Today's Sports

Readers of the Canyon Courier will see a changing of the guard this week as editor Doug Bell retires and Michael Hicks takes the editorial reins of Evergreen Newspapers.
Bell, who has served as editor for 11 years, will spend more time traveling, playing hockey and teaching journalism at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Bell has nearly 40 years of experience as a journalist, having also worked at the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, Greeley Tribune, Fort Collins Coloradoan and the Daily Camera in Boulder.

DENVER – At the start of the 2016-17 season, the Evergreen Lady Cougars didn’t know how good they would be having graduated s six seniors, including the school’s all-time leading scorer in Samantha Kisiel.

(Reprinted from March 10, 2010)

If you are one of the many people who find tent caterpillars objectionable in your backyard, now is the time to control them.

I know they do little harm in our forests, but I find it difficult to be tolerant of them. Their favorite food is the new leaves of apple trees, so they were very common and considered destructive pests in the apple-growing sections of New York state where I grew up.

By Dennis Pleuss
Jeffco Public Schools

GOLDEN — The only guarantee from the Evergreen-Golden matchup Saturday night at Golden High School was that a Jeffco League team would be advancing to the Final Four of the 4A boys basketball state tournament.