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  • Evergreen’s Al ‘Buffalo Bill’ Huffman dies at 84

    While people the world over knew Earl “Al” Huffman as “Buffalo Bill” Cody, many mountain area residents knew him as a community leader, a family man and a friend.

    Huffman, a longtime Evergreen resident, died last Thursday at the age of 84.

    In addition to being a well-known Buffalo Bill impersonator, Huffman was a staple of the mountain community and a charter member of the Evergreen Elks Lodge.

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  • Trees, rocks tagged with graffiti at O'Fallon Park

    Several rocks and trees in O'Fallon Park near Kittredge have been tagged with graffiti.

    According to Jeffco sheriff's spokesman Mark Techmeyer, the graffiti is a quarter-mile from the trailhead along the Mead Park Trail. The graffiti likely was spray-painted sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday because a park ranger reported it to the Sheriff's Office on Thursday morning, Techmeyer said.

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  • Hit-run cyclist injures 86-year-old on trail at Lair o' the Bear

    An 86-year-old hiker was injured early on Sept. 10 at Lair o' the Bear Park when he was struck by a bicyclist who continued on his way after the incident.  

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  • County announces meeting on Indian Hills groundwater quality

    The Jeffco Board of Public Health has announced it will hosting a meeting with the Indian Hills community to review and discuss the Indian Hills Groundwater Water Quality Modeling Project Report. 

    The meeting, an initial step of a community engagement process around groundwater quality issues in Indian Hills, will take place at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Indian Hills Community Center, 5381 Parmalee Gulch Road.

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  • Marshdale Park playground closes for renovations

    The Evergreen Park and Recreation District has closed the playground area at Marshdale Park to replace the equipment and make improvements to the walking path.

    According to EPRD Executive Director Ellen O’Connor, the playground area is expected to be closed until early November. However, she added that depends on the weather.

    The playground replacement is one of the district’s 2016 creative improvement projects, and it secured a $95,000 grant from Jeffco Open Space toward the effort. The project is expected to cost $285,000.

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  • For new King-Murphy principal, ‘it’s all about relationships’

    It’s 8:10 a.m. on a recent Thursday at King-Murphy Elementary School, and interim principal Joe Majeski stands in front of the school, greeting students as they get off the buses.

    He gets hugs from a few students, tousles a few heads and tells many of them, “Be smart. Be polite today.”

    Majeski always begins and ends the school day with bus duty, and he makes sure to check in with bus drivers to make sure the trips went smoothly. He also greets parents who drove their children to school.

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  • More delays in Evergreen Parkway paving

    About half of Evergreen Parkway still will be repaved this fall as planned, with the remainder to be paved in the spring.

    According to the Colorado Department of Transportation, the work also will include putting in a bike lane and creating a shoulder near King Soopers. CDOT officials have said working out the agreements to widen the road there has delayed the project for nearly a year.

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  • Canyonfest a lively, artful celebration

    By Kevin M. Smith, For the Courier 

    Live music, hula-hooping, children’s games and local artists filled Kittredge Community Park for eight hours Saturday for the annual Kittredge Canyonfest. 

    The event, hosted by the Kittredge Civic Association, has been a fall staple of the community for nearly 30 years, according to co-organizer Brenna Witt.

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  • Local artists open their doors, hearts to patrons

    It’s one thing to see art in a gallery; it’s quite another to see art in studios with artists available to answer questions and talk about their work.

    That’s what the annual Open Door Studios is all about, and attendees at last weekend’s event said they appreciated the one-on-one with artists.

    “It’s lovely to talk with the artists to learn more about their work,” said Eli Barringer of Evergreen, who was experiencing Open Door Studios for the first time.

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  • High lead levels found at five mountain schools

    Five Jeffco schools in the mountain area have at least one water source with high lead levels, according to new test results released by the district.

    As of Sept. 16, Bergen Meadow Elementary, Marshdale Elementary and Evergreen Middle School in Evergreen, as well as Elk Creek Elementary and West Jefferson Middle School in Conifer, all have at least one water source with unsafe levels of lead.

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