Fountain City Council Meeting to start at new time
Fountain City Council has met at 7 p.m. for as long as anybody can remember, but thatís changing with the next scheduled May 13 meeting, when the new 6:00 p.m. meeting time will take effect.
The public meetings occur on the second Tuesday of every month at Fountain City Hall, 116 South Main Street.
For information, call 322-2000.
Security firefighters help to raise $15,200 for families of fallen firefighters
 Members of the Security Fire Department recently partnered with Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters Local #5 in a fundraiser to collect donations for the families of fallen firefighters who died fighting the Fort Carson and Ordway fires last month.
The groups staged apparatus and presonnel at a Colorado Springs Shopping Center and in cooperation with local radio stations, announced that they were seeking donations.
In just a few hours, they raised over $15,200.
"We wanted to do this not only to honor our profession, but also to lend our support to the families of these fallen firefighters," Security Fire Chief Rob "Ski" Stambaugh said.
Donations are still being accepted and can be dropped off at Station #1, 400 Security Blvd. Call 392-3271 for more info.
See related photos on page 14.
Shown at left: Security firefighter Sean Thomas manning the ladder truck at the fundraiser.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SFD CHIEF "SKI" STAMBAUGH |
