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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
N VOLUME 62 ISSUE 47
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
Celebrating homecoming Elk Run style
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CDOT: Changes on the horizon for U.S. 285 and Kings Valley BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Elk Run residents Janice Swenson and Rex Frye enjoy a dance during the center’s homecoming event last week.
Assisted living residents dance, sing, enjoy a party celebrating fall BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The seniors — at Elk Run Assisted Living — danced the afternoon away on Sept. 23, dressed in their finest with corsages and boutonnieres at their homecoming dance. A group of residents stood in a circle, dancing and singing to what could be considered the oldies by some, but the tunes were actu-
ally the songs of their youth. They belted out the lyrics to “How Sweet It Is to Be Loved By You” by Marvin Gaye, Beatles and Monkeys tunes, Roy Orbison’s “Pretty Woman” and John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” They even did the “Chicken Dance,” whether standing or sitting, and everyone got involved. Sedum and Sage, an Evergreen pop-up florist, providing the flowers, and staff and residents created the arrangements. The residents joined in a parade through the building, and while no homecoming king and queen were crowned, crowns were SEE HOMECOMING, P21
PHOTOS BY SARA HERTWIG
Lisa Carter, Elk Run’s director of admissions, makes the rounds dancing with residents during their homecoming event Sept. 23.
Plans to reconfigure the Kings Valley interchange on U.S. 285 have hit some snags, but CDOT still hopes to start construction in 2023 to help alleviate traffic accidents there. CDOT has just learned that property across from Kings Valley Marketplace — the Conley Coffee Shop — has received a historic designation, so the design team has gone back to the drawing board to make sure the property is not impacted. “We have to press pause. Now we need to look at ways to avoid (the property),” Mike Keleman, a CDOT project engineer, explained. CDOT is moving forward with its plan as residents along the 285 Corridor are urging more improvements to the highway immediately because of speeding, distracted driving, and the large number of left turns that can be made from driveways and side streets. An accident on the highway between Richmond Hill Road and Kings Valley Drive last month killed three people. The deaths have added more urgency to the efforts of area residents who have been lobbying CDOT for improvements. SEE CDOT, P12
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