DID YOU KNOW
Westcliffe Christmas
Christmas events in the Wet Mountain Valley start Saturday with a free children’s movie at 2 p.m., a visit from Santa Claus, a parade and Lighting of the Valley, which begins at 5 p.m. in West cliffe.
On Dec. 9, the seventh annual Holiday House Tour includes a day tour and a gala in Westcliffe. For more information visit www.custercountyco.com/christmas.htm
Source: Custer County Merchants and Chamber of Commerce
REGIONAL NOTES
CASTLE ROCK
Panel of 11 to study voting muddle
Douglas County officials on Monday named 11 members to an elections fact-finding panel that will study problems that caused some voters to spend hours in lines on Nov. 7.
Jack Arrowsmith, who was elected clerk and recorder, will chair the panel, joined by former Douglas County Sheriff Michael Acree, who will represent the county Republican Party, and Dan Kopelman, campaign manager for Secretary of State-elect Mike Coffman.
The panel also includes Bob Owens, representing the Douglas County Democratic Party; Ronald Coffee, private information technology expert; Douglas County administrator Doug DeBord; election judges Manfred Krimmer and Charles Wilson; and appointees from commission districts Peter Locke, Yaron Starosta and William Frey.
The group’s first of nine scheduled meetings will be Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the Douglas County Commission hearing room on the first floor of the Philip S. Miller Building, 100 Third St. in Castle Rock.
The panel will take public comments at 6:30 p.m.
The panel will issue a report next spring on the performance of voting machines, vote centers and elections staff, as well as examine election-judge training and other factors that may have contributed to long lines.
AURORA
Teen to get top Boy Scout honor
A local Boy Scout will receive the Eagle Award, the highest honor a scout can achieve.
Rylan Hampton, 15, will get the award on Saturday at the Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Aurora at his Eagle Court of Honor. He is a member of Troop 644.
According to his parents, Hampton has been involved in the Scouts for 10 years. His service project took place at Ponderosa Elementary School, leading a six-week reading program. He also collected more than 1,000 books to donate to the school and library system in Aurora.
GOLDEN
Water-main construction on tap
Water-main construction will begin today on Archer Street from 10th to Ninth streets and then east on Ninth Street.
Access to the Coors Brewery parking lot will be limited to the two sides at any one time. Access to homes and adjacent businesses will be open at all times. Construction is expected to take about two weeks. For more information, call 303-384-8170.
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