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"Where are you from?" is a question I've never known how to answer. I've had 24 different addresses that I remember, and depending on the context I might give different responses. I went to high school in Indiana.

As a small child, Laura Pritchett wrote in her first diary, "I want to be a riter [sic] someday," and, after a lot of ups and downs and twists and turns, she did.

Each week Dan Benavidez and Longmont Public Safety Chief Mike Butler invite a guest to join them on their Belonging Revolution Walk.

Photo courtesy of Rose Cardella and J.J. Zepp *Warning this podcast may contain explicit language. The thoughts and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the contributors and may not necessarily be shared by the Longmont Observer.

Break time--Michelle McFarland LCB Saxophone ensemble--Michelle McFarland Holiday Tree--Lisa Barber-Taylor

Longmont city government observes the Christmas holiday on Tuesday, December 25. All City facilities will be closed. Trash, recycling and composting collection will be one day later than usual following the holiday.

Roosevelt Park is festooned with lights these days, brightening the dark winter sky for scores of ice skaters revolving around the rink. The sun set on Friday, December 21 st at 4:38 pm.

THEFT The employee of a Longmont business reported a theft in the 200 block of Ken Pratt Boulevard. This case is open. THEFT On Friday, 12/21/18, a report was taken in reference to a theft which occurred in the 2500 block of Main Street.

Photo from pixabay.com Longmont is again seeing scammers who are able to make it appear as if they are calling from a legitimate number, including the City of Longmont.

This past Thursday evening, I attended the dress rehearsal of the 18th annual performance of The Nutcracker by the Centennial State Ballet.