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Clear Creek sixthgraders can attend free three-day camping trip BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Final field trip for sixth-grade students in Clear Creek County promises to be a memorable one with Mountain Youth Network picking up the tab for three days camping, hiking and rafting. On May 20 many sixth-graders and their teachers from Carlson Elementary, King-Murphy and Georgetown Community schools will board a school bus not to class but rather the Angel of Shavano Group Campground near Salida. “When snow starts to melt in the canyon above the camp site the remaining snow looks like an angel,” youth inSEE CAMPING, P6
INSIDE THIS ISSUE For 30 years Tommyknocker Brew Pub has been located on the corner of 14th and Miner Street in Idaho Springs March 14.
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Tommyknocker Brew Pub celebrates 30 years in Idaho Springs Iconic brew pub, president embody the concept of philanthropy with the party held for locals BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
For 30 years Tommyknocker Brew Pub has been located on the corner of 14th and Miner Street in Idaho Springs as a popular stop for tourists and locals. Its president, Steve Indrehus,
has long made it a mission to give back to the local community by donating food, drink and meeting space for local nonprofit events, with a notable exception. The name Tommyknocker is rarely posted anywhere at the event. “Because he’s a silent giver, you know, he never wants it to
be about Tommyknockers. It’s always about collaboration and making the community stronger,” Business Community Promotion Board President Sadie Schultz said. “It’s not about how to make his business stronger; it’s always about ‘how can we pull together and do it together,’” Schultz continued. So, it makes sense that the 30th anniversary party was a gift to the community with tables and tables of free food and bev-
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