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- Could Red Feather Lakes Elementary really close in 2027?
Today's riddle: What has a cap but no head? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Saturday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, with a high of 72 and low of 36 degrees.
- Sunday: Sunny and warm, temps: high: 73, low: 47.
- Monday: Sun mixing with clouds; warm, with a high of 73 and low of 49 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Committee recommending PSD school closures releases full report (kansas.com) — Red Feather Lakes families face a major change as a district committee is recommending closing Red Feather Lakes Elementary, along with seven other elementaries and one middle school, starting in the 2027-28 school year. The 379-page report behind this proposal is now public and will go before the Poudre School District board for discussion on Oct. 13 and a vote on Oct. 27. 
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Festival of Ideas 2026 →
Liberty Common High School, 2745 Minnesota Drive, Fort Collins
8:00 am -
Cross Country hosting Mead Stampede
Mead High School, 12750 Co Rd 7, Longmont
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Nursery Pot Recycling Day →
Fort Collins CO
9:00 am -
Concealed Handgun Permit PLUS →
Liberty Firearms Institute, 4990 Ronald Reagan Blvd, Johnstown
9:30 am -
Heart to Heart Story Time: Love is the Thread →
Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder
10:00 am -
Galaga's Ghost - Interactive Musical Arcade →
Boulder History Museum Museum of Boulder, 2205 Broadway, Boulder, CO, 80302, United States
10:00 am -
NoCo Pride 2026 →
Fort Collins Senior Center, 1200 Raintree Dr, Fort Collins
11:00 am -
Mattress Fundraiser →
Park (Estes Park) R, 1500 Manford Avenue, Estes Park
11:00 am -
Digital Navigator Drop-Ins →
Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Avenue, Loveland
11:00 am -
Happy Houseplants: Green Up Your Life! →
Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Avenue, Loveland
11:30 am -
Spooky Slime Lab →
Loveland Public Library, 300 N. Adams Avenue, Loveland
11:30 am -
Highland Meadows Oktoberfest 2026 →
Community Green Space just off Annapolis Dr. between Spinnaker Bay Dr. and Sand Dollar Dr., 8251 Sand Dollar Dr., Windsor
1:00 pm
Saturday October 3
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- The Air Curtain Burner will be coming to the GVM Gate 3 slash pile and begin burning the slash the week of Oct 12.
You will see smoke coming from the burner, please see the DFPC public announcement below. (Nextdoor ) - If you see Steve who use to own Ace Hardware around, please say hi and welcome him home.
Its hard coming back after your name has been ran through the mud. And its hard to want to get motivated. I know i went through it. Addiction is the… (Nextdoor Red Feather Lakes Village)
- Svetness posted a job opening for Personal Trainer in Red Feather Lakes. Apply here.
🗞 Nearby News
Estes Park
- Estes Park to review proposed 2027 budget at Oct. 16, Oct. 23 study sessions (eptrail.com)
- As a coal mine closes, solar comes on (eptrail.com)
- Rutting Bull Elk Crashes Morning Coffee Break In Estes Park, Colorado (unofficialnetworks.com)
Wellington
- Colorado election: Q&A with incumbent Lori Garcia Sander (kansas.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What has a cap but no head?" — A bottle (Thank you Glo M. for sending it in!)
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