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  • Plans delayed for retreat center in Marshdale

    Plans for creating a retreat center at the former Grandma’s Mountain Home on Highway 73 have been delayed. 

    The current owners of the property, Luke and Renda Beard, have canceled scheduled hearings for a rezoning required to move forward with the project, said Alan Tiefenbach, a Jefferson County planner who is managing the case. The Beards want more time to work on the proposal before continuing with it, he said.

    Both the hearing for the Jeffco Planning and Zoning Commission and one scheduled for the county commissioners have been canceled.

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  • Bootstraps annual Western Winefest to raise funds for scholarships

    The fifth annual Western Winefest on Aug. 16 is an opportunity to sample Colorado wines and enjoy catered foods while helping college students in need of financial assistance.

    The event is the major fund-raiser for Bootstraps, an organization that provides scholarships and loans for area students. 

    In addition to selections from 18 wineries on the Front Range and Western Slope, admission to the festival includes live entertainment by BooDaddy.

    Evergreen caterer Fresh Tracks has been selected to provide food for purchase.

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  • Jeffco Open Space plan promotes increased use of social media

    Expanding the use of social media is a key strategy of the communications and community plan for Jeffco Open Space, which Thea Rock presented to the Open Space Advisory Committee last Thursday.  

    “We have 3,000 people who follow us on Facebook. We would like to increase that to 7,000,” Rock said. 

    Expanding Twitter followers from 1,300 to 5,000 also is in the plan, she said.

    “They reach a different demographic,” Rock remarked.

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  • Mountain Area Land Trust expanding stewardship to neighboring counties

    The Mountain Area Land Trust is expanding its conservation efforts in the Front Range area, Brian Ballard, president of the Evergreen-based organization, said at the organization’s annual Night in the Park event on Saturday.

    “We’re measuring our success by the connectivity it creates,” Ballard said.

    Among recent accomplishments is the acquisition of 92 acres in the Pennsylvania Mountain Natural Area near Fairplay, said Ballard. The entire 500-acre property has rich biodiversity that university scientists are studying.

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  • Fugitive arrested on drug charges in Indian Hills

    A fugitive wanted on felony drug charges in Aurora and two other people were arrested in Indian Hills on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 7.

    Raymond Lindley, 29, was arrested at a private residence. He also is suspected of stealing a motorcycle and an all-terrain vehicle, said Mark Techmeyer, a spokesman for the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office. 

    FBI officers involved with the Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force aided Aurora police officers with the arrests, said Dave Joly, a spokesman for the Denver office. Jeffco deputies also responded to the scene.

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  • Missing woman suffering from Alzheimer's found safe

    An Evergreen woman suffering from Alzheimer’s disease who was missing overnight was found safe Thursday morning at the Bradley station at Meadow Drive and Highway 74.

    A neighbor driving to work spotted the missing woman and called authorities. She was “a little chilly” but unharmed after going missing at 7 p.m. Wednesday from her home on Troutdale Village Drive, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Jacki Kelley.

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  • Suspect in carjacking/burglary rampage now faces charge of sex trafficking of a minor

    The man facing 46 charges in connection with a crime spree July 23 in the Jeffco foothills is now facing a separate charge of sexual trafficking of a minor.

    Christopher David Sullivan was charged Aug. 5 with trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude, a felony. The charge is related to the 17-year-old girl with Sullivan during a carjacking/burglary rampage that ended when Sullivan was tackled by Deputy Fred Haggett on Interstate 70.

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  • Missing girl found in Marshdale

    Jefferson County deputies and area fire personnel worked together to locate a 10-year-old girl who was reported missing in Marshdale late Wednesday morning, said Jeffco sheriff's spokesperson Jacki Kelley.

    While with her family at The Bistro, the girl reportedly left the restaurant on her bicycle. 

    She was found about an hour and a half later, Kelley said.

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  • Evergreen Legacy Fund growing

    If you buy an ice cream cone at Baskin-Robbins in downtown Evergreen, 1 percent of your purchase goes to the Downtown Evergreen Economic District's Legacy Fund.

    So far, more than $80,000 has been raised through the fee on goods and services, which is collected voluntarily by most downtown Evergreen businesses. Since Evergreen isn’t an incorporated city, there’s no way to require businesses to charge the fee, but virtually all of them do, said Dean Dalvit, a spokesman for the Downtown Evergreen Economic District, or DEED.

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  • The last roundup

    By Carol McKinley, for the Courier

    Rest, best friends.  

    Nell’s Ladybug lies here, as do Muffy Pumpkin and Rocky Doodle Clinton. Spot and Elsie Yu have been rewarded for the love the rabbits gave their family with a stately grave marker that proclaims, “Hopping in Heaven.” 

    On another marker is a picture of Ri the German shepherd and a poignant farewell: “Good night, sweet prince. We’ll see you in the morning.” 

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