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Today's News

  • Lake open for skating despite warm spell

    Despite the invasion of Chinook winds on Tuesday, it looks like the ice on Evergreen Lake is going to hold up long enough to be good for skating on New Year’s Eve. Temperatures on Monday and Tuesday were in the 40s. As of Tuesday, the ice was about 12 inches thick.

    “If we keep getting a breeze, it should be OK,” said Cathy Peterson, facilities specialist with the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.

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  • Sub Shoppe has new owner, new menu

    The new owner of the Sub Shoppe has made the transition from sound engineer to restaurant owner.

    “I’m self-taught in the culinary field. I enjoy very good food,” said Stefan Phillips, whose shop is on Highway 74 next to Conoco in Evergreen. “One of the things I prided myself on doing was learning to cook good food.”

    Before moving to Evergreen last year, Phillips worked as a touring sound engineer. He said he learned a lot about good and bad food while on tour because the staff was at the mercy of various caterers.

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  • Evergreen Artists Association celebrates its 50th

    On the afternoon of April 24, 1958, 19 members of Evergreen’s artistic community met in the back room of a shoe repair shop downtown. The purpose of the meeting was to talk about the advantages of forming a local art association “to help artists network, nurture new artists, and provide opportunities for established artists to build reputations with our community.”

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  • Giving thanks for a year gone by

    By Hannah Hayes

    A yard sign lives on in my neighborhood. It’s been up since 2001, proclaiming “United We Stand.” Passers-by can’t help but puzzle the sign’s meaning at the end of 2008. The owner’s pride exudes from the entire property, but the sign reeks of the prejudice of these last eight years.

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  • Winter cottonwoods and a new year of good birding

    The first day of winter certainly lived up to its name. It has been snowy and cold — very cold for so early in the season. The good news is that the winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year. From now on, each day grows a bit longer until the spring equinox brings equal days and nights, the official beginning of spring.

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  • Officers trap cougar that killed 2 deer in Troutdale neighborhood

    The Division of Wildlife successfully trapped a 1-year-old mountain lion that killed two deer on Troutdale Scenic Drive above the Evergreen Safeway.

    After being sedated on Wednesday morning, the cat was taken to the Mount Evans State Wildlife Area and released.

    The Troutdale area is adjacent to Dedisse Park and Jefferson County Open Space on the west.

    Neighbors Linda Kirkpatrick and Jack Wolfe on Troutdale Scenic Drive both uncovered deer carcasses on their property Monday, Dec. 22.

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  • A special person for special kids

    Kids with special needs love to have fun as much as other children, and thanks to the special needs program of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District, special kids are getting a lot more enjoyment out of life.

    Special needs coordinator Maren Schreiber started the program with five participants in 1997 and now has 60 regular members, many of whom have been in the group for years.

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  • Team Tessa

    A basketball game unfolded Dec. 19 at the Dakota Ridge High School gym, but thoughts of winning or losing were eclipsed by concern for a graduate facing a devastating disease.

    Some players wore black. Some wore white. But they all were part of the same team: Team Tessa.

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  • Evergreen, Conifer well-represented at Vegas rodeo

    LAS VEGAS, NEV. — For 10 days a year, what happens in Vegas involves wearing a cowboy hat. And at the recent National Finals Rodeo, hats were off to a group of Evergreen and Conifer natives.

    Tim Shirley of Conifer, a two-time champ at the Evergreen Rodeo, was among the top competitors at the national event. He was joined in Las Vegas by 2008 Evergreen Rodeo queen Amanda Bodkin, Evergreen artist Gary Sohrweid, and author, actor and singer Junior Ray.

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  • Fire district seeks radio upgrade for $900,000

    The Evergreen Fire Protection District board voted to spend $250,000 in hopes of gaining $650,000 in grant money to pay for a massive, $900,000 radio communications system overhaul by 2013.

    At a regular meeting of the board of directors on Dec. 19, the board found out the department could be eligible for a grant from the Department of Homeland Security to pay for the bulk of the radio upgrade.

    The $250,000 would constitute matching funds to start the grant process and make the transition to VHF radio frequency. A formal proposal is due Jan. 19.

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