Tri-Lakes snapshots
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Town of Monument Trustee Jim Romanello, left, helps members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7928 Auxiliary distribute wreaths to volunteers which placed them on the final resting places of U.S. military veterans placed there Dec. 19 at Monument Cemetery during an observance of Wreaths Across America.
New Monument Police Officer James Wader, center, is sworn in on Oct. 19.
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Ryan Lewis, a junior at Lewis-Palmer High School, started a tradition of playing the Highland bagpipes at dusk at his home in Monument evenings as part of a movement among bagpipers called “Sunset Solidarity,” to share hope and strength during the pandemic.
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Haley Chapin, executive director of Tri-Lakes Cares, left, and Suzi Huette, 76, right, share a moment at Tri-Lakes Cares in Monument after Huette received a bag of food items on Feb. 25.
Haylee Nolan, 14, holds on tight as she is spun in a large circle by on an innertube during the Monument Watermelon Festival at Colorado Kids Ranch, the Monument facility that hosts a popular pumpkin patch each fall, in Monument on Aug. 1.
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Labradoodles Gracie and Pyper pose for a portrait inside their B&B Kustom Kennel at their home in Monument Nov. 15.
The Discovery Canyon softball team traveled to Palmer Ridge High School in Monument on Sept. 2. After a busy second inning, the Thunder took an 8-1 lead before Palmer Ridge rallied and closed the gap 8-6. But Discovery Canyon took charge again to ultimately win 12-7.
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Bob Brenner rolls up a large section of leather while working in his saddle shop in Black Forest in September. Brenner owns Pikes Peak Saddlery and has been restoring and making custom saddles since the 1970s. 18
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