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The mountain area’s newspaper since 1958
est. 1958
WEEK OF JANUARY 5, 2023
VOLUME 64 ISSUE 9
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Kappy Kling, right, the owner of HearthFire Books and Treats, talks about how much Linda Lovin helped her with the bookstore. Lovin owned Lovin Books and Music from 1994 until she sold the business to Kling in 2009. PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST
Turning the page Jeffco sheriff’s investigators raising money Customers pay tribute to
Jeffco Sheriff ’s Office investigators Dee Patterson, left, and Wendy Fehringer walk near the sheriff’s office in Golden to prepare for the PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST COPSWalk Southwest that raises money for families of officers killed in the line of duty.
to help families of fallen police officers BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Two Jeffco sheriff ’s investigators “be walkin’!” “We be walkin’!” is the slogan of Dee Patterson — known as Deputy Dee in the foothills — and Wendy Fehringer as they prepare to walk 25 miles in two days in February to support the C.O.P.S. Foundation. C.O.P.S. stands for Concerns of Police Survivors, and the organization provides support for families, SEE WALKING, P2
Evergreen’s HearthFire Books as it closes BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Lynn Mossbrucker, who lost her husband in the line of duty, with their children, from COURTESY PHOTO left, Will, Erin, Alex, Tim, Annie and Matthew.
Patrons said goodbye to an old friend recently as they celebrated what HearthFire Books & Treats meant to them over the last 13 years. The store in the Bergen Village Shopping Center closed Dec. 31, and patrons said it was more than a place to get books and frozen yogurt. It was a gathering place, a commuSEE HEARTHFIRE, P3
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Colonial day Sheriff’s Calls
4 New coffee shop 9 Life
5 Greenback trout 12 Bizbeat
6 Opinion 14 Happenings
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