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Today's News

  • 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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  • Kidnapping suspect seeks reduction in $500,000 bond

    Joel Michael Herrin, the Kittredge man accused of kidnap and sexual assault, is asking that a date be set for a preliminary hearing and that his $500,000 bond be reduced.

    Robert Bernhardt, a private attorney in Golden, made the requests in County Judge Thomas Vance’s courtroom Jan. 6. Vance agreed to set a hearing on the matter for Jan. 19.

    When contacted by phone on Monday, Jan. 11, Bernhardt declined to comment on the matter.

    “We are very early in the litigation process, and anything we choose to say will be said in court,” Bernhardt said.

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  • Hurlbert ponders run for state Senate in District 16

    Summit County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert, a Republican, hasn’t made it official yet, but he is seriously considering making a run in state Senate District 16 against Kittredge resident Tim Leonard.

    Hurlbert expects to make a final decision this week, he told the Canyon Courier on Jan. 6.

    As the chief law enforcement officer in the 5th Judicial District, Hurlbert supervises a staff of 11 lawyers covering four counties: Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake and Summit. He lives in Summit County.

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  • 3 rec district board seats up in 2010

    Three seats on the board of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District will be up for re-election in May. Two of the five seats will turn over in 2012.

    The board members whose terms expire thus year are Kit Darrow, Roger Hoaglund and Allan Casey, president of the board. Directors Peter Eggers and Janet Heck Doyle were elected in 2008 and have terms expiring in 2012.

    Darrow indicated she would submit her name for a second term.

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  • Park board to meet on new date Jan. 19

    The regular meeting of the board of directors of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District has been changed to 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19, at the Buchanan Park Rec Center. The meeting was originally scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 21.

    The rec center is at 32003 Ellingwood Trail at Evergreen Parkway and Old Squaw Pass Road.

     

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  • Detlefs pleads guilty to vehicular assault in SUV-bicycle crash

    Jeffrey Detlefs told a judge in his first court appearance Jan. 7 that he doesn’t remember anything about the accident Aug. 16 in which the Lexus SUV he was driving hit a cyclist on the eastbound ramp of Evergreen Parkway at Interstate 70.

    Nevertheless, the Evergreen resident agreed to plead guilty to one count of vehicular assault while driving under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident causing serious injury, and one count of child abuse.

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  • Careless driving cited in Evergreen Parkway accident Jan. 4

    Two drivers were cited in an accident Jan. 4 at 4:05 p.m. in front of the Evergreen post office.

    Four people left the accident in two ambulances, and traffic was blocked on Evergreen Parkway going south while officers extricated the victims. Both cars were seriously damaged. Two people were injured but not seriously.

    Diana Kay Gibbons, 60, of 168 Siesta Circle in Evergreen, received a ticket for careless driving causing bodily injury, according to the accident report compiled by the Colorado State Patrol.

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  • Ritter news energizes local GOP contenders

    Last week’s news that Gov. Bill Ritter had decided to drop out of the 2010 governor’s race for family reasons brought on a storm of speculation that the time is right for Republican candidates and that Obama disenchantment may be setting in.

    Before the announcements, the campaigns of several prominent local Republicans seeking statewide office in November 2010 may have looked far-fetched, but all of a sudden their prospects are looking brighter.

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