Test your skills
Centennial Pokemon Trading Card Game City Championships| Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at Koelbel Public Library, 5955 S. Holly St., Centennial| call 303-940-4752 or visit op.pokemon-tcg.com
Get your Charizards and Metapods ready for a rumble. Players are invited to test their skill, strategy and creativity in three divisions: junior (born in 1996 or later), senior (born in 1992-1995) and masters (born 1991 or earlier). The winner in each category earns a champion title and is eligible for Pokemon prizes. The event is free and open to the public.
The big, the proud …
Big Thunder Draft Horse Show | Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday and Jan. 14 at 2.m.; Ranch-Way Feeds Indoor Arena, Loveland| $12 for adults, $6 for those ages 2-12; for information, call 970-619-4003 or visit larimer.org/theranch.
Watch Clydesdales, Belgians, Shires and Percherons compete for top honors in this North American Six Horse Hitch Classic Series Qualifying Show. Chuck Wagon races will delight everyone and children will have a chance to compete in Stick Horse races during intermissions.
Tribute to explorer
Pike Symposium | Jan. 26-27 at Adams State College, Alamosa| Free to the public; Jan. 27 banquet is $20 and reservations are required, call Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Visitor Center at 719-378-6399 for reservations before Jan. 19. For more information about the symposium, call Virginia Simmons at 719-657-2923.
The event coincides with the Zebulon Pike’s entrance with his men into the San Luis Valley. Presentations will focus on the role of the expedition in the expansion of the American West. Events begin Friday at 5 p.m. with a reception and program at the Luther Bean Museum in Richardson Hall on campus. Saturday, historians from the region will present papers from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Carson Auditorium at the ASC Student Center. The banquet keynote address is scheduled at 5:30 p.m.
