🌱 MLK Day Events + Tattoo Shops Team Up + Little Lamb Found

Brad K. Evans
·3 min read

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Here are the top five stories today in Lakewood:

  1. Martin Luther King list of events on the front range. Denver's annual marade kicks off this morning at Colfax and Columbine at 9:30 a.m. (9News)

  2. COVID-19 testing companies have been ordered to stop operating in Colorado. Two private COVID-19 testing companies have been ordered to stop testing by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Here's a list of their 11 locations. (CPR)

  3. Tattoo shops team up to raise money for victims of the Denver-Lakewood mass shooting. On Sunday, metro Denver tattoo shops joined together and offered $80 tattoos. The money raised will go directly to family members of those killed and injured, including Lakewood Police Agent Ashley Ferris. (9News)

  4. A sense of community begins to evolve after the Marshall Fire. While the lives of those impacted by the the Marshall fire, and try to reimagine their future, previous disasters reveal how fire reshapes the natural and human landscapes. (CO Sun)

  5. Littleton good Samaritan hoping to find the owner of this missing little stuffed lamb. Losing a favorite stuffed animal can be a traumatic event. A Littleton woman is hoping to reconnect the stuffed lamb she picked up in the road after she she saw it fly off the roof of a car while she was driving in Littleton. (FOX31)

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Today in and around Lakewood:

  • Let Us Be Dissatisfied Until… Dairy Arts Center, Boulder. (3-4 p.m.)

  • Lakewood Winter Wellness Challenge: Pick up your challenge card and get going! (All day)

  • Body Meditation Practice: With Karen Falbo at Full Moon Books. (6:30-8 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • In the coming weeks, the Lakewood Police Department will begin utilizing body worn cameras. As they prepare to distribute these cameras to all sworn employees. Check out this video to get answers to some of the most commonly asked questions. (Facebook)

  • High School Sports In And Around Lakewood: The week ahead (Patch)

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  • Sordid Lifes - Play written by Del Shores - Presented by Wheat Ridge Theatre Co (Jan. 21)

  • Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! (Jan. 22)

  • Dakota Ridge High School Soccer Indoor Clinic/Tournament. Session 2 (Jan. 23)

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That's it for today! I'll see you first thing on Tuesday morning for another edition of the Lakewood Daily. — Brad K. Evans

This article originally appeared on the Lakewood Patch