DANCING IN THE FORESTCome out and dance the night away ñ country style ñ on Saturday, June 9, from 8 to 10 p.m. at the Black Forest Community Hall. Coming all the way from Taos to kick up their heels and rile you to do the same is country western band ìSouth By Southwestî featuring Michael Hearne, lead vocal and guitar; Jimmy Stadler, mandolin, keyboard, vocals; Carmen Acciaioli, steel guitar, fiddle, vocals; and Zeke Severson, vocal and bass.Advance ticket sales are $8 per person; ticket outlets include Rock ní B Feed & Black Rose in Black Forest; Pack, Ship and More and Farmer Jimís Feed in Falcon. Or call 495-8750.Tickets at the door are $10 per person. Teens are welcome! Check out www.michaelhearne.comWOODMEN HILLS WEST CRAFT & BUSINESS EXPOArtisans and business owners: Show off your wares and advertise your business at the annual Woodmen Hills Community Center West Spring Craft Show and Business Expo June 2. The fee to participate in the show is $10 for Woodmen Hills residents and $15 for non-residents. Space is limited. Participants will need to bring their own display set up.This event is open to the public and will be advertised throughout Colorado Springs as well as Falcon and area.Activities for kids include a face painter and an inflatable jumper. Itís a great family event.Spaces are filling up quickly; please reserve your space by calling 495-7475 or stopping by the center. Reservations must be in by May 27.WOODMEN HILLS COMMUNITY GARAGE SALEThe Woodmen Hills Community-Wide Garage Sale takes place Friday, June 8 and Saturday, June 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is a $5 cost for each household that would like to participate. The individual address will be included on a list. The list and a map will be distributed to the public at both the community center west and the recreation center east.The $5 payment and the address information must be received by June 7. Ads for the community-wide garage sale will be placed in the Gazette, The New Falcon Herald, the Black Forest newspaper and the Ranchland News. Please call 495-7475 or stop by the Woodmen Hills Community Center West office to sign up.KIDS COLORADO ROCKIES “BASEBALL SKILLS CHALLENGE”Woodmen Hills is sponsoring a Colorado Rockies ìBaseball Skills Challengeî Saturday, June 16 at 9 a.m. (location to be announced later). The challenge is free and open to boys and girls from ages 6 to 13. Age classification is as of Dec. 31, 2007.The baseball challenge includes running, batting and throwing for distance. Top scorers from each age group and gender will advance to the sectional competition. Kids are required to wear sneakers or plastic/rubber cleats only; no metal spikes. Stop by the Woodmen Hills Community Center West or Woodmen Hills Recreation Center East to fill out the registration form. Call 495-7475 for more information.FALCON SENIOR SERVICES NEWSSubmitted by Beverly OrdonWho says senior citizens are set in their ways? We are as flexible as the next guy when it comes to changing our plans. Thanks for understanding that at times our luncheons may need to be rescheduled when they conflict with church activities as they did May 9. The turnout May 16 was great and, as usual, we enjoyed an outstanding meal, had fun with our drawings and learned some things about gardening.The next potluck luncheon is June 13 at Falcon Baptist Church, 11095 Eggar Road at 11 a.m. Lasagna is the main dish, along with tossed salad and garlic bread. Bring a side dish, salad or dessert. Drinks and table service are provided. Dads will be honored with special door prize drawings. Ken Sanders, director of the Center on Fathering, will be the guest speaker.Two new programs will be added to the Falcon seniorsí slate of activities. Beverly Kelty is organizing card players for games such as bridge, hearts and spades. The games will be played at Stratford’s Espresso when space and time is available. Contact Beverly at 495-8437 to participate.Light aerobic exercises will be offered on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at Falcon Baptist Church, with the exception of the second Wednesday of the month, which is set aside for the potlucks. Call 495-2994 for more information and to sign up.The FSS committee is grateful to the area churches and now the coffee house for allowing our programs to be held in their facilities, but we continue to search for a permanent home for senior services. Mike Decker, director of the Pikes Peak Area Agency on Aging spoke to the committee at the May meeting. Some funding could be made available to help support a Falcon/Eastern El Paso County senior center in Falcon if a suitable building could be found. The committee welcomes input and ideas from anyone willing to help with this effort. Contact Beverly Ordon at 495-2994.Falcon seniors sponsor safe driving programFalcon Senior Services will sponsor an AARP Safe Driving School for area residents 50 years and older July 18 and July 19 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Falcon Fire Station at Meridian and Highway 24. The cost is $10 per person payable in cash or by check to AARP. Discounts in automobile insurance rates can be made available through individual insurance carriers upon completion of the program. For further information and to sign up for the school, call Marion 495-2797or Gabrielle at 683-9661.Senior exercise programSeniorsí exercise sessions take place at Grace Community Church Monday and Friday mornings from 11 a.m. to noon. Nancy Bishop and her assistant, Susie Simpson, have designed a low-impact strength and flexibility program to help seniors perform daily tasks with ease. Program and exercise bands are free of charge. Volunteers Nancy and Susie received training from Falcon Physical Therapy. Call Nancy at 886-4334 for further information or to sign up for the program.AND NOW: Light aerobic exercises will be offered on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon at Falcon Baptist Church, with the exception of the second Wednesday of the month, which is set aside for the potlucks. Call 495-2994 for more information and to sign up.ELIZABETH CELTIC FESTIVALThe Elizabeth Celtic Festival will be held in Casey Jones Park July 21 and July 22. Help celebrate Celtic culture and the Elizabeth area community. There will be plentiful Scottish and Irish merchants, clans, artisans and food vendors. Have a pint at the Saucy Wench Pub.Local bands Skean Dubh, Ceol Ceili, Gobs Oí Phun, Old School Ceili Band, The Commoners and Mulligan Stew will provide the music. Solo musicians Star Edwards; harpist, Gary Burman and Eric Olson, Uillean pipers will appear as well. The Childrenís Glen will feature storyteller Terri Rasmussen and tons of games for the kids. Several historical reenactment groups will have displays and perform. An entire Gypsy encampment complete with antique wagons, Irish Cobb horses and shire horses will be featured as well, along with sanctioned Scottish athletic competitions., Visit www.elizabethcelticfestival.com for more details and ticket information.FRONT RANGE EQUINE RESCUE CELEBRATES 10 YEARSJoin Front Range Equine Rescue at its special events May 19 and May 20 to celebrate its 10 year anniversary. The second annual ìEquine Education Awareness Dayî will be held May 19 at Latigo Trails Heritage Centre from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event features vendor booths, door prizes, a used tack sale and food. Demonstrations run throughout the day, and include information on getting your horse to come to you, de-spooking, saddle fitting and problem solving. Filmmaker Ginger Kathrens will present ìAmericaís Vanishing Wild Horses.îMay 20 is an RSVP only open house at the new Larkspur facility between 10 and 2.FALCON BUSINESS LEAGUEThe Falcon Professional Development League DBA Falcon Business League is comprised of business owners and consultants ñ anyone interested in doing business in Falcon.The group meets the first Wednesday of each month at the Falcon Fire Protection District firehouse at 7:30 a.m. Visit the Web site at www.fpdl.org for more information.NetWeaversThe FBL also is sponsoring a sub-group, NetWeavers, for networking purposes. For more information, visit netweaving.com or call Dave Beadles at 683-3374 or 632-LIFE.Falcon Festival scheduled June 9The fifth Falcon festival will be held June 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. next to Big R off East Highway 24. Current Falcon Business League members can reserve a space for $45. Non-members will pay a per-booth price of $60. For more information, contact Christel at The State Bank at 494-2265 or visit the Web site at www.222.fpdl.org.FALCON BOOK CLUB – REVIVEDBook lovers rejoice: The Falcon book club is meeting again. Same place: Espressoís at Stratfords: time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. On May 24, book club members will discuss ìShadow of the Windî by Carlos Ruiz Zafon. On June 28, the book of the month is ìAirframeî by Michael Crichton.The book club is open to anyone interested in reading and critiquing a variety of books.EXCHANGE CLUB OF FALCONThe Falcon Exchange Club will sponsor a court at the Woodman Hills Business and Craft Fair June 2. Food items include hamburgers, hot dogs, pulled pork, chips and cold drinks, served from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The club will also offer a limited breakfast of pancakes, breakfast burritos and coffee for the setup crews.The food court is their first fundraiser of the year, and all proceeds will directly support community projects. Raffle tickets for a two-horse trailer, a four-day, three-night cruise to the Bahamas or a weekend get-a-way to San Francisco, Orlando, Key West or Las Vegas will be available (all trips include roundtrip air for two; the weekend trip includes a rental car as well, along with $500 mad money). The trips are compliments of Lifetime Memories LLC. With a $10 tax-deductible donation (tax deductible), you also get a prize.The Falcon Exchange Club is 31 members strong and looking for additional members. The Falcon Exchange Club meets the first and third Tuesday of each month. For details on meeting times and places and more information on the Falcon Exchange Club, call Joe Bauer at 262-9222 or Chuck Burnett at 749-0507.FALCON LION’S CLUBThe general membership meeting of the Falcon Lionís Club is held the fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Latigo Trails Equestrian Center, 13710 Halleluiah Trail, in Falcon (719-495-0176). Dinner is served so reservations are required. The meal is $10.Board meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at The State Bank in Falcon at 7 p.m.For more information, visit the Falcon Lionís Club Web site at www.falconlions.org or contactDenise Keiley at 719-683-6461 or Joe Boehringer at 719-495-6540.Art & crafts fairThe Falcon Lionís Club is sponsoring an arts and crafts fair the first Saturday of each month from May through October. The fair is held at the State Bank from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Vendor booths are available for $20 per month. Call Jane at 719-495-6540 to reserve a space.KIWANIS CLUBThe Falcon Kiwanis Club meets every Tuesday from 11 a.m. to noon at the Meridian Ranch Recreation Center. Contact Angela Byrne for more information at 719-494-2777.FALCON REPUBLICAN CLUBVisit the Web site at http://www.falconrepublicans.org for meeting times and information about the club.EL PASO COUNTY DEMOCRATSThe El Paso County Dems Club meets the third Thursday of the month at 6 p.m. at Bambino’s Pizzeria at 2849 E. Platte in Colorado Springs.DRINKING LIBERALLY MEETINGS IN CALHANItís not a drinking club, honest; itís a Democratic political group. They meet the first Thursday of the month at Curlyís Place in Calhan at 7 p.m.NICHIRIN BUDDHISMAn introduction to Nichiren Buddhism is open to the public each Thursday, from 7 to 8 p.m. at 703 Arrawana St. in Colorado Springs. The center also is open from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Join in and learn about achieving individual happiness and the quest to attain world peace. Call 719-635-8968 for more information or visit the Web site at www.sgiusacos.org.FOOD PANTRYThe Mountain Springs Church Helping Hands Food Pantry assists local families in need. For more information, call 749-2090. The pantry is located at 14755 E. Highway 24.FALCON GARDEN CLUBThe next meeting of the Falcon Garden Club is TODAY ñ May 19 ñ at the Falcon Fire Protection District firehouse on McLaughlin Road. The meeting starts at 8:30 a.m.; this monthís speaker, Don Bunce, will discuss ìCreature Control.î At the June 16 meeting, Elsie Pope will talk about ìNative Plants.î Visit www.falcongardenclub.org. Kathy ñ new contactHORTICULTURE ART SOCIETY CLUBTHIS WEEKEND:May 18, 19 and 20: Giant Horticulture Art Society Annual Plant Sale at Demonstration Gardens (Glen Avenue in Colorado Springs) Friday and Saturday ñ 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday ñ 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.KNITTER GROUPThe “Grace Knitters & Crocheters” meet every second Thursday each month at the Grace Community Church in Falcon at 7 p.m.Woolly Works Knit Shop is offering beginner and advanced knitting and crochet classes Mondays & Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.; Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 2 and 7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays ñ schedule two weeks in advance. Call Edie at 719-495-2754 for more information.CALLING FALCON MOMSJoin Falcon moms meet-up group: supportive and welcoming to mothers, regardless of work status. They offer play groups, special interest groups and other parties and events. Call Jennifer Adams at 719-886-4318.REINING HORSE ASSOCIATIONThe Eastern Plains Reining Horse Association meeting is the first Wednesday of each month at the Latigo Trails Equestrian Centre meeting room at 6:30 p.m. The EPRHA is a nonprofit National Reigning Horse Association affiliate. Contact Janene at 719-347-2415 or log onto www.EPRHA.NET for more information.SCOTTISH DANCERSPikes Peak Scottish Country Dancers host an informal dance class every Wednesday evening, except for the fourth Wednesday of every month, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Gil Foundation Facility at 315 E. Costilla Ave. Newcomers and beginners are welcome. You don’t need any special clothing, shoes, partner or previous experience. $5 per month; students no charge; questions? Call Joan Bryant (719) 494-0563; John Crumlin (719) 475-0751Town hall meetingMarsha Looper will host a town hall meeting in Calhan May 24 at 7 p.m. at the Calhan Veterans of Foreign Wars.
