WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 41
An ax-cellent year
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THOMAS REBUKE Laydon pumps brakes on punishments
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HUNTING SEASON Brandon Cant watches Amanda Cant, his wife, take aim. The Castle Rock couple spent date night at Thrashin’ Axes in Parker on Aug. PHOTO BY RACHEL LORENZ 21, 2023.
Locally owned ax-throwing business sticks its first anniversary BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
A night out with the neighbors put entrepreneur Jesse Thrash on the path to small business ownership. “When I first went, I wasn’t good,” Thrash said of his inaugural ax-
throwing experience in January 2022. “But I knew it was a good idea.” Thrash was intrigued by the thought of starting an ax-throwing business in Douglas County after he and a few fellow Parker residents spent two hours heaving hatchets and building camaraderie at a place in Englewood. It was a simple setup, yet the group had a blast. “I was literally thinking about names on the way home from that first time,” he said. By mid-August of 2022, Thrash
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had opened his own venue — dubbed Thrashin’ Axes — in Parker. The 1,600-square-foot space, which just celebrated its first anniversary, houses six throwing lanes in a strip mall on Mainstreet near the AMC Theater. Each lane features a computerized scoreboard and digital targets that are projected onto panels made from end grain wood. In addition to the standard bullseye, participants can aim at zombies or even images SEE AX THROWING, P10
Harsh winter prompts reduction in number of tags available P6
ABLE SHEPHERD Douglas sheriff’s office cuts ties with organization P26
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