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  • Clear Creek school board fires superintendent

    Clear Creek Schools Superintendent Todd Lancaster was fired on a split vote at the school board's May 20 meeting, and the sentiment for ousting Lancaster became unanimous at a hastily scheduled executive session three days later. 

    Lancaster and the board had been at odds at times over some issues, but that friction apparently had grown to include teachers disgruntled over changes planned in the district's administrative structure. 

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  • Latest plan to move Community Corrections abandoned

    Jeffco has decided to abandon its latest idea for relocating the Community Corrections facility after hearing from angry neighbors of a potential site near the Jeffco Fairgrounds.

    The county had identified a property near the fairgrounds and Foothills Animal Shelter at 15650 W. Sixth Ave. as a potential new home for Community Corrections. The current facility, commonly referred to as the New York Building, is on Kendall Street between West 16th and 17th avenues.

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  • Teachers approve initial agreement with district

    Members of the teachers union have overwhelmingly approved a contract agreement reached May 8 with the school district’s bargaining team, but teachers voted on a version of the pact that did not include a later addition from the district.

    Just hours after bargaining teams reached the original agreement, the district added the stipulation that non-probationary teachers rated as not effective or partially effective would not be eligible for raises.

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  • Niece of former Yankees baseball star going the distance for cancer society fund-raiser

    Evergreen resident DeDe Murcer Moffet remembers her uncle, former New York Yankees all-star Bobby Murcer, as a fun and kind person.“He was a fabulous human being,” she said.

    Murcer died of a cancerous brain tumor in 2008 at age 62, less than two years after his diagnosis.

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  • Can-do attitude leads to charitable senior prank

    The term “senior prank” no longer has a negative connotation at Evergreen High School.

    While pranks the last few years have damaged the school, this year’s prank helped dozens of Evergreen families who need food assistance.

    A group of seniors collected 600 cans of food — weighing 781 pounds — and formed them in “2014” in 80-foot high numerals on the school’s football field. To make the cans stand out, each had a piece of colorful paper underneath.

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  • Honoring military veterans and families of those who serve

    Longtime Evergreen resident Gerald Olde and his sons Larry and Richard Olde were among those honored for their military service at the Blue Star Salute on Sunday afternoon.

    The elder Olde, who served in World War II, has been a Legionnaire for 70 years, Vern Stelzer of American Legion Post 2001 said during his presentation. Larry Olde was in the Navy from 1965 to 1971, and Richard Olde served in the Marines in the late 1960s.

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  • Statue of soldier to be dedicated at veterans walk on May 26

    A bronze statue of a solider will be dedicated at the Veterans Commemorative Walk during a Memorial Day ceremony at Buchanan Park on May 26. The sculpture, named “The Sentry,” depicts a Vietnam-era infantryman holding a rifle.

    Working with American Legion Post 2001, five area Rotary clubs raised funds for the statue, which the Evergreen Park and Recreation District approved last year.

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  • Affordable housing is focus of AT HOME in Evergreen

    Opening minds and hearts to the housing needs of people is the goal of interfaith group AT HOME in Evergreen, Rabbi Jamie Arnold said during a presentation at Congregation Beth Evergreen on Sunday afternoon.

    “In Evergreen, the lack of affordable housing is pretty clear,” Arnold said.  

    People who work at restaurants, care for the elderly and teach in local schools are among those who can’t afford to live in the community where they work, he said. Single mothers and divorced women also have difficulty finding housing they can afford.

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  • 'Evan's Bay' honors 30-year employee of fire district

    Thirty-year employee Evan Fosler got a big surprise on May 13 from the Evergreen Fire Protection District.

    That was the night Fosler found out that the maintenance building where he works on Bergen Parkway had been named “Evan’s Bay” in his honor. Fosler said he never saw the honor coming, as he thanked friends and family who attended a reception.

    “I don’t deserve to be recognized. It’s all of you people who make this organization great,” Fosler said.

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  • Superintendent finalist faces tough questions in first appearance

    Jeffco superintendent finalist Daniel McMinimee was greeted by a skeptical crowd with challenging questions at an informal meeting last Thursday evening.

    Nearly 75 community members packed the Wheat Ridge High School library to hear about McMinimee’s plans for leading the county's school district.

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