Human Bean to hold regional toy drive

Human Bean Northern Colorado locations will hold a toy drive from Nov. 9 through Dec. 3. Customers can bring new and unwrapped gifts for young children and teens to any of the 10 drive-thru locations. Collected donations will be distributed to Serve 6.8 of Loveland, Santa Cops of Weld County and Life Stories of Greeley to deliver to children in their respective communities.

“Gifts for all ages, especially teens, are needed this year, and we are so grateful to these organizations that will help us distribute them to different areas of northern Colorado,” Krista Smith, assistant director of operations for The Human Bean Northern Colorado, said in a news release. “There are so many parents struggling to provide a joyous holiday for their children, it’s comforting for customers to know they could be helping a neighbor in their own town.”

To kick off the drive on Thursday, Nov. 9, The Human Bean will host each nonprofit at one of their loc​ations for Guest Barista Day:  Serve 6.8 will be at 6180 E. Crossroads Blvd. in Loveland. Santa Cops of Weld County will be at 6505 W. 29th St. in Greeley. Life Stories will be at 3665 W. 10th St. in Greeley. Each of those three locations will be donating 10 percent of sales made on Nov. 9.

NoCo Brews & Bites scheduled Nov. 15

NoCo Brews & Bites will celebrate the Northern Colorado drinks-and-dining scene and raise money for scholarships for people studying hospitality.

Hosted by the Colorado Restaurant Association Northern Colorado Chapter and the Colorado Restaurant Foundation, the event will feature snacks from eight local restaurants and unlimited pours from area breweries to raise funds for Colorado State University hospitality scholarships and nine Larimer and Weld County Colorado ProStart® high school programs, which provide scholarships and hospitality education to hundreds of young people.

Participating businesses include Blue Agave Grill, Chicken Salad Chick, Luna’s Tacos & Tequila, The Still Whiskey Steaks, Wing Shack, Grüvi, Horse & Dragon Brewing Co., Odell Brewing Co., Wiley Roots Brewing Co. and CopperMuse.

The event will take place at 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15, at Opera Galleria, 123 N. College Ave., Fort Collins.

Tickets are $40, available at corestaurant.org/event/noco-brews-bites.

NoCo Brews & Bites is for ages 21 and older.

Iraq War documentary to be shown Thursday

The Lyric Cinema, 1209 N. College Ave., will present the documentary, “What I Want You to Know,” at 6:30  p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, about the origins and consequences of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

The film features war veterans who share personal stories from their deployments and ask “What was it all for? and How can we stop it from happening again?” followed by a 45-minute question and answer session with two local war veterans who bring their perspectives to these wars.

Panelists are co-executive producer and Iraq veteran, Travis Weiner, who currently serves as senior deputy state public defender in Weld County, and Ben Schrader, an Iraq veteran and Colorado State University faculty member.

Suggested ticket amount is $10, but in the pay-what-you-can system tickets can be obtained from free to $20. For tickets, visit lyriccinema.com.

In Brief

• Downtown Fort Collins Bon Appétit Week will be held from Friday, Nov. 10, to Sunday, Nov. 19. More than 30 downtown restaurants will offer food and drink specials. The featured menu specials can be viewed at downtownfortcollins.com/dine/bon-appetit.

• The National Onion Association (NOA) has awarded its “Certified Delicious” award to CJ’s Patio Grill in Loveland for its onion rings. NOA has designated the restaurant’s onion rings as “Certified Delicious” on the National Onion Association website, onions-usa.org/news/certified-delicious, according to a news release.  “With onion rings becoming a staple on pubs’ and breweries’ menus over the years, it has become easy to cut corners and serve frozen onion rings,” Greg Yielding, executive vice president and chief executive of the NOA, said. “But making them from scratch gives this classic a special touch worthy of recognition.”

• Bonefish Grill will offer a free order of the restaurant’s Bang Bang Shrimp with a soft drink to service members, veterans and first responders with valid ID on Veterans Day, available all day Nov. 11, with no purchase required. Year round, Bonefish Grill offers a 10% off Heroes Discount to service members, veterans and first responders. Website: bonefishgrill.com.

• Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers is participating in a month-long giveback with its national charity partner, Folds of Honor. Through Nov. 30, guests will have the option to give back to Folds of Honor by rounding up to the nearest dollar in-restaurant or selecting a $1, $3, $5 or $10 donation when ordering in-app or online. Folds of Honor has provided scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen or disabled service members since 2007. Beginning in 2022, its mission expanded to include the families of America’s first responders.

• El Pomar Foundation is seeking applicants for its 2024 fellowship and summer internship programs. The fellowship is a paid, two-year program for recent college graduates and early career professionals. The internship is a similar, condensed 10-week summer opportunity for current undergraduate students. Applications for the fellowship are open through Jan. 7, and for the internship through Feb. 9. For details, visit elpomar.org/fellowship or email recruiting@elpomar.org.

• More than 1,000 participants logged over 1,200 miles during the 18th Annual Total Joint Surgery Walk hosted by Orthopaedic & Spine Center of the Rockies (OCR). Held throughout the entire month of September, the walk celebrated the accomplishments of all patients who have had joint surgery and are back to moving like they used to, according to a news release. This year’s event marked OCR’s fourth year hosting the event virtually for all patients, current and past.

• All American Services LLC of Greeley has been assigned a patent (No. US 11796172 B2, initially filed May 26, 2020) developed by Justin Curtis Carlson of Johnstown and Jacob Micah Pape of Commerce City for “Portable flaring apparatus.”

• Avago Technologies International Sales Ltd. of Singapore has been assigned a patent (No. US 11799321 B1, initially filed Aug. 18, 2022) developed by three inventors, including Marc Keppler of Windsor and Jim Le of Fort Collins, for “Impedance matching for wireless power transfer.

• Hach Co. of Loveland has been assigned a patent (No. US 11796549 B2, initially filed Feb. 12, 2021) developed by three inventors, Vishnu Vardhanan Rajasekharan, Cary Burton Jackson and Russell Young, all of Fort Collins, for “Real-time management of analyte recovery.”

• Micron Technology Inc. of Boise, Idaho, has been assigned a patent (No. US 11797376 B2, initially filed Dec. 13, 2022) developed by three inventors, including Anita Marguerite Ekren of Loveland, for “Adaptive background scans in a memory sub-system.”

• Quantum Corp. of San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (No. US 11798593 B2, initially filed Oct. 27, 2020) developed by four inventors, including Clark Janssen of Loveland, for “Magnetic tape media cartridge with increased tape media capacity.”

• Super Vacuum Manufacturing Co. Inc. of Fort Collins has been assigned a patent (No. US 11795970 B2, initially filed Aug. 25, 2021) developed by Roger Weinmeister of Windsor and Thomas Falloon of Fort Collins, for “Portable fan.”

• Transocean Innovation Labs Ltd. of George Town Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands has been assigned a patent (No. US 11795776 B2, initially filed April 1, 2021) developed by four inventors, James Edward Kersey of Loveland, and Guy Robert Babbitt, Nicholas Paul Echter and Kristina Weyer-Geigel, all of Fort Collins, for “Manifolds for providing hydraulic fluid to a subsea blowout preventer and related methods.”

• Woodward Inc. of Fort Collins has been assigned a patent (No. US 11796990 B2, initially filed Aug. 24, 2021) developed by three inventors, including Tena K. Britt of Loveland, for “Model based monitoring of faults in electro-hydraulic valves.”

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