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Today's News

  • Wilmot first-graders sending school supplies to Haiti

    Never underestimate the compassion first-graders have for other children.

    After hearing about the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the first-graders in Sue Queen’s class at Wilmot Elementary School decided to send their extra school supplies to help first-graders in Haiti.

    Queen explains that the students have been learning about weather, so recently they’ve seen a lot of pictures about floods, tornadoes and other weather-related events. Last week, they saw pictures of the results of the earthquake in Haiti.

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  • Colorado Haiti Project says priest is safe

    The Colorado Haiti Project, which has numerous ties to Evergreen/Conifer area churches, has information that Father Kesner Gracia, and his family are safe.

    However, there is still no word from any of the 53 employees at the St. Paul mission 80 miles west of Port-au-Prince. Reports have said the area has been significantly damaged. A 15-member CHP medical mission team that was scheduled to depart for Petit Trou de Nippes from Colorado on Jan. 14 has delayed its planned trip indefinitely.

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  • Two gray birds dominate during winter season

    It is the beginning of a new year. I keep falling behind in things I must do, and one of them is this article. With the long holiday period, I am completely confused, and now I realize this article is late. I apologize, but it is difficult to keep the days straight. So, my New Year’s resolution is to try to get each article in on time. If some week it doesn’t appear, just realize I haven’t met my deadline and the newspaper has, quite rightfully, gone to press without it. I shall try to do better.

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  • Will a third-party movement emerge?

    As I write this column, I’m looking at an online Denver Post story announcing that my friend and former colleague in the state House, Kathleen Curry, has renounced her affiliation with the Democratic Party and is now officially “independent.” It comes as a surprise only insofar as sitting elected officials rarely leave their parties. That said, Curry, who hails from Gunnison, has always had an independent streak.

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  • A bold (and cold) plunge into the new year

    There is nothing quite like starting the new year standing chest deep in 33-degree water. Regardless of what happens in 2010, everything else should seem like a walk on the beach.

    After years of covering the annual Evergreen Lake plunge, I finally had the guts to participate. I made the decision to jump several weeks ago, but it wasn’t until I was standing on the edge of a hole cut through 20 inches of ice that I was fully committed. With a giant step forward, I leapt into the icy water.

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  • Evergreen swimmers dunked by Chargers

    LITTLETON - In football, they call it “hearing footsteps.”

    That’s when a player feels the other player closing in and is faced with the prospect of either being outdone or making the necessary play.

    Evergreen senior Carrie Latimer heard footsteps Jan. 8, albeit from feet flapping underwater at the Edge rec center.

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  • Cougars impressive in 'huge win'

    The Evergreen Cougars are out to prove that they are going to be a force in the Jeffco 4A League this year.

    They took one step closer to proving that on Jan. 8 as they drubbed the visiting Conifer Lobos 70-51 to move to 2-0 in league play and 7-3 overall.

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  • Lobos' defense clamps down on Lady Cougars

    Conifer girls basketball head coach Jon Marston knows that you need to play good defense to win at any level and he has preached that to his team.

    The Lobos certainly showed they were listening on Jan. 8 as they improved to 11-0 on the season by beating bitter rival Evergreen 54-43 on the Cougars’ home court.

    “That’s our main focus, defense, especially man-to-man,” Marston said. “I told the girls before the game, it comes down to defense. Who plays the best defense is whose going to win the game, and that’s any game.”

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  • Ice Melt Contest banner found

    The banner for the Ice Melt Barrel Contest at Evergreen Lake was found behind the NAPA Auto Parts store on Highway 74 in downtown Evergreen. It had disappeared from the front of Evergreen National Bank around Dec. 12.

    Evan Davis, the store sales manager, said he noticed it behind the building on Sunday.

    “I saw the article in the Canyon Courier saying it was missing, and it made me look twice,” Davis said. “I have no idea how long it’s been there.”

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  • Boundary change for Parmalee Elementary debated

    A small group of parents at Parmalee Elementary School in Indian Hills is proposing that all of the children go to Evergreen for middle and high school instead of some of them going to Conifer, an idea that is facing mixed reaction from other parents.

    The proposed boundary change would not affect students who attend Parmalee Elementary School, just the middle and high schools. The Indian Hills parents want their children to go to Evergreen Middle and High School rather than West Jefferson Middle School and Conifer High School.

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