Festival Booth Rentals Available
 Please click on the Festival 2012 link on the left side for details of the upcoming Black Forest Festival to be held on Saturday, August 11, 2012. You will be able to reserve your booth on the North side of Shoup Road now. The South Booths will be available for rental shortly.
It'll Be Your Great Luck, If Ya Join Us
 On the 17th of March 2012 (Saturday) at 6:00PM the Black Forest Community Club will be hosting its annual St Patties Day Corned Beef and Cabbage Pot Luck. This is a sit down dinner and the trick is you have to bring your own favorite Corned Beef and Cabbage dish. We will have an informal assessment to see who cooks up the best dish!
 The Club will be providing green beer, wine, rye bread, a cake, mustard and horseradish. Plan to attend this gala and bring your friends even if they are not a member. Maybe we can convince them to join for $15 a year, a good deal at any price. In any case it is a time when we can share some friendship and enjoy the evening. Children of all ages are welcome.
In addition, after the dinner we will have a presentation by the Colorado Wildlife Division, Wildlife Rehabilitation Group on raptor rehabilitation and a live bird will be part of this presentation. I am sure the kids will enjoy this. You will have to guess what the species of the bird is! So plan to join us in this enjoyable evening of good chow followed by a very interesting presentation on Raptor rehab.
 Valentine's Day Social and Desert Contest This Saturday
Plan to attend this year's Valentine's Day social at the Community Club. In addition to the yummy dessert contest, we will have a special musical concert and dance with a performance from the Westcliffe-based group SUGARFOOT (www.coloradosugarfoot.com). Here are the details:
6:30pm - 7:00pm Dessert arrival
7:00pm - 7:45pm Showtime
7:45pm - 8:15pm Announcement of winners, serve up desserts and socialize.
8:15pm - 9:00pm 2nd half of concert
Bring your special valentine or meet one at the club! Bring a Wedding picture so we can guess who is who.
It's Oktoberfest Time
Don’t miss the BFCC OCTOBERFEST on Saturday, October 22, 6pm at the Club.
$5/Family—Food, Music, Entertainment, Storytelling Contests: Pumpkin Dessert &
Apple Dessert & Carved Pumpkins
This event is open to the entire Black Forest Community. Invite a friend, your neighbor, your kids and grandkids. Bake up your best recipe for judging by the best
judges around and win a beautiful 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place ribbon in either or both apple and pumpkin desserts categories. Also carve up that pumpkin and bring it in to be judged. Eddie’s best brats; wieners for the kids; desserts galore after judging. Come share the fun.
Questions? Call Carolyn at 495-3127. She is looking for a few people to handle various parts of the event.
Share Your Holiday Giving with Local Families
Members and friends of the Black Forest Community Club annually give generously to assist local families in need to ensure they will have a happy holiday. Plan now to attend a festive evening with potluck supper and music by the Forest Chorus at Octoberfest on the evening of October 22nd at the Community Hall. Collection of non-perishable foods will begin at that time, as well as the opportunity to sponsor a child for whom you can purchase a special gift. Children and personalized gift suggestions will be provided anonymously by administrators at Wolford School.
Gifts of money to help purchase perishable foods and gifts for the families can be mailed by check made out to “Black Forest Holiday Gifts” and mailed to: BF Holiday Baskets, c/o Jeff Spector, Treasurer, POB 88034, Black Forest, CO 80908 Food donations can be dropped off at the Community Hall anytime it is open during November and early December, or at the R&R Café, 11425 Black Forest Road. Look for the baskets labeled for this outreach. Thank you for your generous support of your neighbors in the Black Forest.
Direct questions to: Gretchen Richardson 495-7609 or Sue Ader 595-0190.
Another Festival is in the Books
The BFCC was host to another great festival this past weekend. Attendance did seem a bit down from prior years', but the weather could not have been more perfect. 75 Vendors, 3 musical groups, 4 food vendors and a ton of folks from the community shared a great time in the forest. The parade was great fun again and Jon Karroll of KRDO TV did a superb job as our parade announcer. The BFCC wishes to thank all those who worked tirelessly to put on the festival and especially our vendors and guests. Save Saturday, August 11, 2012 as the date for the next festival.
Let's Go to the Movies!
 The month of May is the time for our annual Movie night. This will be the third year we’ve held it and we've had a great time watching great movies.
It will be on Saturday May 28th beginning at 6:00PM. We will be showing Secretariat and Seabiscuit as a double feature.We’ll have popcorn and show some cartoons and other shorts before the main features.
Seeding Tree Pickup this Saturday
Seedling trees must be picked up Saturday, April 23 between the hours of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm at the old Black Forest Fire & Rescue Station, 12502 Black Forest Rd (corner of Black Forest & Shoup Rds.)
Come See the Wolves (postponed from November)
This coming Saturday, April 16th, The Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center will be at the Black Forest Community Club along with an Ambassador Wolf to give a presentation regarding the status of wolves and their program to rescue animals.
This is the third time they have been to the club and it is always educational and great fun. This is a good opportunity to have your picture taken with a wolf.
For more information, click here
Further Information on the Intersection Issue. Public Meeting Tonight at 7PM!
Message from from Judy von Ahlefeldt,
Chairman Black Forest Community Club Transportation Committee
Dear Community Club Member,
The decision on the design of the Burgess/Black Forest Road intersection is very important to the future of Black Forest as it is the first of many future Intersection Safety Improvements.
The Transportation and Land Use Committees have asked the Board of County Commissioners to review the plans the DOT has for a f-lane Intersection with many impacts on property owners and businesses. The meeting this Thursday is a result of the request for review.
Please be sure to attend the Open House/Public meeting this Thursday, April 7, at The Pinery, located on Black Forest Road just south of the Black Forest/Shoup Intersection.
The Open House is from 6-9 p.m. to view the plans.
County Engineer Andre Brackin will give a presentation at 7 p.m., followed by Questions and Answers.
DOT has advertised that they are seeking input from the public on this project. The Black Forest Transportation and Land Use Committees of the Black Forest Community Club have concerns about this project, and asked the Board of County Commissioners for a re-evaluation.
The Survey Results will be submitted by the Black Forest Transportation Committee for The Record. Direct comments from the public are also very important in this process, so please attend the meeting.
The decision on this intersection design is critical because it is the first of many future intersection/road upgrades planned in the (now)DRAFT Major Transportation Corridors Plan. There will be a public meeting on the 2040 MTCP Plan, also at the Pinery Event Center, the last week of April (date to be confirmed). See www.2040MTCP.com or check the Black Forest News (www.blackforestnews-co.com)
Have a Say in the Development of the Burgress and Black Forest Intersection
You probably have heard that El Paso County is planning to upgrade the intersection at Black Forest and Burgess. The plan is to replicate the Woodman/Black Forest configuration at Burgess/Black Forest. Concerned citizens and The Black Forest Land use and Transportation Committees strongly believe this is the wrong solution for this intersection as it has a severe impact on home owners and businesses adjacent to this intersection.
The County will have to exercise condemnation actions to acquire the needed Right Of Way. Moreover the planned intersection is not in compliance with the Black Forest Preservation Plan and is not a prudent expenditure of Taxpayers money in these hard economic times. The intersection needs improvements as the pavement is a very poor state of repair and has been for the last 8 years but the solution the County is offering is overkill to say the least.
The Land Use and Transportation Committees have developed a survey to collect citizen’s views on this project. This survey is located here and they need your inputs by the 5th of April. Please mail this completed survey to the address listed on the survey.
El Paso County will be presenting a briefing that outlines why the County feels they need this configuration at the Burgess location at the Pineries Event Center located south of the Lutheran Church on Black Forest Road, south of Shoup Rd.
This presentation will start at 7:00PM on Tuesday the 7th of April, 2012.We urge you to attend this important event and make your opinion known. Your voice counts and the only way it will be heard is if you show up at the meeting as well as filling out the survey form attached. Please forward this email to your friends and neighbors.
Let's pack the Pineries Event Center and let the folks from the County’s Transportation Department know un-equivocally that the residents of the Black Forest need to have an input on this intersection and not have the preferred solution jammed down our neck. We live here they don’t!!!!!
 Puttin' On The Green - St. Patty's Day
This Saturday 6PM
Sure, St. Patrick's Day is March 17th, but we're stretching it out a few days longer in the Irish Tradition! Joins us this coming Satuday evening, March 19th for our annual Corned Beef and Cabbage Pot Luck Dinner at the Comminuty Club. The Pot Luck will kick
off at 6:00 PM with the sit down dinner. The catch is you
need to bring your favorite Corned Beef & Cabbage dish. I
am sure it is the best in the Forest but let's have some other
folks sample your fare! We will provide the accompanying
victuals like rye bread, mustard, horseradish, a St. Paddy's
cake and, of course, some green beer. Afterwards, we will
hear and see a presentation on the history of the land before it became the Air Force
Academy. People who have seen this pitch report that it was really great! I have it from
responsible sources that Anna Mitchner will be on hand to officially critique the presentation.
Anna was involved in the construction of the Academy for three years and I am sure she will
be able to add some interesting anecdotes to this story. So come out for this special event
and celebrate St. Patrick's Day with your friends and neighbors. (PS: a note for George
Rosental, it is corned BEEF – not to be confused with other substitutes!!!!!)
Éirinn go Brách - Ireland Forever!
Valentine's Day Social at the Club
Join us on Saturday, February 12th, for our Annual Vallentine's Day Social. Bring your favorite dessert and share with all this delightful gourmet experience. Barbara Bates of the Colorado State Extension Office has accepted the invitation to join us to explain their services and talk about gardening in the Black Forest. And we can all use some help with that!
Please join us for this fun evening.
Date: Saturday February 12, 2011
Place: Black Forest Community Club
Time: 7PM
BFCC Annual Election and Membership Held Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Resolution Passed , New Officers and Board Members Elected
On Thursday, January 13th, The Black Forest Community Club held its annual membership meeting. The primary purpose of the meeting is to hold elections for the Officers and Board for the coming year.
Also the members in attendance voted in favor of transferring to the Black
Forest Community Club the title to the Old Log School when the School property is severed from the Fire Department.
This
action protects the long-term viability of the School. As such, Friends of the Old Log School will be established as a standing committee of the Community Club and the Club will assume the expenses (utilities, insurance and repairs) for the School.
Officers and Board Members Elected
The slate of Officers and Board members recommended by the Nominating Committee were elected by acclaimation. The 2011 Club officers are:
Eddie Bracken -President
Bob Erler - Vice President
Kris Urban
- Secretary
Jeff Spector - Treasurer
Carolyn Brown - Board Member -1 year term
Bill Brugh - 3 year term
Judy Augustine - incumbent
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