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A jolt from a bolt from the blue B B F Staff Writer
Jason Hamburg knew something was amiss when the computer mouse he was using began to buzz and the walls of his office shook. Hamburg, a Jefferson County Open Space park ranger, was in his office near Elk Meadow in Evergreen on Monday afternoon when lightning from a fast-moving storm
struck the metal building he was in and destroyed a nearby gasoline storage tank. “There was a flash-bang, and I backed away from the computer, and the building shook,” he said. “The walls shook, and I was under the stairs.” Hamburg said it was the worst storm he’d seen in seven years as a park ranger. He’s certain the building, which is only about yards from the tank, was hit more than once. “It really got my blood pressure up,”
Hamburg said. At the same time, an Open Space construction crew had arrived at the ranger’s residence and were about to park a truck and trailer. They decided to park near the tank, which contained unleaded gasoline used to fill fleet vehicles. Rex Burr was driving, and he and fellow construction workers Jeff Spires and Dale Sawin had decided to wait out the storm. So they parked near the gas tank.
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Workers too close for comfort when lightning hits gasoline tank “We were sitting right here and saw it happen,” Burr said. “We were right at the tank when the lightning hit and the lid flew off and fell near the truck,” Spires said. Burr and crew knew Hamburg was somewhere on the property, and they called him on the radio to let him know his gas tank had exploded.
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Humphrey Museum names new exec director
Caps off to EHS graduates
At right, Evergreen High School seniors Guilland Houston, left, and Dylan Farris perform the song “For Good” during commencement ceremonies May at Red Rocks Amphitheatre. Below, graduates celebrate after receiving their diplomas.
Former Evergreen resident Rayne worked at Hiwan Homestead
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A former staff member of the Hiwan Homestead Museum has been named the new executive director and curator of the Humphrey House Museum on South Soda Creek Road. Angela Rayne, executive director of the Houston Fire Museum since , is a former resident of Evergreen from to and the former executive director of the Denver Firefighters Museum. She starts her new job June . “We are working on completely restructuring the museum from the top down,” said Rayne, who has big plans to turn the Humphrey Museum into a living-history education center and a year-round destination. Rayne has plans to re-create the gardens, bring back the animals, keep the museum open five days a week, depict life on the ranch in the ‘s and ‘s, and teach classes in making soap, cleaning products, beer, pasta, quilting and beauty treatments. She will teach some classes herself. Rayne has a master’s degree in anthropology/museum science from the University of Colorado and also worked for Clear Creek
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