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Saint Catherine of Siena Chapel This historic landmark on Camp St. Malo property in Allenspark was built in 1935. It survived the devasting flood of 2013 as it was built on solid rock. It is also known as “The Chapel on the Rock,” and “Saint Malo’s Chapel.” In 1993, Pope John Paul II visited the Chapel. It can be seen here from Colorado Highway 7 with snow covered Mount Meeker in the background.

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A great opportunity to become involved in your county April 21, 2022 is the deadline to apply for an opening on one of Larimer County’s Boards and Commissions.

Boards and Commissions serve an important role in making recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on a variety of important matters.

Apply on-line at www.larimer.org/boards. If internet access is not available or you have difficulties, you may pick up an application at the Larimer County Commissioners' Office, 200 West Oak St., Fort Collins, Colorado, 2nd floor.

New members begin their term on July

1, 2022. The following Boards and Commissions have openings: • Board of Adjustment: 3 openings • Board of Appeals: 2 openings • Board of Health: 1 opening • Community Corrections Advisory Board: 10 openings • Environmental and Science Advisory Board: 1 opening • Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Board: 3 openings • Estes Valley Planning Advisory Committee: 2 openings • Extension Advisory Committee: 2 openings • Flood Review Board: 3 openings

• Juvenile Community Review Board: 4 openings • Laporte Area Planning Advisory Committee: 2 openings • Larimer County Interagency Oversight Group: 9 openings • Office on Aging Advisory Council: 6 openings • Open Lands Advisory Board: 7 openings • Parks Advisory Board: 2 openings • Planning Commission: 3 openings • Rural Land Use Advisory Board: 6 openings • Workforce Development Board: 12 openings • Total: 19 Boards, 81 openings

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Estes Chamber Executive Director Departure Executive Committee engaged immediately in filling the position by May 1 The Estes Chamber of Commerce announced the resignation of Executive Director Donna Carlson effective May 7.

“After living in Estes Park away from my family for two years, my family has asked me to return home to Colorado Springs, where my kids have lifelong friends, and my husband would like my help in building on the strong business foundation he has in Southern ColDonna Carlson orado,” Carlson said. “I resisted this decision for a long time because the success of the past two years makes me feel valuable here. But for me to say no to my family is also to say no to the person who is better equipped to take the Estes Chamber into the next level of growth.”

The Executive Committee of the Estes Chamber, led by 2022 Board Chair Carissa Streib, has already started the process of revising and posting the job description, hoping to fill the position in April to provide ample time for a thor-

ough handoff. If the Board has not secured the right candidate by May 1, Carlson will be available on a contract basis to work remotely so the Chamber can keep its commitments to members.

About Carlson, the Executive Committee expressed on behalf of the board, “We are certain we had the right leader in place to get us where we are over the past two years.

To triple our membership during a pandemic and the 2021 fire season is a significant accomplishment. We’re sad to see Donna leave, but very encouraged about our next season of growth.”

The Estes Chamber of Commerce is the “new” chamber in Estes Park, 100% founded and funded by members, in May 2019. The Chamber is the voice of business with the Town of Estes Park, Estes Park EDC, Visit Estes Park and other organizations collaborating for a stronger business climate and tourism economy. The success of the Chamber is measured in making Estes Park a better place to live, work and play. Go to www.esteschamber.org.

EVFPD firefighters generally respond to medical calls in their personal vehicles, allowing for a faster response. On other incidents, firefighters respond to a fire station to respond in department apparatus with specialized equipment.

During the week of February 27, the

Estes Valley Fire Protection District (EVFPD) responded to seven calls for service. This included: • MVC: 2 • Alarm Activation: 3 • Structure Fire: 1 • Gas Leak: 1

The charge(s) are merely an accusation and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.

On March 5 at 3:22 p.m. police were dispatched to 184 E. Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park in reference to a theft in progress.

Upon investigation, a 47 year old female from Longmont, CO was arrested and released on a summons to county court for theft and harassment.

On February 28 at 6:10 p.m. officers made a consensual contact with the driver of a black Subaru Impreza at 451 Stanley

Ave. Upon contact, officers identified at 37 year old male from Estes Park in the front passenger seat. Officers arrested the male who was found to be wanted on the following active warrants; one out of Estes Park, Colorado for revocation of probation, one out of Larimer County, Colorado for revocation of probation, one out of Rio Grande County, Colorado for failure to appear and one out of Larimer County, Colorado for failure to appear. The male was transported to the Larimer County Jail.

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Accessing Town Records Via Digital Portal The Town Clerk Jackie Williamson is responsible for maintaining the records for the Town of Estes Park. Since 2016, the clerk and her team have busily been implementing an enterprise-wide document management system through

als—some dating back to 1917, were processed and digitized. Paper records meeting the retention requirements were digitized, then shredded. Paper records requiring retention, were digitized, then officially transported to the Estes Park Museum for storage.

Overall, 178 reams of paper— weighing 888 pounds, totaling approximately 90,000 pages of records, equaling about 10 trees— were recycled. Going forward, the clerk and team will further reduce paper consumption while providing greater access to public records. Documents, previously stored in cabinets and boxes, are now available electronically via the Town public records portal at www.estes.org/recordsportal.

It's been over seven decades The desk of Bunny Beers, Deputy Town Clerk is since the first Univac 1101 compartially hidden by records that are ready to be puter was delivered to the United transported to the Estes Park Museum.

States government in 1950. The promise of the digital government which all electronic records of the Town are now stored. The management system is designed to ensure that the business of the Town is transparent and readily accessible 24hours-a-day, seven-days-aweek, year-after-year. Implementation of the system recently took a big step, thanks to a new Human Resources Generalist who will be joining the clerk’s team later this month. The new hire’s impending arrival prompted her future team members who were Town Clerk Jackie Williamson readies files to be sent to seeking to make space for Estes Park Museum for permanent storage. her in the office of the clerk, to empty a 36-drawer floor-tothat was unleashed then, is just now beceiling filing cabinet. They then shipped ing realized here. My heartfelt thanks to the team in the Town Clerk’s office for setting the standard for going paperless that the other departments of the Town will soon be following.

Administrative Assistant Kimberly Disney empties a rolling file cabinet that will be repurposed at the Estes Park Museum.

the cabinet, originally costing approximately $10,000, to the Estes Park Museum where it is being repurposed for storage. Emptying the cabinet was the final push of an 18-month effort, during which over 8,000 documents—official meeting minutes, ordinances, resolutions and Town Board meeting materi-

Court Administrative Assistant Melissa Mijares scans records.

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Explore Volunteering Opportunities That Support The Community The Town of Estes Park is recruiting many types of volunteers In 2021, 188 volunteers gave 8,972 hours to Town of Estes Park advisory boards, committees and services -- a value of $256,061 and a significant savings for taxpayers. Mayor Wendy Koenig commented, “The Town's 188 dedicated volunteers contribute their time and talents to making Estes Park a wonderful community. In the areas they support, we simply couldn't provide the same level of service without them. They have our continual gratitude for their support of our community and the quality of life here.”

The Town of Estes Park has created a central online location for volunteer information and an easy, new way to apply for a position at www.estes.org/volunteering. It lists current openings on Town-appointed advisory boards and committees. Current openings include: Estes Park Board of Adjustment -- two positions to be appointed

Estes Park Planning Commission -two positions to be appointed Family Advisory Board -- four positions to be appointed Parks Advisory Board -- two positions to be appointed Transportation Advisory Board -- two positions to be appointed Estes Park Museum (Historic Fall River Hydroplant Docent, Estes Park Museum Gallery Host, Downtown Walking Tour Docent and Collections Volunteer) Estes Park Visitor Center (Ambassador) Estes Park Police Department (Police Auxiliary and Front Window Reception) Estes Valley Restorative Justice Partnership Special Events For more information on these opportunities, including volunteer job descriptions, please visit www.estes.org/volunteering.

Letter Of Gratitude Dear Estes Park community, It is with my deepest appreciation of your kindness and generosity, that my family and I would like to extend our thanks for your support in these challenging times.

My home country Ukraine, and my little town of Novoarkhhangelsk, in the Kirovograd Region, are going through atrocities of this senseless war. People spend sleepless nights because of bomb explosions and sirens almost constantly.

My Mom, Tamara Pleshkova, 69, made the choice to stay in her home and help as much as she can. My Mom’s house is the place where a number of families from the East get food, shelter, supplies, and monetary assistance before they head out West towards Poland, Hungary or up North to the Baltic Countries that still welcome Ukrainian refugees. Mom knows what war is as her Father, my Grandfather, was a World War II Veteran who survived, came back alive and optimistic about the future, was able to start the family, rebuild and live his life to the fullest. My Mom said “If I can make a difference, I will make it no matter what it takes.”

Last night, she hosted a family of five

from Mariupol who were going to the Western border. The two boys, Yaroslav and Anatoliy, both 13, are on the basketball team and their sister Kira, age eight, with Mom and Aunt. She is seeing families from Kharkov devastated by war ballet dancers, singers, college professors - so many people fleeing. It takes one person, one family at a time to make their day a little brighter and the burden a little lighter.

The thanks all way across the ocean goes to Mountain Home Cafe, Olga Rojas and Enrique Ortega for helping to set up the help for families in Ukraine, town of Novoarkhangelsk, Paula Martin for reaching out and helping put the information together on Facebook, the Brownfields team for being the first to help, Jamie Parmesano's Grandmom, Diane Nelson, for being an example of courage, Crossroads Ministry of Estes Park, staff and friends of Mountain Home Café: Laurie and Barry, Don, Jamie, Anne, Jerry, Sybil, Daniel, Janet, Antonio, Edwin, Javier, Ricardo, Alejandro, John, Arminel, Kim and Neal, Alison Gilbert, Erle and Jenny and many, many more! You are wonderful!

Nataliya Pleshkova, Aspen, CO

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Eric Scott New Location Manager At Allnutt Funeral Service

Eric Scott was recently named the new ness in Longmont and six children who Location Manager at Allnutt Funeral I’m so proud of.”

Service here in Estes Park.

He is very excited to Eric said, “I’m very humcome into his own at Allbled to take over for Bill nutt and serve the wonSmith at Allnutt Estes derful community of Park. I have worked closely Estes Park. They are with Bill for six years and building a great team learned so much, not only with Dawn and Ed about the work we do, but Shields and Dylan Walalso the privilege of helplace. ing the families of Estes He added, “I’m in a Park.” very privileged position When asked how long of helping this commuhe’s been in Estes Park he nity in many ways and Eric Scott said, “I moved to Estes look forward to getting Park in 1990 with my family to the ‘Big involved more. Bill Smith was the greatDome House’ on Hwy. 36. I graduated est mentor I could have ever asked for. I with the class of 1999 from Estes Park may never fill his shoes completely but High School. I have worked at various that is what I strive for each and every restaurants in Estes Park over the years day. I’m lucky to have the support of Bill and gotten to know many folks of the and all of the other Allnutt personnel Estes Valley.” and the Dignity Memorial network. I Eric added, “I’m lucky to have an amaz- know I’ll be able help the families of Estes Park for many years to come!’ ing wife who is also in the funeral busi-

Get Ready To Vote In The Estes Park Municipal Election April 5, 2022 The Town of Estes Park will hold its next regular Municipal Election on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, as a mail ballotonly election. Ballots will be mailed to all active voters who live within Town limits the week of March 14, 2022. For information on the candidates, ballot questions, who can vote, a town boundary map, and how to register or update your registration go to https://estespark.colorado.gov/elections.

Be sure you are registered to vote with the correct address by visiting www.govotecolorado.com so that the correct ballot is mailed to you. (Ballots cannot be forwarded.) The deadline to add or correct your registration to receive a mailed ballot is March 14th at the latest. Eligible voters can obtain replacement ballots at Town Hall through the Town Clerk's office throughout the election and vote in the Town Hall if they choose. Beginning March 5th, additional information on

candidates can be found on vote411.org.

Candidate Forum March 10 The League of Women Voters of Estes Park is sponsoring a Board of Trustees Candidate Forum on Thursday March 10th from 7-9 p.m. in a virtual format. The forum is open to the public, and registration is not required. Here’s the link to the virtual forum: League of Women Voters Candidate Forum for the 2022 Municipal Election Zoom Webinar Online: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89292370671 Call-In (Telephone Option): 877-8535257 www.lwv-estespark.org The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan education and advocacy organization, neither supporting nor opposing individual candidates or political parties at any level of government.

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Claire’s Restaurant & Bar Donates To Estes Valley Victim Advocates Ray Wallace Diversity/Community Outreach, Rosemary Truman, Program Director, and Donna Mast, Treasurer of Estes Valley Crisis Advocates received a very generous check from Claire’s Restaurant and Bar co-owner Ryan Banker this week.

Claire’s hosted a delicious five course meal prepared by Chef Brink and whisky

pairing from Elkins Whisky on January 30. All proceeds from the evening went to EVCA. Donna, Rosemary and Ray expressed their appreciation to Claire’s and their amazing staff and to all who participated and donated their time/talents to make this event such a great success.

This donation will help many.

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Introducing: The Larimer Conservation District Last month, the Big Thompson and Fort Collins Conservation Districts (BTCD and FCCD) merged their boundaries to form a single conservation district in Larimer County. After more than a year of inquiry and examination with the Colorado State Conservation Board (CSCB), the consolidation of BTCD and FCCD went to vote in a special election on February 1, 2022. The majority voted in favor of merging BTCD and FCCD to form the Larimer

Conservation District (LCD). The staff of BTCD and FCCD have worked closely together to plan and implement muchneeded forest restoration treatments in Larimer County since 2015. Now that they are officially under one roof, LCD is excited to bring an even high level of service and care to residents of Larimer County. For more information, please visit www.larimercd.org and follow @LarimerCD on Facebook and Instagram.

League Zoom Coffee Visits With Jason Damweber Join our next Zoom Coffee on Saturday, March 12 from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Jason Damweber is our “Behind the Scenes” speaker. Jason is our Assistant Town Administrator and the Town Proj-

ect Manager of the “Homes at Fish Hatchery,” the town’s workforce housing project. Community input is welcome.

Register at www.lwv-estespark.org. All are welcome.

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Trends In Colorado Tax Refund Donations By: Karen McPherson

seem to be larger.

About two years ago, Colorado legisla5. ReFUND nonprofits (the hundreds of tors approved ReFUND Colorado, a pro- nonprofits eligible as a “write in” option) gram that allows Colorado tax payers to finished 10th of 17 funds in the quantity donate their state tax refund to a nonof donations in its second year. profit organization. To be clear, taxpayers 6. Just over 5% of the total amount doalready had this option, but their choices nated to tax checkoffs was donated via were limited to one of 18 causes approved ReFUND. by the ColThe first orado Legislatwo points ture. Now, the make it clear doors are open that in an efto hundreds of fort to raise nonprofits awareness of across the the newstate*. Granted, found ability the causes that Colorado is the first state to allow taxpayers to do- to donate tax have all been nate any portion of their tax return to local nonprofits refunds back available prior they trust. But what impact is this having on actual to ReFUND to this program donations going to charities? charities, the are listed indipublic vidually. If you want to donate to a cause awareness of donating back tax refunds outside of the list provided, you have to in general goes up.

Data points 3 and 4 check the ReFUND CO option and enter show that the size of the average Rethe legal name and Secretary of State FUND donation is much higher than the (SOS) number for that organization. So, donating to a nonprofit that is not on the itemized options. This mimics what philanthropists know about donor tendenhistorical list of 18 choices is not quite as impulsive. The taxpayer, or their account- cies: people will donate more to a cause they feel personally connected to, ant, must gather the legal name and SOS whether it is an alignment with the misnumber. There are about 30 Estes Valley sion or the location of the charity (doing nonprofits* eligible for this program… maybe a cause you care about could ben- work in a place the donor lives, works, or plays). Data points 5 and 6 show that this efit from your refund? program has potential to grow.

EPNRC reached out to Mark Turner, Promotion of this program launched in Senior Director of Public Policy at the January 2020, a few months before Colorado Nonprofit Association with this COVID impacted people’s psyche and fiquestion: “How has this program affected nances: stay-at-home orders, delayed tax aggregate giving? And giving specifically filing deadlines, and sudden changes in to the new, eligible nonprofits?” people’s liquidity. Turner notes, “It is hard While the availability of data is limited to say how this program will perform in because Department of Revenue (DOR) a "normal" year. Coloradans had $1.5B in is protective of taxpayer information, tax refunds last year with an average rethere are some trends after its second fund of $667, so I think there is still a big year: opportunity to persuade taxpayers to do1. The number of donations grew by al- nate their tax refunds.” most 60 percent (from 821 to 1309). *Nonprofits that are eligible for Re2. The total amount donated grew by FUND CO (Donate to a Colorado Nonover 67 percent (from $70,882 to profit Fund) must be registered with the $118,836).

Secretary of State to solicit charitable do3. The average ReFUND donation was nations for at least five years (and they $90.78 for 2021. The average donation for must provides public information on all other programs was $16.21. their finances). A list of eligible local 4. Compared to other tax checkoffs, the nonprofits can be found on epnonprofit.org. number of donations to ReFUND charities is far fewer but the amounts donated

Meet At The Flagpole Monday, March 28

Join together as a community to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag & sing our National Anthem: The Star Spangled Banner. The event will take place at the flagpole at Town Hall, 170 MacGregor Ave. on Monday, March 28th at 4:00 p.m.

Let’s stand together as a community to uphold and support our Constitution of the United States in facing today’s and future challenges. The United States of America-one nation under God. See you at the pole! God bless you!

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My book group discussed The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles this past Tuesday. Towles also wrote Rules of Civility and because of that, the book discussion took a sharp turn off the Lincoln Highway and steered head-on into, “What exactly are the Rules of Civility? ” First, the official title is Rules of Civility & Decent Behaviour In Company and Conversation. It is a list of 110 guidelines, originally compiled by Jesuits in 1595, which the future President George Washington copied as a penmanship exercise in 1744 when he was 16.

My 1000-word limit prevents me from listing all 110 rules here so I’ll start at the top with my favorites and see how far we get. It is interesting to see how courtesy has changed, or stayed the same, over the past 400+ years. [My comments are in brackets.]

The Rules: 1. Every action done in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those that are present. [As human beings we each have inherent worth. It is impossible to like everyone, but it is right to show respect to all. Save your disrespect for when you’re home alone and you can act it out in front of the mirror.]

2. When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered. [In other words, when singing music from the 21st century, keep your hands from grabbing your…lap, shall we say. And avoid wardrobe malfunctions.]

4. In the presence of others sing not to yourself with a humming noise, nor drum with your fingers or feet. [Remember when your mother would ask you to please stop kicking the leg of the table during dinner? She knew what she was talking about.]

6. Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not on when others stop. [The speaker must take some of the responsibility here: keep the conversation lively so others are not lulled to sleep by lackluster chatter.]

7. Put not off your cloths in the presence of others, nor go out your chamber half dressed. [Wow, has this changed over the centuries! Today “half dressed” is considered by some to be downright prudish.

Plus, some people have to put off their cloths in order to show off their tattoos.]

8. At play and at fire it is good manners to give place to the last comer, and affect not to speak louder than ordinary. [As Rumi, the great Sufi mystic said, “Raise your words, not your voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder. ”] 9. Spit not in the fire, nor stoop low before it neither put your hands into the flames to warm them, nor set your feet

upon the fire especially if there be meat before it. [I get it that putting one’s filthy shoes near the night’s dinner was not acceptable, but not to stoop low before the fire? What was one supposed to do to keep warm back then? ] 11. Shift not yourself in the sight of others nor gnaw your nails. [I’m not sure I understand the “shift not” part but I do agree, gnawed nails are quite unsightly.]

12. Shake not the head, feet, or legs, roll not the eyes, lift not one eyebrow higher than the other, wry not the mouth, and bedew no man’s face with your spittle, by approaching too near him when you speak. [Nothing worse than a mouth that’s been wryed except, perhaps, gnawed nails.]

13. Kill no vermin as fleas, lice, ticks in the sight of others, if you see any filth or thick spittle put your foot dexterously upon it, if it be upon the cloths of your companions, put it off privately, and if it be upon your own cloths return thanks to him who puts it off. [Dexterity is of the utmost importance when stepping on thick spittle.]

16. Do not puff up the cheeks, loll not out the tongue, rub the hands, or beard, thrust out the lips, or bite them or keep the lips too open or too close. [Do you suppose cheek puffing and tongue lolling were a problem back then? Was personal injury the concern? It sounds like the best approach was to show no expression whatsoever. However, nothing was said about smiling so that must have been ok.

But with your mouth open or closed?]

18. Read no letters, books, or papers in company but when there is a necessity for the doing of it you must ask leave, come not near the books or writings of another so as to read them unless desired or give your opinion of them unasked also look not nigh when another is writing a letter.

[Replace “letters, books or papers” with “cell phones” and this rule becomes current. Ask to leave the room in order to Google something on your phone? Unheard of! Don’t give a sideways glance to try to read someone else’s texts? Who among us has never done so?]

24. Do not laugh too loud or too much at any public spectacle. [The message is clear that people in 1595 were not to have too much fun. The Jesuits obviously didn’t understand that laughter is the best medicine.]

We almost got a quarter of the way through the Rules of Civility. Our takeaway for the week: go back and read #1 again.

You may let The Thunker know what you think at her e-mail address,

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Mark Your Calendars For Fine Arts Guild Youth Theatre Summer Camp!

This year the two-week intensive theatre camp will present A Year With Frog And Toad. This Broadway hit musical was nominated for three Tony awards, including Best Musical. Based on the beloved Frog and Toad books, which have won both Caldecott and Newbery Honors, this musical follows the adventures of best friends, Frog and Toad, as their endearing friendship travels through the four seasons. With musical numbers that are exuberant and witty, A Year With Frog And Toad is fun for the whole family!

This musical has an ensemble cast with characters for kids entering third grade through graduating seniors. Everyone who auditions will be cast! The summer camp will take place July 11th— July 24th, with performances on the 23rd and 24th. The camp is five days a week, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and costs $225 for performers and $175 for students learning set design and tech.

Student favorite director, Kerry Aiken, returns as director this summer, as well as master set-designer Grieg Steiner on the technical side. The camp will take place at the Estes Park High School Theatre.

Auditions are taking place either online or in person on April

23rd! Students need to prepare 32-50 measures of a song from a musical, not to exceed one minute, and with a karaoke track. They will also learn a short dance beforehand and dance with a group at the audition and choose a short monologue from a list to read or recite. Online auditionees will video their audition and send it in. Again, everyone who auditions will be cast!

The in-person audition will take place Saturday, April 23rd at the Hondius Room at the public library from 11:153:30. To sign up for a 30-minute time slot, find more information, descriptions of characters, as well as links to videos of the musical, please visit www.fineartsguild.org.

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Bluebirds Are Returning!

By: Estes Valley Watershed Coalition As they return from warmer climates, bluebirds will be choosing nesting sites in our area in the next few weeks. In the spring of 2020 and 2021, Scott Rashid and the Wandering Wildlife Society (WWS), a part of the Estes Valley Watershed Coalition, had organized a bluebird project to build and mount bluebird boxes all over our valley. If you have a bluebird nest box, it is time to make sure it is clean and absent of any debris. Bluebirds like to build their own nests and will only consider sites that are clean.

Scott Rashid, the Executive Director CARRIE, Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute, has alerted us

that bird populations are declining. Although no one knows the exact causes, some suspect fertilizer and pesticide use. Scott notes that insect populations are also in decline, the main food source for many bird species. And that may point to climate change as the root cause.

Whatever the reasons, let’s make bluebirds welcome in Estes Valley by cleaning out bird boxes or building and mounting new ones!

Estes Valley Watershed Coalition: www.evwatershed.org Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute: www.carriep.org

Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting The next meeting of the Parkinson’s Disease Support Group will be held Tuesday, March 15 in the Hondius Room at the Estes Valley Library. Monthly meetings are always held on the third Tuesday of the month from 2-3:00 p.m. All affected by this progressive neurological disease are welcome to attend to bring their own experiences, strength and hope and come together for the good of the group. Questions, comments? Call Linda Hanak at 970-443-8146.

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My name is Scott the review and approval of Webermeier and I am runthe Town Comprehensive ning for a seat on the Town plan, the completion of the Board of Trustees.

Estes Park Loop project, the I would like to share that it approval of the Town has been an honor and privFacilities Master Plan ilege to serve as a Town which will likely include Trustee for the past 15 decisions relative to our months. To those who may aging Town Hall facility not recall or are not familiar and the relocation of the with this circumstance, I Police Department was appointed to fill the reFacilities, consideration of maining term of Mr. Ken asking the voters for an exZornes who was elected to Scott Webermeier tension of the current 1A the Board in 2018. tax and priorities for these (Incumbent) Not unlike the rest of dollars, just to name a few.

Colorado, Estes Park is faced with a variety I have been committed to service to this of challenges in an ever-evolving environ- community for the past 40 years. ment. These challenges include but are not I have lived in the Estes Valley since 1964, limited to, affordable child care, affordable graduated from Estes Park High School in and appropriate housing, sustainable eco- 1972, and from Colorado State University nomic growth, the need for infrastructure in 1976, met my wife, Katie, here in Estes growth and maintenance, the need to un- in 1978. We have four children all of derstand and address ongoing environwhom were born in Estes Park and gradumental sustainability issues, ensuring that ated from the Estes Park school system. we are well prepared for potential natural Over my time in Estes I have served on a disasters and the development of ecovariety of boards including The Estes Park nomic opportunities that attract and retain Chamber of Commerce of the time, the younger individuals and families while Estes Park Board of Education, Estes Park continuing to meet the needs of an aging Medical Center Foundation, Estes Park population. Most, if not all, of the issues EDC and Estes Park Local Marketing which concern the community are interre- District. I was also the Pack leader for the lated in one fashion or another.

Cub Scouts and a den mother for 10 years.

The opportunities and considerations I participated with my family in the dethat the Town Board will be asked to advelopment of National Park Village in dress over the next four years are both 1978 and operated those facilities until challenging and exciting. The decisions 2015. I am currently the owner operator of and directions determined in the next four The Country Market. years will have both immediate and longI would hope to participate in the decilasting impacts on the community and the sion making processes that will allow us to valley as a whole. build a balanced, equitable and sustainable In the next four years I would expect us community. I have seen and participated to see a commitment by the Town regard- in the evolution of this community over ing sufficient and ongoing funding for the past 40 years. I would like to think both affordable housing and child care, the these experiences and my business backdevelopment of the Fish Hatchery propground in the community would be of erty to help meet our housing challenges, benefit in these considerations.

Editor’s Note: All six of the candidates running for the three Town of Estes Park Trustee positions have been given the chance to submit their platform and reasons why they are asking for your vote. Estes Park News has published all of their letters twice in the pages of Estes Park News. Estes Park News publishes 6,100 newspapers every week and is also read by thousands of online readers in Northern Colorado and across the United States. Please read all of their articles, make your choices and execute your right to vote for three of these candidates.

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My name is Kevin With adequate childBenes and I am excited to care & affordable housannounce my candidacy ing we increase our for Estes Park Trustee! diversity and skilled I have spent my career workforce for those as a finance professional jobs. in both the public and With proper wildfire private sectors. Most replanning & green inicently, I served as Chief tiatives we can mitigate Financial Officer and our climate impact and Chief Operating Officer be prepared for the for Visit Estes Park. My worst. private experience has With financial stabilbeen focused on building ity we have a Town and optimizing compa- Kevin Benes government that can nies in outdoor recreinvest in our commuation and live events. nity’s future.

During my seven years in Estes Park I Childcare have been involved in over a dozen Town Estes Park has lost, and continues to Committees, Board and non profits allose, many good families to our lack of ways with the goal of making Estes Park family services - specifically childcare. the best place to live, work, play and re- As Trustee I will make it a top priority to tire. I bring that same level of energy and champion this issue and remove any enthusiasm to the Town Board of roadblocks to expanding our child care Trustees. options.

Estes Park is facing some tough chalEstes Park depends on working families lenges and the decisions made by our to make our community survive and next Town Board will have generational thrive. consequences. There are six main issues Housing that need to be focused on simultaneAs of December 2021 the average selling ously to ensure our prosperous and sus- price for a single family home in Estes tainable future.

Park was over $650,000 with rent inChildcare, Housing, Business ecosyscreases following closely behind. tem, Wildfires, Green initiatives, and The people working in Estes Park can Financial stability. no longer afford homes through tradiWhen we have a strong business ecosys- tional methods. tem there will be more jobs that provide As Trustee I will support initiatives, a living wage.

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both private and public, to provide housing to our community. The public project at Peak View and the private project at Wildfire show that multiple angles of attack are needed to address this problem.

Green initiatives Green initiatives are not just good for the planet; they are fiscally responsible.

I will work towards creating an Estes Park that thinks about our planet and home in every decision.

Some of the initiatives I intend to put forward include: Electrifying the town's fleet Build a solar energy plan with Light & Power to put panels on all town facilities in the coming years.

Improve our recycling options & programs Continue to improve our EV support systems Business ecosystem As a business owner and employer I understand the challenges we all face today.

As Trustee I commit to investing in the resources necessary to improve infrastructure, help build a business support

ecosystem, support pro-business non profits such as the EDC and Chamber of Commerce, and always listen to the needs of our business community.

Estes Park is small business and small businesses thrive on a healthy community.

Wildfires Climate change is very real and the threat of wildfires to our community is greater than ever.

As Trustee I will listen to our experts to create evacuation, mitigation and preparedness plans that protect all citizens.

Financial stability The 2022 budget is the largest ever put forward by the Town of Estes Park. Sales & Lodging tax revenues are at record highs.

It is important to not only remember that these times don't last forever but to actively plan and prepare for them.

As Trustee I will apply my nearly two decades of financial experience and education to ensure the financial stability of Estes Park for us and the next generation.

Our Letter To The Editor Policy Our goal is to always provide the best service possible to our community. We accept and print letters to the editor regardless of the submitters opinion or subject matter. We try to print everything as space allows. We welcome opinions from all perspectives because it provides the opportunity for each of us to learn and develop our own opinion on any important issue. We, however, do not print letters that are hateful, hurtful, or vicious towards another individual or group of people. This has always been our policy because we believe a courteous, respectful approach to communicating is the best way to make a real difference. We do require your name to be a part of your letter to the editor. If you would like to submit your letter to the editor, email it to kris@estesparknews.com.

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pects as well the diffiMy name is Marie culties of living in this Cenac, and I would be mountain community. honored to be re-elected There is a balance that to the Town of Estes Park we need to strive for.

Board of Trustees. I first Over the years, I have fell in love with Estes seen our housing Park as a child when my shortage for our workgrandparents moved force, as well as childhere in 1969 and I would care become more of spend weekends and an issue. To be a strong summers with them. I community, we need graduated from our working profesLouisiana State University School of Marie Cenac (Incumbent) sionals and our hourly workers to have places Veterinary Medicine, after studying Microbiology and Business to live as our home prices are escalating Law during my undergraduate years, and beyond the reach of most. We need to then continued as a medical/surgical in- continue to address these issues in creative ways without sacrificing the beauty tern at the Animal Medical Center in New York City. After working as the Staff of the environment that most of us came Veterinarian for the Audubon Institute’s here for. Looking to other communities Aquarium of the Americas, I returned to facing similar issues, we continue to gain practicing small animal medicine and es- knowledge and ideas that can be adapted to the uniqueness of Estes Park. tablished The Animal Hospital of the Visitor counts continue to rise and our Rockies here in Estes Park. I raised two wonderful kids here in Estes, with one of “shoulder seasons” are becoming more prosperous. We need to embrace this, them still attending Estes Park High School. My parents retired to Estes Park welcoming our visitors but not forgetting shortly before I moved here in 1996 and I about the quality of life of those who call am blessed to still have my mother as an this home. There must be balance.

As a community, we have faced multiple active member of our community. natural disasters over the past few years.

My late father encouraged me to get inWe need to continue to look for ways to volved in Rotary, where I learned the lessen the dangers when possible and true meaning of “Service above Self.” I ways to keep people safe when the unwas the chair for the E.P. Duck Race for foreseen or unavoidable happens. two years and decided to get more involved in the community, so I became a We are a vacation destination, we are a board member of the Fine Arts Guild of retirement community, we are a commuthe Rockies after performing in a few of nity of families, we are the gateway to its musicals, although I am not sure that one of the most beautiful national parks in the world, we are home to a wildlife is where my talent lies. As my children population second to none, we are a were starting in the school system, I turned my involvement toward their ed- thriving business community and a second home to many. The balance of all of ucation and served as a Park District these makes Estes Park what it is.

School Board Member, eventually servAs an elected official, I have tried to aling as School Board President for two ways see all aspects of the issues and have years. After I was term limited, I was learned that sometimes listening is much asked to serve on the Estes Valley more important than talking. I welcome Recreation and Parks District Board, to conversations with anyone on both sides fill a vacancy. In 2018, I was elected to of an issue and believe in transparency in the Town Board of Trustees. government.

As a business owner, raising a family in Please put your trust in me to continue Estes Park, and having a senior parent living here, I feel that I have had the op- to help find the balance that our commuportunity to see the many wonderful as- nity needs.

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organization was When COVID and its needed. We responded associated shutdowns arwith a taskforce that rived in our community, brought many voices to I (along with my the table, from several coworkers at the time) groups within the comimmediately needed to munity. That taskforce pivot. We began thinking ultimately led to the creatively and innovasuccessful creation of tively about three main the Estes Chamber of issues: caring for our Commerce. Serving on people, protecting our the founding board of business, and continuing the Estes Chamber for to serve our community. the following three Kirby Nelson-Hazelton First, we made a comyears was my commitmitment to the people ment to this improvement. with whom we worked. It was our reAs trustee, I would bring my experience sponsibility to protect their health and well being. We kept people employed, en- in business, nonprofits, leadership, and community organizing to our local govgaged, and collaborating on solutions. ernment. I have served on the Town of Next, we adjusted our infrastructure.

Estes Park Parks Advisory Board, Estes We changed our physical space to accommodate this new way of doing busi- Park Nonprofit Resource Board (and as previously mentioned, Estes Chamber of ness while keeping our culture intact.

Commerce and Estes Valley Partners for The “new norm,” whether we liked it or Commerce boards), and I have worked not, was here to stay for an undeterin tourism and small business. mined time. We worked with what we had, adjusting and redeveloping our plan I understand the challenges we face as well as the work that has already been for what would be successful.

And, equally important, was serving the done to address our long-time issues like workforce/affordable/attainable housing, community. We created conditions and opportunities that kept our spirits up and accessible childcare, preservation and sustainability, business retention and exour patrons connected. We even partpansion, and more. Most importantly, I nered with Estes Park Nonprofit Revalue the input, ideas, engagement, and source Center to host a safe event, and raised funds were distributed to area or- efforts from our passionate, knowledgeganizations in need via the Nonprofit Re- able community. How can we collectively and adequately plan for the future by adlief Fund. Community and connection dressing these issues and maintaining a mattered even more during this time.

When a problem is presented, its reality forward-thinking perspective?

My commitment is to take care of our needs to be confronted and solutions people, protect what makes us Estes, and sought. Taking action to “make it work” prioritize the needs of our community by is necessary even if the situation has manot only seeing them with new eyes, but jor challenges. For example, my time on tackling these issues with implementable, the Estes Valley Partners for Commerce feasible solutions. board showed us that a unified business

Partners Tennis Activity Thank You! Partners would like to extend special thanks do Dave Boon, Executive Director of the National Junior Tennis and Learning Fort Collins, for teaching tennis skills at our March 5, 2022 activity to partnerships, Nexus youth, activity volunteers, and one parent. Some of the FUN games included were: Ice Cream Cone, Koosh Ball Toss, Lobster Trap and Bobsled Tennis!

Dave provided all the equipment for

the activity, and reserved the space at the Community Recreation Center.

Dave also donated a new tennis racket to each of the youth who attended when the activity was completed.

Special thanks to the Recreation Center to donating the classroom for us to have lunch in after our activity.

Everyone who attended learned a lot and had a great time! We have some budding tennis players in this group!

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Who is Karen Ranhousing. Some ideas indinits... clude educating our community and homeI started my time in owners on the recent Estes Park as an outchanges regarding acdoor educator for the cessory dwelling units YMCA of the Rockies (ADUs) and the value in 1998. I fell in love they can bring for long with Estes Park and term housing for our Rocky Mountain Nacommunity and income tional Park. After alfor the homeowner. As most two years at the Y, well as looking at incenI relocated to Washingtivizing both homeownton state and received ers and developers for my teaching credenlarge and smaller projKaren Randinitis tials. I missed the ects that can have posimountains, the suntive impacts to our housing crisis. Conshine, and the people of Estes Park and tinuing to work with the necessary decided to come back in the fall of 2004. partners for larger developments, fundAt that time, I decided I would do whating sources, and incorporating deed reever it took to make Estes Park my forstrictions where possible.

There is a lot ever home. Since then, I’ve worked in of momentum on this topic and I am various positions in our community from the Y, the Este Park School District, excited to see where our community will Larimer County Public Health, the Estes be in a few years.

Valley Library and I currently work for a Affordable and work-force housing dilocal real estate company. I was a comrectly impacts a healthy and diverse muter as well, when I taught for the economy. When local businesses, large Thompson School District for three and small, have employees with stable, years. My final year of teaching/comlong-term housing, they can concentrate muting was 2014, when I wanted to be on growth and revenue. more connected to our community and Living next to the 5th most visited Nahelp where I could after the 2013 floods. tional Park in the nation, I want our Throughout my years here, I’ve had mul- town to continue to work towards more tiple second and third jobs and countless solar initiatives, recycling, clean air, roommates in order to stay and live in clean water and fire mitigation. What Estes Park. I understand how hard it is can we as a mountain community do to to make it in this town. I want to help reduce our carbon footprint and be people so they don’t have to juggle so ready? Yet another opportunity for edumany things in order to succeed. cation and lifelong learning for all.

I am a teacher by training and a lifelong I believe the biggest challenge a town learner and bring that part of me into trustee is up against is balancing quality everything I do. One reason I decided to of life so our community can thrive. Unrun for town trustee is to continue to ad- derstanding our need for tourism and vocate for issues that I feel are important balancing that with those of us that call to our community. Some of these issues Estes Park home is vital to the work of are affordable and work-force housing, a our town board and trustees. healthy and diverse economy, sustainI believe relationships and open conability of our natural resources, and bal- versation are key to serving the public. ancing quality of life so our community Please don’t hesitate to reach out either can thrive. through email I’ve been contemplating creative and (karen.randinitis@gmail.com) or we can innovative ways in order to achieve a visit in person. greater number of units for work-force

Happy Anniversary!

David Keyser and Pauline Bustamante Celebrating 20 years of marriage March 10, 2002 and 40 forty years of walking side by side as two people with one life.

In 1925, twenty-one Estes Park residents marched silently into the community church as robed members of the Ku Klux Klan. By the following year, local KKK membership rolls had swelled to 29.

We can debate the reasons for the popularity or even the need for an organization in Estes Park that was unJohn “29” abashedly anti-black, anti-Catholic, and anti-immigrant, given that the Estes Park of one hundred years ago had few black, Catholic, or immigrant residents.

In the 1920s, Estes Park's population was small (less than 500 year-round residents), 99% Anglo-Saxon, and no longer comprised, if it ever was, of first-generation, non-English speaking immigrants.

Why bother weaving a chapter of hate into the fabric of your community when you have few tangible targets at which to direct this hate?

The excuse in Denver was that the KKK was a political organization, yet few men in Estes Park had political aspirations outside of local government. Cross-burnings in the Big Thompson Canyon were supposedly meant to warn establishments serving bootleg liquor during Prohibition, but the amount of alcohol used as fire accelerant was probably equivalent to the amount of alcohol served in these college-crowd speakeasies.

We cannot and should not continue to apologize or make excuses for the 29 white Estes Park males who were cardcarrying members of the KKK in the 1920s. We certainly should not glorify them - Former Denver mayor Benjamin Stapleton has rightly been stripped of all honors for decisions his apologists contended were made merely for reasons of political expediency. He knew what he was doing. Those 29 men knew what they were doing. We should honor those who rose above hateful and ignorant behavior condoned and practiced and overlooked by the majority at the time, and especially recognize those victimized by this behavior.

We need to create a community that has zero tolerance for racism. We need to eradicate this horrific, destructive disease. Instead of saying "Oh, it happened elsewhere, we were no worse", we need to set an example for Colorado (and the world) as a beacon of enlightenment, be it related to tolerance, environmental stewardship, or good governance respecting the rights of all. Our elected officials cannot be living in the past, or equating token appointments and lip service paid to racial, ethnic, and religious equity to actual progress. We were a community that had laws on the books prohibiting blacks and Jews from owning property in certain neighborhoods. Unlike Seattle or Coeur d'Alene or Cody, Wyoming, we have yet to disavow this as a community.

The current anti-vaccination move-

ment, both locally and nationally, has worrisome undertones of white supremacy and Holocaust denial. Locally and unabashedly, appointed members of various boards are posting nonsense on social media about the Covid vaccine being a "crime against humanity" and comparing themselves to Jews beMeissner ing experimented on by the Nazis. "Living" with and fighting SARS-CoV-2 as this deadly virus transitions to endemicity will still be vaccinebased for the foreseeable future. Why should Colorado continue to lose lives at ten times the rate of Norway or Taiwan, or 100 times the rate of Iceland (three other democracies, last time I checked) due to medical ignorance and misplaced fear?

Our current mayor believes these reprehensible views are protected under free speech. Free speech does not equate with hate speech, and those who don't always get their way in a democratic society should not so blithely victimize themselves as refugees from tyranny. If our self-appointed, appointed and/or elected officials can't distinguish between the real hardships of, for example, those being shelled and forced to flee Ukraine, as compared to manufactured, selfish, nonproblems of whiny richfolk, they deserve neither sympathy nor positions of leadership.

The litmus test this election cycle is "Do you support workforce housing and childcare, and how far can you go in topping your opponents with promises to provide it?" These are important issues, but I would reframe them somewhat, focusing more on the universal aspect of government's role in providing for minorities and immigrants, including and especially those living just above, at, or below the poverty line. I don't want taxpayer funds subsidizing or provide more housing units with good intentions, only to be snatched up or mis-utilized as vacation rentals. I would hold some of the town board meetings and study sessions addressing these problems in the substandard houses and apartments our lowest-paid minority populations are currently forced to occupy, and I would make our financially successful and subsidized institutions and businesses employing the majority of these workers agree to carry some of their own weight, rather than run yet again to the town requesting another handout.

The local YMCA, which knows all about tolerance and people of diverse backgrounds working together, recently addressed some of their workforce housing issues without demanding the local government step in to help. Shouldn't we be honoring them instead of ignoring them, and attempting to incorporate this example into our overused "multipronged" approach?

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With all this beautiful snow I do not think we have to worry about fire this year. One never knows though. I will just think on the wonderful winter wonderland we are enjoying and not have a worry in the world. This kind of weather brings out the desire in me to bake something. There is a problem in doing so. Unless I am entertaining, I end up eating it all.

I did have a lady’s bridge game here the other week and made a Bundt cake instead of the usual brownies or cookies. It was an old recipe from Duncan Hines that I found on Pinterest. It was strange that someone was publishing it as their own by changing the cake mix from a yellow one to a white one. A correction, showing the original recipe on the box, was added by either a reader or the editor.

I only had a white cake mix of Betty Crocker, but it turned out simply fine. I also used the high-altitude directions.

Y’all know how I love almond flavoring; I did add a ½ tsp. of that to the mix. So, with due respect to Duncan Hines:

Mary Jo Seifert Member for 31 years

Why I love being a member of Quota: I love being involved with so many energetic, fantastic and talented women who also believe in supporting and giving back to our special mountain community! We are organized and get the job done through our many committees.

Favorite or memorable moment: Being a member for 31 years, I have so many memorable moments! Now, being

a little older, I’m more of a “cheerleader” in our club, telling the gals “Good job, I’m so proud of you!”

Come join us!

If you are interested in becoming a member of Estes Park Quota or finding out more about it, please contact President Gail Albers at 970-481-2372 or Vice President Kris Hazelton at 970-231-2635.

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My Estes Park family is certainly keeping busy. Greg and Cecelia are selling their home and moving to Mississippi.

Marie, along with her veterinarian hospital, is running for the Town Board for a second term and starting a new micro green business. I just cannot keep up with the grandkids.

Oh well, I am still here. My email is esther.cenac@gmail.com Bon Appétit.

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We are making final arrangements for a concert venue and concert dates at the end of May. Concert Repertoire will feature the Fauré Requiem and John Rutter’s For the Beauty of the Earth. The strings will feature Mozart’s Divertimento in F Major as well as the Fauré Requiem.

Please call Robin Howard at 970-4801132 for inquiries about chorus and Robert Howard for inquiries about orchestra at the same number.

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To apply for funding, complete and submit the grant application at bit.ly/349Cgoj no later than March 31, 2022.

For more information please email estessunriserotary@gmail.com.

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Five Fun Facts About… The Northern Pygmy-Owl By: Dawn Wilson

This week’s featured animal is the northern pygmy-owl. Northern pygmyowls are residents of the western U. S. in the foothills to montane elevations but because of their tiny size and well camouflaged plumage, they are rarely seen.

Here are five more facts about this ferocious hunter.

1. Northern pygmy-owls hunt during the day, preferring to go after mice,

voles, chipmunks and birds but can hunt animals up to three times their size.

2. Although pygmy-owls have bright yellow eyes, they also have “eye spots” on the back of their head. A variation in their feathers, these markings are thought to be a way to confuse predators and songbirds that might mob them.

3. When pygmy-owls have an abun-

dance of food, they will cache it away in tree cavities or hang the prey by thorns, similar to shrikes.

4. Northern pygmy-owls lack features that are common in most owls. These include asymmetrically placed ears and flattened facial discs around the eyes, features that are believed to improve hearing.

5. These small owls nest in cavities in trees, such as those made by woodpeck-

ers or a result of rot, and do not use human-made nest boxes.

Dawn Wilson is a professional and award-winning nature photographer who lives in Estes Park year-round. You can see more of her work, join one of her Rocky tours, and purchase prints at DawnWilsonPhotography.com or follow her on Instagram: @dawnwilsonphoto.

A northern pygmy owl hangs out in a tree during a snowstorm in Estes Park.

A stretch of a wing before a late-afternoon hunting session.

Northern pygmy owls, with their ideal camouflage to hide in their forest habitat, can be hard to find between branches.

Measuring only about six inches, northern pygmy owls are one of the smallest owls in North America.

Northern pygmy owls are one of several birds of prey that have "eyes" in the back of their heads.

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1st Annual Estes Park Jazz & Blues Festival Presented By The Stanley May 14

Feel the Rhythm of the Rockies at The Stanley Hotel Concert Hall on Saturday, May 14. This special performance benefits Estes Park Health Foundation.

Performers for the 1st Annual Estes Park Jazz & Blues Festival include Chris Daniel & the Kings, Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore and Wendy Woo. Chris Daniels has been playing and recording since 1970 and was inducted in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Mollie O’Brien is also a member of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame and won a Grammy in 1997. A Colorado music scene mainstay, Wendy Woo has shared the stage with Michael Franti, the Indigo Girls, and many other national favorites.

The award-winning Estes Park High School Band will also take the stage.

Tickets are available at www.stanleylive.com.

“I’m grateful to The Stanley for breathing life into this festival and to sponsors Estes Chamber of Commerce, Estes Park News, Estes Park Trail Gazette, Oskar Blues, UCHealth, and Visit Estes Park” said Kevin L. Mullin, MNM, CFRE, President of Estes Park Health Foundation. “Community partners like these create the critical income streams necessary to keep state-of-the-art healthcare options available here in Estes Park.”

The Estes Park Health Foundation increases community awareness of Estes Park Health, and develops, manages, and distributes funds to assist EPH in fulfilling its mission. To learn more about their initiatives or to volunteer, contact them at www.GivetoEPH.org or 970577-4370.

Tickets- GA (Standing Room)$50, VIP (Reserved Seat in Mezzanine)-$75 Doors Open: 3:00 p.m., Music Starts: 4:00 p.m.

Chris Daniels & The Kings Chris Daniels formed The Kings in 1984 and was joined by Freddi Gowdy of the

Freddi Henchi Band in 2012. He’s been described by the Los Angeles Times as “John Hiatt meets Tower of Power” and

by Westword as “Keb Mo with horns.”

The seven-piece band has won awards for releasing some of the best horndrenched rock n soul records from Colorado to Amsterdam. Inducted into the Colorado Music Hall of Fame in 2013 (Freddi in 2019 for his years as cofounder and lead singer in the Colorado funk sensation The Freddi Henchi Band). The Kings are celebrating their 37th year of touring internationally with the release of their 16th album (summer 2021 called “What We Did”) and their last album that reached top 40 on the RMR National Radio Airplay Album Chart for more than 35 straight weeksreaching #1 in October 2018. Chris Daniels was a co-

nominee for a Grammy Award in 2013 and has been a two-time “Excellence in Teaching” award winning professor at CU Denver for the past 17 years. He served as the Director of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame from 2018 to 2020.

Chris was the Director of Swallow Hill Music in the early part of this century (that’s why they call it Daniels Hall) and he is also a cancer survivor and the MC of the Telluride Bluegrass Festival. www.chrisdaniels.com Wendy Woo As Colorado’s music scene has exploded over the past few years, one of its

mainstays has been Wendy Woo. Her energetic personality, musical skills, and spirited songwriting have made her a media and fan favorite. The Wendy Woo Band is a Colorado favorite. WWB is a poly-ethnic, power pop, song-rock, 6 piece band with sweet vocal harmonies and shuddering grooves.

Wendy has shared the stage with a wide variety of artists including The Fray, Sarah McLachlan, Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Counting Crows, Brad Paisley, Karla Bonoff and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Her tour stops have included performances at premier venues like Red Rocks (CO), the Living Room and Bitter End (NYC), Hotel Café (LA), Bluebird Café (Nashville) and Eddie’s Attic (Decatur, GA).

Wendy has performed at top venues across the country including the Fox Theater and Red Rocks in Colorado, the Bitter End and the Living Room in New York, the Hotel Cafe in Los Angles, the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Sweetwater in Mill Valley, and Eddie’s Attic in Decatur, Georgia. Anticipating the rise of the independent artist, Woo formed her own corporation, Woo Music. Through that she runs her own record label (13 projects to date), publishing company, booking agency, and management company. www.wendywoo.com Mollie O'Brien & Rich Moore Mollie O'Brien and her husband, guitarist Rich Moore, have for nearly 30 years quietly made it their mission to find, mine and reinvent other artists' songs. They are geniuses at the craft of interpretation in the way that great singers, since the beginning of popular American music, have made the songs of their era their own. As songwriters they add their own tunes to the canon of American roots music they inhabit and show us they’re completely at home with their musical selves.

Mollie has long been known as a singer who doesn’t recognize a lot of musical boundaries, and audiences love her fluid ability to make herself at home in any genre while never sacrificing the essence of the song she tackles. She is a singer at the very top of her game who’s not afraid to take risks both vocally and in the material she chooses. Mollie won a Grammy in 1997 for her participation in Sugar Hill Records True Life Blues and is a member of the Colorado Music Hall of Fame.

Rich, while known to produce some of the funniest onstage running commentary, is also a powerhouse guitar player who can keep up with O’Brien’s twists and turns, from blues to traditional folk to jazz to rock and roll. He creates a band with just his guitar and, as a result, theirs is an equal partnership.

Between them they have released fifteen CDs including three as a duo on their label Remington Road Records; a CD with their daughters, Brigid and Lucy Moore; and Rich’s solo CD (Voiceless), recorded in 2020 during the first months of the pandemic. For more information visit their website at www.mollieobrien.com

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“THE FIGHTER STILL REMAINS” As I read daily the tragedy that is unfolding over in the Ukraine and watch the newscasts about those brave people that are facing the Russian onslaught, I am deeply saddened, as are each of you. We read of families being ripped apart by bombs falling from the skies or watch as families are forced to be separated, so women and children can, hopefully, survive in a safer region, while husbands and fathers remain to valiantly fight to save their nation. How we admire these courageous people and feel such sadness for their horrific situation!

As I’ve watched their struggle, the words of a song from the past came to mind.

Simon and Garfunkle sang these words that bring tears to my eyes as I think of the Ukraine tragedy. They sang: “In a clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade, and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down or cut him, ‘til he cried out in his anger and his shame: ‘I am leaving! I am leaving!’…but the fighter still remains.”

A number of year ago, my wife and an older woman friend, were a part of a singing group that toured the Ukraine area to get to know and to encourage that ‘fighter’ people. They ate with folks who were more concerned about whether their ‘guests’ were adequately fed, than whether they themselves got enough, and they listened to stories of the ‘gloves’ that had ‘cut them’ in the past. We recently went through pictures of that trip that showed the difficulties of life they were faced with…but ‘the fighter still remained’. And now this! But what can we do?

One of the things that should be done by every person and group in our nation right now, is to pray. The Bible tells us in numerous places that God has often ‘raised up’ governments…and He has ‘taken them down’ also. A proud Babylon was brought to its knees, by His power, and a proud nation today, can be also. In the Bible book of James, the writer highlights what can happen when God-honoring, caring, people pray. “Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it didn’t rain for three and a half years. And he prayed again, and the heavens gave rain and the earth produced crops.”

Most of us, like Elijah, have witnessed God’s power, due to prayers of good people. Many were delivered from Covid…perhaps you. I was delivered from the ravages of cancer…perhaps you, or one of yours. In the words of Alfred Lord Tennyson, “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” I was once asked by a dying man, “Are you on speakin’ terms with the Lord?” I was / am…and we prayed. Perhaps a ‘dying nation’ is asking the same of you. If YOU are on ‘speakin’ terms with the Lord, will you take a few minutes, right now, and pray?...Please!

Another thing we can do is to financially contribute to valid agencies that will follow through with helping those fleeing people with food, supplies, and other such assistance. I know that we get ‘bombarded’ with pleas from questionable sources to ‘help this troubled people’ or ‘this urgent need’. I suspect that soon some ‘spam’ group will begin preying on well-meaning, caring Americans, gathering in funds that will never be used to meet Ukrainian needs. But, we all know ‘proven’ groups that through the years have been helping support the ‘fighters’ that are determined to ‘stand’. The Red Cross and Salvation Army, and many other religious and people-helping organizations, known to and previously supported by you in the past, can be counted on to put your and my funds to good use in meeting needs such as those experienced by the Ukrainian people. Don’t let any abuse of such by self-serving organizations in the past, keep you from doing good in the present, to help meet these very ‘real’ needs. So, along with your prayer for those people, ‘seek out’ those agencies that are intent on serving to support our ‘fighters’ as they stand…so ‘battered’ and ‘cut’. Jesus said, “Those who will hear’ ‘Come, you blessed by my Father’ are those who ‘see’ and ‘respond’ to the hungry, thirsty, sick, strangers (‘alienated’?). These people need our fervent prayers, and our help. Please don’t stop caring, and don’t stop doing what you can, to help meet their needs. I will, and I’m confident that you will also.

God will bless…as we do.

Bob Lewis

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May 7 Declared Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Day, Duck Adoptions Open Duck adoptions are officially open.

Adopt your ducks and mark your calendars for May 7, 2022: Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Day. The Town of Estes Park passed an official proclamation on March 3, 2022 recognizing the Rotary Club of Estes Park’s Duck Race Festival as an opportunity for 66 charitable and nonprofit organizations in the Estes Valley to raise funds for their programs through duck adoptions by declaring Saturday, May 7, 2022 as Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Day. Meeting

by Zoom on March 3 for Kickoff Night, members of the Rotary Club’s Duck Race committee accepted the Proclamation presented by Mayor Wendy Koenig and expressed appreciation for the Town of Estes Park’s support of the 34th annual Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Festival. The Town is a Major Sponsor of the event.

Mayor Koenig adopted the first duck for the 2022 Duck Race, after which duck adoptions went on sale at 6:00 p.m. immediately following the Kickoff Night meeting. Duck adoptions are now available to all participating organizations, merchants, and the general public on the Duck Race website at www.epduckrace.org. Duck adoptions for the 2022 Duck Race are available online only.

And now for the official Proclamation: WHEREAS, the Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Festival is an annual community service project of the Rotary Club of

Estes Park; and WHEREAS, the 2022 Rotary Duck Race Festival will give 66 participating organizations an opportunity to raise funds through duck adoptions; and WHEREAS, the generous support of local sponsors provides fabulous prizes and makes it possible to return $19 of every duck adoption to the participating organizations; and WHEREAS, on Saturday, May 7, 2022 the 34th annual Duck Race Festival will take place, with approximately 7,000 yellow rubber ducks entering Fall River at Nicky's Restaurant and paddling to the finish line at George Hix Memorial Riverside Plaza; and WHEREAS, there will be hundreds of prizes, live entertainment, and fun activities for adults and children; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and Board of Trustees of the Town of Estes Park, proclaim May 7, 2022, as ESTES PARK ROTARY DUCK RACE DAY in the Town of Estes Park, and urge all citizens along the Front Range to join the festivities and fun and celebrate the 34th annual Estes Park Rotary Duck Race.

The Estes Park Rotary Duck Race Festival is held annually on the first Saturday in May. The Annual Duck Race continues a tradition started in 1989, which has returned nearly $3 million to local Estes Park charities and groups.

2022 marks the 34th annual Duck Race.

Supporting Kirby Nelson-Hazelton For Town Trustee To The Editor: The Estes Chamber of Commerce supports all candidates for Town Trustee, but I am writing to vouch for the character of Kirby Hazelton - a founding board member of the Estes Chamber and a tireless public servant.

Kirby is perhaps the most disciplined and thoughtful professional I've worked with in non profit management. She operates out of a deep concern for fairness.

As a board member, she has always en-

couraged the Chamber to treat all members with equal esteem. I am certain she will apply the same perspective on the impact voters have for our business community and our whole community.

She is a champion of transparency and always open to new ideas.

We wrote this letter at Kirby's request to honor the hard work that our candidates are doing to serve the community through this election.

Donna Carlson, Estes Chamber ED

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Don’t Be Surprised By Social Security Taxes When you reach the appropriate age, it’s easy to apply for Social Security retirement benefits – just go to Social Security’s website, fill out the online form and you’re essentially done. But many people overlook the next step – completing Form W-4V, which asks you how much federal income tax you want withheld from your benefits. And if you skip this step, you could face an unpleasant surprise when it’s tax-filing time, because Social Security benefits can indeed add to your taxable income.

Here are the details: • If you’re a single filer…If your “combined” income is between $25,000 and $34,000, you may have to pay income tax on up to 50 percent of your Social Security benefits. (“Combined” income includes your adjusted gross income, nontaxable interest, and one-half of your annual Social Security benefits.) If your combined income is more than $34,000, up to 85 percent of your benefits may be taxable.

• If you’re married and file jointly…If you and your spouse have a combined income between $32,000 and $44,000, you may be taxed on up to 50 percent of your benefits. If your combined income is more than $44,000, up to 85 percent of your benefits may be taxable.

These numbers might seem high, but they don’t mean you’ll lose 50 percent, or 85 percent, of your benefits – they are just the percentages of benefits you may be taxed on, at your personal income tax rate.

To help avoid a big tax bill or an underpayment penalty, you can file Form W4V with the Social Security Administration and request to have 7, 10, 12 or 22 percent of your monthly benefit withheld. Your tax advisor can help you choose the withholding percentage that’s

appropriate for your situation.

The amount of taxes you may need to pay will also depend on when you start taking Social Security. The earlier you take benefits, the smaller your monthly checks, and the smaller the taxes. But taxes should not be a key issue in deciding when you need to begin collecting your payments. Rather, you should consider other factors, such as your anticipated life expectancy, your employment situation, your spending needs and the benefits for your spouse.

Here’s something else to keep in mind: Because Social Security taxes are based on your overall income, as described above, the amount of money you withdraw during retirement, and where that money comes from, can also affect your tax situation. For example, withdrawals from a traditional IRA are taxable and will increase your adjusted gross income, but withdrawals from a Roth IRA will be tax-free, provided you’ve had your account at least five years and you’re over 59 -1/2, so this money won’t enter into your taxable income calculations and it won’t increase the tax you owe on your Social Security benefits.

Similarly, withdrawals from health savings accounts (HSAs) used for qualified health expenses also won’t count toward your taxable income.

By knowing exactly what to expect from Social Security, including the tax effects, you can more effectively incorporate your benefits into your overall retirement income planning – and the better your plans, the more you’ll be able to enjoy your life as a retiree.

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by our local Edward Jones Financial Advisors. Edward Jones, Member SIPC.

Mar 14 – 18 Monday, Mar 14

Breakfast Burrito (eggs, cheese, refried beans & potatoes in floured tortilla) w/ green chili on the side

Tuesday, Mar 15

BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwich w/ Baked Beans & coleslaw

Wed., Mar 16

Vegetarian Lasagna w/ garlic bread & side salad

Thursday, Mar 17 Corned Beef & Cabbage Friday, Mar 18

Signature Salad w/ Grilled Shrimp (8) (greens topped w/ tomatoes, corn, cheese, craisins, pecans & croutons) w/ ranch dressing

Mar 21 – 25 Monday, Mar 21

Smothered Chicken (6 oz) (topped w/ mushrooms, green peppers & onions) w/ Rice Pilaf & vegetable

Tuesday, Mar 22

Meatloaf w/ Mashed Potatoes, gravy & vegetables

Wed., Mar 23

Chicken Salad Croissant w/ Pasta Salad

Thursday, Mar 24 Shepherd’s Pie (mashed potatoes, beef, gravy & vegetables) w/ biscuit Friday, Mar 25

Fish & Homemade Chips w/ soup of the day

Meals are $7 for current 2022 EP Senior Citizens Center members and are by reservation only. (Or 3 meals for $20; use pre-paid meal tickets.) Exact cash or check payment required. Reservations must be made by 1:00 PM at least one business day in advance. Note, if you want to reserve a meal for Monday, Mar 14th, you need to call before 1:00 PM on Friday, Mar 11th. For reservations call 970-581-2195 and leave a detailed message. Pre-paid meal tickets and membership forms are available at the Estes Park Senior Citizens Center located at 1760 Olympian Lane and at estesparkseniors.org

The Center is OPEN (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10-1; Tuesday 10-2) TriFit (MWF 10:30-11:15); Yoga/Balance (TT 10:15-11:15) Mahjong (Tuesdays 10-2); Crafts (Tuesdays 11:30-1) Two Bridge Groups: 1st, 3rd, & 5th Wednesday of the month & Every Thurs 12:30-4 PM Reserved Meals-to-Go delivered to your vehicle or EAT at the Senior Citizens Center Check out our website: estesparkseniors.org or call for the latest information

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The Mountains Are Calling...

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Employee Retention Tax Credit Where Things Stand Today By: Paul F. Mueller, CPA and Managing Director Mueller Pye & Associates CPA LLC

per employee.

Who is eligible for the ERC? Generally, businesses are eligible to The Employee Retention Tax Credit claim the ERTC if they experienced a (ERTC) is a CARES Act relief measure significant decline in quarterly revenues for businesses, which was originally enas compared to 2019, or their operations acted in March 2020. It is a fully refundwere fully or partially restricted due to a able tax credit for eligible employers who COVID-19-related governmental order. kept employees on payroll during the A full or partial restriction on operapandemic. tions could include limited hours of With so many law changes and IRS rulservice, capacity restrictions and types ings since March 2020, it has been diffiof permitted services, such as curbside cult for many business owners to know service in lieu of indoor service. whether they qualify and for Once eligible, refunds for the ERTC how much. There has also are claimed by amending the IRS Form been a lot of misinfor941 filed for each qualifying quarter. mation in the media, The claims must be filed within three particularly social years of when media, such that the original who can you Form 941 was trust? To date, our filed. firm has filed reAs of Februfund claims totalary 23, 2022, the IRS was processing a ing more than $7 million so we want to backlog of 391,000 refund claims, so it is furnish straight-forward guidance. taking quite a bit of time to receive these Despite what you might have read or heard, it is important to understand that refunds. The sooner you file, though, most businesses in Estes Park qualify for the quicker you get in line. In addition, IRS is adding interest at an annual rate the ERTC from about March 17, 2020 of 3% from the time you file until the through May 16, 2021. The exact dates may differ based on the type of business time your check is put in the mail.

For businesses struggling with the panand the impact of Larimer County demic, including hiring and increases in health orders issued during that time. wage and supply costs, the ERTC can How much is the credit? have a huge impact. If you have quesFor 2021 the maximum ERTC is $7,000 tions or would like to know how the per employee, per quarter for the first ERTC could benefit your business, be three quarters of the year. For 2020, the sure to reach out to us at maximum ERTC is $5,000 per employee Covid@MPA.CPA , or call 970-667for the entire year. So the overall maxi1070. mum ERTC could be as much as $26,000

Vote For Kirby To The Editor: Kirby Hazelton is running for Town Trustee in the Municipal Election on Tuesday, April 5. I have had the privilege of working with her on the Estes Park Nonprofit Resource Center Board of Directors for the last three years and am moved to share some of my experience.

Certainly, governance, administration, and committee work have been part of our shared efforts. This may not sound like an Olympic event, but it says a lot about a person. Kirby is an accountable and reliable team member: she comes prepared with questions and insights.

She listens. As a Trustee, you must be curious about the various conditions that cause—or might resolve—an issue.

Kirby is both thoughtful and decisive.

In our time together, she has also served as Board President. As a leader, she is graceful, inclusive, and firm. I find her to be organized and on-task. She can adapt and shift, and she is certainly resilient. I have rarely come across leaders like her that are undeniably caring on the one hand and unstoppable when it comes to digging in and finding solutions…on her own, in a leadership circle, or on behalf of others.

We have also had the opportunity to

engage in big ideas and “Yes, AND” projects. The great thing is…she doesn’t just throw an idea on the board, she understands what operational steps need to happen, what functions or services need to be in place in order to realize that big idea. She is practical and proactive when it comes to making “vision” happen.

I admire her ongoing interest in how the business, government, and nonprofit sectors can mutually support and benefit each other, and in doing so, benefit the people of our community. She really, truly cares. Her experience in the hospitality and tourism sectors, her engagement in philanthropy, her unabashed success as an entrepreneur, her impact working towards thoughtful economic growth in Estes, and…she coaches our girl’s high school soccer team, for goodness sakes! She is of Estes Park and for Estes Park, she is to be admired and respected for her investment in our mountain town.

When I heard that Kirby was running as a trustee, I felt relieved. I felt represented. I am enthusiastic about her leadership and encourage everyone to confidently VOTE FOR KIRBY. Karen McPherson

Last Week Of Cookie Sales Get them while you can!

This is the last weekend to get all your favorite Girl Scout cookies, or maybe try a new one!

Even if you are all stocked up, you can still help the Estes Park Girl Scouts reach their goals by buying boxes for our Hometown Heroes! This year, our Hometown Heroes are the First Responders of Estes Park, Crossroads Ministries, the teachers of the elementary school, and the firefighters of all the local departments. You can donate to our Hometown Heroes at our Safeway booths: from 4 p.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m.-9 p.m. on Saturday, and from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. on Sunday. Or find one of our local

Girl Scouts and buy directly from her!

You can also donate cookies through Gifts of Caring. Usually the Gifts of Caring cookies go to our military, but this year, Girl Scouts of Colorado is splitting the Gifts of Caring boxes between the military and those affected by the Marshall Fire in Boulder. If you would like to donate to Gift of Caring, you can go to digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/troo p70455-512. Just go down to the donate box and select how many you would like to send. Thank you Estes Park, Glen Haven, Pinewood Springs, and Allenspark for supporting our Girl Scouts troops!

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Hannigan Concert Scheduled For March 26

Estes Park Jazz Big Band And Village Band To Perform The Estes Park Jazz Big Band and Village Band will perform the final concert of their winter season in a combined concert on Sunday, March 13. The free concert will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the Estes Park High School Theater. Please note the earlier performance time and also remember that March 13 is the start of Daylight Savings Time, so be sure to set your clocks ahead!

The Jazz Big Band has been performing for the Estes Park community and its visitors for 32 years while the Village Band has been performing for 40 years.

Chuck Varilek will lead the Jazz Big Band. Conducting duties for the Village Band will be shared by Melinda Workman, Jeff Klintberg and Varilek.

The Jazz Big Band will kick off the concert with a mix of different styles, including Fred Rogers’ “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and Ernesto Lecuona’s “Malaguena.” Trombonist Curtis Fox will be a featured soloist on “The Way We Were.” The Jazz Big Band will conclude their portion of the program with “On Green Dolphin Street” by Bronislau Kaper.

After a short intermission to reset the

stage, the Village Band will begin their portion of the concert, featuring a revolving door on the podium with Workman, Klintberg and Varilek all taking a turn.

The audience will be treated to several different compositions for band including R. Vaughan Williams “Sea Songs” and Anne McGinty’s “Riversong.” Look for a march by Kenneth Alford, “Army Of The Nile” and a song featuring a theme and variations on “Turkey In The Straw.” After all the musical excitement the Village Band will perform the hymn “Prospect” from the Southern Harmony followed by Frank Ticheli’s “Joy Revisited.”

The Estes Park Jazz Big Band and Estes Park Village Band are community bands made up of adult and high school musicians from the Estes Park area as well as from surrounding communities. New members are always welcome to perform with the band. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings in the Estes Park High School bandroom.

Contact Chuck Varilek at 970-2278704 for more information about the concert or the bands.

Mary Hannigan, flutist, and Barry Hannigan, pianist, will perform at Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church on Saturday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m. The concert is part of the Peak to Peak series. Tickets are not required for the concert, but a donation is suggested.

The program includes works for flute and piano by Elgar, Bach, Brahms, and Reinecke.

Barry Hannigan was recently awarded Emeritus status at Bucknell University, where he retired as the Ellen P. Williams Professor of Music. He made his New York debut in Carnegie Recital Hall in 1984 and has since received rave reviews in major cities across the United States.

Hannigan made his European debut at the Edvard Munch Museum in Oslo, Norway, and has subsequently performed in Russia, England, China, Ireland, Norway, and New Zealand. He has appeared as guest artist at a host of American universities, such as UCLA, Yale, Cornell, and the Universities of Oregon, Colorado, Illinois, Arizona State, and Texas. He has also received a Solo Recitalist Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, an award intended to recognize the nation’s outstanding recitalists.

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Annie, Henry, Jett And Four Baby Guinea Pigs Are Looking For New, Loving Homes This week, there are two pairs of guinea pigs in need of new homes. There are two males that they would like to adopt together.

(The females will come available after the boys are adopted). They would like them to be adopted in pairs so they have a buddy, which is a pretty important thing for guinea pigs. They are about a month old and are so sweet and cute!

Annie and Henry are siblings kitties that are about five years old. They are both up to date on shots and fixed.

Annie is friendly and enjoys being loved and likes to be brushed.

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What’s Happening At The Estes Valley Library HOURS & SERVICES Open Hours: Mondays-Thursday, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Sundays, 1-5 p.m.

The library is open with full access to collections, study rooms, meeting spaces, and the Makerspace. The second floor offers computer access, with printing available. Free Wi-Fi is available both inside and outside the library.

MAKERSPACE Meet Your Makerspace Each Friday in March from 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Join a guided tour of the Makerspace to see all it has to offer—and meet fellow makers in the process. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Learn the 3D Printer Saturday, March 12, 10:30 a.m. to noon Repeated on Tuesday, March 15, 3 4:30 p.m.

Create customized objects from plastic filament, for both practical and creative uses. For ages 15 and up. Sign up at es-

tesvalleylibrary.org.

Learn the Laser Cutter Saturday, March 19, 10:30 a.m. to noon Repeated on Tues., March 22, 3 - 4:30 p.m.

Engrave designs and logos on objects using the library’s laser cutter. After taking the class, participants may use the library’s laser cutter on their own. For ages 15 and up. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Crocheting for Beginners Each Thursday in March, 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Want to crochet, but don’t know much about stitching? Learn how to hook yarn and make basics like hats and pot holders. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Intermediate Crocheting Each Friday in March, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Join fellow makers as we stitch together and share tips and ideas. Bring a project if you have one in the works. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

KIDS & TEENS Pajama Storytime, with Building Blocks Wednesday, March 16, 6 to 6:30 p.m., Children’s Room Especially for ages 0 to 6 and their families—all ages welcome.

Enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and movement to wind down the day. No sign-up necessary.

Art Work Wednesday: Scratch Art Wednesday, March 16, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Hondius Room

Get creative with scratch art, using old CDs, toothpicks, and black paint. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Game Day Free Play: Legos and Puzzles Saturday, March, 19, 3-4 p.m., Hondius Room Repeated Tuesday, March 22, 4:30 5:30 p.m.

Enjoy a variety of legos and jigsaw puzzles. Also available will be additional board games and videogames to play with family and friends. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Young Chautauqua Performances Saturday, March 19, 4 - 6 p.m.

Sunday, March 20, 2 - 4 p.m., Library Fireside Theatre Costumed performers present first-person monologues as historic characters and answer questions. Each date is a different roster. No sign-up necessary.

More information at estesvalleylibrary.org.

NATURE TALKS The Reaching: a Naturalist’s Desiderata Monday, March 14, 4 - 5:30 p.m., Hondius Room

Nature instructor Kevin Cook continues a monthly series on how we can best engage with the wonders of Life on Earth. This month: “The Reaching”— how we build from a single peak toward a mountain range in understanding nature. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

FREE TEST KITS Rapid at-home COVID-19 Test Kits The State of Colorado is distributing free test kits. Each person who signs up will receive two boxes of iHealth kits (4 at-home tests in total). Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org or visit the library.

TAX SEASON RESOURCES AARP Tax Prep: More Times Added Now through April 14 Volunteers from the AARP Tax Aide program are offering free local assistance with income tax preparation. Additional appointment times have been added to meet popular demand. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, call the library or visit estesvalleylibrary.org.

FRIENDS & FOUNDATION Cliffhanger Used Books Cliffhanger Used Books, located next to the Post Office, is operated by the Library Friends & Foundation, offering gently-used books, movies, and music at discount prices. Coffee table books are on sale through March: $2 hardcover and $1 paperback, plus tax. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.

Young Chautauqua: Combining Research And Live Performance The community is invited to attend live performances by students in the Young Chautauqua program. Building on their own personal research, costumed performers will present a first-person monologue in character.

Students will be performing at the Fireplace Corner at the Estes Valley Library on three different dates (each with its own roster of characters): Saturday, March 19 from 4 to 6 p.m.; Sunday, March 20 from 2 to 4 p.m.; and on Saturday, April 9 from 4 to 6 p.m. No advance registration is required.

Since last November, students have been studying figures from history that they have personally chosen to research.

For their performances, each participant will appear in character to deliver a monologue about their life. Afterward, they will take questions from the audience in character, then step out of character to take questions from their perspective as the performer.

Katherine Dumont from Estes Park schools has again been mentoring students in the process. This program is made possible through the Library Friends & Foundation, and specifically through a Memorial Fund from longtime Estes Park resident and Young Chautauqua enthusiast, the late Katie Speer.

Here is the roster for the upcoming performances: Saturday, March 19 Performers • Selah as Pam Flowers • Hera as Margo Hayes • Cora as Virginia Hall • Sam as Henry Knox • Joshua as Milton Hershey • Grace as Boudicca • Lucy as May Preston Slosson Sunday, March 20 Performers • Geneva as Bettie Willard

• Lydia as Betsy Ross • Gabe as Henry Ford • Lela as Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney • McKenna as Mary Ainsworth • Naomi as Leonardo da Vinci Saturday, April 9 Performers • Mya as Mother Jones • Marcus as Nicola Tesla • Sophia as Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Bethy as Eliza Hamilton • Vittoria as Kurt Cobain • Clara as Lise Meitner

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Kids K-2 Book Club: “King And Kayla And The Case Of The Secret Code” This month’s book club for kids in Kindergarten through 2nd grade will spotlight “King and Kayla and the Case of the Secret Code.” The K-2 Book and Fun Club event will take place at the library on Saturday, March 19 from 2 to 3 p.m.

This fun and laughout-loud early-chapter book follows lovable dog King and his human girl Kayla as they solve mysteries. The book was written by the Geisel Honor Award-winning team of Dori Hillestad Butler and Nancy Myers.

“School Library Journal” calls the book “A perfect option for newly independent readers ready to start transitioning from easy readers to beginning chapter books.” The book is ideal for introducing mysteries and the important concepts of

fact gathering, list making, clues, and analytical thinking.

To sign up, participants may register now at estesvalleylibrary.org and receive information on how to acquire a copy of the book.

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Tonya Russell New Event Coordinator At EVRPD The Estes Valley Recreation and Park District has a wide range of venues for events. During the COVID-19 closure, they sat unused. Now, masks are no longer required and life is returning to normal once again.

As we open up our venues for your group gatherings, we would like to introduce Tonya Russell as our new Event Coordinator.

Russell grew up in Atlantic Beach, Florida and was a competitive highschool All-American swimmer who also competed in college. She moved to Glen Haven with her family in 2003. Russell has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Florida and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Colorado Denver. She worked in higher education for many years, designing online classes for the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and Jones International University; the first accredited, fully online university in the United States. For the past ten years, Russell has worked for Streamside Solutions, her husband’s software company that focuses on building au-

tomation and energy optimization. Russell’s interests include hiking, backpacking, and volunteering at Hearts & Horses in Loveland as a horse leader for autistic and special needs children.

Russell’s diverse educational and work experience brings a lot to the table with her new position as Event Coordinator. In a few short weeks, she collaborated with website designer and manager, Lisa VonBargen, to totally re-vamp the Venues section of evrpd.com to include info, photos, online application forms and reservation links. Russell commented, "Interest in the various venues is booming in both the Community Center and Stanley Park locations. I’m having a great time helping people find the right venue for their event, whether it is a family reunion, wedding reception or corporate training session!” To find out more about the venues for your events at EVCC and Stanley Park, contact Tonya Russell at tonyar@evrpd.com, call 970-480-1322, or visit evrpd.com and click on the venues tab to access all the info and links.

Estes Park Special Olympics Bowling At Chipper’s Lanes Estes Park Special Olympics is starting up once again. Organizers will be hosting bowling fun on Wednesdays from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Chipper’s Lanes.

All ages are welcome to participate.

Cost is $5 for the first game including

Estes Park Woman's Club continued their sponsorship of an author/illustrator visiting the Estes Park Schools with a donation to the library. Rafael López will visit elementary, middle and high school students on March 23. Author visits are exciting and meaningful for the library and Estes Park schools. Student's get a personal experience with a working artist and they see first hand that the books they love are made by regular people who use their creative gifts to help make the world a better and more

colorful place.

Rafael López is an internationally recognized illustrator and artist. His illustrations bring diverse characters to children’s books and he is driven to produce and promote books that reflect and honor the lives of all young people.

Born and raised in Mexico City to architect parents, López was immersed in the rich visual heritage, music and surrealism of his native culture.

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tion of the Cold War. What I personally remember best about the cold war is the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs. average American that something big was The Cuban Revolution worried U. S. poligoing on was the creation of military dicymakers ever since Fidel Castro seized visions in Germany’s boundaries, West power in January 1959. Thus began an exand East Germany and the divided city of tremely tense time for all Americans.

Berlin. Stalin began creating what beI was 11 during this period. For me and came known as the "Iron Curtain." After my family, the cold war became a frightful the 2nd world war and behind this Iron time with the possibility of nuclear anniCurtain, Poland, Eastern Germany, hilation hanging over our heads. EveryCzechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, one was making plans for what to do if Romania, Bulgaria, Albania came under nuclear war occurred. Basements were bethe Soviet Union’s control. Countries that ing stocked with canned vegetables and were already part of the U.S.S.R. were Ar- beans and preserved meats (Spam and hot menia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, dogs), peanut butter, boxed cereals, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, canned juices, powdered milk, drink Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, mixes and packaged crackers and cookies.

Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. I think everyone must have seen those old This was when the other European coun- movies of the turtle wearing a helmet and tries along with the United States created kids jumping down under their desks the North Atlantic Treaty Organization singing, “duck and cover” as if that small, (NATO), in 1949 "to safeguard the freewooden desk would keep us safe from a dom, common heritage and civilization nuclear bomb. We survived those years. of their peoples founded on the princiAnd now, in spite of the COVID virus ples of democracy, individual liberty, and that caused a world pandemic which bethe rule of law." gan in December 2019, came to the U. S. The fears in the U. S. of a world commu- January 2020 and landed in Colorado on nist takeover intensified as countries March 5, 2020, we are still here. In spite of from other parts of the world like North climate crisis, which has led to massive Korea and Cuba became actors in the wildfires in Colorado as well as many conflict between the U. S. and the other parts of the country, we are still U.S.S.R. Suddenly, just a few short years here. We have put on the good front, solafter WWII we were involved in another diered on and fought the fires and taken war this time in a small Asian country, off our masks. I, along with many other Korea, as well as military operations in people have asked, part serious, part in Cuba. Korea became the first military ac- jest, “What next? A plague of locusts?”

(Yes, we did actually have a plague of locusts in 2019–2021. Not here of course.

This locust infestation threatened the food supply across the regions of East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent.)

We may have asked, “what next,” in jest

We Are Still Here I didn’t want to write about Ukraine and Russia but every time I began to write something else it didn’t go anyplace. So here goes. I’d like to describe the world right now as I see it. It is certainly a different place today then at the midpoint of the last century when I was born. 1950 was a year of exuberance for Americans, the bright and shining winners of the last world war. I am part of that huge group of children born during this time, the baby boomers now shortened to just “boomers.” It seemed Americans had it all, although now I know there were plenty who didn’t. Home ownership, new schools, mom making dinner every night and dad going off in his Pontiac, Studebaker or Buick after eating a breakfast of fried eggs, toast and bacon. However, everything wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns. Even though the United States had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, the Cold War began shortly after the surrender of Nazi Germany in 1945, when the uneasy alliance between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (U.S.S.R.) began to fall apart.

The Cold War was all about power. Who had it and who wanted it. Two polar opposite sides were vying for global power with American-led democracies wrestling with the U.S.S.R and its communist allies for supremacy. The first clear signal to the

but I don’t think any of us expected an insurrection in Washington or a war in Ukraine. In the 30 years since the fall of the Soviet Union, major world powers have competed economically and technologically. The invasion of Ukraine by Russia signals that era may very well be over.

The Cold War ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed and yet, here we are again. Threats of nuclear strikes are now coming from an isolated Putin with some frequency. Do we believe it could come to another world war? Do I believe it? And where on earth is the good in all this? I need to find the good. According to Katrina vanden Heuvel, in the Washington Post, “The West can avoid another Cold War by prioritizing peace over power.” She believes real peace could stop another Cold War. Peace over power. Is there a way for humankind to walk away from power and control, from the urge to dominate others? I don’t know. I do know that if all of us focus on working towards peace instead of needing to be dominant, to address conflict, pandemics and climate change, peace might have a chance.

Perhaps we need to revisit that photograph of Earth taken on Christmas Eve 1968 during the Apollo 8 mission circling the moon. Do you remember it? The day after it was taken, Archibald MacLeish wrote: “To see the Earth as it truly is, small and blue and beautiful in that eternal silence where it floats, is to see ourselves as riders on the Earth together, brothers on that bright loneliness in the eternal cold – brothers who know now that they are truly brothers.”

Mary Mesropian has lived in the Estes Park area since 1994 and is a Celebrant, officiating weddings and other ceremonies and an Oral History Writer. Her email is maryruthdancer@yahoo.

Partners Thanks 2022 Mission Partners Partners would like to thank the Bank of Estes Park and the Estes Park Mountain Shop for being our first two Mission Partners for 2022. Our mission is to empower youth and community members to achieve their full potential through mentoring, prevention education, and strategic partnership. Partners does not charge youth or their families to partici-

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Orlin W. “Jack” Williams 11/10/1933 – 03/01/2022 Jack Williams of Estes Park, Colorado passed away at his home on March 1, 2022 with his wife, Charlotte by his side. He was 88.

Born in Fort Scott, KS to Leah May (Sauvain) and Ernest Leroy Williams. He was the 9th of 10 kids.

Jack graduated from the School of Hard Knocks and earned a degree in life. He served in the Army during the Korean War from 1953-1955 where he received the Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Good Conduct Medal.

Jack and Charlotte were married in 1956 and resided in Longmont Colorado until moving to Estes Park Colorado in 1991. In 1995 they bought property in Estes Park and developed the Cedar Ridge Subdivision.

He was an avid motorcycle rider and he and Charlotte took many trips on their Yamaha Ventura riding from the California Coast clear up into Canada and many other numerous trips around the country. Jack was no stranger to motorcycle accidents as he was hit a couple of times by inattentive drivers and knocked off his bike where in one accident he broke his collar bone and asked the police officer if he could take him to finish his

errands before going to the hospital to get checked out.

That was just the way he was, take care of business and then take care of yourself.

Jack never knew a stranger, he would strike up a conversation with anyone and everyone and make them feel like they had been friends for years. He has been described as “having a soul that smiled constantly.”

He is survived by his spouse, Charlotte, three children, Gary Williams (Candy), Cindy Fleet and Julie Ingram (Don), 21 grandchildren, 28 greatgrandchildren, three great-great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews along with his beloved dog Bebe.

He is predeceased by his parents, six brothers, three sisters and one greatgrandchild.

No services are scheduled at this time.

The family requests those who wish to express sympathy to consider making a donation in Jack Williams name to Hospice Care in Estes Valley or Big Bones Canine Rescue. Mail check to Estes Park Health Foundation, P.O. Box 3650, Estes Park CO 80517, Big Bones Canine Rescue, 32614 County Road 23, Windsor CO 80550-3210. To leave a message to the family please visit www.allnuttestespark.com

Joel Brown Joel Brown of Estes Park passed away peacefully at home on March, 3, 2022 after a long battle with cancer.

Youngest of four his parents were Jackson Brown and Grace Spicer Brown of Alpena, Michigan. He is predeceased by his brothers Calvin and Phil and his sister Margaret. Survived by his sister Janet Craner of Alpena and his wife Pattie.

Joel worked for over 40 years as a civil engineer and building manager in semi-conductor plants and hospitals.

He and his wife loved to travel and were able to see places all over the world. His passions were family, boating and fishing.

Joel was known to his many nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews both in Michigan and Colorado as Uncle Joel P. Brown.

He attacked life with a positive attitude and a great sense of humor.

There will be a private family service.

Please make donations to the American Cancer Society or St Jude’s Hospital in lieu of flowers.

Edward Dawood Edward Dawood went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 20, 2022. He was 52 years old.

Edward lived in Estes Park, Colorado, and previously lived in the Chicago area.

Edward always dreamed of living in the mountains and alongside his wife, Kristin, he was able to fulfill that dream. They made their home together in the mountains of Estes Park. Edward found family in Estes – at home, at church and at work. He was General Manager of The Egg of Estes, having been a Certified Executive Chef for 30 years. It was work that tapped into two of his biggest passions – people and food.

One of Edward’s greatest joys was creating a meal to share with others. Edward lived out his purpose through food, providing meals for friends, neighbors, those in need and in helping his church feed people. Edward’s faith was an integral part of his life, and he found his true faith family at Estes Park International Church

(EPIC). Besides being an incredible chef, Edward was an avid golfer, and loved to be out on the golf course with his friends (and even his wife.)

People were important to Edward.

He was a caregiver and protector of others, especially his wife, Kristin.

He was always willing to lend a helping hand to neighbors, friends or even someone he just met. He was incredibly outgoing, funny, and engaging. No one was a stranger to Edward, and he always was quick to start a conversation and offer to cook new friends “the best steak they’ve ever had.”

Edward was known and loved by so many. His smile brought light to a room. He was funny, often sassy, and always friendly. His warmth is now being shared in Heaven, even as he is missed here on earth by those who loved him most – his wife, Kristin Thom, of Estes Park, her sons Jacob and Evan and his coworkers, patrons, and many, many friends.

Daniel (Dan) Walter Daniel (Dan) Walter,78, of Rockford, passed away Thursday, February 24, 2022.

He was born October 6, 1943, in Freeport, Illinois, the son of Wendell and Pearl (Rizner) Walter. He graduated from Auburn High School in Rockford. Dan was a proud member of the United States Marine Corp. He married Darla Schmittel on October 21, 1967 at Evergreen Covenant Church.

Dan was a skilled machinist working at numerous local shops from the time he was 16 until his retirement in 2009.

His favorite time was time spent with his family. He also enjoyed tinkering in his workshop, long naps, short naps, asking, "was I sleeping,?" fishing, going for long rides in the country, spending as many days as possible per year at their cabin in Colorado, drawing silly picture notes, telling bad jokes, quot-

ing the Blues Brothers movie, tending his lawn (except that 1 time he put down weed killer instead of fertilizer) and if you gave him a coat hanger and a 2x4 he could make or fix anything.

Survived by his wife, Darla; sons, Daniel (Kim) Walter, Andrew (Kelly) Walter; daughter, Erin (Mike) Stiles; grandchildren Katlynne (Phil), Kara, Adam, Drew, Emily, Jimmy, Dani and Charlotte; many nieces and nephews, great nieces, great nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents Wendell and Pearl Walter; sister, Dolores Blasing; granddaughter, Anita Stiles and many loving pets.

A graveside service will be held at Willwood Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please “Pay it Forward” to someone someday.

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Seeking an experienced team player to assist the Conservancy’s sales department as a retail clerk in RMNP visitor centers.  Year-round, full-Ɵme, 40 hours with benefits  $16 – $16.50/hr with potenƟal for promoƟon

Primary responsibiliƟes: ConducƟng retail transacƟons, maintaining a clean and inviƟng sales area, answering quesƟons and providing park informaƟon.  Fun and social working environment  Weekends and some holidays required

See full posiƟon descripƟon on our website before applying Email cover leƩer and resumé, and any quesƟons to: Opportunity@RMConservancy.org

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Front Desk Contact Rhonda at 970-586-2358

Now hiring: Experienced Best Western General Manager Send resume to: info@estesresort.com

Estes Chamber of Commerce seeking an Executive Director to work with the Board of Directors to lead the full range of Chamber activities including but not limited to administration, membership development and retention, fundraising, recruiting and motivating volunteer and paid staff, managing income and expenses, and marketing the Chamber to local businesses. The Executive Director acts as chief executive and administrative officer of the Chamber. Full job description and application instructions can be found online at https://business.esteschamber.org/ jobs/info/non-profit-and-socialservices-executive-director-29

Estes Valley Fire Protection District is hiring for a part-time Administrative Assistant.

Position will be a maximum of 20 hours a week with a starting wage between $16.83 - $20.00 per hour. The position does not include insurance but does include retirement, vacation, and sick leave on a pro-rated basis.

Go to https://www.estesvalleyfire.org/employment

for full job description and application

NOW HIRING Patient Access Supervisor Pay Range: $21.29-$26.61 depending on experience

Looking for a candidate with leadership experience to supervise our Patient Access team

Apply online at https://eph.org/jobopportunities/

Harmony Foundation is seeking full and part-time Housekeepers. This yearround position starts at $17.25/hour with benefits, including Paid Time Off and medical coverage. Choose a shift that fits your work schedule – morning and evening hours available. Applications are available at our office at 1600 Fish Hatchery Road or email hr@harmonyfoundationinc.com.

Harmony Foundation está buscando amas de llaves a tiempo completo y parcial. Esta posición durante todo el año comienza en $ 17.25 / hora con beneficios, que incluyen tiempo libre pagado y cobertura médica. Elija un turno que se ajuste a su horario de trabajo: horas de mañana y noche disponibles. Las solicitudes están disponibles en nuestra oficina en 1600 Fish Hatchery Road o por correo electrónico hr@harmonyfoundationinc.com.

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EMPLOYMENT » Place and View Ads at EPNews.com « EMPLOYMENT Rocky Mountain Conservancy

Member & Donor Services Associate Seeking an experienced team player to assist the Conservancy’s philanthropy team in database opera on and gi processing.

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RESTAURANT MANAGER, Line Cook and other positions

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The Ore Cart Rock Shop

119 W. Elkhorn • 970-586-3577

 Year-round, full- me, 40 hours with benefits  $16 – $19/hour with poten al for promo on  Strong oral/wri en communica on skills  Experience with Raiser’s Edge, data entry

systems and customer service preferred

See full posiƟon descripƟon on our website before applying

Email cover le er and resumé, and any ques ons to: Opportunity@RMConservancy.org

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LOOKING FOR ART LOVERS! We are a nationally recognized Fine Art and Craft group of galleries with 2 locations in Estes Park.

ESTES PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT R-3 VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FULL-TIME CUSTODIAN Estes Park School District R-3 is accepting applications for a full-time, year-round CUSTODIAL position. Salary range is $14.45 to $16.76 per hour, with single benefits. The successful candidate must be able to pass a drug test, background check, and physical demands/lift test. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, eligible to work in the U.S., and possess a high school diploma or GED. Apply online at www.applitrack.com/estesschools/onlineapp. Only online applications are accepted. Position open until filled.

Contact Dave Coleson with questions: 970-577-0211, ext 3401.

Estes Park School District R-3 Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Full and Part Time Sales Positions Available.

Rocky Mountain Conservancy

On-site Retail Coordinator Seeking an experienced team player to assist the Conservancy’s sales department as an on-site retail coordinator.  Year-round, full- me, 40 hours with benefits  $20 – $24/hr with poten al for promo on

Primary responsibiliƟes: Maintaining accurate product informa on on website, managing retail IT issues, including PC troubleshoo ng and POS so ware updates, with occasional inventory work and visitor center visits.  Some travel required See full posiƟon descripƟon on our website before applying Email cover le er and resumé, and any ques ons to: Opportunity@RMConservancy.org

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Rocky Mountain Conservancy Donor Services Manager Seeking an experienced team player to manage all aspects of our Donor Services department. Primary responsibili es include: database management, assis ng with the crea on and implementa on of the annual development plan, appeals, campaigns, grants, and special events.

Job qualifica ons: • • • • • •

Experience with database management; Raiser’s Edge experience a plus Excep onal a en on to detail, accuracy and efficiency in all aspects of work Strong oral and wri en communicata on skills; website literacy a plus Computer literacy/proficiency with MS Office, and with data-entry so ware Supervisory and management skills preferred Bachelor’s degree or relevant experience preferred

Sales Clerk/Cashier

Now Hiring CDL Drivers Seasonal/ part-time starting at $23/hr plus tips $5/hr shift differential pay for evening and nights.

Call Nick at 970-980-9023

21-29 hrs/wk, $13/hr. Must be 21 & able to lift 25 lbs. Cleaning, stocking, etc.

Email calmooref3@gmail.com.

Silver Saddle Inn Now hiring: Front Desk Clerk

Now hiring: Apply at 854 Dunraven Street, Estes Park CO 970/586-1085 mtnvalleyestes@gmail.com

The Restaurant Manager position demands daily creativity, excellent communication skills, and the ability to maintain the highest level of professional standards. The Restaurant Manager must work well under pressure, be organized, flexible, self-motivated, reliable, and willing to work early hours. I am considering all experienced Restaurant Managers for this position. Requirements for this position are; inventory control, budgeting and maintaining cost, controlling labor, scheduling, safety and sanitation. Ensuring great service and culinary experience for our guests. Experience in proper food handling techniques and administrative skills. Salary 45,000-55,000 per year, plus some benefits.

See full posiƟon descripƟon at RMConservancy.org/employment

Please drop off resume in person at: Earthwood Artisans 360 E. Elkhorn Ave. or, Email to info@earthwoodartisans.com

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Full- me: 40 hours/week, with benefits Apply: E-mail cover le er and resumé to Opportunity@RMConservancy.org

Retail sales experience preferred, but we will train the right person.

Must be friendly and outgoing and willing to go the extra mile for our customers.

We offer: • Very competitive wages • Attractive employee discounts • Bonus potential • A great work environment surrounded by beautiful American art!

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Bartenders - PT, nights & weekends $15/hour + tips Bar Manager & Kitchen Manager

Flexible schedule, $18-25/hour Email resume to epal@esteslegion.org ESTES PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT R-3 WORK WHILE YOUR CHILD IS IN SCHOOL

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT FULL-TIME NUTRITION SERVICE POSITION QUALIFICATIONS: • High school diploma or GED • At least 18 years old and eligible to work in the U.S. • Able to pass post-offer/pre-work physical demands and lift test • Able to lift 50 pounds routinely • Willing to work hard and multi-task • Team work and reliability a must • Confidential and trustworthy SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS: Apply online at www.applitrack.com/estesschools/onlineapp. Only online applications accepted. Salary range is $13.63 to $15.43 with single benefits. Up to five years of similar work experience may be granted.

Position open until filled.

Estes Park School District R-3 Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Evenings required Full time $17/hr - $20/hr DOE Benefits Must be non-smoker.

Apply in person: 1260 Big Thompson Ave. or email resume: info@estesresort.com

Now Hiring: Stewardship Manager Estes Valley Land Trust Join this small but mighty organization and make a lasting difference by helping us permanently conserve land near Rocky Mountain National Park. The Stewardship Manager will manage the organization’s conservation easement and raptor monitoring programs, various stewardship projects and serve as a liaison between the land trust, public agencies and private landowners.

• $55,000-$60,000 annual compensation • Generous paid leave policy • Additional $1,000/month payment in lieu of retirement/health insurance Please send a resume and cover letter to evlt@evlandtrust.org by March 25.

More info at evlandtrust.org.

Now Hiring Certified Nursing Assistants and Patient Care Technicians Come be a part of the patient care team where you can make a positive difference to all we serve.

Help us help others.

Become a CAREGiverSM • Starting at $17

Estes Park Health offers a healthy work-life balance for all of our staff

• NO Medical Background Required

Apply online at https://eph.org/jobopportunities/

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JOIN OUR TEAM! Job openings can be found at estes.org/jobs.

Volunteer options can be found at estes.org/volunteering.

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Ideal candidates will have prior cash handling and customer service experience.

Additional requirements include attention to detail, strong computer and problem solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, team oriented environment. $15-$17/Hour.

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We offer world-class benefits personalized for you, including health coverage, 401K program, and 100% tuition at ASU online. In addition, we give our partners flexible hours, mental health benefits, free coffee and a future filled with opportunity and growth. Apply at Starbucks.com/careers

NOW HIRING! Full‐Time and Part‐Time Positions Available for

We’re hiring for the following positions starting at $13.80/hr.: • Drive-up & Go Service Helpers • Checker • Courtesy Clerk • Day-Stocker • Overnight Stocker • Bakery Clerk • Deli Clerk • Produce Clerk • Seafood Clerk • Cake Decorator • Meat Cutter

Front Desk

Some Evenings and Weekends

Apply in person at Fawn Valley Inn 2760 Fall River Road, Estes Park, CO or email resume to: Jamie@RockyMtnResorts.com

Get your application at: www.albertsoncompanies.com After your application has been completed, please call our hiring manager Ann at 970.586.4447.

RENTALS Commercial Rentals

Prime Office Space Available. Approx 1068 sq. ft. Good exposure & parking. 930 Big Thompson Ave. 970-215-2235

RENTALS OFFICE SPACE For Rent 700 s.f., 3 rooms plus bathroom. Good location/ good parking. $1250/mo. + util. Year lease min.

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Short Term

Reservationist

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Full-time and part-time positions available.

Handle reservations, inquiries, cancellations. Answer phones, emails, texts, asst guests w/questions. Strong telephone, customer service and computer skills. Learn SkyRun software. $16 - $17 per hour. FT employees eligible for health ins.premium reimb Apply: https://app.joinhomebase.com/loc/ estes-park-skyrun-vacationarentals/job/reservationist

NOW HIRING Phlebotomist

YMCa OF tHe rOCKieS 2515 tunnel road

Shifts: Full Time, Part Time, PRN Pay range: $15.00 - $18.75, depending on experience

Please apply at eph.org/jobopportunities/

estes Park, Colorado, 80511

Catering Manager This position supports the work of the YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park Center, which operates a mission-based family and group conference and retreat center, serving more than 150,000 annually. The Catering Manager is primarily responsible day to day operations of the catering depart that operates within the Food Service Dept. $18 - $19/hour with full benefits, family membership, view all work perks on our Career Site.

www.workintherockies.org

TRANSPORTATION

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BUSINESS

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Trucks

Piano Tuning

Business For Sale

Misc. Sales

Susan Novy, local piano tuner. Call for appt.

577-1755 www.estesparkpiano tuner.com

$40,000 Hair-Nail Salon 30-years in Business 3 Stations-1 Nail Table Call Bret Freedman Estes Park Home Finders 970-215-2494

Moving Sale – selling “mountain” log furniture and “mountain” decorations. For info email gpcenac@gmail.com

Homes North end house 4br/3ba 2 car garage, $3500/mo 1 yr lease Avail 4/1. estesparkcondo@ gmail.com

Join our team for part time summer employment. Experience the joy of helping customers find their inner gourmet by showing them the latest gadget, tool, and other items to help them cook at home! Flexible hours and paid parking.

Apply at the store and ask for Norey.

Now Hiring!

HELP WANTED Now hiring PM Deli and Floor Manager Apply in Person 900 Moraine Ave.

AlaCarte Kitchen Store

Bartender - Full/PT Banquet Event Staff Lodge Guest Services Front of House Manager Apply online at taharaa.com

For Sale – 1948 Ford F6 with 10K rear dump - $8K OBO. Call 281-795-6643

REAL ESTATE

SERVICES

Commercial

OFFICE SPACE 6 Offices/Whole 2nd Floor Fully furnished studio Sewing/Alterations apartment with garage 850 sf, Yr. Lease Min. and washer/dryer.

No pets, Private Parking, Bathroom, Remixed Custom Sewing no smoking. Available Kitchenette, A/C. Services and Industrial through May. $750.00 per Reasonable Rates. Quality Repair month includes all utilities Cushions, benches, Finishes. and internet. References leather, campers and Located on River. and Damage Deposit outdoor furniture.

Call Bret Freedman required.

Local - call Beth 970-215-2494 Call/text 970-222-6212 970-492-5446

SALES Commercial Spaces for sale and lease.

Call Eric.

Anderson Realty.

586-2950

Estate Sales ESTATE/MOVING SALE Need to have one, but seems overwhelming.

We do the work, you make the $. Local, Affordable, References. CALL JUDI 970-215-5548

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ACCOUNTING

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QuickBooks Support

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ELECTRICIANS

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EYECARE/GLASSES

COMPUTER SERVICES ATTORNEYS

Dr. Amber Busche 970-586-4418 www.aspen-eyecare.com 600 S Saint Vrain Ave - Suite 5 •equipped to evaluate macular degeneration, glaucoma and cataracts •same day appointments for eye pain and emergencies •referral access to specialized surgeons & advocacy for the best care •full service optical for specialized eyewear Comprehensive Eyecare Right Here in Estes Park!

CARPET CLEANING

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HEARING & TINNITUS CARE Cory D. Workman, Au.D.

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Phone: 970-586-5255 • Hearing Aids / New & Repair • Hearing Evaluations • Hearing Protection • Ear Care / Wax Removal • Dizziness / Balance

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PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS BUILDER MAINTENANCE/REPAIR SERVICES

D Licensed & Insured

DIAMOND D HANDYMAN SERVICE Home Maintenance & Repairs

“Consider It Done!”

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PAINTING

PRINTING

Call us for all of your painting or staining needs!

• Residential/Commercial • Log Homes/Decks • Free Estimates • 4 Year Warranty

• Interior/Exterior • Power Washing • Local References • Licensed & Insured

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