A-Basin opens today

There’s still time to develop a cold this morning or have one of those pesky family emergencies.

Why? Because Arapahoe Basin is open for the season today, its earliest opening ever thanks to the miracle of snowmaking or the squandering of a precious natural resource, depending upon your point of view.

Still, if your conscience and your boss allow, be there at 9 a.m.. That’s when the Exhibition chairlift will open, serving the intermediate High Noon run covered by 18 inches of man-made snow. No beginner terrain is open yet.

NO BIG WINNER

This just in: You didn’t win last night’s Cash 5 jackpot.

The Colorado Lottery is reporting no one matched all five numbers to claim the $20,000 jackpot, which will remain at that semi-princely sum for today’s drawing.

The randomly selected numbers were 11, 13, 17, 25 and 26.

Lottery officials said 29 tickets matched four numbers to win the $200 second prize, while 901 tickets matched three numbers to win $10 each. Another 7,359 luckty ticket holders matched two numbers for $1 each.

MAN ARRESTED IN GAS THEFT

An escapee from Community Corrections was arrested early this morning after allegedly trying to steal gas.

Sean McCreary, 40, was stopped by police abouat about 2:30 a.m. at the Circle K store at 120 S. Rockrimmon Blvd. Police discovered he was wanted on suspicion of forgery and escape from ComCor, a work-release program. A female with him, Shanna Ballard, was arrested on suspicion of identity theft.

WEATHER

It should be a beautiful day in the neighborhood, with a high near 75 degrees under mostly sunny skies. Light winds out of the southeast could develop, according to the national Weather Service. Tonight will be between mostly clear, with a low around 46 degrees.

EVENTS

-Annual Colorado Bandmasters Association Southern Regional Competition with high schools from Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Woodland Park, Canon City and several small towns participating. The he top scoring programs advance to the Colorado State Championships in late October, from 12:45 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Academy District 20 Stadium, Scarborough Drive; $8 for adults, $6 for students, $2 for ages 2-6 at the door.

-Reading with Christopher Bakken and Kerry Neville Bakken, 7 p.m., Colorado College, Jerome P. McHugh Commons, above the Herb ‘n’ Farm Cafè, in the Western Ridge Housing Complex, 1090 N. Cascade Ave., free.

-The History and Culture of Santos lecture by Charlie Carrillo, a carver and painter of images of saints in the tradition of Hispanic New Mexico, 7 p.m., Pikes Peak Community College, The Downtown Studio Campus, 100 W. Pikes Peak Ave., free.

-Aunt Era’s Snickers Box: What to Do With Family Keepsakes lecture, presented by Marcia Wyett, hosted by the Pikes Peak Genealogical Society, 7-9 p.m., Antlers Hilton Hotel, Fremont Room, 4 S. Cascade Ave., free.

-Religious Roots and American Foreign Policy lecture by Morris Berman, 7:30 p.m., Colorado College, Gaylord Hall, main floor of Worner Campus Center, 902 N. Cascade Ave., free.

-Papa Susso and the Manding Music and Dance Society Limited, 7:30 p.m., Colorado College, Packard Hall, 5 W. Cache La Poudre St., free.