Local News

An Evergreen woman suffered serious but not life-threatening injuries in an encounter with an elk about 11 a.m. Sept. 22 on South San Souci Drive, near Dedisse Park and Troutdale Scenic Drive, about a mile from downtown Evergreen.

A neighbor who talked to the woman’s husband said she was heading back to her car after retrieving a small dog. She didn’t see the elk before it attacked her and knocked her to the ground.

A herd of about 17 elk was in the woman’s yard at the time, said the neighbor, who did not want to be identified.

Officials from the Jeffco Midget Football Association will meet this week to decide how to handle a local outbreak of H1N1 flu that has already forced cancellation of several games.

Rebecca Schloegl, office manager of the South Jeffco Sports Association and past president of the JMFA, said several games have been canceled because team members have confirmed cases of H1N1 flu " and more cancellations could be coming.

The new proposed management plan for Apex Park on Lookout Mountain gives mountain-bike riders access to all trails, while restricting certain uphill segments to one-way bike travel only.

Instead of traveling from top to bottom conveniently nonstop, cyclists would navigate a series of switchbacks going uphill for 0.7 miles, before taking the rest of the downhill.

Under the plan, pedestrians would be somewhat less vulnerable to bikes coming downhill.

After meeting in a closed-door session for about 45 minutes, the Evergreen fire district board decided Sept. 17 to combine two jobs into one and eliminate the deputy chief post, culminating a staff reduction process that began early this year.

Some of the communications manager’s duties have been reassigned to the communications supervisors, and other management matters will be under a new position.