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EVERGREEN COUGARS
Head coach: Kris Nielsen
Classification: 4A Jeffco, Region 1
2011 dual record: N/A
2011 recap: Last season was close but no cigar for the Cougars. Three times at regionals Evergreen forced a playback match to qualify for the 4A state tournament. And three times it lost. In five of seven draws the Cougars settled for third place. That’s where the team finished as well with 29 points, falling behind Colorado Academy and Alexander Dawson.
Players to watch: Matt Goldeb, Sr.; Paul Clancy, Sr.

Jefferson County Planning and Zoning staff will host a community meeting
Aug. 28 to discuss the possible rezoning of the Messiah Mountain Retreat
Center in Indian Hills.
The meeting, from 6 to 7 p.m., will be held at the center at 5200 Parmalee
Gulch Road. The rezoning would allow the center to continue using its land
for camp and retreat purposes.

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.

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.