This week in Clear Creek Courant history

BY TEDDY JACOBSEN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Ladybugs released by the hundreds to protest and educate – Aug. 7, 2013

More than 1,000 ladybugs were released in Idaho Springs Community Garden as part of an event by the nonpro t, Scraps-to-Soil. e event doubled as both a preemptive strike against garden-destroying aphids and as a way to educate and entertain the community.

World Youth Day visitors stayed at Clear Creek High School – Aug. 11, 1993 e Clear Creek High School gym was the site of a massive slumber party for up to 215 World Youth Day visitors in the area for Pope John Paul II’s visit to Denver. World Youth Day was started by the pope in 1985.

Sheri blams himself partly for employee exodus – Aug. 11 1982

Sheri Jim Bennett was facing an exodus in employees blamed by watering orange hue on the blossom side of the fruit. is wonderful heirloom has an excellent, complex avor with a gorgeous color, which makes it one of our most anticipated tomatoes for this season based on being a favorite from last year. Each tomato can be between six ounces and one pound. Cherokee green is a large, beautiful beefsteak selected by Craig LeHoullie who has trialed more than 1,200 tomato varieties and has several helpful books on home gardening. is tomato comes from the same gene selections at the Cherokee purple, which is known for bold, acidic avors.

Moskovich

A true classic in every tomato garden, this early, small, red tomato makes for a great slicer. ese perfect little red globes are cold-tolerant, which means they will be one of the rst to start to ripen. Moskovich can put on growth while the early candidates vying for his job on low pay and morale. Bennett agreed with the assessment and said it was because better-paying jobs were available elsewhere and that his standards were very high. “Part of the problem is me,” he said.

Idaho Springs needs funds for municipal pool – Aug. 11 1982 e Clear Creek Courant was created in August of 1973. ese items come from Courant’s historic archives. As it turns out, previous Courant writers had the same idea for the paper’s 25th anniversary. eir section was dubbed, “Olds: Not to be confused with news.” It lives on for an entire year to celebrate the paper’s 50th birthday.

Idaho Springs Mayor Dorothy Kyler announced that the municipal pool could close three weeks ahead of season unless there’s a miracle. e miracle that Kyler was hoping for was money.

May conditions are still too cold for many big fruit tomatoes. It will be one of the last to keep producing because of its hardiness, making it a true work-horse winner for production. e avor is very balanced — not too acidic and not too sweet, so it also works for canning, if that’s your thing.

Happy growing (and eating)!

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Free legal clinic: A free legal clinic will be from 2-5 p.m. ursday, Aug. 10, at both the John Tomay Library in Georgetown and the Idaho Springs Library. Volunteer attorneys will answer questions and explain the process and procedure for all civil issues, including family law, property law, probate law, collections, appeals, landlord-tenant law, small claims, veterans issues, and civil protection orders. Call your local library to be added to the sign-up sheet. Idaho Springs Library 303-567-2020 or Georgetown Library