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 An Evergreen resident who saw two goats being clubbed and slaughtered across the street in her neighbor’s front yard said the sight was upsetting to her. 

LaKay Cecil, who lives near Wilmot Elementary School, said she wishes that her neighbors had gotten her permission beforehand. 

Cecil said she previously had seen similar incidents.

The resident who killed the animals, who asked not to be named, said they were rams being processed in a kosher manner for food.

Returning to a simpler time when people grew the food they ate is a dream of those involved in community gardening efforts. 

During his presentation, Rusty Collins, Denver director for the Colorado State University Extension Service, said that only 1 percent of the food consumed in the state is grown locally. Shifting that percentage to 20 by the year 2020 is a goal of his organization, he said.

“Urban agriculture is a whole lot more than chickens,” Collins told a group at the Evergreen Fire/Rescue auditorium on Sunday.

Your ballot for the Evergreen Fire Protection District recall election should have arrived in the mail by this time. I am voting to retain all four current members of the board. I encourage you to do the same.

When she was a young girl, Callie Graham of Bailey escaped the frustrations associated with dyslexia by entering her “art world.”

Now, at age 15, art is the dominant theme in her world — and the arena where she excels.

Callie’s drawings are on display in “The Dreams Within Us,” an exhibit at Shadow Mountain Gallery in Evergreen. The 15-year-old’s work — pencil drawings primarily of characters from “Lord of the Rings” and “Pirates of the Caribbean” — will be on exhibit until April 21.