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This Father's Day Gift Guide is packed with the best options! You'll find gifts for the cook, gamer, sportsman, and every day superhero!

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day – everyone has memories of these two days. It is a time to reflect on the past year and in our case that was 2020. A year that will go down hopefully in flames like a phoenix and be resurrected in 2021. A new year marked with hope, renewed economy, and the end to the COVID-19 pandemic and all that entailed.

Tablesettings are as unique as the person who creates them. The Whitlock family is a military family but they are so much more. Ashlee and Luke have nourished a warm and loving family with their son, Carter and continue that family devotion to their community. They participate in many holiday favorites, from ringing the bell for the Salvation Army or laying wreaths at the gravesites of fallen military members with Wreaths Across America.

Who wouldn't want to sit at this beautiful table and enjoy their Thanksgiving meal with family and friends? The Hoiles family created an elegant tablesetting with an abundance of warmth and togetherness. Without the usual fanfare of Thanksgiving due to COVID-19, the Hoiles still made the event special with their Thanksgiving holiday decorations.

"You’re looking at a vastly different pop landscape than you were in 2009, and 2010s music has come up with new and unprecedented ways to engage your ears." (Udiscovermusic)

As we read Anna's article on "What to Keep from the Crisis", The Maverick Observer Staff came up with their picks of what we would like to keep following this pandemic.

During our stay-at-home order we binge-watched all the James Bond movies, starting in 1962, cooked until we got tired of our own cooking and video chatted with long lost relatives. Starting April 27th, Governor Polis moved us into the safer-at-home phase in Colorado Springs, but what to do now?

"The 2000's was the Best Decade for Music. Ever. The rise of digital music and electronic distribution changed the face of music forever." (SongFacts)

The 1990's was considered the best decade for music because of the phenomenal artists from Nirvana to Whitney Houston to Shania Twain. All genres - rock, rap, pop, punk and country - were incredible!

A real mix-up of stars that created these albums. They pulled your heartstrings with mellow words and emotions with a heavy beat!