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WEEK OF MAY 11, 2023
VOLUME 64 | ISSUE 27
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Parmalee Elementary’s diamond anniversary JCOS announces Kittredge Park boundary settlement
Community celebrates school’s success, smalltown atmosphere BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The atmosphere at Parmalee Elementary School was a combination birthday party and reunion celebration as the school honored its 60th diamond anniversary. The low-key open house on May 3 began with a rousing chorus of “Happy Birthday to You,” followed by lots of cake cut by 23-year principal Ingrid Mielke — served to current and former students, parents, former faculty and more. While the children had a dance party in the gymnasium, the adults toured the school, spoke with old and new friends, and looked at 60 years’ worth of yearbooks. Some tried to find themselves in class photos. The biggest change, many noted, is the increasing enrollment and how the building itself has changed. The entryway has moved, classrooms have moved to accommodate a SEE PARMALEE, P2
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Parmalee Elementary School principal Ingrid Mielke cuts a cake commemorating the PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST school’s 60th birthday at a celebration on May 3.
Now that a lawsuit over property rights at Kittredge Park has been settled, it’s time to move forward, honor private property lines, be respectful and heal the community, officials told a group at a meeting to announce the next steps. “We worked very hard with both parties to figure out something that made sense in terms of providing access to the creek that many of you have enjoyed for many decades,” Tom Hoby, director of Jeffco Open Space, said at a meeting May 3 at the Buchanan Park Recreation Center. JCOS owns the park property. The Evergreen Park & Recreation District, which operates the park, is hosting one of its Ever-Clean days at the park on June 29, and in addition to the regular park cleanup, district SEE SETTLEMENT, P4
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