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Week of November 17, 2022
ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
ElbertCountyNews.net
VOLUME 127 | ISSUE 40
Dodge4Life event held at EHS Club raises $2,700 for Camp Wapiyapi BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Election judges look over digital images of ballots while performing the adjudication process at the Elbert County Elections Office in PHOTO BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON Kiowa on Election Night 2022.
Election Day in Elbert County Officials, citizens work together to tally ballots from local residents BY CHANCY J. GATLIN-ANDERSON SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
The 2022 midterm elections have come and gone, leaving Elbert County with a new commissioner-elect, a new county clerk and recorder-elect,
of experience, such as Republican and decisions on several school Margie White, who has been servdistrict ballot issues. The Elbert ing as an election judge in County News spent ElecElbert County since 1983. tion Night at the Election Newer Election Judge Services Center in Kiowa to Ashley Pennington was stay on top of the results as excited to be a part of the they came in. process this year, sharing The center was flooded that she has always been inwith election judges workterested in how the election ing diligently to get all the process works. incoming and remaining ELECTION “I started doing this votes counted. Some of RESULTS: PAGE 5 the judges were new to the SEE ELBERT, P16 process, while some have decades
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The Elizabeth High School chapter of the student group FCCLA — Family, Community, and Career Leaders of America — hosted their yearly Dodge for Life dodgeball tournament on Oct. 27. The event raised $2,700 with the funds going toward Camp Wapiyapi, a free summer camp for children facing pediatric cancer. The EHS gym was crammed with spectators and participants as 14 teams competed in a double-elimination dodgeball tournament. Teams were selforganized, mostly consisting of Elizabeth High School students. However, anyone could participate in the tournament, drawing in community members, parents, teachers and even Elizabeth Police Officer Craig Myers. “Once again our community has come together to support a cause that is connected to our local families who have had children with severe medical needs,” said Melanie Darter, faculty advisor for the FCCLA club. “Without our teams, volunteers, and donations, we would not have been able to make this event such a huge success.” Of the 14 teams that competed, three were made up of students from the EHS automotive program. Also competing was automotive teacher Derek SEE DODGEBALL, P2