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Ashley, the unexpected angel

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

The Shih Tzu is a small, affectionate breed with a royal history. Originally bred to live in Chinese imperial palaces, these dogs were bred purely for companionship, not work or…

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Colorado living: High and dry

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Colorado’s sunny days and beauty invite us to spend time outdoors. But as a semi-arid region with generally quite low humidity and an average elevation of about 6,800 feet above…

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Sense of Security celebrates 25 years

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

To honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we return to shine a light on Sense of Security (SOS). This Denver-based nonprofit is celebrating 25 years of assisting Colorado breast cancer patients…

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Doc and the “quack” up the canyon

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

It was by fate and then luck that Olin John “Jack” and later “Doc Jack” Butterfield and Dorothy Benway of Sedalia met and married. Both were born in the late…

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Remembering…the 9/11 Stair Climb at Red Rocks

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

To honor the firefighters from 9/11, the Colorado 9/11 Stair Climb originated when five Denver firefighters climbed 110 stories of a high-rise office building in downtown Denver in 2005. In…

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Eight-legged friend or foe?

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Arachnophobia, or the pathological fear of spiders, afflicts one in three people in the United States. It is one of the most prolific specific phobias across geographical and cultural boundaries,…

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Dear Mrs. A – October 2025

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025
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Dear Mrs. A. Would you give us some etiquette tips for Halloween? -Scary Mary in Hidden Pointe Dear Mary, Isn’t it a fun time of year, and aren’t we lucky…

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Should you fear the black widow?

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

When working in a dark basement or dusty shed, most people know to keep an eye out for a tiny but potent danger—the western black widow spider (Latrodectus hesperus). But…

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Senior Life educates older population

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Douglas County’s Senior Life held its biennial event, Vintage & Vibrant, last month at the Highlands Ranch Senior Center. More than 200 seniors, volunteers and partners participated in the breakfast…

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Fall festivals and Halloween attractions

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

October is the month to run through a haunted house and get the heart racing, learn our haunted history on a Denver ghost tour or take a hayride and meander…

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