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  • After 25 years, Conifer doctor still likes his practice's small-town feel

    For Dr. David Linn of Conifer, a small-town practice has been the best medicine.

    “I always wanted to be the small-town doc who did it all,” Linn said of his practice, Conifer Mountain Family Medicine, at 10791 Kitty Drive. He’s the only doctor in the office, and he likes it that way. Linn is celebrating 25 years in his practice.

    A native of Nebraska, Linn always intended to be a doctor in a rural community, not specializing in any particular area of medicine but treating a variety of ills in a variety of patients.

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  • Bakery owner has a lot cooking

    Jillian Orr Eberhart doesn’t know the meaning of sitting still.

    When she isn’t making up tasty treats her in Bee Sweet Bakery in Marshdale, she is downstairs in the kitchen decorating beautiful cakes or she’s upstairs in her art studio doing everything from jewelry making to pen-and-ink drawings.

    “Even when I have spare time, my hands are usually busy,” said the 27-year-old, who used to make five-course meals for her family even before becoming a classically trained pastry chef.

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  • Sweat equity: Conifer woman hopes her salsa becomes a hot item

    Things are heating up in Conifer, thanks to a local entrepreneur who markets her own brand of fiery salsa.

    “I love hot salsa,” says Conifer resident Julie Engel. “If I break out in a sweat, I’m happy.”

    Engel is the owner of Totally Colorado and the creator of Colorado Black Diamond Salsa, which soon will be on the shelves of area stores. Engel hopes to offer the salsa-loving public a flavorful alternative.

    “Most salsas out there are just bland and nasty, nasty,” she said.

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  • Salon on a winning streak

    There’s no such thing as a bad hair day at Hair, etc. in Aspen Park.

    The salon, at 26367 Conifer Road, Unit C, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in April, according to owner DeLaine Burr.

    “I wanted to keep it the same way as when I bought it,” said Burr, who took over the salon five years ago. “It’s a trick to mix fashion and friendliness.”

    Open Monday through Saturday, the salon is not just a place for beauty, but a space for friends to gather and share their lives.

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  • One-stop alternative health

    The air is scented with a rich bouquet of herbs that greets visitors to Conifer’s newest health alternative, and on Dec. 11 a holiday open house will give people a chance to come and find their center of wellness.

    The open house will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., sponsored by Taspen’s Organics & Holistic Wellness Center, Arch Lees Hair Studio and Aspen Park Chiropractic. There will be drawings, gift certificates, arts and crafts and holiday treats.

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  • Military mom, Conifer’s Knit Knook help soldiers stay warm

    Hearing her serviceman son’s voice shaking with cold motivated Ronda Gregory to try to ensure he and his fellow Marines are warm and know that people back home care about them.

    Gregory, who lives in Thornton, became aware of the sometimes-brutal weather that GIs face in Afghanistan and decided to do something about it — an effort that has enlisted the help of Conifer knitters.

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  • Rock-solid nutrition

    Conifer now has a one-stop shop for nutritional needs for both people and pets.

    On The Rocks Nutrition has opened inside Healthy Pet Supply, 25797 Conifer Road.

    Lynae Haddad, an owner of On The Rocks Nutrition, also worked as a consultant at Healthy Pet Supply, and she said people who read the nutrition labels of various healthy pet products at that store would comment that the ingredients were surprisingly nutritional.

    “It started because customers would say to me, ‘My dog eats better than I do,’ ” Haddad said.

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  • Brook Forest Inn coming back to life under new owners

    A couple with ambition, imagination and a healthy supply of entrepreneurial instinct have purchased the historic Brook Forest Inn and are determined to turn it into a destination hotel, restaurant and wedding venue.

    Jon and Melissa Barton of Barrington, Ill., 41 and 40, became the new owners of the national historic location on Aug. 9 and immediately closed it for two months and began a massive kitchen renovation.

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  • A powerful figure retires

    In 39 years as general manager at the state’s largest electric co-op, Stan Lewandowksi has generated controversy along with kilowatts. But Lewandowski has no regrets as he retires from his position at the Intermountain Rural Electric Association.

    “I’ve had a ball; I’ve enjoyed my job, every minute of it,” Lewandowski said. “This has been my hobby, my everything.”

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  • Big R Farm & Ranch coming to Conifer

    Conifer’s economy will get a boost when retailer Big R Farm & Ranch opens here sometime in the fall.
    Dawn Smith, president of the Conifer Area Chamber of Commerce, said the store will initially bring 32 much-needed jobs to the area.
    “We are so excited,” Smith said. “Because they are hiring 32 positions, it’s really exciting (for) the opportunity for people to be employed up here.”
    The store will be located in the King Soopers shopping center at 25577 Conifer Road and will be next to Knit Knook.

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