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While attending medical school at the University of Colorado in 1983, Evergreen physician Daniel Johnson said he discovered how clinical that treating patients can be.

“I thought I was jumping into a field with humanity,” he said. 

Instead, Johnson said, he found that treating patients was similar to his initial profession as a geophysical engineer. Johnson said he also became aware that seriously ill and dying people weren’t getting the type of care he thought they should have.

Rabbi Jamie Arnold sang an upbeat rendition of “Wade in the Water” accompanied by a hand-clapping congregation celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday night.

The interfaith service hosted by Congregation Beth Evergreen blended meaningful African-American and Hebrew music with reflections on the life of King and his legacy.

“We are bound together,” Arnold said. “It’s a celebration, and it’s a time for us together.”

The Jefferson County commissioners got down to business for 2013 with a new look but still talking about old business, from board assignments to recent county funding cuts to three nonprofits.

Democratic Commissioner Casey Tighe, who defeated Republican incumbent John Odom in November's election, was sworn into office right before the Jan. 8 meeting along with Commissioner Faye Griffin, who was unopposed in her bid for re-election.

The meeting marked the first time since Nov. 15 that all three elected officials were present and voting.

LAKEWOOD — Fifteen teams from all over Jeffco converged at Carmody Pool, a tiny pool not typically used for high school meets except for the occasional dual meet. But due to structural issues at Arvada’s Meyers Pool, all Jeffco invites, as well as the league championships, will be held at Carmody.
But as soon as the relays started Jan. 14, the Evergreen Lady Cougars eased into the water and let the waves tell the rest of the story.