Today's News

An Evergreen resident got such great results working out to exercise videos in his living room that he won $50,000 as a finalist in the Million Dollar Body Game sponsored by Beachbody Fitness in March.

Bill Schlotman isn’t a cute young thing, either. He is 56 years old and proud — now that the ladies are starting to look at his impressive abs with awe and admiration.

The winner of the third annual Ice Melt Barrel Contest was Rachel Norton of Evergreen, who correctly guessed the moment the barrel would descend into Evergreen Lake within 54 seconds. Her prediction was March 5 at 2:12:30 p.m., and she won $1,000.

Tanner Schaur, 9, of Evergreen was second with 2 p.m., and Paul Tesseo, 10, of Evergreen snagged third place with 2:30 p.m. Seven others won $50 each.

The Mountain Foothills Rotary Club sold a total of 1,040 tickets, raising $3,730, including sponsor fees, reported Bob Zavodsky, a member of the Ice Melt Barrel committee.

A woman in her 80s who has lived in Evergreen for several decades lost more than $16,000 in a telephone scam involving a caller who said he was her son and had been arrested for drunken driving.

She called the Canyon Courier because she hopes to stop others from being victimized, but she asked that her name not be used.

Wouldn’t it be more fun to have a car without having the responsibilities that come with it?

That’s the premise of Occasional Car, an Evergreen company that is launching a car-sharing service for people who are hankering for an environmentally sensitive alternative to a personal car or a second car.

Still in its budding stage, the business is expected to go live in a couple of weeks.