Join CCKC for Brunch and Learn how to become a Family Child Care Home provider!
Custer County Kids Council (CCKC) is hosting a brunch on January 14, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bootleggers. Join us for food, drinks, and great conversation about the perks of making your own schedule and becoming your own boss as a Family Child Care Home provider. Learn the five steps to get started, meet your support team, and chat with our local home providers…they are eager to answer any questions you have! Location: Bootleggers Bistro, 309 Main St. Westcliffe, Co, January 14, 2023, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
CCKC works across the community to support young children and families to ensure bright futures. We all have a role to play in preparing our kids for a healthy and successful future.
For more information on this FREE Custer County Kids Council event contact Laurie at cckckids@gmail.com or check out our website at www.custerkids.org.
CCKC works across the community to support young children and families to ensure bright futures. We all have a role to play in preparing our kids for a healthy and successful future.
For more information on this FREE Custer County Kids Council event contact Laurie at cckckids@gmail.com or check out our website at www.custerkids.org.
Gary Ziegler Presents 40- Million Years of Local History in an Hour 2023 Winter Adult Reading Program “Mountains of Learning” Begins
Local rancher and archaeologist Gary Ziegler kicks off the 2023 Adult Winter Reading Program on Wednesday, January 11 at 10 a.m. at the All Aboard Westcliffe Facility at 110 Rosita Ave., Westcliffe. Gary’s local history presentation begins with the tectonic forces that shaped our valley, and continues with semi-migratory bands of Arapaho, Cheyenne and others. He will cover Zebulon Pike’s travel up Grape Creek, the first settlers, mining history, and more. Along the way he will share stories from his own adventures. Winter Reading Program packets will be available at the presentation and at the library.
Gary Ziegler is a field archaeologist with a geology background; a
mountaineer, guide and explorer who has spent a lifetime finding and studying
remote Inca sites in Peru’s high Andes. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society, The Explorers Club, and has been a "Distinguished Lecturer” at
NASA’s Marshal Space Center. He has been featured in several documentary
films. He has taught at Colorado College and Peru’s national university, San Marcos. His base has been a 4000-acre Bear Basin Ranch in the Wet Mountains since 1971. He was a founding member of Search and Rescue, has been
Deputy County Coroner, Under Sheriff, acting Sheriff, Commander of the Sheriff’s
mounted Posse and a volunteer firefighter.
Gary Ziegler is a field archaeologist with a geology background; a
mountaineer, guide and explorer who has spent a lifetime finding and studying
remote Inca sites in Peru’s high Andes. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical
Society, The Explorers Club, and has been a "Distinguished Lecturer” at
NASA’s Marshal Space Center. He has been featured in several documentary
films. He has taught at Colorado College and Peru’s national university, San Marcos. His base has been a 4000-acre Bear Basin Ranch in the Wet Mountains since 1971. He was a founding member of Search and Rescue, has been
Deputy County Coroner, Under Sheriff, acting Sheriff, Commander of the Sheriff’s
mounted Posse and a volunteer firefighter.
ACF Offers Updates to Community
Altitude Community Fitness is announcing our winter hours for at least January and February. The front desk and sauna will be open from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, being closed on Saturday and Sunday. The gym is open to members 24/7.
Remember the FREE nutrition class being offered by Darcy Rhodes, registered dietician, in our studio at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11. The classes will be held the second Wednesday of each month, and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
We are ready to welcome our new Renew Active United Healthcare members! If you qualify and have not yet obtained your Renew Active number, please call the customer service number on the back of your United Healthcare card and ask for it. Then just bring that number to the gym to sign up for your free membership! The free membership gives you 24/7 access to the facility. If you decide to take some of the classes that area offered, they will cost $4/class. Just be sure to check in at the front desk when you arrive for class.
The lady’s locker room floor is painted and looks great! Over the next week or so the cove molding will be put around the floor. The other plans we have for the locker room are being postponed due to the cost of fixing and refinishing the pool. We should get the bid to repair the pool sometime during the week of Jan 9, and then can begin repairs. Please remember, this is YOUR pool, and if you can see your way to make a direct donation to Altitude Community Fitness, you can do it online or at the Front Desk. It would be so greatly appreciated.
We wish each and every one of you, a very Happy New Year!!
Remember the FREE nutrition class being offered by Darcy Rhodes, registered dietician, in our studio at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11. The classes will be held the second Wednesday of each month, and open to the public. We hope to see you there!
We are ready to welcome our new Renew Active United Healthcare members! If you qualify and have not yet obtained your Renew Active number, please call the customer service number on the back of your United Healthcare card and ask for it. Then just bring that number to the gym to sign up for your free membership! The free membership gives you 24/7 access to the facility. If you decide to take some of the classes that area offered, they will cost $4/class. Just be sure to check in at the front desk when you arrive for class.
The lady’s locker room floor is painted and looks great! Over the next week or so the cove molding will be put around the floor. The other plans we have for the locker room are being postponed due to the cost of fixing and refinishing the pool. We should get the bid to repair the pool sometime during the week of Jan 9, and then can begin repairs. Please remember, this is YOUR pool, and if you can see your way to make a direct donation to Altitude Community Fitness, you can do it online or at the Front Desk. It would be so greatly appreciated.
We wish each and every one of you, a very Happy New Year!!
Valley in Lights - pictures by Madeline Ballard
