🌱 How Nunn’s new solar research site could transform Colorado grasslands

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In today's newsletter:

• How Nunn's new solar research site could transform Colorado grasslands

Also on today's calendar: TS200: Tactical Shotgun 200.

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

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Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Mostly cloudy with a t-storm, with a high of 71 and low of 53 degrees.
• Wednesday: Occasional rain, temps: high: 69, low: 52.
• Thursday: A little morning rain, with a high of 70 and low of 38 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Colorado solar panels increased grassland plant growth by up to 90 percent (energiesmedia.com) — A new Shortgrass Ecovoltaic Research Facility in Nunn is launching cutting-edge studies on how solar panels might actually boost grassland health and help restore prairie ecosystems. Building on promising Longmont results, Colorado State and Cornell researchers will test whether carefully designed solar arrays can increase plant growth, support diverse species, and offer drought protection across Nunn's shortgrass landscape and the wider West.
   

📸 Around Nunn

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Nunn

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday October 7
• Defensive Pistol 290: Concealed & Close Range Tactics →
  Great Guns Sporting, 16126 County Road 96, Nunn
  9:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday October 10
• TS200: Tactical Shotgun 200 →
  Great Guns Sporting, 16126 County Road 96, Nunn
  9:30 am

📣 Nunn Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday September 29
• HS Softball @ Lyons
  Wellington Middle School Wellington, CO 80549
  4:00 pm
• Varsity Boys Soccer @ Home vs Fort Morgan
  Wellington Middle School Wellington, CO 80549
  4:00 pm
• HS Boys Tennis @ Timnath
  Wellington Middle School Wellington, CO 80549
  4:00 pm
• Bite of the Bayou →
  Old Colorado Brewing Company, 3700 Cleveland Avenue, Wellington
  4:00 pm
• Girls JV Volleyball vs Resurrection Christian School
  Eaton High School, 1661 Collins Street, Eaton
  5:30 pm
• Girls JV Softball vs Berthoud High School
  Eaton High School, 1661 Collins Street, Eaton
  6:00 pm
• Girls Varsity Volleyball vs Resurrection Christian School
  Eaton High School, 1661 Collins Street, Eaton
  6:30 pm
• Tuesday Trivia →
  Old Colorado Brewing Company, 3700 Cleveland Avenue, Wellington
  6:30 pm
• Tuesday Night Poker at Can't Dance Bar →
  Can't Dance Bar, 212 1st Street, Eaton
  7:00 pm
Wednesday September 30
• La Tapatia →
  Old Colorado Brewing Company, 3700 Cleveland Avenue, Wellington
  4:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I'm on the corner twenty nine and ninety six, and my friends, young wiener dog puppy just took off on them, and they don't know which direction she went.
  Please keep your eyes out for her. She's just a puppy, and she's tiny and sweet. As honey (Nextdoor Nunn)

• Subway posted a job opening for Sandwich Artist in Eaton. Apply here.
• Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Day Shift Front of House Team Member in Timnath. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Nunn here.

🗞 Nearby News

Wellington

• Lucy Rose Was Lonely, So She Started A Road Trip And A Public Health Initiative (cowboystatedaily.com)
• Land surveying: Often overlooked, but necessary (thefencepost.com)
• Volleyball Recap: Evergreen Gets Past Wellington (maxpreps.com)

Eaton

• Eaton High School welcomes student, Matilda Eriksson (eatonredink.com)

Greeley

• Greeley Targets Weeds at Stormwater Sites (northfortynews.com)
• Six northern Colorado Latina trailblazers to be honored at UNC in Greeley (greeleytribune.com)

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