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Week of March 16, 2023
ELBERT COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 128 | ISSUE 5
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DAR seeks food-drive donations Service group organizes Elbert County chapter STAFF REPORT
Hydrogeologist Matt Seitz walks interested Elbert County residents through a “Water 101” class recently hosted by the Town of Elizabeth. The class came about from the interest of town planning commissioners and evolved into a much larger public outreach PHOTO BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY meeting.
Experts calm water fears
Supply is sufficient for planned development, speakers tell audience BY DEBORAH GRIGSBY DGRIGSBY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Elbert County residents recently packed the Elizabeth Town Hall to learn about water, water law, water
rights and how the county’s decision to adopt what’s known as the 300-year rule will help ensure an adequate water supply, even as the area sees increasing development and demand on aquifers. Elizabeth Town Administrator Patrick Davidson said the idea of the “Water 101” class is not a new one. In fact, he says it’s been on the town’s radar for quite some time. “Members of the Planning Commission were interested in how water
is presented under Colorado law and how the process worked,” Davidson said. “Due to this interest, and the interest of the Board of Trustees on the same topic, it evolved into having a joint meeting of the Planning Commission and the Board of Trustees. Because many of the people moving into the area have either lived where water is plentiful, or have misconceptions about water SEE WATER, P4
A group of women working to establish a Daughters of the American Revolution chapter in Elbert County will hold a food drive in Elizabeth later this month. The group wants people to donate new personal hygiene items and canned and boxed foods during their inaugural event at American Legion Post 82, 228 Banner St. in Elizabeth, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 25. “There’s a lot of need in the region,” said Gayle Gardner, of Parker, the organizing regent of the new DAR group, dubbed the Running Creek Chapter. Gardner said the food drive is the first act of service by the nonprofit volunteer women’s service organization in the community. It will benefit the Help and Hope Center, a Castle Rock-based pantry that helps people in Elbert and Douglas counties who are in crisis, including at risk of becoming homeless. SEE FOOD DRIVE, P2
SCHOOL BOARD RESIGNATIONS
See page 10 for a story about the planned resignations of three Elizabeth School Board members, based on information available at press time.
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