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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 16, 2023
VOLUME 64 ISSUE 15
NOW SERVING EVERGREEN, CONIFER, BAILEY AND PINE
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Working to preserve history South Platte Hotel placed on endangered places list BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For the fifth straight season, Evergreen High School’s girls swim and dive team celebrated winning the Class 3A state team title by jumping in the pool with the state trophy at Veteran’s Memorial Aquatics Center in Thornton on Feb. 11. PHOTOS BY DENNIS PLEUSS/JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Cougar girls swimmers 5-peat in 3A Evergreen’s wave of talent wins fifth straight state title BY DENNIS PLEUSS JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS
THORNTON — The dynasty of Evergreen’s girls swim and dive team continued on Feb. 11 at the Veterans Memorial Aquatics Center. The Cougars dominated in the pool to claim a fifth straight Class 3A state championship. “I really think the true secret is we are here to have fun,” Evergreen SEE SWIMMING, P6
Evergreen senior Alyssa Cook swims her breaststroke leg during the 200 medley relay final Feb. 11 at VMAC. The Cougars won the relay with a time of 1:48.79.
A dilapidated historic building near Buffalo Creek may get new life now that it is on Colorado’s Most Endangered Places list. The South Platte Hotel, which was built in 1913, is in the North Fork Historic District and the only building remaining of the South Platte community. The property has been owned by Denver Water since 1987, and the building was slated for demolition. The Most Endangered Places list is created each year by Colorado Preservation Inc., and the organization announced on Feb. 9 additions to the list, which included the South Platte Hotel. Last August, the Jefferson County Historic Commission received a letter from Denver Water stating that the building would be demolished, which made John Steinle, a local historian, spring into action. “We have talked about that building for a long time, what might be done and how it could be saved,” SEE HOTEL, P2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE House fire Opinion
3 285 corridor 8 John Davis
4 Spelling bee 10 Sheriff’s calls
5 Morrison upgrades 13 Acknowledging harm
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