Black Keys hold Record Hang at Morrison Holiday Bar
e Record Hang wasn’t the rst time the band’s leads Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney have hung out at the Holiday.
BY JANE REUTER
JANE@COTLN.ORG
Morrison Holiday Bar
soundman Tom Smith got the call in early May: e Black Keys wanted to do a Record Hang — a late-night party with the band’s two leads spinning 45s for fans — at the bar after their May 27 Red Rocks concert.
ey’d provide their own security and equipment.
While the band set the Record Hang up ahead of time, the Holiday announced it on its Facebook page on the day of the event. It sold just 300 tickets — all the space it had in a room stripped of most furniture to create more space — and lled the bar to capacity by midnight.
“ ey came in in 2022 and did a bene t,” Smith said. “ ey really liked it and started doing it all over the country.”
It wasn’t an unusual request.
Bar owner Dave Killingsworth said artists from Red Rocks commonly drop in, sometimes just for a drink and occasionally asking to take the stage.
Parents warned about the dangers of chatbots
Consumer
alert urges conversations at home about AI tools, content
BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SUZIE@COTLN.ORG
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued a consumer alert warning parents about the growing risks posed by social AI chatbots. Chatbots are tools designed to mimic human conversation, which, in some cases, can lead young users into harmful interactions.
“ ese chatbots interact with people as if they were another person,” Weiser said. “ ey can take on personas like a celebrity, ctional character or even a trusted adult, and the conversation can turn inappropriate or dangerous quickly, especially when it comes to sexual content, self-harm or substance use.”
“Sometimes they show, sometimes they don’t,” he said. “ ey nd out about the bar. We don’t actively go out looking for anybody.”
Texas-based country band Shane Smith and e Saints do a Holiday after-party following every Red Rocks show.
Spinning singles
Black Keys’ Record Hang attendees paid $15 each to get into the 11 p.m. event.
And while Smith coordinated much of it, the Holiday
e alert, released May 21, comes amid a sharp rise in reports of children engaging with AI bots in ways that have resulted in mental health crises and unsafe behaviors. Weiser’s o ce warns that children and teens may not realize they’re interacting with an AI rather than a real person, making them more vulnerable to manipulation.
Realistic, relatable and risky
Social AI chatbots are increasingly common on popular platforms. Some are embedded in social media sites, while others exist as standalone apps. ey’re often marketed as friends, mentors or entertainers.
According to HealthyChildren.org, children and teens are turning to chatbots
The Black Keys did a Record Hang — a show in which the band members plays 45s for fans — at Morrison’s Holiday Bar after the May 27 Red Rocks concert. Vocalist Dan Auerbach toasts the crowd while drummer Patrick Carney spins 45s at the late night ticketed party. JANE REUTER
Resilience1220 moving to new location
Counseling nonprofit opens June 4 at o ce near Hilltop Drive and Evergreen Parkway
BY JANE REUTER JANE@COTLN.ORG
Resilience1220 is moving its o ces to La Plaza O ce Park in anticipation of its current building’s likely eventual destruction.
e new site at 3071 Evergreen Parkway is only about 2.5 miles from their current location in the Miller House alongside the Buchanan Park Recreation Center, and sta believes it’s a better site for its clients.
“We’re really excited about the new location and to be part of that neighborhood,” executive director Lindsey Breslin said. “It’s a little more central, with easy access and good parking.”
e new Resilience1220 o ce o Hilltop Drive will open June 4.
“ e last communication on design concepts have been that the building (Miller House) is partially in the way for either a road or a building behind it.
“We may use some of it for staging for the aquatic facility construction.”
Space for the summer
While Breslin said Resilience1220 knew the building wasn’t coming down immediately, she said sta also didn’t want to wait.
“We thought we’d be proactive and nd a space for this summer to avoid disrupting services for our clients,” she said. e only issue, Breslin said, is that the move wasn’t in Resilience1220’s 2025 budget.
“ e timing of our move was unknown until a few months ago,” she said. “Our 2025 budget will cover our new monthly lease, but does not include funds for moving expenses.”
With the change, the nonpro t needs a new printer, shredder, tables for public events, ling cabinets, cash boxes and signage for its new location.
Separately, EPRD also plans an $8–$10 million expansion of its pool area, adding a full-sized lap pool, springboard diving, rope swings, indoor/outdoor garage doors and outdoor water features includ-
While the Miller House’s future is not set, several designs for the planned expansion of Buchanan suggest tearing it down to make space for the future eldhouse. Based on community feedback, the Evergreen Park & Recreation District plans to add a 20,000-square-foot structure with two multi-purpose gymnasiums and an indoor walking track.
A father and son hoops tournament with a heart
Former Olympian hopes to benefit African athletes with Fathers Day tourney
BY JANE REUTER JANE@COTLN.ORG
A former Olympian and the founder of a new sports foundation aimed at helping African youth is hosting a Father’s Day father/son basketball championship at Evergreen High School.
Proceeds from the June 16 fundraiser will help provide basketball shoes for young African athletes. e fee for each father/son team is $125.
Denver resident Aubin Goporo, a native of the Central African Republic, founded theSt. George Sports Foundation earlier this year.
“I know how much young athletes in Africa need; I’ve experienced it,” he said. “So I’m just trying to help out.”
e Father’s Day event is not just about helping people in another country, he said.
“ is is for any father and son,” he said. “Just come in and let’s have two hours of fun. e idea is to bring fathers and sons together through the game of basketball, promoting bonding, teamwork, and healthy lifestyles.”
Goporo is a basketball coach at theEvergreen Sports Academy and said he plans to move to Evergreen.
Most recently, he worked as director of student-athlete development for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team.
Goporo competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics with the Central African Republic national basketball team, and later became the team’s coach. He is the former head basketball coach and athletic direc-
ing a hot tub. at nearly year-long project is set to happen rst, with the expected groundbreaking in January 2026.
“It’s been a constant conversation as we design and possibly put a eldhouse/gymnasium behind Buchanan,” said EPRD director Cory Vander Veen.
e Evergreen-based nonpro t provides con dential, no-cost counseling to youth from age 12 to 20. It also hosts no-cost therapeutic and social support groups for teens and adults.
For more information, visit resilience1220.org.
tor at Florida Air Academy, helping it win ve state championships in 15 seasons.
e African Central Republic is one of the world’s poorest countries with more than 5 million people, 80 ethnic groups and a civil war that’s been ongoing since 2012. Its infrastructure is crumbling, its education system stretched thin and it is listed as “one of the world’s most neglected, protracted humanitarian crises,” according to the European Commission.
Goporo hopes his Father’s Day fundraiser can become a tradition.
“I hope to make this a tradition so that we keep doing it, every year,” he said.
e event starts at noon, with an 11 a.m. check-in at EHS. Fees can be paid by check or cash at registration. For more information, email agoporo@ stgeorgesports.org
Hilgefort joins Evergreen Park & Rec. District board
New board member lost May 6 election narrowly to incumbent candidates
BY JANE REUTER JANE@COTLN.ORG
e Evergreen Park & Recreation District board unanimously agreed to appoint former candidate Ally Hilgefort to a vacant seat on the panel.
Hilgefort, a stay-at-home mother of two young daughters, missed winning a seat on the board during the May 6 election by just ve votes.
“ e election results spoke clearly,” EPRD board vice president Don Rosenthal said.
Incumbents Betsy Hays, Peter Eggers and Mary McGhee were re-elected to the
Newly appointed Evergreen Park & Recreation District board member Ally Hilgefort poses with her daughter Raelin and Jesselin outside the Buchanan Recreation Center Feb. 27. She was appointed unanimously by the EPRD board and sworn in during the meeting.
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board with 866, 757 and 512 votes respectively. Challenger Hilgefort, who ran on a platform of representing families with children, got 507 votes.
“I think you’d be an amazing addition to the board and yes, the community has spoken —not just through voting results but lling my e-mail,” board member Betsy Hays said.
Hilgefort’s term expires in 2027. Hilgefort lls a seat that had been occupied by Nina Armah. Citing personal reasons, Armah resigned April 21, too late to put her seat on the May 6 ballot and leaving that decision to the newly elected board. e board also elected new o cers for a one-year term, agreeing to appoint McGhee as its president, Rosenthal as rst vice president, Hays as second vice president, Eggers as treasurer and Hilgefort as secretary.
Resilience1220 will move to La Plaza O ce Park at 3071 Evergreen Parkway. The future of the counseling service’s current home remains unclear. JANE REUTER
Former Olympian Aubin Goporo, a native of the Central African Republic, is sponsoring a father/son basketball tournament on Father’s Day at Evergreen High School.
Part 2: Why Aren’t More Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) Being Built?
This is the second installment of my monthly series about one of the hottest topics in real estate: Accessory Dwelling Units. ADUs have gotten a lot of attention recently as a housing option. My thanks to John Phillips of Verdant Living for helping on the research for it.
ADUs – accessory or additional dwelling units, also called granny flats — are a wonderful idea. They use an existing piece of residential real estate and create a separate living space. They are often used for intergenerational housing (aging parents, adult children just starting out, etc.) and have long-term value as rental property and add to the value of your real estate. But very few have been built in Colorado. The experience in the City of Denver is instructive. I have been told that since June 2015 the city has issued 528 ADU permits, of which 418 have received Certificates of Occupancy. There are thousands of possible sites. There are no easily attainable totals for areas outside Denver, but there are a few ADUs scattered around the suburbs, and there must be tens of thousands of possible sites.
the preferred option. But times have changed.
quickly baffles the typical homeowner.
Now, land in urban areas is scarce (thus more expensive), homes are more expensive to build and aren’t as available, and smaller living spaces in closer proximity to others is more acceptable, often preferred. Zoning was a big hurdle. In Denver, applications for variance were rarely denied, but the variance process could take months and was expensive.
However, that is not the problem it once was. Laws have been passed that override local zoning regulations; Colorado did that last year, and that law takes effect this July.
That has opened the door, but there is a long way to go. Most homeowners have never even heard of ADUs, much less thought of how building an ADU might address their needs. This series is a small attempt to address that education gap.
Other impediments:
Other local regulations and rules
Cost. The amount of money needed, even for the least expensive ADUs, is not trivial for most homeowners. It exceeds the purchase of a car or the cost of a tiny home, and many don’t understand why.
Finance. Beyond the raw cost, financing an ADU can be a challenge. Most lenders (but not our Wendy Renee, below) are not yet comfortable with the dynamics, and there are few lenders actively doing it. Call Wendy!
Time. The time between signing a contract to build an ADU and receiving a certificate of occupancy could be a year (and often longer). Before you get to the contract phase, investigation of options and selecting a vendor takes even more time. Sometimes a homeowner who wants an ADU has an immediate need, and the timelines may not match.
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works against widespread adoption. They are “gentle density,” one here, one there. They are rarely installed at multiple residences close to each other. The impact, such as traffic, on a particular neighborhood is minimal. They don’t change the character of the neighborhood, but individual homeowners must have the need and desire.
Most have little experience with a construction project, understand how to research the options, are willing to turn their backyard into a construction site, and, especially for homeowners of moderate means, able to take on the risk and responsibility of a second mortgage (or make the necessary decisions). The whole thing is not part of their perspective.
So, one might ask, why aren’t more ADUs being built?
For many years, they were discouraged by the restrictive zoning regulations of local governments. That made a lot of sense when land was relatively inexpensive, housing was generally affordable, and single-family residences were
Some of these are hangovers from the anti-ADU sentiment, but many are necessary to ensure the quality and safety of the dwelling as well as it being an acceptable addition to the community. These range from soil testing, setbacks, size limitations, parking, utility fees, construction inspections, and more. These sorts of things are dealt with as a matter of course by builders of multi-family buildings and main residences, but the complexity
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Market awareness. As mentioned above, most potential purchasers of ADUs are unaware of the opportunity. That education is happening, slowly.
Vendors. In Colorado the cottage industry of ADU vendors and other service providers is only now developing. It exists but is small, hard to find (and vet), and doesn’t have a broad community presence.
All these factors are self reinforcing and limit the development of ADUs. And there is another factor at work. The very nature of ADUs which makes them such a terrific addition to the housing stock,
To help with these issues Verdant Living has published a buyer’s guide, BuyersGuideColoradoADUs.com. A good place to begin is the Verdant Living website, VerdantLiving.us, or just contact John Phillips at 303-717-1962
I want to thank John and the following people for their input: Gary Fleisher, Modular Home Source; Kol Peterson, Accessory Dwelling Strategies, Renee Martinez-Stone, Denver Housing Authority and West Denver Renaissance Collaborative, and Eric Scott, TinyMod. Next month: Financing an ADU
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We pride ourselves on the thoroughness of our listings. We complete all the data fields in the MLS, not just the mandatory ones, so you’ll find measurements and descriptions for each room, as well as narrated video tours which simulate an actual showing.
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agents bother to enter that information on their MLS listings. Of course, narrated video tours are not required either, and most “video tours” you see on other brokerages’ listings are really just slide shows with a music track. We have sold many of our own listings, including one that closes next week, to buyers who haven’t seen the home in person until they fly in for the inspection. The video tour gives them enough of a sense of what the listing is like to ask me or their agent write up an offer and go under contract for it.
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Evergreen kicks o historic Monopoly game
Virtual hunt aims to share community’s history with residents and business owners
BY JANE REUTER JANE@COTLN.ORG
In honor of the community’s 150th anniversary, Evergreen is playing a giant game of Monopoly.
Forty Evergreen businesses are part of the game created by the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce sta , in which participants collect cards featuring a unique local historical location. ose who return completed sets are eligible for cash and other prizes.
e game began June 1 and the deadline to return sets is Aug. 31.
“We wanted to involve our local businesses in the celebration of our 150th anniversary,” Chamber President Nancy Judge said. “We looked at making up a new board, but the minimum order quantity is 500 games, and we had no place to store them. So we came up with the idea of doing a virtual one.
“A lot of our businesses just love the concept. Each has
partnered with a historic location, or business from Evergreen’s history. It’s just another way for people in our community to learn more about the places and people from our past.”
History is exciting
Business owner Sue Mueller, who owns Suz Cookie Jar Rescue Bakery, didn’t know the history of her building at 6921 County Road 73 until she joined as a Monopoly participating business owner.
“It was pretty exciting to nd out the history of this building, which they think was built as a general store in 1927,” she said. “We’d heard the building was historical and when this came up, we learned so much more.
“I think it’s going to be really fun for people. It’s a great way to get them into the local businesses, and help them appreciate what we’ve got and how long it’s been around.”
Usingan online map, which is available at evergreenchamber.org, participants guide themselves to each participating business, learn its historic secrets from local experts and collect the property card. Participants can print the map or use the online version.
Completed sets must be turned into the Evergreen
Chamber of Commerce ofce at 1524 Belford Ct. by Aug. 31st to be entered into a ra e for up to $500 cash and other prizes.
Community events like the Evergreen Rodeo, the Evergreen Park & Recreation District Summer Concert Series, Foothills 4th, and CAE Summerfest will have exclusive opportunities to collect property cards that won’t be available anywhere else.
Sacred spaces and classic cars
Evergreen’s birth goes back to 1875, when former Je erson County Commissioner Dwight Wilmot asked the federal government to put a post o ce in the community. He requested they name it “Evergreen” after the trees he so loved, marking the rst time the community’s name was used. Because Evergreen is not incorporated, that occasion also marks the community’s o cial beginning and makes 2025 its 150th anniversary, according to Historic Je co.
e Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce has lined up a year’s worth of events, including a monthly gathering called “Sacred Spaces” that takes a closer look at the community’s most treasured places and assets, and a July 3 Night in the Park that will in-
clude local guest speakers, classic cars, historic artifacts and vintage family games.
For more information and photos of the community’s past, visit evergreenchamber.org.
The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce created a virtual game of Monopoly to help celebrate the community’s 150th anniversary. The board is available on the chamber’s website.
Moving Bu alo Park School a delicate process
148-year-old building leaves Wilmot Elementary for Marshdale Park
BY DEB HURLEY BROBST
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How do you move a 148-year-old schoolhouse from Wilmot Elementary School to Marshdale Park? Very, very carefully.
You might even say one inch at a time.
A Parker company specializing in moving historic buildings used hand-jacks to painstakingly inch Bu alo Park School from its concrete foundation in front of Wilmot Elementary on May 19, moving it onto a trailer and driving it about 4.5 miles to its new location on May 21 where movers slowly lowered the building onto a new concrete slab.
e historic one-room log Bu alo Park School has deteriorated and the Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society and Evergreen historian John Steinle have been looking for a new location for several years, so the area doesn’t lose this piece of history.
Steinle believes the Bu alo Park School is the oldest and last remaining one-room school structure built of logs in Je erson County and perhaps the oldest in Colorado.
“I am a very very happy man,” said Steinle, who spent May 21 watching the move. “Personally, this is a culmination of … trying to make sure the school would be preserved, and it would be moved to a new location where it can be used as an educational tool.”
He called the groups who joined together to bring the move to fruition a great community e ort, something typical for Evergreen.
“It will be a great asset as it was in the past to the Evergreen community,” Steinle said.
Takes a village
Since 1967 – when the schoolhouse was moved to Wilmot Elementary – and until about 10 years ago, school groups entered the building regularly to learn about Evergreen history.
e schoolhouse move took a village — the Evergreen Park & Recreation District agreeing to take over ownership of the building from Je co Public Schools and pouring a concrete slab at Marshdale Park; EMAHS using grant money to pay for the move; and Steinle working with all parties to make it happen.
Plus the Je co County Historical Commission and History Je co preservation group had a hand in making the move a reality.
Now that the building has its new home, it will take a village to raise the additional funds to renovate the building. e Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce, the Evergreen Legacy Fund, History Je co plus EMAHS and EPRD have o ered to help with the renovations.
EPRD hopes to open the building for educational programs for school groups and the public.
“I’m excited to bring that back,” EPRD Executive Director Cory Vander Veen said. “We can get people learning about the history (of Evergreen) and do some programming.”
How to move a historic building
e Bu alo Park School, which had rot-
ting wood at the bottom of the 15-foot by 20-foot building, was lifted ever so slowly by Mammoth Structural Moving workers, using jacks that they wedged under the building’s four corners. Workers handjacked up the walls inch by inch in unison, so they could place steel beams under the building. e rst day, workers lifted the schoolhouse about 12 inches. e second day, they lifted it so they could put a trailer under it, and on the third day, they drove the school to Marshdale Park and gingerly lowered it onto its new cement pad.
About a dozen people, including Steinle, EMAHS and EPRD representatives watched the building come to rest in Marshdale Park.
“Our rst challenge is to keep (the building) from falling apart,” said Bill Davis, Mammoth’s founder and owner. “Jacking up the building is really simple. Keeping it together is what is complicated.”
Davis said his company moves buildings of all sizes, and a one-room building such as Bu alo Park School might seem simple, but it’s not.
Other details
Discussions to determine what to do with the building started in earnest in 2019, according to Stuart Collins, EMAHS president. But it wasn’t until 2022 that EPRD said it would assume responsibility for the building.
Nancy Judge, president of the Evergreen chamber, said the chamber got involved because the school is about the same age as Evergreen, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
“ e schoolhouse is part of the history of Evergreen, and we want to honor that and learn from it,” Judge said. “We want to move it, give it a new home and give it some TLC.”
Collins said hopes the money can be raised to replace the roof and windows, and to refurbish the building.
Many involved with the project thought it wouldn’t happen.
“ is is great,” Collins said. “Now we have a nancially secure entity – the Evergreen Park & Recreation District – taking care of it. Now we will put labor into restoration. e goal is to have a ribbon cutting by Aug. 1 next year and celebrate its opening.”
History of Bu alo Park School
Steinle has written a history of the building, telling how it came to be and was moved around Evergreen.
According to Steinle’s history, several families within the newly named Evergreen community joined forces in 1877 to build a school for their children. Antoine Roy and Selim Vezina, members of several French-Canadian families living in the area, constructed the Bu alo Park School at the Vezina ranch.
e land on which the school stood was leased by Je erson County School District 11. ere were eight boys and 15 girls: 23 students and their teacher crammed into the 10- by 15-foot building. e constant disappearance of the students’ pencils caused consternation until the culprit was discovered: a pack rat that had been adding pencils to his nest.
When a larger school was built along Cub Creek in the 1920s, the Bu alo Park School was no longer necessary, and it closed. e old school building was cared for by the Vezina family, but the ranch was sold in 1948. At that time, Carrie Riel Vezina had the building dismantled and
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148-yearold Bu alo Park School sits at its new home in Marshdale Park. The building, which is in disrepair, was moved on May 21 from Wilmot Elementary School after the Evergreen Park & Recreation District agreed to be responsible for the building.
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moved to her new home on Evergreen Hill.
By 1966, Vezina wanted to sell her property and was concerned about the school’s future. She was a longtime member of the Evergreen Woman’s Club, and in 1967,
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didn’t keep any of the ticket sales. e bar’s sta also took on extra shifts and duties to get ready for the event. While three bartenders were on duty earlier in the evening as the band Alibi played, three more joined them at about 10 p.m. — when the bar closed and Smith asked everyone to leave. ey took the next hour to clear tables and chairs, making way for a mostly standing-room-only crowd. Black Keys
the club assumed ownership, moving the schoolhouse rst to the Evergreen High School grounds and then to Wilmot Elementary School.
e club assumed responsibility for maintaining the building, and Wilmot teachers used it as a learning environment for decades. Volunteers from Hiwan Homestead Museum also taught using 19th-century methods.
In 1987, the Evergreen Woman’s Club
sta also arrived during that hour, setting up its own sound system and boxes of 45s, establishing a VIP area for the band on the top deck, and checking to ensure doors were locked.
At 11 p.m., while the Keys’ were still on stage at Red Rocks, the Holiday opened its doors for Record Hang attendees. Just after midnight, Carney quietly walked onto the stage and started spinning 45s. A few minutes later, Auerbach joined him.
Neither spoke but went straight to the business of playing records, with Auerbach occasionally acknowledging the audience by raising a glass in a toast.
had the building renovated and repaired. By 2010, the Woman’s Club disbanded and turned over ownership and responsibility for the school to Je co Public Schools.
Since the 1987 renovation, the condition of the old school has deteriorated, and the school district was no longer able to adequately care for it.
In 2019, the school district contacted the Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society to form a renovation plan. EMAHS
Finding the right sounds e Record Hangs aren’t just a way to come down after a concert. Auerbach and Carney, who are known for their love of vinyl and DJing, says it’s signi cantly in uenced their music and creative process. e Black Keys spent part of 2023 doing Record Hangs across North America and Europe, playing singles in small clubs into the wee hours of the morning, according to Billboard magazine. ey gauged the crowd’s reaction at those events, using it as market research to help tighten up their songwriting. at had a strong in uence on the 2024 album, “Ohio Players,” on which they
Don’t go it alone.
board members and representatives from the Je erson County Historical Commission and other groups met at the school to evaluate its condition.
HistoriCorps, a national volunteer preservation organization, was brought in to examine the school and formulate a renovation plan and budget. However, the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted everything and put the preservation e ort on hold.
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collaborated heavily with Beck.
“Ultimately you want to nd the record that sounds like a hit that people haven’t heard before,”Auerbach told iHeart Radio in 2024. “ at’s what the goal is. So we were having this friendly competition buying records, searching for records, trying to spin records and see how they would go over with the crowd. en we would take that energy into the studio.”
For the Keys, the hunt never ends. e group’s Facebook page shows Auerbach and Carney spent part of May 24 in downtown Denver, looking for new 45s to spin at Wax Trax and other shops.
Workers from Mammoth Structural Movers begin the slow process of jacking the Bu alo Park School building up by hand, working in unison to inch the building o its concrete-slab foundation at Wilmot Elementary School. Mammoth moved the building to Marshdale
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The Bu alo Park School is slowly maneuvered into Marshdale Park by Mammoth Structural Movers. The building now sits on a concrete pad on the northwest corner of the park near Marshdale Elementary School. STUART COLLINS
Holiday Bar and adjoining Morrison properties for sale
Block of land in downtown Morrison listed for $15 million
BY JANE REUTER
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Nights like May 27, when one of the world’s most popular and award-winning bands choose his bar for their afterconcert party, don’t tempt Dave Killingsworth to stay in the business.
e longtime Morrison business owner recently listed the Bear Creek Avenue bar, its adjoining businesses, houses and the property around it for sale for $15 million.
Killingsworth knows the Black Keys — who recently held a late-night Record Hang at the Morrison Holiday Bar — are famous but not much more than that. And he’s met plenty of famous people in nearly 20 years of running Morrison’s popular live music venue. e idea of meeting more isn’t even a consideration for him.
“I just had my Medicare birthday this month,” Killingsworth said. “If I had endless energy, time and money, there’s a lot more I’d like to do. But I don’t. And I don’t want to ght with the town to do it.” e things he wants to do
include opening up the walls between neighboring Tom’s Upholstering shop and Red Rocks Grill — both of which Killingsworth and his Texan brother Fred own — and creating a large restaurant/bar with garage doors, more room for dancing and other features he thinks patrons would enjoy.
But that’s either a job for someone else, or an idea a new owner may not pursue, he said.
While Killingsworth has put years of e ort and money into expanding the Holiday, including adding a rooftop patio, two parking lots at the back, expanded bathrooms and other amenities, its future doesn’t matter to Killingsworth. Wellknown by the town’s elected o cials for confronting them at their biweekly meetings about the lack of town parking and his claims that they don’t do enough to help their businesses, he says that’s not the reason he’s o ering his properties for sale either.
one of the state’s most charming and highly tra cked tourist destinations.”
But the Holiday isn’t just known for its live music or location in downtown Morrison. Killingsworth has also created a sense of community that extends beyond music lovers. e Holiday hosts free community dinners on anksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter. It rst introduced the idea in 2007, holding them annually until the pandemic. ose events returned this year, drawing some people back who treasured it as a unique experience.
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“It’s just time,” he said. “And I’m not the only one involved. My brother wants to sell, too.”
Once in a generation opportunity
Unique Properties describes the site as “a once-in-a-generation opportunity to acquire a rare mixed-use property in
Killingsworth isn’t without some sentiment about his establishment. He hopes a new owner will keep the Holiday, which has operated as a bar since the late 1800s, alive.
“I don’t know why, if they’ve been here more than a couple times, somebody would take the Holiday out,” he said. “But that’s not my business.”
He’s also not on a timeline. If it doesn’t sell, he said he’ll hold onto it for at least another ve years. And if it does, he’s not yet sure what he’ll do. e property includes buildings from 401 to 417 Bear Creek Avenue, as well as 109 Mill Street. at includes about 10,400-square-feet of retail space, two houses and 58 private parking spaces.
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We the People: American Pie
Those of a certain age likely recall Don McLean’s 1972 megahit song, “American Pie.”
ough an easily sung, melodic tune, the song is a stream of forlorn allusions that when woven together become an elegy, a melancholy paean to a time past, a pop rendition of John Milton’s “Paradise Lost.”
“American Pie” came on the heels of a tumultuous decade, one that had followed a super cially placid, bland one. Some critics rank it among the great pop songs. Although its place in music legend is a matter of debate, what isn’t debatable is that McLean captured the essence of a substantially changing America.
It’s no accident that McLean references pie in his lyrics. Apple pie has become an iconic symbol for Americana and remains part of our cultural mythology. Recall the tale of Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman, who planted apple trees from the Allegheny Valley of Western Pennsylvania to the Midwest.
In addition to being a scrumptious dessert and a symbol, pie serves another purpose due to it being a circle. Statisticians, demographers and economists use it regularly to depict the microscopic sliver of the percent of America’s wealth that’s yours, which I’m assuming is considerably less than the square root of the square root of Pi.
Historians love to categorize stretches of time into ages or eras, e.g., the Age of Reason, the Industrial Period, the Progressive Era. Interestingly, there’s never been an Age of Innocence. It’s been tumultuous from the get-go.
Vibrant, healthy democracies tend to be that way. Nevertheless, underneath the turbulence lies a nostalgia, a yearning for a past time even if you hadn’t lived during it or for something of the past that elicits a romantic feeling. One for me is captured in Arlo Guthrie’s “City of New Orleans,” his tribute to the train, which helped shape, connect and mold the ethos of America.
John Koenig coined a word for that sense: “anemoia,” which he denes in his “Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows” as a “nostalgia for a time you never experienced.” It’s imbued in pining for “good old days.”
But there never were good old days, at least in a collective sense. While a certain stretch might’ve been halcyon for you, undoubtedly others found it to be a personal or social hellscape.
If we dig deep into our psyches, we might discover what we’re reaching back for is a time when things were safer, simpler, less of a whirlwind. But like the good old days, times weren’t simpler in days of yore. ey had their own sort of complexity.
Yes, your great-grandparents didn’t need to worry about their identity being stolen or malware infecting their computers. But brewing a quick cup of co ee, grabbing a fast bite on the run or luxuriating in a hot shower on demand weren’t options. Outside of musing, for me it’s a futile exercise. e bottom line is that we’re not there but here, which leads to our quandary: What are we going to do about it?
How often have you heard some politico go on about what the American people want or expect? Whenever I hear that I think, “Really? How do you know what the collective body of Americans thinks?”
And on a darker note, how many times have we heard someone proclaim, “ at’s not who we are,” when the hard truth might be that’s exactly who we are? Or become.
America is struggling with an identity crisis. Who are we as a people? What does America mean today? What is our purpose?
Are we like those who founded this country, who pushed the frontier west, who through ingenuity, hard work, and some admittedly shady manipulation and inhumane exploitation built the most prosperous and powerful nation in history?
Do we have the same moxie as those that saved the world from Nazi domination, put an American on the moon, and defeated the heavily favored Russians—aka Soviets—in the 1980 Miracle on Ice?
Have we evolved into a new American, an alien species compared to those who wrote our founding documents and to those who bled profusely to set and keep the land free? Are there vestiges of their DNA in ours?
In the early nineteenth century, Alexis de Tocqueville did a deep dive into our edgling republic and recorded his ndings in his classic tome, “Democracy in America.” I recall reading it as part of my college studies, but other than excerpts, I haven’t read it since then. Nevertheless, I believe what de Tocqueville ultimately described, in addition to the intricacies of American democracy, was the character of Americans of that day.
In future essays, I plan to explore America today in a “We the People” series. I invite you to accompany me as I go spelunking down a rabbit hole in search for America 2025.
Jerry Fabyanic is the author of “Sisyphus Wins” and “Food for ought: Essays on Mind and Spirit.” He lives in Georgetown.
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Winning from failing and succeeding
We all want to win. It feels good to succeed, hit the target, cross the nish line, or land the deal. But if we’re honest, most of us fail far more often than we win, and many of those failures are quietly swept under the rug. at’s human nature. We hide the stumbles and spotlight the wins. But here’s the truth: both wins and losses hold valuable lessons. e people who truly multiply their success are the ones who learn from both.
Some people are wired to extract deep insight from failure. When something goes wrong, they pause, re ect, and analyze. ey don’t just brush past the loss; they dissect it. What went wrong? What could I have done di erently? What will I change next time? ey turn the pain of failure into fuel for growth. It’s not always easy, but it’s powerful.
Others, however, respond to failure with anger, blame, or retreat. ey shut down. If you’re in that camp or know someone who is, let me recommend Josh Seibert’s book, “Winning From Failing.” It’s a game-changer for those who get stuck in frustration when things don’t go their way. Seibert challenges us to see failure as a necessary and even valuable part of the journey to success.
David Sandler, founder of the Sandler Selling System, emphasized this same truth in his foundational book, “ e Sandler Rules: 49 Timeless Selling Principles and How to Apply em.” Rule #1? “You have to learn to fail, to win.” Not rule #37. Not rule #49. Rule number one. Failure isn’t optional on the path to success. It’s the tuition we pay.
And let’s not forget Zig Ziglar’s wisdom: “Failure is an event, not a person. Yesterday really did end last night.” at one quote alone can shift your entire perspective. It reminds us not to let a setback today de ne who we are tomorrow.
But let’s ip the script. We’ve talked enough about failure. What about success? Are we learning from that just as intentionally?
Too often, we only conduct a “post-mortem” when things go wrong. Leaders gather the team, do a retrospective, and ask, “Why did we miss the mark?” at’s valuable. But how often do we pause and re ect after a big win and ask, “Why did we succeed?”
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Canyon Courier is not addressing local issues
We began subscribing to the Canyon Courier in 1995 before we even moved to Evergreen. It was a wonderful source of information about the mountain area activities and local news. I refer to Conifer, Pine, Bailey, Kittredge, and Evergreen as the mountain area.
Today it no longer re ects our mountain community stories and issues. It reports on Denver stories, businesses, and activities and opportunities that exist o the mountain. ere are many stories that locals would like to hear more about. What restaurants are open in Conifer, Pine, Bailey? Tell us about the new restaurant in downtown Evergreen called the
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Michael Norton
When we nish a 10K faster than ever, hit a new sales target, or deliver a project under budget, we should celebrate, but we should also re ect. Did we prepare di erently this time? Did we collaborate more closely with the team? Were we more strategic in how we communicated? Were we more consistent in execution? Did we build stronger relationships? Did we make fewer assumptions and ask better questions?
As salespeople, for example, maybe our precall planning was sharper. Maybe we looped in colleagues who brought added expertise. Maybe we stopped winging it and started acting like professionals. Success leaves clues, but only if we take the time to look for them.
e truth is, for some people, it’s the lessons from failure that stick. For others, it’s the clarity that comes from understanding why they won. Both are essential. e tragedy is when we do neither. When we lose and shrug it o with “We’ll get ‘em next time.” Or when we win and move on with a quick high- ve and no deeper insight. Success is not just about doing more, it’s about learning more from the setbacks and the triumphs. Multiply your wins by making time to understand them. Let your failures instruct you, but don’t let your victories go unanalyzed. In both, there’s wisdom waiting.
And wisdom compounds.
Which way do you prefer to increase your odds of winning in the future? Is it the setbacks that we learn what not to do? Or is it found in the success and what we want to replicate? Either way, I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we understand that our future successes are born by both our failures and our successes, it really will be a better-than-good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
Blue Cow Eatery. Why are local businesses being hurt by parking fees? What is happening with El Rancho? Who will be running Keys on the Green and what will that look like? What are our local schools doing to impact our students in a positive way? Are we ever going to see a dog park in Evergreen again? How about a review of the new /old Bistro in Marshdale renamed Evoke? What is happening in downtown Evergreen...any other new businesses we want to hear about?
ese are the things we locals wish to read about. Let Arvada, Wheatridge, Golden, and Lakewood get their own newspaper. Kimberly Cox, Evergreen
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Texting her boundaries
CONIFER – Breathless Boyfriend called JCSO to report that Girlfriend was at home getting strangled by her Dad. Deputies rushed to Girlfriend’s house and pieced together the following harrowing sequence of events.
Girlfriend’s Mom came home tired and asked Girlfriend to fetch Dad into her presence. Girlfriend and Dad used that opportunity for eeting interpersonal communication to revisit the incendiary Your-Boyfriend’s-aWorthless-Bum/But-Dad-I-Love-Him-SoMuch debate.
Interpreting Girlfriend’s mid-argument text-messaging as a sign of inattention, Dad slapped her phone out of her hand and onto the oor, where his wellplaced heel quickly rendered the versatile device’s many useful functions functionally dysfunctional. He then grasped her by the shoulders and pushed her, a relatively benign gesture of exasperation that reached Boyfriend’s ears as attempted murder.
O cers might have arrested the whole crew for misuse of their mouths, but the law provides no app for that.
Problem parents
SOUTH JEFFCO – Minnie Van wanted deputies to teach Rudy Bellows a lesson in manners. Rudy, according to Minnie, is a “Watch Dog” at the school both of their children attend. Minnie said she’d been o -
loading her o spring o bright and early when Rudy, presumably nding fault with her parking lot etiquette, began taking her to school right there in front of the crossing guard and everybody. ing is, Minnie “had no idea what he was saying because my windows were rolled up.” But she surmised from Rudy’s red face and angry gesticulations that he wasn’t reciting poetry, and Minnie wanted him formally reprimanded for his “inappropriate behavior.”
O cers tried to contact Rudy to nd out what the schoolyard scu e had been all about, but the watch dog was absent from both home and o ce. Unless and until Rudy raises his hand to speak, the case is suspended.
Hacks take flak
SOUTH JEFFCO – is from JCSO’s “Man Bites Dog” le: At about 6 a.m. a man called 911 to report that a taxicab driver had stolen his money. Twice.
A couple of hours earlier, the frothing fellow explained, he’d summoned a taxi to his location on South Field Street and instructed the driver to deliver him to an address on West Hampden Avenue. He assured o cers that he’d paid the full fare in advance as the cabbie demanded, and had then run inside to “get my wallet.”
up front, which exhausted the very last of his meager funds. e second cab took him as far as a convenience store on West Ken Caryl Avenue, and then ditched him while he was inside buying a pack of cigarettes. e complainant wanted deputies to get all of his money back and charge the heartless hacks with theft.
Deputies called the cab company and were treated to a somewhat di erent narrative. According to the rst cabbie, the complainant had begun heaping personal abuse and adult language upon him from the moment he pulled up to the curb. Not looking forward to more of the same at close quarters and all the way to West Hampden, the driver saw his opportunity when the offensive fellow ran into the house to retrieve his wallet and made his escape before any money changed hands.
According to the second driver, the foul-mouthed fare breathed re and spit venom all the way to the Ken Caryl convenience store, which is where the fedup cabbie announced that the complainant had just reached the end of the line, refunded the balance of his West Hampden fare and bolted like a bee-stung cat. Just curious, deputies asked the complainant how it was that he’d given the last of his money to the second driver, yet had enough money to purchase smokes. Yeah, it was the refund.
When he returned to the curb the cab was gone. Ticked o and still marooned on South Field, he called for a second taxi, which also made him pay for the trip
CHATBOTS
not just for quick answers but also for entertainment or companionship, which can be risky as these programs are not designed with kids in mind and may expose them to false, harmful or inappropriate content.
“What you thought might be benign can turn quite harmful,” Weiser said. “Parents need to be mindful of what their kids are doing.”
e alert outlines several dangers, including chatbots generating age-inappropriate content, encouraging disordered behavior, or providing false and biased information. In some cases, children have shared private details with these bots, raising concerns about how that data may be used or stored.
Legal tools, limited reach
Weiser said his o ce is watching close-
ly for violations of Colorado’s consumer protection laws, particularly those related to deceptive or unfair trade practices. He pointed to the state’s ongoing lawsuit against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, which alleges harm to children through manipulative design and lack of safeguards.
“If these platforms are crossing the line, whatever we can do in enforcement, we will,” he said.
Still, Weiser acknowledged that regulation alone can’t keep pace with the fast-moving world of AI. He called for a broader federal conversation and urged technology companies to act more responsibly.
What parents can do
e most e ective protection, Weiser said, begins at home.
“Monitor their use. Be engaged,” he said. “Ask your kids what they’re doing online. If they say they’re talking to someone, make sure they understand who or what that really is.”
O cers found no cause to pursue the case, and discreetly departed just as the purportedly penniless plainti was dialing up a third taxicab.
e alert recommends using parental controls, ltering tools and built-in age restrictions. But more importantly, Weiser said, families should normalize regular conversations about digital habits and online experiences.
for new state legislation but believes current laws provide a strong foundation for accountability. For now, raising awareness remains a top priority.
“Teach your kids that these chatbots are not human,” he said. “ ey’re designed to seem human but they’re not. Don’t wait to talk to your kids.”
Looking ahead
Weiser said he’s not ruling out the need
To help parents get started, his o ce has created a one-page tip sheet with safety advice and conversation starters, available at stopfraudcolorado.gov.
“Arti cial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and many parents may not even be aware of social AI chatbots and their potential to harm children,” Weiser said. “ at needs to change.”
AI chatbots that mimic friendly conversation may pose hidden risks for kids, Colorado’s attorney general warns. SHUITTERSTOCK
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UPCOMING
Evergreen Park & Recreation District camps: Now through Aug. 8. For youth starting age 3. Includes preschool, summer adventure, outdoor climbing, gymnastics, science and technology, sports, INSPIRE (Special Needs), Lake House, chess, and Challenger soccer. evergreenrecreation.com.
Seniors4Wellness Friday Cafe: 11:30 a.m., June 6, Christ the King Church, 4291 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen. seniors4wellness.org.
First Annual World Music Weekend: 7 p.m. June 6. Shabbat Service and Klezmer Parade with Tarjama Ensemble, 3 p.m. June 8, combined concert, Congregation Beth Evergreen Amphitheater, 2981 Bergen Peak Dr, Evergreen. Free concerts, paid workshops also available. bethevergreen.org
Evergreen’s 150th anniversary Sacred Spaces: Noon, June 7, Bear Creek Cemetery, 4099 Hwy 74 Parkway. Free. Hosted by Elaine Hayden and Rose Smith. evergreenchamber.org.
EPRD Summer Concert series: 6:30 p.m. June 11, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road. Decaf Muchachos & Kara Kappuccina. Free. evergreenrecreation.com.
at registration. All proceeds will help provide basketball shoes for African Youth. Information at (321) 432-8707 or agoporo@stgeorgesports.org
Yoga in the Park with Cynde Denson: 6 p.m. June 19, Conifer Peace Park, 26215 Sutton Road, Conifer. Free. Bring a yoga mat and small ground cover.
Evergreen Sustainability Alliance annual recycling event: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 21, Evergreen High School parking lot, 29300 Bu alo Park Road, Evergreen. Collecting electronics, paint, block styrofoam, glass, barbed wire and scrap metal. sustainevergreen.org
EPRD Summer Concert series: 4 p.m. June 25, Buchanan Park eld, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. Aleik Maddox. Free. evergreenrecreation.com
Evergreen Rodeo: June 14 & 15, El Pinal Rodeo Grounds, 29830 Stagecoach Blvd., Evergreen. Kick-o party 6-9 p.m. June 13. Parade, 10 a.m. June 14. Rodeo, 5 p.m. June 14. Rodeo, 2 p.m. June 15. Muttin’ bustin’, booths, both days. evergreenrodeo.com.
Father/Son Charity Basketball Camp: 11:30 a.m. registration, camp from noon to 2 p.m.June 16, Evergreen High School, 29300 Bu alo Park Road, Evergreen. Father/son teams $125 each. Check or cash
8th Annual Evergreen Mountain Art Celebration: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 28 and 29, e Evergreen North shopping complex, near the Evergreen post o ce, 3719 Evergreen Parkway, Evergreen. Juried ne art and ne craft show with 75 professional artists from Colorado and beyond. EvergreenArtShow.com
Foothills Fourth: Noon to 4:30 p.m. July 4, Buchanan Park elds, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. Family-friendly community festival featuring music all day, community acts, carnival games, woodcarving showcase, log-rolling competition, food trucks and beer garden. Full schedule at evergreenrecreation. com
EPRD Summer Concert series: 4 p.m. July 9, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road. Sarah Bauer Band. Free. evergreenrecreation.com.
week July 17 & 24. With camps for ages 5-16. Costs vary. Details: evergreenplayers.org.
45th Annual Summerfest: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 19 & 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 20, Buchanan Field, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. $5 at the door, kids 10 and under free Hosted by the Center for the Arts Evergreen with proceeds supporting year-round arts programs. evergreenarts. org.
CAE’s Back Porch Concert Series featuring Moors & McCumber: 7 p.m. June 20. Outdoor seating starts at 6 p.m. General admission $20, kids 10 and under free. 31880 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen. evergreenarts.org.
Andy Smith Sr. INSPIRE Golf Tournament: 7 a.m. July 14, Hiwan Golf Club, 30671 Clubhouse Lane, Evergreen. Fundraiser for the Evergreen Park and Recreation District’s INSPIRE program, Crutches 4 Africa, Resilience1220, and the Mountain Foothills Rotary Foundation.evergreenrecreation.com
Evergreen Players drama camp: One
EPRD Summer Concert series: 4 p.m. July 23, Buchanan Park eld, 32003 Ellingwood Trail, Evergreen. e Wrecklunds. Free. evergreenrecreation.com.
31st annual Community Grove Sale: 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 2, Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 Hwy 73, Evergreen. Donations of gently used items accepted 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 28 - July 30. Questions: 920-840-8158.
EPRD Summer Concert series: 4 p.m. Aug. 6, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Road. Steve Knight. Free. evergreenrecreation.com.
CAE’s Back Porch Concert Series featuring Crystal Visions: 7 p.m. Aug 22. Outdoor seating starts at 6 p.m. General admission $20, kids 10 and under free. 31880 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen. evergreenarts.org.
caregivers. Info: Barbara.Markey@Je coLibrary.org
Mountain Women Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): 9 a.m. every Saturday in person and on Zoom, Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 CR-73, Evergreen. Mountain Women also meet via Zoom on Wednesdays at noon. evergreenaa.com/
Wild Aware is actively recruiting volunteers for their Last Friday Co ee. e monthly event is at 9 a.m., the last Friday morning of every month. Evergreen Bread and Cocktail Lounge, 1260 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen.
Conifer Chamber of Commerce member meeting: 7:30 a.m. on second ursdays, Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church, 9444 Eagle Cli Road, Conifer. Free for members, $10 for non-members.
CAE’s Back Porch Concert Series featuring e 3eatles: 7 p.m. Sept 12. Outdoor seating starts at 6 p.m. General admission $20, kids 10 and under free. 31880 Rocky Village Drive, Evergreen. evergreenarts.org.
ONGOING
Alzheimer’s Memory Cafe: 10:30 a.m. every rst Friday, Evergreen Library, 5000 County Hwy 73, Evergreen. Program providing a gathering place and planned activities for adults with dementia and their
Al-Anon: Mountain Awakenings Family Group: 7 p.m. ursdays, Evergreen United Methodist Church, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen.
Evergreen Nature Center Weekly Preschool Adventures Program: 9 a.m. every ursday, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Free & no registration required. Programs designed for children ages 2-5 years old. All children must have an adult in attendance. Dress to explore the outdoors. evergreenaudubon.org
Evergreen Nature Center Monthly Family Program: 11 a.m. every last Saturday, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. evergreenaudubon.org
e American Legion Evergreen Post 2001: Meets 4 p.m. every fourth Tuesday, Evergreen Church of the Trans guration, Douglas Hall, 27640 Hwy 74, Evergreen. Serving all military Veterans in the foothills. Email evergreenpost2001@gmail. com.
Evergreen Camera Club: Meets every second Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Evergreen Fire/Rescue auditorium, 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. Club is for people who share a passion for all photography, from beginners to professionals. Attend in person or via ZOOM.
BY ELISABETH SLAY ESLAY@COLORAODOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Antique shops across the Denver metro are more than places to buy old things — they’re spaces where history meets creativity.
Across the metro area, vintage lovers and curious newcomers alike are fueling a growing scene rooted in nostalgia, community and the thrill of discovery.
Colorado Antique Gallery
Standing at 52,000 square feet and advertised as “Denver’s largest antique mall,” Colorado Antique Gallery in Littleton is lled to the brim with unique vintage items for all types of people.
Colorado Antique Gallery is operated by President Chris Rodriguez who took ownership of the business in 2012. It is located at 5501 S. Broadway, Unit 135. “I have 275 vendors and we rent space to them on a monthly basis, and then I take a commission of all their sales,” Rodriguez said. “So most of the merchandise in the store is not ours.”
Rodriguez said the store has been operating since 1992. He decided to purchase the store after initially taking a business interest in it.
For Rodriguez, he said the best aspect of operating an antique store is the unknown of daily life.
“Every day is di erent. Every day is new,” Rodriguez said. “You’re going to run into di erent people and this is the type of business that brings out eccentric people — and it brings out just people who you may
not see on a normal day, maybe, if you were shopping in a mall.”
From Native American jewelry to speci c crystal canoes, Rodriguez said people are looking for all sorts of items and every day “is not going to be boring.”
“What also is nice is we keep all this stu from going into the land ll and we give everything a second home so they can use it again,” Rodriguez said. “We like saving stu .”
Rodriguez said he would describe Colorado Antique Gallery as “large, di erent and fun,” adding that the store has evolved over the last three decades.
Heirloom Antiques Mall
Tucked in a quiet shopping mall in Aurora that includes an adult bingo venue and a hobby shop lies Heirloom Antiques Mall. Filled with various items including toys, art and more, the shop stands two stories tall.
Behind the counter, owner and operator Scott Davenport often greets his customers by asking if they’ve been in the shop, and explains the business to rsttime visitors.
e way Davenport described the store is simple but heartfelt.
“It’s just a fun place,” he said, glancing around at the eclectic mix of vintage furniture, old signage and toy collections tucked in every corner.
His business model is shaped by inclusivity and a sense of community.
“I try to o er something for everyone and I want it to be family friendly … We try to have stu that they can see and interact with,” Davenport said.
Davenport hadn’t always owned the store. His jour-
ney began as a vendor at a di erent antique shop.
“I was a dealer at another antique store for eight years. And I came in and I took a spot here. And when I brought my wife back, I stepped on the bottom stair, and I looked at her, and said, ‘I’m going to buy this store.’ And one year to the month, not to the day, I bought it,” he said.
It was a decision that would change his life.
“It’ll be 10 years in August,” he said.
What keeps him in it isn’t just the love of antiques — it’s the people.
“I like the interaction with the customers, you know — you get to know them and their families. We have so many regulars,” Davenport said.
Currently there are over 100 vendors in the shop, and Davenport said he also recently added more space to the business.
And he isn’t done yet.
“I just hope for continued growth,” Davenport said when asked what the future held.
e antique scene in the Denver metro area, according to Davenport, has seen a shift.
“I think it’s gone more vintage and more clothing. It’s better now. e younger generation has found … a greater interest in repurposing and recycling,” Davenport said.
Overkill Thrift & Consign
Overkill rift & Consign in Englewood opened its doors last year and o ers a blend of what Davenport describes as what “the younger generation” has found, including vintage clothing in various styles
Overkill Thrift & Consign is located at 3041 S. Broadway in Englewood and is owned and operated by 26-year-old Megan Hartberger.
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for everyone. It’s two stories with about
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and some antiques.
“While Overkill primarily deals in modern second-hand clothing, we very frequently receive vintage and antique pieces from our consignors with ages ranging anywhere from 1960s to the early 2000s,” owner Megan Hartberger said. “We try to carry all the small staples that an antique store might o er, such as vintage Playboy magazines, antique knick knacks like wooden kaleidoscopes, vintage movie memorabilia items and cassette tapes.”
Located at 3041 S. Broadway, Overkill is a small but bustling purple building where Hartberger seeks to provide curated, unique fashions at reasonable prices.
Hartberger maintains a “punk rock” style herself, but like Davenport, strives to have “a bit of everything” for vintage seekers who cross the threshold of her store.
“No matter what your style is, I want you to be able to come in and nd anything,” Hartberger said. “So, you know, goth, grunge, grandma, gearhead. We’ve got it all.”
Hartberger said Overkill is partially a thrift store because it has various items under $5, including $2 bins, and much of those pieces are actually from her own personal collection.
“We (also) have consign, which means you can come in and sell your clothes with us,” she said.
“ ose are going to be our slightly higher-priced items but I still like to have a good deal.”
Overkill used to be operated under the name Inner Me with a di erent owner, and Hartberger said it had a strong customer base that she has maintained since taking over the space in May last year.
“I wanted to make something for myself to put my name on, and this place worked out,” she said.
“It’s a great location, the landlord is really awesome, and there were just a bunch of great ways to get started.”
For the fashion collector, one of the best elements of the shop is chatting with the people who travel in and peruse her bins and racks.
“My favorite aspect is just looking at clothes all day, but I have loved getting to know people who have similar style to me or just really appreciate the pieces I’ve brought in,” she said.
Overkill is also a place where Hartberger encourages people to take the quirky or eclectic and make it their own.
“Put it on. If it looks good, keep it,” Hartberger said. “Let yourself be yourself.”
Hartberger describes the thrift and antiquing scene in Denver as “thriving.”
“Broadway especially is bustling with thrift and vintage stores alike, while several antique malls can be found throughout the area as well,” Hartberger said. “ ere’s something for every budget, whether you’re looking for records, comic books, clothes or antique home decor. rift stores have these items at lower prices but require more e ort to dig for, while dedicated vintage and antique stores will be more curated at the cost of higher pricing.”
Heirloom Antique Mall in Aurora has something
106 di erent vendors.
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Owner of Heirloom Antique Mall in Aurora, Scott Davenport, restocks a case in his shop located at 1947 S. Havana St.
Divided into di erent style sections, Overkill Thrift & Consign o ers curated fashions that don’t “break the bank.” Owner Megan Hartberger provides vintage clothing at thrift store prices.
Colorado Antique Gallery is located in Littleton and o ers many unique and vintage items.
How to enjoy the worst team of all time
Some suggestions for resilient Rockies fans
BY JOHN RENFROW JOHN@COTLN.ORG
Dismayed Colorado fans still turn up at Coors Field to support their spiraling Rockies, with yells of “Sell the team!” ringing out behind hot dog bites and swigs of beer. But it’s the results on the eld that are often di cult to stomach.
e old adage in baseball is that before the season even begins, you get 40 wins and 40 losses, and what your team does between them will determine the course of the season.
But it’s not even June, and the Rockies just lost their 40th game on Tuesday.
But at least tickets were only $5 that day,
June is Pride Month and the Arvada Center is going big with three events that celebrate LGBTQ+ communities all over the state.
and will likely remain in the single digits for the remainder of the season. ere will be price hikes when teams like the Yankees and Dodgers come to town, but the organization knows it’s getting increasingly di cult to put butts in seats.
Colorado is on pace to be even worse than the 2024 Chicago White Sox, a team that nished 41-121 last season, the worst since the 1962 New York Mets, who were 40-120.
According to an article from ESPN on May 13, the Rockies’ record through 40 games puts them on pace to nish 28-134. Let that sink in.
So anyway, here are some ways to better enjoy the possible worst team ever.
Arrive early for cheap beers
If you arrive two hours before the
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Arvada Center Hosts a Range of Pride Events COMING
“We’re excited to invite the community to celebrate Pride with these three unique events this June,” said Sarah Kolb, marketing and communications director, in a provided statement. “Each event creates a sense of belonging and understanding, and learning through the arts has such a special ability to connect and entertain us. Working with these incredible collaborators from all across Denver allows us to bring events that celebrate pride and community to the Arvada Center, and we’re so grateful for their partnership.”
e rst event will be held at the Center, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd., on at 7 p.m. on ursday, June 12 and is called Pride In Place: A Colorado Country Concert celebrating LGBTQ+ country and bluegrass musicians. e free event is hosted in partnership with Je erson County Public Library and will feature performances from Amy Martin, Trace & Baerd, Morgan Harris Guitar, and Rosales and Summers. According to provided information, each group will take audiences on a journey as they explore important themes like place, sexuality, identity and love.
e next event is from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, and is Drag Queen Storytime with Miss Shirley. Another free, all-ages event co-hosted with the library, this one features an interactive story time and the opportunity to get to
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riences.”
know Miss Shirley. It will also feature complimentary snacks and drinks. Finally, there’s the Leather & Lace con presented by the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and Denver Feminist Chorus. e concert is at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June
Whichever event you attend, you’re going to get a powerful mix of entertainment and connection, both of which are extremely important these days.
“We hope to inspire freedom and openness and give everyone in the audience encouragement to be who they truly want to be,” Chapin said.
Take Advantage of Annual Aquatic Plant Sale
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“It’s been a while since we’ve collaborated together, so it felt like a great idea for Pride Month to do something fun we haven’t done in a while,” said Dr. Clelyn Chapin, artistic director for the Denver Feminist Chorus. “All our concerts espouse a message that’s important to us and every song we sing has a reason for it.”
e show highlights the uniqueness of everyone’s gender expression and sexuality, which is something both musical organizations do throughout the year with their performances.
“We both have the same goal, but we approach it from a di erent artistic standpoint. When you put it all together, their style and our style, you get a new combined style that’s really powerful,” said Johnny Nichols Jr., artistic director for the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus. “ is concert is about the things that bind us together as a community: love, family, friends and organizations that bring us together. e songs we’re singing highlight these expe-
“We’re all in a community of love and we should be protecting, supporting and learning from each other,” Nichols Jr. added.
For more information on the Center’s Pride events, visit https://arvadacenter. org/events.
Celebrate All Things Puerto Rico at the Festival Flamboyán
e 40 West Arts District in Lakewood is celebrating the arts and culture of Puerto Rico with the Festival Flamboyán, beginning at noon on Sunday, June 8. e event will be held at e ree Leaches eater, 1560 Teller St. e festival will feature an artisan market from noon to 4 p.m., including a book fair, live music, a salsa class and food and drinks. From 5 to 10 p.m. attendees can see El Espectáculo — a variety show with two short plays, improv comedy, spoken word poetry and a special dance performance.
For more information, visit https://40westarts.org/events.
e Colorado Water Garden Society is hosting its annual Aquatic Plant Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 8 at the Hudson Gardens and Event Center, 6115 S. Santa Fe Drive in Littleton. Attendees can browse through a diverse assortment of aquatic plants. like lilies, lotus and many other marginals at the free event. ere will also be fertilizer tablets for sale. Additionally, sta will be on hand to share their advice with those in need. For more information, visit colowatergardensociety.org or contact Vicki Aber at 303-423-9216 or docvicki@msn.com.
Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Coldplay at Empower Field
I’ve always connected to musicians that wear their hearts on their sleeve, and few bands have done so as wonderfully as Coldplay. ey’ve made a career full of music that can be absolutely soaring and moving if you just allow it into your heart. e band doesn’t tour often, but they’re bringing their Music of the Spheres World Tour to Empower at Mile High, 1701 Bryant St. in Denver, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10. ey’ll be joined by openers Elyanna and Willowfor what is sure to be a magical night under the stars. Get tickets at www.ticketmaster.com.
Clarke Reader’s column on culture appears on a weekly basis. He can be reached at Clarke.Reader@hotmail.com.
Coors Field shines on a beautiful May evening as the Colorado Rockies play the Philadelphia Phillies on May 20. The Phillies won 7-4 to give Colorado its 40th loss of the season. JOHN RENFROW
Dyslexia screening the law of the land in Colorado
Screenings to begin in 2027-28 school year
BY ANNE SCHIMKE CHALKBEAT
Surrounded by smiling supporters and curious fourth graders, Gov. Jared Polis on Friday signed a bill into law that will require universal dyslexia screenings in Colorado schools starting in the 2027-28 school year.
e sunny signing ceremony outside the front doors of Lukas Elementary School in Westminster was a momentous occasion. For students, it was the only thing besides lunch separating them from the start of summer break.
For advocates of children with dyslexia,
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game’s first pitch, you might see fans double-fisting 12-ounce beers as they make their way to their seats.
That’s because fans can enjoy $3 Coors Lights (yes, $3 for 12 ounces) and $6 craft beers (16 ounces) before the game starts. Or you can wait until the drinks are literally $10 more expensive than that after the national anthem.
That way, you don’t feel bad leaving in the seventh inning when the team is down a gross number of runs (like the 21-0 loss to the San Diego Padres on May 10, the third-biggest shutout margin in the major leagues since 1901).
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it was the culmination of a dogged e ort to ensure students with the most common learning disability are agged early so they can get the help they need.
e dyslexia bill, one of three education bills signed into law at the ceremony, was especially personal to some lawmakers.
Rep. Matt Soper, a Republican representing western Colorado and one of the bill sponsors, has dyslexia and talked about his reading struggles growing up. Polis noted that both his father and his fthgrade daughter have dyslexia.
Sen. Kyle Mullica, a Democrat representing parts of Adams County and one of the bill sponsors, choked up as he talked about the mental health toll dyslexia once took on his daughter, who’s now a sixth grader.
“I’m going to go home and tell my
Pin the promotional schedule to the fridge
Whether it’s buy-one-get-one hot dog night, bobblehead night or enjoying fireworks after the game, promos are always a good excuse to get to the ballpark.
Plus, summer in Colorado makes for a picture-perfect night for baseball, if you can stomach the score of the game.
For example, catch a star-studded night when the Los Angeles Dodgers come to town on June 25. The first 10,000 fans through the door receive a Rockies cowboy hat. Or show up for other fan favorite nights like Star Wars or Grateful Dead night.
Put some cheddar on the games
Of course, be sure to gamble respon -
daughter that we did something for her today,” he said. “I’m going to tell all those students who are falling through the cracks that we’ve done something for them.”
No funding with bill
Dyslexia is a common learning disability that makes it hard to decode and spell words, but with the right instruction, students with dyslexia can do as well as their peers in school. About 15% to 20% of the population has dyslexia, according to the Colorado Department of Education.
While the new law, which comes with no funding, won’t immediately require schools to screen kindergarten through third-grade students for signs of dyslexia, it marks another milestone in the state’s ongoing campaign to boost reading pro-
sibly. But if you truly can’t bear to watch the team continue to struggle, consider a prop bet or two to add a little seasoning to your experience.
Bet on a player to get a hit, hammer a home run or the Rockies to only lose by three runs or less.
Or, if you get really cynical, bet on the other team. That way, at least the loss results in something positive for your night out.
For the most diehard of fans, bet on the Rockies to win. Your passion for the game will soar with each at-bat, and the odds will reward you if the team pulls it off. Imagine beating the Yankees and going home with a fatter pocket.
‘Enhance’ your game experience
It’s Colorado. Enough said?
ciency among Colorado students. Over the last seven years, state leaders have cracked down on debunked reading curriculum, required more training for elementary teachers and principals, and held teacher prep programs to higher standards for how they train future elementary educators to teach reading.
About a dozen Colorado school districts currently screen all students in certain elementary grades for dyslexia. Two more — Je co and Douglas County — will start next year and by 2027-28, more than 160 other districts are expected to join the club.
Reprinted with permission from Chalkbeat, a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.
You might find you care less and less about the team’s record if you enjoy a nice night of weather after some homegrown Colorado enhancements, like a gummy or a chocolate bar.
Just make sure you find a cozy seat away from other people, especially rowdy fans of the other team. With fewer people flocking to the stadium, it shouldn’t be difficult to find a nice solitary spot with a pretty view. But be careful throwing those cheap beers into the mix.
As always, plan for a ride or use public transportation, and never drive under the influence.
Only so much can be done to alleviate the pain of watching your team suck at a historic level. But as always, Go Rockies forever.
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New law allows donation of unused prescriptions
A new Colorado law will let people donate their unused and unopened prescription drugs so that other patients can access them for free or a minimal cost.
Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill 25- 289 into law, which establishes the state’s drug donation program.
“Every year, the United States spends billions to dispose of unused prescription medicines from nursing homes, assisted living residences, hospices, and jails,” bill sponsor Sen. Lisa Cutter, a Jefferson County Democrat, said in a statement. “Additionally, many leftover prescriptions are flushed down the
toilet or thrown into the trash, which causes immeasurable harm to our environment and water supply. With this new law, we are creating a program to reduce waste, protect the environment, and help Coloradans access the medication they need.”
The bill was also sponsored by Rep. Kyle Brown, a Louisville Democrat, and Rep. Emily Sirota, a Denver Democrat. It passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support.
The program relies on the work from a task force on the issue created in 2022. Colorado technically already allows for re-dispensing of medication under limited circumstances, but there isn’t an easy mechanism for patients to access those drugs. There is one program in
the state, at a clinic in Colorado Springs, that accepts donated medications from nursing homes.
Under the new law, individuals and institutions such as long-term care facilities, nursing homes and prisons will be able to more easily donate medicine to hospitals, clinics and pharmacies. That medicine would then be used to fill prescriptions for low-income and uninsured patients.
In 2021, about 10% of Coloradans did not fill a prescription because of cost, according to a report from the Colorado Health Institute.
The program won’t allow for the donation of opioids, scheduled medications and medicines that require special storage conditions unless the recipient can
ensure correct storage. The recipient of the donated drugs will be required to keep records of donations, keep the donated drugs separate from regular stock and have a licensed pharmacist inspect the donation.
Forty-five states have drug repository programs in place, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, though the program scopes vary. Georgia’s program, for example, has filled over 981,000 prescriptions worth more than $78 million over eight years. Wyoming’s program has existed since 2007 and has helped about 29,000 patients. This story is from Colorado Newsline. Used by permission. For more, and to support the news organization, visit coloradonewsline.com.
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