The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
WEEK OF MAY 15, 2025
VOLUME 66 | ISSUE 26
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HOW DID CANDIDATES FARE IN SPECIAL DISTRICT ELECTIONS?
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No open date yet for Echo Lake Lodge Historic building was closed to the public in late 2022 BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Strength program, which uses peer leaders to help connect others and encourage strength. During the morning, student groups rotated through interactive sessions focused on mental health, healthy activities, positive friendships and mentors/ mindsets. Evergreen’s Envision Martial
While work continues to repair and redesign Echo Lake Lodge, Denver Parks and Recreation staff say there is no estimated opening date. Its previous operator called the ongoing closure “a letdown for Colorado tourism.” The nearly 100-year-old lodge closed in October 2022. Owned by the city of Denver and managed by its parks and recreation department, it was operated by Bill Carle since 1963 until its closure. Denver is putting time and money into the old building. A landscape architecture firm has finished concept designs for Echo Lake aimed at more naturally connecting the lodge with the rest of the park. An architect is nearly finished with a historic assessment of the lodge. And Denver Parks and Recreation is under contract for septic repairs and improvements that are scheduled for this summer. A ranger is living at the lodge as its caretaker this summer. Without an opening date, the city isn’t yet considering who will run the lodge. “At this time we’re still eval-
SEE WELLNESS DAY, P6
SEE ECHO LODGE, P18
EMS paraeducator Katie Murphy undergoes a thorough drenching during the Ice Bucket Challenge.
PHOTO BY JANE REUTER
Off with a splash Evergreen Middle School’s day of mental health-focused events ends with Ice Bucket Challenge BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Evergreen Middle School’s 10th annual Wellness Day ended with a splash — a very icy splash for the teachers and staff who participated in it. Students got to dump buckets of cold water on the heads of their teachers and staff during a new version of the Ice Bucket
Challenge. Originally launched in 2014 to support ALS research, the challenge was recently revived by college students with a focus on destigmatizing mental health issues among youth and young adults. That made it a perfect fit for Wellness Day, which also included yoga, music lessons, games, an improv theater event, gardening, a mindfulness walk
and an Evergreen High School student panel focused on the high school experience. “Today is about recognizing your strength,” teacher and Wellness Day committee member Julia Fliss told them during an afternoon assembly. “Today gets to be a celebration of all the things that make you your best.” The day incorporates concepts in the school’s Sources of
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