“The Evergreen Elks Lodge has graciously offered to partner with Mountain Resource Center and host a Lower North Fork Fire Fundraiser.
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Twenty-five families remain displaced by the fire.  Legal actions to pursue compensation is still unsettled.  While legislation was passed to assist the families, its effect is to give them the ability to take legal action against the state, with no guarantee of compensation. More than 20 homes need to be rebuilt. Insurance claims remain unsettled and several families were underinsured.  Property values have plummeted. Families are just now starting to realize the impacts of their loss and reaching out for counseling services.”

Evergreen Elks Lodge #2363 and Mountain Resource Center
4–10 PM Evergreen Elks Lodge, 27972 Iris Drive, Evergreen

Music: Joe Bye, Kicked to the Curb, The Bucktones, Keith Riker, Moose

$10 Ticket Donation – includes silent auction, food and music.  Purchase tickets at the door or in advance at http://www.mrcco.org/

Anyone interested in donating silent auction items, please call Jill Lovell at Mountain Resource Center 303 838 7552 Ext. 18.

For more details, go to: Elks Lodge Community Rising Fundraiser.

“Jefferson County, Co. – With the Independence Day festivities rapidly approaching, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is encouraging citizens wishing to report fireworks violations in unincorporated Jeffco to utilize a hotline.  Citizens are asked to call 303-271-8200 and select option 7.  The call will be sent directly to a Sheriff’s dispatcher for assistance.

The hotline also provides up to date information concerning the current fire ban and fireworks ban in unincorporated Jefferson County, schedules for slash collection, as well as how to receive a free defensible space consultation with a wildfire mitigation specialist.

On June 27, 2012 Sheriff Ted Mink prohibited the sale, possession and use of all fireworks to include all commercial fireworks displays throughout the county.  On June 15, 2012 the Governor banned the personal use of fireworks statewide.

Jefferson County deputies will strictly enforce fireworks violations as well as violations related to the current fire ban in unincorporated Jeffco.  Any person who violates the laws pertaining to the sale, possession and use of legal fireworks commits a petty offense and the penalty for the violation is a fine of up to $600 for each separate violation.  A violation for the use and possession of illegal fireworks is a class three misdemeanor and the penalty for the violation is a fine of up to $750. 

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office wishes everyone a happy and safe Independence Day.”

See the news release here.

“Jefferson County, Co. – Effective June 26, 2012 at 5:00 p.m., unincorporated Jefferson County entered a county-wide fire ban due to the increase in fire hazard conditions. Also, the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners approved an ordinance giving the Sheriff the authority to ban the sale, use, or possession of fireworks in unincorporated Jefferson County.”

For more details, see the
Jefferson County News Release.

For up-to-date information on the Lower North Fork Fire, you may find the following links useful.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office “Emergency Updates” blog: http://jeffcosheriff1.blogspot.com/

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/#!/jeffcosheriffco

Live emergency scanner feed for the Jefferson County “Mountain area Sheriff and Fire Departments”: http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?feedId=4269