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WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 22, 2022
N VOLUME 63 ISSUE 46
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Parents, staff hear plans, discuss pros, cons of combining The Bergens BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Living Room Band performs Sept. 17 at Canyonfest to a large audience. Music, food, a beer garden, children’s games and vendor PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST booths — plus the annual duck races — make the event fun for all ages.
A Kittredge fall festival for all ages Canyonfest a day of music, games, food and fun BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There was something for everyone at Kittredge’s annual Canyonfest on Sept. 17. From the live music to the food and beer garden to the kids games and bounce house, plus the vendor booths — and don’t forget the annual duck races every half hour — smiles were on the faces of young and old alike.
The September festival is the largest fundraiser for the Kittredge Civic Association. Proceeds this year will help with making improvements to its community building. Russett Goulding, a longtime Canyonfest organizer, was in charge of the children’s games — the sponge toss, a fishing-forprizes game and a game similar to a bean bag toss only children used plastic
Chris Kellogg, president of the Kittredge Civic Association, cheers after he dumps 30 ducks into Bear Creek for one of several duck races.
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Bergen Meadow Elementary School parents and staff have learned more about plans to close the school and move students in with its sister school, Bergen Valley, and they are generally in favor of the plan. About a dozen attended a meeting hosted by Jeffco Public Schools officials on Sept. 13 to hear more about the pending closure and the school district’s next steps. They learned that the plan is to expand Bergen Valley, so there is room for up to four classes of each grade level plus room for a preschool. They also learned that parents and staff members will have input into designing the addition. Officials will work on better access to Bergen Valley and better traffic patterns for parents dropping off and picking up students, especially since four bus routes aren’t operating this school year because of the bus driver shortage. “We are committed to making sure the opportunity before us is the best it can be for students,” Community SEE THE BERGENS, P5
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4 SOTA 11 Life
6 Morrison briefs 12 New pastor
7 Opinion 14 Sheriff’s calls
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