🌱 Patch AM: How a Lakewood neighbor caught a falling 4-year-old in time

Cheers Lakewood! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Lakewood neighbor caught a falling 4-year-old in time
• Lakewood arrest leaves retired priest in deteriorating health under ICE custody.

Also on today's calendar: Novelty Lights Open House and Showroom Grand Opening and 9 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Michael F.!

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high of 91 and low of 66 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Friday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, temps: high: 96, low: 67.
• Saturday: Warm; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 92 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Good Samaritan honored after catching child from second-story window (9news.com) — A Lakewood man is being honored after catching a 4-year-old girl who fell from a second-story apartment window along Wadsworth Boulevard, preventing what could have been a deadly accident. West Metro Fire Rescue presented him with its Citizen Award, recognizing his quick thinking and calm response as 911 guided him through the rescue.
   

• Retired Anglican priest detained by ICE (blogspot.com) — A retired Anglican priest who was arrested in Lakewood has spent nearly a year in ICE detention while his health has sharply declined. Advocates say he is malnourished, largely confined to a wheelchair, and showing worrying respiratory and cancer indicators as state officials press the Aurora detention facility for better tuberculosis oversight.
   

📸 Around Lakewood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakewood

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 20
• Novelty Lights Open House and Showroom Grand Opening →
  3700 N Windsor Dr, Aurora
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday August 20
• Lakewood Performing Arts Council →
  Slammers Bingo, 1884 S Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood
  7:30 pm
Friday August 21
• Morning-Principal Led & SSP Dept. Led* | Afternoon-Teacher/SSP Dire
  John F. Kennedy Denver, CO 80227
• Wedding Site Tours →
  Jefferson County, CO Calendar
  9:00 am
Saturday August 22
• After Teaching Through 61 U.S. Colleges, Mr. EWS Returns with Affordable Online Fashion Class →
  , Highlands Ranch
  9:00 am
Sunday August 23
• DIY: Custom Laundry Soap & Personalized Container →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  2:00 pm
• Paint Your Pet! Create Your Custom Pet Portait →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  3:00 pm
• Spay Today | Painting with a Purpose | August 23 →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  3:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Full Moon Choose Your Painting | TAROT READING & Paint Night →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  6:30 pm
Saturday August 29
• Frightful Forest Friends | Paint & Sip →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  8:00 pm
Sunday August 30
• $20 Bottomless Mimosas | Hot Ghost (end of) Summer →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  11:00 am
• Choose Your Fave! | All Ages Paint Party! | Axolotl Boba →
  Painting with a Twist, 7134 W Alaska Dr, Lakewood
  11:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• *Edited: owner has been found!
  Belle was microchipped and foothills was able to contact the owner. *Hello! My wife and I were heading out of our home when we saw this sweet… (Nextdoor Kendrick Lake)
• Update: got in contact with the owner- thanks everyone!
  Found this guy wandering near 4th Avenue and Carr. He has rabies vaccination tags but no name/address tag. Brought him home with me and my dog so he… (Nextdoor Villas West)

🗞 Nearby News

Wheat Ridge

• Wheat Ridge considering e-bike, scooter ordinances as usage increases in city (denvergazette.com)
• In The Streets: 'Say No To Hudson ICE Camp!' and Other Political Events (coloradotimesrecorder.com)
• Wheat Ridge considering ordinance restricting drone use in public spaces (denvergazette.com)

Morrison

• GRiZ Drops Support Lineup For Red Rocks Return (edmmaniac.com)
• Proposed annexation of The Fort, surroundings, off the table (thegoldentranscript.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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