Tag: kids
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Fitness center owner gearing up for busy new year
Growing up in West Virginia, PJ Musilli never dreamed of having his own business. “The poverty mentality runs deep there,” he said. “You get one job and you’re there for 30, 40 years. It’s in a coal mine, it’s in a steel mill, it’s something like that. So business ownership, entrepreneurial-type things, that was never…
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Kids books build appetites for related recipes
A good children’s book is nourishment for the soul, as fine as a bowl of chicken soup on a winter’s day. And food is a key ingredient in children’s stories because for children, food is still all-encompassing. It still fascinates — “What’s in that chicken nugget?” “Why are beans green?” “I wonder how many bananas…
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Kids books build appetites for related recipes
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A good children’s book is nourishment for the soul, as fine as a bowl of chicken soup on a winter’s day. And food is a key ingredient in children’s stories because for children, food is…
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PARENT: Stolen Christmas inflatable teaches a tough lesson
Charles Elliott, 96, skis the blue run Charisma off the Bonanza Chair at Wolf Creek ski area Dec. 15. It was his first day of skiing since his hip surgery in June so Elliott said he was taking it easy. Photo by Christian Murdock, The Gazette
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East library reopens after flood
The east branch of the Pikes Peak Library District reopened this morning after being closed Thursday because of a flood caused by a busted water pipe. The broken pipe flooded the basement of the building at 5550 N. Union Blvd. early Thursday afternoon, leaving more than 2 inches of standing water. It damaged computer servers…
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Record number turns out for local 5K Turkey Trot
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was a preview to Black Friday. A crush of a couple thousand people, elbow-to-elbow, waited for the signal to charge ahead. What happened next, though, was no mass trampling for flat-screen TVs and laptop…
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Record number turns out for local 5K Turkey Trot
It was a preview to Black Friday. A crush of a couple thousand people, elbow-to-elbow, waited for the signal to charge ahead. What happened next, though, was no mass trampling for flat-screen TVs and laptop computers. It was a sprint for fitness and a good cause. The Briargate Family Center YMCA Turkey Trot is a…
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EMPTY STOCKING: Teen not just spinning his wheels
It hurts Brian to talk of the time his parents and little sister were so scared of him, they didn’t want him home anymore. “I was just being a pain in the butt to my parents,” said Brian, 18. “I was a multiple runaway. I had attempted suicide and was really depressed.” Only Brian’s first…
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Driving force behind library’s community reading program dies
Calvin Otto died a happy man. Otto, who died of a heart attack Monday at 79, lived to see the library program he helped create — All Pikes Peak Reads — grow from 25,000 participants in 2002 to 75,000 this year. And that made him happy, say those who shared his passion for reading and…
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AP poll: Family dinner survives tough competition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save WASHINGTON (AP) — Pass the gravy — plus the phone and the remote control. It’s dinnertime in America. Between the blare of the TV, the ring of the phone and Junior texting his buddies under…