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🌱 How Castle Rock became Santa’s workshop for Colorado’s online students
Also, don't miss Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting on the Castle Rock Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How Castle Rock became Santa’s workshop for Colorado’s online students
- How did a Castle Rock suit-fighting tournament inspire Washington dreamers?
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- Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 63 and low of 39 degrees.
- Wednesday: Strong winds developing, temps: high: 65, low: 24.
- Thursday: Cooler; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 46 and low of 36 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Staff from online schools distribute gifts to students in need (castlerocknewspress.net) — Castle Rock is serving as the heart of a holiday gift drive, where online school teachers and staff turn a local space into a makeshift Santa’s workshop for students facing homelessness or housing instability. From here, volunteers wrap and organize personalized gifts and essentials for more than 100 children statewide, building face-to-face connections that support students’ emotional and academic lives well beyond the holidays. 
• Suit-Jitsu Needs to Come to Washington—Here's Why (talk1067.com) — A quirky jiu-jitsu tournament recently held in Castle Rock put fighters in sharp suits and even added prop weapons in the final minute of each match, echoing John Wick–style action. The writer uses that Colorado event to argue Washington State should launch its own Suit-Jitsu league, inviting readers to imagine watching formalwear grappling over a fancy dinner.
📸 Around Castle Rock
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Castle Rock
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- Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting
Town of Castle Rock Calendar , Central Service Center 1400 Caprice Drive , Castle Rock
5:00 pm - Historic Preservation Board
Philip S. Miller Building , 100 Third Street , Castle Rock
6:00 pm - Fair Board Meeting
Douglas County Fairgrounds , 500 Fairgrounds Road , Castle Rock
6:30 pm - Design Review Board Meeting - CANCELED
Town of Castle Rock Calendar , 100 N. Wilcox St. , Castle Rock
6:00 pm - Planning Commission Meeting
Town of Castle Rock Calendar , 100 N. Wilcox St. , Castle Rock
6:00 pm - Town offices closed today
Town of Castle Rock Calendar Castle Rock, CO 80104
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
Wednesday December 24
Thursday December 25
Friday December 26
📣 Castle Rock Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Holiday Tea
Cherokee Ranch & Castle , 6113 N Daniels Park Rd , Sedalia
1:00 pm - Girls/Boys Basketball Games vs Parker Core Knowledge
Challenge to Excellence Parker, CO 80134
4:00 pm - Daytime Book Club
Douglas County Libraries , 360 Village Square Ln , Castle Pines
1:00 pm - Timber Trail (Wednesdays): Oct 22 – Dec 17 (skip 11/26)
Timber Trail Elementary School , 690 Castle Pines Pkwy , Castle Pines
3:30 pm - Teen Library Connections
Douglas County Libraries , 360 Village Square Ln , Castle Pines
4:00 pm - Castle Tour
Cherokee Ranch & Castle , 6113 N Daniels Park Rd , Sedalia
10:00 am
Tuesday December 16
Wednesday December 17
Thursday December 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- UPDATE: OWNERS HAVE BEEN FOUND
Hi! We have found what I think may be a Siberian Husky. We found her in front of our house on Millwagon Trail in the Meadows. She has a pink collar… (Nextdoor Meadows South) - I’m looking for a landscaper that can come clean up my front yard!
Please let me know if you have a great one that’s looking for some extra work before it snows. (Nextdoor Cobblestone Ranch)
- Target posted a job opening for General Merchandise, Closing, Fulfillment (T2219) in Parker. Apply here.
- Keurig Dr Pepper posted a job opening for Merchandiser Stocker in Parker. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Castle Rock here.
🗞 Nearby News
Castle Pines
- The Wealthiest Small Town in Colorado Is Hiding in Plain Sight (retro1025.com)
Parker
- Colorado K-9's Nose Leads to Massive Drug Bust with 30,000 Fentanyl Pills (k99.com)
Larkspur
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