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Morning Littleton! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

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In today's newsletter:

  • How deputies stopped a 100‑pound Littleton tortoise's slow-motion getaway
  • What the new Front Range rail tax means for Littleton residents
  • Why Kansas teams keep targeting Littleton's Liberty Bell cross-country meet

Also on today's calendar: Level 1/2 Technique & Styling and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 67 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Wednesday: Cool with periods of rain, temps: high: 61, low: 50.
  • Thursday: A little rain in the morning, with a high of 70 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Nearly 100-pound tortoise escapes JeffCo home with 'absolutely no sense of urgency' (denver7.com) — Jefferson County deputies recently wrangled a nearly 100‑pound Sulcata tortoise that escaped a Littleton yard and began ambling through the neighborhood. An animal control officer and a bystander ultimately carried the stubborn traveler home, turning a potential lost‑pet scare into a lighthearted reminder of how local officers handle unusual calls.
   

2. Ballot Issue 7A (krdo.com) — Voters have approved Ballot Issue 7A, creating a new 0.333% sales and use tax to fund the Colorado Connector passenger rail, which will serve Littleton along the Front Range. This long-term project authorizes hundreds of millions in taxes and debt to build, operate, and maintain the rail line, meaning Littleton residents will help pay for and eventually ride this new regional service.
   

3. The Travel Meet (milesplit.com) — Littleton gets a shout-out as home to the Liberty Bell XC Invitational, a fast, road-based early-September meet that draws top high school teams. The piece walks Kansas coaches through why travel meets like this build team culture, outlining logistics, competition level, and why the Littleton event is worth the fundraising and long trip.
   

4. Trump wants schools to prepare lunch from scratch. Here's why that's harder than it sounds (cnn.com) — Littleton Public Schools recently invested $4 million in a central production kitchen to cook more school meals from scratch, doubling the amount of fresh-made items served across 21 schools. Their experience is held up nationally as an example of both the promise and challenges of moving away from ultra-processed foods, amid new federal pushes for healthier school lunches.
   

5. USCCB files brief in support of Catholic preschools in clash with Colorado over 'universal' program (catholicreview.org) — A Littleton Catholic preschool is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case over whether Colorado's universal preschool program can exclude religious schools that follow church teaching on sexuality. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has filed a brief backing St. Mary Catholic Parish in Littleton and another Denver-area parish, arguing Colorado's nondiscrimination rules unfairly bar them from a generally available public benefit.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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