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A delegation of unhappy parents made an appearance at the June 18 meeting of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District board to protest what they said was unfair treatment of tae kwon do instructor Tom Spratt.

Spratt is a contract employee who has worked for the district for about 25 years. He usually teaches classes at both Wulf and Buchanan rec centers, but has withdrawn from the Buchanan site, saying his insurance won’t cover it because of physical changes made to the room.

Don Sahli, a painter who has lived in Evergreen for the past 17 years, was trained in the Russian tradition of Impressionism and over time has combined this distinctive style of painting with his own American roots. The result is a powerful blend of stroke and color that has resulted in an international reputation in the art world.

In 1995, Sahli opened the Sahli School of Art, using his garden and rustic homestead barn as the teaching ground for his students.

The Wilhelm family of Evergreen successfully reached the summit of Mount Shasta last week in their effort to honor Mark Wilhelm’s mother and her battle with breast cancer.

On June 18, Wilhelm, his wife, Nancy, and son Brandon joined 30 breast cancer survivors and others affected by the disease in climbing the 14,162-foot peak in Northern California

"I would like to thank the community, friends and family for their support,"

Mark Wilhelm said. "It was a fantastic experience, emotionally and spiritually,

When Evergreen resident Ann Verzeletti decided she wanted out of the oil business in 2004, she decided it would be a “cute, semi-retirement” occupation to own a store that sold handcrafted log furniture.

But one shop turned into three stores plus a studio on Bryant Drive in Evergreen, along with four carpenters. Rocky Mountain Log Furniture produces as many as five beds, five dressers and six nightstands a week from handpicked, long-dead aspen trees gnawed by elk and pocked with knotholes.