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Arts, crafts on display at 34th annual Winterfest

From jewelry to holiday crafts, woodworking to ceramics — the 34th annual Winterfest sponsored by Center for the Arts Evergreen was filled with one-of-a-kind gifts, and area residents turned out in large numbers to browse the booths.

“(Winterfest) is an Evergreen institution,” Steve Sumner, CAE’s executive director, said as he walked among the booths along Evergreen High School’s Main Street. “The quality of the arts and crafts just gets better and better. It has become a prestigious show.”

EHS students raise funds to help victims of Hurricane Michael

By Daniel Williams

For the Courier

Like so many others, all she could do was watch the devastation from afar, wishing she could help.

Rebecca Venema, a history teacher at Evergreen High School, could only pray that her friends and loved ones were safe, and their homes and belongings were spared as Hurricane Michael ravaged her home state of Florida.

Jeffco Schools prepping to launch new enrollment system

In mid-December, Jeffco Public Schools is set to launch EnrollJeffco, a new system meant to provide ease and equity in the enrollment process.

The new program is two-fold and will include a school finder tool and a common application and enrollment system. The school finder will be available Dec. 17.

EnrollJeffco, which will be used for parents to sign up for a neighborhood school, apply to a different school or indicate a decision to return to the same school, will be open from Jan. 22 to Feb. 8.

Sheriff's Calls

Out of the box

Posner: Shut it down
Riddell: So what, indeed, do we do about that?

“We have to stop demonizing people and realize the biggest threat is white men, most of them radicalized to the right, and we have to start doing something about them. There is not travel ban on them. There is no ban — you know they had a Muslim ban. There is no white guy ban. So what do we do about that?”
— Don Lemon, CNN, Thursday, Oct. 30.

Romberg: Blue wave overtakes Colorado

We’re not so purple anymore!

Our Readers Write

Thinking about plastic-straw use
Editor:
Several weeks ago I was dining with my family at a local restaurant. We asked for water. The waiter brought glasses with large plastic straws in each glass.
I spontaneously remarked, “Plastic straws suck!” It got a laugh.
This double entendre might well suit as a slogan to help people think about their overuse of plastic straws and plastic in general.
“Plastic Straws suck!’ Pass it on.
John F. Alston, M.D.
Evergreen

Evergreen Vision Clinic to honor Hock

Evergreen Vision Clinic is hosting a ceremony to honor Dr. Daniel Hock, who was named Colorado's Optometrist of the Year, on Friday afternoon, starting at 5 p.m. The ceremony will be at Evergreen Vision Clinic, located at 30960 Stagecoach Blvd., Suite 200 in Evergreen. To attend, please RSVP to manager@evergreenvision.com.