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Start Your Holiday Planning Now! HRCA has many fun events, classes, and activities to get you ready and in the mood for the upcoming holiday season.
Start your holiday shopping. Take an art class to make unique holiday gifts, attend the Jewelry & Holiday Gift Fair on November 4, purchase an HRCA gift card or 2018 Highlands Ranch Calendar, or pick up something at the Pottery Sale at Southridge on November 13.
Get in the spirit with fun, family-friendly events. Nutcracker Highlights, Classical Music Series, Hometown Holiday, and Breakfast with Santa, are a few of the events we have planned for December. Enter this year’s Holiday House Decorating Contest. Or just go see some of the
HRCA – A Great Place to Work! Want to work close to home, for competitive pay, and in a fun environment? Look no further than your own Highlands Ranch Community Association! HRCA is now hiring lifeguards, swim instructors, and wranglers for the Backcountry Wilderness Area. Go to www.HRCAonline.org/Jobs to learn more and apply.
amazing contestants' houses! Visit our web site at www.HRCAonline.org/Happenings to find all the upcoming holiday events and classes that we offer to get you into the holiday spirit!
coyotes in the ranch Highlands Ranch is coyote country. No matter where you live in Highlands Ranch, coyotes are present. They are a highly adaptable animal and humans inadvertently provide them habitat and food sources. Normally coyotes feed on animals such as rodents, rabbits and other small prey items. However, they are opportunistic predators and will take a cat or small dog. We all need to take precautions to protect our pets, guard against human/ coyote encounters, and keep the coyotes wild. The biggest problems occur when people feed coyotes – either deliberately or inadvertently. Once a coyote gets food from or around humans, it associates humans with food and ignores its wild instincts to stay away from and fear humans. Trash, dog food, bird feeders, and compost piles are all potential food sources for coyotes.
Adult Health & Information Fair In partnership with the Highlands Ranch Metro District, the HRCA will host the 6th annual Adult Health & Information Fair (formerly called the Senior Health & Information Fair) on Saturday, November 11, 9:00 a.m. - noon at the Recreation Center at Eastridge.
When coyotes lose their natural fear of humans, problems are likely to occur. Coyotes should be afraid of people and it is okay to “haze” a coyote that comes too close. Make loud noises, throw rocks, or even use pepper spray. These hazing actions will teach coyotes that humans are not safe to approach and will reinforce their natural fear of humans; reducing the chance of a dangerous human/coyote encounter.
Join us for this great free event with local service providers. A variety of free, simple health screenings will be offered, in addition to flu shots and medication review by a pharmacist. Service professionals from a variety of industries will be on hand to answer your questions.
For further information on living with coyotes, including tips for around your home, what to do if a coyote approaches you, and how to protect your pets, go to: http://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/LivingwithWildlife.aspx.
For more information, call 720-240-4922 or email jmccann@highlandsranch.org.