In today’s fast-paced world, texting and instant messaging has become commonplace among most of the population with people of all ages enjoying the quick and easy text message as a way to hold an on the run conversation. 

The Colorado Mountain Club will host the Winter Wildlands Alliance’s Backcountry Film Festival in the Extreme Screen Theater on March 30! The seventh annual world tour of the festival highlights the beauty and fun of the winter backcountry experience. The films comprising the 90-minute program feature some of the most amazing backcountry and extreme winter athletes in the world.

Colorado McDonald’s restaurants will be giving a FREE breakfast to 3rd - 5th graders before they take their TCAP Assessment Test the morning of March 6th. In an effort to help improve scores, McDonald’s is providing a free Egg McMuffin and milk or Minute Maid orange juice to children 11 and under accompanied by a parent/guardian.

The FREE breakfast is part of a daily allowance of nutrition and energy. The Egg McMuffin and 1% milk jug provides 400 calories, 14.5 fat grams, 26 grams of protein and 0 grams of trans fat. The Egg McMuffin and small Minute Maid orange juice provides 450 calories, 0 fat grams, 20 g of protein and 0 grams of trans fat.

McDonald’s owners, who are community member and parents themselves, know the importance of starting the day with a nutritious breakfast, which many children do not have before they start their school day.