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  • EHS National Honor Society collects food for needy

    Forty boxes of donated food collected by Evergreen High’s National Honor Society will make the holiday a little brighter for clients of the Seniors’ Resource Center and Evergreen Christian Outreach.

    The annual food drive, which runs from before Thanksgiving through mid-December, helped feed 17 EHS families plus those using the services at the two Evergreen nonprofits.

    The boxes filled three SUVs, said Tracy Thompson, a counselor at the school and adviser to the club.

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  • Young Santas bring Christmas to older generation

    Christmas comes early at the Green Ridge Meadow Apartments when the community room begins to fill up with wrapping-paper-covered boxes full of holiday dinners and groceries.

    The Seniors’ Resource Center-Evergreen packed and delivered 120 baskets of food and other goodies to seniors and people with disabilities living in the foothills from Central City to Evergreen. The SRC has sponsored this project annually since 1981.

    SRC began collecting food for the basket giveaway on Nov. 3 by putting out bins at Safeway and King Soopers.

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  • Banner for Ice Melt contest swiped from bank

    The banner advertising the Ice Melt Barrel contest was stolen from Evergreen National Bank on Dec. 12 or 13.

    The Ice Melt contest is a benefit for local nonprofit organizations Drive Smart Evergreen-Conifer and the special needs program of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.

    Call Maren Schreiber, coordinator of the special needs program, at 720-880-1219 with any information.

    Contact Vicky Gits at vicky@evergreenco.com or 303-350-1042. Check www.CanyonCourier.com for updates.

     

     

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  • Schell named permanent county administrator

    Former Jeffco Open Space director Ralph Schell was appointed Tuesday as the new county administrator in a permanent, full-time capacity.

    Schell was earlier appointed acting county administrator Dec. 10, the day after Commissioners Kevin McCasky, Faye Griffin and Kathy Hartman unanimously voted to terminate former administrator Jim Moore’s contract.

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  • Cost of electricity driving up rates for IREA customers

    IREA customers have seen at least a 16.5 percent increase in the cost of heating and lighting their homes since the beginning of December and should prepare for an additional 6.5 percent boost starting Jan. 1.

    However, IREA will freeze rates after the Jan. 1 increase in an effort to cap rising energy costs that are passed along to its 138,000 households, according to Bill Schroeder, manager of public affairs for the Intermountain Rural Electric Association.

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  • Elk Run debuts comfort care suites

    “Be careful what you wish for!” laughed Lisa Rogers, director of resident services at Evergreen’s Elk Run Assisted Living Community. “This started as the glimmer of an idea less than three months ago — and now look where we are!”

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  • Luckylure offers free Christmas trees to families in need

    Luckylure Christmas Trees in Evergreen is about to kick off its annual tree giveaway for area families in need.

    Starting today, 25 Christmas trees will be available for any foothills families who have experience job loss as a result of the ailing economy.

    Glen “Rocky” Brougham, owner of Luckylure, has also presented checks to the Evergreen fire department, the Elks Lodge and the Seniors’ Resource Center as part of a 16-year tradition of contributing to the community.

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  • Villafuerte withdraws as nominee for U.S. attorney

    Evergreen resident Stephanie Villafuerte, 43, is stepping down as the nominee for the job of U.S. attorney for Colorado.

    U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar submitted Villafuerte’s name for consideration along with the names of William Thiebaut Jr. and John Walsh III in February. She currently works as the governor’s deputy chief of staff.

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  • EFPD delays decision on cost-of-living raises

    The Evergreen Fire Protection District board voted to postpone a decision on whether to authorize cost-of-living raises pending the results of a market-wide pay analysis.

    At the regular meeting Dec. 8, the board adopted on a 3-2 vote a 2010 budget that included funds for as much as a 3.5 percent cost-of-living adjustment. But whether or not the money is forthcoming remains to be seen.

    Board members Charles Simons, Jeff DeDisse and George Kling voted in favor of the budget. Chick Dykeman and George Goldbach voted against.

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  • Planning board gives vacation rentals conditional OK

    Commissioners Jim Spaanstra, Shirley Johnson, Joe Siccardi, Jim Allred, Larry Anna, Jim Cole, Richard Olson, Rick Nelson and Alan Jones were in attendance. Allred excused himself from the vote because he was not able to attend all the hearings.The decision is a recommendation only and next goes to the Jeffco commissioners, which make the final decision.

    Under the recommendation of the planning body, the Board of Adjustment would be empowered to grant a special exception for short-term vacation rentals in unincorporated Jefferson County, under certain conditions.

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