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District board is trying to envision what the district should o er in the next 10 years.
It was de nitely time for an oldfashioned block party.
e West Je erson Elementary School end-of-the-year tradition on
May 12 brought out children and their parents, and the wet weather didn’t dampen their spirits as most of the vendor tables simply moved inside to the gymnasium.
Outside, children climbed inside an Elk Creek Fire Rescue engine,
taking turns running the lights and sirens. Inside, children tried on reghter gear, looked at wild animal hides and played as parents learned more about activities and programs
e board spent more than two hours on May 23 looking into a crystal ball, guratively speaking, as it pored over data from a variety of sources on district wants and needs. Board members are trying to get a better idea of what should be in its strategic plan for programs and facilities to o er in the next three to ve years.
No decisions have been made on speci c projects for the strategic plan or whether the rec district will ask voters for more property taxes in
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Principal Wendy Woodland said the block party was an event for families to learn about resources and summer activities available in the mountain community. e event o ered games and demonstrations for kids, food and lots of fun.
At tables were the Mountain Resource Center, Girl Scouts, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Lil All Stars summer camps, Resilience1220, Macaroni Kid, Peak Academy of Dance, Mountain Youth Rugby, Predator Football and more.
Woodland grilled hot dogs, greeting families as they stopped by to get dinner. is will be Woodland’s last block party, since she is leaving the school to travel around the United States for a year in an RV with her family.
Je co Public Schools has announced that Darby Brady, who had been principal at Shelton Elementary School in Golden and before that an assistant principal at e Bergens in Evergreen, will be the new principal.
Inside the gymnasium, Paul and Casey Todd helped their children, Charlotte, 5, and Elliot, 4, put on re ghting clothes and helmets.
“Elliot told me he wants to be a re ghter,” Casey explained, which
made trying on the gear that much more important.
“We go to all events at West Je Elementary because they’re fun,” she added.
Shannon Konyndyk, the owner of Sojourn Books in Aspen Park, explained her backpack club to sixth graders and their parents. e club is an after-school program at the bookstore where students can play board games, do homework and hang out.
For younger children, Lil All Stars representatives explained their after-school programs and summer camps at the Indian Hills Community Center.
Jake Sonberg, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s district wildlife o cer handed out junior ranger badge stickers to children as they identied animal hides and horns. He said it was important to teach children and their parents about living with wildlife — how not to interact with wild animals.
“Kids love to touch the hides and get the badges,” he said. “I’m impressed how much (the children) know about animals.”
As kindergartner Decker Moseley identi ed a bear hide, mom Katie Moseley said her children love school activities while she loves community involvement.
Jill Ewald agreed.
“My kids love to go to school events,” Ewald said. “ ey look forward to it.”
November.
e board decided that its strategic-planning decisions should be based on six criteria: community support, scal responsibility and operational feasibility, caring for current facilities, sustainability, whether the project increases patron usage, and whether it ful lls longterm district goals.
“My biggest question is cost and time and approach to take in terms of trying to address the needs to the public,” Eggers said. “We tried ve years ago to ask for it all at once,” referring to a failed bond ask in 2018.
“How do we analyze these projects vis-a-vis expense, and how do we create a timeline and a dollar timeline to create a convincing argument to the public?”
More gymnasium, aquatics space
e survey of EPRD constituents showed they are interested in more aquatics, pickleball and tennis courts, another gymnasium and more community gathering space.
To hit most of those wishes, one idea being oated — with many questions still to be answered such as feasibility and cost — is closing the Wulf Recreation Center pool, which is 51 years old and would be very expensive to replace, and recon guring the entire building,
including adding more gymnasium/ indoor court space.
en, the district would expand the aquatics area at the Buchanan Park Recreation Center, which district sta said would be easier to
operate with all aquatics programs in one place.
e board doesn’t know whether voters would allow it to keep the money from a bond that will be paid o in 2025, what could be done with
that money and how long it would take to remodel the Wulf Rec Center. e board also doesn’t know whether voters would pay for an expansion at Buchanan.
Board members brought up the uncertainty with property taxes after assessments increased substantially. ey said that needed to be taken into consideration as they determine whether to put questions on the November ballot.
“One improvement begets the other,” board President Peter Eggers said. “If we (make changes at one rec center), then we automatically set up for improvements at the other rec center. Once we get the ball rolling, the projects will get larger and larger like a snowball. We need to be conscious of the direction we take and the implications of that direction.”
Executive Director Cory Vander Veen noted that the district needed to be scally responsible in what it does and be mindful of what the community will support.
Board member Don Rosenthal said if the district developed a renovation plan at Wulf, “you’d be surprised at how much utilization we could get out of that building. I think it’s all there in front of us.” Monty Estis, who served on the board for seven years but was termlimited, asked whether a two-stage approach might be the best way to go: asking to keep the money from the paid-o bond rst and then asking for additional funds.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis apologized to the parents of Christian Glass, the 22-year-old killed by a Clear Creek deputy in Silver Plume last year. He then declared May 24 Christian Glass Day and displayed Glass’ artwork that will be hung in the Capitol.
“What happened to Christian should not have happened,” Polis told Glass’ parents, Simon and Sally, in a live-steamed announcement on Facebook on May 24. “We are going to do the best we can to avoid any parents going through what you have gone through.”
e announcement came a day after the family agreed to a $19-million settlement in the death. e state, Clear Creek County and two other agencies agreed to the settlement. O cers from multiple agencies were at the scene the night Glass was killed.
Clear Creek County is responsible for $10 million; Georgetown $5 million; the state $3 million; and Idaho Springs $1 million. It is the largest known single payout for police violence in the state’s history.
Glass died on the night of June 1011, 2022, after he called 911 for help because he was stranded in his car.
O cers asked Glass to leave his car, but he refused in what turned into an extended stando and mental health crisis that ended when o cers broke a car window and used a Taser on Glass. Clear Creek Sheri ’s Deputy Andrew Buen shot Glass, killing him. Buen and another o cer, Kyle Gould, were later red and are facing charges, including second-degree murder.
Mom Sally Glass thanked Polis, saying the family didn’t want Christian to be forgotten.
“If he’s oating around, he would be so proud and happy to have his art displayed in the state Capitol,” she said. “His memory will live on in our hearts and minds.”
Dad Simon Glass added that what happened to Christian was a terrible crime.
“We hope it never happens again in Colorado or ideally the country,” he said.
Polis ended the short announcement by saying, “ ank you for sharing some of Christian with Colorado. is is a reminder of how we can do better, so these tragedies don’t happen again.”
According to a statement about
Christian on the website of RathodMohamedbhai, the attorneys for the Glass family, “Christian was a young man of many talents with kindness that knew no bounds. Christian was loved beyond measure by his parents, sisters, extended family, friends, and community.
“Christian was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, by his mother, Sally Glass, who is of British decent,
and his father, Simon Glass, who is from New Zealand. e Glass family relocated to California when Christian was 10 and eventually moved to Boulder, Colorado.
“Christian had an array of specialties and interests. He was an avid tennis fan and player, a trained chef who loved to cook, and also a
self-taught artist with an innate gift. Christian used many mediums to make his art, but the majority of his pieces involved oil painting and oil pencil.”
More about the settlement
A statement from Clear Creek Sheri Rick Albers acknowledged “that his o cers failed to meet expectations in their response to Christian Glass when he called for assistance,” calling events on the night of Glass’ death “disturbing.”
“ e sheri has undertaken measures intended to prevent a future failure,” a statement in the wake of the settlement announcement read. “He has been working with partners to establish a program of countywide crisis response. “
Albers also acknowledged that the “initial press release” describing events surrounding Glass’ death “did not give an accurate description of what occurred.”
“Rather, as stated in the conclusion of the investigative report subsequently issued by the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce after an independent review requested by Sheri Albers, the deputy who killed Christian Glass used lethal force that ‘was not consistent with that of a reasonable o cer,’” the statement read.
e Clear Creek Sheri ’s O ce
also has agreed to train and certify all its patrol o cers in crisis intervention.
“ ese agreements recognize the critical importance that law enforcement respond to emergencies, including situations involving mental health crises, with professionalism, empathy and an emphasis on deescalation,” a statement from the the Rathod-Mohamedbhai law rm stated.
e rm added that the Colorado State Patrol will develop a virtual reality training based on Glass’ death, with “a focus on de-escalation in a high-stress situation.”
In addition to the millions of dollars, Clear Creek County has agreed to dedicate a public park to Glass, which will be selected in consultation with his parents.
e Town of Georgetown released a statement calling Glass’ death “avoidable.”
“Georgetown will devote the resources necessary to developing new and better ways for identifying and providing assistance to those, like Christian, who need it most,” the statement read.
Georgetown added that o cers have been attending courses in intensive crisis intervention responses and are participating in a “countywide co-responder program that allows for the presence of a mental health professional and paramedic tandem to assist law enforcement in future settings.”
Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck
Harmon, in a statement on behalf of the city council, said: “We hope that settlement of this matter can provide closure to the many people involved. City leadership remains committed to the constant self-evaluation and betterment of the (Idaho Springs Police Department) in all ways.”
Idaho Springs, the statement
added, “continues to work collaboratively with the Je erson Center for Mental Health, which has a licensed clinician ride with an o cer/deputy each week for community outreach.” e statement also said that “ISPD also continues to develop a mental health co-responder program within Clear Creek County.”
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e Evergreen library will get a facelift starting in August, a project that has been 12 years in the making.
e Je erson County Public Library board of directors will look at the nal plans and pricing for the $3.5 million project at its June 15 meeting, according to Executive Director Donna Walker.
“A lot of resources are going up there,” Walker said. “We are excited about this design. We began planning to redesign the Evergreen Library in 2011, and we’re going to get it done.”
e pandemic delayed plans to remodel the building, which will not be expanded as part of the remodel.
e 17,000-square-foot building was constructed in 1993.
e library will be closed during construction, and library o cials are looking at other options to provide temporary library service, Walker said.
One of the redesign’s priorities includes keeping the quiet reading room with the replace in the back of the building the same.
e entry will be opened up, and
sta space will be recon gured with a smaller service desk that faces the doors, kiosks for self-checkout for patrons, a work room and break room. An open teen area will be in the southeast corner of the building, and
the children’s area will be recongured with larger spaces for story times and other children’s activities.
e community room will be enlarged with the ability to split it into two spaces as needed, and additional small-group study rooms
will be in the northeast corner of the building.
In keeping with the community’s wishes, the redesign will be in a traditional style that is warm, cozy, welcoming, light, natural and rustic.
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For teens looking for an immediate job or considering their future, the Clear Creek High School career fair was a place to get information and talk to those from di erent businesses.
Dacia Kelly, the district’s career connections coordinator, was happy with the range of businesses and organizations represented at this year’s fair. Students walked through the gymnasium on May 23, stopping at tables to nd out what jobs were available.
Among those represented were Army and Marines along with ATV Tours, Idaho Springs police, Hiwan Golf Course, Albert Frei & Sons, Clear Creek Rotary and more.
Clear Creek principal Chris Gould said counselors and teachers asked students what they wanted the school to look like in terms of career education, and the sta is exploring what the school can do.
“We’re getting a better sense of college and career pathways and what our students might enjoy experiencing,” he said. “We will need to work to build that out over the next few years.”
Sophomore Ella Lesser got a lesson in what re ghting gear looks and feels like as she donned pants, a
community.”
e Phoenix Gold Mine in Idaho Springs is looking to hire cashiers, gold-panning instructors and tour guides, and Janice Kaup, the marketing and operations manager, said that they’re mainly outside jobs.
She said jobs were available for high school students not only in the summer but throughout the year.
“It’s not a common job,” Kaup noted, “but we want Clear Creek teens to know that there are jobs available.”
e Clear Creek Rock House is looking for teens to help out on its Summer Fun Wednesday Nights, where youth can play games, sing karaoke, have scavenger hunts and play outdoor games.
e Clear Creek Library District has internships and volunteer programs available for teens.
e Henderson Mine had several tables, showing science demonstrations, conducting trivia games and giving away swag to students. While the molybdenum mine doesn’t have jobs for teens, o cials hope their tables pique students’ interest in pursuing careers in science.
“We hope they keep us in mind,” said Miguel Hamarat, environmental manager for Henderson Mine. “It’s good to get students to pursue mining or other science careers.”
Ihave always been an avid reader. My childhood is lled with memories of my nose in a book – historical and science ction mostly, though I have broadened my reading horizons as I have gotten older.
When I got married more than three decades ago, my husband told me he was dyslexic, never reading novels because he can’t read fast enough to follow the plot. However, he’s a retired environmental engineer who is close to a doctorate in soil physics, so he is constantly reading professional journal articles. He never complains about his dyslexia.
I never really thought about whether he struggled with reading because he’s always reading.
en my youngest daughter was diagnosed with dyslexia after second grade. She was in special programs in elementary and middle school to help with reading comprehension, and she never complained. She now has associate’s, bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
I never really thought about how much she struggled with reading.
Enter the private school Vertical Skills Academy in Bergen Park. e school, which opened in 2014 — the year my daughter graduated from Evergreen High School — specializes in working with children with dyslexia. Twice a year, the school hosts an open house along with a two-hour seminar on what it’s like to be dyslexic. I decided to go, and I am now much more aware of the challenges my husband and daughter and millions of others have faced all their lives.
Dyslexia is more common that we might think. Depending on which organization you ask, between one in 10 and one in ve people in the world is on the dyslexia spectrum from very mild issues to having more profound reading di culties.
ose who went through the training with me — parents, members of the school’s board of directors and other interested folks — called the training eye-opening, one that helps
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them be more empathetic to the challenges those with dyslexia face every day.
According to the International Dyslexia Association, dyslexia is a learning disability that is neurobiological in origin. It’s not an eye problem. Simply put, it’s when people may not see the correct letters or words, which makes it super di cult to read and understand what they have read. It is not just seeing words backward, which seems to be the perception by some.
When our schools expect students to read to learn — and when it’s nearly impossible to comprehend — our children who are dyslexic are set up for failure.
You can talk about dyslexia all you want, but seeing is believing.
To explain what it’s like to be dyslexic, Christine Riedlin, a Vertical Skills Academy teacher, put the group through ve simulations.
We were tasked to read a paragraph to ourselves where the i’s could be i’s or e’s and the p’s could be p’s or t’s. en we read a paragraph out loud to the rest of the group with the same rules. Figuring out a single word was a victory.
So “spriss” was actually “stress.” We all felt that stress. is was HARD!
Riedlin asked us to write sentences with our non-dominant hand, a task
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that takes so much extra thought. en I performed a demonstration: Walk three steps toe to heel, stop and pat your head, then do it again. When I nally walked to the teacher, I was supposed to talk about what I cooked for dinner the night before. Who has time to think about what I cooked for dinner when I’m trying to walk and pat my head?
Riedlin used the demonstration to show how people with dyslexia spell and write.
A student who wants to write about how the Grand Canyon is a magni cent place will change it to the Grand Canyon is big just because it’s easier to spell and write.
“If you have to think about how words are formed,” she explained, “it has an impact on how you write a sentence, so their sentences look more elementary. ey work so hard on the mechanics such as spelling that they don’t think much about the content.”
All of this is multitasking on steroids, so exhausting, and something people with dyslexia can face daily
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as they try to gure out words and comprehend them.
For children with dyslexia in a classroom full of students who don’t have those issues, they feel inadequate because they can’t read or comprehend the written word like the others. Dyslexia has nothing to do with intelligence.
Riedlin advocated for teachers getting more training about dyslexia and remediations, especially when so many children are dyslexic — something that isn’t happening enough.
I left the seminar with profound empathy, not just for my husband and daughter, but for everyone who doesn’t learn using traditional methods. is seminar gave me the opportunity to walk in other people’s shoes — those of my husband and daughter — and I am grateful.
While I can’t cure their dyslexia, at least I can understand it better.
Deb Hurley Brobst is a Community Editor at the Canyon Courier. She can be reached at dbrobst@coloradocommunitymedia.com.
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Bootstraps Inc. announces scholarship winners
Bootstraps Inc. has announced the scholarship recipients at an awards reception May 8 at the Evergreen Lake House.
Recipients had the opportunity to meet and thank the people responsible for helping them pursue their educational dreams.
Bootstraps will award $385,000 to the 33 rst-time recipients, 25 continuing students, and students pursuing certi cation and trades programs.
Each candidate’s application included four essay questions, teacher recommendations, academic information, extracurricular activities, community service and work experience.
Awards are made based on merit and nancial need.
Short-term rental permits
Eight foothills residents gave sworn testimony on May 17, asking the Je erson County Board of Adjustment “hearing” that a variance not be allowed on a proposed Airbnb in Evergreen. ese passionate long-term residents spoke, but the board actually heard nothing. Notwithstanding, there were a lot of truly vital facts and evidence reported to the Board. Unfortunately, they were deaf to our community, there was no “hearing” in the vaulted halls of the Taj Mahal.
Our Evergreen residents reported factual tales from our friends who already have the misfortune of living next to a short-term rental (STR) in the county’s highest-risk wild re zones of the foothills. ey don’t care. Now another area will likely experience similar damage to the neighborhood’s character, noise, re danger, potential sewage and water well contamination problems, parking nightmares, parties, loss of value to the homes of locals and more. is particular vacant home, owned
Recipients are:
Evergreen High School: Tanner Allen, Sophia Andriola, Isabella Bjorklund, Gabriella Boyle, Kimball Boyle, Charles Brown, Olivia Campsie, Aaron Graham, William Graham, Leo Hamilton, Zachary Holman, Logan Marion, Duncan McIntosh, Riley McIntosh, Regina Sjostrom, Rianna Sjostrom, Sydney Stiles, Katie Tullis, Annika Warn, Ava Warren.
Conifer High School: Jackson Cook, Teagan Eisenring, Ella Genender, Ella Hubbard, Zachary McCarthy, Shilah Pless, Dustin Roe, Aubrey Smih, Emma Vencer, Brenden Weakley.
Platte Canyon High School: Jeremiah Armstrong, Kassie Prewitt
Clear Creek High School: Skylah Inman
by Texans who have never lived here, was granted a permit e ortlessly, with absolutely no regard for local’s protests or factual presentations given in rigid 3-minute time slots.
We were told before the “hearing” that this board “rubber-stamps” all Airbnb permit applications. at proved to be true, 100% of our county overlords on the Board ruled against all the county residents’ protests and instead, in favor of out-ofstate investors.
Out-of-state investors are clearly far more important here than local residents and neighborhoods. We get it. What the county does have for locals in 2023 are wildly increasing property valuations and taxes.
You may not listen to us Board of Adjustment, but we count. We ask concerned citizens to join our group who hope to help the county make needed changes to current loosegoosey Short-Term Rental rules. je coshorttermrentals.com
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Since Elle Ritt started renting her Wheat Ridge yard to fellow dog owners in November, she’s hosted birthday parties for pups, pooch photoshoots and doggie play groups almost every weekend.
Ritt is one of dozens of renters in the Denver metro area on a website called Sni Spot, which links people interested in sharing their yard with local dog owners who want a private fenced area to let their pups o -leash. rough Sni Spot, renters set an hourly rate per dog and time slot availability for users to book.
With two older dogs who need less exercise, Ritt said she wanted to let other dogs take advantage of her large yard and, so far, there has been no shortage of demand.
“It’s just mindblowing how frequently it’s used,” she said.
Ritt said a majority of her visitors don’t have their own yards and prefer to avoid public dog parks because of reactive or sensitive pups. e site allows users to tailor their search to t needs like a taller fence height or not having other dogs or animals visible.
Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, a 23-year veterinarian at Colorado State University’s Community Practice clinic, said the uncontrolled nature of dog parks leads to risks like ghts and disease transmission, which is why she typically recommends other ways to exercise dogs, such as daycare or private yard time.
In addition to walks and playtime, RuchGallie said some dogs need to run and all dogs bene t from exploring new routes and places.
Ruch-Gallie said she will sometimes take her pups on what she calls a “sni -ari.”
“ ey take in the world much di erently than we do, so give them those di erent scents to pick up and opportunities to see and smell di erent things,” she said. “Sometimes they just want to go, go, go and get their energy out and other times they just want to meander and take the sni s in.”
Mike Rieber, who has been renting his fenced pasture in Parker since October, said one of the best perks of sharing his yard is seeing how excited pups get to check out new scents and release their energy.
“ ey call it a Sni Spot and I never really understood how important that was to a dog, but that’s the rst thing they all do when they get here is smell everything,” Rieber said. “Especially with the repeat dogs, as soon as their paws hit the ground, boy, they’re o .”
Ritt’s experience has been similar, she said, adding that Sni Spot has been mutually bene cial, not just for the dogs, but also the humans. She’s received multiple thank you notes from visitors and attests that catching glimpses of visitors always makes her smile.
“It’s so cute to peek in the backyard and see grown men laying on their stomachs taking pictures of their puppies,” Ritt said.
Another Sni Spot user, Lyndsey Leach, who
rents her Lakewood backyard, agreed. Leach lost her own pooch three years ago but remains an avid dog-lover.
“It’s so nice when they’re comfortable and running around,” she said. “I’m always happy when they’re happy.” None of the three renters report issues with destroyed yards, rude users, neighbor complaints or unruly animals.
In addition to the positive mental health benefits, Leach said renting her yard is a convenient passive income and gives her the flexibility to be away from home if needed. Leach estimates that since she started in January, she’s had about 50 visitors and made around $400.
“I don’t really have any expenses associated with it, other than eaten tennis balls,” she joked.
Rieber said he didn’t originally think he would make much money from the app but has been happy with the extra cash. He noted the demand is only picking up in the warmer months, though he got a fair share of visitors during the winter as well.
“We’re not trying to maximize our revenue, we’re doing this more as a service for young people that have dogs and need a place that’s private,” he said.
For Ritt, her most recent month was her most successful, cashing in over $1,000, and before that, she averaged a few hundred dollars monthly.
“One of our dogs has had a ton of health issues, so it’s like SniffSpot funds her care,” Ritt said. “It truly has been a notable supplemental income.”
To learn more, visit sniffspot.com.
Ricky’s food truck gets Restaurant Guru awards
Ricky’s Island Style Café has won a couple awards from Restaurant Guru.
e food truck in Evergreen North was named the 2022 No. 3 Best Café in Evergreen and also received a certi cate for being recommended on Restaurant Guru in 2023.
Ricky and Kelly Seepaul are available in their truck from about 8:30 a.m. until about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday
through Saturday, serving burritos, sandwiches, wraps, rice bowls, smoothies and more.
Ricky has been serving up fabulous food for about 15 years, ve of them in the food truck. e couple say they like their location and being in the truck because they can get to know customers better.
“We get to control everything – except the weather,” Kelly said. “So we provide high-quality food consistently.”
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Butcher shop opens in Evergreen
Looking for fresh-cut meat from farm to table?
Evergreen has e Butcher’s Hook in Evergreen North next to Ricky’s Island Style Café.
Local Evan Je ries, along with executive chef Robert Bruso and butcher Cora Gains are prepping meat for you to take home to cook.
Patrons can hang out at the tables outside the truck or call in orders for quick pickup. e truck is along the frontage road in Evergreen between Safeway and the post o ce. Call in orders at
Je ries emphasized that this wasn’t a food truck; instead it’s a butcher shop to stop to grab steaks,
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PINE – Dialing 911 on the evening of April 30, Corky Cabin-ero told dispatch that a brace of bold brigands was trying to bust into his rustic mountain getaway. e cabin was vacant, but Corky could clearly see the dastardly duo and their shiny silver Mercedes on its Ring camera. Deputies shortly encountered all three and asked after their business at the Cabin-ero compound. Brisco Brigand said he knew the woman who owned the property, and that she wouldn’t mind their stopping by unannounced. Beaufort Brigand said they weren’t breaking in, just trying to nd a cell phone signal because he was currently on his wife’s Shinola List and unacceptably late in making an expected check-in call. Examining the scene, deputies found no damage to the property, nor any sign the shanty had been entered. Corky told deputies that the woman Brisco referenced was actually the cabin’s former owner. Deputies told Corky that, as far as they could tell, the Brigands hadn’t broken any laws, and told the Brigands that they should henceforth consider Casa Cabin-ero to be terra ingrata.
Performance panned SOUTH TURKEY CREEK – It wasn’t just what she said, it was the way she said it. What Tenant
said, Landlord told deputies on the night of April 30, was “It would be a shame if your house were to burn down in the middle of the night,” and she said it while “throwing a cast iron skillet at me.” What’s more, Landlord had found his elderly dog whimpering at the bottom of a steep 20-foot slope and suspected Tenant “kicked” the poor creature down the hill. Deputies quickly learned that they’d been called in at the tag end of a protracted dispute. Tenant and two friends had spent the day moving her things out of the residence, and Landlord had spent the day anxiously monitoring their progress. “Tensions were high all day,” all parties agreed. Even so, Tenant and Co. vehemently denied mistreating Landlord’s dog, and Tenant said Landlord had been yelling at her while her hands were chock-full of out-going accouterments, causing her to “drop” the frying pan in usterment. Lacking any evidence beyond hopelessly incompatible verbal accounts, o cers saw no grounds for charges and let Tenant continue on her not-very-merry way.
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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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
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
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.
DEER PARK UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor Joyce Snapp, Sunday Worship 10 AM
Located one mile west of Pine Junction just o Rt. 285 966 Rim Rock Road, Bailey (303) 838-6759
All are welcome to our open/inclusive congregation!
EVERGREEN LUTHERAN CHURCH
5980 Highway 73 + 303-674-4654
Rev. Terry Schjang
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!
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
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Je ries owns a ranch in Otis, Colorado, that has the processing plant right there “so we can control our own destiny,” he explained.
e Butcher’s Hook already provides meat to Switchback Smokehouse, the Wild ower Café and Troutdale Tavern. It can create custom orders to suit all tastes.
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Barber Stop owner looking for volunteers to help homeless
Lisa McCall, the owner of e Barber Stop, is looking for a few good hairdressers and barbers.
Not to work in her shops in downtown Evergreen or Evergreen North, but to volunteer their time to give haircuts to homeless people in downtown Denver. at’s really McCall’s passion, and with more volunteers, more homeless people can be helped.
“We could go out ve to six days a week, but I don’t have manpower to do that,” she explained. “I want to be helping on the streets. at’s where my heart is.”
She’s also looking for volunteers to join her to help with carrying equipment, handing out bags of toiletries and talking with the Denver homeless clients.
McCall has a nonpro t called Haircuts for Hope that not only helps provide haircuts for homeless people here but also helps pay for
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She was recently on a reality show for entrepreneurs called e Blox, though she can’t say much about it since Season 8 hasn’t aired yet.
McCall bought e Barber Stop at the corner of Highway 73 and 74 four years ago when Lee Shortt retired. She took over John’s Barber Shop –now called John’s Barber Stop — in Evergreen North after John retired last year.
“Anyone who wants to come alongside me or even just help out with part of this work, I’d really appreciate it,” she said.
For more information or to volunteer, call 303-674-2257.
