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Ciderfest

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011 9a.m. to Dusk (Weather Depending). Grounds of Bear Creek Nursing Home, Hwy 8, Morrison, CO, 80465. Highway 8 and Summer Street. Historic Antique Cider Presses to make your own Cider (bring apples and empty liquid containers), Food, Beer Garden, Horseshoes, Affordable Arts, Crafts and Jewelry, Kid's Activities, Vendors, Bake Sale, Music, Car Show, Shuttle to Natural History Museum Open House, and lots more. Sponsored by Morrison Action Committee; morrisonciderfest.org. Ciderfest art work created by Morrison artist, Scramble Campbell at ScrambleCampbell.com

Rugged Maniac Adventure Race and Music Festival is coming to Lakewood

on October 15th! Runners will face a 3-mile course featuring a combination of rugged terrain and crazy man-made obstacles such as mud-pits, fire, water slides, walls, hurdles and barbed wire and then celebrate afterwards with live music, festival games, food and beer. Join 3,000 other like-minded maniacs for a wild and rugged day of fun! Visit www.ruggedmaniac.com for more information.

Rooney Valley Ready for Wave

of Sustainable Development

By Amy Sherman, President and CEO, West Chamber

Water is fundamental to sustainable development.

So is fun.

In 2008, water for sustainable development was piped into west metro Denver’s Rooney Valley for the first time. A wave of new construction has followed.

The fun started a long time ago.

“It’s like a hidden jewel,” says valley veteran John Bandimere, Jr. Back in 1958, his family, under the leadership of his father, started world‐famous Bandimere Speedway in the valley. “The idea is to have fun,” sums up Bandimere,whose family, according to him, has sustained its business by building relationships not just a business. Read more...