October 2011
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Fall municipal elections(0)
On Nov.1, voters in 72 cities and towns will be going to the polls across the state. Elections will be held for candidates (like mayor and city council) and on ballot questions, like tax increases. Four cities have cancelled their regularly scheduled elections
HRRMC hosts third annual Women’s Health Day(0)
Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center will host its third annual Women’s Health Day on Saturday, October 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the SteamPlant Event Center, 220 West Sackett Avenue, in Salida.
Have you taken the Community Food Assessment Survey yet?(0)
LiveWell Chaffee recently received a grant to conduct a Community Food Assessment to understand how we can better support residents to access and consume healthy foods. Please take 5-10 minutes to complete this survey telling us more about how you decide where and what foods to eat, and what changes you would like to see happen in your community to increase access to healthy foods.
Part Time Parks Position(1)
The City of Salida Public Works Department is seeking a Part Time Parks Laborer. Duties will include, but not be limited to assisting the current parks employees and future seasonal employees with maintaining city parks and facilities, and assisting public works personnel by performing manual labor on city projects as needed.
Christo news floating through our world(0)
Nothing radically new here, but thought we’d pass it on so Salida folk can get a sense of how the national media perceives our local public art controversy.
Macro Problems have Micro Solutions(8)
We can see that our economy has problems. Asking government to help solve these problems makes for abuse of power and well intentioned inelastic macro actions.
Intense public mic poet at Occupy Denver(0)
Powerfully creative stuff as this slammer gets after it. Beware of F bomb at the end.
SteamPlant and KHEN LP 106.9 Annual Halloween Bash(0)
Ghouls and goblins, listen up! Join in the revelry as the SteamPlant Event Center and KHEN LP 106.9 host their 7th annual Halloween Bash on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 8 p.m. – 12 midnight.
Hey Salida! Send off the High School bike team in the park(1)
Salida Racing would like to invite everyone from Salida to see the team off as they head Castle Rock for the State Championships! We are leaving from the Boy Scout Hut at 9:30 am Saturday October 29. Come cheer the team on as they leave to battle Boulder and the rest of the state in mountain biking.
“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I?”(2)
For me this scholar’s statement asks us to contemplate how one lives a life in which our personal needs and desires are held in balance with the needs and desires of the greater commmunity.
Solar Salida High School(2)
The SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national effort to reduce the cost of solar energy by 75%, making it cost competitive with other forms of energy by the end of the decade.
Community Food Assessment Participation Requested(0)
LiveWell Chaffee County received a grant in 2011 from the Colorado Health Foundation to conduct a Community Food Assessment to understand how we can better support residents to access and consume healthy foods. If you participate in their online survey you will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate to a local grocery or natural food store of your choice for completing the survey!
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