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ASARCO site to get new life

FATEFUL FOURTH QUARTER

By Tammy Kranz

tkranz@colorado communitymedia.com The 77.53-acre former smelting and refining site northwest of East 51st Avenue and Washington Street is poised to become a new light industrial and office development. The Adams County Board of Commissioners approved plans for the development for approximately 62.4 acres that lies within the county borders at its Oct. 28 meeting. The rest of the site is in County of Denver. “I think this is a great development,” said board Chair Charles “Chaz” Tedesco. “I think it will bring up that area and add businesses and jobs.” The development, which will be called Crossroads Commerce Park at Globeville, will breathe new life into the property Life continues on Page 14

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Legacy junior quarterback Matt Lynch (5) looks to pass the ball in the 49-24 loss to Eaglecrest on Friday night in the first round of 5A playoffs. Lynch had 139 rushing yards and passed for 114 yards. See sports on Page 15. Photo by Pam Wagner

Special notes from Santa Elves bring cheer around holidays By Tammy Kranz

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tkranz@colorado communitymedia.com When Santa’s elves at The Senior Hub work on letters to good boys and girls, they do more than scrawl signatures on a piece of paper. They make sure to personalize each and every letter, sometimes spending a couple days on just one to get the wording right. “You know it’s going to bring happiness to a kid and a whole family when it’s opened and it feels good to be part of that magical moment,” said Calinda Bowman, one of the head elves at The Senior Hub. The Letters from Santa program began in 2010 and is a fundraiser for The Senior Hub, a nonprofit based in Federal Heights that works the quality of life for older adults through advocacy, community partnerships and a variety of direct services that help sustain independence. The letters cost a $5 donation each. “It doesn’t make us a lot of money but we all love doing it,” said Renee Dees, development and community relations director

with The Senior Hub. “It’s a lot of fun.” People who wish to send the letter need to fill out the form, which is available at www.seniorhub.org. The form asks for the child’s name, address, age, gender and a recent accomplishment or special note that Santa or his elves can add to the letter to personalize it. “So the typical things parents of 2-year-olds put is they learned to go potty by themselves,” Dees said. While typically the letters go to children, the program is opened to anyone of any age. Sending letters to senior citizens in nursing homes is also popular. “Basically just so they can get mail,” Dees said. “They don’t normally get mail in nursing homes too much so that’s exciting for them.” The letters return address states “Santa’s Workshop” and there is nothing on the letter or envelope saying who requested the letter. Some of the backstories of the letters are sad. Last year they sent out a letter to a man who lost everything he owned in the flood. One year Santa had to tell a child that everything was going to be OK after one of his parents died. “Even if the content is sad, we try to keep it upbeat,” Dees said. The farthest a letter has been sent is Australia.

Santa and his elves at The Senior Hub work on personalizing letters sent out to people of all ages for Christmas. Courtesy photo

‘They don’t normally get mail in nursing homes too much so that’s exciting for them.’ Renee Dees, Development and community relations director The program generally averages about 200 letters annually, but Dees said she would like to see that get to 500 this year. Forms

must be received by Dec. 8. Santa’s elves will hold a potluck on Dec. 17 and get to work personalizing the letters.


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