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Today's News

  • Farewell on a high note: Nelson says goodbye

    By Sterling Nelson

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  • With Ryan, Romney kicks off real debate

    With the selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate, presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney has decided to make this election about ideas.

    Unlike John McCain’s VP selection four years ago, Ryan is a thought leader in the Republican Party, a proven fiscal conservative who promises to force a generational debate on fiscal responsibility come November.

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  • Really? These are our choices?

    Did you hear about Romney Hood?  He steals from the poor and gives to the rich. The response: That’s “Obamaloney.” And this is how we choose the leader of the free world?

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  • Migrating nighthawks fill the evening air

    There is a small order of birds known as goatsuckers. The scientific name is the Caprimulgiformes, which comes from the Latin Caprimulgus, a milker of goats and forma or form.

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  • Sheriff's Calls

    Brew abuse

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  • Full tummies will jiggle at Players’ improv show

    The nature of improvisational comedy means that it’s always fresh and new. After several successful seasons of comedy in the mountains, the Evergreen Players Improv Comedy troupe, EPiC, is working to keep not only its comedy fresh, but the format of its shows as well. For the first time, the talented actors of EPiC will be complemented by local musicians and on-site food service. Audiences will leave after a side-splitting, stomach-busting, ear-tickling good time.

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  • Fine Arts Fest brings 100 artists to Heritage Grove

    Artists from all over the country are making the trek back to their winter homes after a summer spent on the road at arts festivals. As fine artists migrate toward the warmer climes of Santa Fe or Florida, many spend their last summer weekend in the in the cool reprieve of Heritage Grove Park at the Hiwan Homestead Museum. More than 100 artists, both local and from afar, will congregate in Evergreen on Aug. 25 and 26 at the Evergreen Artists Association Fine Arts Festival.

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  • DA’s Safety Awareness Day planned at fairgrounds

    If you have a pesky box of old documents that needs shredding or a bottle of pills you’ve been meaning to dispose of, you might want to visit the district attorney’s Community Safety Awareness Day on Saturday.

    The event offers Jeffco residents “a one-stop safety shop,” said Cary Johnson, director of crime prevention for the DA’s office and safety fair event director.

    Community Safety Awareness Day will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds 15200 W. Sixth Ave. in Golden.

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  • Lessons from a cancer survivor

    Editor’s note: Evergreen resident Amy Born found cancer to be a learning experience. What follows, in her own words, are the lessons she took away from her fight against Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

     

    Amy J. Born

    For the Courier

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  • EHS teachers go for the gold

    Evergreen High School’s athletes competed last Wednesday in the first-ever Departmental Olympics, a two-hour showing of the capabilities, drive and team spirit of EHS’s finest — its teachers.

    As part of the teachers’ welcome back to school, principal Matt Walsh had them compete in two of what he called Olympic events — departmental synchronized swimming and departmental rowing. Both competitions were in the school’s main hallway, and no water was involved.

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