A woman whose car hit and seriously injured two bicyclists on Rainbow Hill Road in the El Rancho area in June 2022 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
ere’s nothing like a science camp to give kids a reason to make messes and have fun.
Children in kindergarten through fth grade spent four days at Grace Hills Community Church in Indian
Hills, touching a snake, making slime, participating in relay races with an animal theme, learning about bubbles and rainbows, and more.
e 41 students in the camp were educated and entertained at the same time.
Brianna Lindenmeyer dreamed up
the science camp. A former biology and chemistry teacher, she said she wanted to show children that God and science are not mutually exclusive, and they could have tons of fun.
Pastor Marcus Mackey said the Summer to Discover Science Camp
Haley Mill, 39, pled guilty to vehicular assault and assault in the rst degree with extreme indi erence on May 22. As a result of Mill’s guilty plea, the parties stipulated to a sentencing of between 10 and 20 years in prison, according to a release from the Je erson County district attorney’s o ce.
Chief Deputy District Attorney Tyra Forbes requested the maximum of 20 years in prison, noting the defendant’s extensive criminal record, her lack of regard for the community’s life and safety, and her leaving the scene and evading law enforce-
was just one way the church wanted to be involved in the community. Its rst community event was helping to host Indian Hills Winterfest, plus it has hosted movie nights on the church grounds, and it had plans for July 4 activities in conjunction with the Indian Hills parade.
At the camp, children were divided into groups named for animals, and each had a chant to perform for the others.
“We are the penguins. We waddle, waddle waddle!” shouted the penguin group, while the amingos group’s cheer was, “Go amingos go!”
Some teams participated in relay races, walking like penguins, which happened quite naturally as children put a balloon between their
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legs. en they sat on the ground and used their feet to move a banana down the row just like monkeys do.
Inside the church, the children made slime out of shaving cream, baking soda, glue, water and the secret ingredient, contact solution, which Lindenmeyer said helped the slime start really messy but then becaming more solidi ed. Each child took a plastic bag of slime home.
On June 22, the children met Aussie, a six-foot carpet python, brought
to the camp by Randy Lewis with Party Safari. He allowed the younger children to touch Aussie and the camp counselors to hold the snake. Madison Young, 8, said she liked everything about the camp. Addie Kelley, 8, said this was one of the best camps she had ever been to, and making the slime was her favorite part. e most di cult part, she said, was waking up early to get to camp on time.
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June 24 was a perfect day to enjoy the beautiful summer weather – and to rid our houses of hard-to-recycle items.
Evergreen Sustainability Alliance hosted a recycling event at Evergreen Lutheran Church with car after car lined up to unload electronics, glass, paint, Styrofoam and more at various sta-
tions throughout the parking lot.
ESA was formed in 2010 to improve recycling, composting, and the availability of local and organic foods in the foothills. Among its many accomplishments, it started and operates two community gardens, organized a composting pilot program, provides zero-waste services and a re ll station inside Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore, and does community education
and outreach.
Most know of ESA when it hosts Christmas tree and Styrofoam recycling in January.
According to Kim Lauber, an ESA board member, the organization is all about reuse and sustainability, and the June 24 recycling event included companies that have been great partners.
For example, GreenSheen recycles paint and then donates
it to Habitat for Humanity, while 3R Recycling Solutions takes anything that can be plugged in and pulls out anything that can be reused.
Glass to Glass based in Broomeld pulls glass out of trash, sorts it by color and sends it to bottling plants for recycling, and Golden Real Estate lls its truck with Styrofoam that it sends to EcoCycle in Boulder for processing, so it can be turned into other items.
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Many words describe Evergreen resident Loie Evans: positive, welcoming, giving, energetic and a community builder. But the word that best describes her as a whole is timeless.
Evans doesn’t talk about her age because this powerhouse of energy – yet with a quiet, friendly demeanor — is always busy and always helping others, and she is outdoors as much as possible. In fact, when Evans met the Canyon Courier for the interview at Evergreen Lake, she had a carafe of coffee just in case the reporter — or anyone else she met — needed some, and she had already tried a new banana bread recipe, bringing the fruits of her labor to the 7 a.m. meeting.
“It’s the quality you pack in (to your life),” she said. “It’s not about the numbers. Numbers limit us.”
“She is an influencer,” said friend Nancy Visocky. “She has a positive influence on all ages. She’s a role model for young people to be kind.”
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Friends point to the Thursday morning paddleboard and potluck at Evergreen Lake during the summer attended by as many as 25 people, where she also makes sure there’s enough food for the entire lake staff. It’s a way to enjoy the lake, for friends to enjoy each other’s company, to be outdoors and to chat with the young people working there.
For Evans, it’s about her family, her faith and her enduring love of the outdoors, especially the desert and water, calling being on the water her retreat.
Growing up
She grew up in a river family in southern New Mexico. Her dad, Bill Belknap, had a river outfitting business and was a photographer, leading river trips on Lake Mead and the Grand Canyon. He took photos for National Geographic, and Evans’ friends say she’s in an issue from 1967.
Her dad instilled in her an “insatiable love of the Grand Canyon and all things Native American,” she said.
Loie met her husband John Evans at Lake Powell in 1966, noting, “He was pretty cute.”
They married in 1967, and he worked for NASA in Houston, while Loie, a University of Colorado graduate with a degree in arts and sciences, worked in a brokerage firm.
Living in a big city was not for them, so they decided to move to Colorado, landing in the foothills in 1971, and John worked for Colorado Outward Bound, which provides outdoor experiential education for all ages.
Their daughter Lynn and her grandchildren still live in Evergreen, and their son Barry died in an accident at the age of 15.
The couple had many adventures together, and traveling was part of their DNA before John died in 2020. Loie has traveled all over the world from Antarctica to Africa, Mongolia to Bhutan. She still would love to travel to Iceland.
Loving the outdoors
Rafting has been a big part of Loie’s and John’s lives, so much so that Loie’s family started Belknap’s River Guides in 1969, and updating the books each year continues to be a project for Loie and her brother Biff. The books are considered the leader in river rafting guides, and Loie, who continues to be president of Westwater Books, takes orders and packages books for shipping from her Evergreen home.
Leading river expeditions is among her passions, teaching others how to row, read the river and run rapids. She is constantly leaving for trips on various rivers, especially in the western United States.
Loie also has become an avid birder, learning from the late Sylvia and Bill Brockner, who were heavily involved in Evergreen Audubon and taught others about different species of birds here. She called them her mentors.
Loie remembered attending her first dawn chorus sponsored by Evergreen Audubon where birders walk around the lake together to
find different species. She didn’t think to bring a pair of binoculars. Now the binoculars are always around her neck, and she can be found during migration times in the spring and fall, walking the lake and cataloging the birds she finds.
A passion for baking and more Loie, who always liked baking and cooking, had friends who owned a ranch in Wyoming, and she thought it would be fun to work in the kitchen. She watched the baker and said, “I can do this.”
So she took pastry classes and became the ranch’s baker for three summers. She still does a lot of baking, and she also teaches river cooking and Dutch-oven cooking to river rafters.
Friends say she makes awesome chocolate chip cookies that she distributes freely to family, friends and soon-to-be friends.
She has a knack for making others feel welcome and accepted, and her enthusiasm for the simple joys in her life is contagious.
Loie put it simply: “I love life, and I love this community.”
Rack and roll
PINE JUNCTION – It was after midnight on June 10, and the dgety gure loitering outside his house was giving him cause to pause. Clad in an orange sweatshirt and dark pants, the antsy idler appeared entirely too interested in the rental truck he’d parked out front, the one stu ed bumper to bumper with his cherished personal belongings. Still, he kept his cool and kept a sharp eye out until he heard what sounded like the dubious dawdler “racking” a gun, which was his signal to dial 911. Responding deputies had no trouble locating the suspicious skulker, but couldn’t nd evidence that he’d tampered with the truck. On the other hand, the fellow did have a pistol on his person and was the prime suspect in a burglary the night before. e complainant declined to press trespassing charges, but the suspect spent the remainder of the night loitering in a 6-by-8 holding cell anyway.
Back door boys
EL RANCHO – As crimes go, it had promise. e two teenaged boys sauntered in smooth and easy, slouched back to the beer case and grabbed a couple of 12 packs, neat as you please. en, and here’s the genius of it, instead of walking back
through the store toward the checkout area they casually steered for a rear exit through the automotive department, which is where their best-laid plan ganged catastrophically agley. Success was in sight when an employee suddenly appeared between them and the door. Startled, one of the lads “fell down,” dropping his cold-brewed booty in the process. Switching seamlessly to Plan B, the pair raced for the front entrance. Hindered in his ight for freedom by the 30-pound party in his hand, the second boy chose escape over alcohol and jettisoned his load somewhere near o ce supplies. In the end, the only thing that went right was the getaway, and while store security provided JCSO with surveillance footage of the young pilsner pirates, the case quickly went cold.
Hurt locker EVERGREEN – It should have been a milk run. At the request of a friend, Dodge Ram went to the storage facility on the afternoon of June 6, entered the key code to open the facility’s gate, then used the key his friend gave him to retrieve some items from the friend’s storage locker. His simple task accomplished, Dodge was attempting to leave when Nissan Titan quickly positioned himself in the middle of the exit and challenged Dodge to provide proof of his honest inten-
tions, starting with a lot of “personal information.” Noting that Nissan wasn’t carrying a badge, Dodge told Nissan he had no authority to grill a tax-paying citizen and advised him to make way. Nissan told Dodge to prove that he was on site legitimately by re-entering the gate code. Dodge did, and when the gate opened he moved to drive through it. Nissan leapt from his vehicle and started “screaming” at Dodge, which caught the attention of several facility employees, who came at a run. Feeling that his simple task was spinning dangerously out of control, Dodge gunned it out of the storage yard, clipping Nissan on the way. Nissan and several employees jumped into their vehicle and followed in hot pursuit. Seriously rattled by both the turn of events and the angry posse on his tail, Dodge saw a crowd gathered at Chief Hosa Campground and, seeking the safety of public observation, pulled in there and was instantly hemmed in by the Nissan brigade. After sorting through a tangle of testimonies, JCSO released Dodge after issuing him citations for third-degree assault and criminal mischief, charges Dodge accepted without complaint. Nissan complained, though, grousing that Dodge should have gone straight “to jail” and had his “vehicle impounded”
Mail call
EVERGREEN – ere’s no time to lose! Mrs. Kravitz told JCSO on the afternoon of June 9. She’d just seen a man in a camper brazenly “stealing mail” in her Evergreen Lake neighborhood and was at that very moment getting away with the goods on Hwy 73. Deputies pulled Camper over at Heritage Grove and asked his if he’d stolen any mail recently. Camper appeared “shocked,” saying he was, in fact, a seasonal resident of Mrs. Kravitz’s neighborhood and hadn’t stolen anything but ne lake views. If there’s a crime to be investigated, Camper continued, somebody egged his camper. Deputies easily con rmed Camper’s residency and, with his full permission, conducted a light search before declaring his vehicle hot-mail-free. Informed by phone of that happy resolution, Mrs. Kravitz was bitterly unhappy, saying she wanted Camper out of the neighborhood. Asked if she knew anything about a recent egg-throwing incident, Mrs. Kravitz brusquely “hung up.”
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, including the writer’s name, which is a pseudonym. All individuals are innocent until proven guilty.
Sometimes we just have to laugh at ourselves, right? Or is it that sometimes we just have to laugh with ourselves?
I am not laughing at you; I am laughing with you kind of thinking as we look in the mirror. My laughing at myself moment came the other day while I was traveling. I had boarded my ight and was checking my email on my phone before we took o . As I tried loading my email app, it took about 8 seconds. And in those 8 seconds I became frustrated and thought why is this taking so long? Cue the laughing at myself. Each year as technology advances our need for speed seems to advance with it. We want information and we want it now. We not only want it now, but we also expect the information to be fed to us before we even have to think about it, we train the technology to understand what we like and want before we ever even have to search for it, we simply turn on our device and lo and behold there it is waiting for us to consume it.
In a recent meeting with a partner,
Shadow Mountain Bike Park proposal
they were discussing how their technology could serve up information in real time, measuring response times in milliseconds. Again, we have become a culture that has a need for speed, instant grati cation.
As I came across a snail the other day, I watched it move slowly across the pavement. And I found myself fascinated by the slow and deliberate pace of the snail. I know it is a snail and snails aren’t equipped to move any faster, so they have to settle for the slow pace at which they move. It took the snail ve minute or so to cross the pavement and move into the grass. Just ve minutes, which for us could now feel like an eternity.
Michael NortonI worry about others and their need for speed, I can decide when it’s time to slow things down for myself. Can my walks along the shoreline be a little slower so I can appreciate the sounds of the waves lapping against the sand, taking in the salt air, and maybe nding a unique shell or piece of sea glass? Can my hikes in the mountains be slowed down just a bit so I can take in the wild owers, watch the streams rushing down the mountainside, or look out at the amazing vistas from the openings through the trees?
sometimes. I enjoy a slow brewing pot of co ee as it lls the kitchen with that beautiful co ee aroma. I love reading and spending time slowly letting the story develop and not racing to nish the book. I nd it so much more meaningful to pray slowly as it connects me at a deeper level to those I am praying for and to my faith. And when I can slow down enough before rushing out of the house to write notes to my family and leave them around the house, it makes everyone feel so loved and appreciated.
So in that moment I re ected on my own need for speed. Although I can’t slow down advancements in technology that are designed to speed things up, nor can I or should
We are de nitely a society on the go. We want the speed limits to be higher, our ights to get us to our destination faster. We want our meals delivered to our homes or tables in unreasonably fast times. We expect the elevator to show up as soon as we press the button. It’s the pace of the race these days that we are trying to keep up with and the pace is getting quicker and quicker each day.
I thought about the snail again. And as I did, I was reminded that moving at a snail’s pace is okay
Is it time to slow down a bit for you? Are you running a race that just gets faster and faster all the time? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can move at a snail’s pace sometimes, it really will be a better than good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
Many residents, agencies and nonpro ts have clearly shouted “NO” regarding approval of the Shadow Mountain bike park. Building the park prioritizes pro t to one entity over the well-being of our own neighbors and the wildlife with whom we share a home. Vast non-inhabited land is more and more rare and with its development, wildlife become squeezed between homes and businesses.
From my experience, CPW rarely expresses a negative view of development and is not anti-development. e letter written by its sta clearly de nes what is at stake if this park is built and was judiciously considered.
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I was a frequent mountain biker for a number of years, and I know how much energy and excitement go along with the sport. MTB riders are courteous and respectful of others on the trail. e bikers are not the problem. It’s the miles of trails that weave between wildlife habitats, e ectively chopping it into small bits, that is the concern.
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One in ve teens in the U.S. will experience a mental health challenge before they turn 18, but 64% of them won’t seek help.
A new training program is turning to teens to get their peers connected to the resources they need to turn things around.
Betsy Molgano, program director for Mental Health First Aid Colorado, said young people are in a unique position to identify warning signs. Maybe someone they know has been withdrawing from friends, or they used to enjoy soccer and now they aren’t showing up for practice.
“You’re not diagnosing this person, you’re just kind of noticing a change in behavior or appearance,” Molgano explained. “ e training is supposed to help kids feel more comfortable to approach someone and to be like ‘I’ve noticed that there is a change in your typical behavior. Do you want to talk about it? Is everything OK?’”
According to the 2021 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, nearly 40% of high school students said they experienced symptoms of depression in the last year, and 17% said they had seriously considered suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for kids aged 15 to 19.
Maranda Miller, mental health rst aid coordinator at Centennial Men-
tal Health Center, said Colorado has taken steps to help young people, including o ering free mental health therapy for all youth through a legislatively funded program called I Matter. She encouraged all school districts, even those with tight training budgets, to explore local training opportunities at mentalhealthrstaid.org.
“We know that there’s a huge return on investment if our youth know that they can help each other, that they can help themselves, and that there are highly vetted, highly trained resources available to them,” Miller outlined.
Molgano noted the Teen Mental Health First Aid training helps young people learn how to get their peers to address mental health and substance use challenges, how school violence and bullying impacts mental well-being, and how to get help from trusted adults and mental health professionals.
“It helps arm kids with the tools that they need to not only help themselves understand what’s going on in their own lives -- and what they might be dealing with -- but also to be on the lookout for what might be going on with their friends, and help build a stronger community,” Molgano emphasized.
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e Clear Creek school board will begin a whirlwind schedule to try to nd a new superintendent by the time the school year starts on Aug. 16.
e rst step, which took place at a special board meeting on June 27, was to hire McPherson & Jacobson to guide the district through the search. e district will spend no more than $10,650 for the service.
e second step was to meet on July 5 to decide whether to hire a one-year interim or a permanent superintendent. Whether an interim or permanent superintendent, the board was to have discussed the salary range for the hire and the criteria to be used to narrow the search.
e Canyon Courier will provide coverage of the July 5 meeting online at canyoncourier.com and in the July 13 print issue.
Superintendent Karen Quanbeck has announced that she will be leaving this fall. She will become the vice president of statewide partnerships for the Colorado Education Initiative, an organization the district has been working with as it has transformed its education model for students at all grade levels.
Quanbeck was hired in June 2019, and the search, which was facilitated by McPherson & Jacobson, took about 10 weeks. Quanbeck has said her new position is exible, so she will be available to help during the transition to a new superintendent.
“ is is not a turnaround,” board President Sandi Schuessler said at the June 27 meeting. “It’s a transition.”
Board member Kelly Flenniken added that it was important to get a superintendent who will be the right t for the district.
“( e school district has) been moving in a new direction, and the school board sets the vision,” Flenniken said. “It’s important the community knows it was at the board’s direction, not the superintendent’s.”
More about the search
Just like the search four years ago, the new search will include stakeholder meetings to nd out what parents, sta and the community want from a new superintendent.
Norman Ridder, owner of McPher-
son & Jacobson, told the board he hoped to have resumes from potential candidates by the end of July, the initial interviews within about a week after that, and then the school board along with other stakeholders would interview the top candidates before the school board makes a hire.
Walt Cooper with McPherson & Jacobson said the search was very exible.
“Traditionally, a superintendent search starts in the fall with hiring in early spring,” Cooper said, but a permanent superintendent search, especially with Clear Creek School District’s reputation for implementing innovative learning models, would net solid candidates.
An interim superintendent search also would garner strong candidates, he added.
Ridder said traditionally, school districts get more applicants for interim superintendents than permanent ones because retired superintendents want a one-year position, and some would consider moving to Colorado for a year.
“We don’t want you to feel like you are super pressured and hemmed into a one-size- ts-all scenario,” Cooper said.
Schuessler said Quanbeck has reached out to a retired principal who might provide a good interim solution and to Chris Gould, the current Clear Creek High School/ Middle School principal, who could step into the role for a year.
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shop, bring your bagKaren Quanbeck, who has been Clear Creek’s superintendent for four years, is leaving the district this fall. COURTESY PHOTO
Idaho Springs has received a $2.4 million federal grant that will be used for planning and designing a downtown transportation and mobility hub meant to improve safety and accessibility and address tra c impacts in the city.
“It’s the best news we ever could have hoped for,” Idaho Springs Mayor Chuck Harmon said.
Among other things, the project includes a roundabout at Exit 240 of Interstate 70, a multilevel parkings structure, and pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, including a connection to the Clear Creek Greenway.
It will also include Idaho Springs’ Miner Street redevelopment project, formally set forth in late 2021 when the city approved a downtown plan to guide improvements for the next 15 to 20 years. e plan is also heavily in uenced by takeaways from the Miner Street Marketplace, a pedestrian mall enacted during the pandemic to support economic recovery in the city.
While o cials say the project is vital for Idaho Springs, it will impact much of the state, given Idaho Springs’ location along Interstate 70, a major thoroughfare.
“ is will be a really important amenity for the citizens of Colorado,” Harmon said. “ is is actually a good way to lessen the emissions from I-70 since we’re going to promote electric-vehicle charging and public transportation.”
e grant funding is available through the Department of Transportation’s Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) discretionary grant program, which invests in road, rail, transit and port projects across the country, according to a news release.
e November 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law increased funding for these grants.
Earlier this year, Rep. Joe Neguse wrote a letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg in support of the project and the city’s grant pursuit.
“ is project would also address historic impacts related to the construction of Interstate 70 in the city,” Neguse wrote in the letter. “ e new roundabout will ease driver deceleration as they exit the high-speed interstate and enter the low-speed residential and commercial areas of downtown Idaho Springs as well as improving access to the city’s historic commercial district.”
Harmon said the grant would have been far less likely without support
from the Colorado Department of Transportation and backing from o cials such as Neguse, Gov. Jared Polis, and Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper.
e support is overwhelming, Harmon said.
“My hat’s o to sta in Idaho Springs. ey really worked hard,” he added.
Idaho Springs City AdministratorAndrew Marsh previously said he expected the project to cost around $40 million with the transportation upgrades and water and sewer work included in that estimate. is RAISE grant will help o set some of that cost, and the city has applied for a separate RAISE grant to assist with the construction costs, Harmon noted. It hopes to begin construction in about two years.
Roxane Geisler started running in high school as a new challenge — somebody told her she should run cross country.
“I didn’t even know how to run a mile,” said Geisler, who is now president of the Highlands Ranch Running Club.
Getting into running “just gradually happened for me,” said Geisler, who is 54. “Suddenly, I was like, ‘Oh, I really do enjoy it, and I love getting out and seeing the views.’”
For people who are inexperienced at running but want to improve, it’s key not to be intimidated, Geisler said.
“A lot of people think, ‘Oh, I can’t join the running club because I’m not a real runner.’ And that’s totally silly,” Geisler said. “If you run, you’re a runner.”
Ryan Marker, an assistant professor who teaches exercise physiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, said it’s important for beginners to start slow. “Setting appropriate expectations, I think, is really important,” Geisler said. “So if someone’s never run before, you’re not going to get o the couch and do a marathon.”
But with the right plan, even beginners can work their way up to a marathon within months. (Here’s a tip: You don’t have to run the whole thing.)
Here’s some advice on how to start running or take your training to the next level.
One thing that can help you get into running: nding a group of runners to keep you moving.
When Geisler moved to Highlands Ranch in 2003, she noted how many people were out running by themselves.
She learned about the Highlands Ranch Race Series, and part of the idea behind starting her running club was to get some runners to train together.
“It makes running so much easier, training so much easier, when you have people to train with,” Geisler said.
And the people she’s met through her club “were a tremendous in uence on me — just people who really push themselves and try to get the best out of themselves,” said Geisler, who has run marathons.
e club provides a communal atmosphere:
Runners don’t just work out but also make connections in her group. “De nitely lots of friendships have formed, and even a few people have met their spouses,” Geisler said.
For beginners who are getting over the initial hump of starting to run, it’s important not to bite o more than you can chew, said Marker, who works in the department of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus.
“If you’re just starting, even running for a mile, say — or even less than that — is meaningful,” Marker said.
Another strategy, he said, is to remember you don’t have to run consistently for a whole workout.
“Run for ve minutes and walk for two,” Marker said as an example of setting planned walk intervals. at method “can help people build up their initial capacity.”
For runners ages 35 and up, Geisler said starting slow can help, like working toward a goal of “I’m going to run this whole mile without walking,” she said. “And then go from there.” Also important: making sure you have the right running shoes for you. Geisler recommends getting a shoe tting at a specialty running store like Runners Roost.
“You can really get injuries if you don’t have the right footwear,” Geisler said.
“Running is a mental sport” is a cliché for a reason — getting your mind used to running is a big part of the battle.
Di erent strategies can help you tackle the mental aspect of running, according to Marker.
“One very accessible one is goal setting … maybe you’re someone that really thrives on, you know, competition, getting a personal best,” Marker said. For those people, always having an appropriate race that you’re training for can help.
For others, distraction works well, so nd a good music playlist or podcast or audiobooks, Marker suggested.
Or opt for using running as a headclearing experience.
“I can almost do a mindfulness type of thing in running,” Marker said, adding: “Especially if you’re trail running, it can make you stop thinking of other things.”
For those who aim to run a marathon — about 26 miles or 42 kilometers — it’s a good idea to schedule an initial training plan of at least six months, Marker said.
For inexperienced runners, there’s “not a small chance that you may get injured in that time, so you want to incorporate some bu er room,” Marker said. at’s partly so if you do develop an injury, you can adjust your training instead of trying to push through the pain and making it worse.
Expecting a long training period can help you eld interruptions that
may pop up.
“Life happens,” Marker said, adding that if you have a busy week at work, for instance, and are not able to stick with your training plan, there’s no need to feel that you’ve failed and have to stop.
In terms of distance, “you want to get in at least one longer run a week,” Marker said.
Expect to run three to four days per week at minimum and six days per week at most.
at’s because runners need to incorporate rest periods to avoid overtraining problems, Marker said, adding that it’s important to give your body time to adapt.
It may surprise you to hear that you shouldn’t be about to keel over throughout your run when training for a marathon.
“It’s not a bad idea to keep most of your training at moderate intensity,” said Marker, who referenced “the talk test.”
at’s “the idea that you’re doing moderate intensity exercise if you’re able to relatively easily carry on a conversation (while) you do that exercise,” Marker said.
If it gets so hard to breathe that you can’t say more than a few words without pausing for breath, that would be higher-than-moderate intensity.
In “the marathon, you’re going to be going at a relatively steady pace for a long period of time,” Marker said, adding it’s a good idea for your training to re ect that pace.
You could call it running or “com-
pleting” a marathon.
“ ere’s no shame if you incorporate walking into a marathon,” Marker said.
“When you get to the elites, they’re running the entire time, and they’re running a pace that people, even me, couldn’t keep up even a 10th of the distance,” said Marker, who has done a couple marathons and one ultramarathon. (An ultramarathon is anything longer than a marathon, he said. e one he did was 50 miles.)
For walking, the biggest tip is making sure it’s planned, Marker said.
“ e moment you start walking because you’re tired,” that can be “game over,” he said.
He added: “You want to have more ‘on’ than ‘o ’ — not ending up with a 50/50 split” of time spent running and walking.
Something else you might not know: People training for marathons eat while on the run. at could be energy gels or bars, Marker said.
“I’d say if your long runs are starting to get longer than an hour, that might be a good time to gauge how you’re feeling,” Marker said, adding it could help to start bringing food with you.
Strength training — not just running — can be key to pushing your running further, as it can help with injury prevention.
“If someone has the time and they’re able to incorporate strength training into their routine,” Marker said, “it can de nitely help them.”
ment for days, the release said.
On June 19, 2022, Je erson County sheri ’s deputies were dispatched to Rainbow Hill Road and Ruby Ranch Road on a report that a driver had struck two cyclists and ed. e two cyclists, who were part of a cycling club, were taking part in a group ride. ey rode single le along the shoulder along a solid white line.
Cyclist Lisa Ludwig was struck and su ered a traumatic brain injury, three broken ribs, a broken shoulder blade and two broken vertebrae.
Cyclist Mike Will also was hit and
su ered a broken rib and a punctured lung.
Reports initially suggested that Mill intentionally drove toward the cyclists, according to the release. However, the sheri ’s o ce investigation determined there was no evidence to support this claim. Instead, prosecutors believe the crash was a result of Mill’s drug use.
Friends and family of the victims addressed the court to discuss the e ect the crash had on the Ludwig family and the cyclist community at large, the release said. Mill also addressed the court and apologized to the victims, stating that she is “haunted” by the life-long consequences of her actions every day.
According to the release, Forbes
said of the incident, “At the end of the day, Lisa and Mike’s life will never be the same, the cyclists who were with them that day will never be the same, and no matter what the sentence is, they will always have a
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When Ben Shay was growing up, there was a small skate park open in Idaho Springs.
Still, it didn’t meet the demand of the mountain skateboarding community.
at park has since closed, but the push for access to skateboarding has strengthened.
After years of advocacy by area skate enthusiasts, the Idaho Springs City Council on June 26 unanimously approved the master plan that will guide the redesign of the eastern eld at the Idaho Springs Sports Complex and bring a skate park to the community.
“ e numbers show that there’s a huge group of people who would use the park there,” Shay said in the meeting. “ e park plan as a whole just creates so much access for families.”
Shay, the youth involvement coordinator for Clear Creek County’s Mountain Youth Network, works to ll the gaps for youth in the community. Part of that work has included hosting skate trips for young people who enjoy skateboarding but have few places to do it.
According to the recently approved plan, the eastern Shelly Field will be recon gured to include a skate
park, playground, stage, tennis and pickleball courts, concession stands, bathrooms, additional parking and more. e western Quinn Field will be upgraded but largely remain the same.
Recent re nements to the master plan include an enlarged 18,000 square-foot skate park, increased exible lawn space to allow for two youth soccer elds, a relocated playground closer to the pedestrian plaza, realigned southern access road to allow for an additional soccer eld and added pedestrian-scale lighting – lighting directed toward to sidewalks and positioned lower than the roadways.
A pump track has been removed from the plan with the intention of looking for a separate location in the area. Additionally, the city is considering where it could share space to locate a half-court basketball court. e redesign project is expected to cost around $5 million. e Clear Creek Metropolitan Recreation District has identi ed potential funding sources, including grants from Great Outdoors Colorado and e Skatepark Project, formerly the Tony Hawk Foundation. Further, the district is considering coordinating promotional events at downtown businesses and round-up fundraisers at Safeway.
On June 26, Idaho Springs City
Hall was full of young people, eagerly awaiting the council’s decision. It didn’t go unnoticed.
Many were part of the Skate Board, a group of skateboard enthusiasts that’s been instrumental in championing the project by holding skateboarding demonstrations along Miner Street and organizing a GoFundMe fundraiser and a petition with more than 1,000 signatures.
“ is is really exceptional,” Mayor Chuck Harmon said in the meeting. “It’s impressive to see this many people this interested in a topic that I know council cares very much about.
“Don’t ever think that your pres-
ence doesn’t matter, because it absolutely does. We’re all people just like you, and we want the city to have amenities that we would love or we would have loved when we were kids,” Harmon added.
e council approved the plan quickly with little discussion.
Once the crowd realized the plan to bring a skate park to Idaho Springs was o cially set in motion, there were high ves and cheers in excitement.
“We did it!” some members of the Skate Board exclaimed.
ey moved outside of City Hall, where the group posed for a celebratory photo with skateboards in tow.
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THURSDAY
Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic for people with no attorney will
be from 2 to 5 p.m. ursday, July 6. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions, help ll out forms, and explain the process and procedure for all areas of civil litigation. Preregistration for individual 15-minute appointments is available by calling 303-235-5275.
Classic movie night: Center Stage is hosting monthly classic movie nights with acclaimed lms from the silent era to the golden age
of cinema. e rst movie will be “Casablanca” starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman at 6:30 p.m. ursday, July 6, at the theater, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Single tickets are $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $10 for students. For more information and tickets, visit ovationwest.org.
FRIDAY
Camp Comfort Weekend Camp: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice’s Camp Comfort for children 6-12 who have lost a loved one will be July 7-9 at the Rocky Mountain Village Easter Seals Camp, 2644 Alvarado Road, Empire. Cost is free for all children thanks to donors, but a $25 deposit is required per child to hold their spot. Visit campcomfort. org for more information and to register.
All In Ensemble: e All In Ensemble, a new theater group committed to diversity, will perform “Sagittarius Ponderosa” by MJ Kaufman for three weekends through July 16 at the Roaming Gnome eatre, 10255 E. 25th Ave., Unit 5, Aurora. Performances will be at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets for the show cost $25 and are available on Eventbrite.
SATURDAY
Cars and Co ee: Cars and Coffee, a show for car enthusiasts, will be from 9 a.m.-noon Saturdays until Aug. 26 in front of Olde’s Garage on Evergreen Parkway. ere’s no registration fee. Bring your classic car or stop in to check out the vehicles. Free co ee and doughnuts. Donations bene t Mount Evans Hospice.
TUESDAY
Evergreen Moonlight Garden Club: e Evergreen Moonlight Garden Club will meet from 6-8 p.m. July 11. Lee Recca with the Denver Permaculture Guild will share how permaculture changed her life and her leadership role with Native American Sacred Trees & People. Recca will lead a hike at ree Sisters Open Space Park starting at 3 p.m. to
look at culturally modi ed trees. e group will meet at the park and carpool to the trailhead. Email vcorder@helmsbriscoe.com for details about both events and information on the meeting location.
WEDNESDAY
EPRD summer concert series: e Evergreen Park & Recreation district will host four concerts starting at 4:30 p.m. this summer: July 12: Blood Brothers at the Buchanan Park elds; July 26: May Be Fern at Evergreen Lake; and Aug. 9: Cass Clayton Band at Buchanan Park elds.
UPCOMING
Evergreen chamber monthly chamber mixer: e Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce will host its monthly chamber mixer at 5 p.m. July 13 at Flicker & Finch salon. For more information and to register, visit evergreenchamber.org.
Fun Day at the Ranch: Wild Aware is sponsoring a family fun day fundraiser from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. July 15 at a ranch just past Alderfer/ ree Sisters Open Space Park. For more information, visit wildaware.com.
Bene t concert: Stop the Bike Park is hosting a bene t concert from 4-7 p.m. Sunday, July 16, at e Barn at Evergreen Memorial Park featuring the Shadow Mountain Drive Band. Suggested donation is $15.
Quarterly nonpro t meeting: e Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly nonpro t meeting will be at 3 p.m. July 17 at Evergreen Library. For more information, visit evergreenchamber.org.
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In an RTD lot next to an open power outlet, they made their home. Kari Vernon and her boyfriend were living by a power box near a light pole in the green grass. ere was a pile of things including suitcases and clothes, covered by a loose tarp. But it hadn’t been raining.
“Missed the bus that last three days because only three buses that leave here in the morning and three that come here in the afternoon. So if you miss them three buses, you’re stuck here,” she said. ey had come to Evergreen to get away from the city.
“Denver, I will never stay down there,” she said.
“It’s like once the sun goes down, it’s crazy.”
Crime and drugs and alcoholism among the homeless population are a worry.
“We’ve had a lot of stu stolen. We’ve started over like seven times because all of our belongings are gone.”
All over the metro area and foothills, homelessness has been spreading out.
In Je erson County, many of the homeless are originally from the
area. ere are no year round overnight shelters in Je erson County, so people either create their own shelter in places like parking lots or open spaces, or head into Denver where there is overnight shelter. But during the day, many return.
“ ey wind up coming back and they’re afraid. Because it’s too
on a leash, crate trained, and is potty trained. He is going to absolutely shine in his forever home.
crowded. It’s overcrowded they say and there’s more crime in general,” said Karen Cowling, director of Mission Arvada at e Rising Church. “ ey prefer to be in the environment that they’re used to in a place where they feel safer.”
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Comfort
Comfort is Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice now o ers day camps for children 6-12 who have lost a loved one at the Golden Community Center, 1470 10th St., Golden. e camps will be July 1719, with drop o between 8 and 8:30 a.m. and pickup between 4 and 4:30 p.m. New this year is a day camp located in the Denver metro area. Cost is free for all children thanks to donors, but a $25 deposit is required per child to hold their spot. Visit campcomfort.org for more information and to register.
Barbed wire removal: Wild Aware is sponsoring volunteer barbed wire removal days at DeDisse Park from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on July 22 and Aug. 19. For more information, visit wildaware.org.
Triple Bypass: e Triple Bypass Bike Ride is on July 22 starting in Evergreen and ending in Avon. For more information and to register, visit www.triplebypass.org.
Dog wash: e TallGrass Spa Super Sudsy Dog Wash will be from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. July 22 at Ambary Gardens, 26479 Highway 74 in Kittredge. A $20 donation includes a wash by volunteers for one dog and a CBD spritzer for its owner. Proceeds support Evergreen Animal Protective League. For more information, contact TallGrass at 303-670-4444 or info@TallGrassSpa.com.
“Footloose the Musical”: Stagedoor eater will perform “Footloose the Musical” directed by Jo Gerlick July 28-Aug. 6 at the theater, 25797 Conifer Road, Conifer. Performances are at 7 p.m. July 28-29 and Aug. 4-6, and at 2 p.m. July 30 and Aug. 6.
Tickets are $25 for adults and $20 for seniors, educators and students. For more information and tickets, visit stagedoortheatre.org.
Evergreen Jazz Festival: e Evergreen Jazz Festival will be July 28-30 at several venues in Evergreen with bands from around the country playing swing, blues, Dixieland and more. For information on bands, performances and tickets, visit EvergreenJazz.org.
Summerfest: Center for the Arts
Evergreen’s 43rd annual Summerfest will be from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. July 29-30 at the Buchanan Park elds. Admission is $5, payable at the door. Visit artist and artisan booths, while listening to live music and visiting food trucks. For more information, visit evergreenarts.org.
Evergreen Town Race: e Evergreen Town Race will be Aug. 6 in downtown Evergreen. Register for the 5K at Big R and register for the 10K near the Xcel building on Evergreen Parkway. e race is a fundraiser for the Alpine Rescue Team. Both the 5K and 10K courses wind gradually down Upper Bear Creek, with a nish near Evergreen Lake. For more information and to register, visit www.evergreentownrace.org/.
“Spirited Flight”: Shadow Mountain Gallery in downtown Evergreen next to Java Groove will host “Spirited Flight” with ight-related art until Aug. 12. e show features birds, insects and other ying creatures. e gallery is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, visit www.shadowmountaingallery. com.
ConiferFest: ConiferFest will be from 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Aug. 12 in the vacant lot behind Our Lady of the Pines Catholic Church in Conifer. Tickets are $10. Food and beverages are an additional cost. Parking is free. For more information, visit coniferfest.com.
Evans o ce, 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. Reservations are required. Call 303-674-6400 to sign up.
Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Humanity is looking for volunteers. A variety of opportunities and exible schedules are available on new construction sites as well as for exterior minor home repairs. No previous construction experience needed. Contact volunteer@bluesprucehabitat.org for information.
EChO needs volunteers: e Evergreen Christian Outreach ReSale Store and food pantry need volunteers. Proceeds from the EChO ReSale Store support the food pantry and programs and services provided by EChO. ere are many volunteer options from which to choose. For more information, call Mary at 720673-4369 or email mary@evergreenchristianoutreach.org.
Elevation Celebration: Conifer’s Elevation Celebration will be from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. July 29-30 along Sutton Road. Music, vendors, family activities and more highlight this street fair. For more information, visit elevationcelebration.goconifer. com.
e Evergreen Area Republican Club: e Evergreen Area Republican Club will meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway. e speaker will be Antonette Smith, deputy state director of Americans for Prosperity. Visit evergreenarearepublicanclub.org for more information.
Moonlight Soiree: e Moonlight Soiree sponsored by Mount Evans Home Health Care and Hospice will start at 5:30 p.m. ursday, Aug. 17, at the Evergreen Lake House. Black tie is optional. Tickets are $350 or $4,000 for a patron table seating eight. For more information and tickets, visit mtevans.org/supportmount-evans/moonlightsoiree.
ONGOING
Adult grief support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice is o ering a seven-week in-person adult grief support group. e next group starts June 1 and runs every ursday through July 20, with no session on July 6. e group will meet from 2-3 p.m. at the Mount
LGBTQ+ teen book club: Resilience1220 is o ering a LGBTQ+ teen book club that meets from 4-6 p.m. the fourth Monday at the Resilience1220 o ce next to the Buchanan Park Recreation Center. e group’s rst book is “Hell Followed With Us.” For more information and to register, visit R1220.org.
Hiwan Museum summer hours: Hiwan Museum is open for tours from noon-4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and from noon-4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Outdoor self-guided tours are available at any time. Large groups are encouraged to call 720-497-7653 to make arrangements.
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Originally Mission Arvada at e Rising Church was asked by the city to help provide services to a growing homeless population. Mass transportation helps people get back and forth from the city and is part of what made Arvada attractive to people experiencing homelessness.
“ e transit is right here. e parks and open space areas and restaurants and it’s a desirable place for people to be homeless and otherwise,” said Cowling. More and more people are seeking refuge here and in places like Lakewood and even Evergreen.
“For the last ve years I would say, people are coming out into the suburbs,” said Cowling.
Vernon and her boyfriend moved
from Florida where crime was a problem as well. “My older son moved here and he was like Mom come on and check it out,” she explained. He lives in Broom eld where he is concerned about his mother’s situation.
“He worries about me all the time,” said Vernon. “His wife’s like, he worries about you from the moment he wakes up until he goes to sleep.”
Now with more family news, she says she is thinking about nding housing and work.
“My youngest son’s going to have a baby. I just want a normal life back.”
In the past she has worked doing housekeeping and as a 7-11 clerk, which she says was her favorite job. With the help of Evergreen Christian Outreach she now has ID again.
“ ey got my ID for me so now I can get a job. Because I lost all my birth certi cate and everything but now I’m slowly getting it all back.”
Vernon and her boyfriend, who does not come out of the shelter to talk, plan on getting to the bus in the morning to go down to Denver for services.
In Arvada homeless people collect in the area around the train station. Some are an agitation to businesses. ose with mental health problems can be intimidating and hard to shoo away. Cowling says the cost of housing and need for services leaves people on the streets who should not be is costly in other ways.
“Our economy and just the state of our situation in terms of not having enough mental health services and not having enough rehab and drug and alcohol treatment.”
Recently the mission has been under pressure to move from Olde Town due to a belief that o ering services attracts a homeless population, which has increased in recent years.
“We are trying to advocate for our clients that are experiencing homelessness, but we are also trying to work with the city and the community and make sure that our area is clean and orderly. So we’re kind of the balance.”
Clients served by the mission have to follow rules. Not all do and are banned. Not providing assistance she says would mean only more people without services, not fewer people dealing with homelessness. “Oh, no, no, no, no, absolutely not.”
On the morning after talking about their situation at the Evergreen Park and Ride lot Kari Vernon and her boyfriend slept in, unwilling to come out of their enclosure to talk. e 7:40 bus came and went. ey were still there.
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Interest in the possible mental health bene ts of psychedelics is growing as experiments to better understand these substances are moving ahead.
In Fort Collins, researchers at the Wholeness Center are examining the potential therapeutic use of LSD and, in particular, how — and at what dosage — it may impact people with generalized anxiety disorder.
After a lengthy screening process, study participants go to the Wholeness Center for a 12 hour day with two therapists. ey are unaware of what they will be swallowing: a placebo or various amounts of LSD.
“Particularly through the second hour or the third hour, people are in a very di erent frame of mind,” Dr. Scott Shannon, one of the principal study investigators, said of the people who get LSD instead of the placebo. “ e trees may be breathing, the couch may be moving. And some people will nd this incredibly curious. Other people may be a little intimidated.”
e two therapists are there to reassure participants and calm them down. e experimental sessions taking place in Fort Collins are part of a larger study at 20 sites across the country funded by MindMed, a New York-based biotech company. e company plans to announce topline data from the clinical trials later this year.
“I tell people it’s like, if we’re living our life every day at street level then psychedelics are kind of like going up into a hot air balloon, or maybe even in a satellite, and you’re looking at your life in a very di erent way, and insights come,” Shannon said. “ ey can be scary sometimes.
ey can be terrifying.”
is experiment on LSD and anxiety is part of a much larger push to understand how various psychedelics can be used to treat mental health conditions. e e ort involves support from corporations, universities and nonpro ts. Earlier this year, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus announced an upcoming clinical trial
to test whether psilocybin can help with treatment-resistant depression.
Past research e orts have indicated that psilocybin—also called magic mushrooms—can ease anxiety, particularly for cancer patients.
“We have some suggestion that psychedelics can be helpful for anxiety, and this is a study to try to test that,” Shannon said. this quote was a little long and wordy, I think it can be shortened. e rest has already been explained outside of the quote.
Much of this research has been on hold for decades. After widespread use in the 1960s, the federal government classi ed psychedelics as Schedule 1 drugs, meaning they lack an accepted medical use and have a high potential for abuse.
“It really shut down research in this country for a long, long time. And it’s now just restarting,” Shannon explained.
Eventually, researchers began requesting licenses from the federal government to study some psychedelics. After encouraging results, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has allowed some of this work to move ahead more quickly by granting “breakthrough therapy” status to certain substances.
Luke Niforatos, the CEO of Pro-
tect Our Kids, a group that ghts for more restrictive drug policies and recently opposed Colorado’s ballot measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms, believes in the importance of following the FDA’s process.
“I think the concern that I have is, we’re seeing a lot of kind of breathless rhetoric around the...miracle drug potential of psychedelics,” Luke Niforatos, the CEO of Protect Our Kids, a group that ghts for more restrictive drug policies and recently opposed Colorado’s ballot measure to decriminalize magic mushrooms, said.
Niforatos points to the risks of other drugs like opioids and cannabis. In MindMed’s LSD trial in Fort Collins, some groups are excluded from participation: pregnant women and people with a history of psychosis. at’s because the risks of using psychedelics in these populations are not fully understood.
“ at’s not to say that these drugs don’t do what everyone’s really excited about,” Niforatos said. “But what it does mean, though, is it’s still early.”
Research into a psychedelic called MDMA could be entering its nal phase before possible FDA approval.
Berra Yazar-Klosinski, the chief
science o cer with the MAPS Public Bene t Corporation, said MDMA is further along in the process than other psychedelics thanks to a growing body of research on using it to treat mental health issues in conjunction with therapy.
She remembers looking over the results from a phase three clinical trial on using MDMA to treat PostTraumatic Stress Disorder, published in 2021 in the journal Nature Medicine. 88% of the participants experienced a meaningful change in their symptoms. Around two-thirds no longer met the criteria for a PTSD diagnosis.
“Oh, my gosh. It was so exciting,” Yazar-Klosinski said of the results. Later this year, Yazar-Klosinski will be walking the FDA through the data as part of a larger request to approve MDMA-assisted therapy.
“It was such a huge surprise that everybody was just shocked and very happy for the PTSD patients and what this could mean for them,” Yazar-Klosinski said.
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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
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 7:30pm, Zoom options available 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
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 Safeway in Evergreen
Join us in person
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