Jackson Creek; Regency Tower BED & BREAKFAST Gold: Glen Eyrie 3820 N. 30th St., gleneyrie.org Silver: Old Town…
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Food & Drink
AMERICAN Gold: BJ’s Velvet Freez 1511 N. Union Blvd., bjsvelvetfreez.com Silver: Atmosphere Gastropub Bronze: 503W BAGEL Gold: Bella’s Bagels 3582 Blue Horizon View, Suite 148, getbellasbagels.com Silver: Olde World Bagels & Deli Bronze: Einstein Bros. Bagels BAKERY Gold: Boonzaaijer’s Dutch Bakery 610 E. Fillmore St., dutchpastry.com Silver: Marigold Café & Bakery Bronze: The French Kitchen…
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Who are those folks immortalized by all the city’s statues? Meet the cowboys, philanthropists, builders, miners and the ‘Pumpkin Man’
Perhaps as you’ve walked downtown or stopped at a red light while you were driving you’ve had that moment to wonder exactly who was that person memorialized with a statue in a median, outside a building, in a park or sculpted just gazing west toward Pikes Peak. What did they do? The people in the…
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Pikes Pick: Help Stamp Out Hunger May 9
Help the hungry by leaving nonperishable food items by your mailbox next Saturday, May 9, during the 30th annual nationwide National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. The food goes to community pantries for distribution. — Linda Navarro, The Gazette.
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PIKES PICK: Discover award-winning sacred architecture
The 1960s Broadmoor Community Church, 315 Lake Ave., won national modern design awards and you can hear why in an illustrated lecture at 1 p.m. May 16 by architectural historian Chuck Benson. Followed by permanent art collection reception. Free and no reservations needed. broadmoorchurch.org. Linda Navarro