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Evergreen resident’s book a resource for human resources

Evergreen resident and human resources guru Juan Carlos Marcos has written a business book that he hopes will make workers around the United States sit up and take notice.

Fund-raiser planned for family of sheriff’s sergeant

The Indian Hills Fire Boots volunteer auxiliary is planning a fund-raising dinner to benefit the family of Jeffco sheriff’s Sgt. Sean Renfro on Saturday, Jan. 24.

Green and red chili will be served for $5 a plate at the event, which runs from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Indian Hills Fire Station, 4476 Parmalee Gulch Road. Dessert also will be offered for $2, and refreshments will be available at no cost.

A special game for special kids

The Evergreen High School Lady Cougars basketball team went to the gym at Wulf Recreation Center on Jan. 11, not to play basketball but to cheer on some of its biggest fans.

The high school girls watched a special match-up with players from the Wildcats Special Olympics team sponsored by the rec center and the ninth-grade competitive national team for the Colorado Premier Basketball Club.

Radio-controlled cars hit the ice

Skaters at Evergreen Lake on Jan. 11 were treated to car races on the ice — radio-controlled cars, that is.

The small race course was in a corner of the rink, and skaters came by to watch as the cars, 14 inches long by 8 inches wide, moved deftly around hairpin turns and through straightaways. Think video games, only much more real and out of doors.

Sunday’s races were part of a 10-event series called the Colorado Rally Championship. The races take place October through April, and the cars race on all sorts of terrain: gravel, mud, snow and now ice.

Goodwill flows back to Evergreen Rotary

In 2010, high school exchange student Toni Ann Santamaria got an idea for a clean-water project after attending an Evergreen Rotary meeting with her host mom, Barbara Wingate.

Things came full circle on Friday, when Evergreen Rotary members received a $1,000 award for raising money and serving as a catalyst to get the clean-water project built in a village near Santamaria’s home village in the Philippines.

Rabbits, hares not as abundant, thanks to predators

Reprinted from Jan. 25, 2012

Winter is always a good time to look for rabbit tracks in the snow. There are two rabbits that can be seen in this area and a third that can be seen farther afield in Colorado.

BUSINESS BEAT: T&G Flooring joins Evergreen Design Center

T&G Flooring has added its expertise to the furnishing businesses in the Evergreen Design Center on Meadow Drive. 

Chris Keale bought the Denver business in 2007 and decided to bring it to Evergreen in October. It specializes in pre-finished and on-site-finished hardwood flooring.

Keale said he worked for global technology businesses for years. He bought the flooring business so he could work for himself and so he could leave something behind with lasting beauty.

Tribute to Greg Henika planned Sunday

Local residents are planning a tribute to Greg Henika, who died Thursday after the ATV he was driving fell through the ice on Evergreen Lake, on Sunday evening.
A thread on Facebook said people would gather and light candles to honor Henika and his family. The location and time are yet to be determined.

Henika, an Idledale resident, was clearing the ice of snow for the Evergreen Ice Golf Tournament, which he founded. The tournament, which has been canceled, was scheduled for Sunday.

Candlelight vigil for Greg Henika on Sunday at EHS

A candlelight vigil honoring Greg Henika will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday at the Evergreen High School football field, hosted by Blue Spruce Kiwanis and the Evergreen Park and Recreation District.

Henika, 67, died Thursday after the ATV fitted with a plow that he was driving fell through the ice on Evergreen Lake. He was rescued about 35 minutes after he went into the water Thursday morning and taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Lakewood. He was pronounced dead that afternoon.

Police raid hash-oil lab operation in Conifer

Denver drug enforcement officials found an illegal hash oil extraction lab in Conifer and closed it down Friday morning.