THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS Making holiday treats is serious work for area bakeries P16
50 CENTS
December 20, 2018
JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
A publication of
WINTER GRADUATION AT CSM
Graduates from the Colorado School of Mines applaud their fellow students’ accomplishments during the 2018 mid-year commencement ceremony on Dec. 14. A ceremony took place for both the graduate and undergraduate students. PHOTO COURTESY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES
FIRE FIGHT
A POWERFUL MESSAGE
P6
Pages 19-26
Retired West Metro firefighter suing department over retirement funds
Find out how young people of varying backgrounds want to make a difference in this week’s special report, “Hear My Voice”
THE BOTTOM LINE PERIODICAL
“Literature prompts us ... taking us into the past or the future, down alleys and into drainpipes, and even asking us to suspend disbelief as we enter into magical realism.” Columnist Andrea Doray | P14 INSIDE
VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 18 | SPORTS: PAGE 27
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