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Ringing in December holidays

Evergreen’s Holiday Walk provides festive fun

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

It was a perfect night to take an evening stroll down Evergreen’s Main Street.

Hundreds came out for the 30th Holiday Walk on Dec. 2, happy the winds had died down in time for the annual event that provides entertainment, food, shopping and most importantly a place for the community to gather. Evergreen Downtown Business Association organizers wanted to bring the event that heralds in the holiday season back to its pre-pandemic glory.

This year, EDBA had help from premier sponsor Evergreen Rodeo Association, which helped ensure Main Street was closed to traffic, and provided some of the many activities for families to enjoy.

There were Santa and Mrs. Claus to visit, reindeer to pet and ponies to ride, bands and strolling carolers to hear, food to eat from a variety of vendors, ornaments to deco-

Conifer starts Christmas with lots of cheer

Annual parade brings out the fun in everyone

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Hundreds of people flocked to Sutton Road in Aspen park for the 39th annual Conifer Christmas Parade.

The parade with 35 entries and the street party, all sponsored by the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce, was fun for young and old alike on Dec. 3. In addition to the parade, attendees could check out booths and a craft fair, food and drink vendors, kids activities and more.

The parade itself is everything a small-town parade should be, and this year’s theme was Heroes on Parade. The parade marshals know something about being heroes since they are the chiefs of three area fire

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rate, an ice sculptor to watch, and horse-drawn carriage rides to take. Attendees greeted friends, enjoyed shopping in many of the Main Street businesses and simply had a good time.

The evening began with a Christmas tree lighting at the Evergreen Lake House led by Santa, who made

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Guanella Pass closes for the season

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Clear Creek County announced on Nov. 28 the closure of Guanella Pass Scenic Byway for the winter season. The gates to the road closed early on Nov. 28, after a sweep of the summit parking lots and surrounding areas. According to a press release

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Santa waves and the Grinch scowls at parade attendees as they finish the Conifer Christmas Parade on Dec. 3. The parade had 35 entries, and this year’s theme was “Heroes on Parade.”

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The pass is closed for the winter, something the county has been doing for over 20 years

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his way with Mrs. Claus to downtown Evergreen. The decorations are courtesy of the Evergreen Park & Recreation District.

Grayson Trotz attended the Holiday Walk for the first time, which makes sense since he’s only 4 weeks old. Dad Ryan said he was born five weeks early just so he could visit Santa at the Holiday Walk.

This was the Trotz family’s first

visit to the Holiday Walk, and they were glad they came, enjoying everything the event had to offer, mom Christina said.

Abigail Coons, 7, asked balloon artist Marty the Magic Jewell to create a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer balloon, saying she liked Rudolph because he was in Christmas colors.

Mom Jessica said the family has lived in Evergreen for 12 years but had never attended the Holiday Walk until now. Abigail had already decorated an ornament and had a pony ride.

Scout Troop 888 was hard at

work

Scoutmaster Mitch Goldenberg explained that the troop goes camping regularly, and doughnuts usually are on the menu. Some creative brainstorming led to hosting the doughnut stand for the first time in 2019 at the Holiday Walk, taking a hiatus during the pandemic and now is back.

In the children’s craft tent, business was brisk as children had their faces painted, watched as balloons were turned into creatures of all kinds and decorated

ornaments. Some were waiting to visit with Santa next door.

Lindsey Ray, 6, and her sister Audrey, 4, posed for a photo with a large Rudolph, saying they were having fun at the Holiday Walk.

Lindsey said she liked petting the reindeer and riding a pony.

For their mom, Emily, who works in Evergreen, the Holiday Walk was the perfect way to spend a December Friday evening.

“It’s friendly and festive,” she said. “There are a lot of people here who know each other. That’s why I love it up here. It’s mountain-friendly.”

Four-week-old Grayson Trotz has his first visit with Santa and Mrs. Claus at the 30th annual Holiday Walk in downtown Evergreen on Dec. 2. PHOTOS BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Members of Scout Troop 888, from left, Mitchel Major, Vivi Leswing and Leah Hartman fry doughnuts to sell at the troop’s booth at the Holiday Walk.

frying and selling fresh doughnuts to earn money to buy equipment for the troop.

departments: Skip Shirlaw from Inter-Canyon, Curt Rogers from North Fork and Jacob Ware from Elk Creek. Fittingly, they rode in the parade on a fire engine blaring its horn.

Floats from local businesses, politicians, children’s groups, theater groups, clubs and more paid tribute to local heroes of every kind from first responders and health care workers to postal workers and parents.

Attendees were treated to horses, a mariachi band, the Conifer High School marching band, dancers and classic cars. The 35 entries paid tribute to the Conifer area’s community spirit.

Finishing up the hour-long parade were Santa Claus and the Grinch riding in an Elk Creek Fire Department ATV. As expected, Santa was his jolly self, waving and smiling at people along the parade route, while the Grinch stood, scowling at attendees.

Jacqueline Neal, a Realtor with Remax in Conifer, hands out goodies along the parade route.

The Conifer High School Lobo Regiment marches in the Conifer Christmas Parade.

The Jax Jordening Band performs at the Conifer Christmas Parade.

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Members of Conifer Newcomers & Neighbors wave as their float moves along the parade route on Sutton Road.

from the county, the pass is also inaccessible from the Park County side. Officials expect the byway to reopen for Memorial Day weekend in May 2023.

Dispersed camping along the pass is prohibited until reopening. There are multiple areas still open for winter recreation, including the Silver Dale Recreation Area and Leavenworth Creek Road.

Karl Schell is the head of Road and Bridge for Clear Creek County. He said that Thanksgiving weekend has been the usual yearly closure date for some time now, both for budgetary and safety reasons.

“We do have a pretty substantial avalanche zone on the pass,” he said.

Schell explained that plowing the pass and keeping it clear would take a lot of manpower the county simply doesn’t have right now. He also said the seasonal closure can be considered a wildlife closure, giv-

pass traffic.

Dale Atkins is a longtime member of Alpine Rescue Team who knows the history of the area.

“It used to be open year-round,” Atkins said. “It used to be open because there was a ski area on the Park County side.”

The ski area was Geneva Basin, which was operational until 1984.

Records show the ski area was built during a time of expanding interest in the sport.

In the present day, the lack of homes or a ski area up the pass

and plowed during the winter months, a job that is dangerous to plow operators due to the avalanche-prone area.

Atkins said the closure of the pass makes a huge difference in safety.

“By closing it there, it basically removes 99% of the avalanche danger that affects the road,” he said.

With the pass closed to cars, the dangers of the area remain only to those who venture up into the area to backcountry ski, snowshoe, cross country ski and other similar activities.

turers to “be searchable,” as in carrying an avalanche receiver and bringing gear to help in an emergency (phone, whistle, warm clothes).

“It’s really important to let someone know where you’re going, when you’re gonna be back, where you parked and even what kind of vehicle you have. License plate number is even better,” Atkins said.

Check out tips from the Alpine Rescue Team on being outside this winter, including the team’s BackCountry Survival Guide.

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A one-of-a-kind shopping experience

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Winterfest at Center for the Arts Evergreen was a delightful mixture of talented artisans, music, children’s crafts, food and more.

The fair on Dec. 3 in its 37th year sported more than 40 craftspeople with a variety of items that could be used as gifts or as some special to keep. Included were artisans in a variety of categories: food, bath and body, candles and luminaries, ceramics, craft décor, glass, jewelry, kids and pets, painting, photography and woodworking.

This is the second year Winterfest was at Center for the Arts Evergreen, and organizers were happy that for the second time, they had good weather for the indoor-outdoor festival. Attendees moved from table to table and from booth to booth to check out one-ofa-kind items.

Vicki Saxe with Two Sheds Pottery creates functional stoneware, sometimes using a potter’s wheel and other times by hand. She displayed her plates, bud vases, mugs and other kitchen items.

Liezl Kapastin with Lullabuloo returned for a second year, adding to the gnome décor she was selling last year. Now she had other home decorations and picture frames.

Friends Lisa Ringland and Deb Spurlock of Conifer perused the artisans’ wares, each buying an ornament to add to their Christmas

trees. They were attending several craft fairs since there were two in Conifer on Saturday.

Kaitlin Austin’s outdoor booth smelled of fresh evergreen trees and roses, thanks to the wreaths and the fresh-cut flowers she brought. Austin owns Brooks Floral & Co. in Denver and heard from other vendors about Winterfest.

Artist Holli Shiro displayed both textile wall art and functional handbags. She did her first show in 2018, made masks during the pandemic and now has gone back to textile art. She heard about Winterfest from social media and was pleased with the nice people she had met at the show.

Artist Michael Erb brought his carvings and other woodworking to Winterfest, setting up in a booth outside. An artist all his life, Erb took a woodworking class

in college. He moved away from woodworking during his career in construction, returning after retirement. Winterfest was his first art show.

Local Carley Dorsey sold her dog treats, called Lilah’s Sweet Biscuits, as part of her business that supports someone with disabilities.

Lilah was Dorsey’s dog, and Dorsey sells the treats after losing her parttime jobs during the pandemic. She also sells Lilah’s Sweet Treats at Chow Down in Bergen Park.

Some of the more unusual items were the mermaid festival braids that Linda Powers was selling.

Powers, a face painter, said many little girls want to have their faces painted to be unicorns or mermaids, so she created colorful mermaid braids attached to hair ties.

“It’s creating joy and magic,” she explained.

Linda Powers with Fabulous Faces by Linda presents mermaid festival braids to Liberty and Anna Anenson. Powers had one of more than 40 booths at the annual Winterfest at Center for the Arts Evergreen.

Carley Dorsey sells dog treats she makes, and she has named her treats after her dog Lilah.

Evergreen’s Winterfest provides gift ideas and more

Liezl Kapastin with Lullabuloo shows a sampling of her work. She has grauated from ust creating gnomes to picture frames, wreaths and more.

Vicki Saxe with Two Sheds Pottery shows her stoneware.

Michael Erb stands next to his woodworking that he sold at Winterfest. Beautiful weather allowed booths to be both outside and inside the gallery.

Kaitlin Austin, owner of Brooks Floral & Co. in Denver, sets out fresh wreaths at her booth at Winterfest.

Books, bright places and happy days

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

New book store in Conifer

Shannon Konyndyk is on a long sojourn to provide books to the 285 Corridor.

The Conifer resident has wanted to own a bookstore since she was a little girl. She finally decided it was time to have a business of her own, so she opened Sojourn Bookstore in October next to Blizzard Pinball in Aspen Park.

The store has both used and new books, with an emphasis on local authors, do-it-yourself books and what she called a selection of quality titles to get people what they want. But Sojourn Bookstore is more than that: It’s also a gathering place with event space for up to 12 people and an art gallery featuring five local artists. She also is putting in a fullservice coffee bar.

Konyndyk finds used books in a variety of places including estate sales, the Mountain Resource Center and more, plus people bring books to the shop.

She named the store “sojourn” because the word means short journey, “and what better way to describe a book,” she explained.

The store, which is closed Tuesdays, is open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays and noon-6 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, visit sojournbookstore.com.

Happy Day in Kittredge

If you and your young children want to have a happy day, there’s a new place in Kittredge to check out.

Happy Day at 26269 Highway 74 is an indoor play area for children 0-8 with a variety of activities to keep them busy.

“It’s a place for parents to spend time with their kids,” said owner Andrea Idsinga. “Everybody gets so busy, so this is a place where parents can relax and give their children some attention.”

It’s not a preschool or childcare facility, and parents are expected to stay with their children.

Idsinga said she decided to create

the play space after having a difficult time finding things to do with her children unless she went down the hill, calling that exhausting and expensive. So she created Happy Day, a bright, spacious area for young children.

Happy Day is divided into different play areas: construction, a sweet shop, a grocery store, a home, a veterinarian office and a tumble area. Plus there’s a room for birthday parties and other celebrations.

“There are a ton of things for kids to do,” she said. “The idea is for kids to get out of the house, meet some new or old friends, and the parents can hang out, too.”

Stay tuned: Starting in January, she plans to offer activities for children such as music and tumbling.

“I just want families to come spend some time together in a calm, fun, pleasant environment,” she explained.

Happy Day is open from 9:30 a.m.-4

p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.

For more information on activities and prices, visit kidshappyday.com.

The Bright Center in Aspen Park

The Bright Center in Aspen Park is just that: a bright place to focus on wellness, connection, education and art.

From yoga to art classes to a solstice celebration, drum circles and more, the Bright Center is a place to meet other creative people in a comfortable setting. The center is at 25577 Conifer Road above Brooks Tavern

“When I think about what I’m trying to create, it’s community connection and celebration,” said owner Monique Bright. “That’s what I’m putting in here.”

The room is inviting with comfortable chairs and tables, rugs on the floor, and Bright is encouraging other creatives to collaborate. One morning she was putting away the supplies after an art class and preparing the room for an exercise class in the afternoon.

“It’s been really amazing with a lot of partnerships,” she explained.

When she thinks of The Bright Center, she sees the bright light inside of people and a place for inner reflection.

“I hope to provide a space for building community, self-care and learning,” she said.

For more information on classes and other offerings, visit thebrightcenterco.com.

Shannon Konyndyk, the owner of Sojourn Bookstore in Aspen Park, stands beside some of the shelves of books in her newly opened store. She sells used and new books, and likes to focus on books by local authors.

Andrea Idsinga stands between the play grocery store and the Forest Friends Rescue Area at Happy Day, a place for families to bring their children for creative play. The center in Kittredge opened last week.

Monique Bright, the owner of The Bright Place above Brooks Tavern in Aspen Park, invites people to try the classes, meditations, drum circles and more in her new space.

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It’s never too late to save a river

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Consider California’s Stanislaus River. In the 1970s, people of all ages and abilities reveled in running its 13 miles of rapids bearing scary names like Widowmaker and Devil’s Staircase. Not far from Sacramento and San Francisco, the limestone canyon offered renewal and adventure to people nearly year-round.

But back in 1944, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation authorized 625-foothigh New Melones Dam for the Stan, though filling it would drown the beloved canyon. Dam construction began in 1966, and spirited opposition grew, giving rise to the grassroots organization Friends of the River. Advocates argued that a smaller, existing dam could meet flood control and energy production needs, without drowning the wild stretch of river.

Despite actions ranging from citizen’s initiatives to lawsuits and even a favorable Supreme Court ruling, New Melones Dam was built.

As water in the reservoir rose in 1979, Friends of the River co-founder Mark Dubois chained himself to bedrock below the high-water line to force dam operators to stop

n old river-running motto says, “Old boaters never die, they just get a little dinghy.” And some never lose their passion for keeping rivers wild.WRITERS ON THE RANGE

filling. Fifteenyear-old Sue Knaup also went to work, “rescuing wildlife day and night for two months from flooded trees and islands.” But she could not save them all, and Dubois could not hold back the reservoir.

story to be told as it should be — in pictures — I offered to create a movie about the 1970s fight.”

Restoring the Stanislaus River, acknowledges that successful fullwatershed restoration will “take a ton of work and money … but we have to begin while we’re alive and have the passion to do it.”

The river canyon and priceless prehistoric and historic cultural sites were inundated.

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Now, with New Melones logging its fourth decade of broken promises in water delivery, flood control and energy production, hundreds of river advocates from the old campaign hope to reclaim the Stan. In their teens and twenties back then, and today in their sixties and seventies, they believe the timing has never been better.

“It’s now a matter of ‘well, of course,’” says Dubois, vice-president of the new nonprofit Restoring the Stanislaus River. “National momentum is growing for dam removal and expanding economically and ecologically wise floodplains.”

Knaup, president and chief instigator of the new group, has moved her activism into filmmaking. “When Mark wanted the Stanislaus

Beginning work on the film reawakened their long-held dream of reclaiming the river, so now, members are proposing a full-watershed approach: revegetating reaches of the upper river, removing sections of New Melones to maintain lower reservoir levels and working with downstream farmers to protect floodplains.

Promoting the deconstruction of large dams attracts plenty of media attention. Think of the Klamath River in California and Oregon, and the Snake and Columbia rivers in Washington. Taking down smaller dams receives less fanfare, though some 1,100 small dams have come down in the past 20 years in the United States alone.

As California becomes ever drier, many people agree that the New Melones Dam should go. Only 26 percent full today, the reservoir has been near capacity only five times since first filling. Power-production capabilities, based on 40 years of inflow data, have never been achieved. Even Interior Department engineers admit they underestimated the river’s drought and demand cycles “by a significant amount.”

Roy Tennant, a former Stanislaus River guide and now secretary for

Kevin Wolf, former river-guide organizer for the 1970s campaign and current treasurer of Restoring the Stanislaus River, says billiondollar ballot measures might be what it takes to change the state’s water infrastructure, but “big ideas like taking dams down start with small groups of wild-eyed activists moving ideas forward.”

Dubois, whose civil action in the 1970s inspired many river protection efforts, adds that it’s time “to repair the good intentions of the outmoded dam-building era — to restore the wild rich abundance that rivers have always been.”

As for Knaup, she says “healing has already begun as both the film and the push to restore the Stanislaus River have come alive.” And the river? “I have total faith that it will know what to do.”

Becca Lawton is a contributor to Writers on the Range, writersontherange.org, an independent nonprofit dedicated to spurring lively conversation about the West. A former Grand Canyon River guide and ranger, she began as a Stanislaus River guide and advocate.

How we are impacted by our beliefs about time

The cultural biases we place on time increase our anxiety for perfection during The Holidays. However, greater awareness of how your beliefs cause stress and anxiety can help alleviate mounting pressures.

Beliefs about what time is worth to you impact your relationships. Although you may think of time as ubiquitous, it’s an intensely personal experience. The more conscious you can become of how time impacts you, the more you can make choices that serve not only your well-being, but also those around you — chief among them the people with whom you live and work.

Here are a few questions you can ask yourself to begin having a more conscious relationship with time: What is there always time for and

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what is there never time for?

Whose time is “worth” more than others?

Who can be kept waiting and who never waits?

What happens to you when you feel you’ve “lost” time?

At work, what are the costs when “optimization” and “streamlining” is placed above relationships?

How are you dehumanized by a system that tells you time is money?

Your answers to these questions can help you start to unlearn some tightly held beliefs you have about time.

During the holiday season in

particular, expectations run high: family is coming home, you want everything to look like a page out of a magazine, you dream the day will heal old wounds, be magical or make up for lost time. To take pressure off yourself, consider alternative ways of creating time as you look for the magic in celebration. Query traditions you brought from your childhood.

Share ideas together for new traditions and new ways to celebrate. Create a budget and stick to it – often, a severe cause of holiday anxiety is the amount of money spent to make it “perfect.”

Volunteer together as a part of your celebration — time spent doing something for someone in need.

Ask family members to take on tasks – and make them group fun. Make a gratitude jar and leave

pens and paper for people to write what they’re grateful for. Share it with the group.

Take time for yourself – let everyone know when you’ll be unavailable and then, give yourself time — a bubble bath, a walk, a nap.

Most of all, allow yourself to be present to enjoy, moment by moment, the relationships time is affording you.

Happy Holidays!

Christine Kahane, NBC-HWC, MCHWC – is a Nationally BoardCertified Health & Wellness Coach, and owner of KAHANE COACHING (www.kahanecoaching.com), located at 30792 Southview Drive/ Suite 206 in Evergreen, CO. For more information about coaching, or to write-in a question for UNLEARN IT! send your inquiries to christine@ kahanecoaching.com.

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Questions about Colorado’s second-largest utility

Grocery stores have been consolidating. With utilities, the opposite is occurring. We’re seeing some of them start to come apart. Specifically in question is whether Colorado’s second-largest electrical provider, Tri-State Generation and Transmission, will survive this great pivot in how we produce and consume electricity.

Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility, seems secure in its business model even as the world of electricity turns upside down. It might have the last coal plant standing. Comanche 3 — sometimes called Pueblo 3 — is scheduled to retire no later than the end of 2030. But the utility has been fleeing coal since at least 2017 when the plunging prices of wind and solar became obvious.

The investor-owned utility delivered 52% of all electricity sales in Colorado in 2018. It also reliably gives shareholders of around 9%.

Tri-State has no private investors. It was created by electrical cooperatives in 1952 to transmit electricity. Over time it added coal plants and other generating sources to its portfolio. It delivers power to 42 electrical cooperatives in four states, including 17 in Colorado.

A decade ago, Tri-State was stodgy and calcified. At the time, it was still going through the motions of trying to build a humongous coal plant in Kansas. Luckily for its members, Tri-State failed. By 2019, Tri-State had set out to embrace changes. That includes closing its last coal-fired station in Colorado by 2030.

The changed outlook in rural Colorado served by the cooperatives was evident in even the agenda items at the annual conference of the Colorado Rural Electric Association in late October. The very name of the conference, “innovations summit,” reflected a recognition of change.

Absent were undercurrents of just a few years ago of panel moderators making jokes about climate change with rolls of their eyes. One farmer, who said his tractor was already worth more than his house, pushed back against the idea of electrification of agricultural implements. That was not the general tenor, though. Rural coops mostly accept that we will have to figure out electricity – and energy more broadly – without emissions into the atmosphere and that electricity will play a broader role in transportation and buildings.

Some co-ops have been moving more briskly than others. Holy Cross Energy, the cooperative serving 50,000 members in the Vail, Aspen, and Rifle areas, has an audacious goal of delivering 100% emission-free energy. Bryan Hannegan, the chief executive, explained his cooperative’s plans for microgrids.

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Holy Cross is one of five cooperatives in Colorado independent of Tri-State.

As for Tri-State, 15 years ago it had a chief executive who poo-pooed the idea of climate change on national television. Now, it has a chief executive who openly discusses the way forward toward even deeper emissions cuts. The answers to emissions reductions beyond 80% to 90% are not obvious.

Some technology must be scaled up that will balance the intermittency of storage. Deeper thinkers about the energy transition, including Aspen native Hal Harvey, co-author of “The Big Fix,” says nuclear may deliver the answer. It’s not cost-effective now, but at one time, neither was solar. Geothermal is another candidate. Both were agenda items at the conference.

Might hydrogen work? Duane Highley, the chief executive of TriState since April 2018, said he sees hydrogen working nicely when the coal-fired coal plants close in Craig. It could employ existing infrastructure, including transmission lines, and use many of the same skill sets as existing workers at Craig.

Who will Tri-State’s customers be a decade from now? Tri-State has lost two customers to Denver-Based Guzman energy in recent years, and neither co-op seems to be looking back. Now, two more coopers, both in southwestern Colorado, have plans for using a new policy for lesser deliveries of Tri-State electricity. La Plata Electric and San Miguel Power both plan t instead get partial supplies new suppliers.

Other coops may also exit, either partly or be gone altogether. United Power, serving outlying areas north of Denver, represents more than 20% of Tri-State’s total demand. The coop insists that it will be gone from Tri-State by May 2024 once officials at a federal agency rule on how much United must pay Tri-State to leave remaining members whole.

Tri-State has enormous value in its transmission system. Its coal plants, though, appear to represent a liability, not an asset. It has about $3.26 billion in short and long-term debt.

Will Tri-State by 2030 look somewhat the same, only sleeker and more agile? Or will it have a new business model altogether?

I understand the questions, but I don’t have the answers. I don’t know that anybody does.

Allen Best publishes Big Pivots, an e-journal, which is focused on the energy and water transitions in Colorado and beyond. See more atbigpivots.com.

OBITUARIES

April 20, 1942 - November 24, 2022

Paul F. Ahlquist was born in Rockford, Illinois, to Alice and Folke Ahlquist. He was always the proud son of a Swedish immigrant. Paul got his undergraduate degree at Wheaton College in Wheaton , Illinois. After college, from1964-1966, Paul joined the Peace Corps and spent two years in Turkey. After Peace Corps, Paul received a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the State University in New York, at Bu alo. After graduation, he was drafted into e United States Army where he served as a Captain for three years, including time in Viet Nam.

Paul met his wife, Susan, on a blind date in Denver and that was the beginning of their love story. ey married in 1975 and had two children while living in Evergreen, Colorado. Paul worked as a social worker for Denver Social Services and then in 1974 began working with Je erson County Schools until his retirement. He was always known by his colleagues as someone who cared deeply about children and made a real di erence in the lives of many. Paul was one of the original members of e Evergreen Chorale

and performed in many musicals over the years. He also sang in the chorus of Opera Colorado for 16 years, as well as his beloved church choir.

Paul faced serious medical issues in 2012 and met those challenges with dignity and perseverance. His strength through the years was admired by all.

Paul is survived by his loving wife of 47 years, and his two children, Hannah and Fritz and their spouses Bryce Record and Lee Case and his brother and sister-in-law, John and Judith Ahlquist. e light of his life was his granddaughter Charlotte Record.

A thanksgiving celebration of his life will be on December 14, at 1 pm, at the Rockland Church in Golden, Colorado. Donations in his memory can be made to

Peruvian Hearts: 24918 Genesee Trail Rd Golden, Colorado 80410

Evergreen Christian Outreach: PO Box 1515 Evergreen, Colorado 80437

Craig Hospital: 3425 S. Clarkson Englewood, CO 80113

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Paul Folke Ahlquist

Finding resilience through finding self

Evergreen rabbi discusses confronting biased behavior at Resilience1220 program

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

People should call out others who exhibit biased behavior, but in a very particular way, according to Evergreen Rabbi Jamie Arnold.

During a Resilience1220 presentation, Arnold, rabbi at Congregation Beth Evergreen, said calling out others shouldn’t be confrontational. Instead, all it takes is saying the word “ouch.”

“By saying ‘ouch,’ it says, ‘You hurt me’ whether the comment is to you or not. It says, ‘I am impacted by your behavior,’” Arnold said.

He called saying “ouch” or something similar like “not cool” a compelling tool to battle bias and racism.

“You never know the impact you can make by saying ‘ouch’ or ‘not cool’ in that space both with the aggressor who is performing the act of bias and the witnesses or victims,” he said. “It’s what we are doing to support them.”

Arnold spoke virtually to 15 people about uprooting harmful bias as part of Resilience1220’s Conversations and Connections program.

The presentation was recorded, so it will be available to others through Resilience1220, which provides free counseling sessions and group therapy to young people 12 to 20

Hello Evergreen, Conifer, Pine, Idaho Springs, Georgetown, and my Friends,

This is Jerry Carter with Do It Right Handyman Services LLC. I want to take this time to inform you that I will be moving away from Evergreen by the end of the year. I have tried to stay in Evergreen to continue running my business, but reasons out of my control, it is time to move on. I have truly enjoyed living here in Evergreen since 2001, meeting every one of you, you are like family to me. I will miss you all, and will keep all the memories close to my heart. My Cell phone will still be the same 303-929-7301 if either of you feel the need to call. I would love to hear from you. The closing on our home will be December 30, 2022, after that I will be moving to the western slope of Colorado.

I also want to inform you, that my business will be up for sale. great business and help complete any task in the customer’s home, please call me at 303-9297301. I would love to pass my business on to a reliable person or persons. My hope is whoever continues to use the name Do It Right Handyman Services LLC, will give you the same friendly, professional conduct, that I have. I have enjoyed servicing all of you from 2003 to present.

Thank you all again,

Sincerely

DO IT RIGHT HANDYMAN SERVICES “LLC”

years old.

He noted that people’s resilience to biased sentiments and acts has been tested, especially after recent events such as the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs.

Essential vs. outward selves

Arnold explained that people have two aspects of themselves: their essential selves and their outward selves.

A person’s essential self is pure, perfect and can do no wrong, he said. It cannot be tainted by anyone else’s insults or inherited trauma. It’s perfect as it is. He led the group in a meditation to understand that the essential self can be defined as “I am” with no adjective.

“’I am’ is never broken. It is always whole,” he said. “’I am’ is whole and pure and amazing and a source of wonder and amazement.”

What gets in the way of people embracing their essential selves is fear and frustration, he explained, which are part of people’s outer personality. Think of it like clothing that may not show who we really are.

“Often the voices of self-criticism or of oppression … teasing and bullying are placed upon us, and when we internalize them, it’s a recipe for disaster,” Arnold said. “The two aspects of selfhood that we can distinguish can be useful as a form of resilience.”

Escalating bias

He referred to the Anti-Defamation League’s Pyramid of Hate, which begins at the bottom with biased attitudes, then acts of bias, systemic discrimination, bias-motivated violence and at the top of the pyramid, genocide.

“We all have biases,” he said. “Biased attitudes can turn into biased actions, and if left unchecked, into systemic discrimination. Biases are universal. All we can do is check that those biases don’t manifest as acts of bias.”

Every time people name, confront and manage their internal biases, they reshape the pyramid, he explained, limiting the possibility of the top of the pyramid taking place.

“Every time we call out biased actions (such as) subtle and explicit forms of discrimination and bullying, we are preventing the genocides of tomorrow in some small way.”

He said people’s awareness of themselves — both their essential selves and the persona they outwardly portray to others — is important.

“We need to have that be a selfmonitoring question,” he said.

“What can the essential self offer when I am hearing a biased voice in my head or being bombarded with somebody else’s?”

Jerry Carter owner /operator of Do It Right Handyman Services LLC

Rabbi Jamie Arnold COURTESY PHOTO

The Anti Defamation League’s Pyramid of Hate COURTESY PHOTO

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

The lettuce is blooming nicely on the rollaway walls.

According to the farmer’s iPad, the calibrated nutrients are flowing smoothly and accurately through the tubes.

It’s 30 degrees outside, but there’s a tantalizing garden of tangy, restaurant-ready produce inside this cozy, pristine shipping container.

Somewhere behind and among the pawn shops and the gas stations and the used tire traders and the body shops along South Broadway, on a former used car lot on Acoma Street, a couple

of snazzy high-tech containers are parked to start an urban farming revolution.

Ullr’s Garden, launched a few months ago by a couple of brothers who want to save the world and sell some sustainable arugula, is growing the equivalent of a 10-acre farm on a dusty 7,500-square-foot lot. The lettuce and arugula and basil and romaine grow horizontally, while hanging from moveable walls packed inside the climatecontrolled trailers. The farmers sit at a folding table in the nearby shed and plot their next expansion: stackable farm containers.

Nick Millisor, one of the brothers behind Ullr’s Garden, still can’t believe they’re doing what they’re doing.

“We are growing local produce, in the middle of Denver, on an old used car lot, the kind you used to roll your car windows up when you

drove by,” Millisor laughs.

Vertical farms don’t stint on flavor

And their stuff tastes great. The emerald green basil snaps with a hint of licorice. The arugula is laced with a wild mustard flavor. The butter lettuce, sold with root ball intact, has an earthy flavor belying the fact the growing walls are purposefully insulated from any local dirt.

One trailer with 365 days of optimal growing conditions can produce the equivalent of a 5-acre seasonal farm, Nick and Luke Millisor say. Employing a closed loop for the water and nutrients, each trailer uses up only five gallons a day from water buffaloes they fill offsite.

“We don’t even have a water tap here yet,” Nick laughed.

And when the weather turns truly frigid, say 10 degrees from a recent overnight snow, a conscientious farmer can check on the baby bibb while sitting at home in bed with a laptop.

“If anything isn’t running optimal-

ly, the farm will literally send me a text message,” Nick said, waving his iPhone over the transplanting tables. Sensors throughout the trailer are connected to wi-fi.

Urban farming and hydroponics a great mix, experts say

Independent experts on vertical, hydroponic farming say they can’t predict the success of Ullr’s business model, but agree the revolution in well-designed shipping containers could indeed preserve the environment and extend better nutrition to remote consumers.

Rising world population, scarce water amid climate change and urban neighborhoods neglected by fresh food stores, “these are the multifaceted reasons why we’re seeing this surge in interest,” said Josh Craver, an assistant professor in controlled environment horticulture at Colorado State

Ullr’s Garden grows tangy artisanal arugula in climate-controlled trailers

University.

“It’s not hard to see pretty quickly that you can produce, per square foot, way more food in these containers than you can in the field,” Craver said.

We are growing local produce, in the middle of Denver, on an old used car lot, the kind you used to roll your car windows up when you drove by.

The Ullr’s Garden name for their parking lot container farm honors the brothers’ time growing up skiing in Breckenridge, home to the Ullr Fest winter sports party. Nick Milli sor comes at farming with all the technical skills of a self-described liberal arts eclectic and sci-fi nerd. He’d been toiling in real estate when the strange winds of COVID and climate change turned his 2021 upside down and he went in search of a meaningful project to bet ter the world.

There was a week where Germany flooded and the West was burning and a Canadian heat wave was cooking shellfish alive in the ocean.

“I didn’t want to deal with super-rich peo ple’s problems with real estate anymore,” Nick Millisor said. “And so I convinced my brother to join me, and then my cousin, and I was like, ‘You just want to do something crazy and start growing food in a container?’ And they said yes.”

Luke Millisor supplied the actual technical knowledge, from his experience managing a neuroscience lab at University of Colorado. Colorado’s increasing water challenges led them toward water-stingy hydroponic farm ing and to the equipment catalogs of storage container outfitters.

“We’re not the only ones doing this you know. I would love to say that we’re the pio neers behind this, but a lot of smarter people have basically led us to this point where this technology is almost automatic,” Nick Millisor said. “It’s so easy. I mean, I have zero experi ence farming, other than growing some stuff in my mom’s garden as a kid.”

Ullr’s Garden sent itself to indoor farm training

The container outfitters supplied a two-day boot camp on vertical farming.

The would-be farmers learned there’s almost zero water use in the latest designs, no con tamination of runoff with excess fertilizer or pesticides, precise control of nutrients, ef ficient LED lighting powered by clean electric ity. They have two electric vehicles to deliver produce within a 5-mile radius, boosting their effort to become carbon neutral with the over all operation. Leaving the root ball on a head of lettuce helps it last on the shelf for a couple of weeks and reduces food waste.

A fully outfitted container, with 24,000 individual LED pinpoint lights and tempera ture controlled at 68 to 70 degrees, costs about $170,000, Nick Millisor said. Ullr’s Garden can grow 500 varieties of produce to meet the whims of the market, and tweak the grow lights for goals as esoteric as the optimal color of a red lettuce leaf.

Accelerating efficiencies in lighting and heating have powered the surge in hydroponic container farms, said CSU’s Craver. Old grow lamps built up too much heat, while improved LEDs produce precise photons that the plant can employ for photosynthesis.

“So we really are sitting on the shoulders of giants on this one,” Nick Millisor said.

Vertical and remote, but not out of touch

As the water drips down the wall channels and then recirculates, sensors constantly check pH and mineral levels, among other growth factors. Reserve tanks dribble in sup plement adjustments to the mix at the touch of the iPad. Key in siting the containers is pour ing concrete footings at a 2% tilt to guarantee the water flow.

Most varieties started from seeds are ready in six to seven weeks. Harvesting means clean scissors trimming the walls, or pulling whole heads with root balls.

Now, about that business model. Negotiating with individual restaurants may not be the full answer, though Ullr’s Garden is in talks with a few looking for local supply and input into the varieties. The next challenge for the Millisors, joined by cousin and chief financial officer Ian Randall, is to launch a farm share program.

Other farm share subscriptions are popular in summer and fall, with buyers picking up or get ting delivered a box of outdoorsgrown seasonal items ranging from lettuce to tomatoes to squash. But the outdoor shares run out by late fall, where Ullr’s Garden can deliver lettuce, herbs and other greens year-round. The company has 150 shares on sale now, to be delivered within the 5-mile radius.

A prime calculation in closequarters farming, Craver said, is which plants draw top dollar for the space they take up. Corn is all fibrous scaffolding, producing a handful of kernels that sell for 25 cents an ear. Root ball lettuce is nearly 100% edible, and can retail for $5 or $6 a head.

There are large hydroponic operations in metro Denver that appear to be thriving, Craver said, and smaller operations like Ullr’s Garden are busy figur ing out their costs and a workable scale.

“When you look at the business model, it definitely does work,” Craver said.

I didn’t want to deal with superrich people’s problems with real estate anymore … I was like, ‘You just want to do something crazy and start growing food in a container?’ And they said yes.

Of course, there’s a lucrative con tainer model selling billions of dollars of product a year in Colorado — marijuana. The Millisors, though, are adamant they want to feed the world, not medicate it.

Denver’s zoning office is well organized to approve urban farming, Nick Millisor said, but they did have to address the elephant in the container.

“I was like, ‘I’m doing a hydroponic gar den,’ and you could just see it in their eyes, oh no, there’s another one, and I was like, ‘Not marijuana! Not marijuana!’ And she’s like, okay, STAMP, get out of here.’ ”

Container farms could be stackable

The Ullr’s Garden trio plots their next move from under neath the modest shed looking out on the lot. If marketing picks up and the consumer-direct shares work out, there’s room for expansion with ground space for two or three more containers.

Plus, as anyone who’s seen a modern port city can tell you, they’re stackable. Ullr’s Garden anticipates going at least a second story of vertical, and perhaps more if the zoning folks are feeling frisky.

They’re considering transforming the shed into an events and education space, knowing that school children would thrive on a cool

hydroponics and LED lesson. As for the pro duce, they’re still considering winter decora tive flowers, edible flow ers that could draw top dollar, and radishes.

One grower figured out how to do hops indoors, another grew berries, though that may not scale up to be useful.

One con stant, besides the 68 degrees inside the trailers, is how welcoming and helpful everyone in vertical farming has been in sharing tips with Ullr’s Garden, Nick Millisor said.

“Everyone has the tool. Now ev eryone’s kind of figuring out how best to use it,” he said. “And that’s what I think is most excit ing for me.”

This story is from The Colora do Sun, a journal ist-owned news outlet based in Den ver and cover ing the state. For more, and to support The Colo rado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conser vancy, owner of Colorado Com munity Media.

CONIFER – Buffy and Muffy were the best of friends. One day Buffy was trolling for kicks on Facebook and fell mouse over modem in love with a strapping swain named Biff. In due course, the cyber-sweethearts were married in person. Sadly, Muffy never really warmed up to Biff as Buffy’s beau, and liked him even less as Buffy’s hubby. Unable to reconcile Buffy’s love for Biff with Muffy’s hatred of him, the friendship of Buffy and Muffy turned to rancor and resentment. Buffy and Biff moved out of state, and Muffy wasn’t sorry to see them go. Late last year, Buffy started calling Muffy to complain that her White Knight was turning out to be a plug horse. Not surprised or particularly sympathetic, Muffy invariably told Buffy she was no longer interested in the couples’ romantic misadventures, but seldom failed to back up her supposed indifference by sending Biff a string of texts cursing him for a cad, which usually prompted a string of return texts from Biff demanding that Muffy mind her own beeswax. Biff’s and Muffy’s long-distance hate-affair recently entered an exciting new phase when Biff sent Muffy a text

HAPPENINGS

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saying he and Buffy were returning to Colorado. “I can’t wait to see you face-to-face and see if you talk to me like that,” Biff wrote, ungallantly. “I know where you work and I’ll be running into you there a bunch.” Presumably less eager to renew a direct association, Muffy called JCSO and asked that a deputy convey her regrets and worst-wishes to Biff by proxy. Contacted by phone, Biff admitted he probably shouldn’t have set his text in such an aggressive posture, but agreed that “the situation is ridiculous” and promised not to mess with Muffy a-more.

A real pill

EVERGREEN – Pharmacist Phyllis was on duty Nov. 8 when Veronica Unvaccinated came in for a shot. Phyllis remembers Veronica being “very rude” while filling out the required medical history form. Some time later, Phyllis told deputies, she received a couple of very rude phone calls from Veronica in which the peppery patient dispensed crude insults and said she was going to waylay Phyllis “in the parking lot” and “cut your ponytail off.” Asked if she knew precisely what bee had gotten into Veronica’s bonnet, Phyllis could only guess that the

woman was “upset about the medical questions she was being asked.” For her part, Veronica remembered not liking “the way I was treated at the pharmacy,” but denied using bad language or employing tonsorial intimidation. While deputies could only take Veronica at her word, Phyllis could, and did, banish her from the store.

L’a aire de mook

EVERGREEN – Wandering Willie’s dilemma was both timeless and timely. Smitten with a delicious dish named Lola Allure, two years ago he’d left his wife, Tess Trueheart, and settled down with his beguiling temptress two states to the east. Alas, its roots poisoned by black betrayal, their brittle tree of love bore only bitter fruit, and late last year a chastened Willie crawled west again, begging the loyal Tess to pardon his faithless folly and welcome him back into her generous heart. She did, and Willie doubtless thought himself the luckiest scoundrel in three states until that bright morning last month when he realized somebody was breaking into all of his Internet accounts and changing his passwords. Since only two people in the world

basis.

THURSDAY

Evergreen chamber mixer: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly mixer –wear an ugly sweater – from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 8 at The Wild Game. For more

information, visit evergreenchamber.org.

David Arkenstone and Friends concert: “A Winter’s Eve with David Arkenstone and Friends” at 7 p.m. Dec. 8 at Center Stage in Evergreen. General-admission tickets are $35,

had reason to wish him harm, and since Lola had, in happier times, demonstrated for his amusement a dubious talent for “hacking”, Willie called the vengeful Ms. Allure and told her to knock it off. Lola denied everything, of course, but Willie knew better, and, with his online presence rapidly approaching preindustrial levels he called JCSO for help. An obliging deputy called Lola and asked if she’d been changing Willie’s passwords. Lola said she had not, adding commentary to the effect that she wouldn’t waste the effort on the likes of Willie. Asked where she could be contacted should a personal interview appear warranted, Lola replied that she’s not precisely employed at the moment, is currently between home addresses, and doesn’t plan to change either condition in the foreseeable future. In short, Lola’s elusive, the computer accounts remain corrupted, and Willie’s whipped.

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

and VIP tickets that include a postshow meet-and-greet and a CD are $55. Tickets are available at davidarkenstone.com/events-bandsintown.

Mount Evans name change to Mount Blue Sky moves to governor’s o ce for final approval

BY OLIVIA JEWELL LOVE OLOVE@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

The Colorado Geographic Naming Advisory Board moved to make an official recommendation to Colorado Gov. Jared Polis to change the name of Mount Evans to Mount Blue Sky.

The unanimous decision by the board came during the Nov. 17 meeting where all suggested names were considered. The suggested names included Mount Soule, Mount Rosalie, Mount Sisty, Mount Cheyenne-Arapaho and Mount Evans (rededicated).

The end of the meeting was reserved for public comment where Colorado residents, tribal members and others could voice opinions about the name change.

Andrea Valeska is part of Right Relationship Boulder, a group focused on forming relationships with the indigenous community that are rooted in justice and collaboration. She explained during public comment that naming parts of nature for human beings is against indigenous values.

“To name Mother Nature after a person, independent of what this person did, is very disrespectful for indigenous people,” Valeska said.

Fred Mosqueda of the Southern Arapaho tribes came up with the name Mount Blue Sky along with Chester Whiteman of the Southern Cheyenne tribes. The name they

chose is universally inclusive but has meaning to indigenous people.

“It means so much as a ceremony to the Cheyennes,” Mosqueda said.

Whiteman explained at the meeting some of the details that go into a Blue Sky Ceremony for the Cheyenne Tribes.

“The Blue Sky Ceremony is a ceremony for all living things; men, women, children, plants, earth

water, life; and when that gets made, anybody can go to that tipi and get a blessing from that article that’s made,” Whiteman explained

After hearing from parties involved in the name-changing process of the mountain, the consensus was that each minute it went without a new name, the mountain would continue to provide a hurtful reminder to Native Coloradans

about the Sand Creek Massacre. Board members decided against any further delay and voted in favor of the name Mount Blue Sky.

Randy Wheelock is a Clear Creek County Commissioner who has been involved in the name change process since it started two years ago. Members of the county have worked closely with Native American tribes to properly educate themselves on why a name change is in order.

Wheelock explained that the process has not been hasty, and has been especially long for those who are hurt by the current name.

“We went through this two-year process, but that’s nothing compared to the 158 years that have passed since the Governor Evans Proclamations of 1864 and the massacre,” Wheelock said.

Valeska pointed out the history happening by including indigenous people in the decision, and thought this could be a step towards reparations.

“History is happening because indigenous people are having a voice and indigenous people are having an opportunity to share what is important for them,” Valeska said.

“And as a form of reparation of the massacre that happened in this land, I think it is a beautiful step toward toward right relationship and toward healing for all of us.”

Mount Evans, seen here in Dec. 2020 from Fire Tower Trail along Highway 103, was named for John Evans, Colorado’s second territorial governor. Evans is believed to have authorized the Sand Creek Massacre.

FILE PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

a sensational musical celebration of the season and the promises it holds.

FRIDAY

Hiwan Holiday open house: Hi wan Museum, 28473 Meadow Drive, is hosting a holiday open house from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9. This free event will feature live seasonal music, craft activities and refresh ments. This event is sponsored by Evergreen Mountain Area Histori cal Society and Jeffco Open Space.

SATURDAY

Conifer Christmas: The seventh annual Conifer Christmas will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at the Venue Theatre in Conifer. There will be Christmas songs from ancient to the 1800s and stories that go back in time with a look at Christmas traditions in the old West and the early years of Conifer. Percussionist Dennis Paige and multi-instrumen talist Norman Hughes will join Rex Rideout. Proceeds benefit the Venue Theatre, the Conifer Historical Society and the Mountain Resource Center along with a non-perishable food drive for the MRC. Tickets are available at www.thevenuetheatre. com.

Cookie Walk: The annual Conifer Cookie Walk will be from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church. Bring containers or grab a bag at the event to select from hundreds of different homemade cookies.

Santa breakfasts: The Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will be

from 9:30-11 a.m. for four Saturdays: Dec. 10 at Woodcellar Bar and Grill and Dec. 17 at The Wild Game. For more information and to sign up, visit evergreenchamber.org.

WEDNESDAY

Hate Crime Trauma Support Group: A Hate Crime Trauma Sup port Group for LGBTQ+ People 18 and older will be from 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays through Dec. 14 via Zoom. For more information or to register, visit Resilience1220.org.

UPCOMING

Bootstraps scholarship applica tions: The Bootstraps Scholarship and Loan Round 1 application is open for graduating seniors from Clear Creek, Conifer, Evergreen and Platte Canyon high schools. Visit bootstrapsinc.org to access the application. The deadline is Jan. 12. Scholarships and loans are available for students planning to attend col lege, university, community college, trades programs, vocational pro grams and certification programs.

Two shows at Shadow Moun tain Gallery: Shadow Mountain Gallery will host both its Holiday Treasures and Winter Poetry shows in December. Holiday Treasures will showcase paintings, photography, ceramics, glass art, jewelry and gifts. Winter Poetry will showcase snow-covered peaks, winter wildlife and home décor. The gallery, which is open from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, is in downtown Evergreen near Java Groove.

You are invited to a festival service of Lessons & Carols sung by the choir of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration of Evergreen

ASCENT CHURCH

“Real people pursuing a real God”

All are Welcome Sundays at 10am

In-person or Online www.ascentchurch.co 29823 Troutdale Scenic Drive, Evergreen

BERGEN PARK CHURCH

Time: 4 pm Sunday, December 11, 2022 Place: Church of the Transfiguration 27640 Highway 74 Evergreen, Colorado (East of Meadow Dr.Hwy. 74 intersection)

WORSHIP DIRECTORY

CHURCH OF THE HILLS PRESBYTERIAN (USA)

Serving the mountain community from the heart of Evergreen Worship 10:00 a.m.

Reverend Richard Aylor

O ce Hours: Tu-Thur 9:00 - 4:00; Fri 9:00 - noon Bu alo Park Road and Hwy 73 www.churchofthehills.com

CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION EPISCOPAL

Bergen Park Church is a group of regular people who strive to improve ourselves and our community by studying the Bible and sharing our lives with each other.

On Sunday mornings you can expect contemporary live music, Children’s Ministry that seeks to love and care for your kids, teaching from the Bible, and a community of real people who are imperfect, but seek to honor God in their lives. We hope to welcome you soon to either our 9:30AM or 11:00AM Sunday service.

Search Bergen Park Church on YouTube for Livestream service at 9:30am 31919 Rocky Village Dr. 303-674-5484 info@bergenparkchurch.org / www.BergenParkChurch.org

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE CHURCH SERVICES

28244 Harebell Lane

Sunday Service & Sunday School 10am Wednesday Evening ZOOM Meeting 7:30pm

Contact: clerk@christianscienceevergreen.com for ZOOM link

Reading Room 4602 Pletner Lane, Unit 2E, Evergreen OPEN TUE-SAT 12PM - 3PM

CHURCH OF THE CROSS

Please join us for Sunday worship at 28253 Meadow Drive, Evergreen or visit www.churchotc.com

8:30am Traditional Service

10:30am Contemporary Service

Communion is served every Sunday at both services. All are welcome! Visit our website at www.churchotc.com for info on church activities.

28253 Meadow Drive, Evergreen • 303-674-4130 • o ce@churchotc.com

In-Church: Sunday Communion Quiet Service 8:00 am & with Music 10:15 am 10:15 am only Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86017266569

In-Meadow: 2nd Sunday of the month at 9:30 a.m. --June through September—

27640 Highway 74 – ¼ mile east of downtown Evergreen at the Historic Bell Tower www.transfigurationevergreen.org

CONGREGATION BETH EVERGREEN (SYNAGOGUE)

Reconstructionist Synagogue

Rabbi Jamie Arnold www.BethEvergreen.org / (303) 670-4294

2981 Bergen Peak Drive (behind Life Care)

CONIFER CHURCH OF CHRIST

“Doing Bible Things in Bible Ways” 11825 U.S. Hwy. 285, Conifer, CO 80433

Sun: 9:00a.m. Bible Study-10:00a.m. Worship; Wed: Bible Study 7:00p.m.

EVERGREEN CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST)

27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen - 303-674-3413 www.EvergreenChristianChurch.org - eccdoc01@gmail.com

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday We are an inclusive faith community and welcome you to join us in our new ministry journey.

EVERGREEN LUTHERAN CHURCH 5980 Highway 73 + 303-674-4654

Rev Sara Wirth, Interim Pastor

Join us for Virtual Worship on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/EvergreenLutheranChurch Sunday Worship uploaded by 10am. www.evergreenlutheran.org + All Are Welcome!

LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY CHURCH – EPC 1036 El Rancho Rd, Evergreen – (303) 526-9287 www.lomcc.org – o ce@lomcc.org

Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m., with communion every Sunday “Real Church In An UnReal World” A community empowered by the Holy Spirit which seeks authentic relationships with God and others to share the good news of Jesus with Evergreen, the Front Range and the world. Come as you are, all are welcome!

MOUNT HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH-LCMS 30571 Chestnut Drive ~ (303)670-1387

Sunday Worship 9:00am • Education for All 10:30am Rev. Carl Frank, Pastor www.mounthopelutheranlcms.org

MOUNTAIN REVIVAL CHURCH “Baptizing the Mountains in Jesus Name” Sundays 11:00 am & Wednesdays 7:00 pm Location: Aspen Park Community Center 26215 Sutton Road, Conifer, CO 80433 (Additional parking at the Park & Ride next to Big O Tires) 720-770-0380 Call, Text, or Just Drop In www.mountainrevival.org

PLATTE CANYON COMMUNITY CHURCH Located: 4954 County Road 64 in Bailey. O ce hours MWF 8am-1pm 303-838-4409, Worship & Children’s Church at 10am Small group studies for all ages at 9am

Transitional Pastor: Mark Chadwick Youth Pastor: Jay Vonesh Other activities: Youth groups, Men’s/Women’s ministries, Bible studies, VBS, MOPS, Cub/Boy Scouts.

ROCKLAND COMMUNITY CHURCH “Connecting all generations to Jesus” Please check our website, www.Rockland.church, for updated service times ¼ mile north of I-70 at exit 254 17 S Mt. Vernon Country Club Rd., Golden, CO 80401 303-526-0668

UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF EVERGREEN Rev. Sarah Clark • 303.674.4810 • www.evergreenumc.org 3757 Ponderosa Dr. across Hwy 74 from Safeway in Evergreen Join us in person every Sunday at 10:00am for worship “Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds”

UNITY OF THE FOOTHILLS

Transforming lives through the power of Love Join us on Sundays from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., in person or on Zoom, for a unique, member-led service. Each week a member volunteer presents a spiritual topic of their choice along with discussion questions. Attendees are encouraged, not required, to share their experiences and views on the chosen topic. We find our discussions to be lively, thought provoking, and meaningful. We are an all-inclusive community and welcome all perspectives. 28577 Bu alo Park Road, Suite #120 • Evergreen, Colorado • 80439

Email: unityofthefoothills@gmail.com

TRIVIA

MOVIES: What does Susan Walker want as a gift from Santa in the movie “Miracle on 34th Street”?

MUSIC: Which famous rock band once called itself The New Yardbirds?

GEOGRAPHY: Where is the Thar Desert located?

TELEVISION: Which TV sitcom’s theme song was “Thank You for Being a Friend”?

MOVIES: Which Disney princess is modeled after a real person?

ANATOMY: What is the only human organ capable of natural regeneration?

HISTORY: How many people signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

A house.

Led Zeppelin.

India and Pakistan.

“The Golden Girls.”

1924. Clarence Birdseye invented the quick freezing process.

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Published this 8th day of December, 2022 on the Town Website (www.town.morrison.co.us)

Jefferson County Warrants

BULLSEYE

BULLSEYE

CARVER,

CENTURYLINK

Christa

Christa

Christa

Christa

CHRISTOPHER

COEO

COLO

COLO

COLORADO

COLORADO

COLORADO

475.96 LEGALSHIELD

1,321.98

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed changes have been submitted to the Board of Directors of West Jefferson County Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2023.

A copy of such proposed 2023 changes have been filed with the District at 30920 Stagecoach Boulevard, Evergreen, Colorado where the same is open for public inspection. The District discus sion will include but is not limited to changes to rates, fees and charges for the 2023 will be held on Thursday, December 28 at 2:00 pm at the

CLIENT

CLIENT

1,600.00

1,000.00

EAN SERVICES LTD HS-Computer Training 175.00

TRACEY BLUSTEIN LLC HS-Miscellaneous Contract Services 2,250.00

Workforce Development Fund Grants Total 16,988.42

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 20.00 Head Start Fund Grants Total 20.00

LEGALSHIELD Employee Legal Services 31.52

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 62.50

SENERGY PETROLEUM LLC Fuel 18,061.53 Fleet Services Fund Total 18,155.55

ABBY L WALDON Mileage 33.81

ALARMSPECIALISTS INC Equipment Maintenance 877.00

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Computer Supplies/ Software/Equipment (40.02)

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Office Supplies 495.87

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Recognition/Appreciation 188.88

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC General Supplies 4,137.15

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Special Events Supplies 771.60

AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES INC Food Supplies 235.51

APPLE INC General Supplies 858.00

ARVADA CENTER FOR THE ARTS Programs 292.50

BAILEY TREE LLC Lawn & Grounds Maintenance 775.00

BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-Digital 3,530.47

BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-VAS 12,249.40

BAKER & TAYLOR COMPANY INC Library Books & Materials-Print 58,639.21

BEAR CREEK LANDSCAPE CO LLC Snow Removal Services 3,215.00

CENGAGE LEARNING Library Computer Service Materials 20,712.22

CENTURYLINK Telephone

38,287.89 Patrol Fund Grants Total 38,287.89

ARAMARK CORRECTIONAL SERVICES LLC General Supplies 866.52

JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF Bank Charges 767.19

RPS PLAN ADMINISTRATORS INC Flex Medical Insurance 20.83 Inmate Welfare Fund Total 1,654.54

T MOBILE Investigation Expense 440.00 WPC TRIAD LLC Building Rent 18,499.30 Forfeiture Fund Total 18,939.30

AT&T MOBILITY Telephone Services 203.30 BULLSEYE TELECOM INC Telephone Services 386.44 COEO

2,229.41

Ariana Neverdahl Town Clerk

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Pursuant to C.R.S. Section 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on the 27th day of December 2022 final settlement will be made by the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado to:

CALAHAN CONSTRUCTION LLC. 1661 WADSWORTH BLVD LAKEWOOD, CO 80214

hereinafter called the “Contractor”, for and on account of the contract for the Sand/Salt Building Construction for Lookout Mountain Shop project in Jefferson County, CO.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or cor poration 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.

Clear Creek County (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:

PW 22-04 Pavement Overlay and Construction of Sedimentation Ponds County Road 170

Bids for the construction of the Project will be ac cepted electronically with the following exact text in the subject line: Bid for PW 22-04 Pavement Overlay and Construction of Sedimentation Ponds. Bids sent by parcel service or U.S.P.S. shall be addressed to the attention of Stoy Streepey and be clearly marked on the front of the envelope with: Bid for PW 22-04 Pavement Over lay and Construction of Sedimentation Ponds.

A pre-bid meeting is scheduled on Thursday, January 5th, 2023 at 10:00 AM and will be held via Zoom. Contact the Road & Bridge Depart ment via email at pw@clearcreekcounty.us to receive a copy of the construction plans and to receive an invitation for the pre-bid meeting.

in Jefferson County, CO.

1. Any person, co-partnership, association or cor poration 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.

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. CC1060

First Publication: December 8, 2022

Last Publication: December 15, 2022

Publisher: Canyon Courier

CREEK COUNTY

Washington Nationals, Orioles, Phillies, New York (Yankees/Mets) and Red Sox. Guided tour of Manhattan, DC/Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Also includes Little League World Series in PA. Tour begins in DC and ends in Boston.

All bids must be received via email to pw@clear creekcounty.us, via courier at the Clear Creek County Road & Bridge Department located at 3549 Stanley Road (CR 312), Dumont, Colorado 80436 or via U.S.P.S at P.O. Box 362, Dumont CO 80436 no later than Wednesday, January 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM local time. At said time all bids duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85671171619?pwd=U Et2TjY5NDNoancvNGdEZklPRXFXdz09

ROAD & BRIDGE DEPARTMENT

CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO