🌱 How a $5 choice could boost wildlife safety near Larkspur

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In today's newsletter:

• How a $5 choice could boost wildlife safety near Larkspur

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Afternoon snow, 1-3"; windy, with a high of 33 and low of 17 degrees. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 52, low: 25.
• Sunday: Partly sunny and warmer, with a high of 68 and low of 35 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings (gazette.com) — A new I-25 wildlife overpass near Larkspur, described as North America’s largest by surface area, is already central to a major collision-reduction system on the South Gap. Lawmakers now want an optional $5 vehicle registration fee to keep funding similar crossings statewide as federal grant money winds down, aiming to cut dangerous wildlife-vehicle crashes and protect habitat corridors.
   

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📸 Around Larkspur

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Larkspur

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday May 13

• Taste of Tri-Lakes Cares
  Spruce Mountain Events, 14771 S Spruce Mountain Rd, Larkspur
  5:30 pm

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Other local events

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📣 Larkspur Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Saturday April 18

• Junior/Senior Prom
  Palmer Ridge High School , 14771 S Spruce Mountain Rd , Larkspur
  8:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Teen Craft Group
  Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
  5:00 pm
• Mellow Mondays–Coloring Nights — Colorado Springs Brewery Goat Patch Brewing Company
  Goat Patch Brewing Company – Monument , 1756 Lake Woodmoor Dr , Monument
  5:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• Socrates Cafe
  Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
  1:00 pm
• Paws to Read
  Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
  4:00 pm
• LPMS Drama 7 Performance
  Lewis-Palmer Middle School , 1776 Woodmoor Dr , Monument
  6:00 pm
• Tacos & Trivia Tuesdays — Colorado Springs Brewery Goat Patch Brewing Company
  Goat Patch Brewing Company – Monument , 1756 Lake Woodmoor Dr , Monument
  6:30 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Toddler Time
  Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
  9:30 am

Thursday April 23

• Third Friday Friends of PPLD Book Group
  Monument Branch Library , 1706 Lake Woodmoor Dr. , Monument
  10:30 am
• LPMS Drama 8 Performance
  Lewis-Palmer Middle School , 1776 Woodmoor Dr , Monument
  6:00 pm
• Ninth Annual Aliorum De Award
  Lewis , 1300 Higby Rd , Monument
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I was under the impression that Buc-ee's chain was not going to be built on the property at I-25 and County Line Rd (exit 163).
  I was told today by good authority that it broken ground, pulled permits and will be drilling soon. This area is going to be ruined (Nextdoor Cherry Creek Rd/Jones Rd)

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🗞 Nearby News

Castle Rock

• Fast-casual restaurant chain to open second Colorado location in southern suburb (9news.com)
• Colorado lawmakers stopped imposing new fees amid voters' cost-of-living concerns. They're now making them optional (cpr.org)
• The Best Front Range Cities for Young Families in 2026 (theclintoncourier.net)

Monument

• Lewis-Palmer grad becomes youngest elected board member for NRA (gazette.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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