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Monument Hill Kiwanis Club presents money raised during Empty Bowls to Tri-Lakes Cares The Monument Hills Kiwanis Club recently presented a check for $11,000 raised as a result of the annual Empty Bowls Dinner & Silent Auction fundraiser to nonprofit Tri-Lakes Cares. Tri-Lakes Cares plans and executes the Silent Auction portion of the October event…

Black Forest Fall Arts & Crafts Show starts Nov. 2  The 58th Annual Fall Arts and Crafts Show & Sale, hosted by the Black Forest Arts and Crafts Guild, will be held Wednesday, Nov. 2- Sunday, Nov. 6 at Black Forest Commmunity Center, 12350 Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs (80908). Admission is free. Hours are…

Education updates Tanner Ausec, of Colorado Springs, a student who is studying mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is among the scholarship recipients for the 2022-23 academic year. Ausec won the following scholarships: Chancellor Scholars; and Marion B Schlicher Scholarship. The UW-Whitewater Foundation awarded more than $2.5 million in scholarships to students this academic year.…

Education updates Brooklynn Cassens, of Colorado Springs, was elected for Central College’s A CapPELLA Choir. Cassens sings as an alto. Under the direction of Mark Babcock ‘91, 74 students are members of the A CapPELLA Choir at Central College for the 2022-23 academic year. The A CapPELLA Choir started at Central in 1932 and is…

Thousands participate in Walk to End Alzheimer’s The Alzheimer’s Association, Colorado Springs Chapter, reports that more than 2,000 people came out for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s in Colorado Springs Oct. 1 to raise funds to support programs and services for those living with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers, as well as research to find a…

MONUMENT • The Innovation in Aging Collaborative, a nonprofit whose mission is to make El Paso County “age friendly,” will hold a 90-minute listening session at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 19, at the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce, 166 2nd St. El Paso County citizens will have the opportunity to contribute their ideas on how the county…

Monument resident publishes book of poems about Ukraine Lon Wartman, of Monument, has self-published a book of poetry titled “Lessons In Courage” through Authorhouse. The book is a collection of poems about and for the people of Ukraine. Wartman says, “The invasion by Russia of their mother land is beyond comprehension. The people of Ukraine…

Wynn recognized by Mountain West Region of Sertoma The Gleneagle Sertoma Club submitted their 2022 “Sertoman of the Year,” announced earlier this summer as Dr. Vicki Wynn, to the Mountain West Region’s consideration of the region’s 30 clubs’ nominees. From the field of 30 clubs, Wynn was selected as the regional recipient. Wynn, owner of…

Education updates • Ellen DeNicola, of Monument, graduated from Pacific University, in Forest Grove, Ore., in May, with a Doctor of Optometry from the College of Optometry. • Eric Kane, of Colorado Springs (80919), was named to the summer semester dean’s list at Missouri State University • The following area students are members of the…

Education updates More than 3,000 Baylor University graduates — including nearly 90 graduates who completed their degree requirements in 2020 and 2021 — received their degrees during four commencement ceremonies May 13-14. Among them were these Tri-Lakes area students graduated from the Waco, Texas university: Christine Couchman, of Colorado Springs (80921), Master of Public Health,…