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St. Patrick's Day Lucky the Leprechaun was out celebrating the holiday with locals on Mainstreet. Many festivities took place throughout town.

New Superintendent

Ice Trail Closed

The Douglas County School Board voted 4-3 to hire Erin Kane as the next superintendent. Kane, who founded American Academy in 2004, previously served as the interim superintendent for the DC School District from 2016 to 2018.

The Parker Ice Trail has closed for the season due to significant mechanical issues and with recent and projected temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Skating will return to Discovery Park in November.

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The Town is looking for direction and insight into the public's desire for future public art. To provide your feedback, take the survey at www.letstalkparker.org/publicartmasterplan and guide Parker's future public art programming.

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The final week in January started off with a bang for Iron Horse Elementary students, when they were greeted by a big community tunnel, which included school staff, teachers, parents and Mayor Toborg. Balloons, a red carpet, kindness paper chains, and cheers for the students were the kick-off to Kindness Week! Jenna Munoz, principal at Iron Horse, and Andrea Yahner, school counselor, put together an exciting and inspiring week for kids to focus on kindness. Andrea had been a part of this program at another school and they decided to bring the fun to Iron Horse. The school focuses on different life skills every month and this program paired nicely with those concepts. The entire week was a community effort. Videos and resource bags were provided to each teacher to help the program along. Spirit days were planned for the week to keep up the excitement, like Dress Like a Twin Day: Twice the Amount Kindness, or Dress like a Rockstar: Kindness Rocks. Each day the morning announcement gave reminders about the challenge. Students discussed learning lessons from times they made unkind choices. At lunch, students shared examples of how they had shown kindness. Each student received a checklist of kind acts to complete, geared toward different ages. For older grades, among the 50 challenges were to say hello to 5 people or make cards for the custodians. Stations at recess allowed students to make placemats for a homeless shelter, make cards for the schools involved in the Boulder fire, and make thank you cards for the superintendent. At the end of the week those who completed their challenges received a certificate and got their picture 10 SEARCHPARKER

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High schools around the county recently hosted “Wish Weeks” to raise money for children in the Make-a-Wish Foundation. In this beautiful community effort, the high schools host talent shows, dodgeball tournaments, school assemblies, and more to charge ticket fees, ask for donations, and raise funds that go toward this worthy cause. The week is filled with kindness and service. Wishes are more than just a nice thing. And they are far more than gifts, or singular events in time. Wishes impact everyone involved - wish kids, volunteers, donors, sponsors, medical professionals and communities. For wish kids, just the act of making their wish come true can give them the courage to comply with their medical treatments. Parents might finally feel like they can be optimistic. And still others might realize all they have to offer the world through volunteer work or philanthropy. Make-A-Wish traces its inspiration to Christopher James Greicius, an energetic 7-year-old boy battling leukemia who wished to be a police officer. In 1980, his Phoenix community came together to make his wish come true. Little did Chris know that his wish would create a movement that would transform millions of lives. Today, Make-A-Wish has granted hundreds of thousands of lifechanging wishes to children battling critical illnesses. Wishes that give families hope through dark times, strength to persevere and experiences that forever change their lives. Ponderosa High School raised money this year to help Kennadie, a young girl who suffers from a rare form of liver disease and is in need of a liver transplant. She loves all things Disney and the events were Disney-themed. In this incredible community response, over $35,000 was raised to help Kennadie to achieve her wish of going to Disneyworld and to help the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Teagan, a sophomore at Ponderosa, decided to have his head shaved in an act of selflessness to help raise extra money for Kennadie. He said, “I decided to shave my head in the assembly because I thought I needed a change to my hair and when I heard that we could raise a lot of money for Kennedie, I thought why not? During the assembly, I was really excited! I wasn't even nervous! I was excited and exhilarated! I honestly did not think we would make that much, so when I found out we made over $1,800, I was flabbergasted! While I was getting my hair shaved, people were screaming my name and I was so excited! Afterwards, I felt excited for Kennedie and I couldn't believe that it actually happened! My hair is growing back quickly and I was honored to participate in making Kennedie's wish come true!”

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It was a freezing, cold morning on Friday, March 11, when a pipe burst and water began pouring into the Legacy Point Elementary commons area. The fire alarm was pulled and everyone quickly headed out of the building, leaving laptops, coats, and bags in classrooms. When they made it outside students, teachers, and staff were greeted by 10° weather. President Dave Crandall, part of the local leadership for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, received a call regarding the stranded group. He invited them to take shelter in one of the church’s Parker buildings on French Creek Avenue, next door to the school. Kristin Drury, principal for Legacy Point, noted that nearly 50 adults and 300 students walked down the hill to the church building. In this act of kindness, they were able to stay warm and comfortable during the next three hours while parents made arrangements to pick up their children. 14 SEARCHPARKER

Students were split into grades and spread out on the floor of the gym and other large classrooms in the church building. Teachers drew on chalk boards to explain what had happened in the school and answered questions about pipes. A movie projector also helped to keep little ones occupied. President Crandall shared some tender moments, like when a boy seeking comfort asked for some scriptures. Another boy pointed to a large painting of Jesus Christ on the wall and said, “Isn’t this His church?” to which the answer was yes. Then the boy asked, “But didn’t he die?” President Crandall responded, “Yes, he did, but he came back to life.” There were many parents to greet in the foyer as they picked up their children. They expressed gratitude and shared how much this experience meant to them. It is wonderful to see a community coming together in hard times!

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Happy Trails! We are incredibly lucky to live in an area teeming with beautiful hike and bike trails, and for those a little more daring, rockier mountain trails, that we can walk, run, stroll, bike and ride on to enjoy the great state of Colorado. To keep the trails in great shape for everyone and ensure trail outings are enjoyable ones, there are a few things to keep in mind. Trail etiquette will differ slightly from trail to trail and place to place, but some basic rules of thumb apply to most. Bouldermountainbike.org offers a great reminder, “treat everyone you meet on the trail like you’d treat your mother (if you don’t like your mother, think of someone you really, really like.) Being nice solves a lot of problems before they happen.” Be nice. It’s a pretty simple rule. Be nice to the trail, stay on it, keep it in good shape, keep it clean and know when to yield to others on the trail. Knowing who has the right of way can be kind of tricky, but generally speaking, bikers yield to hikers and horses; hikers yield to horses and downhill traffic yields to uphill traffic. The concept is that bikers are fast and can stop and go easily so they let everything else have the right of way. Horses are big and unpredictable so they get the right of way above everyone else. Colorado trails are definitely a place where you could meet the occasional equestrian and should you meet a horse and rider on the trail, be considerate, step off the trail on the downhill side. Moving to the downhill side, when letting horses by, reduces your size and appearance and horses will tend to bolt uphill when spooked. Quietly greet the rider and ask if you are good where you are. Stand quietly while the horse and rider pass. In any situation, it is always best to communicate with the rider to ask them what they prefer, as they know their animal best. You and Mr. Ed should get along just fine that way. So far it seems pretty easy. Everyone yields to horses, bikers yield to hikers, and downhill yields to uphill. Hikerdude.

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com is quick to point out a few “gray areas” you may find yourself hiking through. “What if a downhill hiker meets an uphill cyclist? The guidelines would say the biker yields, but personally I know it is a lot easier for me to stop and start hiking than it is when riding, so I generally step off the trail when hiking or running. I suppose the cyclist should never have an expectation that the hiker will let you pass, but it might happen out of courtesy.” What if an uphill runner m e e t s up with a group hiking down the trail? Downhill traffic should yield, but a single runner may want to step off the trail, as it’s easier for one to move aside than a larger group of hikers. When yielding to other traffic, remember to always look for safe and durable surfaces to step onto. And finally, the International Mountain Biking Association recommends when riding single track to come to a complete stop and then side step off the trail, as opposed to just riding off the side of trail, and thereby widening it.

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