Trash to treasure: Local junk artist crafts sculptures from abandoned items

PLUS l U.S. 24 expansion coming to the Falcon area; Pikes Peak region needs a refresher course on good manners and more. [View in browser]( [Share with a friend]( Springs AM Update [News]( [Sports]( [Opinion]( [Life]( Good morning! It’s Monday, April 01, 2024. Take 5 minutes to catch up on what's happening in Colorado. [In today’s edition:]( - [Trash to treasure: Colorado Springs junk artist crafts sculptures from abandoned items]( - [U.S. 24 expansion coming to the Falcon area, open house scheduled]( - [Trail Talk: Pikes Peak region needs a refresher course on good manners]( [Trash to treasure: Colorado Springs junk artist crafts sculptures from abandoned items]( The owner of Junk Removed Now is a modern-day King Midas, alchemizing abandoned materials like shovels, gears, and license plates into the gold of firepits, life-size firefly sculptures, frog and owl sculptures. [Read More]( Did you miss these stories? [Easter Sunday brings surge in worshipers at Colorado Springs churches]( [The soul behind Colorado's Dead Mexican Gulch]( [Building boom: Pace of hotel construction hits nearly 30-year high in Colorado Springs]( More top stories: [PHOTOS: Red Rocks Easter Sunrise Service]( Thousands of Christian worshippers attended the Easter Sunday sunrise service at Red Rocks on March 31, 2024. This year marked the 77th year for this annual event, which has been hosted by the Colorado Council of Churches. [Read More]( [Colorado drops opening four-game series to Arizona | Rockies Rewind]( The Rockies came into 2024 motivated, and the results haven’t matched their fervor. Arizona finished a 3-1 series win over visiting Colorado on Sunday with a 5-1 victory at Chase Field. Ahead is a series rewind, and a look ahead to what awaits Colorado next in Chicago. [Read More]( [U.S. 24 expansion coming to the Falcon area, open house scheduled]( Residents can learn more about proposed roadway improvements to the approximately 2.3-mile stretch of the highway between Garrett and Woodmen roads at an open house Wednesday, anytime between 5-6:30 p.m. The event will be held at the Falcon Elementary School of Technology at 12050 Falcon Highway. [Read More]( More Top Stories: "Celebrating and keeping good records about our historic landmarks is important for civic pride and our local culture. The Colorado Springs city planning department, in cooperation with History Colorado in Denver, is hard at work developing a historic resources survey plan for Colorado Springs." [From Tom Cronin and Bob Loevy.]( Tom McClung is known throughout Colorado Springs as [“the guy with the hat.”]( After nearly 45 years as a sales and advertising executive at The Gazette, the man who often donned a vintage fedora has called it a career. "Like so many of you, I enjoy hearing of yet another “first” heaped on the Pikes Peak region’s collective shoulders. Over the years, the area has been celebrated for “best place to live,” “top location for millennials,” “best place for dog walking” and dozens more. What I’d like the region to be known for though is how nice we are to each other and visitors." [By Susan Davies Special to The Gazette.]( Before you go... [This morning's weather from American Furniture Warehouse:]( Cloudy with occasional rain showers. A few flurries or snow showers possible. High 47F. Winds N at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up [here](. Engage in the conversation in [today's eEdition]( Interested in podcasts? Check out ours [here.]( Manage your email preferences or unsubscribe [here.]( 30 East Pikes Peak Avenue, Suite 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80903