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- 1 2 "Mary Lou Makepeace, Class of '79" (PDF). UCCS.
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- ↑ "Makepeace replaces Mayor Isaac". Colorado Springs Business Journal. 4 April 1997.
- ↑ "I decided to fish". Colorado Springs Business Journal. 19 March 1999.
- ↑ "Farewell, Mayor Rivera". Colorado Springs Independent. 2 June 2011.
- ↑ "Mary Lou Makepeace announced as Inside/Out Youth Services interim executive director". Colorado Springs Independent. 30 August 2017.