Canyon Courier April 4, 2024

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Je erson County Library construction project manager Perri Gardner works on some final details for the Evergreen library re-opening in one of the library’s new bondi pods.

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Evergreen Library reopens its doors after remodeling

New space reflects ‘vibrant nature’ of today’s libraries

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Evergreen Library reopens its doors April 1, with a grand reopening April 13. e remodeled space — full of light, bright colors and thoughtfully designed spaces for gathering, learning and relaxing — re ects both the community’s wishes and the evolving nature of libraries.

“ e expectation is no longer that a library is a quiet place; libraries are now incredibly vibrant spaces,” said branch manager Kat LeFevre. “Our goal is to connect you with the information you need, and with your community. We want this to be the community’s third space after home and work. You don’t have to buy anything. You can just come here and be.”

e focus for libraries everywhere has shifted from paper products to multiple ways of accessing information, LeFevre said, and the remodeled space in Evergreen is designed to o er access to all those avenues.

“Books used to be the main way to transmit information,” she said. “But we are way beyond that. We’ve shifted to information to keep up with the times.”

e $5.2 million project to remodel the 1993 structure began in August 2023. Library patrons have since used a temporary, 1,500-square-

foot space on Evergreen Parkway. While the renovated 17,000-squarefoot library isn’t bigger, contractors removed walls and redesigned the interior to create new spaces and double the size of its community meeting room.

e new spaces include a teen area, children’s story time space, family area, study rooms, a tech area and a remodeled quiet room — the only space in which quiet is expected.

New furniture is scattered throughout the space, most including outlets and USB ports. Bondi pods, seating with upholstered walls, o er users a semi-private environment for individual or group spaces. ree redesigned meeting rooms feature walls that double as giant dry-erase boards. Furniture in the teen and children’s areas is designed to be versatile, with pieces that can be

easily moved and used as chairs or footrests.

the library district added an art wall in each area. Students can apply to display their work there.

A tech area includes copiers, printers and several other pieces of equipment. It is the only area in which fees apply; users can print black-and-white pages for 10 cents a page, and color for 25 cents a page.

e dramatically expanded meeting room, which can be reserved at no cost, can be open to the rest of the library or closed o with glass partitions. Additionally, the room can be further divided into two individual spaces.

All-gender restrooms feature re-

mote sensors that allow touchless

Outside, there’s been one notable addition: ree electric vehicle charging stations were installed with funding from Xcel Energy and the Colorado Department of Energy.

While Evergreen is not Je erson County’s busiest library, it serves one of the most engaged communities, LeFevre said.

“ is is an amazing community,” she said. “ ey’re very supportive of their library.”

e grand reopening is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13. e day’s events include a special bingo card activity, music from the library’s ukulele group, guided tours, refreshments and souvenirs.

The updated quiet room at the Evergreen library features fun furniture and a remodeled fireplace. PHOTOS BY JANE REUTER

The children’s area at the remodeled Evergreen library includes fun touches like innovative seating and eye-catching art.

Angst over Evergreen’s paid parking rises

Stepped-up enforcement aimed at encouraging turnover is angering locals and taking a toll on businesses, merchants say

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As she’s often done regularly during her 26 years in Evergreen, Lauren Wilson stopped Feb. 10 at Java Groove to grab a co ee and touch base with other locals. She was shocked when an $82 parking citation landed in her mailbox a month later.

Wilson had parked in the 100-spot paid parking lot on Evergreen’s main street that day, and said she tried unsuccessfully to use an app to pay her fee. She estimates she was in Java Groove for 30 minutes.

“I assumed when I came out and there wasn’t a paper ticket on my car,

I was ne,” said Wilson, who runs the rive for Life wellness center in Evergreen. “Well, over a month later, I got a ticket in the mail for $82. Are you serious? I’m not getting co ee anymore if I have to pay $82 in nes because I couldn’t use their app.”

Wilson has since discovered she’s among many area residents who got a similar citation. It’s an issue that’s upset not only Evergreen shoppers but downtown business owners.

ey say it’s deterring people from visiting their shops and restaurants.

“A lot of our customers are very frustrated, and that’s been really challenging for the businesses down here,” said Java Groove owner Eric Martinez. “It’s painful to read the comments (on social media) because a lot of people are saying they’re not coming downtown anymore.”

e lot is owned by the Ross-Lewis Trust, which owns a number of buildings in Evergreen. e ticket was issued by Parking Revenue Recovery Services, which the trust hired to manage the parking. PRRS is an Aurora-based company that

has been the focus of multiple news stories, complaints and a 2023 settlement with the Colorado attorney general over collection of parking nes.

e lot has long been paid and last summer, the trust switched it to a

digital parking system with the aim of encouraging customer turnover at area businesses.

In February, cameras that monitor the lot were activated and the system

Cameras that monitor cars at the paid parking lot in downtown Evergreen were recently turned, resulting in a flurry of tickets and anger from area residents.

PHOTO BY JANE REUTER

Foothills Home Show set for April 13 and 14

17th annual event connects local businesses with foothills homeowners

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e 17th annual Foothills Home Show is April 13 and 14 at Conifer High School. e event, sponsored by the Conifer and Evergreen Rotary clubs, will this year feature more than 75 vendors, according to a press release.

e weekend not only showcases new products, services, décor and area nonpro ts, it links local residents with businesses that work in the mountains — a match that’s not always easy to make.

“People coming to the show are looking to do business locally and for someone who will do business here in the foothills,” said Janine Payton, a member of the Conifer

New Law: Landlords Can’t Refuse to Rent to Tenants Who Are ‘Rent-Burdened’

A long-term “rule of thumb” has been that one shouldn’t have to spend more than 30% of their income on housing, but a legislative bill signed into law last June stipulates that landlords cannot refuse to rent to a tenant for whom their monthly rent would equal up to 50% of their income.

The National Council for Credit Counseling (www,nfcc.org) says, “The general rule of thumb is that housing costs should be no more than 30% of your gross income. This includes rent or mortgage payments; homeowner association fees; and utilities like gas, electricity, water, and internet.”

to the refused tenant.

The bill in question, SB23-184, is titled “Protections for Residential Tenants.” It states that “A landlord may not require a prospective tenant to have an annual income that exceeds 200% of the annual cost of rent.” That’s another way of saying 50% of one’s annual income. And that figure does not include utilities in that 50%.

A violation is also an unfair housing practice subject to enforcement by private persons, the attorney general, and the Colorado Civil Rights Division. A violation carries an initial penalty of $50 payable to the applicant, and failure to cure (i.e., accept the tenant’s application) carries a $2,500 penalty, again paid

This new law not only has small landlords upset, it also has some tenant advocates upset. They point out that HUD doesn’t allow renters to be “rent burdened” over 30%. HUD says on its website that the 30% rule is “meant to protect low-income households from extreme rental costs. High housing costs and high prices for basic necessities place a greater burden on poor households living in metropolitan areas. Measures of affordability should be reassessed to ensure that policymakers are decreasing rental burdens for poor households.”

Public housing authorities nationwide are prohibited from charging more than 30% of a tenant’s income for rent under federal fair housing laws.

Habitat for Humanity of Metro Denver bases mortgage payments on 30% of the homeowner’s annual salary at time of applying for a Habitat home and does not increase the payment if and when the homeowner’s income increases.

On its website, HUD acknowledges contrary opinions about the 30% rule, noting that 30% of a $500,000 income leaves sufficient funds for other household costs, whereas 30% of a $20,000 annual income does not.

Rather than measuring affordability using a rent-to-income ratio, Michael Stone of the University of Massachusetts Boston recommends a residual income approach, which measures cost burden by calculating the money a family has left for housing after other expenditures such as food, clothing, and medical costs are taken into account.

SB23-184 has other landlord-tenant provisions. It prohibits charging more

than twice the monthly rent for a security deposit, and it allows an existing tenant subject to an eviction action, irrespective of the percentage of income paid in rent, to assert as an affirmative defense that the landlord violated fair housing laws by evicting him/her.

I have no opinion about whether SB23-184 was a good idea. There will probably be more debate about it in coming months. What’s your opinion?

Houzz Report Shows Increase in Home Renovation Spending

With sellers and buyers both sitting on the fence more than usual, thanks to increased mortgage rates, it’s not surprising that both are investing in improvements of their current home, and that’s reflected in this year’s home renovation trends report from Houzz.com.

Here are some of the key findings in their 2024 report published last week based on 32,615 website users, including 17,713 home renovators, who participated in a survey regarding their 2023 spending.

The median amount spent on renovation in 2023 was up 60% from 2020 to $24,000. The median spend in the 90th percentile was up 77% to $150,000.

In just one year, the percentage who financed their project using credit cards surged 9 percentage points to 38%.

Distressed Commercial Real Estate Loans a Red Flag for Residential?

It’s no secret that commercial real estate has been in trouble with the shift to at-home work following the pandemic’s abatement. The vacancy rates in office buildings is still too high for some landlords to meet their financial obligations.

The numbers behind that trend were released last week by Bloomberg, which wrote about stressed collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) which bundle debt that would be considered too speculative for conventional mortgage-backed securities (MBOs). You may recall that MBOs full of sub-

prime loans were central to the collapse of the housing market in 2008, triggering the “great recession.”

Below is a chart published by Bloom-

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berg, which wrote: “In just the last seven months, the share of troubled assets held by these niche products surged four-fold — rising by one measure to more than 7.4%. For the hardest hit, delinquency rates are in the double digits. That’s left major players in the $80 billion market rushing to rework loans while short sellers ramp up attacks on publicly-traded issuers.”

Many leveraged properties can’t be sold for what they owe their lenders.

Gen Xers edged out Baby Boomers, as they did last year, with a median spend of $25,000 vs. $24,000. When it came to big projects, the top 10% of Gen X renovators had a median spend of $180,000 compared to $131,000 for Baby Boomers.

The most commonly renovated room continued to be the kitchen, followed by guest bathroom, primary bathroom and living room — 29, 27, 25 and 21 percent respectively. The median kitchen project cost $24,000 (up 20% over 2022), and median bath project cost $15,000 (up 15% over 2022).

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began issuing tickets, Bradley said.

“For the longest time, we were monitoring it but not issuing tickets,” Bradley said. “ ose six or seven months let everybody get used to it. Recently, we turned the cameras on.”

Multiple people received tickets, with many posting on social media they had tried unsuccessfully to use the QR-code system to pay.

e Ross-Lewis Trust has agreed to waive all nes issued in February, but it won’t do so going forward.

“When we received all the complaints, we checked and none of these test tickets came back as an error of ours,” Bradley said. “ e cameras track when your plate comes in and when it leaves and runs it against how you handled your parking. ere’s basically no human error. ey either didn’t pay or follow the rules.”

Before adding the digital system, Bradley said the lot was “a free-forall.”

“You couldn’t nd a spot and there was no turnover,” he said. “People would park there and go biking at Mt. Evans (Blue Sky) for the day, or camp out overnight.”

e more rigorous enforcement aims to eliminate those issues. Additionally, Ross-Lewis Trust tenants and their employees park for free in the lot. ose tenant businesses can also validate customer parking for up to three hours.

e trust also plans to add a text option in addition to the QR code it hopes will be easier for drivers to use. And the system allows people to park for free for the rst 15 minutes.

“And still the street parking in Evergreen is free,” Bradley said. “I think this is a di erent way of doing things.

A lot of people have lived here a long time. Change is tough to get used to.”   Business owners say it’s about much more than just resistance to change; it’s about their livelihood.

“Our o cial position is we support business and he’s (Bradley) doing business, but it is hurting downtown as far as locals,” said Megan Mitchell,

co-owner of Cactus Jack’s and president of the Evergreen Downtown Business Association. “We need our locals, especially during the winter months.”

Martinez suggested implementing a “locals pass” that would allow area residents to park free, or for a longer time period than visitors.

over. But that’s absolutely not what’s happening on the ground. Maybe that’ll make sense in the summer when tourists are here. But we rely on the locals to maintain our business during the winter months.”

Mitchell said she worked with the trust to add an hour to the validation period and is asking for improved signage. But overall, the issue has left a sour taste in many area residents’ mouths.

“Nobody really likes it,” she said. “It’s hard because I think a lot of the people that are getting these violations live in Evergreen. ey think it’s part of downtown that’s controlling this, and it’s going back to downtown. It’s not; it’s going into a private landlord’s pocket.”

Exacerbating the issue, Martinez said the code Java Groove is supposed to use to validate its customers’ parking tickets “very often doesn’t work” and his shop’s employees spend time helping people navigate the parking lot’s payment system.

“A lot of customers are very frustrated,” he said. “It’s been really challenging for the businesses down here.”

Mitchell’s February ticket has been dismissed, but she remains uncertain about visiting downtown Evergreen. As a small business owner herself, she worries about the impact the issue could have on her community.

“I have mom friends, and we meet at the Muddy Buck and Java Groove,” she said. “ ey’re cute little co ee shops, the kind of places you can go spend two hours catching up with people. But locals don’t want to pay just to grab co ee on a Monday morning, and that’s unfortunate because those businesses have a hard enough time.”

But she’s also on edge about what she may yet nd in her mailbox.

“We won’t be here if the locals don’t come,” Martinez agreed. “ e trust’s angle is it will increase turn-

“I’ve been downtown multiple times since February,” she said. “I’m just praying I don’t get more tickets.”

Colorado Schools to Receive $11.4 Million for Youth Vaping Prevention

BY SUZIE GLASSMAN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Colorado schools are poised to receive $11.4 million to combat the youth vaping crisis. e funding comes from a settlement between the state attorney general’s o ce and e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, Inc.

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“Colorado has a youth mental health crisis that has fueled a vaping epidemic,” said Attorney General Phil Wieser in a press release. “ ese funds will support solutions and preventive measures that will help our children to make informed and better decisions about their health and wellbeing.”

HOME SHOW

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Rotary Club. “If you have a booth in our show, that means you’re local or you’re willing to come up to the foothills. It’s also a great chance for vendors to make connections with each other.”

Community members founded the show as a way to ensure local businesses and residents support one another. Building on that theme, the two Rotary clubs split the proceeds from each year’s show, and each invests that

e deal ends a lawsuit Weiser’s ofce led against Juul in 2020 for targeting young people in its marketing and misleading them about the health dangers of using its products. Juul settled

money back into their communities.

More than $300,000 in grants has been distributed to worthy causes since the show’s inception in 2005, the release said.

While the Foothills Home Show has grown steadily over the years, it’s still much smaller than the Denver Home Show and includes local touches.

“Several of our local nonpro ts will have booths, and we like to get some of our local artisans in too,” Payton said. “ e Conifer Interact Club will be selling owers and baked goods. It’s always our goal to give it a local feel and reasons to come other than for doing proj-

with Colorado, along with several other states that joined the e ort, in 2023 for $462 million. Colorado’s share was $31.7 million.

e Colorado Department of Law and the Colorado Department of Education will disburse $3.8 million annually to local K-12 education providers beginning next school year and ending

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e Yum Bus food truck will be on site.

e Rotary clubs will also collect items for the Mountain Resource Food Pantry and the 285 Backpack Project. Beans, pasta, canned goods, granola/ cereal bars and individual fruit cups or pudding are all welcome and will be appreciated.

e show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 14. Admission and parking are free.   For more details and a list of sponsors and vendors, visit foothillshomeshow. com.

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I’m Deb Sandler, a recent transplant from the sandy shores of San Diego, where I became good-naturedly known as the “Bag Lady,” following the initiation, in 2008, of my plastic lm recycling program in Solana Beach, California. I packed up my successful exible lm reclamation program and brought it with me to our beautiful foothills and surrounding communities. My commitment to proper recycling and to our environment stretches well beyond the recovery of plastic lm.

I will be joining you each month to answer questions you didn’t even know you had about recycling and present the signi cant challenges the successful manifestation of this process faces. One of the most pressing issues is contamination. Contaminated recyclables, such as greasy pizza boxes mixed with clean cardboard or plastic bags that get tangled in recycling machinery, can compromise the entire recycling process, leading not only to increased costs, but to potentially recycled materials being land lled.  To address this challenge, education and awareness are key. Communities must prioritize educating residents about proper recycling practices, including which materi-

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als are recyclable and which are not. To that end, I have prepared a “Proper Recycling Etiquette” fact sheet and am including it here. If you would like to receive this document link so that you can print it, simply email me at recycling@sspwaste.com and I will forward that link.

In the meantime, please consider the following:

Proper Recycling Etiquette

Acceptable items: curbside

• #s 1 and 2 plastics

• Aluminum cans

• Steel/tin cans

• Clean, dry cardboard (no greasy pizza boxes)

• Clean, dry uncoated paper (no shredded paper)

Additional re-cyclable items, not collected curbside but accepted at EDS Waste Solutions, Inc (located behind King Soopers, Bergen Park):

• Styrofoam

• Glass

• Stretchy plastic lm*

• Acceptable stretchy plastic lm:

Dry cleaning covers; single-use plastic retail/grocery bags; newspaper sleeves; toilet paper/paper towels plastic packaging; bread bags (crumbs shaken out); cereal/ cracker box liners; water bottle case packaging or overwraps/any plastic case packaging or overwraps; clean Ziploc bags; produce bags; bubble wrap; plastic shipping envelopes such as Amazon Prime WITH PAPER LABELS CUT OUT

• Materials NOT to be included with plastic lm: Frozen food bags; candy bar wrappers; chip bags; net or mesh produce bags; compostable bags (these go into the trash); pre-washed salad mix bags; pet food bags; hot dog or meat wrap packaging; six-pack rings; plastic (latex) gloves; lamination lm; vinyl shower curtains or tablecloths; thick plastic bedding or linen packaging; shiny/crinkly lms like oral wrap

EDS Waste Solutions, Inc  (located behind King Soopers in Bergen Park)

Hours:

Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays  ursday: 12-5

Friday: 10-5

Saturday: 10-5

Sunday: 12-5

Monday: 10-5

Cost:

$7/carload

** ere is NO CHARGE to drop-o plastic lm.

Did you notice that glass has been removed from acceptable curbside collection materials? It is a signicant contaminant when included in those single stream receptacles since glass breaks and the broken pieces impregnate other materials such as cardboard and paper, interfering with the combined collection and rendering the batch contaminated.

My goal is to help my community embrace recycling as not simply a trend or feel-good activity but to see it for what it really is: a vital component of responsible consumption.  I always welcome any questions and/or ideas you may have and will respond to all emails sent to me at: recycling@sspwaste.com.

Deb Sandler wrote a recurring recycling/sustainability column in San Diego which ran in the Solana Beach Sun, Del Mar Times, Rancho Santa Fe Review, and Carmel Valley News. She has spent the past 16 years helping to educate people on how to responsibly divert from landlls, waterways and roadsides. Visit bagladyoftherockies.com for more information and resources.

Black bears: From hibernation to hungry encounters

As black bears rouse from their winter hibernation, typically in April, a pivotal phase unfolds, marked by their gradual awakening and the necessity to kickstart their metabolism. During this period, bears actively seek tender new vegetation emerging in spring, gradually shifting their diet to include grasses and other greenery—vital for revitalizing their systems. As the season progresses, the forest becomes abundant with young and vulnerable wildlife, o ering an additional source of nourishment for these omnivores. is sets the stage for heightened

FROM THE WILDLIFE OFFICER’S DESK

Jacob Sonberg, Scott Murdoch, Philip Sorensen, Mark Lamb, Matt Martinez & Kara VanHoose

bear activity as they navigate their surroundings in search of sustenance, impacting both natural habitats and human settlements. Understanding and addressing this phase in the bear’s annual cycle is crucial for e ective wildlife management and con ict prevention. Colorado Parks and Wildlife shoulders the responsibility of managing black bears. In 2023 alone, CPW district wildlife managers, also known

as wildlife o cers, responded to over 3,500 bear-related calls and complaints, underscoring the signi cance of wildlife management in their responsibilities. With well over 100 wildlife districts in Colorado, the substantial time dedicated to bear and lion management becomes evident. Bear-related issues, ranging from trash and bird feeders to livestock depredations, car break-ins, and dwelling or garage break-ins, including attacks, are often rooted in the food sources that attract bears. Addressing these underlying causes becomes imperative.

Renowned for their intelligence and perpetual hunger, bears en-

counter challenges nding food as they emerge from hibernation, initially targeting tender vegetation and subsequently transitioning to hunting young wildlife such as deer fawns and elk calves.

In times of abundant natural forage, bears are less likely to turn to arti cial food sources. However, during food shortages, bears become more creative, venturing into human settlements for calories. Requiring 20,000 calories a day to survive winter, bears are driven to high-calorie locations, such as houses, alleys, and trash dumps, despite the increased

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risks.

e root cause of bear issues lies in human behavior rather than the bears themselves. Failure to diligently clean up attractants, like trash cans and hummingbird feeders, exacerbates the problem. Seemingly innocent actions, such as leaving these items out overnight, can quickly escalate, turning a bear into a potential threat that breaks into cars and homes, posing risks to human safety. Most bear attacks are traced back to trash or attractants left out by individuals neglecting responsible practices.

CPW employees’ advice. Often, people only report bear con icts when it’s too late for preventive measures. Proactive public engagement is crucial to informing CPW about potential issues, such as problematic trash, before bear behavior escalates. Cooperation and understanding are essential for reducing con icts with bears and nding long-term solutions to this complex issue.

If you would like to get in touch with your local Wildlife O cer regarding wildlife violations, habitat projects, educational program opportunities, or other wildlife concerns and incidents, contact CPW’s Northeast Region Service Center during normal business hours at 303-291-7227.

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Contrary to misconceptions, CPW values bears, and the di cult decision to relocate or euthanize “problem” bears arises from human actions. CPW wildlife o cers are dedicated to protecting the public and managing wildlife. Unfortunately, the necessity of euthanizing bears stems from learned behaviors caused by human actions. Addressing this complex issue requires public cooperation to nd viable solutions.

CPW grapples with two main challenges in addressing bear con icts: inadequate reporting of con icts and the public’s reluctance to heed

If you would like to report a wildlife incident and it is outside of normal business hours, please contact Colorado State Patrol’s Non-Emergency Dispatch at 303-239-4501 or *CSP (*277), and a Wildlife O cer will be in touch.

If you would like to report a wildlife violation, on record or anonymously, please contact Colorado Operation Game ief at 1-877-COLO-OGT (1-877-265-6648).

Contributors to this column included Wildlife O cers Jacob Sonberg, Scott Murdoch and Philip Sorensen; Area Wildlife Managers Mark Lamb and Matt Martinez; and CPW NE Region PIO Kara Van Hoose.

Paula Pattschull

January 16, 1949 - March 22, 2024

Paula Pattschull of Evergreen, Colorado, born January 16, 1949 in Mason City, Iowa, passed away March 22, 2024.

Paula was a dedicated Learning Disabilities Specialist in Denver and Evergreen. Her passion for teaching and helping students with disabilities was a rich part of her work. She authored a study book on Latin roots to support educators in assisting students with learning challenges. She was a vibrant member of her community and a member of: First Congregational Church of Mason City, Iowa, First Unitarian Church of Denver, Mountain Light Unity Church of Evergreen. Her Tai Chi practice helped her to stay balanced and connected to the community.

Paula enjoyed backpacking, swimming, and camping with her husband and family. She held a deep devotion to the well-being of the earth, nature, and to social justice. Her home-baked holiday treats were celebrated along with her air for colorcoordinating her wardrobe for every season. Paula was an accomplished musician on the piano, ute and piccolo.

Paula will be dearly missed by her husband Kenneth Rosevear, stepchildren omas Rosevear and Sharron Brand, stepgrandchildren Richard, Andrew, and Jacob Rosevear, and step-great-grandchildren Jerek and Killian Rosevear. She was preceded in death by her father Lowell Pattschull and Mother Marjorie Bywater-Pattschull.

Paula graduated from: University of Iowa, University of Northern Colorado, and University of Denver.

FULMER

May Paula’s legacy of compassion, dedication, and love for her family and community live on in the hearts of those who knew her.

Henry Schwenk Fulmer

October 31, 1933 - March 6, 2024

Henry Schwenk Fulmer, Jr., age 90, of Conifer, CO, passed away on March 6th, 2024, at the Evergreen Life Center, Evergreen CO. He was born on October 31, 1933. Henry was predeceased by his parents, Henry Stanton Fulmer, Sr., and Martha Schwenk, his rst wife, Glenna (Schultz) and his brothers Frank Fulmer and Norman Fulmer. He is survived by his wife, Connie Fleisher Fulmer of Conifer, CO; Clarence Fulmer (brother) and Jackie (spouse), Kevin (nephew), Brenda Lane (niece), and Glenn (nephew); Edie Fulmer (sister-in law), Stacey Turner (niece) and Mark (nephew); Nancy Kramer (sister) and Randy Boyer (prior brother-in-law), Brad Boyer (nephew), Keith Boyer (nephew), and Andrea Fretz (niece); Je rey Fulmer (son) and Christine (spouse), Jedidiah (grandson) and Chloe (spouse), Sierrah Hawkins (granddaughter) and Josh (spouse), and Noah (grandson); Kathy Jo erriault (daughter) and Cary (spouse), JonHenry (grandson) and Marissa (granddaughter); Sharon Storey (daughter), and Luke Storey (grandson); Cathy and Terry Depew (sister-in-law and brother-in law) and Benjamin Depew (step-nephew); Jennifer Wise (stepdaughter) and Howard O’Hara (spouse), and Harrison O’Hara

(step-grandson).

Henry enlisted in the Army in 1953 and served for two years before he started work as a produce manager for ACME Supermarkets. He was the owner of the Bows’n’Arrows archery shop in Boyertown, PA. Henry was the rst Honorary Lifetime Member (1965) of the Popodickon Bowman of Boyertown PA. He was also a member of the Juniata County Archers Club. He then became a Manufacturer’s Sales Representative in the Archery Industry for Bear Archery and Sherwood Schoch Associates. He also started a bowstring manufacturing business—Triple Trophy Bowstrings—with Russ Storm bow string machines, which included a FlemishSplice machine that produced a string called the Double Toughy. Henry loved hosting Camp Paw-Paw Invitationals in Colorado for his children and grandchildren for various archery shooting events (backyard target practice and outdoor range shooting) and summer meals on the BBQ. And cake! His hobbies were hunting, reading mysteries, and sitting on the patio in the sunshine with his many puppy dogs. A Celebration of Henry Fulmer’s Life will be held in July at his home in Conifer, CO and in Juniata County, PA in the fall.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife shoulders the responsibility of managing black bears. COURTESY OF CPW

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Local Irish pubs keep tradition of Celtic culture alive

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Everyone wants to be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but luckily metro area residents can experience Gaelic culture any day of the year at local Irish pubs.

Irish pubs di er from the average sports bar or cocktail lounge, and not only because there’s guaranteed to be Guinness on the menu. A good pub is all about a welcoming and approachable environment, where patrons feel like one of the lads.

Colorado Community Media rounded up a few places to go for a pint and some shenanigans. Sláinte!

Nallen’s Irish Pub

1429 Market St., Denver

Nallen’s sells the most Guinness in Denver and it’s likely because the bar is known for the smoothest pour in town, per a trophy that proudly sits behind the bar.

John Nallen, an Ireland native who moved stateside in the ‘70s, said the secret to the perfect Guinness pour is patience.

“It’s a two-pour and you have to let it sit for a few minutes and then top it o ,” Nallen said. “We take the time to do it right.”

Nallen opened the bar with his family in 1992 and has since gained a reputation that’s led to hosting a number of celebrities, including Fergal Murray, who is a former brewmaster at Guinness, and musicians Toby Keith and U2.

e pub’s reputation has also

earned it a loyal group of regulars. Nallen said a comfortable and inviting atmosphere denes the Irish pub.

“ e local pub is kind of the living room of the Irish community,” Nallen said. “(Nallen’s) is a hang out place. ere’s no pressure.”

In addition to a variety of Irish whiskeys, the bar also has a selection of Irish creams, which it uses to make one of it’s signature drinks, the Shillelagh, a whiskey and cream mix. e drink is named after an Irish walking stick used by humans and leprechauns alike.

Landsdowne Arms

9352 Dorchester St., Highlands Ranch

As Landsdowne Arms prepares for its 20th anniversary next year, it’s busier than ever, fresh o a record-breaking St. Patrick’s Day weekend for the restaurant.

“Post COVID, to have such a big weekend, even though we don’t stay open until 2 a.m. anymore, is really incredible,” Steven Gregory, general manager at Landsdowne Arms, said. “We’re glad for our regular families we have come in.”

Gregory said the restaurant offers a family-friendly pub experience that blends Irish and Latino culinary dishes, drawing inspiration from the mix of cultures on sta . For example, the menu features traditional sh and chips, as well as sh tacos made with fried cod.

Nallen’s is known for having the best Guinness pour in the area, having won a trophy for their pints. Nallen said it all comes down to patience.

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“We have great Irish food and a meld of Irish and Latino culture beyond the Irish fare,” he said.

Other specialties are the Reuben, a roast beef sandwich dubbed the Dubliner and the Irish whiskey chicken and mushrooms.

At the bar, Landsdowne Arms serves up more than 45 varieties of Irish whiskeys and scotchs. ey also have their own take on the Irish car bomb called the Left Hook, which uses Hard Chaw Irish cream instead of Bailey’s.

e space includes a rooftop patio and private library room with a replace for events.

Darcy’s Bistro and Pub

4955 South Ulster St., #103, Denver e sister restaurant to Landsdowne Arms, pub-goers will nd a similar vibe and menu at this location, which opened in 2002. Gregory said it’s a popular date night spot thanks to its cozy atmosphere.

“Couples often come in to split a sh and chips or a Reuben,” he said, Chef Jorge Garcia is known to add special menus for holidays, like Mardi Gras and Oktoberfest, as well as serving the classics. Specialties include bangers and mash, shepherd’s pie and sh and chips.

e bar o ers a selection of more than 20 Irish whiskeys and scotch options, as well as a rotating taplist alongside the usual Guinness and Smithwick’s. On Wednesdays, the bar has Jameson, Tullamore Dew and Bushmills for $7.

When describing what de nes an Irish pub, Gregory joked “mostly Jameson.”

Ned Kelly’s Irish Pub

5686 South Sycamore St., Littleton

Located in the heart of downtown Littleton, Ned Kelly’s opened in 2009 as a “raggedy local spot,” as Megan Casey, operating partner at Ned Kelly’s, put it, before growing into the establishment it is today.

Casey said the pub is beloved for its friendly environment where everyone is a regular.

“It’s a ‘Cheers’-like establishment,” Casey said. “Plenty of chat and fun, and always a bit of shenanigans.”

e pub serves a small menu of pizza and snacks from Grande Station, but there’s nothing small about the

drink selection. Ned Kelly’s advertises having one of the widest-ranging liquor selections in the area and bar keeps who can make anything.

For the full taste of Ireland’s brews, try an Irish ight, which includes Guinness, Smithwick’s, Harp and Kilkenny.

In its years in Littleton, Casey said Ned Kelly’s has seen countless great days, but one of the best each year is the St. Baldrick’s fundraiser.

St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a nonpro t that raises money to support children with cancer by sponsoring head-shaving contests. is year, Ned Kelly’s St. Baldrick’s event raised over $90,000 for the foundation, the most of any Denver area participant.

“Our St Baldrick’s event is a proud day for us, every year,” she said. “It’s good to give back.”

Clancy’s Irish Pub

7000 West 38th Ave., Wheat Ridge

Clancy’s Irish Pub was established in 1973 and claims on its website to be Colorado’s oldest Irish Pub. Despite being around for over 50 years, Clancy’s still keeps things fresh.

Chefs Jeremy Ramos and Shon Guy released a new dinner menu at the start of the year, which includes a mix of scratch-made traditional Irish

fare and unique dishes, like the Irish Castro, a corned beef and pastrami sandwich in the style of a Cubano. Classic corned beef and cabbage is served every Friday night.

e bar o ers more than 30 kinds of Irish whiskey and, of course, Guinness, Harp and Smithwick’s on tap.

e 6,000 square-foot pub, housing four bar areas and two patios, frequently hosts live music, with music ranging from the expected Celtic style to bluegrass, blues and classic rock. Every Tuesday the pubs hosts an open jam session for Celtic music where anyone can join in.

John Nallen, owner of Nallen’s Irish Pub, pours a Guinness at the bar. Nallen said an Irish pub is commonly known as the living room of Ireland because of the camaraderie.

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Highlands Ranch pub Landsdowne Arms serves up a twist on the Irish car bomb called the left hook which uses Hard Chaw Irish cream. The restaurant is also popular for Celtic fare, like fish and chips, shepherd’s pie and bangers and mash.

Gas rabies: The cause and the cure

The story unfolds before us far too often — bits of scattered plastic and glass, emergency vehicles with lights ashing red, the shaken driver standing near a crumpled car and an animal who paid the ultimate price for being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Whether the concern is the risk of injury to the occupants of the vehicle, property damage or the suffering of animals, crashes involving wildlife are a pervasive, signi cant, and tragic risk when driving in the mountain foothills.

Je erson County has earned the unwelcome distinction of having the second-highest number of wildlifevehicle collisions of all counties in the state. Colorado State Patrol crash data recorded 646 wildlife-vehicle collisions on Je erson County roads between 2015-2019. In 2023, the Colorado Department of Transportation reported 17 elk, 15 deer, one mountain lion, one raccoon, one fox and three unknown animals as roadkill on Highway 74 alone.

With a year-round elk herd of 250 animals, a four-lane state highway with speed limits up to 55 mph and high tra c counts, Evergreen is a hot spot of elk-vehicle collisions. With golf courses, ponds and lakes, meadows and backyards, Evergreen is a haven of easy living, providing endless and dependable food and

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water, safe areas for calving and breeding, and relative safety from hunting and predation. Why indeed would a doe choose to give birth to her fawn under the deck of a home, surrounded by humans, pets, cars and noise?

What can be done?

Distracted driving is a factor in collision frequency. Tom Vanderbilt, in his insightful book, “Tra c,” describes tra c as “an in-between time in which we are more likely to think about where we are going than where we are at the moment.” In one study, almost 80% of crashes involved drivers who were not paying attention to tra c for up to 3 seconds before the event. In addition to cell phone distractions, drivers adjusted their radios 7.4 times per hour and searched for something inside their cars 10.8 times per hour.

A simple reduction in speed limit seems intuitive. But as Vanderbilt states, “ e road itself tells us far more than signs do. If you build a road that’s wide, has a lot of sight distance, and has a large median, large shoulders and the driver feels

safe, they‘re going to go fast.” He continues, “It doesn’t matter what speed limit or sign you have. In fact, the engineers who built that road seduced the driver to go that fast.”

In other words, our transportation planners have given us the green light to develop a serious case of gas rabies, a term coined by Ben Goldfarb in his 2023 book, “Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of our Planet.” Gas rabies afictions appear to be highly contagious with unappealing side e ects — an increased risk of injury, death and emotional trauma.

With incredible success rates of over 90% reductions of wildlife-vehicle collisions, wildlife underpasses and overpasses are being built with greater frequency than ever due to support of state and federal legislation. A new underpass on I-70 near Genesee will open in spring of 2024, and funding has been approved for overpasses and underpasses on I-25, I-70 and Highway 40 near Empire.

Why, then, is Evergreen’s Highway 74 not being chosen for such a structure? Evergreen missed the opportunity to be approved for a wildlife crossing structure on its state highway years ago when the last parcel of land adjoining Highway 74 was developed. With private property on one side or the other along Highway 74, there is nowhere for a structure

to be built.

Instead, CDOT approved Highway 74 for a series of temporary Variable Message Signs that were placed intermittently on Highway 74 throughout 2020, 2021 and 2022.

In February 2024, a permanent VMS was installed on northbound 74 near Safeway, still waiting to be activated.

According to CDOT sta , “CDOT received frequent requests to deploy temporary VMS signs to alert the traveling public to periods of higher wildlife crossing activity along SH 74-(new permanent signs) will be used to continue messaging this to the traveling public as well as inform them of other important events in the corridor (they won’t be dedicated solely to wildlife messaging).”  Slower speed limits and more signs will not prevent gas rabies. e uncomfortable truth is that it is we, the drivers, who must slow the rate of wildlife-vehicle collisions in our community. Getting comfortable with driving at the speed limit, quickly reacting to oncoming vehicles’ ashing lights and slowing or stopping when other drivers are doing so (what do they see that you can’t?), and waiting in place while elk herds cross the road are behaviors we must cultivate.

You’ll be relieved to know that gas rabies has a cure. Just look in a mirror.

Christie Greene

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Words hurt

SOUTH JEFFCO – Taking advantage of sunny skies and aboveaverage temperatures, Joanie and Chachi were hanging out in the parking lot when Joanie’s phone rang. It was a boy, in clear violation of Chachi’s longstanding policy against boys calling Joanie. Chachi grabbed Joanie’s phone and demanded the boy’s identity. Instead of introducing himself, the boy “started talking (hurtfully).” In an impressive, and impressively ine ectual, display of male possessiveness, Chachi “took o his shirt and began talking (hurtfully) back.”

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All that (hurtful)-talking alarmed passersby, who summoned deputies, who asked Chachi if he was going to be a problem. Chachi told them the (hurtful) was done hitting the fan, and as soon as the oculist was nished mending his broken glasses he would put on his shirt and go home. Deputies hoped he could follow through on that promise without stepping in any more (hurtful).

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Lights out

EL RANCHO – Living in a trailer in a Big Box parking lot is more comfortable with electricity than without it, so when Nomad couldn’t get his Mr. Co ee perking on the morning of Feb. 11, he wanted an-

swers. Turned out the answer was what Nomad didn’t nd, which was his generator, which had been nicked at night. Perhaps a clue to the theft, a set of footprints in the snow led from the empty generator platform to a Bobcat parked next to a “big pile of sand.” Nomad called JCSO, sharing with deputies his theory that “whoever runs the Bobcat stole my generator.” Deputies interviewed Big Box personnel, who had neither a surveillance camera covering that quarter nor any idea who might have boosted Nomad’s juice. O cers told Nomad they were, at that moment, in the dark. Nomad told deputies he was moving to better parking lot.

Knock-knock, no joke

EL RANCHO – It was nearly midnight on Feb. 16 when Sally Sleepless called JCSO to complain that her neighbor, Wally Witless, kept “yelling” and “banging on the wall.” Asked by deputies to explain all the bedtime bedlam, Wally groused that Sally’s incessant cigarette smoking was polluting his apartment and “messing up my respirator.” at was news to Sally, who assured deputies she didn’t smoke and asked them to put a sock in Wally’s caterwaul. O cers told Wally to pipe down and departed, only to get an anxious call from Sally a few minutes later say-

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ing that Wally was “standing outside my door” and persistently “knocking.” Deputies offered to have a stern word with Wally, but Sally asked only that they include the relentless rapping in their report. Wally has “issues” with a lot of the residents, Sally explained, and she feared that further official action would merely fan his fractious flames. Deputies made the requested addendum and closed

the case.

Breech of faith

EVERGREEN – As scams go, it was dastardly, indeed. First, on the morning of Feb. 14, they called Mary to warn that her Social Security number had been compromised. They knew the credit limits on her credit cards, and said they needed all kinds of personal and financial information to plug the leaks. With more than one rodeo under her saddle, Mary declined to provide sensitive information, although she was persuaded to give them her email address. The

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HENRY

David Henry March 22, 2024

David Henry, born and raised in Evergreen, Co., passed away on March 22, 2024, after losing his ght with cancer.

A celebration of life will be in Orlando Florida April 13, 2024. David was 61 years old.

next day, Feb. 15, friends and fellow congregants began receiving urgent requests from “Mary” that appeared to be sent from her email address and pleaded for gift card donations on the behalf of their church. Just about the time Mary realized that she and her religion had been made unwittingly accomplices in the scam, she learned that “Mary” was busy personally phoning others among the faithful with the same fraudulent solicitations. Deputies were able to follow the scammer’s phone number as far as a Wells Fargo “hold menu” before losing

the scent. Deputies forwarded the case to JCSO’s fraud department, and Mary did her best to prepare the parish for further false fundraising.

Sheriff’s Calls is intended as a humorous take on some of the incident call records of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office 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.

ALMQUIST

Carl Martin Almquist

April 20, 1940 - February 28, 2024

Carl Martin Almquist, 83, passed away on February 28, 2024. He was born in Holdrege, NE on April 20, 1940, to Martin Carl and Edna “Pearl” (nee McNamara) Almquist.

He attended Wilcox Consolidated Schools in Wilcox, NE for 11 years. His family moved to Denver, CO in 1956 and he graduated from South Denver High School in 1957. Carl served in the Navy and later earned a BS in Business Management from Metro State College in Denver.

Carl married Linda Mae Petersen on April 7, 1963, in Franklin, NE. ey lived in Denver where they had two daughters,

then later moved to Kittredge and Evergreen.

He was employed by Gates Rubber Company for 32 years until he retired in 1993.

Carl is survived by wife, Linda of Monument, CO, and daughters, Michele (Grant) Idle of Colorado Springs, CO, and Robyn (Scott) Ramsey of Erie, CO, and 8 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Dale Albert Almquist.

A Celebration of Life will be April 13, 2pm, at Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980

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FRIDAY

Evergreen Chamber Sparkle & Shine Business Awards & Gala: April 5, 6 p.m. Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek, Evergreen.Tickets, $75.

Tickets are $32 for adults, $28 for seniors and $16 for students.ovationwest.org.

StageDoor eatre presents ‘Rock of Ages’ youth edition: April 5, 6, 12 & 13, 25797 Conifer Rd., Conifer. Presented by StageDoor’s Junior Company. General admission: $19. Seniors, students, & educators: $16. Shows run at 7 p.m. April 5, 6, 12 and 13; with 2 p.m. matinees April 6 and 13.

e Venue High School company presents ‘ e Prom’: April 5-13, 27132 Main Street, Conifer. General admission: $20. Seniors, students and children $15.Shows run at 7 p.m. April 5, 6, 12, and 13 with 2 p.m. matinees April 6, 7, and 13.

SATURDAY

a.m. April 6, Evergreen Fire/Rescue auditorium, 1802 Bergen Parkway, Evergreen. Panel discussion led by Je co Commissioner and chair of Je co Wild re Commission Lesley Dahlkemper, with speakers from Evergreen Fire/Rescue, Je co Development & Transportation, and Je co Open Space.

p.m. For more information and the Zoom link to the virtual presentation, see evergreenaudobon.org.

Seniors4Wellness wellness class: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. April 10, Bergen Park Church, 31919 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen. Ann Marie de Jong speaking on Spring Tea Time. Explore the history and health bene ts of tea. Light snacks and drinks provided.

UPCOMING

Seniors4Wellness Friday Cafe: 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. April 12, Christ the King Church, 4291 Evergreen Pkwy, Evergreen.

Ovation West eatre Company presents “ e Wizard of Oz”: Weekends through April 7 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive, Evergreen. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 2:30 p.m. Sundays. No show Easter Sunday.

‘Wild re & You: Reducing the Risk Together’ town hall: 9 to 10:30

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Family Snowshoe Hike: 1-3 p.m. April 6, Georgetown Gateway Visitor Center, 1491 Argentine St., Georgetown. Guided family snowshoe hike in Georgetown with Kimberly Knox of Georgetown Outdoor Discovery, in cooperation with Evergreen Audubon. is event is geared toward families with children 6 and over. For more information, see evergreenaudobon.org

TUESDAY

Evergreen Audubon Chapter Meeting presentation: 6 p.m. April 9, Church of the Trans guration, 27640 CO-74, Evergreen. “ e Floral Resources of Migratory Hummingbirds,” presented by David Inouye of Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory (virtual presentation). Social time is at 6 p.m., talk at 6:30

Evergreen Library Grand Reopening:9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13, 5000 County Hwy 73, Evergreen. Games, music, guided tours, refreshments and souvenirs.

Foothills Home, Garden & Lifestyle Show: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 14, Conifer High School, 10441 Highway 73, Conifer. More than 75 vendors,

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local artisan crafts and non-pro ts. Food truck on site.Free admission and parking. www.foothillshomeshow.com

e Cody Sisters bluegrass concert at the Lake House: 7 p.m. April 12, Evergreen Lake House, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen. Tickets $20 per person online, $25 at the door. Children under 2 free. Doors open at 6:30 PM. e concert starts at 7:00 PM and will end at 9:00 PM. Light refreshments will be available and alcoholic beverages will be for sale on site! evergreenreaction. com    “Fire ies,” play by the Evergreen Players: Weekends April 1228. 7 p.m. Friday & Saturday shows, 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Evergreen Players Black Box eater, 27886 Meadow Drive, Unit B, Evergreen. Tickets $30. 720-515-1528 or online at www.evergreenplayers.org

Evergreen Soup Fanatics SOUP

OFF: 2-4:30 p.m. April 13, Evergreen Elks Lodge, 27972 Iris Dr, Evergreen. Limits of 20 teams, $50 entrance fee. Admission, $15, limit of 100 attendees. Proceeds bene t the Evergreen Downtown Business Association. For information, email soupergirlco@gmail.com

Seniors4Wellness class on Pre-

scription Hugs: 12:30 p.m. April 13, Bergen Park Church, 31919 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen. Karis Meskimen from Senior Snuggles will talk about the health bene ts of positive touch and activities to boost the cuddle hormone oxytocin.

Evergreen’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April 13 at Center Stage, 27608 Fireweed Drive in Evergreen. Deadline March 15. For more information, email evergreensgottalent@gmail.com

Evergreen Wedding & Event Showcase: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 14, Evergreen Lakehouse, 29612 Upper Bear Creek Rd, Evergreen. To pre-register contact kemrich@eprdco.gov

Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice community program: 4 to 5:30 p.m. April 16, 3081 Bergen Peak Drive, Evergreen. How to talk about your end-of-life wishes and advanced directives with loved ones. RSVP & questions: foothillsconversations@mtevans.org

Conifer Area Council: 7 p.m. April 17, West Je erson Middle School, 9449 Barnes Ave, Conifer.

Conifer’s Got Talent: Audition to be an opening act at the Evergreen Lake/Buchanan Concerts Summer 2024. Auditions from 6-9 p.m. April

19 at Conifer High School, 10441 County Hwy 73 in Conifer. Deadline March 15. For more information, email conifersgottalent@gmail.com

Picture is: Evergreen in Photos: 1-3 p.m. April 21, Timbervale Barn, 28473 Meadow Dr, Evergreen.

e Evergreen Mountain Area Historical Society invites the community to a free local history photo presentation. Details at EMAHS.org

Seniors4Wellness Bingo & Games: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., April 24 at Bergen Park Church, 31919 Rocky Village Dr, Evergreen.

Evergreen Sustainability Alliance spring recycling: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., June 22, Evergreen Lutheran Church, 5980 County Hwy 73, Evergreen. Bring your hard-to-recycle items like electronics, old paint, block styrofoam, appliances, glass, toothbrushes/toothpaste tubes, old markers/pens and car batteries to the Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s Spring Clean recycling event. TVs an additional $25. For more information, info@sustainevergreen. org.

ONGOING

e American Legion Evergreen Post 2001: Meets every fourth Tuesday at 7 p.m., Evergreen Church of the Trans guration, 27640 CO-74, Evergreen. Serving all military veterans in the Foothills communities.

Evergreen Area Republican Club: e Evergreen Area Republican Club meets at 6 p.m. the rst Wednesday of the month at the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building, 1802 Bergen Parkway.

Mountain Area Democrats: Mountain Area Democrats meet the fourth Saturday of the month at 9 a.m. January thru April at the United Methodist Church of Evergreen, 3757 Ponderosa Drive, Evergreen. No meetings in November and December 2023. For more information, e-mail MountainAreaDems@gmail. com.

Evergreen Sustainability Alliance is looking for volunteers: Evergreen Sustainability Alliance’s “Let’s Embrace Zero Food Waste” program in local schools and food banks need volunteers. Volunteers are needed for a couple hours. Call 720-536-0069 or email info@sustainevergreen.org for more information.

Evergreen Nature Center: e new Evergreen Nature Center is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays next to Church of the Trans guration. Admission is free. For more information, visit www.EvergreenAudubon.org.

Blue Spruce Habitat volunteers needed: Blue Spruce Habitat for Hu-

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manity 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. Contactvolunteer@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 720-673-4369 or email mary@evergreenchristianoutreach.org.

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. For more information and to register, visit R1220.org.

ESA EverGREEN Re ll Station: EverGREEN Re ll Station (re ll your laundry detergent, lotions, soaps and more. We have many sustainable products available). e Re ll Station is open Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and the second Saturday of each month from 1-4 p.m. in the Habitat Restore in Bergen Park, 1232 Bergen Parkway.

Support After Suicide Loss: A safe place to share and learn after losing a loved one to suicide. is group meets every fourth Wednesday of the month from 5:30-7:30 p.m. via zoom or in person at the Resilience1220 o ce. For ages 14 and up.

Sensitive Collection: Resilience1220 strives to inform and support highly sensitive people to live healthy and empowered lives. It meets the third Wednesday of each month from 6-7 p.m. via Zoom. Register at resilience1220.org/groups.

Caregiver support group: Mount Evans Home Health Care & Hospice o ers a monthly group to provide emotional support services for caregivers helping ill, disabled or elderly loved ones. An in-person support group meets every third Monday from 4-6 p.m. at 3081 Bergen Peak Road, Evergreen. For more information, visit mtevans.org/services/ emotional-support/.

Parkinson’s disease support group: A Parkinson’s disease support group meets the rst Friday of the month from 1-3 p.m. at Evergreen Christian Church, 27772 Iris Drive, Evergreen. For more information, email esears@parkinsonrockies.org.

Mountain Foothills Rotary meetings: Mountain Foothills Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Wednesdays both in person at Mount Vernon Canyon Club at 24933 Club House Circle, Genesee, and via Zoom. Join the Zoom meeting at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/81389224272, meeting ID 813 8922 4272, phone 346-2487799.

Beyond the Rainbow: Resilience1220 o ers Beyond the Rainbow, which is two support groups that meet the second Tuesday of the month. One is a safe group for those 12-20 and the other is a group for parents and caregivers wanting support for raising an LGBTQ+ child. For group location and to RSVP, email heather@resilience1220.org.

Evergreen baseball knows how to win, despite slow start

New head coach adjusts, focuses on defense in 2024

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Coach John Krane has been with Evergreen Cougars baseball for three years, but it’s his rst year as head coach. He’s replacing John Lipka, a longtime winner without a losing season in close to two decades. If you search MaxPreps, you won’t nd a season below .500 in the site’s records.

Right now, Evergreen is 1-4, but the season is young. Still, Krane is no stranger to the program’s success and is excited to take the reins in the captain’s chair. at’s why he

booked an early season run against some of the tougher squads in Arizona. It’s a tradition.

“We just got back from Arizona last week,” Krane said. “We’ve done that every year, and we thought this year it would be more bene cial to play a little stronger competition preseason. We saw a lot of heat, a lot of Division I guys who are already signed. It was tough … but I’m pretty happy with what we did.”

Similar to last year’s rst game, the Cougars secured a big 9-1 win over Roaring Fork from Carbondale to open the season before the Arizona trip, where the team dropped four straight to some of the state’s elites.

Despite the early record, Krane is optimistic. A big focus this year is on defense.

“With this year, what we’re looking

to do is really improve our defense,” he said. “ e last two years, we’ve made 68 and 66 errors per season. So we were trending right around three a game. We’ve had really good hitting teams but we felt we really needed to clean up the defense. So far, it’s working. We’re at 1.4 errors per game through these rst ve.”

Krane will rely heavily on his bullpen. It starts with senior pitchers Ryan Cook and eo Beckley, he said. He’d wager his pitching unit against anyone in Je co.

Jack Teska, another senior, will play third base and be a core hitter for the Cougars, as he was last year.

Some 2024 goals include continuing to win both league and nonleague games to put the Cougars in a position to make a postseason run, and then actually making that run to

try and repeat Evergreen’s 2017 playo success.

Evergreen lost to Summit last season 4-3 in the playo s.

In 2023, Krane and the Cougars celebrated Cougars who made a career in Major League Baseball.

“Evergreen baseball has always been a good program, and I want to take it to the next level,” Krane said. “I just want to help baseball in this community.”

e Cougar culture is one that knows how to win, and that’s what Krane intends to do. View Evergreen’s remaining 2024 schedule atwww.maxpreps.com/co/evergreen/ evergreen-cougars/baseball.

Editor’s note: Due to press deadlines, this story was written before Evergreen’s three-game stretch against Summit, Alameda and Littleton.

First-year head coach John Krane is excited to lead the Evergreen Cougars baseball team. A big focus this year is defense and reducing errors while maintaining the team’s o ensive firepower. COURTESY PHOTO

State lets some migrant students skip tests

Colorado Department of Education issues guidance

BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Some students who are new to the U.S. and enrolled in Colorado schools after the o cial October count will not have to take any standardized tests this spring.

at’s according to new guidance issued recently by the Colorado Department of Education.

e department changed the guidance as school districts are seeing unprecedented numbers of new students who are new to the country. Teachers have described various challenges they’ve faced trying to educate migrant students, and the

students are unlikely to do well on standardized state tests given in English. As of February, the Denver, Aurora, Cherry Creek, Greeley, Adams 12, Je co, and Mapleton districts told Chalkbeat they had enrolled more than 5,600 newcomer students after October count.

Denver Public School leaders told their school board this week that in their case, the majority of students new to the country will fall into that category to be exempt from testing.

Colorado students who are identied as new to the country and have no or limited pro ciency in English already are exempt from taking standardized English reading and writing tests for at least their rst year of school. Before the new guidance, they were expected to take standardized math and science tests with accommodations.

is spring, if students are new to the country, have no or little English uency, enrolled after October count, and had limited or interrupted schooling before arriving, they can also skip the math and science tests.

Limited or interrupted schooling includes not attending school for six consecutive school calendar months prior to Colorado enrollment or having two or more years of missed schooling compared to similarly aged students in the U.S. Students who had limited school options in their home country because of war, civil unrest, or needing to travel a long distance to an available school could also qualify for that designation.

Students who have not had interrupted schooling will still be expected to take math and science tests with accommodations. eir par-

ticipation will count toward overall participation rates, but their scores will not be factored into school ratings for state or federal accountability systems.

Colorado tests students in third through 11th grades. CMAS English and math tests are given to students in third through eighth grade. Science tests are only given to students in fth, eighth, and 11th grades. In high school, students take the PSAT in ninth and tenth grades, and the SAT in 11th grade.

Families can always opt students out of tests.

In Colorado, this year’s spring testing window begins April 8, after most districts come back from spring break.

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

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“ e new Vaping Education Prevention Grant provides muchneeded resources for our school districts and boards of cooperative educational services to support students in learning about making healthy and responsible choices,” said Colorado Education Commissioner Susana Córdova.

According to a press release from the Colorado Attorney General’s o ce, schools receiving the grant must incorporate all or some of the

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CLEAR CREEK COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of a public hearing before the Board of County Commissioners for Clear Creek County, Colorado, at 8:30 a.m. on the 16th day of April , 2024, at 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown, Colorado, 80444, for the purpose of considering the adoption of Ordinance No. 6A, an Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance No. 6.

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This notice is given and published by order of the Board of County Commissioners of Clear Creek County.

Dated this 19th day of March, 2024.

Sean C. Wood, Chair Board of County Commissioners Clear Creek County ORDINANCE NO. 6A

AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 6

WHEREAS, on June 28, 2000, the Board of County Commissioners for Clear Creek County (hereinafter “Board”), adopted Ordinance No. 6, an Ordinance of the Board of County Commissioners Adopting Fines, Fees, and Charges for Uniform Fire Code Violations; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 6 was based on the 1997 Uniform Fire Code, and that edition of the fire code has since been amended and updated; and

WHEREAS, the Clear Creek Fire Authority recommends adoption of the 2018 edition of the Uniform Fire Code; and

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners believes that it is in the best interest of the Citizens of the County to adopt the recommended edition of the Uniform Fire Code and repeal Ordinance No. 6.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners for Clear Creek County, that Ordinance No. 6 is hereby repealed in full effective immediately upon adoption.

BE IT EVEN FURTHER ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners that, upon adoption, this Ordinance shall be published by title only in a

newspaper(s) of general circulation in the County.

INTRODUCED, READ, ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING THIS 19th DAY OF March, 2024.

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO

Sean C. Wood, Chair

CERTIFICATION: THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED AND READ ON March 19, 2024, BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO, AND APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION.

DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 4, 2024.

E.A. Luther Deputy Clerk & Recorder Clear Creek County

Legal Notice No. CAN844

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