Vandalized Firefighters Memorial gets lights today

Volunteers will start work at 9 a.m. installing lights at the International Association of Fire Fighters' Fallen Firefighters Memorial, which vandals damaged in May. The new lights, valued at more than $10,000, were donated by lighting manufacturer Kim Lighting.

Vandals destroyed about 10 lights at the memorial off Pikes Peak and Hancock avenues, and they pried a plaque off one of the memorial benches around a wall, which has the names of more than 2,000 members of the International Association of Firefighters. The members died in the line of duty or from firefighting-related ailments.


RAIN POSSIBLE AFTER NOON

The high temperature is expected to hit 86 degrees, and there's a 30 percent chance of rain after noon, according to the National Weather Service forecast. The rainfall could be between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, forecasters said.


HAPPENINGS

-- 2008 U.S. Senior Open: through Aug. 3, The Broadmoor. Tickets: www.ticketswest.com or 1-877-281-OPEN.

-- Museum's Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Western Museum of Mining and Industry, 225 North Gate Blvd.; 488-0880.

-- The Most Dangerous Summer Band: With Conductor Brian usher, 7 to 8 p.m., Monument Valley Park, 170 W. Cache la Poudre St., free; 471-2810.

-- Manitou Springs 2008 Summer Concert, Little London Winds: 7 p.m., Soda Springs Park, 1016 Manitou Ave., Manitou Springs, free; 685-5089 or www.manitousprings.org.