Aspen Viewing: Your Complete Fall Foliage Guide

  Fall is here and if you want to see the best autumn foliage, you need to act fast! “The month of September is the ideal time to witness this gilded spectacle, but you have to time it right — the color is fleeting, lasting only about a week in most places. Unfortunately, it's difficult to predict when exactly the leaves will turn in any given location. The best strategy: select your travel dates in advance, but not your destination. Then go wherever the color is. Here are a few road-tripping routes, sorted by region, that have become fall-color pilgrimages for aspen lovers: SOUTHWEST Dallas Divide and Lizard Head Pass: Begin your...

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Quick Tips for Keeping Kid’s Rooms Organized and Looking Good

Feel like you can never get your children’s rooms REALLY organized? You’re not alone. “If you have more than one child sharing a bedroom — or are just plain short on space (and who isn’t these days?) — here are a few easy, fast and inexpensive tips to keep little clutterbugs organized. Make Easy, Low-Cost Storage with Versatile Plastic Crates Plastic storage crates offer durable, versatile and easy-access storage options with a low price tag. Use crates to organize existing shelves, extend dresser-top display space upward, or expand under-bed or closet storage space. You can even stack 9-12 together as a “wall unit” — just snap the...

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Volunteers pitch in to pick up trash, paint out graffiti

  Englewood is lucky to have residents who pitch in to make the community a better place to live. “Instead of going to play golf or doing yard work, about a dozen volunteers spent part of Sept. 10 helping make Englewood look better by picking up trash and painting over graffiti. The graffiti paint-out program, organized by Tony Arnoldy, Englewood Police community affairs specialist, is held once a month in the warn-weather months. The Sept. 10 effort was strengthened by about half dozen volunteers from the Living Branch Fellowship Church. Because of the number of volunteers, Arnoldy took about half the group to locate and paint over...

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NASA's Destination Station Comes to Wings Over the Rockies!

  Beginning on September 16th, NASA is bringing the International Space Station to Denver! NASA will unveil its newest exhibit, "Destination: Station," at the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. The exhibit run for six weeks until Oct. 28 and will feature a multimedia exhibit that tells the story of the space station. Visitors will learn about the day-to-day activities of astronauts as well as the research conducted in the orbiting National Laboratory.  The Wings Museum will also host an International Space Station Science and Research Expo on September 23rd from 1-5 p.m.  This event will feature NASA speakers such...

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What Is Labor Day?

  Labor Day is this Monday, September 5th.  But do you know why we celebrate it?  Check out this historical tidbit: Labor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. Founder of Labor Day More than 100 years after the first Labor Day observance, there is still some doubt as to who first proposed the holiday for workers. Some...

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