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BREAKING GROUND:

Center for the Arts Evergreen sta grab shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony for an addition to the center along with others involved with the addition.

Center for the Arts Evergreen starts addition to gallery

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a historic day at Center for the Arts Evergreen when o cials

broke ground on an addition that has been years in the making. Friends, donors and gallery sta gathered on May 10 to grab shovels full of soil and to celebrate this mile-

stone that will put a 5,000-squarefoot addition onto the back of the building.

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Brandon Stup, a Boy Scout from Troop 1776, increased storage space in the Evergreen Animal Protective League storage unit as his service project to ful ll the requirements to become an Eagle Scout. Brandon met with EAPL to discuss its needs and then met with his troop leaders to help him design the shelving. Plans were drawn up and approved by EAPL and the Scouting District. Brandon did the fundraising, purchased the supplies and organized his troop. In three work days, they cut the wood, constructed the shelving units and installed

them. EAPL is grateful to be the recipient of this Eagle project.

First-grade artists at Bergen Meadow Elementary School celebrated completing their commissioned artwork at a party in their honor at El Rancho Colorado. e student artists collaborated to create 12 canvases of abstract artwork that will hang in the Buchalter law rm’s main o ce area and conference room.

Robert Hinckley, who manages the Denver o ce for Buchalter, and is the dad of a rst grader, hoped students would experience what profes-

of the rst graders, school o cials, and representatives from the law rm — attended to laud the student artists’ success.

TallGrass Spa and Salon in Evergreen has been recognized as a winner of the national 2023 Top Workplaces award, locally sponsored by e Denver Post.

TallGrass is a seven-time winner in a program designed to highlight exceptional people-centric workplace cultures at organizations across the country. TallGrass is the only spa to be recognized in the Colorado region.

e Top Workplaces award is based on feedback from employees who complete a survey that measures a company’s values, appreciation, employee development and growth, innovation, clued-in leadership, pay, bene ts, training, expectations, and work-life exibility. It is administered by the national employer-recognition organization Energage.

With programs like exible scheduling, opportunities for continuing education and community outreach activities, TallGrass emphasizes enhancement of team members’ work-life balance. Creative strategy sessions put employees front and center.

EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Kyler Yarnell, of Morrison, received the Joseph L. & Marjorie E. Petz Scholarship and Robert and Nancy Kroese Endowed Scholarship for the 2022-23 academic year from Central College in Pella, Iowa, for a high commitment to academic achievement. Yarnell is a member of the class of 2025.

Lily Mott, of Evergreen, was initiated into the Washington and Lee University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. Students initiated into the society must be sopho-

mores, juniors, seniors or graduate/ professional students in the top 35% ship experience and embrace the ODK ideals.

Laela Evans, of Evergreen was recognized with the Biology Service Award at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi.

Dre Da Silva, of Evergreen, has been named to the fall 2022 chancellor’s list at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Students earning a 3.9 or higher GPA are placed on the chancellor’s list.

e following area students have been named to the scholastic honor roll for winter 2023 at Oregon State University. Students must have a 3.5 or better GPA to make the scholastic honor roll. ey are: Gabrielle Fuentes, a freshman majoring in business administration from Pine; Jenna M. Stricker, a freshman majoring in general engineering from Conifer; Cyrus Bickell, a sophomore majoring in electrical and computer engineering from Evergreen; Kari L. Hoy, a sophomore majoring in political science from Evergreen; Sydney Van Der Zee, a sophomore majoring in microbiology from Evergreen; Avery J. Myers, a freshman majoring in environmental sciences from Morrison; Abby J. Simmons, a freshman majoring in oceanography from Morrison; and Chloe H. Petitpas, a junior majoring in business administration from Pine.

Taylor Jacobson, of Evergreen, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2022 semester at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. Jacobson is a freshman majoring in architectural studies.

e Grove City College debate team of which Ginger Schi mayer of Evergreen is a member captured a national championship at the Pi Kappa Delta National Tournament at West Chester University.

Schi mayer won the National Parliamentary Debate Association debate.

Boy Scout Brandon Stup, center, with the volunteers who helped him build shelves in the Evergreen Animal Protective League storage shed.

Bergen Meadow first graders Charlotte Sorensen, Catalina Williams, Valentin Davchev, Samira Davcheva and Vivian Hinckley stand with Robert Hinckley Jr., manager of the Buchalter law firm. The first graders created abstract art that will hang in the law firm’s o ce. COURTESY PHOTOS

“ is is an addition that is for the community and by the community,” said Lisa Nierenberg, CAE’s executive director. “We have raised the dollars from members of the community, and it is being built for the community.”

She noted that art was part of everyone’s lives, and CAE o ers something for everyone, whether a CAE enthusiast or someone who attends an occasional event.

“And we want everyone to enjoy it,” she said of the gallery, events and classes CAE o ers.

CAE has been in the former Bergen Park Church at 31880 Rocky Village Drive since 2017, and it houses a gallery, classroom space and sta o ces. An addition has always been part of the plan.

e two-story addition, which is expected to be completed in December, will have a state-of-the-art ceramics studio, private artists’ studios, a common artists area, classroom space, community space for up to 200 people, sta o ces and a studio for an artist-in-residence.

e price tag is $2.5 million, higher than originally anticipated, and CAE continues to raise funds to pay for the addition. To see more about the plans and to donate to the e ort, visit buildourvision.org.

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Lisa Nierenberg, executive director of Center for the Arts Evergreen, speaks to the group that gathered for the groundbreaking for an addition to the gallery.

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285 corridor fire district consolidation moves forward

Elk Creek Fire approves consolidation resolution

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Plans to ask voters in three re districts on the U.S. 285 corridor whether to consolidate moved forward when the Elk Creek Fire board voted to approve a consolidation resolution.

If North Fork and Inter-Canyon re districts also approve the resolution by June 22 — and both are expected to — that sets in motion requirements to put two issues on the November ballot: whether the three districts should consolidate and whether voters approve property tax increases up to 16 mills to pay for the consolidated district. Voters in all three districts must approve both ballot measures before the consolidation can take place.

e Elk Creek Fire board voted 4-1 on May 11 to approve both the consolidation resolution and a preconsolidation intergovernmental agreement with North Fork and Inter-Canyon.

Board member Chuck Newby had the dissenting vote. He provided written statements to the board about why he was against the two measures, saying he believes consol-

idation likely would degrade services to Elk Creek residents, and since no consolidation planning process had been performed, a vote on the resolutions was premature.

Board member Sharon Woods reminded residents attending the meeting that approving the consolidation agreement did not mean the re board approved consolidation. e vote allowed the district to move forward with the process.

A survey of residents in all three re districts performed by Magellan Strategies, the rm hired by the districts to perform the survey, found between 69% and 80% of respondents favored the three re departments consolidating, and when the survey provided additional information on what consolidation would mean, those percentages increased

slightly.

is is the second time the Elk Creek Fire board voted on the preconsolidation intergovernmental agreement. At the April meeting, Newby objected to a vote because the agreement was added to the agenda only a few hours before the meeting, not giving him and the public time to read the agreement and ask questions.

Board President Greg Pixley apologized for the late addition to the April agenda, saying he forgot to have it added ahead of time. He explained there was no malicious intent, and he was not trying to shove the agreement past everyone.

If voters approve consolidation, the new re department would be called the Conifer Fire Protection District.

Pre-consolidation agreement

e pre-consolidation intergovernmental agreement delineates what information each district would supply to the other two such as property and equipment inventories, employee rosters, contracts with suppliers, nancial audits, pending litigation and more.

It also sets up how a new governing board would be created if voters approve consolidation. Initially, the consolidated district would be governed by members of all of the current boards and as elections come up, the new governing board would move to ve at-large members by May 2027.

John Chmil, Elk Creek’s attorney, said the goal of the document was to get all districts on the same page.

“Overall this is what I call a planning document,” Chmil said. “It’s intended to establish a clear set of expectations and timeline from start to nish. Once all agree to the IGA, then all three districts are marching in same direction. … Ultimately it’s aimed at setting up expectations.”

In response to questions, Chmil explained that there’s no termination date to the agreement in case the consolidation measures fail in November. e agreement could stay in e ect if the three districts wanted to try to consolidate again.

The Elk Creek Fire board has approved a consolidation resolution that moves forward asking voters whether they want the department to consolidate with North Fork and Inter-Canyon fire departments.

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Elk Creek Fire to consider impact-fee policy

e Elk Creek Fire board wants to nd ways to ask developers for fees to o set costs the re department incurs to provide re ghting and emergency medical services.

e board plans to have a work session to discuss creating a matrix to use to determine such fees no matter whether the development is commercial, residential or on public land. is would allow the board to be proactive rather than reacting to proposed developments in the re district.

e discussion at the May 11 meeting comes after a contentious discussion in April when board member Chuck Newby wanted the re department to nd mechanisms to o set the costs of emergency medical services that Elk Creek could provide if the Shadow Mountain Bike Park proposal is approved by the Je erson County commissioners.

While that motion was defeated in April, the board asked Fire Chief Jacob Ware to look at emergency medical service costs.

Ware said on May 11 that it was time for the department to have a policy that would t all proposed development scenarios rather than reacting to individual developments as they arise. He noted that the department also reacted to other development in previous years because it didn’t have a policy in place.

Other re departments, he said, use one of three methods to assess fees: payment in lieu of taxes, service fees and impact fees.

“What we need to do is not look at individual development but at many possibilities,” Ware said. “Development will continue to come. Rather than being reactionary, we should anticipate what we need.”

Newby said he would like to hear the pluses and minuses of the three approaches, so the board could give Ware and the district’s attorney direction.

Board member Sharon Woods suggested that the district could nd a consultant who works with the di erent fee-assessment methods to get more information and recommendations.

The Elk Creek Fire board has approved a consolidation resolution that moves forward asking voters whether they want the department to consolidate with North Fork and Inter-Canyon fire departments.

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Working together to fight wildland fires

Evergreen Fire/Rescue hosts training for six entities

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e phrase “It takes a village” is true in re ghting, especially when it comes to attacking wild res.

About 80 re ghters from multiple agencies learned more about working together and wild re- ghting

techniques during an all-day training hosted by Evergreen Fire Rescue on May 13. Joining EFR were Clear Creek, Genesee, Foothills and Indian Hills re departments plus the Highland Rescue Team and Je co Open Space.

It’s important that re departments have established a rapport and know how to communicate especially since departments request mutual aid if res grow, according to Einar Jensen, a spokesman for Evergreen Fire/Rescue.

“ is is a great opportunity to do mountain training, especially up

here,” Capt. Dan Noell with the Clear Creek Fire Authority said. “ ese are the departments who are going to respond.”

Foothills Fire Chief Rod Cameron said the face-to-face training was bene cial, so re ghters know each other and are familiar with di erent departments’ routines.

e re ghters moved through three training sites: laying hoses to ght a wild re, digging lines around a wild re and assessing structures to determine whether they could survive a wild re.

Since teamwork was the goal of

the day, the three groups of re ghters had representatives from all of the departments, so they worked together on the tasks.

ere were no actual ames involved in the training. Nonetheless, re ghters imagined how they would react if a wild re was moving in their direction.

Laying hoses

Fire crews practiced laying hoses in Elk Meadow and running the pumps necessary to get water to

Members of Clear Creek Fire Authority attach a second hose to a splitter during a training session on May 13 in Elk Meadow Park.

Peter Greenstone from Genesee Fire Protection District shows local area firefighters di erent tools to use for digging firelines around wildland fires.

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Oliver Stone has a new movie, “Nuclear Now,” that made its Colorado debut in Boulder on May 1. In it, Stone argues that the grave risks posed by climate change require we embrace nuclear energy.

A few hours before, at a hearing in Denver, state legislators heard an even more urgent equation. “Anybody who opposes nuclear I believe is a climate denier,” an individual testi ed before the Senate Transportation and Energy Committee.

And in Pueblo that evening, city council members heard about a committee formed by Xcel Energy to study options to replace tax base, jobs, and electrical generation once the last coal plant there closes. e group will hear about nuclear.

In the background is the federal government, o ering gambling money on all sorts of decarbonization solutions, including nuclear.

People on the left and right nd common ground in support of nuclear energy, but their motivations di er. Some, like Stone, the movie-maker, are driven by the existential danger posed by climate change. Even the pleasant days of spring are spoiled by news that the carbon dioxide detector atop Mauna Loa recently rolled past 425 parts per million, up from 315 ppm in the 1950s. We’re dancing ever farther on the snow cornice, ddling with our phones in busy tra c. We’re irting with real danger here.

Some in Colorado see nuclear energy replacing coal plants. e last coal unit at Pueblo will close no later than 2031. Xcel has guaranteed property tax revenues through 2040, but not to 2070, the original retirement date. Craig also faces giant uncertainties. Increased tourism?

“We don’t want to become sheetchangers,” one Mo at County landowner told me.

Western Montrose County, where a uranium boom occurred during the 1950s — and which lost a small coal plant in 2019, is also interested in nuclear.

HB23-1247, titled “Assess Advanced Energy Solutions in Colorado,” now awaiting the governor’s signature, will direct study of nuclear energy but also other options. All have upsides but questions marks. Green hydrogen, made from renewables and water, can store energy for use when renewables are unavailable. However, the technology remains costly. Too, some scientists question whether accidental release of hydrogen into the atmosphere will create as many problems as it solves.

Nuclear can also backup intermittent renewables. Nuclear does provide 20% of U.S. electricity. We

have a eet of nuclear-powered submarines. ey seem to operate without problems. But some questions remain about nuclear safety. Would you want a large-scale reactor in your town or city? I have to also wonder about nuclear technology falling into the wrong hands.

Many have been closely following the progress in Wyoming of a nuclear plant planned next to a coal plant at Kemmerer. TerraPower,  the company founded by Bill Gates in 2008, says it will require less water and produce less nuclear fuel waste while plugging nicely into old coal plants. It projects cost of $4 billion for this plant that will use Natrium technology.

WyoFile reported that while in Kemmerer during early May, Gates called it a “pioneering move,” key to the global energy future. is project is projected to be ready in in 2030. Paci Corp, a major regional power provider,  has said it could add ve more such Natrium reactors at existing coal- red plants in Wyoming and Utah.

Another potential model is assembly-line-style production of small modular reactors, lowering costs.

at sounds appealing, but by denition that model will not replace the big coal plants at Pueblo and Craig. For that matter, it does not yet exist.

Here in Colorado, I hear people with degrees in nuclear engineering express doubts about nuclear. State

Sen. Chris Hansen, at the recent legislative hearing, objected to how a witness had characterized his skepticism about nuclear. “It has nothing to do with science or technology,” said Hansen, who has a degree in nuclear engineering. “It’s the cost pro le.” He cited a recent Georgia reactor that came in at $33 billion, three times the projected cost. It’s not the only example.

Chuck Kutscher got his master’s degree in nuclear engineering and worked in the nuclear sector California before turning his attention to solar in 1978 and moving to Colorado. “New  nuclear power plants, including new U.S. reactor technologies currently under development, will likely be too expensive and take too long to build to make a signicant contribution to climate change mitigation,” he says.

In Boulder, Oliver Stone’s movie talked little of costs. But in Pueblo, a representative of Idaho National Laboratory, speaking to a municipal energy study group, openly conceded that cost remains the million dollar question.

She misplaced a comma or two in that string of zeroes, though. It’s the billion dollar question. Many billions.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, which chronicles the energy and water transitions in Colorado and beyond. Subscriptions are free at bigpivots.com; donations are welcomed.

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for the public. e nal meeting 3-5 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at InterCanyon Station 3, 8445 U.S. 285, Morrison.

SCHLICHTER Joy Lissa Schlichter

May 21, 1958 - May 1, 2023

“Poppy” book signing: e Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society will host Jack Maher for a presentation and signing of his book “Poppy” at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at Hiwan Museum. e book is about Eric Douglas, an in uential author, curator and expert on Native American art whose family helped create the community of Evergreen. He championed indigenous artists and art in various museums, signicantly impacting the eld of museology.

Joy Lissa Schlichter passed away suddenly on May 1st 2023. Joy is survived by the lights of her life, her children Bryan and Ali, her longtime companion and best friend, Steve Anderson, Her ex-husband Werner Schlichter, and her siblings: Debbie, Tracy and Robbie Zobel. Joy was preceded in death by her parents Alfred and Barbara Zobel, as well as her brother Terry. Joy touched an incredible amount of people in her 64 years of life.

Joy was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 21st 1958. Later, her and her family moved to Livingston, New Jersey where her parents raised her and her 4 siblings. Joy graduated high school early and enrolled at Fairleigh Dickinson University, in New Jersey. She then transferred to CU Boulder where she graduated with a degree in theater and business. Her time at CU Boulder is where she grew to love Colorado.

always a people magnet. She attracted people with her warm smile and big hugs. Whenever she entered a room it got brighter. Joy was an amazing mother, friend, partner, and an even better cook. Everyone who knew Joy, knew her for her cooking and love for entertaining. When she entertained, she would always do it big. So much so, that when she invited people over for dinner, they would know to bring a Tupperware for leftovers.

Joy also had many friends and acquaintances that will forever hold a special place in their hearts for her. She will be greatly missed by many!

A celebration of life is being held on May 21, 2023, which would have been her 65th birthday.

WHEN: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 from12-4 pm

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Fire department consolidation community meeting: e three 285 Corridor re departments — Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon and North Fork — are deciding whether to consolidate will host community meetings

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

EMD billing dishonestly

Evergreen Metro District is changing its billing cycle for some, if not all, of its customers to get all on the same cycle. But, the way they are doing it is dishonest, even though their lawyers purportedly say that it is OK.

As an EMD customer with as many as six accounts over the past 25 years, I’ve never had a problem with them. But, in early 2023, I noticed that my bill was due earlier in the month, so I called. ey are shortening my billing cycle from the 16th to the rst each month, in small increments every month, which, they say, is allowed by their rules, and they say their lawyers agree. An objective read of Rule 8.1.5.A would render this practice invalid.

e net e ect in 2023 is that I will be billed for basic water and sewer services for 15 days more than I will receive those services (currently $86.00/month) for a net overbilling of $43. e billing date will never

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Wash your hands frequently after interaction with pets or animals you have a known allergy to.

Staunton State Park 10th anniversary celebration: Staunton State Park will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a variety of events starting at 9 a.m. May 20. For more information, visit cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Staunton.

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return to the 16th and they o er no credit, so that amounts to a THEFT of $43 on my current account. eir theft from your account may di er depending upon how much they change your billing cycle this year.

Six weeks ago, I wrote a long, detailed letter to the Courier with full reconciliation of this method, documenting phone calls to EMD, but it was too long for a letter. So I asked that it be printed as a Guest Commentary — so far, no luck there.

So, I urge every EMD customer to review their billing, starting in late 2022, to determine if this billing scheme a ects you. If it does, call EMD at 303-674-4112 (don’t select option #5 for Customer Service, that just disconnects immediately) and inquire as to how they can systematically get away with this theft from their customers. And then watch them like a hawk.

Greg Scott, Evergreen

Wear sunglasses when outside to prevent allergens from contacting your eyes.

David Lito , MD, serves as the Chief Medical O cer for ICON Eyecare. Dr. Lito is a corneal specialist and surgeon specializing in both cataract surgery and refractive surgery. He has been with Kaiser Permanente since 1999 as a corneal specialist and general ophthalmologist.

After a few years working in theater/ lighting for bands like the Eagles, Joy returned to Colorado to plant her roots. She met Werner and started their family in Evergreen, Colorado. Joy would tell you that her greatest achievement in life was giving birth to her two children Bryan and Ali. Joy also ran a successful Travel Agency in Genesee Colorado until the early 2000’s when she sold it. She decided to focus her energy on her children. She took pride in her active roles with PTA, Sports mom, and much more. Once her children went o to college, Joy spent 15 years in Summit County where she enjoyed the fresh air, the mountains, and time with her best friend and partner Steve Anderson.

Joy has always lived up to her name. She was

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WHERE: Aldefer/ ree Sisters Park 31677 Bu alo Park Rd. Evergreen, CO 80349 (parking limited, please try and carpool or park on bu alo creek road, you may also park at Wilmot elementary and carpool from there)

Please come one come all to celebrate JOY, and be sure to wear your most colorful clothing!

A Go fund Me page has been set up for Bryan and Ali. is will help them with funeral costs and unpaid bills. ey are asking for donations to this in lieu of owers or food items. Link https://gofund. me/3d9bd4db

Please consider donating if you are able.

Patricia Maye Work

March 2, 1936 - May 6, 2023

Patricia Maye Work, aged 87, passed away May 6, 2023, after a brief illness, surrounded by family. She was born in Toronto, Canada, and became a nurse after graduating high school. Patricia moved to the United States in 1958, where she met Ed, whom she married in 1960. ey have been married ever since. She worked in pediatric nursing and eventually became a hospice home care nurse at Mt Evans Home Care and Nursing. She retired in 1987.

Patricia loved the outdoors, hiking, wild animals, owers, and especially birds. She was an avid “birder” and knew all the di erent

varieties that frequented her home in Evergreen, Colorado, where she and her husband moved in 1977. She is survived by her husband Ed, their sons Scott (Heather) of Tualatin, OR, Ian (Kelly) of Hawthorne, NV, and grandson Logan of San Jose, CA.

A friends and family service will be held at the Church of Trans guration in Evergreen on Monday, May 22, at 1:30 pm, followed by a remembrance gathering at the church. ose wishing to honor her are encouraged to donate to Evergreen Audubon (evergreenaudubon.org or PO Box 523, Evergreen, CO 80437).

Find the power of family in ‘The Oldest Boy’

When does a performer become the character they’re playing? at’s not an easy question to answer and it gets even more challenging when that performer is a puppet. But the creative minds behind Miners Alley Playhouse’s new production, “ e Oldest Boy” are more than up to that challenge.

e show tells the story of an American mother and Tibetan father whose three-year-old son is believed to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama. And that son is brought to life on stage by a puppet.

“ is allows us to play with the idea of reincarnation in a really interesting way,” said Len Matheo, director of the show and Miners Alley’s producing artistic director. “It’s a really witty, lovely show about all the separations we experience through life. And the way the puppet comes to life is absolute magic.”

“ e Oldest Boy: A Play in ree Ceremonies” runs at Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave. in Golden, through Sunday, June 11. Performances at 7:30 p.m. ursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Written by Sarah Ruhl and featuring performances from Peter Trinh, Lisa DeCaro, Rob Payo, Tess Fuqua and Tim Inthavong, the show follows the family as they grapple with what to do when a Tibetan lama and a monk arrive at their home. e travelers want to take their child away for a life of spiritual training in India and the parents must decide if they can allow that or not.

To ensure the production properly portrayed and honored Tibetan culture, Miners Alley worked with Golden’s Sherpa House Restaurant and Cultural Center and were even given traditional clothing to use as costumes.

But the bulk of the work went into the development and characterization of the puppet character.

Cory Gilstrap, design and production coordinator at Imagined Designs, collaborated with artist Kamala Presswalla to make a puppet that could fully come to life on stage. e result is a Japanese Bunraku puppet that allows both the rest of the cast and the audience to fully immerse themselves in the momentous decision the family must make.

“ ere have been moments where just working on the blocking has made us cry,” Gilstrap said. “Something happens with puppets when performers interact with them properly. You can hear the audience gasp or applaud spontaneously.”

Performing with a puppet in a way that is believable and a ecting to the audience goes beyond using it as some kind of prop. As Gilstrap explains, it’s all about the details.

“Every motion needs to have a complete intent and there can be nothing left to chance,” he said. “It’s not just a matter of interacting with the puppet — it’s choosing moments with a character.”

e magical realism element of the puppet performance enhances “ e Oldest Boy’s”ability to provide an opportunity to investigate the power of parenthood and celebrate a culture that many may not know much about.

“I hope audiences come away touched by the mother’s journey and the erceness of her response in making sure her child is safe and loved,” Matheo said. “I also want them to get a sense of this amazing multicultural community that is right here in Golden.”

Find information and tickets at https://minersalley.com/theoldest-boy/.

Meals on wheels at annual Food Truck Carnival

e sixth annual Food Truck

CarnivalatE.B. Rains Jr. Memorial Park, 11800 Community Center Drive in Northglenn, provides diners with the opportunity to see rsthand just how many delicious food trucks the metro area o ers.

e carnival will be from 4 to 9 p.m. on Friday, May 19, noon to 9 p.m. on Saturday, May 20 and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 21. Attendees will select from more than 20 trucks and can also enjoy live music, amusement rides and more. Find all the details at www.foodtruckcarnival. com.

Visit the desert with Kenzie Sitterud at PlatteForum

PlatteForum’sresident artist, Kenzie Sitterud, is tapping into the rich cultural vein of the American West with their free exhibit, “To Dusk,” which runs through June 6 at theAnnex Gallery, 3575 Ringsby Court, Unit 103, in Denver.

According to provided information, “To Dusk” replicates the landscape of the Utah desert by mixing interior and exterior spaces, “natural resources and waste from acts of consumption.” Visit https://platteforum.org/events/ sitterudfor full details.

Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Fruit Bats at the Ogden Theatre ere’s a subtle art to making music that works best when played on a backyard patio during the summer, and on his latest album as Fruit Bats, singer/ songwriter Eric D. Johnson has it gured out. Like the best of Fruit Bats, “A River Running to Your Heart” blends warmth with a wry sentimentalism that immediately makes for the project’s most welcoming release to date.

In support of the album, Fruit Bats will be stopping by the Ogden eatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave. in Denver, at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 19. ey’ll be joined by electronic nostalgia explorer Kolumbo. Buy tickets at www.axs.com.

Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke. Reader@hotmail.com.

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EPRD board begins wrestling with survey data

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Evergreen Park & Recreation District board has its work cut out for it as board members sift through results of a survey on what constituents want.

Board members on May 9 heard initial results of a statistically signi cant survey as they decide what projects they want to complete in the next three to ve years as part of a strategic planning process. e board will take into consideration what constituents want, what it can a ord and partnerships with other organizations.

Board members have been discussing whether to ask voters to increase property taxes in November to pay for projects or to ask voters to continue paying the same amount of property taxes after a bond is paid o in 2025.

e survey results show that constituents want the rec district to make improvements to the Wulf Recreation Center because they nd the building and its programs valuable, and they are interested in more aquatics, pickleball and tennis courts, another gymnasium and more community gathering space. If the district created an o -leash dog park, respondents said they

wanted a large one rather than a small one, though not everyone who answered the survey felt Evergreen needed a dog park.

e survey also shows that respondents want the district to purchase more land.

Board members plan to do a deeper diver into these areas to nd out more about construction and maintenance costs.

e rec district sent postcards to 11,214 residents and 580 completed them, which is considered a strong response and statistically signi cant with answers plus or minus 4 percent at the 95% con dence level. Of the respondents, 43% were men, 55% were women and 2% indicated other. Of those who responded, 50% were between the ages of 55 and 74, which is similar to the demographics of the area.

e entire survey-results presentation is available on the Evergreen Park & Recreation District website, evergreenrecreation.com. e board will meet again at 6 p.m. May 23 to continue moving through the decision-making process.

Chris Dropinski, senior manager with BerryDunn Inc., the company the rec district hired to create the strategic plan, said the board has a lot of information to weigh as it looks to create the plan.

It is important for the board to look at more than the survey results, but also information gathered at discovery sessions, online meetings, youth comments, sta input and more to see what projects and programs consistently rise to the top, she said. Plus the board is getting information about district facilities and a cost analysis for maintenance and new facilities.

Board member Betsy Hays told BerryDunn representatives that the board wanted the consultants to

bring forward projects and programs that keep bubbling to the top from the majority of sources. Conversely, the board wants to know whether there are no clear frontrunners.

“We can’t build a gym and a new aquatics facility given the budget and what has happened historically when we have asked for money,” board member Peter Eggers said, alluding to the failed bond ask in 2018. “Where are those limits and what is practical in terms of what we feel we can ask for from the community.”

DIVERSIFY RETIREMENT STRATEGIES

Results of a survey of Evergreen Park & Recreation District constituents show that they value the Wulf Recreation Center but want upgrades made to the building.

FILE PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

On most Tuesdays and ursdays and some Saturdays, a team of bikers meets to explore Colorado’s network of trails.

e group connects at a co ee shop in downtown Denver. When the weather isn’t too hot, it’s after work around 4 or 5 p.m. In the dead of summer, it’s usually in the morning.

ey sip on espresso and decide where they want to ride that day. It could be on the bike lanes of Denver, the 36 Bikeway to Boulder, the Platte River Trail to Brighton or other suburbs. Most of the time, it involves a stop along the way.

“We would go down the Platte River Trail to the C 470 trail and then Krispy Kremes along there. We call it the Krispy 50. It’s a 50-mile loop,” said Ted Schultz, one of the riders in the group.

e group started after Schultz and two colleagues in his o ce space decided to start riding together after work. Schultz rode with a few others and combined the two groups.

After the ride, they go to a brewery to catch up with one another and relax after the ride.

Colorado’s network of trails

Part of the reason the group exists is due to Colorado’s extensive bike trail infrastructure. Schultz said it’s only improved in the past two decades.

“When you add up the miles of really good trails, it’s just mind-boggling,” he said.

Schultz, who grew up in Colorado, said understanding for cyclists sharing the road and building more infrastructure has vastly grown. In the 70s

and 80s, he could almost count on angry driver backlash during his rides. Now, not so much.

Much of that may be due to more focus on improving trails and streets.

e Denver Regional Council of Governments built a map that shows all the trails and bike lanes across the region. ey stretch all the way from Boulder to Clear Creek to Castle Rock.

And more may be coming. e Greenhouse Gas Planning Standard, a new rule adopted by the Transportation Commission of Colorado in December 2021, requires agencies to measure greenhouse gas emissions from transit projects, with limits on how high those emissions go.

BIKE PATH

With bike infrastructure providing the option for drivers to ditch their cars and bike, it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Jacob Riger, multimodal transportation planning manager for the Denver Regional Council of Governments, said his group has already modi ed its 2050 Metro Vision Regional Transportation Plan based on the rule.

Emily Lindsey, active and emerging mobility program manager for DRCOG, said people are ready. Of the 15 million daily trips in the region, 43% are less than three miles and 19% are less than one mile.  “So, super bikeable, even more so with e-bikes,” she said.

Chris Chen, one of the riders in the group, noted that some improvements are needed. Chen, who lives in Littleton, said there aren’t many bike lanes.

He said either more need to be

added or there need to be wider shoulders. He also said more education about how to share the road with bikers needs to be implemented, citing the death of Gwen Inglis in 2021.

Inglis was a national champion who was struck and killed by a driver in Lakewood.

“It’s been so long since I took the driver’s test, but I don’t know if they have incorporated anything into that,” Chen said.

He explained that it’s scary when vehicles go by fast, especially semi-trucks. e trucks, going fast enough, will push air to the side, which pushes the cyclist, but then will suck the air back in, bringing the cyclist in with it.

“If it’s really close, it’s really scary, not only the sounds of it and in the nearness of that fastmoving object, but the air actually pulling you in,” Chen said.

Compared to other places, Anthony Harvey, another member of the group, said the bike infrastructure ranks higher than the places he’s seen, including Texas, Califor-

nia and Chicago.

Benefits of riding e group ranges in age. Chen is one of the younger ones in his 40s with some of the older riders in their 60s. Meaning, biking is an activity for all abilities and ages.

Chen said he used to be a swimmer. But he didn’t like the fact he had to drive to the pool before 5 a.m. to be at practice in time.  at was too early for him, so he stopped swimming and started cycling more. Not only did it satisfy as a workout, but also was more convenient.

“I can combine commuting and exercise all together,” Chen said.  en he joined the group and it became a lot more fun. It was a way for him to make new friends, destress and get a workout. It also reminds him of his childhood.

“It’s the feeling of when you’re a little kid and you’re going fast and you’re like ‘this is awesome.’” Chen said. “It still feels like that. at sense of freedom.”

Harvey said he got into biking

after he was injured from MMA competitions and decided to switch sports. He participates in various races.

“I was able to actually race with bikes and can also stay t,” he said.

Benefi

ts of friendship

While the biking brings the group together, the camaraderie keeps them pedaling. Schultz, Chen and Harvey all talked about the importance of keeping up with each other, not just on the trail.

Each friend rides on their own and sees the bene ts of being alone. But with the group, they push each other to go faster and further and gives a chance to connect over a topic each is passionate about.

After each ride, they stop at a brewpub or a bar, with Chen’s recommendation for one with a food truck.

“ at’s when we can catch up on trips and things happening with the family and what new gadgets people have,” Chen said. “ at kind of stu .”

Ted Schultz points to the numerous bikes he has accumulated over the years.

Ted Schultz’s ‘cargo’ bike that he often takes to work and to run errands.

PHOTOS BY LUKE ZARZECKI

Learning lacrosse basics: Mountain Lacrosse teaches Minis to run, shoot and score

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

“Talk on the phone. Look in the mirror.”

ose are the directions that coaches of the Mountain Lacrosse Minis use to help the young girls learn to move their sticks as they carry the ball on the eld. e Minis, ages 3-7, just completed a four-week camp to learn lacrosse basics.

e girls demonstrated their skills during halftime at an Evergreen girls varsity lacrosse game on May 5. Each girl ran to the goal using her stick to carry a tennis ball and scored. More importantly, they had fun.

e girls said they enjoyed playing with the sticks and the balls, and they especially enjoyed scoring.

is is the rst time Mountain Lacrosse has o ered a camp for girls this young, but Sarah Hunsche, a rst-time coach with a young daughter, decided to try it and was pleased with its success. Traditionally, the organization, which o ers programs for girls and boys from Bailey to Clear Creek County, o ers opportunities for girls starting in second grade.

“I felt strongly that we could get girls to be involved in the program at a younger age,” Hunsche said. “ is also was a way for us to introduce the sport to parents.”

Some parents, she added, don’t think of lacrosse as a sport for girls, but there was a lot of enthusiasm for the skills camp. Hunsche wanted to introduce her youngest daughter to

the sports that her older children already enjoy.

Parents watching their girls warm up at the varsity game called it controlled chaos as the coaches took time to remind players how to move their sticks as they carry the ball.

“ is has been amazing,” said Lauren Burger of Morrison, whose daughter, Dolly, 5, is a Mini.

Burger said Dolly was more interested in sports than other activities.

Kate O’Rourke of Evergreen, whose daughter Bronwyn, 4, participated in the program, said it was nice to have a place for her youngest daughter to learn lacrosse like her older siblings, who gravitated to the sport.

“(Bronwyn) found a lot of camaraderie and friends with the Minis,”

O’Rourke said. “ e coaches are super positive, and it’s been a great experience.”

e assistant coaches are middle school and high school players, and the Minis are thrilled to get to know the older girls, she said.

Hunsche called the Minis an energetic group of girls who even at a young age were able to focus when it came to fun activities disguised as skills drills. Water noodles are used to simulate defenders, so the girls learn to run with their sticks and balls through the noodles.

“One of my favorite parts of the program was how I saw parents get excited about lacrosse,” Hunsche said. “I saw excitement and joy in the Minis’ eyes. at was very uplifting and made it all worth it.”

The Mountain Lacrosse Minis pose for a group photo before their demonstration at the May 5 Evergreen girls lacrosse game against Golden. PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Mountain Lacrosse Minis Eloise Leisinger, front, and Harper DeRamo prepare to try to score a goal as coaches, from left, Ali McMillan, Grace Lessig and Bella Stockton help steer them in the right direction. The Minis performed their first drill in front of a crowd at a home Evergreen girls lacrosse game on May 5.

West Je Baseball raising money for fields behind Wilmot Elementary

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In the foothills, there are too many sports teams and not enough eld space.

West Je Baseball is trying to level the playing eld, so to speak, and it is asking the community for help. It wants to raise $3 million to create a eld complex behind Wilmot Elementary School, hoping it will connect via trails to the elds at Evergreen High School.

e area would have enough space for two youth ball elds, or it could be converted into a eld for soccer, lacrosse or football. e organization hopes to raise the money by next spring, so the elds can be constructed in the summer of 2024.

“We talk about this project in terms of baseball,” said Bill Jaeger, president of West Je Baseball, at a May 4 meeting to unveil the project, “but it’s an entry point to the intent of the project. If the space can be reimagined and revitalized, we hope it will be used by Wilmot and the community. Multiple user groups could use this.”

West Je Baseball envisions parking, stadium seating, batting cages, a concession stand and storage, a picnic shelter, restrooms, and sloped lawn seating. e organization is

looking into whether it will be a grass or arti cial turf eld.

West Je Baseball is working with the Army Corps of Engineers because the land is in the ood plain.

Je co Public Schools, which owns the property is on board with the project, and Stephany Fritz, Wilmot’s principal, is excited by the prospect of having a grass eld behind the school that students could play on. Now, students play on dirt, gravel or asphalt.

Jaeger said West Je Baseball continues to try to make the foothills more child and family focused, and adding elds will begin to alleviate the gridlock when it comes to get high school, middle school and sports organizations’ practices and

games.

West Je Baseball, for example, has 350 players on 29 recreational and competitive teams. It wants more elds because they are concerned the lack of practice space and the less-than-ideal elds are sending families down the hill to give their children better experiences.

e organization believes that Wilmot Elementary is a prime location for more ball elds because it’s easily accessible from both Ever-

green and Conifer, and with Wilmot’s playground nearby, families will have something to do during practices.

“Now is the time to better our community, and we are happy to lead the charge,” said Chris Lewis, a West Je Baseball board member.

West Je Baseball is accepting donations for its eld complex behind Wilmot Elementary School at www. westje baseball.org/donations.

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A rendering of what the proposed ball fields behind Wilmot Elementary School would look like. West Je Baseball hopes to raise $3 million to build the fields.

A rendering of the connections between the proposed ball fields behind Wilmot Elementary School and the fields at Evergreen High School.

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The Evangelist SOUTH JEFFCO – For deputies responding to a disturbance at a popular pub and grill, the bad news was that the disturbing party was di cult to subdue. e good news was that most of the subduing took place before they arrived. ere he was, lying face down on the oor with two beefy fellows on his back, holding him prone while he thrashed around like a 160-pound northern pike. “Stop ghting,” ofcers advised. “Stop resisting.” He did, sort of, thrusting his hands stubbornly beneath his chest to prevent the application of handcu s. When no amount of command or cajoling could induce him to produce them, the o cers – with plenty of help from civilian bystanders – were by great e ort able to wrench the obstinate fellow’s arms into the clear and clap on the cu s. us restrained, the man grew quiet, both guratively and literally, refusing to respond to the deputies questions, or even acknowledge their presence. According to the manager, the wrestler strode into the pub and grill the day before and immediately launched into a loud and lengthy dissertation on religion, sex and the weather, and continued holding forth until he was forced by public demand to leave. When he came back that

morning and started reprising those themes along identical lines, the manager canceled his engagement on the front end, prompting a violent response that prompted his subsequent mug-to-the-rug attitude. In his own defense, he told deputies he’d been innocently “preaching” to pub and grill patrons when the black-hearted sinners “jumped” him. Moved by a spirit of forgiveness, his reluctant ock refused to press charges and deputies closed the case.

That only works with vampires CONIFER – ‘Twere the wee hours of the morning when Boyfriend dialed 911 to complain that Girlfriend had assaulted him. Deputies rushed over and asked Boyfriend, who appeared to be at least half in the bag, to detail the nature of his injuries. “She blew smoke in my face,” he declared. Deputies advised Boyfriend that smoke-in-face-blowing might possibly, under very extraordinary circumstances, be construed as harassment, maybe. Actually, Boyfriend backpedaled, he’d been living in Girlfriend’s basement, but she’d grown intolerable and he merely summoned deputies to stand by and ensure his safety while he packed up his stu and caught a taxicab to freedom. Just to be thorough, o cers

tried to speak with Girlfriend, who was locked in her bedroom. “I didn’t invite you into my house!” girlfriend yelled through the closed door. “Get out of my house!” Deputies dutifully quitted the residence and waited out front until Boyfriend blew.

Tonight on…

EVERGREEN – …Lifetime: ey’ve been living together for four lovepacked months. One night they were out on the town when her cell phone “fell out of my back pocket while I was using the toilet.” Discovering the loss only much later during the drive home, she asked to borrow his cell phone for urgent texting purposes. While so engaged, she couldn’t help opening and reading a selection of racy texts he’d recently sent to both his ex-wife and his ex-girlfriend. Furious, she told him they were through, and said she was going to retain possession of his cell phone until he repaid some $4,000 she said she’d spent settling his debts. While he packed, she “went out to the garage for a smoke,” which is when she couldn’t help seeing her laptop sitting next to his laptop on the back seat of his Jeep. Seizing both, she hid his laptop and confronted him with hers. “You didn’t think I’d nd this?” she screamed, accusingly. When he grabbed at it, she threw it on the

ground “to prevent him from getting it.” Seeing it on the oor, valuable and defenseless, he stomped it into an ultra-thin pro le. She called 911 to report the malicious destruction of her property. …

Spike: ey’ve been living together for four turbulent months. e night unfolded pretty much as she described, with a couple of signi cant di erences. He never put her laptop in his Jeep, nor set a foot upon it. e damage occurred when she threw her computer at his head and it hit the bed frame, instead.

Court TV: Examining the deceased device, deputies noticed a layer of ne dust on its cover that appeared completely undisturbed except for a single, deep, bed-frame-shaped impact mark. While deputies couldn’t say precisely how things went down, they were pretty sure it didn’t go down the way she said it did. ey told her to give him back his cell phone and laptop, and to pursue whatever monies she may be owed in civil court.

Sheri ’s Calls is intended as a humorous take on some of the incident call records of the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce for the mountain communities. Names and identifying details have been changed. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty.

Leaders, businesses lauded at Conifer chamber awards night

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Businesses and volunteers were honored as the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce announced the winners of six awards.

At the chamber’s gala on April 20 with a Roaring ’20s theme, the community joined together to laud the achievements of three businesses, a nonpro t and two volunteers.

“For the chamber, it’s most important that we acknowledge the community leaders and businesses,” said Beth Schneider, the Conifer chamber’s executive director. “ e community made the nominations, and almost 900 votes came in this year. at’s what makes these awards so important. e community chose who they see as leaders and who they see as businesses positively impacting our community.”

Schneider said she was proud that community voices were heard.

Norman F. Meyer Volunteer of the Year: Jodi Dolph

outstanding service to the mountain

Jacquie Cook started by rescuing cookie jars that they found at estate and yard sales, and rejuvenating them with homemade cookies. ey have turned the cookie-jar rescue into a retail and wholesale bakery.

Cook said what has made the business successful is that they are a mother-daughter team.

Mueller said the community partnerships have been the biggest reason for the business’ success.

“(Customers) helped us get here and talk about us,” Mueller said. “ e biggest thing I’m grateful for is the care and support the community has given us to help us grow. It’s so exciting to get the award, and I’m so happy that we have the support that we have.”

e other nominees were Generations Skin Care, Sojourn Book Store, Edward Jones - Stephanie Johnson and Lark Appliance Repair.

Business of the Year: Aspen Peak Cellars owned by Marcel and Julie Flukiger Business of the Year is awarded to the business that sets the standard for excellence and innovation with its business practices, social responsibility and commitment to growing in the mountain area. Nominees have demonstrated good citizenship throughout the community, including actively supporting local charities and businesses, as well as encouraging its employees to do the same.

Team at Keller Williams Foothills Realty, served as president and on the board of the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce and serves on the Beaver Ranch Park board of directors. She volunteers at the Elevation Celebration, Conifer Christmas Parade and other Conifer events.

Dolph called it and honor that she received an award for simply doing what she likes to do. She said when she rst started her business, she joined the chamber, and Melanie Swearengin, the chamber executive director at the time, made her feel welcome and introduced her to many in the business community.

Plus, she added, “the chamber has all of these fun events, and I really love to help out. at’s how it is with our small community. I just like to do that kind of stu .”

Other nominees were Karen Heydman, Denise Bromberger, Christy Seabourne, Luna Weeks, Charlotte Wytias, Barbara Moss Murphy and Sarah Kausch.

Rookie Business of the Year: Suz Cookie Jar Rescue and Bakery owned by Sue Mueller and Jacquie Cook

Rookie Business of the Year is awarded to a business of less than two years that has shown growth from the initial idea into a successful business that contributes to the community.

Mom Sue Mueller and daughter

Marcel Flukiger said he was excited that the winery and bistro had won the award, noting that the amazing team was a large part of the business’ success.

“ e pandemic wasn’t easy, but we have a good work atmosphere and have created a good work environment for sta ,” Marcel said. “We really appreciate our sta .”

He said manufacturing wine in-house using Colorado fruit as often as possible makes Aspen Peak Cellars out of the ordinary, and the business’ work to recycle used bottles back to sand, which is spread under the outdoor seating, is unique. e restaurant also invites local charities to host fundraising events.

e other nominees were Luna’s Mandala, Rocky Mountain Wraps, Journey Roo ng, Chimney Doctors, Blizzard Mountain Pinball, Castles & Kitchens, e Dolph Team, Karen Heydman, Conifer Counseling, Foothills Architects, Evergreen Mountain Sports, Wild Iris Marketing and Conifer Jazzercise.

Home-Based Business of the Year: Ted of All Trades owned by Ted and Megan Orr

Home-Based Business of the Year is awarded to the business that sets the standard for excellence and in-

Jodi Dolph was named the Norman F. Meyer Volunteer of the Year by the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce at its gala.

PHOTOS BY CODY SOWA

AWARDS

novation with its business practices, social responsibility and commitment to growing in the mountain area. Nominees have demonstrated good citizenship throughout the community, including actively supporting local charities and businesses, from their home, truck or wherever their work takes them.

Ted of All Trades is a contractor that can do anything from major home renovations to minor home repairs, repair vehicles or snow plowing. Ted Orr said he’s been repairing vehicles and plowing snow for decades.

“My customers would ask, ‘Do you know anybody who can do this?’ And my answer was, ‘Yes, I can.’ en we began working on homes.”

While Ted calls himself the front man, meeting customers and overseeing the work, he credits his wife Megan, who takes care of bookkeeping, scheduling and o ce management, as the person who has helped grow the business.

“If it wasn’t for her, we wouldn’t be where we are today,” Ted said.

He called the hallmark for the business was being prompt in getting back to people because communication was key.

Also nominated were Generations Skin Care, Wild Iris Marketing, Image Marketing, Impact Christmas Lighting and Altitude Financial Partners.

Nonprofit of the Year: Mountain Resource Center

Nonpro ts deliver needed services to the community, educate the public, protect the environment, support arts and culture and improve government policies. Nonpro t of the Year recognizes organizations in the mountain area that have a positive impact on both the local economy and the mountain community.

Founded in 1990, the Mountain Resource Center strives to improve the quality of life for individuals and families living in the foothills west of Denver, providing multi-genera-

tional services for individuals and families that need support.

“We are dei ntely honored by the award,” said Ashley Boland, MRC’s marketing and development director. “ e chamber represents so many di erent facets of the community. To be voted the best nonpro t really means a lot and is something we don’t take for granted.”

She added that the MRC was honored to be nominated alongside the other nonpro ts that have important missions, and this community was lucky to have each of them.

Also nominated were Resilience-1220, Mountain Area Land Trust, Conifer Lobos Uni ed Boosters, PeaceWorks, JOY International, e Pleasant Park Grange & Schoolhouse, e Venue eater, Conifer Area Council, StageDoor eater, Bootstraps Inc. and Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice.

Chamber Ambassador of the Year: Jacqui Angelo e Conifer chamber ambassadors act as liaisons between the chamber and the business community. Angelo decided to become an ambassador as a way to get to know people and support small businesses in the area. Now she is a member of the chamber board of directors.

Angelo and her husband moved to Conifer in 2018, bringing their business with them, and Angelo wanted a way to connect.

“Being very introvert, I knew it was di cult for me to put myself out there,” she explained. “Being an ambassador is a good way to meet other members of the community, other business owners, and just become involved in the community.”

She said she loved living in a mountain community and all of the connections she has made through the chamber.

“Being an ambassador was exactly what I was looking for,” Angelo said, “and more.”

Also nominated were Aimee Pless, Holly Conyers, Danna Johanson, Jessica Gentry and Stephanie Johnson.

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The Mountain Resource Center was named the Nonprofit of the Year by the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce. Kim Erickson, the MRC’s volunteer coordinator, accepted the award. PHOTOS BY CODY SOWA

Jacqui Angelo was named the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce’s Ambassador of the Year at the awards gala that had a Roaring ’20s theme.

Sue Mueller and Jacquie Cook, owners of Suz Cookie Jar Rescue and Bakery, were named the Rookie Business of the Year.

Aspen Peak Cellars in Bailey was named the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce’s Business of the Year. Owners Marcel and Marcel Julie Flukiger accepted the award.

Ted of All Trades owned by Ted and Megan Orr was named the Home-Based Business of the Year.

Mountain Area Dems to meet: Mountain Area Democrats will meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 20, at the United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 3757 Ponderosa Dr. Evergreen. For more information email MountainAreaDems@gmail. com.

TUESDAY

Community Wild re Forum: Evergreen Fire/Rescue will sponsor a Community Wild re Forum from 6-8 p.m. May 23 in the Evergreen High School auditorium. Local, county, state and federal agency wild re mitigation and preparedness experts will provide information on reducing the risk and preparing for wild re.

UPCOMING

Puppies and Pizza: Puppies and Pizza will be from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, May 26, at Vertical Skills Academy, 32156 Castle Court, No. 201. e school will work with the Evergreen Animal Protective League to adopt puppies while raising funds for VSA.

Memorial Day activities:  e public is invited to two Memorial Day events on May 29: e rst is at 9 a.m. at the Peace Memorial at Evergreen Memorial Park, 27054 N. Turkey Creek Road, Marshdale. Flags will be placed on veterans’ graves in the park. e second is at the memorial in Buchanan Park at 11 a.m., with the theme Today’s Military. e public is invited to participate in both events.

group starts June 1 and runs every ursday through July 20, with no session on July 6. e group will meet from 2-3 p.m. at the Mount Evans o ce, 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. Reservations are required. Call 303-674-6400 to sign up.

Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic for people with no attorney will be from 2 to 5 p.m. ursday, June 1. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help ll out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation. Preregistration for individual 15-minute appointments is available by calling 303-235-5275.

Defensible space, home hardening presentation: Evergreen Fire/ Rescue will provide a seminar on defensible space and home hardening to prepare for wild re at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 3, at the department’s Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

Day of the Arts:  e fourth annual Day of the Arts will be from 2:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 3, at Center for the Arts Evergreen. ere will be kids activities, an artisan makers market, performers and more.

Early People of Where Mountains Meet the Plains: Archaeologist Meg Van Ness will discuss the Early People of Where the Mountains Meet the Plains at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 4, at the Little White Schoolhouse in Conifer. It is a story of change through time, environmental adaptation, technological innovation and people. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.coniferhistoricalsociety.org.

Ann Dunn at 303-503-5978 for more information.

EARC meeting:  e Evergreen Area Republican Club (EARC) will meet at 6 p.m. June 7 in the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway. Speaker will be Erik Aadland, former District 8 candidate. Independents and una liated welcome. Pizza available. Check evergreenarearepublicanclub.org for additional information.

Evergreen Craw sh Boil:  e Evergreen Craw sh Boil will be June 10 at the Wild Game. Doors open at 2 p.m., with the rst craw sh pour at 3 p.m. Advance tickets are $30 for adults and $20 for kids 8-17. Kids 7 and under are free. Proceeds bene t Resilience1200. Get tickets are www. evergreencraw shboil.com.

Rotary Peace Park dedication:  e Rotary of Conifer Peace Park dedication will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 11, at the Aspen Park Community Center on Sutton Road. is celebration will feature re ections on peacebuilding and music of peace. Current and incoming Rotary Governors for District 5450 will speak, along with others whose work and life have been dedicated to peacebuilding.

Barbed wire removal: Wild Aware is sponsoring volunteer barbed wire removal days at DeDisse Park from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on June 17, July 22 and Aug. 19. For more information, visit wildaware.org.

in the Saddle, Again.” e rodeo parade starts at 10 a.m. June 17 in downtown Evergreen. e rodeo will be at 5 p.m. June 17 and 2 p.m. June 18 at the Evergreen Rodeo grounds. Cowboy church will be at 7:30 a.m. June 18.

Crow Hill Insurance Shred-athon: Crow Hill Insurance will host its 12th annual community ShredA- on from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, June 17, at 460 County Road 43, Bailey. Dispose of documents that contain sensitive information. e event is free, though donations to the Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity are accepted. Habitat’s delivery truck will be on site to accept select reusable/resalable furniture and housewares.

Summer Memorial: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice will host a Summer Memorial on the evening of the Summer Solstice so people can gather in remembrance of those they have lost as leaders read their names and honor their lives. e event will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 21, in the Mount Evans large conference room, 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen.

Bailey Day: Bailey Day will be from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. June 24 in downtown Bailey. Bands, food, vendor booths, kids activities and more highlight the street festival.

Adult grief support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice is o ering a seven-week in-person adult grief support group. e next

Medlen School Days: Medlen School Days allows elementary school-aged children to experience what a mountain school was like in the 1920s during three-day camps, sponsored by the Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society. Medlen School is a one-room schoolhouse built in 1886 on South Turkey Creek Road o U.S. 285. Camps are available on June 6-8 and June 13-15, and cost $30. Download an application at emahs.org to register. Contact Jo

Camp Comfort Weekend Camps: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice’s Camp Comfort for children 6-12 who have lost a loved one will be June 16-18 and July 7-9 at the Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Camp, 2644 Alvarado Road, Empire. Cost is free for all children thanks to donors, but a $25 deposit is required per child to hold their spot. Visit campcomfort.org for more information and to register.

Evergreen rodeo and parade: e 57th annual Evergreen Rodeo Parade and Rodeo will be Father’s Day weekend with a theme “She’s Back

Spring Clean Recycle Day: Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s Spring Clean Recycle Day will be from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 24 at Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 Highway 73. It is collecting all types of electronics and small appliances, block Styrofoam, paint, glass, batteries, old pens/markers, toothpaste tubes and toothbrushes, Christmas tins, TV dishes with cables and clothes. Recommended donation for a collection of recyclables is $20. If you have a carload, ESA would appreciate a larger donation to cover its costs. TVs are an additional $25 fee each and will be collected at time of dropo .

TRAINING

a wild re. Jensen said using the pumps to get water from tenders, which are re trucks that haul water to a scene, is crucial since many areas in the foothills don’t have hydrants.

He explained that wildland hoses weigh less and the smaller, so they can be moved longer distances more easily.

Matt White, Evergreen Fire/Rescues re and fuels coordinator, told crews that they have learned that not all departments have compatible connectors between hoses, an issue that can easily be xed. He also said crews shouldn’t wait to get water onto the re while more hoses are being connected.

Assessing structures

As a wild re approaches, re departments use a triage approach to look at structures and determine which can be saved and which can’t.

A team of re ghters comes to homes, and in 15 minutes, assesses whether they likely could survive a wild re, whether it could survive with minimal or a large amount of work from re ghters, or whether there wouldn’t be enough time before the wild re arrived to make the home able to survive a wild re.

Fire ghters look for whether there are faucets and hoses near the house, whether the house has been prepared in case of wild re called home hardening and whether mitigation has been done around the home. Jensen said driveways also are a concern, especially if they are steep, have curves or if there’s a gate across it.

Of special concern are propane tanks, whether small tanks for grills or large tanks for home heating, since they are highly combustible. Fire ghters also are looking to see whether rewood is stacked next to a home.

In addition, they want to make sure there’s a safety zone for reghters in case a wild re comes upon them as they are ghting the blaze.

Four homeowners in the Pine Valley neighborhood in Clear Creek County volunteered their homes to re ghters to assess, and after di erent teams performed their assessments, they compared notes on what they found or didn’t nd.

Digging lines

At the Beaver Brook trailhead, crews used a variety of tools to dig lines and learned about how to coor-

dinate their e orts.

Jensen noted that wildland reghting is a lot of digging to help create a break to slow down wild res.

“It’s a lot easier on everyone if we work together,” Capt. Peter Greenstone with Genesee Fire Rescue told a crew.

He suggested that the wildland crews nd tools that are comfortable to use since they likely will be digging lines for many hours.

Lt. Mike Amdur with Foothills Fire and Rescue said that if crew members know the area, they should bring that local knowledge to the rest of the re ghters.

“Even if this is your rst season (on the crew), if you have an idea, share it,” Greenstone added.

Foothills firefighter Ken Tillis helps Kira Brannan place a fire truck near hoses to practice training.

Steve Garran with Foothills Fire and Rescue joins other area firefighters during a multiagency training on hoses at Elk Meadow in Evergreen on May 13. Evergreen Fire/Rescue hosted the training.

PHOTOS BY SARA HERTWIG

Rocky Mountain National Park entry fees to go cashless

Starts this summer

BY MATT BLOOM COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Make sure to pack your credit or debit card along with your hiking boots if you’re visiting Rocky Mountain National Park this summer. e park will stop accepting cash payments for entrance and permit fees starting June 1.

e change will allow one of the country’s busiest national parks to cut back on time rangers spend handling cash at crowded entry gates, according to a release from the National Park Service. It will also help streamline fee management behind the scenes.

You can still purchase a number of entry passes at one of the park’s main gates with cards or mobile payment options. But, if you want to speed up your entry, NPS o cials recommend buying one online before your visit along with a separate timed-entry permit, which is required from May 26 through Oct. 22.

Visitors can still buy park entrance passes with cash at a few locations outside of the park, according to NPS. ey include the Rocky Mountain Conservancy Nature Store at Beaver Meadows and the Fall River or Kawuneeche Visitor Centers.

Here’s what to know before heading to the park:

What type of passes are available?

e NPS o ers over a dozen di erent types of passes to get into Rocky.

One-day vehicle passes cost $30 and cover non-commercial vehicles with less than 16 passengers. You can also buy one-day passes for entry by bike or foot. Seven-day passes are also an option.

If you’re planning to visit multiple national parks this year, you can buy an annual pass that covers admission to all parks in the system for $80. You can buy those online or in-person. Seniors, veterans and students can also get special passes for free or reduced rates.

What about camping?

e NPS says it’s also going completely cashless for payments and fees associated with campgrounds inside of Rocky starting June 1. Overnight visitors must make reservations online ahead of time for most campsites. Timed-entry permits are included with all camping reservations.

Are stores inside the park also going cashless?

e cashless switch only applies to entry and permit fees, according to the NPS.

Rocky has a small, conveniencelike store and a co ee shop, which

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will both still accept cash.

How do I get a timed-entry permit?

Rocky is implementing another iteration of its timed-entry program this summer to help manage crowds, which means you’ll need to snag a free permit prior to your visit. A timed-entry permit is required for everyone entering the park between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. between late May and October.

ere are two di erent types of timed-entry permits.

A regular Park Access permit gets you access to most areas of the park outside of the popular Bear Lake

Road Corridor.

A Park Access+ entry permit includes access to Bear Lake Road, as well as other areas of Rocky. Are other Colorado national parks going cashless?

Yes, Mesa Verde National Park and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument will go cashless this summer, according to the NPS. Bent’s Old Fort National Historic Site in southeast Colorado will also go cashless.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

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Food justrice programs struggle to survive post pandemic

BY MONTE WHALEY THE COLORADO SUN

A handful of volunteers stooped over a gray patch of soil at FrontLine Farming in Arvada, grooming the stubborn dirt with rakes to prepare for spring planting. Potatoes, onions, greens and root vegetables will be put in the ground later this spring to feed low-income families in the metro area.

Nearby, a small group of chickens clucked against the harsh winds rattling their pen. Bees will soon populate vacant hives and start producing honey, adding to FrontLine Farming’s stockpile of fresh food the 2-acre organic farm provides to struggling households at the edge of the economic abyss.

Frontline Farming is more than just a name, executive director and co-founder Fatuma Emmad said. Many families see FrontLine as the rst and last resort for sustaining their families.

“We are the stewards of the soil and part of that is to provide food for people who are struggling now with

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food security,” Emmad said. “In ation is causing people to come to us and say, ‘Oh my God, it is just getting harder and harder.’

“And we will be there for them,” she said.

FrontLine Farming produced 120 di erent crops in 2022, including varieties grown from organic, heirloom and climate-adjusted seeds. In all, the farm served 15,000 pounds of food to 195 families or 563 people, Kasey Neiss, the farm’s data activist and systems manager, said in an email.

e farm’s 16-week Community Supported Agriculture initiative o ered vegetables and owers from its three farm sites, as well as meats from Wild Boyd Farm in Matheson and mushrooms from Sugar Moon Mushrooms in Bennett.

At least 13 families last season paid for their CSA share with federal SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — bene ts and received discounted prices through the Double Up Food Bucks program, Neiss said. Sixty families received their CSA share at no cost through the federal Women, Infants and Children produce incentive program.

Neiss said 20% of the farm’s produce was given to food pantries, food shares and food-insecure communities. FrontLine Farming workers also helped le 298 SNAP applications in Denver, Je erson, Adams and Arapahoe counties, she said.

Advocates say SNAP and the Double Up Food Bucks program, which allows SNAP participants

to get up to $20 a day more to buy Colorado-grown fruits and vegetables, helped keep families a oat during the pandemic.

But in 2023, both programs that helped keep families fed while they grappled with cutbacks caused by the pandemic are now diminished or in danger of being halted altogether due to shrinking funds.

In March, emergency SNAP benets were cut to pre-pandemic levels meaning that an estimated 540,000 low-income families in Colorado collected on average $90 less per month than in the previous two years, advocates say. For a family of four, that amounts to about $360 a month less they can spend on food, according to a news release from U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo, a ornton Democrat.

Citing statistics from the Colorado Department of Human Services, Caraveo’s o ce said roughly 77% of SNAP enrollees in the state are working families, people with disabilities or older people with xed incomes. More than half of Colorado’s SNAP households include children.

Meanwhile, a $5 million, ve-year federal grant used to o er incentives to farmers and retailers to continue the Double Up program through the summer is drying up.

Caraveo in April introduced a bill to extend the SNAP bene ts passed in the early COVID-19 relief package. e “Keeping Families Fed Act” has no co-sponsors in Congress, but is earning support from food advocates, who say after the March cuto more hungry families are looking to food banks and other resources for help.

e enhanced SNAP bene ts allowed families to buy healthier foods and to feed their families in

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NOTICE OF VACANCIES

ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF DAKOTA RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan District of Jefferson County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that vacancies currently exist on the board of directors of the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan District (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancies and serving on the board of directors should file a Letter of Interest with the board of directors of the District on or before the close of business on May 28, 2023, at the District

di cult times, Hunger Free Colorado CEO Marc Jacobson said in the Caraveo news release. “Our community members report they are now skipping meals, no longer able to purchase healthy foods and having to make tough choices between food and other necessities,” he said.

Wendy Peters Moschetti, executive director of Nourish Colorado, a group seeking to increase food access across the state, said the nonpro t is applying to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for another $5 million grant that may arrive in October.

Nourish is meanwhile asking donors to raise $500,000 for the Double Up program to keep it running through the summer. “ ese grants are intended to be received several times — one after the other — so we feel good about our chances, but we just need to get through the summer,” Moschetti said via email.

In an email to prospective donors, Moschetti said the additional $500,000 will help keep Nourish from pausing the Double Up program. “ ese funds will cover incentives for 2023 to help us sustain Double Up without interruptions or cancellations — which we have unfortunately already seen happen in other states.”

High in ation is one of the factors driving up the cost of the program but the most pressing issue is the loss of the pandemic-era emergency SNAP bene ts, she said in another email. ”Double Up will not be halted — but if we cannot meet the demand, the program may need to be limited or paused for a certain amount of time at some partner locations.”

Michigan — where the Double Up program began nearly 15 years ago — has had to pause the program

Management office.

Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the Dakota Ridge Metropolitan District, c/o Denise Denslow at CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111; 303-903-9760; Denise.Denslow@claconnect.com.

DAKOTA RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ McGeady Becher P.C., Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. CC 1262

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

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at some partner sites, Moschetti said, “as in limit how much could be spent at their sites and/or limit the months they could o er Double Up.”

Colorado’s Double Up Food Bucks program is modeled after the Fair Food Network in Michigan, which began at ve farmers markets in Detroit in 2009 and has grown to more than 150 sites across Michigan.

Colorado boasts 76 sites where Food Bucks can be used; most are farmers markets and farm stands, although there are a few permanent stores, Daysi Sweaney, director of healthy food incentives for Nourish, said via email.

ey include Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos, Wild Gal’s Market in Nucla, Save A Lot stores in Colorado Springs, Greeley and Pueblo, City Park Farmers Market in Denver and the Boulder County Farmers Markets.

Nourish added a few new partners this year but not as many as hoped, Sweaney said.

“We had over 100 applications for this season but could not accept them all due to the uncertainty of funding,” she said. “We want to make sure we can keep all our current partners funded for the rest of the year.”

Expansion is de nitely a priority, Sweaney said, and Nourish wants to bring the Food Bucks program to other areas of Colorado where there is a high need.

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JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on the 30th day of May 2023 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:

KEN CARYL GLASS INC. 12450 MEAD WAY.

LITTLETON, CO 80125

hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for Atrium Window Replacement at the Administration and Court Building project in Jefferson County, CO.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or corporation who has an unpaid claim against the said project, for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or any of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

2. All such claims shall be filed with Heather Frizzell, Director of Finance Jefferson County Colorado, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden CO 80419-4560.

3.Failure on the part of a creditor to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, from any and all liability for such claim.

County of Jefferson, State of Colorado Andy Kerr, Chairman Board of County Commissioners

Legal Notice No. CC1100

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Canyon Courier

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

ALSO KNOWN AS JANICE GRADY, Deceased Case