City of Cañon City amends water rate schedule

During a special city council meeting on Dec. 18, the city council approved a change to water billing and rates. Effective Jan. 1, water billing will occur on a monthly basis instead of quarterly. Monthly bills will go out approximately on the 26th of the month and will be due by the 25th of the following month. All auto payments will be taken the 20th of the month. During this time residences and businesses will continue to be billed under the 2017 water rates. Starting April 1, 2018, the new water rates will be in effect.

The adopted Ordinance No. 45, Series 2017: Schedule D can be viewed on the city's website at: www.canoncity.org/departments/agenda121817.php. An insert regarding the new monthly billing will be included in every billing cycle.

Cañon City Public Library offers free legal self-help clinic

The Cañon City Public Library will offer a free self-help legal clinic from 3:30-5 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Cañon City Public Library, 516 Macon Ave. Attorneys will assist patrons one-on-one, on a first-come, first-served basis in a private room, where they can visit with the attorney face-to-face through a webcam. For more information, call the library at 719-269-9020.

Organizers for the Night to Shine in need of dresses, sponsors

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Organizers for the Night to Shine 2018 Prom, slated for Feb. 9, are seeking donations of dresses and sponsors. They are asking for gently used prom and/or party dresses sizes 12 and larger. Dress donations may be dropped off at Chrysalis Consignment located at 515 Main St. during business hours. They also will be looking for financial backers for the event. Contact Ron Hinkle at 269-2228 or Jen Harrigan at 214-1314 for more information.

Rotary 'Let There Be Light' calendars available

The Cañon City Rotary Club's "Let There Be Light" calendars are now available. The proceeds from the calendar sales support the Let There Be Light Rotary Scholarship. These scholarships are presented to first generation college students and have been awarded since 2009. So far, 32 first-generation students have received scholarships. Some of the proceeds also go to the DOC Fallen Officers Fund. The calendars are printed by Colorado Correctional Industries.

Support this scholarship and receive a beautiful Fremont County calendar with a gift of $15 or more. Calendars may be picked up at Lindner Chevrolet, The Cell House or The Mueller Companies.

Starpoint Children's Services will host meetings geared toward preventing child maltreatment

Fremont County has a vision that all children are valued, healthy, and thriving. The community goal is to prevent child maltreatment. Officials are seeking public partners' input. Child Maltreatment Prevention Planning requires voices from different people throughout the community so everyone can be part of the solution.

Starpoint Children's Services will be hosting five key meetings this year. They invite community member's to come to these meetings and do the following:

· Share your perspective about what you think will help parents with being the types of parents they want to be.

· Share what you think works in our community to support parents and what you think needs to be improved.

· Think about how we can deliver services in a way that reaches parents better in their everyday lives.

Participants will be at the table with people who will share their views on what the community needs to do next based on what the data shows and what input is received.

The first meeting will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Public Health Office, located at 201 N. Sixth St. Lunch and snacks will be provided. RSVP to Kathleen Kennedy by Jan. 19 at the following doodle poll https://doodle.com/poll/asqs3n4zxhapyvnu. For more information, call Kennedy at 719-275-0550, ext. 202.

CCH announces Project Reinvest, a new financial coaching program

Project Reinvest is a 12-month financial coaching program to help participants improve their financial situation and start on the road to reaching their financial goals. Participants will have monthly one-on-one sessions with their financial coach and will attend one round of the Manage Your Money workshop (eight weeks).

The program is free to participants with income at 80 percent of area medium income or less ($51,050, or less, for a family of four). The one-time program fee for participants 81 percent area medium income and above is $150 (this fee includes the $40 fee for the Manage Your Money workshops).

Coaches will help participants set their goals, put together a plan to eliminate any obstacles to those goals, and develop a plan and timeline to reach those goals.

The Manage Your Money workshops will cover everything from understanding your current situation, budgeting and credit, to planning for the future. The overall goal of the workshops is to help attendees learn skills for a healthy financial future and have the tools to cope with difficult financial times. Anyone wishing can attend the Manage Your Money Workshops separate from the Project Reinvest program. The fee for the Manage Your Money Workshops is $40 and scholarships are available.

Central Colorado Housing is a department of the Upper Arkansas Area Council of Governments. For more information or to make reservations contact CCH at 719-269-7687 or laura.yost@uaacog.com.

Daily Record Staff