DID YOU KNOW
Leadville springs into action with fall St. Patrick’s Day
Because Leadville, at more than 10,000 feet in elevation, is always snowy and cold in March, the town celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with a “practice” parade when it is warmer, on the Saturday closest to Sept. 17. This year’s parade starts at noon Saturday at about Ninth and Harrison streets and travels down Harrison. Along with the parade, the celebration will include green beer, corned beef and cabbage, and music.
Source: “Colorado Almanac” by Thomas J. Noel; Twin Lakes Chamber of CommerceS
REGIONAL NOTES
WESTMINSTER
Help special-needs kids sail away
Volunteers are needed to help 175 special-needs children enjoy a day of sailing on Standley Lake from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 27
Community Sailing, a nonprofit program, is putting on the event for children ages 9 to 17 with physical and cognitive problems, including some who are deaf, blind and autistic as well as children who have been abused or neglected.
Boy Scouts and public-school students have volunteered to help, but adults willing to give rides, put children in life vests and get them in and out of boats also are needed. Volunteers do not need to know how to sail.
For more information, call Steve Frank at 303- 757-7718.
EAGLE COUNTY
Aerial photos available online
Head online to satisfy your urge for a bird’s-eye view of Eagle County.
Detailed, high-resolution aerial photographs of Eagle County are available as part of the Google Earth program. The program, available at google.com, combines satellite imagery, maps and the search engine to allow users to explore geographic information worldwide.
The county GIS Department provided the aerial photography to Google to make the high-resolution digital images available to users around the world.
For more information, call 970-328-3552.
MORRISON
Town throws a party on Sept. 30
The town of Morrison will celebrate its centennial on Sept. 30 on the lawn of the Bear Creek Nursing Center. Activities, which run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., will include a cider fest, antique car and tractor show, bake sale, hay rides, food from area restaurants, a horseshoe tournament, kids’ pedal-tractor pull and an old-fashion street dance.
For information, call the town offices at 303- 697-8749.
JEFFERSON COUNTY
DA’s office seeks volunteers
The district attorney’s office in the 1st Judicial District, which includes Jefferson and Gilpin counties, needs volunteers to work with domestic-violence offenders in a division program.
The program, which operates out of the DA’s Golden office, provides supervision and services for felony and misdemeanor offenders.
Volunteers will be trained. They must be at least 21 years old, with no criminal record and able to make a 12-month commitment of working a minimum of 4 hours per month.
If interested, contact Bill Gayzik, 500 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 or call 303- 271-6954.
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