 Hello and welcome to This Week in Laumont for September 25, 2020. I'm your host Sergio Angelos with Laumont Public Media. Let's get started. Laumont seeks applications for 2021 Human Service Agency funding. The City of Laumont has opened its 2021 application process for human service grants to community agencies that assist our most vulnerable residents to meet their individual in family's basic, physical, social, economic, and or emotional needs. Applications are due by 4 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2020. Late applications will not be accepted. To learn how to register or for more information, contact Eliberto Mendoza at 303-774-3511 or email at eliberto.mendoza laumontcolorado.gov. LPC adds new vehicle charging station at Laumont Public Library. Laumont Power and Communications has installed a new electric vehicle charging station at Laumont Public Library. The new library site means that Laumont now has five city-owned EV charging that are free for public use. The announcement comes just before National Drive Electric Week, which is held between September 26 and October 4. So come on down and charge your EV. Strider Glider Bike Race for Preschoolers Preschoolers ages two through five can showcase their balance biking skills during a morning of racing fun at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday, October 3 at Willow Farm Park at 901 South Fordham Street. Participants should bring their glider and helmet, which is required. Limited space is available and pre-registration is required. The registration deadline is 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30. For more information and to register, of which it's $15 per resident rider, please visit laumontcolorado.gov forward slash rec or call 303-651-8404. Register for more beer archaeology. Beer archaeologist Travis Rupp returns virtually to the library from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, October 8 with his presentation Beer as Remedy and Scapegoat for Illness and Antiquity. The popular speaker and CU lecturer will examine beer's relationship to illness and pandemics throughout history. This free online program is for adults aged 21 and older. Registration is required at bit.ly forward slash lib programs or call 303-651-8472 to sign up. Don't miss it. Shred your private documents for free. Take your boxed or bagged private documents to be shredded to the Waste Diversion Center at 140 Martin Street between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 10 for safe and secure recycling. This is for residential documents only. No business materials will be accepted. Also take identification and a copy of your most recent Laumont utility bill. For more information visit laumontcolorado.gov forward slash waste services or call 303-651-8416. So don't miss out on shredding your documents for free. Go out on a limerick and win. Laumont Power & Communications is holding a limerick contest for Public Power Week held October 4 through the 10th and two LPC customers could win a $100 downtown Laumont gift card. To enter simply write a limerick about why you love Laumont's community-owned power and send it to LPC. You can email your entry to LPC at LaumontColorado.gov. You can submit a Facebook message to Laumont Power & Communications next slide Facebook page or you can mail or hand deliver to 1100 South Sherman Street Laumont Colorado 80501. All entries must be received by October 10. For details and contest rules please visit LaumontColorado.gov forward slash Public Power Week. Kids' Bike Program Accepting Donations The volunteers at the Laumont Kids' Holiday Bike Program, sponsored by Bicycle Laumont, are accepting new and used children's bicycles with wheels with wheel sizes ranging from 12 to 24 inches. Functional bikes are preferred but flat tires are okay. These dedicated volunteers will ready the bikes for distribution to new young owners during the holiday season. You can donate bicycles until December 4 at any Laumont fire station. You can find fire station locations at bit.ly forward slash Laumont fire. So that's it for this week in Laumont. Thank you for tuning in and we'll catch you next week.