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The Smithtonians Handbell Choir knows how to ring in the holidays.

In what has become an annual tradition, the choir performed a collection of yule tunes before a packed Bemis Library in Littleton on Sunday. The choir will bring its show back to town on Sunday, Dec. 14, when it performs during the Littleton Museum’s Holiday’s Evening event.

Clement Park is nearly 30 years old and looks tired, said Ron Hopp, executive director of the Foothills Park and Recreation District, which manages the property for Jeffco Open Space.

To fund repairs and redevelopment at the park, Foothills has asked Jeffco Open Space for a $1 million grant to help cover $2.35 million in projects, most of which would go to replace the malfunctioning irrigation system and pump station, Hopp said.

The following are all-conference selections for 5A Jeffco volleyball during the 2014 fall season:

5A JEFFCO
FIRST TEAM
Mikaila Paxton, OH, Arvada West; Jozy Carlacci-King, OH, Bear Creek; Kendall Stillwell, L, Bear Creek; Amelia Metzler, setter/RS, Chatfield; Anne-Liese Golletz, M, Chatfield; Hannah Boyle, OH, Columbine; Debbie Martinez, L, Dakota Ridge; Raegen Jackson, MB, Lakewood; Kate Pierro, MB, Lakewood; Julia Baskin, OH, Pomona; Simone Gibeau, OH, Ralston Valley; Ali Williams, OH, Ralston Valley

DENVER — Dakota Ridge senior co-ed cheer captain Tyler Richey is the embodiment of cheerleading — enthusiastic, positive and full of spirit all mixed into a compact, athletic, bouncy frame. 

She wears an enormous smile, almost as big as the bow perched atop her high ponytail, whenever she speaks, but as soon as her team left the floor at the Denver Coliseum on Dec. 5 it seemed as though Richey’s perkiness was merely a façade covering deep-seated worry.