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🌱 Downtown Boulder's Holiday Lights Turned On + The Baby Carrot Story

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Hello, everybody! It's Monday in Boulder and I'm back in your inbox to get you caught up on all the most important things happening in the community, including news about:

  • Downtown Boulder switches on the holiday lights!
  • Marshall Fire first-responders celebrated in Louisville.
  • Where do baby carrots come from?

Monday's weather: Plenty of sunshine. High: 48 Low: 28.

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Here are the top stories in Boulder today:

  1. Downtown Boulder's annual Switch on the Holidays event has huge turn out. It was a chilly evening, but hundreds gathered in front of the historic Boulder County Courthouse on the Pearl Street Mall on Sunday night for the annual lighting ceremony. The event included appearances by Santa, Freezie the Snowman and a special preview of the Boulder Ballet's upcoming "Nutcracker" performance. (Yahoo!)
  2. Marshall Fire first responders honored in Louisville ceremony. The first responders appreciation event was held at the Louisville Middle School on Saturday afternoon. It was organized to thank those that helped out during last years' Marshall Fire. (FOX31)
  3. Demand is high and resources are stretched thin, as nonprofit distributes food to hundreds for upcoming holiday. Hundreds of cars lined up at Arapahoe Community College on Saturday to take advantage of a box food giveaway for Thanksgiving. Volunteers helped to provide families and individuals thousands of pounds of food. (Citizen)
  4. Man's BMW in Cherry Creek neighborhood in Denver ransacked by thieves. Video captures thieves breaking into a car and stealing the stuff left in the vehicle. Juergen Waldvogel says this is the third time cars in the are have been broken into over the past year. (KDVR)
  5. Where do baby carrots come from? The baby carrot is a fairly new invention. After seeing more than half his crop tossed due to odd shaped carrots in the mid-1980s, Mike Yurosek and his son Dave, came up with the idea to cut and peel those rejected carrots and turn them into baby carrots. The rest is history. (CBS News)

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Today in Boulder:

  • Citizenship Class: Boulder Public Library. (5:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Rainbow Elders of Boulder County: 22nd Annual Lavender Gala on Dec. 4. (Yellow Scene)
  • Open Doors recognizes CU Boulder for hosting international students, sending students abroad. (University of Colorado Boulder)

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You're all caught up for today. I'll see you back in your inbox Tuesday morning with another edition of the Boulder Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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