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Almost 100 volunteers spent National Trails Day rerouting the Dedisse Trail that connects to Alderfer/Three Sisters Park.

Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado had 63 people clearing rocks and digging out 1,600 feet of new trail Saturday, creating a more sustainable connection between Dedisse Park and its neighbor to the west. Meanwhile, the Wildlands Restoration Volunteers had about 40 people restoring the former trail and closing it off from public use.

No temporary repairs will solve the ongoing issues with the north trail around Evergreen Lake, engineers have found. Instead, stakeholders will be considering short-term mitigation options to help prevent further erosion and instability with the retaining wall.

Muller Engineering Co. representatives told the Evergreen Park & Recreation District Board of Directors both the retaining wall and the handrail along the trail are experiencing ongoing failures, and the corrosion in the wall support members is widespread.

Sigomere, Kenya is nearly 8,700 miles from Conifer. A tiny village about an eight-hour drive from the African country’s capital of Nairobi, it’s home to a small community where the roads are largely unpaved, where the residents frequently dress in colorful clothing and where financial resources are scarce.

Sigomere is also where Conifer High School’s Interact Club wants to build a playground for a school that serves disabled children.

Evergreen Fire/Rescue is relaunching its “turn-out” auxiliary program after operating for several years without one.

Named after the gear that firefighters wear, the turn-out auxiliary team will assist the department with a variety of duties, including support of daily operations and assistance with non-emergency, non-response situations.

Spearheaded by fire inspector Dan Hrouda, EFR began organizing the new auxiliary program in the spring after nearly two dozen people asked how they could help the department.