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EVERGREEN – Picking up construction supplies in El Rancho on the afternoon of April 4, he was puzzled to note two young men in a blue Toyota Highlander giving him “mean looks…like they wanted to beat me up.” Ba ed, but busy, he proceeded to a Bergen Park eatery for a bite of lunch, an otherwise pleasant meal that turned to ashes in his mouth when a woman came inside and asked “Does anybody more information and to purchase tickets, visit evergreenchamber.org.

Defensible space, home hardening presentation: Evergreen Fire/ Rescue will provide a seminar on defensible space and home hardening to prepare for wild re at 6 p.m. May 4 at the department’s Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

SATURDAY

Evergreen Audubon’s Dawn Chorus: Evergreen Audubon will host the Dawn Chorus beginning at 6 a.m. May 6 at Evergreen Lake. Enjoy

Wildlife Watch training: Evergreen Audubon, Denver Parks and Recreation and Evergreen’s Wild Aware are teaming up to continue the Wildlife Watch project. Volunteer training will be from 10 a.m.-noon May 6 at Evergreen Lake. Volunteers teach visitors at the lake about wildlife. Register at evergreenaudubon. org/events/wildlife-watch-teamvolunteer-training-2023.

Fire department consolidation community meetings: e three 285 Corridor re departments — Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon and North Fork — deciding whether to consolidate will host community meetings for the public. e meetings will be 3-5 p.m. Saturday, May 6, at North Fork

May 7, at St. Laurence Episcopal Church, 26812 Barkley Road, Conifer. e concert will feature performances of chamber music from ECO musicians and friends. For more information and tickets, visit evergreenchamberorch.org.

WEDNESDAY

EMERGE meeting: EMERGE (East Mount Evans Resources, Growth and the Environment) is holding its spring meeting on May 10 at KingMurphy Elementary School starting at 6 p.m. with presentations starting at 6:30 p.m. County o cials, re department representatives and others will attend and will focus on health services available to Eastern Clear Creek County residents.

UPCOMING early morning birdsong with fellow birders and bring a dish to pass. For more information, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org. here own a blue Toyota Tundra?” He did, of course, and somebody in the parking lot had just seen a guy crawling out from under his Tundra “with a power saw.” He could think of no good reason for anybody to be under his Tundra with a power saw, and only one bad one. Sure enough, rushing to investigate he found his catalytic converter almost completely severed and dangling by “the emission sensor.” Observing that they’d been observed, the scowling scoundrels had ed the scene in a blue Toyota Highlander, leaving him with the impression that he’d been targeted and a substantial repair bill. e case remains open as deputies

Station 1, 19384 County Road 126, Bu alo Creek; 3-5 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at Elk Creek Station 1, 11993 Blackfoot Road, Conifer; and 3-5 p.m. Saturday, May 20, at InterCanyon Station 3, 8445 U.S. 285, Morrison.

SUNDAY

Evergreen Chamber Orchestra series nale recital: Evergreen Chamber Orchestra’s series nale recital will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, try to round up video evidence of the brazen bandits’ identities.

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EVERGREEN – Meanwhile on Evergreen Parkway, a tree-trimming company employee called JCSO to report a sharp pain in his exhaust train. Firing up a company truck that morning, he’d been startled by “a loud noise” which, he subsequently discovered, is what the scourge of catalytic converter theft sounds like. Since the truck had been parked for the previous three weeks, it

“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.

Community Wild re Forum: Ev-

SEE HAPPENINGS, P22 wasn’t clear exactly when the theft occurred. e case remains open pending new information.

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.

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303.674.4803 ergreen 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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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,