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First EMERGE meeting in two years covers wildfire risk management The East Clear Creek community meeting also gave updates on county projects BY ANDREW FRAIELI AFRAIELI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Clear Creek High School graduates turn their tassels as family members and friends take photos during the May 21 ceremony at CCHS.
Graduating Golddiggers ride off into the snowy sunset BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The path to success is very rarely a direct one, as Clear Creek High School’s Class of 2022 can attest. “The path to success … is all over the place,” Principal Chris Gould told the 50-some graduating Golddiggers on May 21. “You learned that. You lived it. Because these last two years have not been simple. … (Success) still came because you perse-
CCHS graduates Sydney Lei and Sophie Leone pose for photos after the May 21 ceremony at CCHS.
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East Mount Evans Resource, Growth and the Environment — or EMERGE — met for the first time in almost two years on May 18 with about 50 people attending. They discussed the county commissioners’ current projects, the Clear Creek County Sheriff’s Office’s new emergency systems and current wildland fire-reduction tactics. Founded in 1993, the group meets semi-annually to discuss “information about the land, water, wildlife and plants, as well as providing pertinent news from Clear Creek County government and the school district,” according to its webpage. The group specifically covers the southeast corner of Clear Creek County. Sheriff Rick Albers began by telling of the Sheriff’s Office’s current staff shortages, including one nursing position, four jailers, three dispatchers, a patrol sergeant, two officers, one investigator and a jail tech. This is due partially to the SEE EMERGE, P3
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