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WEEK OF DECEMBER 15, 2022
VOLUME 64 ISSUE 6
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Man taken into custody in connection with 6 burglaries 3 businesses burglarized in Kittredge on Dec. 2, plus 3 others in Evergreen BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
West Jefferson Middle School principal Kim Halingstad makes her way out of a dunk tank on Dec. 2. Halingstad braved high winds, cold temperatures and icy water to be dunked as a reward for students raising more than $20,000 for the school. PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST
Falling for her students West Jeff Middle principal Halingstad braves a dunk tank as a reward for kindness BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
West Jefferson Middle School Principal Kim Halingstad agreed to be dunked in a tank if students raised more than $20,000 for the school by performing acts of kindSEE DUNK TANK, P3
The wind blows principal Kim Halingstad’s hair as she waits for the next person to try to dunk her.
A Littleton man has been arrested on suspicion of committing six burglaries — three in Kittredge on Dec. 2 and three in Evergreen on Nov. 2. Titus Emilyon, Titus Emilyon 38, is facing six COURTESY OF JEFFCO SHERIFF counts of seconddegree burglary, six counts of third-degree burglary, felony criminal mischief and misdemeanor theft. According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, Emilyon has a history of committing commercial burglaries and was on parole for a burglary conviction when he was arrested. JCSO investigators have been investigating almost 20 other commercial burglaries in unincorporated Jefferson County dating back SEE BURGLARIES, P5
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Christmas tea Gift wrapping
2 Cookie walk 9 Life
4 Fire briefs 12 EPRD
7 Opinion 14 Worship
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