Today's News

Numerous positives and negatives are present in the global economic outlook, but there are encouraging signs that the U.S. economy finally will be on the plus side in 2012, a US Bank vice president from Colorado Springs told members of the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce at a membership lunch on March 21 at Hiwan Golf Club.

A fire that broke out in a meadow along Grapevine Road at 3:45 p.m. Monday was 100 percent contained by noon Tuesday, and some 30 firefighters were engaged in a "mop-up" operation, said Fire Chief Brian Zoril with Foothills Fire and Rescue, which serves the Lookout Mountain area and I-70 to Evergreen.

The Sawmill Fire, which burned about 50 acres, was about 3 miles south of I-70’s Lookout Mountain exit on ranch land. The cause of the fire is unknown. No structures were threatened, although the blaze grew rapidly in the high winds on Monday.

An outdoorsy former Eagle Scout who chops wood to heat his house all winter, Andrew Adamowski also has a bachelor's degree in landscape horticulture and a passion for the Evergreen lifestyle.

He hopes to put his experience to work as a member of the Evergreen Park and Recreation District board. A resident of Hiwan Hills with two children, Finneghan, 5, and Kelsey, 3, Adamowski works in Englewood as a landscape manager with Shea Properties.

He is married to Christine Adamowski, a runner who works two nights a week at the Wulf Recreation Center.

EDGEWATER — With continued dominant play from Ally Huff, the Clear Creek girls soccer team shut down Jefferson to grab its second league win of the season with a 5-0 decision.
Huff put on a show at Jefferson on March 23. With quick moves and flashy plays, she recorded a hat trick in the first half and added another goal in the second. She now has 15 goals and 33 points in five games for the Lady Golddiggers.