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  • Evergreen selected for creative district designation

    A vision for the community has become a reality with the acceptance of Evergreen as a candidate for creative district designation by Colorado Creative Industries.

     

    “Recognition identifies our district as an arts and cultural destination, and will increase our visibility both statewide and nationally,” said Joan Mickelson, secretary of the Evergreen Downtown Business Association. 

    Since the announcement last Friday, reaction has been very positive in the community, Mickelson said.

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  • 4A Jeffco League all-conference track & field

    The following are all-conference selections for the 4A Jeffco League during the 2014 season:

    BOYS TRACK & FIELD
    FIRST TEAM

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  • Evergreen graduate Peterson soaks in St. Andrews

    Kyle Peterson didn’t play the Old Course at St. Andrews — host of a record 28 Open Championships, also known as the British Open here in the United States — but it was still St. Andrews.
    “It was honestly a learning experience. Completely different golf,” Peterson said. “I’m really glad that I got exposed to it at such a young age and got to learn a different way to play golf.”

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  • Funds still needed for EHS press box

    What do high school football and an English classroom have in common? If it’s Evergreen High School, as it currently stands, the classroom is where assistant coaches on the opposing team communicate with the coaches on the field. It’s not an ideal situation, but maybe that’s about to change.

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  • Three people shot after concert at Red Rocks

    An SUV carrying rapper Schoolboy Q appears to have been the target of the shooting at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on June 19.

    Three people were shot in the vehicle that carried Schoolboy Q, whose real name is Quincey Matthew Hanley, after a concert ended last Thursday night at the amphitheater. The SUV left the scene with the three victims and Hanley after the shooting.

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  • GOP primary in assessor race offers clear choice

    The GOP primary in the Jeffco assessor race offers a clear choice: the county's deputy assessor, who has 18 years of experience in the office; and a tax consultant who has represented property owners in valuation disputes.

    Deputy Assessor Lou D’Aurio is vying for the Republican nomination with Ron Sandstrom. At the county GOP assembly on March 22, D’Aurio won 51 percent of the vote, while Sandstrom received 48 percent. The winner of the June 24 primary will face Democrat Andrew Hassinger and Libertarian Patrick Sullivan in the general election.

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  • 4A Jeffco League all-conference spring sports

    The following are all-conference selections for the 4A Jeffco League during the 2014 season:

    GIRLS GOLF, FIRST TEAM
    Emilee Strausburg, D’Evelyn; Madison Tenney, Evergreen; Leah Donnelly, Wheat Ridge; Nicole Rooney, Green Mountain; Emily Rivers, Evergreen; Ashley Brown, Conifer; Molly Lange, D’Evelyn
    SECOND TEAM
    Maddy Helfer, D’Evelyn; Katarina Krupinska, Golden; Morgan Williams, D’Evelyn; Natalie Holley, Evergreen; Kelli White, D’Evelyn; Hannah Munro, Conifer; Katherine Halama, Evergreen

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  • Cowboys, cowgirls circle the wagons at the Evergreen Rodeo

    Cowboys and cowgirls alike ventured to the 49th annual Evergreen Rodeo on
    Father’s Day weekend. Competitors — both local and from as far away as Honolulu, Hawaii — tried their hand to tame the bulls, ride the horses and wrestle down the steers for two days at the El Pinal Rodeo Arena, now the Esco Construction Arena.

    BACK IN THE SADDLE

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  • Firefighters contain small wildland blaze near Mount Evans Wilderness

    Evergreen firefighters contained a small wildfire near the Mount Evans Wilderness on Thursday afternoon.

    According to the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Twitter feed, the blaze, near the Indian Creek area, was less than a quarter acre in size. 

    EFR said no homes were threatened, and that firefighters were still at the scene conducting mop-up operations.

    A resident of Yankee Creek Road said at least four fire trucks and six pickups had headed in the direction of the fire. 

    Check canyoncourier.com for updates to this story.

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  • Trails plan puts Evergreen on right path

    As long as I’ve lived in Evergreen, and that’s 28 years now, there has been an upside and a downside to being unincorporated. The upside is simple to see: We don’t have an additional layer of government, nor do we bear the costs of one. There are so many generous, committed, civic-minded citizens and nonprofits here that we don’t usually need a mayor or a council.

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