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  • Fate, luck not on Evergreen’s side

    LAKEWOOD — Hailey Davey, make no bones about it, thought that Evergreen was the better team. 

    And though the flow of the game, the teams’ records and Green Mountain’s No. 2 ranking in 4A would say otherwise, the Lady Cougars more than held their own on April 28 at Lakewood Memorial Field. But one unfortunate play off one way too many corner kicks allowed the Jeffco League’s top team to escape with a 3-2 double overtime victory.

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  • Kelly, Rebels storm Cougars

    LAKEWOOD — The Columbine boys lacrosse team picked up some positive energy going into the playoffs with an easy 11-4 victory over Evergreen on April 29 at Trailblazer Stadium.

    Columbine sophomore attacker Ryan Kelly scored four goals, including three in the first quarter.

     “The win brings us into the playoffs with some tempo,” Kelly said. “It’s a great win and it will give us a lot of the momentum we need to go far in the playoffs.”

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  • Roundup: Bote, Faith Christian break open close game late to top EHS

    David Bote went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a homer and Faith Christian broke open a tie game late with three runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh for a 9-5 win over Evergreen on April 30.

    The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak for the Cougars (13-3). Faith Christian improved to 15-2. James Maroney homered for Evergreen.

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  • A royal occasion: Wedding celebration dresses up Bergen Meadow Elementary

    The royals have made an appearance in Evergreen. It was a quick trip on Friday morning for the queen and the royals who converged on Bergen Meadow Elementary School after attending the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in London.

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  • Boggs moderates forum despite online petition

    A Jeffco schools budget forum on Saturday was uneventful, despite controversy last week over whether school board member Laura Boggs should serve as moderator at the meeting.

    Boggs, who represents the foothills on the board, moderated the forum on the district’s impending budget cuts without incident. The gathering was at Evergreen Middle School.

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  • Student needs vs. budget realities

    How to balance the needs of all students as Jeffco Schools makes sweeping budget cuts over the next three years was at the heart of the discussion at a budget forum Saturday at Evergreen Middle School.

    The 100 people attending the meeting listened to speakers ask that budgets for special education, preschool and Outdoor Lab Schools remain intact, despite the district’s plan to cut $39.9 million from the 2011-12 budget.

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  • Interfaith service gives a grads a spiritual boost

    Conifer and Evergreen high school graduates were given blessings from several faiths on Sunday at The Barn in Marshdale as the students prepare to start their journey into the future.

    More than a half dozen clergy representing a foothills interfaith group conducted the service, called Blessing You on Your Journey, with about two dozen people, including a couple of seniors, attending.

    The audience heard blessings from religions including the Christian, Buddhist, Jewish and Hindu faiths and listened to inspirational music.

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  • ‘Brighter’ days ahead for real estate?

     Real estate is still a buyer's market these days, but the picture is beginning to look a bit brighter for sellers than it did in 2008 and 2009, when the average price of a house in Evergreen/Conifer dropped 3 percent and 14 percent, respectively.

    In this case the term "brighter" refers to the perception that the worst of the housing downturn is probably over, and that prices have hit bottom and are slowly starting to come back after the bursting of the nation's real-estate bubble. But many factors still are holding back the housing market.

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  • Wildfire forum offers tips for homeowners

    Homeowners need to do everything they can now before a fire erupts to lessen the danger of losing a house in a catastrophe, said members of Evergreen Fire/Rescue at a wildland fire forum April 28 at Evergreen High School.

    About 275 people packed the auditorium (capacity 300) for last Thursday's event in the wake of three destructive wildfires in March and April that generated reverse-911 calls and forced hundreds to evacuate their animals and their families for hours.

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