Your weekly field guide to Littleton, Ken Caryl, and the SW Denver foothills

Happy Friday. The pumpkin patch at Chatfield Farms is open Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25, and you'll need a corn maze or general admission ticket to get in. Halloween is a week from tomorrow, and the Halloween page has more.

Ron Lamberson lives in TrailMark, holds a creative-writing degree and an MBA, and writes his novels in 80127. His newest comes out on Halloween. If you're new to the series, Heavy Metal Moon is the place to start. Garton Prog was born three light-years from Earth, and twenty-some years in, his achievements are growing past seven feet tall and mostly learning the "Hotel California" solo. He starts a rock band. Then a bandmate brings him a third- or fourth-hand rumor of another human in the star system, one who needs rescuing from the far side of it.

In Wormhole to Hell, his buddy Anvil figures Garton ought to be living the good life, but Garton's in a funk.

Pre-order Wormhole to Hell on Amazon and it's waiting on your Kindle October 31.

Life Time has filed plans with Jefferson County for an athletic club where Sears used to be at Southwest Plaza. The county logged the site development plan in February. Life Time's proposal is to tear down the old Sears and build a 103,000-square-foot club with an outdoor pool deck and indoor pickleball courts. The teardown will be handled separately from this filing, Life Time's narrative says. The county's permit list for the Sears address shows nothing newer than 2018. No sale of the parcel had been recorded with the county clerk as of Wednesday.

I asked Life Time whether it had announced a club there. Natalie Bushaw, its vice president of corporate communications and public relations, answered Wednesday. "I can confirm that Life Time has interest in the Littleton community for a future development," Bushaw wrote, and added that "it is premature to provide a confirmation at this time given the additional steps still required in the real estate and development process."

Deer Creek Library on Bradford Road opens as a full-service library sometime in 2028, says René Yaws, the Jefferson County Public Library's manager for Deer Creek. Full service includes meeting rooms, study rooms, dedicated children's and teen areas and things to check out, and plans for the rest of the building haven't been determined yet. The architects will present the design to the Library Board of Trustees in November for approval, Yaws says. The library's project page says it's getting ready to apply for permits so construction can start in early 2027.

Tonight, October 23: Ken-Caryl Ranch's Boo Bash runs 4:30 to 6:30 at the Ranch House on Continental Divide, free for residents and everyone else, and BOO-rific Bash and Splash runs 6 to 8 at the Ridge Rec Center, $5 a kid.

Saturday, October 24, 3 to 5 PM: Bethlehem Church's Trunk or Treat at 10304 West Belleview Avenue is a walk-through with a scavenger hunt and a vote for the best-decorated trunk. All families are welcome, and you reserve a spot on its Eventbrite page.

Sunday, October 25, 9 AM: the Stride 5K run/walk starts and finishes at the Littleton Museum (6028 South Gallup Street). The streets around the museum close from 4 to 11 AM.

Sunday, October 25: the Goblin Give Out sends kids in costume to participating downtown Littleton shops and restaurants, which hand out candy through the afternoon.

Sunday, October 25, 3 to 5 PM: Authentic Life Church's Trunk or Treat is at 6500 West Coal Mine Avenue. Come in costume, and the church asks for no scary ones.

Through November 1, every night but Monday: Magic of the Jack O'Lanterns at Hudson Gardens runs tonight 6:30 to 10:30, Saturday 5:30 to 10:30 and Sunday 6 to 9:30, with tickets online.

Jared's Nursery on West Bowles says it's open through December 2026 where it is now and isn't closing. A move is possible, and the details come in early 2027.

Is there a storefront near you with paper in the windows and no sign up yet? Reply and tell me which one.

At Chatfield State Park, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says tree removal is going on and there are multiple closures. The park's page doesn't say which areas, so call the park at 303-791-7275 before you go.

You can lock in founding-member pricing at KidsUnited Littleton through next Thursday, October 29. Sign up for a membership by then and you get the discounted monthly price plus a free Player Pack. On Friday, October 30, the price goes up to grand-opening pricing for two weeks. The classes are indoor soccer for kids 18 months to 9 years, at 5005 S. Kipling Pkwy. Book the free class at kidsunited.com/littleton.

Monday, October 26, is the county's last day to mail a ballot. After that, use a drop box or a vote center by 7 PM on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3.

A traffic sign hidden by a tree limb. In unincorporated Jefferson County, state law lets the county send the property owner a certified-mail notice to trim a limb over the public right-of-way that hides a traffic sign. If it isn't trimmed within ten days of the owner receiving the notice, the county can do the work and bill the owner. Damaged, missing or knocked-down signs go to the county's Road and Bridge Division, 303-271-5200, or a service request online.

I put up a new page on who plows your street, the city, the county or CDOT, and how much snow it takes before a plow comes down a residential street.

80127 has 215 homes for sale, seven fewer than last week. On South Owens Street, a house that listed August 14 at $739,000 came down twice to $699,000 by September 10 and sold October 16 for $714,000, $15,000 more than its last asking price. On South Buffalo Drive, a $1,975,000 house went pending six days after it listed August 26 and sold October 15 for $1,910,000. Freddie Mac's 30-year average was 7.32% as of October 22, down from 7.40% the week before.

Today is 75 and mostly sunny, the day for anything outdoors. Then a cold front drops Saturday to 54, with a 29% chance of rain showers, likely Saturday night. Sunday is 56, Monday 58 and Tuesday 64, and no alerts are posted.

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Your Halloween house can go on the map. Reply with the address, what to look for and the nights it's lit, and it goes on the Halloween page by address. A neighbor's house goes in by street name, no address, unless the owner writes in. The list of houses goes in the October 30 issue.

Thanks for reading. See you next Friday, the day before Halloween.

Joey

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