Everybody hates Hamlet at Miners Alley

To be or not to be… bored by the ramblings of a certain prince of Denmark is a question one need not face when going to see the hilarious new entry in Miners Alley Playhouse’s season, “I Hate Hamlet.” e real question is whether you can relate to an someone struggling with feeling like a failure and searching for the brief moments when things just seem to gel. Which really could be anybody.

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Anthony Boettcher

December 15, 1962 - March 12, 2023

Anthony Jerome Boettcher, 60, of Colorado Springs, was preceded in death by his parents, Jerome and Nadine, and his brother, Blase (Kathy). He leaves behind six siblings: Mary Boettcher, Teresa Dalbec (Charlie), Elizabeth Galbraith (late Brian), Margaret Smith (late C. Jay), Cecelia Sallee (Scott) and Gloria Horne. Anthony was a youth and club swimming coach for 30 years, including 15 years with the Evergreen tion is how honest it is. It’s hilarious and big, but it also has so much heart,” wrote John Hauser, who plays the show’s lead, in an email interview. “So many artists deal with the same things that Andrew goes through, feelings of inadequacy, imposter syndrome, but also

Hurricanes and Evergreen High School. He left Evergreen High in 2005 as the all-time winningest men’s swimming coach in Je erson County history. For the last 13 seasons, he served as the associate head coach of the men’s swimming team at the Air Force Academy. Celebration of Life: April 5, 1 p.m., Air Force Academy Community Chapel, 5134 Cathedral Drive, Suite 100, USAF Academy, CO 80840.

March 13, 1963 - March 13, 2023

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our daughter, sister, aunt, and fur baby mom Frances Maria Sinel of Woodland Park, Colorado. She passed peacefully on March 13, 2023, her 60th birthday. Maria loved that she was born on the 13th and now this day is forever hers.

Maria experienced a fabulous and glorious life that ended much too soon. She was never afraid to show her goofy, happy, carefree side and we loved her for that.

Maria will be missed tremendously. She leaves behind her parents, Julia and Donald Sinel; sisters Teresa (Gordon), Donna (Will), Rena, and Patricia (Bob); her nephews Adam, Jake, Joey and Mike; her nieces Margaret and Rachael; her grand nieces and nephews Callie, Stella, Hunter, Reagan, Ryan, and Julia; and her beloved pups Reid and Maisie. We’ll see you down the road apiece, Mergs! ♥

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Peter K. Link, a longtime resident of Evergreen, Colorado, passed away on February 13, 2023 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 92.

Peter was born on November 7, 1930 in Batavia, Java, Indonesia, son of Walter K. Link and Miriam (Wollaeger) Wilcox. As Peter’s father, a petroleum geologist, traveled the globe for work, Peter spent his early years in Java, Costa Rica, and Cuba. Pursuing petroleum geology himself, Peter received his B.S. degree in geology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1953 and his M.S. degree in geology in 1955. He was a rst lieutenant in the United States Army in Korea, 1955-1957. Peter and Marilynn Engel married in 1957. e coupled moved to Tripoli, Libya, and Peter performed four years of geological eld work in the Sahara, an experience that had a profound e ect on him. After a brief period in Ardmore, Oklahoma, Peter completed his Ph.D in geology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1965. He then worked for ARCO as a research structural geologist in Dallas (1965-1970) and then at AMOCO research center in Tulsa (1970-1973) before beginning a consulting career. From 1979 to his retirement in 2001, Peter was a lecturer for Oil and Gas Consultants International (OGCI), which o ers a variety of short courses for petroleum industry workers around the world. Peter also taught at the those feelings of being in the moment and owning a role, even if only for a brief moment.” e show tells the story of Andrew Rally (Hauser), a daytime television actor whose show has recently been canceled. He is cast in a production of Shakespeare in the Park as Hamlet but isn’t sure he can pull the character o , but when he is visited by the ghost of former Hamlet performer John Barrymore, things get a little more complicated.

University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Tulsa, and was the author of the textbook, “Basic Petroleum Geology”. His career took him to over to over 115 countries, a fact he brought to the attention of those around him on a regular basis.

Peter and Marilynn had two children, Hillary and Bennett, and divorced in 1987. Peter and Lucille Bonebrake were married in 1990. Peter and Lucille moved to Evergreen together where Peter remained for the rest of his life, regularly proclaiming that he never wanted to live anywhere else.

Peter enjoyed travel, photography, music (especially dixieland jazz), and languages. Other hobbies he had during his life included y shing, skiing, hiking, golf, basketball, tennis, softball, choir, and, very brie y during the 1970’s, disco dancing. Peter did volunteer eld guiding and mentoring to school children in Evergreen. He was an accomplished personal pilot with twin-engine and instrument ratings. A self-declared curmudgeon, he was always happy to play Devil’s advocate.

Peter is survived by his wife Lucille of Evergreen, his brother Andy of Houston, his son Bennett and daughter-in-law Carla of Livingston, Montana, three stepsons, and numerous nephews and nieces. Rather than gifts or owers, please send donations to the Alzheimer’s Association.

“I Hate Hamlet” runs at Miners Alley, 1224 Washington Ave., from Friday, March 31 through Sunday, April 23. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., ursday through Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday.

“It is really a quirky, witty script that moves along nicely,” said director Rory Pierce. “In addition to how funny and smart it is, there’s a swashbuckling sword ght and just enough Shakespeare to whet your appetite, but not enough to put you

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Anna Pauline (Fron) Kuberski

November 9, 1919 -March 11, 2023

Anna Pauline Kuberski, 103, of Phoenix, AZ, passed away peacefully, Saturday, March 11, 2023 at her home.

Visitation will be 2-4pm, Saturday March 25, 2023 at Ra erty Funeral Home, 2111-1st St A, Moline. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, East Moline. In lieu of owers, memorials may be made to a charity of your choice.

Anna was born November 9, 1919 in East Moline, the daughter of Kazmir and Jennie (Wichrowski) Fron. She married omas Anthony Kuberski on August 31, 1940 in Moline. He preceded her in death in 2006.

Anna was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and our Granny Annie. Anna was a faithful member of Holy Trinity Church in Rock Island, Christ the King in Evergreen, Colorado, and her Catholic community at the Beatitudes. Anna was a lifetime Cor Marie member of the Knights of Columbus. How very di cult it is to sum up more than a hundred years of a wonderful, well-lived life of arts, crafts, travel, ower gardening, sewing and being there for her family.

Survivors include her children, Cecelia Moorhead, Denver, CO, Eulalia Golden, Gig Harbor, WA; daughterin-law, Janice Kuberski, Phoenix, AZ; grandchildren, Angela (Douglas), Amy, Peter (Donna), Sarah, Norman, Jennifer (Ryan), and omas; great-grandchildren, Austen, Bryan, Shea, Bradley, Aidan, Erin, Megan, Jacob, and Tyler; great-great-grandchildren, Austen, Bryan (Kayla), Shea, Bradley, Allison, Aidan, Erin, Megan, George, Abigail, Jacob, Tyler, Cruz, Jase, Weston, and Haven; sister-in-law, Irene Carton; and her great wealth of nephews, nieces, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her son, Dr. Tim Kuberski.

Condolences may be left at www.Ra ertyFunerals.com

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James L Benson (Jim) of Evergreen, CO passed away in his home on March 11th.

Jim was born to DuWayne and Dorothy Benson and grew up in Spooner, WI. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, with a degree in accounting. He married Carol Brooks of Milwaukee, WI in July of 1964 and they settled in the St. Paul, MN area where he worked for 3M.

After growing up practically outdoors, his love of camping and the mountains moved his family to Lakewood, CO in 1973. His entrepreneurial spirit took over. He owned a liquor store, was a building contractor, had a wood-crafting business, sold church bonds and nally owned Good Nature Builders. e family moved to Evergreen, CO in 1978 where he designed and built several homes. e art of designing and building was his passion as well as spending time in his beloved mountains. Whether it was skiing Milts Face (Vail, CO) top to bottom, hiking, wind sur ng, kayaking or camping, he loved everything Colorado o ered. Being of a cottage mind-set he went about locating 3 di erent cabins over the years in which the family spent much quality time.

In 1987, Jim and his friend Gordon Wyant, started Evergreen Christian Outreach in a small building on the Trans guration

Episcopal Church Campus putting in shelves to hold food and clothing. All the churches in Evergreen were invited to participate and most did. ey o ced there to man the process for the rst year and then a generous donation from a member of their church, Evergreen Fellowship, enabled them to hire a manager. From then on the Outreach (EChO) grew to the size and in uence it is today. Jim served on the board for many years. He later served not he board for e Rock House in Idaho Springs and went on several missionary trips to Guatemala.

He enjoyed traipsing around Colorado to watch his son, Troy, compete in mogul events, visiting Lake Powell, Utah every summer and spending time in Europe (especially Italy) and exploring Chile. e best trip was to Norway in 1994 to watch Troy compete in the Olympics.

He is survived by his wife, Carol of 58 1/2 years, his daughter Jill Flanagan (Brian) and son Troy, as well as his sister, Judy Rodine (Bob), his wife’s brothers, John and Jerry Brooks, their spouses and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of Jim’s life will be held in June. In lieu of owers the family requests donations to be made to Evergreen Christian Outreach.