🌱 What a Columbine survivor kept in her backpack for 27 years

Coffee in hand, Columbine? We've got the latest town updates for you. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What a Columbine survivor kept in her backpack for 27 years
• How missed warning signs at Columbine still shape school safety today

Also on today's calendar: Family Time and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Becoming windier, very warm, with a high of 83 and low of 43 degrees.
• Thursday: Cooler with partial sunshine, temps: high: 65, low: 37.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy and comfortable, with a high of 69 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Inside A Columbine Survivor's Backpack 27 Years Later (buzzfeed.com) — A Columbine High School survivor is sharing the contents of the backpack she carried on April 20, 1999, preserving a vivid snapshot of student life just before the shooting. Her items, from notes to class materials, now feel like historical artifacts and have sparked reflection on how little has changed around school violence in 27 years.
   

• Looking Back at The Columbine High School Massacre (vocal.media) — For Columbine-area residents, this piece revisits how the 1999 Columbine High School massacre unfolded and how many clear warning signs were missed beforehand. It reflects on how the tragedy reshaped school safety responses and urges readers to remember victims and lessons learned rather than the perpetrators.
   

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📸 Around Columbine

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Columbine

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Toddler Time
  Columbine Library - Jefferson County Public Library, 7706 W Bowles Ave, Littleton
  9:15 am

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Volleyball Semi Finals A Team
  Goddard Middle School , 3800 West Berry Ave , Littleton
  4:30 pm

Saturday April 25

• Volleyball Tournament
  John Wesley Powell Middle School , 8000 S Corona Way , Littleton
  8:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• PTO Spring Event: Shake It Until You Make It!
  Centennial Playground , 3306 W Berry Ave , Littleton
  5:30 pm
• 14th Annual Curo Celebration
  Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education , 3306 West Berry Ave , Littleton
  6:30 pm

Thursday April 30

• Community Soccer Tournament
  Goddard Middle School , 3800 West Berry Ave , Littleton
  4:00 pm

Friday May 1

• The Spirit Celebration by LPSF
  Centennial Academy of Fine Arts Education , 3306 West Berry Ave , Littleton
  6:00 pm

Saturday May 2

• Family Time
  Columbine Library - Jefferson County Public Library , 7706 W Bowles Ave , Littleton
  11:15 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Tummy Time and Social Hour Drop In
  Southglenn Library , 6972 South Vine Street , Centennial
  10:00 am
• JFK Track & Field @ APS Stadium
  APSS - Aurora Public Schools Stadium , 1250 Chambers Rd , Aurora
  3:00 pm
• JFK Baseball B/V vs Aurora Central HS
  John F. Kennedy High School , 2855 S Lamar St , Denver
  4:00 pm
• RMMA Quarterly Open Town Hall
  RMMA Terminal , 11755 Airport Way , Broomfield
  4:30 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Littleton

• This Day in History: April 20, 2026 (wtap.com)
• Englewood police investigating fatal motorcycle crash (littletonindependent.net)
• Today in history: April 20 (postandcourier.com)

Englewood

• GCI Liberty, Inc. Announces First Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call (businesswire.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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