MEET RONA!

Rona came to us very pregnant. She gave birth a day later to 8 babies - all survived and have been adopted. Little Rona was estimated to be about 1yo when she gave birth. She is a nice, dilute calico, but she can play really hard. And she doesn’t love the other cats, she sticks to herself (tho she will play with other playful cats!). She has been with us for 18 months! Check this pretty girl out.

temper under control and his co ee in the cab.

Un-friended

EVERGREEN – e property’s caretaker called JCSO on the afternoon of March 17, asking deputies to remove an unwanted party from one of the residences under his care. e unwanted party didn’t want to leave, however, taking a hostile stance against the o cers and insisting that he and the absent homeowner are great friends, and that he often does “odd jobs” around his buddy’s bungalow. O cers were certainly willing to entertain those assertions, although most people would give a trusted handyman a key to the door and wouldn’t make a great friend climb in through an unlocked window. In any case, deputies left the interloper’s ultimate disposition to the homeowner who, contacted by telephone, said Unwanted was de nitely unwelcome. O cers gave Unwanted a free ride to a Golden light rail station and closed the case.

Once upon a Date Night

WEDNESDAY

Conifer Area Council Town Hall Meeting: e Conifer Area Council will host a town hall meeting from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, April 19, at West Je erson Middle School. Candidates for the Elk Creek Fire board will be available to talk to voters before and after the presentations. Get updates from area o cials, plus hear about wild re preparedness and post-wild re impact.

Co ee with Cory: Cory Vander Veen, the Evergreen Park & Recreation District’s executive director, will host Co ee with Cory from 7-8 a.m. Wednesdays in April: April 19 at Wulf Recreation Center and April 26 at the EPRD Administration Building.

EVERGREEN – It was a great evening until it wasn’t. Justin and Jessica headed into downtown Evergreen, dining and drinking and dancing for hours. But what goes up must come down, and the couple’s high ol’ time hit rock bottom about ten minutes after they got home at about 1:30 a.m. Justin called Jessica a “cheater.” Jessica called Justin an “(ascetic).” Justin slapped Jessica in the face. Jessica broke an “empty champagne bottle” over Justin’s head. Deputies called to the scene found a drunken Justin sobbing alone on the front porch. “I don’t know what happened,” he wailed. “I’m sure I (ticked) her o , but I’m not going to rat her out!” Jessica didn’t mind ratting Justin out, and deputies arrested him for domestic violence assault.

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.

UPCOMING

Conifer chamber awards banquet: e Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce will host its awards banquet from 5-8 p.m. ursday, April 20, at Beaver Ranch. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit goconifer.com.

Foothills Fire candidate forum: e Canyon Courier and Foothills Fire & Rescue are hosting a forum for the eight candidates running for the Foothills board from 6:30-8:30 p.m. ursday, April 20, at Mount Vernon Canyon Club in Genesee. Questions from the community that the Courier will consider asking should be emailed by April 19 to Courier editor Kristen Fiore at k ore@coloradocommunitymedia. com.

Sips for Scholarships: Bootstraps Inc. will host Sips for Scholarships from 6:30-9 p.m. ursday, April 20, at Twin Forks Tavern, 19423 N. Turkey Creek Road. Tickets are $75 and available at bootstrapsinc.org.

CAE Originals Concert: Center

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Wilmot third graders make doughnut public art

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Who doesn’t like a doughnut with icing and sprinkles? So imagine how much better a 40-inchwide sprinkle-covered doughnut would be.

Third graders at Wilmot Elementary School have created five gigantic doughnuts, not out of baking ingredients, but out of inner tubes. The realistic-looking doughnuts are public art hanging in Wilmot’s main hall, now affectionately known as Doughnut Hall.

On March 30, students watched as art teacher Elisabeth Marcus and custodian Zach Bryars hung the appetizing creations from the ceiling. They helped decide which doughnut would hang in various locations.

“We’ve been studying public art and the effect it has on the community,” Marcus explained. “We talked about how much power art has to create feelings for people in a community and how awesome it is that it’s accessible to everyone. It’s a gift to the community.”

Students learned about artist Claes Oldenburg, who is known for public art installations of giant everyday objects, so the Wilmot doughnuts fit right in.