http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/ Brookside, CO News http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/df17b63fab0c084599f63d6d0395e69b.html The first thing that 5yearold Sophia Katz does every day when she leaves her kindergarten classmates is look for her dad standing along the sidewalk next to her smallish bicycle and tiny helmet http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/23dc959cc73f53852053a2ab69969124.html Just outside of Canon City is the Garden Park Fossil Area which gave birth to the one of the great rivalries in paleontology Residents of the area first discovered dinosaur bones in the 1870s but it was the battle between Othaniel C Marsh and Edward Drinker Cope that fueled the nation's fascination with the Jurassic Period http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/9c87e0af306dbd5711aabc3a31b8e048.html Lt Gen Carol Mutter an Eaton native and University of Northern Colorado graduate spoke to a packed Xcel Energy Center and a national TV audience about 90 minutes before Sen John McCain gave his presidentialnominee acceptance speech http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/832fa3474cdf892b51160319e7cce794.html Well over 100 years have passed since Greeley celebrated the first Potato Day in 1894 Held in downtown Lincoln Park it paid tribute to Weld County's most important crop at that time http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/fc9638b2699de35b2eba821acf0334bb.html Western Slope InvitationalItrsquo;s anybodyrsquo;s guess whorsquo;s the favorite in each bracket of the Western Slope Invitational boys tennis tournamentSure perennial power Cherry Creek is the team to beat but itrsquo;s only a couple of weeks into the season and players are settling into their spotsHerersquo;s a serving of what fans need to know about this weekendrsquo;s action: What: The Western Slope Invitational high school boys tennis tournament When: Today and Saturday Play begins at 8 am today and at 9 am on Saturday Where: The Elliott Tennis Center at Mesa State College headquarters Clinton Smith courts at Lincoln Park Canyon View tennis courts and Grand Junction High School Who: 18 teams from across the state The entries this year include Cherry Creek which has won 34 of the past 36 state team titles as well as Grand Junction Fruita Monument and Central Other strong teams are Fairview Heritage Ralston Valley Aspen Durango and Dakota Ridge Rounding out the bracket are competitive teams from Greeley West Columbine Denver East Chatfield Air Academy Steamboat Springs and Montrose Why: To get tournament experience and matches under the belts of the players early in the season Itrsquo;s become one of the top tournaments in the state and gives the players and coaches a preview of competition they could face in the state tournamentldquo;We are looking for lots of matches and lots of experience from thatrdquo; Fruita coach Randy Majors said ldquo;For us it is to be better on Monday at practice than we were when the tournament startedrdquo; How: The tournament is double elimination complete with playback roundsmdash; Patrick BahrPatrickBahrgjsentinelcom http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/70c3a4b5fea5a4de314d3c284005e554.html KKTV 11 Sports Reporter Jesse Kurtz was on his morning jog when he came upon a man who was injured from a bike accident and had been reported missing Thursday morning http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/092a012a3e426ed9509fb3a025329a56.html A home invasion Wednesday night in southeast Colorado Springs led to apolice chase and three arrests http://www.axtora.com/homesites/us/colorado/brookside/content/406a91b8b2f71788bb319f7c9c97f53b.html Qwest Communications says service was restored late Wednesday or early Thursday Partial service including 911 calls had been restored earlier