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Rocky Mountain National Park Will Begin Pilot Timed Entry Permit Reservations May 28-October 11

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Rocky Mountain National Park will be implementing a new pilot temporary timed entry permit reservation system beginning on May 28, 2021. Park staff are managing for significant increases in visitation to public lands in Colorado, including Rocky Mountain National Park, along with continued Covid-19 concerns, ongoing park seasonal staff shared housing challenges, reduced shuttle bus capacity and residual fire impacts in some areas of the park from historic fires in 2020.

There will be two types of reservations available. One permit will be for the Bear Lake Road Corridor, which will include the entire corridor and access to the rest of the park. This reservation period will be from 5 am to 6 pm. The second permit will be for the rest of Rocky Mountain National Park, excluding the Bear Lake Road corridor. This reservation period will be from 9 am to 3 pm. Permits issued using the reservation system will allow park visitors to enter the park within two-hour windows of availability.

The reservation system will apply to all areas of the park.

Reservations to enter the park will go on sale through www.recreation.gov at 8 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Saturday, May 1. Reservations will be available to enter the park from May 28 through June 30. The next release will be on June 1, for the month of July and any remaining days that have not been booked for June. On July 1, reservations will be available for the month of August and any remaining days that have not been booked for July.

On August 1, reservations will be available for the month of September and any remaining days in August that have not been booked. On September 1, reservations will be available for October and any remaining days in September that have not been booked. Initially, 25 percent of permits will be held and available for purchase the day prior at 5 p.m. through recreation.gov. These are expected to sell out quickly and visitors are encouraged to plan ahead when possible.

This year’s pilot reservation system allows for a greater number of reservations

per day. Reservations will be based on approximately 75 percent to 85 percent of the park’s total parking capacity. Last year’s system was based on approximately 60 percent of the park’s total parking capacity. This system spreads use throughout the park to better utilize all parking/trailhead areas. This system will be adaptable to changes in visitation trends and public health concerns.

Last year, after being closed for two months amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Rocky Mountain National Park reopened in late May and was the first na-

managed lands when physical distancing cannot be maintained, including narrow or busy trails, parking lots, pull-offs and overlooks.

When recreating, park visitors should follow local area and federal health orders, maintain social distance and avoid high-risk outdoor activities. Please do not visit if you are sick or were recently exposed to COVID-19. Park staff will continue to monitor all park functions to ensure that visitors adhere to CDC guidance for mitigating risks associated with the transmission of COVID-19 and take

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tional park in the country to implement a temporary timed entry permit system to increase park access while providing the public a reasonable opportunity to comply with health guidelines. That timed entry permit system ended on October 12, 2020.

In 2020, Rocky Mountain National Park was the fourth most visited national park in the country with a 28 percent increase in visitation in November and a 38 percent increase in visitation in December over those months in 2019.

In February, to protect the health of those who live, work, and visit national parks and National Park Service (NPS) facilities, and in support of President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing the NPS implemented a mask requirement for employees, visitors, partners and contractors. At Rocky Mountain National Park, face masks are required in all park buildings and facilities. Masks are also required on NPS-

any additional steps necessary to protect public health.

Keep your distance. Give others plenty of room whether you are on a trail or in a parking lot. If staying at least six feet from others is not possible, a mask is required. Face masks are required in all park buildings and facilities.

Keep it with you. If you brought it, take it with you. Trash pickup and restroom facilities may be limited in many park areas. Follow Leave No Trace principles.

Know your limits. Rocky Mountain National Park is one of the busiest search and rescue parks in the country. Many of these incidents could be avoided with visitors planning and making responsible decisions.

Details and updates on park operations and services will continue to be posted on the park’s official website at www.nps.gov/romo through social media @RockyNPS or call the park’s Information Office at (970) 586-1206.

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to keep business moving. Providing support to teleworking employees presents new challenges, and the IT division has been able to use grant funding to purchase software designed to remotely access employee machines, regardless of geographic location while also keeping sensitive data safe and secure. The Town repurposed laptop computers and monitors to enable employees to remain productive even while working from outside of the office. Meetings quickly shifted to video conferencing via webcam to ensure social distancing, including public Board meetings.

Recently, the Town’s IT division set up network access at the Event Center for Estes Park Health to conduct vaccination clinics. Hundreds of Estes Park residents were able to get COVID vaccinations and Estes Park Health was able to track those vaccinated, safely and securely, by utilizing onsite connectivity provided by the Town and managed by the IT division.

Last year, on top of a global pandemic, Estes Park was threatened by some of the largest wildfires in Colorado history. The IT division, in conjunction with other Town departments and local agencies, helped establish an Emergency Operations Center at the Estes Park Event Complex. The Town provided internet and phone access at dozens of workstations for emergency staff responding to the fires, including the Town, Larimer County Sheriff ’s Office, the Estes Valley Fire Protection District, Rocky Mountain National Park, and other agencies.

Technology needs in the workplace will only increase in time, and reliance on a strong IT team is becoming more and more necessary. The Town of Estes Park’s IT division is continuously looking for better ways to meet the evergrowing challenges in an ever-changing technology landscape, including improving accessibility of information, security of data, and emergency preparedness for the Town and First Responders in the Estes Valley. In doing so, not only does Town staff benefit, but so too does the entire community.

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By: Nathan Schlichtemier, Information Technology Manager The Town of Estes Park’s Information Technology (IT) division supports all internal departments, works in conjunction with many outside agencies, and manages the public wireless internet provided around Town Hall. The IT team, made up of five staff members, constantly monitors and evaluates how data is accessed and shared behind the scenes while also ensuring that potentially sensitive data is secure and backed up. The team also ensures that the network infrastructure between Town facilities and end-users provides a safe, reliable connection. This is required so that just about every Town employee can do their jobs effectively and efficiently, and in turn provide excellent services to the community. Network reliability is especially important when supporting our most critical functions such as the Estes Park Police Department.

With each passing year organizations are becoming more dependent on technology, and the Town of Estes Park is no different. Digitizing workflows, providing support for remote work, and moving towards a paperless office environment, all while staving off increasingly sophisticated cyber-security threats, have been among the leading IT-driven business trends for years. The COVID pandemic has only increased the focus on digital and remote solutions as well as the need to keep security threats front of mind. The drive to a more digital workplace has only increased the need for a strong Information Technology division at the Town of Estes Park.

The COVID pandemic has affected nearly every aspect of life, including what a “typical” workday looks like for most employees. Organizations operating under the traditional 40-hour, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday work week have had to embrace teleworking, willingly or otherwise. By quickly providing laptops and setting up Virtual Private Network access, the IT division enabled Town employees to securely access the network resources they needed

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Hornbacher Named Platte River Board Chair Koenig selected vice chair by fellow board members During its March 25 board meeting, the Platte River Power Authority Board of Directors elected Dave Hornbacher, executive director of Electric Services at the City of Longmont, to be the organization’s 13th board chair. The board also selected Mayor Wendy Koenig of the Town of Estes Park to become vice chair.

Their appointments will take effect following the April 29 board meeting.

“Dave Hornbacher has been an engaged and committed leader on our board and in the Longmont community,” said Jason Frisbie, general manager and CEO of Platte River. “We have benefitted from his leadership as vice chair and his extensive utility experience and I look forward to working with him in this new role.”

Hornbacher was selected by fellow Platte River board members to replace outgoing Board Chair Wade Troxell, who is term-limited as mayor of Fort Collins. Troxell served on Platte River’s board since 2015 and as chair since 2020.

“I am honored and humbled to have

been selected to chair the Platte River Board of Directors and want to thank Wade for his service and leadership,” said Hornbacher. “We continue to lead the state and the region in the path toward a new energy future and it’s more important than ever that we collaborate with community leaders and the public to achieve our goals.”

Hornbacher became a member of Platte River’s Board of Directors upon joining the City of Longmont as the executive director of electric services in 2019 and was elected to vice chair in 2020. He has more than 35 years of experience with electric, water and natural gas utilities in Colorado and currently serves as co-chair of the distributed energy resources strategy committee organized by Platte River and its four owner communities.

Koenig was elected mayor of Estes Park in 2020 and has served the community in many capacities since 1987.

She is a two-time Olympian in track and field, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Colorado State University and has a doctorate in audiology from Central Michigan University.

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

On March 24 at 11:46 p.m. police cited a 24 year old male from Estes Park with harassment and criminal mischief and he was arrested on a warrant out of Gilpin County for domestic violence and transported to the Larimer County Jail.

On March 26 at 9:11 p.m. police stopped a 54 year old male driver from Evans, Colorado in the 1200 block of Big

Thompson Avenue. On scene, the male was found to be driving under the influence of alcohol and he was charged with DUI and driving a vehicle without interlock device. He was cited and later released.

On March 28 at 2:30 p.m. police were called to the 100 block of Moraine Avenue on a complaint. On scene they cited a 24 year old male from Estes Park for discharge of a firearm. He was later released.

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.

Estes Valley Fire www.estesvalleyfire.org During the week of March 21, the Estes

Valley Fire Protection District (EVFPD) responded to 7 calls for service. This included: • Emergency medical (assist EPH): 1 • Detector/Alarm Activation: 4 • Motor Vehicle Crash: 1 • Smoke Investigation: 1 Estes Valley Fire www.estesvalleyfire.org

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Hope Is Springing Forth In Estes Park After a long, dark and difficult year I believe better days are ahead for Estes Park.

How can this be the case, you say?

Doesn’t Estes Park continue to work within State and County regulations?

Isn’t Larimer County one of several Colorado counties that’s still high risk for COVID-19? Why does Dial 3.0 rank Larimer County as level yellow instead of red? The Dial 3.0 is a tool for counties to use to make life more sustainable during the pandemic.

So, what’s the source of my hope? Well, some hope comes from knowing that here and elsewhere, mask wearing and

Rosa Tapia, NCMA at Salud Clinic prepares to vaccinate Mayor Koenig and locals against COVID-19.

and lodges. Frequent restaurants and bars. Shop in stores, visit museums, go to church, watch movies, hike the trails and more. Their expenditures while doing so are the lifeblood of the town, county and state.

Until the pandemic ends, for Estes Park to thrive, everyone—residents, businesses, and tourists— must safely coexist. If we can do this, then holding the Rooftop Rodeo (without a parade), having spectacular fireworks on July 4th and much more are possible. Currently, Town Administrator Travis Machalek and staff, representatives of local organizations (Chamber of Commerce, VEP, EDC, etc.), Rocky Mountain National Park officials and others are in information gathering mode. The information (including case counts and vaccination rates) they consider will help determine what happens this summer, fall and beyond.

So, if you’re awaiting vaccination, when your turn comes, don't hesitate, get the shot. If you should happen to become lax regarding social distancing, mask wearing, washing hands, take a deep breath and continue to follow regulations. We are closing in on brighter days, a return to normalcy.

Although hope is not a strategy, it is an essential part of looking at the present and anticipating the future. That’s why I’m taking the hope arising here so seriously. The hope of this day is the seed from which post-pandemic Estes Park will grow. It’s a seed needing nurture— planning, participation and prioritization. One that takes shape when each of us thinks about Estes Park. Considering

social distancing are pushing case counts down. And as case counts decline, the necessity of the state and county imposed restrictions diminishes too.

Other hope comes from the enthusiastic manner I’m seeing townspeople here and elsewhere opting for vaccination.

Vaccination brings with it a possibility of safer gatherings and interactions and greater mobility. All of which, for Estes Park are reasons for hope.

Local landmark welcomes people to Estes Park.

Estes Park is a community of approximately 6,000 yearwhat the Town does, does it work or round residents. It is an international not? What else might it do? It starts with destination. Over four-million people you. It’s your Town. Share your thoughts come here annually, mostly in the sumat trustees@estes.org. The new future of mer. They walk our streets. Stay in hotels Estes Park begins there.

Falling Fatality Near Many Parks Curve In Rocky Mountain National Park On Wednesday afternoon, a 33-yearold male from Denver, Colorado took an approximate 50-foot fall near Many Parks Curve along Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. The fall occurred on a rock outcropping between the upper and lower parking areas at

Many Parks Curve. The man’s body was transferred to the Larimer County Coroner’s Office.

The man’s name will be released after immediate family have been notified.

No further information will be released at this time.

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Graves Avenue Safe Routes To School: Participate In Community Survey By April 5 The Town of Estes Park is asking citizens, especially those with school-aged children, to participate in a community survey which will help guide the design of the Graves Avenue Safe Routes to School project. Please visit Graves-Ave-SRTS.com before April 5 and click on the “Community Survey” page to provide input.

The Town of Estes Park was awarded Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding via the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) through the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). The SRTS program’s purpose is to encourage healthy and active lifestyles and enable children to walk, bike, and roll to and from school by making routes safer.

The Graves Avenue SRTS project will include the construction of a continuous sidewalk along one or both sides of Graves Avenue, plus a sidewalk connector from the Brodie Avenue sidewalk to the Elementary School’s parking lot crosswalk. The improvements will increase safety and accessibility

and will also provide connectivity with the neighborhood housing on and near Graves Avenue, the schools, and the Estes Valley Community Center.

There will be multiple opportunities for public input on this project. This initial community survey will remain open to the public until April 5. After the engineering consultant develops the conceptual designs, there will be another feedback period to gather community input on the various design options. Following selection of the preferred design, there will be a final opportunity to review and comment on the design prior to construction. Construction of this project is currently targeted for the fall of 2021.

The Town will announce the other opportunities for public input as we transition into those phases of the project. For additional information, please contact the Project Manager, Ryan Barr, at 970-577-3575 or rbarr@estes.org.

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Rutas Seguras A La Escuela De La Avenida Graves: Participe En La Encuesta Comunitaria Antes Del 5 De Abril El Pueblo de Estes Park está pidiendo a los ciudadanos, especialmente a aquellos con niños en edad escolar, que participen en una encuesta comunitaria que ayudará a guiar el diseño del proyecto Avenida Graves Rutas Seguras a la Escuela. Visite Graves-Ave-SRTS.com antes del 5 de abril y haga clic en la página "Encuesta Comunitaria" para proporcionar información.

El Pueblo de Estes Park recibió fondos de Rutas Seguras a la Escuela (SRTS) de la Administración Federal de Carreteras (FHWA) a través del Departamento de Transporte de Colorado (CDOT). El propósito del programa SRTS es fomentar estilos de vida saludables y activos y permitir a los niños caminar, andar en bicicleta y rodar hacia y desde la escuela haciendo que las rutas sean más seguras.

El proyecto SRTS de la Avenida Graves incluirá la construcción de una acera continua a lo largo de uno o ambos lados de la Avenida Graves, además de una acera conector desde la acera de la Avenida Brodie hasta el cruce de peatones del estacionamiento de la Escuela Primaria.

Las mejoras aumentarán la seguridad y

la accesibilidad y también brindarán conectividad con las viviendas del vecindario en y cerca de la Avenida Graves, las escuelas y el Centro Comunitario de Estes Valley.

Habrá múltiples oportunidades para la participación del público en este proyecto. Esta encuesta comunitaria inicial permanecerá abierta al público hasta el 5 de abril. Después de que el consultor de ingeniería desarrolle los diseños conceptuales, habrá otro período de retroalimentación para recopilar las opiniones de la comunidad sobre las diversas opciones de diseño.

Luego de la selección del diseño preferido, habrá una última oportunidad para revisar y comentar sobre el diseño antes de la construcción. La construcción de este proyecto está actualmente prevista para el otoño de 2021.

El Pueblo anunciará las otras oportunidades para la participación del público a medida que pasemos a esas fases del proyecto. Para obtener información adicional, comuníquese con el Gerente de Proyecto, Ryan Barr, al 970577-3575 o rbarr@estes.org.

Town & County Stakeholders Encouraged To Apply For Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee The Town of Estes Park is seeking members for the Estes Park Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee to help guide preparation of the Town’s new Comprehensive Plan.

Individuals will be appointed by the Town Board to terms of approximately one year and seven months and the committee will dissolve following the approval of the Comprehensive Plan. The Plan, funded in partnership with the Colorado Department of Local Affairs, is expected to get formally underway in April 2021, with completion expected in December 2022. The Plan analyzes basic community information and establishes goals and objectives for land use, community design, growth management, mobility and circulation, housing, scenic and environmental quality, hazard mitigation, economic well-being, and intergovernmental coordination policies, among other matters, for the portion of the Estes Valley that falls within Town limits.

The committee application is available on the Town’s website at www.estes.org/volunteering. A cover letter outlining interest in serving on the committee must be included.

Applications can be submitted to Town of Estes Park; Attn: Town Clerk’s Office, P.O. Box 1200; Estes Park, CO 80517; via email to townclerk@estes.org or in person, no later than 5 p.m., Friday, April 9, 2021.

The Estes Park Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee was authorized in February 2021 by the Town Board of Trustees and will consist of at least 11 members appointed by the Board. The desired membership on

the committee will reflect the full range of Town and County stakeholders in terms of roles in the community (residents, business affiliates, etc.) as well as demographic and social diversity (youth, non-native-English speakers, gender, and others). Three of the 11 openings are aimed at including unincorporated Estes Valley stakeholders. The application form has a full list of desired member characteristics. The focus of this Advisory Committee will be the creation of the Estes Park Comprehensive Plan, and it will work in concert with Larimer County as it creates a new Comprehensive Plan for the unincorporated Estes Valley.

The Estes Park Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee is charged with the following tasks: (a) Serve as advisors to the Town in support of drafting a Comprehensive Plan for Estes Park; (b) Consider issues, review data, consider alternatives, discuss ideas, refine vision and values, advise staff, Planning Commission, and elected officials, and make recommendations regarding goals, policies and strategies being developed for the Plan; and (c) Be a link to the community by sharing the planning process with acquaintances, colleagues, and communities of interest in the spirit of unbiased information sharing and outreach.

For more information, please contact the Town of Estes Park Community Development Department at 970-577-3721. More information on the Comprehensive Plan itself is available at www.estes.org/comprehensiveplan.

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Estes Park EDC Investor Spotlight Melissa Westover has served on the been known for their beautiful, custom Estes Park Economic Development Cor- built homes. Wildfire Development, poration (Estes Park EDC) for two years LLC, also owned by the Westovers, is representing Westover Construction. the builder of the development. They Originally from Vandalia, Illinois, she are prioritizing that same quality feel in attended their new developGreenville Univerment. Their goal is to sity majoring in integrate workforce Elementary Eduhousing into the comcation. After being munity, not set it an educator in Illiapart. These condonois for four years, miniums are not inshe moved to Colcome restricted but orado where she are meant for those spent her time who work in the Estes raising a family.

Park R-3 District.

Melissa returned Melissa’s passion for to school, obtaincommunity drives her ing her master’s work. She hopes that degree in Counselby building new working Licensure. force housing, Estes Melissa’s passion Park can be a place for for mediation and those who want to Melissa Westover conflict resolution work and live here as led her to use her degree working for the well. She sees this as the driving factor Town of Estes Park in the Restorative contributing to economic development Justice program for several years. in Estes Park. Adam Shake, President More recently, Melissa and her husband and CEO of Estes Park EDC, stated, “I Mark, along with Rick and Susan Allfirst met Melissa as a volunteer for nutt, have been working on their latest Restorative Justice and she continues to project through their company Wildfire impress me to this day. Melissa and the Homes LLC. They are planning to dewhole Westover family have been an invelop 26 new townhomes and 14 single tegral part of this community for a long family lots, in addition to 88 condomini- time and having her as an Estes Park ums reserved for workforce housing. For EDC Board member is a perfect fit.”

30 years, Westover Construction has

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My grandmother Ward had several pithy sayings she often shared with whomever was nearby. “You’re a poet and you don’t know it but your feet show it…Longfellows!” was one such epithet, usually bestowed upon me when I unintentionally spoke in rhyme. It’s a silly little ditty which promoted the fun of poetry to my young ears and introduced the name of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to me, which is only one name of hundreds of poets who have enhanced my life ever since.

Longfellow lived a life heavy with tragedy, including losing his first wife by miscarriage and burying a one-year-old daughter born to him and his second wife. Then, a piece of lit paper landed on the fabric of his second wife’s dress, which ignited into flames. Longfellow managed to put out the fire but his wife died from the burns two days later and he acquired life-long scars from his own burns (ergo, the distinctive long, full beard for which he is recognized). He was left to care for five children. Longfellow wrote: “How I am alive after what my eyes have seen, I know not. I am at least patient, if not resigned; and thank God hourly—as I have from the beginning—for the beautiful life we led together, and that I loved her more and more to the end.”

Two years later, in 1863, Longfellow’s son joined the Union Army without his father’s blessing and was severely wounded in battle. That year, on Christmas Day, Longfellow wrote the inspiring poem, “Christmas Bells.” If the poet felt despair, which he had every right to feel, he did not express it at length in his poetry, but rather he wrote of hope—in the midst of the Civil War. In 1962, American author Ray Bradbury described Longfellow’s poem (now familiar as a carol) as “immensely moving, overwhelming, no matter what day or what month it was sung. ” After this past year of devastation and suffering due to COVID-19, racial injustice and a wounded planet, several of the stanzas are fitting today: I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And thought how, as the day had come, The belfries of all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till ringing, singing on its way, The world revolved from night to day, A voice, a chime, A chant sublime Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Then from each black, accursed mouth The cannon thundered in the South, And with the sound The carols drowned Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

It was as if an earthquake rent The hearth-stones of a continent, And made forlorn The households born Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head; "There is no peace on earth," I said; "For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep: "God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men."

If Longfellow were alive today, I’d give him a big hug!

It has become tradition for me to celebrate National Poetry Month by making each column in April about poetry. I first wrote about this special month-long event in 2009, when I encouraged readers to participate in Poem in Your Pocket Day, which I will do again this year when the day nears. But for now, I’d like to finish this week’s celebration of poetry with another poem that seems appropriate in the times of COVID. Yes, things are getting better, but there has been so much loss—of jobs, homes, education, and life (rest in peace, Aunt Bobbie, the biggest poetry influencer in my life) — and there is still a long way to go. Wendell Berry tells us how he handles his despair with the poem, “The Peace of Wild Things”: When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.

I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.

And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.

This is the 25th anniversary of the first National Poetry Month. I look forward to celebrating with you throughout the entire month of April. I might even share a poem or two of my own.

You may let The Thunker know what you think at her e-mail address, donoholdt@gmail.com. © 2021 Sarah Donohoe

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Land Trust Hosts Fire And Forest Ecology Virtual Breakfast; Supports Natural Solutions To Climate Change Fire is a natural disturbance that our mountain forests depend on. It can also be a destructive force that endangers human life. The Estes Valley Land Trust will host a virtual breakfast to learn more about the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires, how our forests depend on stand replacing fires and what we can do to reduce the risk to human life.

The Estes Valley Land Trust breakfast will be held on Saturday, April 17 at 9 a.m. and will take place online. Reservations are required and can be made at: evlandtrust.org/rsvp. This event is for EVLT members only. Not a member? Please join here: evlandtrust.org/donate.

There is no charge for the online breakfast and attendees receive two

can adapt our behavior to better protect the environment and our community,” said Jeffrey Boring, Estes Valley Land Trust Executive Director.

Featured speakers include Mike Lewelling, Fire Management Officer with Rocky Mountain National Park, and David Wolf, Estes Valley Fire Chief.

Estes Valley Land Trust Supports Preserving 30% of Colorado’s Lands by 2030 Colorado is known for its scenic beauty, but the loss of nature threatens the quality of life we all share. Since 2001, half-million acres of open space have been lost in Colorado.

Thankfully, there is an international goal to conserve at least 30% of the Earth’s lands and waters by 2030.

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free Cinnamon’s Bakery cinnamon rolls, if registered by April 9th. Quantities are limited and details on where to pick up the cinnamon rolls will be emailed to those who register.

“I’m looking forward to learning more about fire and forest ecology and how we

dress the climate crises and slow the rate of extinction. To deliver on this deal, the Estes Valley Land Trust is working with other conservation organizations to accelerate the pace and scale of conservation by protecting at least 30 percent of Colorado by 2030.

“Natural climate solutions, such as preserving land, are a proven way to store and reduce carbon emissions,” said Boring. “Our local effort to conserve another 5,000 acres in the next 10 years is exactly what communities across the state should be doing to help meet the international goal.”

About the Estes Valley Land Trust Founded in 1987 by Estes Park residents, the Estes Valley Land Trust is a nationally recognized land conservation organization that has preserved nearly 10,000 acres of land and some of the most iconic landscapes in the Estes Valley. More than 400 members support the Estes Valley Land Trust annually and additional information can be found at evlandtrust.org.

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Spring Nonprofit Programs Announced April 7, noon – 1:15 p.m.

Partnership Network Every month, EPNRC hosts a roundtable of nonprofit leaders representing Estes Park, Larimer County, and the state. Leaders from all nonprofits and other sector partners are welcome and encouraged to update the community on what their organization is working on, possible collaborations, any needed resources and more. EPNRC takes notes at these meetings and sends the updates out to our email list of roughly 225 nonprofit and partner sector contacts.

April 15, noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Learn: Introduction to Town Advisory Boards This Lunch & Learn will introduce and explain the various advisory boards and their roles and functions.

He will also review how people apply and serve in these voluntary positions.

Representatives from each of the three advisory boards will share their primary responsibilities and what focus areas they have developed for the year.

The advisory boards are: Parks Advisory Board (currently has 2 positions

open), Community Family Advisory Boards (4 positions open), and Transportation Advisory Board (3 positions open).

May 20, noon 1:30 p.m.

Lunch & Learn: Information Session on Unite Colorado, A Coordinated Care Network Join Special Guest, Katie Koblenz, Senior Engagement Manager for Unite Us based in Fort Collins.

Unite Colorado is a coordinated care network bringing together community-based organizations, health care, and public agencies to seamlessly refer individuals and families with the greatest needs to social services such as housing, food assistance, job training, and more, all while tracking outcomes. Participation in the network is free of cost for nonprofit community-based organizations, public agencies and community health centers. Kaiser Permanente is funding this network in Northern Colorado to benefit the community.

For more information, to register for programs and to find Zoom links for meetings, visit epnonprofit.org.

Estes Volunteers is now a Facebook group.

This group allows individuals and organorgan izations to find their volunteer match.

Individuals can post their skills to share and organizations can shout out opportunities. For example, right now Victoria is offering her office skills, Microsoft, G-Drive, Facebook experience.

Restorative Justice is seeking community members to go through their facilitator training and the Running Club is looking for volunteers to help in all aspects of their Marathon on Father’s Day weekend. Search “Estes Volunteers” on Facebook and join the group.

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Military Service In Civilian Clothes By: Steve Irish

Circle 119— Home of the American Legion Lloyd Fosdick, a long-time resident of Estes Park and my neighbor, served his country with the U.S. Army in the 1950s at the height of the Korean War with distinction—under unusual circumstances.

When Lloyd was 18 years old and an undergraduate at the University of Chicago, he sought to join the U.S. Navy near the end of WWII, but that was not to be. During his physical exam, he did not pass the color blindness test and was denied entry into the Navy. Disappointed, he went on to complete his undergraduate and graduate degrees, received his PhD in physics from Purdue University then accepted a position at the University of Illinois in Champaign as an Assistant Professor of Physics.

Fast forward to the early 50s, Lloyd was drafted into the U.S. Army while teaching at the U of I. He was also working under contract in a U of I laboratory that was responsible for a classified Navy project incorporating early computer technology to improve speed and efficiency in the Combat Information Center (CIC) on Navy ships. Computers in those days were very primitive—vacuum tubes, terribly slow and usually filled an entire room. Lloyd and others were using the computer to project the radar returns transmitted from Navy ships to a display

screen and predict where the next radar return would appear. In the CIC, the task of tracking radar returns was delegated to surface or intercept plotters who man-

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ually moved physical symbols on a status board with long poles. Lloyd’s job was to apply his knowledge of physics by writing the test program scenarios for the computer. It was important to our national security, and largely classified work.

Now, what to do? Lloyd was important to the success of the University’s government contract, but the U.S. Army came first.

When the orders came through, the head of his unit said, “When you go into the Army, don't try to be an officer or do anything, just go in as a private and I think I can get you back here to work on the contract while you're still in the Army.”

Surprisingly, the

Army agreed and after two months of training at Fort Leonard Wood and a whole lot of unwelcome KP duty, Lloyd “shipped out” back to the University of Illinois to continue his service to his country.

Lloyd had many humorous stories about his short time in the Army. Here’s one: “Once when we were on the rifle range, I was firing and then put the weapon down when I saw these two boots come by and stand beside me. It was a second lieutenant and he said, “Pick the gun up and if you don’t pick the gun up I will send you packing back to Purdue to teach physics.” I slowly looked up and it was a second lieutenant that was a student in one of my Purdue Physics classes. I began laughing like crazy.”

Postscript: We sometimes forget that our nation’s combat forces cannot accomplish wartime missions without industry support and the soldiers and airmen in rear services. During the Cold War the Department of Defense awarded large and small contracts to American research universities, including the University of Illinois, to improve military technology.

Lloyd’s contributions contributed measurably to improve our National Security.

Visit The American Legion at www.esteslegion.org and support our Estes Valley Wall of Honor!

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The League Of Women Voters Meeting April 14 The April 14th meeting of the League of Women Voters of Estes Park will be a virtual event starting at 10:00 a.m. The speakers for this meeting will be Darla Sidles, Superintendent, and Kyle Patterson, Management Specialist/Public Affairs Officer, at Rocky Mountain National Park. They will be discussing last year’s timed entry system and this summer’s plans, Kyle Patterson fire impacts and recovery, and long-range Visitor Use Management next steps including public input opportunities in late May. The meeting is open to members of the League as well as the public. To participate in this meeting, you must register for the event at www.lwv-estespark.org Once registered, a link to the meeting will be emailed to you.

Darla Sidles Darla Sidles has been Superintendent at Rocky Mountain National Park since August 2016. Prior to that, she served as superintendent at Saguaro National Park in Tucson, deputy superintendent at Independence Na-

tional Historical Park in Philadelphia, and superintendent at Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument. She also served two short term assignments in Washington DC. Sidles began her career as a Student Conservation Association (SCA) volunteer, and worked seasonally in the North Cascades, Denali National Park, Arches National Park, Big Bend National Park, and Zion National Park.

Kyle Patterson is the Management Specialist/Public Affairs Officer at Rocky Mountain National Park and is part of the park’s Leadership Team. Her main duties include media relations and community outreach. She has been at Rocky in this position since 2001. Prior to this she was the Public Information Officer at Mount Rushmore National Memorial.

If you are interested in learning more about the League or joining the League, please visit our website at www.lwv-estespark.org or contact us at contactus@lwv-estespark.org

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What Makes Colorado A National Leader?

Who recently said: “I knew we had to act. We had to make sure that every eligible Coloradan, whether Republican, Democrat, or Unaffiliated could have their voice heard in a safe, secure and accessible location even with the pandemic.”

Who recently said “We get folks who try to vote twice…the key word is try… because our system is set up so they’re not successful and here’s why: …”

For answers and to learn much more about voter access and voting safety, verifying voter signatures, tracking ballots, threats to our elections and cybersecu-

rity, and the differences between and importance of election judges and poll watchers, watch this very informative recording of the March 17th virtual visit with Secretary of State Jena Griswold and Larimer County Clerk Angela Myers, who spoke with and addressed concerns of Coloradans across the state.

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1917 Book Club - April Meeting On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, the 1917 Book Club virtually hosted by the Estes Park Museum will explore local title, Fred Payne Clatworthy: Colorado’s Color Photography Pioneer by Richelle Cross Force.

The book explores the life and work of local photographer Fred Payne Clatworthy. This program is free and open to the public and will take place over Zoom. Book Club attendees will have access to their camera and microphones during the program to better participate in the discussion. It is strongly encouraged that participants read each book prior to the program to take part in the discussion. No registration is required.

Use the following link to participate: zoom.us/j/98269135161. The link can also be found under the “Programs & Events” tab on the Museum’s website.

Joining 5-10 minutes early is encouraged to make sure participant audio and video is working correctly. Questions about Zoom? Visit the Zoom support page beforehand to better understand this platform as staff will not be able to troubleshoot technological

questions during the program.

“In the early 1900s Fred Payne Clatworthy was one of the first Americans to use the autochrome, the first practical form of color photography, and to be commercially successful with it. A notable landscape photographer in both color and black and white, he traveled the equivalent of twenty-five times around the globe capturing scenes for audiences numbering in the thousands. National Geographic magazine published six series of his autochromes featuring images of Rocky Mountain National Park, Mesa Verde, the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Zion, Glacier and Yellowstone National Parks. During his sixty-five-year career, he operated a photography studio, gift shop and ice cream parlor in Estes Park, Colorado.”

Books can be purchased online at the Estes Park Museum Shop, Macdonald Bookshop, or at CABINtique. Additionally, books can be checked out at the Estes Valley Library.

History Of McLaughlin Ranch

On Friday April 9, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. join local author Bob Leavitt as he explores the history of McLaughlin Ranch, the second ranch in the Estes Valley. This program is free and open to the public and will take place over Zoom. No registration is required. Use the following link to participate: zoom.us/j/94031666031. The link can also be found under the “Programs & Events” tab on the Museum’s website.

A few years ago, Bob Leavitt began researching the history of Carriage Hills and soon realized that he had to go back to the early history of the southern Estes Valley to fully understand the origin of the area. Historian Laureate James Pickering told Bob, “I think there was a very early ranch in the southern Estes Valley.” Subsequent research identified James McLaughlin as the occupant of that ranch. But where was it located exactly and what became of the McLaughlin ranch? Bob

sought to answer these questions and will share his findings, sources, and methods used to research the ranch.

Bob and his wife, Connie, moved from Lincoln Nebraska to Carriage Hills in 2014, along with their two golden retrievers. They have always loved Estes Park and the Colorado mountains, and decided to retire here.

Bob has been a history buff for many years. After reading several local history books, he discovered that little has been written about the southern Estes Valley and Carriage Hills. His book on this subject is forthcoming.

Joining 5-10 minutes early is encouraged to make sure participant audio and video is working correctly. Questions about Zoom? Visit the Zoom support page beforehand to better understand this platform as staff will not be able to troubleshoot technological questions during the program.

Estes Park Quota is hosting a Taste of Spring Geranium Sale coming next week!

Watch for details!

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Estes Park Archives Reboot

Estes Park Steam Laundry around 1913.

Throughout April, the Estes Park Archives will focus on early Estes Park businesses operated solely or primarily by women, concentrating on a separate category each Saturday, broken down into Laundries, Lodging, Tea Rooms, and Teaching.

This Saturday, April 3, repeating every fifteen minutes between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m., we will talk about steam laundries and hand laundries, eventually replaced by dry cleaners. These laundries must have been somewhat lucrative, as there was always competition, along with pretty regular advertising in the local newspapers.

The laundry in the photograph was in the approximate area of the current

Family Night April 8

Estes Valley Investment in Childhood Success (EVICS) family resource center is inviting all families of Estes Valley to join them for a virtual Family Night on Photo courtesy DeAnn Gates Gardner Thursday, April 8th at 5:30 p. m.

Parents who register will receive a: Dairy Queen across from Bond Park.

Around the same time, a laundry staffed • Zoom link and/or phone number to by laundresses and run by Elizabeth E. dial in, Hix operated on the north side of West • Voucher for dinner from a local Elkhorn, known for some reason as the restaurant Fall River Hand Laundry.

• Information and ideas on how to This week's program will be held in the build a secure attachment relationship former laundry building at 240 Moraine and provide a good foundation for their Avenue, with pandemic protocols still in place. If you are unfamiliar with how these operate, please contact 586-4889 to make a reservation or learn about mask restrictions and group limitations.

If it is warm enough, we will spend most of the time outside. All are welcome, but please call in advance if you have never attended a program before during COVID.

children’s future success.

Participating families will also enjoy an associated play activity!

Please view EVICS website for more information.

Again, please register so that we can have a more accurate number of attending families. Please register by calling EVICS at (970) 586-3055, email eberryhill@evics.org or going to the EVICS website http://www.evics.org/programsevents/ by 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 7th.

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Help Us Celebrate Water April 22 is Earth Day. Because we, at the Estes Valley Watershed Coalition, are focused on the health of our forests, waters, and wildlife of Estes Valley, we have chosen to celebrate water for the whole month. We hope all of you who share our exceptional valley will join us in celebrating water too! There will be something for everyone--water-saving tips, challenges, crafts, and projects--and even some special gifts.

Wildlife Talks On April 15, our monthly online Wildlife Talk will focus on “Coyotes, Most Misunderstood Animals,” by Jared Gricoskie, who owns and operates Yellow Wood Guiding. Jared is an experienced naturalist, well-versed in the behaviors and biology of our wildlife. Don't miss this extraordinary talk.

On April 22, to help us understand water as a vital resource, we will have two speakers, Kimberly Mihelich, from Northern Water and Amanda Simmons from the Colorado Rural Water Association, who will explain how water flows to and from Estes and how its volume is affected by periodic droughts and persistent climate change.

For Students Young students can color the following scene of our watershed that shows our many rivers and water bodies. We challenge older students older to illustrate our watershed. These can be maps, diagrams, or illustrations showing the four rivers, forests, or wildlife that make up our watershed. Artwork submitted will be displayed at ACE Hardware and on our website www.evwatershed.org and our Face-

Can you name the four rivers in the Estes Watershed?

book page www.facebook.com/evwatershed.

Please send your finished projects to us at Estes Valley Watershed Coalition, P.O. Box 4494, Estes Park, 80517. Or submit them online to EVWatershed@EVWatershed.org.

Learning Projects To Do at Home All month long, we will be providing activities on our website and social media that families can do at home together, such as creating mini-water cycles or experimenting with water absorption.

Win a Rain Barrel Kit and Other Water-Saving Items!

Thanks to the generous donation from ACE Hardware, we are going to be awarding some lucky family in Estes Park a rain barrel kit. We will offer other gadgets that will help save water in your homes. Register for these

giveaways on our website: www.evwatershed.org/Earth-Day2021 We will announce the recipients at the end of April.

Watch for...

Other water savings tips can be found on our website at www.evwatershed.org/Earth-Day2021, or watch for our notices on EP News throughout the month of April. Water is a finite resource on Earth; it can be neither created nor destroyed. But it can be wasted and polluted to life-harming degrees.

Let's use it wisely and keep it clean for future generations.

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Five Fun Facts About… The Osprey By: Dawn Wilson

This week’s featured animal is the osprey. The first week of April is marked on my calendar each year to start looking for returning osprey. These large brown and white birds of prey migrate to Mexico and South America for the winter but will return to Colorado, including Estes Park (and more commonly Grand Lake on the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park), to nest and raise their young.

Here are five more fun facts about this skilled hunter.

1. Often confused with bald eagles, osprey can be differentiated by a white head with a brown crown and brown streak down the cheek, and the appearance of a kink in their wings when soaring. Adult bald eagles have a full white head and their wings, when soaring, stretch out straight. Both birds have hooked beaks, but the osprey beak is black while the adult bald eagle beak is dark yellow.

2. Osprey are also referred to as sea hawks, fish hawks, and river hawks.

3. The diet of osprey is 99 percent fish, favoring whatever is common for the area.

4. Osprey are fascinating to watch hunt.

They will circle over shallow water — they typically dive no more than three feet into the water — and then plunge headfirst towards the surface of the water. When they are closer to the surface, they spin their talons down to snatch the fish out of the water.

5. After an osprey catches a fish, it will reposition the fresh catch in its talons

like a torpedo, head forward. It is believed this is for aerodynamics because osprey typically eat their fish at the nest rather than at closer perches along the body of water.

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 and calendars at DawnWilsonPhotography.com or follow her on Instagram: @dawnwilsonphoto.

Osprey are often confused for bald eagles, but these fish hawks are noticeably smaller. and have a kink in their wings when soaring.

Adult osprey have yellow eyes but the eyes of immature osprey are orange.

Osprey will carry their fish like a torpedo with the head facing forward.

Both osprey parents share the duties to raise the babies.

Although osprey will return to the same nest each year, there is always much work to be done on repair and improvements.

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Flower Gardening Know – How From CSU Extension By: Estes Valley Community Garden Board

few basics as there will not be time Do you want to learn more about grow- during the program to help with ing flowers in our mountain climate? technical issues.

Zoom in to a free program, “Perennial You do not need a and Annual Flower Gardens for the Estes Valley,” Wednesday, April 21, 1:00- Zoom account to join this meet2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Estes Valley Community ing/program.

Can’t Zoom? The Garden, the program will be presented

by Alison O’Connor, Horticulture Agent, recorded program will be available CSU Extension in Larimer County. Alison has brought us gardening knowledge online; email evcg@evcg.org to for the past several years, through inreceive the link to person educational programs in our partnership with Estes Valley Recreation watch anytime. and Park District’s Senior and Adult AcThe next gardentivities (now Elevated Connections.) ing program will be May 12, 1:00 – Register now for this free program, 2:30 p.m., “Sucopen to all, by emailing Estes Valley cessful Trees and Community Garden at evcg@evcg.org.

Bushes in the The Zoom link will be emailed to you Estes Valley after you register. Just click the link on Mountain ComWednesday, April 21 a few minutes bemunity,” presented fore 1:00 p.m. to connect. Please try to

by Floyd Wright, a long-time local garjoin 5-10 minutes early to make sure your audio and video are working prop- dener with a Masters’ degree in horticulture from Colorado State University. erly.

New to Zoom, or have questions? Take More information will be available at a later date. a look at zoom.com/support to learn a

For information about CSU Extension, visit their website at extension.colostate.edu. To learn more about the Estes Valley Community Garden, explore evcg.org.

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Meet The Buyers For The Trail Ridge Store And Café

Attention all local vendors, artists, and authors! Xanterra Travel Collection is having a virtual Meet The Buyer event.

Xanterra is always looking for locally made, unique, and good quality products for the guests who visit Rocky Mountain National Park and the Trail Ridge Store & Cafe. Take this opportunity to talk with one of Xanterra’s corporate buyers without leaving your home!

Xanterra Travel Collection is planning this virtual Meet The Buyer event for April 15th & 16th, 2021. Appointments are being scheduled now to meet with our corporate buyers virtually. Buyers will be available from 9:00 a.m. until 3:00 p. m. each day to talk about your products and the potential of incorporating your crafts into our assortment for the 2021-2022 seasons.

Categories we are interested in from Local Vendors and Artisans are: Locally made Rocky Mountain sou-

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venirs; tee-shirts, mugs, etc.

Handcrafted pottery, carvings, paintings, gifts, and jewelry Handcrafted local candies, jams, jellies, and snacks Xanterra will be scheduling 30 minute interviews to talk with artisans and learn more about each product. Please have available a selection of products and details about each, wholesale pricing, and information on your business or an artist bio.

Please schedule your appointment for either date by contacting Nancy Strong at the information below.

Xanterra Parks & Resorts Rocky Mountain National Park 945 Moraine Avenue Estes Park, Colorado 80517 970-586-2133 nstrong@xanterra.com

Week 8 Results 10 Linda’s Boys 6 MOB

2021 Spring Session Standings Right on Cue 81 Linda’s Boys 67 62 Stray Cats MOB 59 If interested in playing or starting a team contact Joyce Hughes at (970) 290-3516

Congratulations to Braulio Acedo, the Estes Park High School Student of the Week for April 2, 2021.

At EPHS, Braulio’s favorite class is geometry because he finds it fun and challenging. He is proud of the fact that he went from a 0%, to a passing grade in his math class.

Outside of school he likes to work at his job and work with his dad. He works at the Sugar Shack downtown, and he really loves his job. He also likes to play video games and hang out with his friends.

Braulio’s favorite quote is “Life is hard, it's harder when you're stupid”

by John Wayne. Braulio said, “I really like this quote because, if I wasn't so stupid and just did the work when I was supposed to, life would of been a lot more easier.”

The best piece of advice he’s been given is, “Don't be stupid and just do what your supposed to do.”

After high school, Braulio plans to

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attend college, maybe at CSU, but he’s not quite sure where he’ll go just yet.

Bank of Estes Park Student Legacy Award: In addition to being awarded the Student of the Week, each winner will be given the opportunity to nominate the school program of their choice for the chance to win $500. At the end of the school year, one such nomination will be randomly selected, and that school program will be awarded the $500 Bank of Estes Park Student Legacy Award, in that student's name.

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COVID-19 VACCINE Mar 31 – April 5

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A Few Stories From The Winter Season At Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

By: Linda Tyler, Executive Director

swimming, snacking, and preening together. Finally, after witnessing the While spring and summer are the goose successfully fly using its imped busiest seasons at Greenwood, wildlife wing, the bird was approved for release needs our help year-round. Following are just a few of the animals we were able along with its pal. to care for during the winter months.

On release day, volunteers trudged through the mud with two large bins, “Imping” Helped Save This Canada each containing a fully healed goose.

Goose They made their way to the shoreline Ever hear of imping? It was a life and opened the lids. Both animals took changer for this unfortunate, and then a quick look around before shooting out fortunate, waterfowl! of the bins and flying out to the open It all started when passersby spotted a water. Together, they swam toward the Canada goose walking in the road last middle of the lake. They were spotted a December. They realized it needed help, few days later, foraging together on the since one of its wings was dragging on shoreline. Evidently, these two had the ground. Lacking a container, they formed a friendship! scurried to the nearest store to find a Cottontail Takes a Fall box. Hurrying back, they were happy to A caring Longmont resident brought a see it hadn't traveled far. They were able wounded eastern cottontail to Greento carefully collect it, then drive it to wood after he discovered her in a winGreenwood. dow well. Our rehabilitation team hyOur rehabilitation team assessed the goose and found it was in very poor con- pothesized that a predator had chased her to the well where she then fell five to dition. It had several wounds and six six feet. After evaluation, staff started to broken, essential flight feathers on one craft the rabbit’s recovery plan. Her wing. X-rays showed a small wing fracwounds would be treated with antibiture that was starting to heal. They began treatment with pain medication, an- otics to avoid infection. She also had spinal trauma that required anti-inflamtibiotics, calcium, and Vitamin D. matories and cage rest. Aside from reAfter several weeks of care, the goose's ceiving high-quality medical care, the health improved, and the bird was flight rabbit stayed warm and cozy in an intested. As anticipated, it could not get door enclosure fitted with a wooden lift, given the missing flight feathers. In nesting box made by a local Boy Scout order to release it sooner, our team troop. She ate scads of Timothy hay, apneeded to intervene. ple chunks, and lettuce. After this round Luckily, an ancient procedure called of treatment, her injuries were healing imping can repair this type of damage. and her hop had more pep. She spent a The process involves finding the perfect week in our outside caging, then was rereplacements for the broken feathers. In leased back into the wild. this case, staff used cadaver feathers.

Speaking of rabbits, soon Greenwood They carefully implanted them with will be helping even more bunnies and bamboo dowels, hand-whittled to fit the their cousins. The sole rehabilitator of size of the goose’s feather shaft, and used the Colorado Wild Rabbit Foundation is an epoxy that sets quickly. planning to retire, leaving no one to care With an optimistic prognosis, staff for these animals in the area spanning placed the goose in an outdoor enclofrom north Denver to the Wyoming sure with another injured goose while it border. Thanks to two very generous healed. The two bonded after a month of

donors, we are constructing a new facility dedicated to rabbit care, which should be completed by early 2022.

Belted Kingfisher Strikes a Window Greenwood gets hundreds of birds from window strikes each year. Recently, a woman found a belted kingfisher on her back patio, lying there stunned just as the sun was setting. She hoped he would recover with rest, so she kept him safe in a box in a dark and quiet place indoors. In the morning, he still couldn’t fly, so she brought him to Greenwood.

As the rescuer told us this kingfisher’s story, she expressed her wish for the bird’s recovery. She had experienced the loss of her son and her dog just that month and hoped this animal wouldn’t have the same fate.

Our rehabilitator examined the kingfisher for injuries. He checked his wings, legs, head, and toes while paying particular attention to signs of a neurological condition, common for window-strike victims. He administered anti-inflammatories, predicting that the animal was still

suffering from a hard knock to the head.

The next day, the kingfisher was able to fly about in his enclosure. Our team was eager to share this great news with the caring rescuer who had experienced such heavy losses recently. The bird was released that day – taking off, free and wild again!

Spring is Here – Please Help us Help the Babies The first babies of the season have arrived at Greenwood, and they really could use your support. Every spring and summer, hundreds of orphaned wild animals rely on us for lifesaving care.

Please help these little ones to grow healthy and strong before they're released back into the wild. Visit greenwoodbabyshower.com for a list of needs as well as the link to our Amazon wish list. Supplies can be shipped directly from Amazon to Greenwood. Also, while on Amazon, please remember to select Greenwood as your charity of choice through Amazon Smile to donate a portion of your shopping dollars to us.

Items can also be dropped off in person either at Greenwood (east of Lyons) from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily (please call first: 303-823-8455) or at our Thrift Shop & Consignment Gallery located at 3600 Arapahoe in Boulder from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday. Donations are tax-deductible.

And, as always, we would appreciate any monetary contributions you can give toward the treatment of the wildlife that come through our doors. You can donate online or mail a check to P.O. Box 18987, Boulder, CO 80308. To learn about other ways you can support us, please visit our website at www.greenwoodwildlife.org.

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AN EPIDEMIC FOR WHICH THERE SEEMS TO BE NO CURE

We have been dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic now for over a year. We are so pleased that there have been inroads into controlling the virus during that time. With our new vaccines, social distancing, and masks, we are seeing a decline in the number of cases detected and hope is increasing that someday, in the not-to-distant-future, this pandemic will be a thing of the past. However, I wonder what would happen if a large segment of our society chose to totally disregard those safety measures, refusing the vaccine, refusing to wear masks…even deliberately breathing on others…and refusing to keep their distance. How different would our level of hope be then?

As we listened to and viewed the alarming news of this past week, we are reminded again that there is another ‘pandemic’ widespread among us…the disregard for human life…coupled with a deep sense of hatred in the hearts of so many. And, unlike the Covid-19 virus that we have been battling, there is no ‘vaccine’ that can be given to stop it from invading and devastating our society. Violent crime seems to be at an all-time high throughout our nation. “Enough is enough!” say our political leaders…as well as most of the people in our society…as if this pronouncement will stop the Boulder and Atlanta type atrocities that keep occurring among us, as well as the daily loss of life in individual murders that occur across our nation, claiming far more victims than our recent attack here, but of which most of us are unaware. So, what do we do?

The usual response to such is to call for more stringent gun laws…and most of us totally agree that reasonable laws should be enacted and enforced. However, that seems to be like saying “Let’s get a vaccine for our virus, and let’s social-distance, and wear masks, and that will solve the pandemic.” The problem still stands that we have those who refuse the vaccine and other pandemic reducing efforts. We need to change the hearts of people who choose to disregard laws and rules. Unlike law-abiding people who respect and readily obey the gun laws, some get their weapons any way they can, and, having no moral values that would keep them from using those to take the lives of innocent victims, do their dastardly deeds. The hearts of such people must be changed.

How do we do this? Most of us have our ideas, and probably all of them would do some good. However, most of us would agree that the changes must begin in homes where children get their pattern for life. Solomon wisely said: “Train up a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it!” As a general rule this is true. One problem that we face in our nation is that many children do not grow up in a family where they are wanted and, subsequently, loved, and trained as Solomon urged. Due to our sexually promiscuous society, we have children born that are unexpected and not desired and, therefore, grow up feeling abandoned by one or both of the parents. Such grow up as a part of the ‘lost child’ generation, with very little training in morals and values, except that received on the streets, from others from similar backgrounds. Our prisons are filled with people who would recount this kind of family history.

So, what do we do? Well, having realized that saying ‘Enough is enough!’ is ‘not’ enough, and changing laws already honored by those in our society who want our world to be the best it can be, we cannot ‘do nothing’. We need to do everything in our power to honor those guidelines that are found in the Bible about the sanctity and importance of marriage, and each parent’s duty to be a good role-model and teacher of the children that grow up in their homes. In addition, we can often do things through our daily lives that share good messages to those whose lives we influence. It also cannot be stressed enough that we need to be very prayerful about our own responsibilities and our society. I’m sure all of us have tearfully prayed for the families of the ten innocent victims of our recent tragedy. However, we know that, as poet Tennyson once said, “More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of.” Therefore, we need to pray ‘for all that are in authority’ (as the Bible says) and for our society and world, and then look for ways to help answer those prayers. God bless us as we do all we can during these tough times.

Bob Lewis

Estes Park Senior Citizens Center Menu April 5 – April 9 Monday, Apr 5

Club Sandwich on wheat bread w/ homemade chips & soup of the day

Tuesday, Apr 6

Grilled Chicken Breast Sandwich (topped w/ Swiss cheese, mushrooms

Retirement Open House For Scott Logan

Scott Logan has retired from Safeway after 35 years of dedicated service.

His family is hosting a special retirement open house for him this Saturday, April 3, from 1-4 p.m. at the clubhouse at the 18 Hole Golf Course.

Zoom Meeting On “Building Resistance To Stress and Aging: The Toughness Model” Every Sunday there is a Zoom meeting of intellectually curious people; many are either Quakers, Unitarians or unaffiliated. Our speaker this week will be Dick Dienstbier who is a Professor Emeritus from the Psychology Department at the University of Nebraska.

At home in the UNL Psychology Department Dick served as the Department Chair for too many years. His research interests evolved from early studies of racial prejudice and moral decision making to later interests in stress and aging, leading to his 2015 book: “Building Resistance to Stress and Aging: The

& avocado) w/ tomato salad Wednesday, Apr 7

Hot Roast Beef Sandwich w/ mashed potatoes, gravy & vegetables

Thursday, Apr 8

Shrimp Alfredo w/ Spaghetti, garlic bread & side salad

Friday, Apr 9

Trout (4 oz) w/ Rice Pilaf & soup of the day

Monday, Apr 12

BBQ Chicken Breast w/ Grits, corn bread & green beans

Tuesday, Apr 13

Swiss Mushroom Burger w/ pasta salad

Wednesday, Apr 14

Beef Pot Roast w/ Rice & vegetables

Thursday, Apr 15

Vegetarian Pasta Primavera w/ garlic bread, side salad & vegetarian soup

Friday, Apr 16

Signature Salad w/ Grilled Shrimp (8) (greens topped w/tomatoes, corn,

April 12 – 16

cheese, craisins, pecans & croutons) & ranch dressing All noon meals are $5 for current EP Senior Citizens Center members and are by reservation only. 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, Apr 5th, you need to call before 1:00 PM on Friday, Apr 2nd. 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 still closed, but MedX is hosting TriFit and Yoga/Balance classes at the Senior Citizens Center building! Meals-to-Go will be delivered to your vehicle at the Senior Citizens Center! Pick up times 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Check out our website: estesparkseniors.org or call for the latest information

Congratulations, Scott! Enjoy your retirement. We will miss seeing your smiling face at Safeway but we know you will be out on the golf course enjoying your days of leisure or busy volunteering for our community.

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Toughness Model.” Although Dick contends that he does not experience stress, he puts up with aging on a daily basis.

By focusing on the scientific research on stress and aging, he will avoid reporting on his personal aging experiences. For that, listeners should be thankful.

These meetings are open to all who are interested. The meeting starts with an informal chat from 10:30- 11. The discussion begins at 11 and concludes at noon. For Zoom info contact Jim Linderholm at hwsceo@aol.com or Randy Maharry at (515) 229-8299.

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News From The Art Center Of Estes Park

Mary Benke Present Exhibit “A Symphony of Color” featuring the oil, mixed media and fiber art by Astrid Paustian. “’A Symphony of Color’ is the title that Astrid Paustian has chosen for her featured artist show, currently on display in our beautiful gallery. And what an apt choice it is!” shares Diana Wade, President of the Board for the Art Center.

“My first observation upon walking into the show was more a feeling than anything else. Her beautifully curated paintings set such a happy, forwardlooking and optimistic tone… and goodness knows, that’s something we are all very much in need of these days. Her vibrant color choices dance across and weave their way through a wonderful variety of art pieces… in oil, mixed media and fabric.

Give yourself a treat and be sure to take in Astrid’s show. It runs through April 26th and is being sponsored by Alice League.”

Follow one of these links to view a Power Point Virtual Tour of this exhibit: youtu.be/oBQIy24XInY fb. watch/4kVsD9ibxd Opening April 30 “Lyrical Landscapes” featuring the watercolor, pastel and oil art by Mary Benke Art Center Artist and Board member Mary Benke will have her featured artist

exhibit opening April 30 and closing June 7. Mary has been a member since June 2014. Mary combines the creative use of texture, color, and design to evoke emotion and a strong sense of imagery in her paintings. Her expressive landscapes, appealing animal portraits, and intriguing city scenes combine her keen eye for design and love of travel and nature.

For “Lyrical Landscapes,” Mary’s latest show, she explored some new techniques. She has created some highly textural oil pieces, with the use of watermixable oil paints, cold wax and some unique implements including a silicone bowl scraper, spatulas, a steak knife (!), along with more traditional brushes and palette knives. She’s also concentrated on developing distinctive “mark making” techniques in her pastel paintings.

She is active on the board of directors of the Art Center of Estes Park, serving as Marketing Committee Chair and Social Media Director. She enjoys mentoring students in watercolor and pastel through the Art Center’s mentorship program. She has volunteered extensively with other community organizations using her graphic design, editing, publicity, and social media skills. In addition, she participates in numerous art events benefiting charitable organizations. Mary is a signature member of the

Pastel Society of Colorado and the Colorado Watercolor Society, and a member of the American Impressionist Society and the Longmont Artists Guild.

Donated Art from the Chamber of Commerce: A Special Wall display in the sunroom exhibits art donated by the Chamber of Commerce to help raise funds for the Women’s Monument. Prices are negotiable and sales will be designated for the monument fundraising effort.

Estes Valley Plein Air Last opportunity to enter the Art Center’s Estes Valley Plein Air 2021. The deadline for entries is April 4. To enter, go to www.onlinejuriedshows.com.

Artists will be juried and those selected will be notified by mid-April.

Special Exhibit at US Bank Art Center Artist and Board member Anne Sneary has a number of pieces of her watercolors on display in the lobby of US Bank. Stop in and view her beautiful exhibit.

Social Media The Art Center can be viewed not only on our website at www.artcenterofestes.com but we are on Facenook at Art-Center-of-Estes-Park,

Instagram at artcenterofep and Twitter at artcenterestes.

Also on display in the gallery are the outstanding work of the other Art Center artist members, including other works in oil painting, watercolor, pastel, jewelry, ceramics, charcoal, graphite, glass, wood, sculpture, fiber, photography, printmaking and mixed media.

The Art Center of Estes Park is a nonprofit organization which provides a facility to support the work of local and regional artists, striving to promote exhibition, education, and excellence in the visual arts. Proceeds benefit the artist and contribute to the Art Center’s education and community outreach. The Art Center is open 11-5, Friday through Monday. We follow all health protocols and provide a safe environment to enjoy viewing the art on exhibit with hand sanitizer and gloves available as well as masks for a donation.

The Art Center is located at 517 Big Thompson Avenue, in Middle Stanley Village, below Safeway and above Subway. For more information, please call the Art Center at 970-586-5882 or visit our website at www.artcenterofestes.com.

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EPMS Donates Socks To Veterans, Gives Thanks To Footwear Fans

Elmer with Melissa Blair-O’Shaughnessy, Recreational Therapy Director at the Center, Dr. Alan Denney, EPMS Choir Director, and an employee with the box of donated socks. Courtesy photo

Estes Park Middle School choir students recently sold socks as a fundraiser and their plan included donating one package of socks to veterans for every package sold. The socks were recently delivered to the residents of the Veterans Community Living Center in Aurora, CO. The veteran in the picture, Elmer, is shown here re-

ceiving his package of socks. Melissa Blair-O’Shaughnessy, Recreational Therapy Director at the center said, "Thank you so much for the awesome donation of socks! We all love them!"

Thank you to all who purchased socks in this fun fundraiser! Enjoy your stylish, colorful, new footwear.

Estes Park Great Decisions Zoom Meeting Tuesday, April 6th The Foreign Policy Association annually puts together a booklet concerning American foreign policy decisions in order to stimulate discussion of US foreign affairs. This booklet is called “Great Decisions.”

The Estes Park "Great Decisions Group" meets monthly to discuss this booklet's chapters. Our next meeting will take place on Tuesday, April 6th, at 11 a.m. via Zoom conferencing. This

April discussion will concern Brexit and the European Union.

If you have an interest in participating, please read chapter three of the Great Decisions' booklet concerning this topic. This booklet is available in the Estes Valley Library. If you are not on our list of zoom meeting attendees and wish to participate please let Peter Reuman know at preuman@hotmail.com.

Today is Good Friday. This is a very solemn day for all Christians around the world. A day of prayer and reflection, as we mourn Jesus Christ’s death.

I am not preaching any religious ideas, just mentioning a worldwide practice.

In my childhood, it was also a day my Mama took me shopping for a new dress and Easter bonnet. This happened every Good Friday for as long as I can remember.

A new bonnet was a must for going to church on Easter Sunday. It was also a reward for going to church on Good Friday. Mama had her ways of getting things done. Being a young child, I was not too much into going to church, especially when we had the day off from Catholic school.

Many of us are planning some celebration for Easter Sunday. It is a festive time, and the Easter Bunny is coming, right? When all my family lived at home, I would always fix a leg of lamb.

It took years before some of the kids (grown up by then) told me they hated lamb. I guess I had not noticed how much leftover lamb we had. I still love it, by the way. Since I now often only need to please myself with my meals, I am content with lamb chops or braised lamb shanks.

It really gets difficult to prepare meals for visiting family, in-laws and grandchildren much less, friends or guests of the family. We all have developed our own tastes as we left the “nest.” There are still the old standbys, like meatballs and spaghetti or gumbo.

Granddaughter Elizabeth and her two friends are coming to visit midApril and I am really looking forward to their visit. They are all young doctors and I look forward to their fresh ideas and discussions. I am blessed with all my grandchildren, and their company and successes.

Now I know my granddaughter’s tastes, but her female friend is from Australia and the man is an American who’s lineage is east Indian. I must figure out several meals to feed them. I am going to do the Cincinnati chili for the night they arrive, who does not

like spaghetti? They live in Houston, so I plan on a chile relleno breakfast casserole the next morning.

After that, I am still figuring what to cook. Knowing Elizabeth, she will be out and about so I may not have to do any more meals. I know she will take my other grandchildren, Lexie and Nathan, on her escapes.

My casserole recipe serves 10, but they can eat the leftovers when they pop in or Lexie and Nathan show up.

Chile Relleno Casserole

Oven at 350 Spray 9 x13 baking dish.

1 lb. pork sausage 2-14.5 oz. cans whole mild chiles or fresh roasted green chiles, skinned.

Hatch chiles are best. I would just use the cans. With company, I do not have time.

1 lb. Colby Jack cheese, shredded 1 lb. Colby Jack, cut into finger size strips 5 large eggs ¼ cup flour 1 ¼ cup milk 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. dry powdered mustard 1-2 sliced tomatoes, optional Cooking spray Cook sausage, drain, and place in prepared dish. Drain chilies, remove seeds, and stuff each with a finger of cheese. Place on top of sausage. Sprinkle 1 ½ cups shredded Colby Jack over chiles. In separate bowl, mix flour, milk, salt, eggs, and dry ingredients.

Whisk until most of clumps are gone.

Pour over chiles. Bake uncovered for 40 minutes. Add the rest of the cheese to top of casserole and carefully place sliced tomatoes on top. Bake about 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted and tomatoes are soft.

As I wrote above, leftovers can be served as a snack when they come home from skiing or snowshoeing.

Happy Easter to all.

My email: esther.cenac@gmail.com Bon Appétit.

190 Tons Of Paint And Stain Recycled

By Bestway Painting Bestway Painting recycle numbers to date Owner of Bestway Painting Timothy Stolz tells us, “Today we passed the 190 ton mark since we began collecting and recycling paint and stain in March of 2016. April 22nd is Earth Day. Let's challenge your readers to help us hit that 200 ton goal on or before April 22nd. We can do it!

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Clothes Make The Girl It seems like yesterday, it seems like forever. The coronavirus crisis was named a global pandemic over a year ago. Our own Sarah Donohue wrote a great column last week about the silver linings some people found in the pandemic. For others, it’s been nothing, but a year of worry and anxiety, boredom, weight gain, missing people, staying home, take-out and of course, wearing the same things over and over again. Jokes abounded of people on Zoom calls wearing a jacket and tie on top and pajama bottoms on the bottom.

We have all had to endure these changes. If we met someone it was outside, groups started meeting on Zoom instead of in-person and perhaps the hardest: no more giving and getting hugs. In one of the associations I belong to (on Zoom of course), the number one response to “what do you want to do when this is over?” was getting and giving hugs! Number two was travel again. I too, have felt the need to travel and hug my friends and family. I also dream of dressing up again and going out.

Whenever I am going somewhere or doing something special, I wonder what I should wear. When I thought of my first in-person visit with my grandkids after all this time, I wondered what I could pull out of my closet for the visit. What I put on in the morning has been one of the big changes for me this past year. What’s the point of putting on something nice when no one will see me? And those who see me on Zoom just see my face, neck and

maybe shoulders. This year they’ve seen a lot of the hoods of sweatshirts.

That’s because I feel like all I’ve worn this winter are hoodies, fleece-lined leggings and Crocks. If I went outside, I switched to hiking boots.

The problem for me has been that I love fashion. I love dressing up. For years, when working at Crisis Advocates, our big yearly fundraiser was a fashion show. The clothes came from the Village Thrift Shop which we’d collect for about a year until we had enough outfits for the show. The highlight for me was wearing an evening gown or cocktail dress as hostess of the event.

One year I felt like Cinderella in a pale blue gown with a long puffy skirt, another like Phyllis Diller wearing a black, feather boa. One of the last years we did this fundraiser, I wore a loose, sheer purple shift over a dark purple slip-dress. I delighted in secretly knowing that President Ford had seen that dress even though it hadn’t been on me when he saw it.

Someone in this town met President Ford in that dress and then donated it to the thrift store. Those wonderful days of really dressing up came to an end in 2020.

Growing up, I was fortunate that my mother was an outstanding seamstress. She would make a great many of my school clothes. One of the first dresses she made for me, I remember well. It was a dark mustard colored, printed dress with black buttons, a Peter Pan collar and ric-rac trim. I was about nine years old, my bangs were

Lifelong Learning Of Estes Valley Preschool Thanks Many Dear Editor, Lifelong Learning of Estes Valley Preschool is proud to say there has been inperson learning all school year. Parents have been very careful to keep children home with any signs of illness. Only staff has been permitted in our building and parents have worn masks and distanced at the door.

In our twentieth anniversary year we have had wonderful support from the community to enrich our programs.

Once again Kurtis Kelly impersonated Abraham Lincoln and told our students many stories about Lincoln growing up.

This year we had to bundle up in coats, hats and mittens and take our chairs outside for the presentation. Abraham Lincoln had only his frock coat and stovepipe hat to brace against the wind.

Thank you, Kurtis Kelly!

This March we celebrated Dr. Seuss’s

birthday with our families reading about 300 books! The Estes restaurant, The Egg of Estes, brought us green eggs and ham with all the trimmings! They served 30 students! Thank you, Egg of Estes!

Cinnamon’s Bakery is sponsoring our “Drive Thru Burrito” fundraiser on April 10. They also sponsored the same successful event in December. Thank you, Cinnamons’ and everyone in the community who supported it!

You can buy duck race tickets to support Lifelong Learning of Estes Valley Preschool online.

We live in a wonderful community that enriches Early Childhood education.

The Estes Park News continues to help publicize our events. Thank you, everyone, for your support.

Nancy Johnson Director

cut at least two inches above my eyebrows and my front teeth and ears were growing much faster than the rest of me. I also learned to sew and made a lot of my daughter’s outfits. She would go to Joann’s with me and pick out the patterns and material.

Those projects ended the first time she went to school and some kid teased her for wearing her pajamas to school. When I wasn’t wearing homemade outfits, my family would shop at the Sears & Roebuck. We didn’t actually go to the store, we’d get the catalog through the mail. I would anticipate it arriving and grab it first. Going through it a second time with Mom, we’d compromise on which outfits were appropriate for whatever age I was. One year, I ended up with a brown wool cardigan, a “straight” brown skirt that went to just below my knees and brown loafers that were a size too big. Because we shopped by catalog, we automatically went up a size at the beginning of every school year. My feet stopped growing before my teeth and ears.

When I moved to New York City, shopping was a “be still my heart” experience. Bloomingdales, the original Macys, and all the little boutiques. I worked for a PR agency and my friend, Debra, and I would go window shopping at lunch time. Macys was down the block and Lord and Taylor around the corner. It was heaven. The very best was Fashion Week when I’d get a pass to some of the shows. I was a city girl wearing business suits or pleated gabardine trousers with silky blouses.

Always heels. There were no casual dress days back then. And who would want them anyway?

And yet, here I am practically living in two pairs of black leggings and about four gray and black hoodies that I change on and off. My greatest fear is that, because they’re so comfortable, because they are so easy to just to jump out of bed and pull on, because I don’t work at an office anymore and need to look professional, I won’t go back. Just this week, after I officiated a wedding wearing my black suit and white blouse, I got home and immediately pulled off this work uniform and threw on my sweats. After a dreary year of dressing this way, I got to thinking about what we’ll individually want to do when the pandemic is finally over.

Besides hugging everyone and traveling somewhere exotic, I want to have friends over. Lots of friends. I can imagine me and friends hanging around a fire on the patio on a lovely summer night and I'm dressed in a colorful, embroidered peasant blouse, long flowing palazzo pants and Greek sandals. All of us are laughing and crying and throwing all our old sweatshirts, hoodies, leggings, sweat pants right into the fire.

Mary Mesropian has lived in the Estes Park area since 1994 and was the Executive Director of Estes Valley Crisis Advocates. She retired from EVCA late 2016 and is now a Celebrant, officiating weddings and other ceremonies. Her email is maryruthdancer@yahoo.

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Policy Decisions By: Judi Smith

PO Box 4294, Estes Park

Scott Thompson 970-590-9941

Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated

Sarah Metz 352-424-1000

Andrew Limmiatis 970-473-4555

The third major way to address climate changes, reduce our pollution, and improve our ability to live (and breathe) on Earth is to control the waste we produce. There are two approaches to this project: the first (policy) primarily for government and manufacturers, the second (operations) for individuals and organizations using the manufactured goods.

Not all waste disintegrates. Much of it stays around for years! The population continues to grow. More people means more trash. Estes Landfill became full back in the 1980s and we started sending our garbage down to the Larimer County Landfill, which now is filling up and Larimer County is building a new landfill to continue operations.

This is a common story. More and more land is devoted to storing garbage each year. World-wide.

Policy setting about disposal can be a major contributor to (or preventive of) waste pollution, and packaging policies are closely tied to that. The manufacturer can improve circumstances for everyone. Not only by limiting contamination of the Earth during the process, but also by awareness and overt decisions concerning product packaging and after-life. Any business (profit or non-profit) must collect enough to cover expenses, including income for the employees. But recent developments have made the populace aware, and that awareness has affected buying habits, resulting in a financial gain for businesses that are Earth friendly. More and more companies are measuring the effect of their manufacturing process, often modifying their energy use and bi-products for the better, as well as altering ingredients to include reclaimed materials whenever, and to whatever degree is possible. However, the importance of policy runs deeper than that.

Manufacturers are becoming aware of the negative impact realized when marked containers litter the landscape

(beaches, trails). Gradually, they are looking for solutions to encourage responsible waste disposal. This is the premise of Teracycle. Individuals collect used containers and return them (through Teracycle) to the manufacturer for disposal. Of course, Teracycle’s most recent endeavor, LOOP, surpasses this concept with durable, reusable packaging, filled with brand name products. However, the importance of policy runs still deeper.

Each governmental entity (town, city, county, country) determines its own rules. A comprehensive program with clear definitions encourages people to trust the collection yard, and the government sponsoring the refuse collection. The more clearly defined, the easier it is to comprehend, and the more likely that people will “recycle right”. When people are not confident of the regulations governing a certain location, they either recycle too much or, more often, not at all.

In Estes, this molehill becomes a mountain because each visitor arrives with a recycling concept. If our recycling is more inclusive than what they recycle at home, it will still run smoothly – but, if their concept is more comprehensive than our collection – it will lead to rampant contamination. So, even though Larimer County provides the service, we must offer education about our rules so that visitors will recognize the required adaptation. In an effort to do that, this column often concentrates on the operational side of the recycling issue.

Perhaps, as we gradually become fully vaccinated and emerge from our COVID cocoons, it is time to address the big picture. Estes is making great strides in transportation, and we are headed in the right direction with energy production. However, recycling is at the forefront of ecological perception. What image do we wish to project?

Agree? Disagree? Questions? Comments? RRRcyc@signsandwishes.com

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Partners Offers Opportunities To Be Involved We all deserve the opportunity to realize our potential. Partners’mmission is to empower youth and community members to achieve their full potential through mentoring, prevention education, and strategic partnership.

Ways to be involved: • Partners is accepting referrals for both our School Based and Community Based programs. Third party providers working with youth can contact Partners about how you can make a referral to Partners.

Thinking about how you can volunteer? Please consider: • Mentoring a youth (age 7-17) in the Estes Valley in our Community Based or School Based Program.

• Becoming an Activity Volunteer to help youth waiting to be matched participate in our monthly activities.

• Becoming an Advisory Council Member and attend monthly meetings that help with programing, fundraising, and recruiting more volunteers.

Want to help out but don’t have time to volunteer right now, consider: • Adopting a Duck. Partners is a participating organization selling Duck Adoptions in the 33rd Rotary Duck Race Festival. Online adoptions cost

$22, with $19 going to the participating organization (Partners) chosen at www.epduckrace.org.

• Becoming an individual donor help us continue to help youth in our community. We do not charge the youth or their families anything for being in our programs and reply on community support. Mail donations to Partners, PO Box 484, Estes Park, CO 80517 or donate online at poweredbypartners.org.

• Asking about Reloadable Safeway Giving Cards benefiting our Partners programing. Call 970-577-9348 or email kwhitacre@poweredbypartners.org for more information.

Currently a Partners volunteer?

• Special thanks to all of our dedicated volunteers for all they do for Partners and our youth. You are all priceless.

• Special thanks to those who have donated to our RED 2021 Community Giving Campaign. Your support means so much to the youth we serve!

¡Todos merecemos la oportunidad de realizar nuestro potencial! ¡Todos merecemos la oportunidad de realizar nuestro potencial! La misión de nuestra organización Partners, es capacitar a los jóvenes y los miembros de la comunidad para que alcancen su máximo potencial a través de la tutoría, la educación preventiva y la asociación estratégica.

Formas de participar: • Partners está aceptando referencias para nuestros Programas Basados en la Escuela y en la Comunidad. Los proveedores externos que trabajan con jóvenes pueden comunicarse con Partners sobre cómo puede hacer una referencia a Partners. ¿Está pensando en cómo puede ser voluntario? Por favor considere: • Ser mentor de un joven (de 7 a 17 años) en el Valle de Estes en nuestroPrograma Basado en la Comunidad o en la Escuela.

• Convertirse en un Voluntario de Actividades para ayudar a los jóvenes que esperan ser emparejados a participar en nuestras actividades mensuales.

• Convertirse en un Miembro del Consejo Asesor y asistir a las reuniones mensuales que ayudan con la programación, la recaudación de fondos y el reclutamiento de más voluntarios.

Quiere ayudar pero no tiene tiempo para ser voluntario en este momento, considere: • ¡Adoptar un pato! Partners es una organización participante que vende

adopciones de patos en el 33 ° Festival Rotary Duck Race. Las adopciones en línea cuestan $ 22, con $ 19 para la organización participante (Socios) elegida en www.epduckrace.org.

• Convertirse en un donante individual ayúdenos a seguir ayudando a los jóvenes de nuestra comunidad. No les cobramos nada a los jóvenes ni a sus familias por estar en nuestros programas y respondemos sobre el apoyo de la comunidad. Envíe las donaciones por correo postal a Partners, PO Box 484, Estes Park, CO 80517 o haga una donación en línea en poweredbypartners.org.

• Preguntar sobre las tarjetas de regalo recargables Safeway que benefician a la programación de nuestros socios. Llame al 970-577-9348 o envíe un correo electrónico a kwhitacre@poweredbypartners.org para obtener más información. ¿Actualmente es voluntario de Partners?

• Un agradecimiento especial a todos nuestros dedicados voluntarios por todo lo que hacen por Partners y nuestra juventud. ¡Todos ustedes son invaluables!

• ¡Un agradecimiento especial a aquellos que han donado a nuestra Campaña de Donaciones Comunitarias RED 2021! ¡Su apoyo significa mucho para los jóvenes a los que servimos!

The Bears Are Out And About side.

Bird feeders are a major source of bear/human conflicts. Attract birds naturally with flowers and water baths. Do not hang bird feeders from April 1 to Nov. 15.

If you must have bird feeders: clean up beneath them every day, bring Photos by them in at night, Kris Hazelton and hang them high so that they're completely inaccessible to bears.

Bears have good memories and will return to places they’ve found food.

Allow grills to burn for a couple of minutes after gin to grow nutritious new sprouts. Bears cooking to burn off grease and to elimialso prefer natural sources of food. But if nate odors. Clean the grill after each use. food becomes scarce some bears will go If you have fruit trees, pick fruit before to residential areas looking for a meal. it gets too ripe. Don't allow fruit to rot Significant bear/human conflicts usuon the ground. ally don’t start until mid-summer. But Secure compost piles. Bears are atnow’s the time to start thinking about tracted to the scent of rotting food -- and how you can be bear aware. By taking they'll eat almost anything. some simple precautions, you can avoid If you keep small livestock, keep aniconflicts with bears at your home and in mals in a fully covered enclosure, don’t your neighborhood. store food outside, keep enclosures clean Here is a list that will help us to keep to minimize odors, hang rags soaked in bears wild: ammonia around the enclosure.

Around the house If you have bee hives, install electric Keep garbage in a well-secured location. fencing where allowed.

Only put out garbage on the morning of pickup.

Clean garbage cans regularly to keep them odor free.

The scent of ammonia can deter bears.

Use a bearresistant trash can or dumpster.

These are available from your trash hauler or on Internet sites.

Be careful with vehicles and at campsites.

Bears have an excellent sense of smell, so try to prevent odors. If you don't have Do not keep food in your vehicle; roll secure storage, put items that might beup windows and lock the doors of your come smelly into the freezer until trash vehicles at all times. day.

When car-camping, secure all food and Keep garage doors closed. coolers in a locked vehicle after you’ve eaten.

Lock your doors when you’re away from home and at night.

Keep a clean camp, whether you’re in a Keep the bottom floor windows of your campground or in the back-country. house closed when you're not at home.

When camping in the back-country, Clean-up thoroughly after picnics in the use bear resistant food canisters/bear vaults for your food. yard or on the deck. Don't allow food odors to linger.

Don’t bring any food or fragrant items into your tent.

Talk to your neighbors and kids about being bear aware.

Cook food well away from your tent; wash dishes thoroughly.

Minimize items that attract bears or other wildlife.

For more information go to the Living Do not attract other wildlife by feeding with Wildlife section on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife web site: them. cpw.state.co.us.

Don't leave pet food or stock feed outBears have emerged from hibernation and are on the prowl for food. Colorado Parks and Wildlife is sending its annual reminder, asking Colorado residents and visitors to be “Bear Aware.”

In early spring, bears can usually find sources of natural food as wild plants be-

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The Twig: Library Mini-Branch Is Open At The Community Center The library mini-branch at the Estes Valley Community Center (EVCC) has re-opened. Patrons are now able to request library materials be sent to the EVCC, where they can be checked out using the selfserve kiosk on the building’s lower level.

When searching the library’s online catalog, patrons may place holds on items and choose “EVCC - The Twig” as the destination. An email notice is sent once the items are ready for pickup. Also now open again at EVCC are the 24/7 drive-up book returns.

The Twig is part of the service network of the new Estes Village Catalog,

which features the public library collections in one catalog, along with all four school libraries: Elementary, Middle, High School, and Eagle Rock.

Residents and students alike may request materials from any site, and have it sent to the library location most convenient—including the Twig.

The Twig location offers the benefits of convenient parking, close proximity to the schools, and weekend hours. An EVCC membership is not necessary to access the Twig.

To see the one million items available in the Estes Village Catalog, simply go to catalog.estesvalleylibrary.org.

Seminario de Preparación para Emergencias en Estes Park

“Living With Uncertainty”: A Conversation About Coping And Hoping By: Estes Valley Restorative Justice Partnership and the Estes Valley Library

with uncertain times.

The “Living Room Conversation” After a year filled with more than its model helps facilitate connections beshare of stress and surprises, now is a tween people. great time to catch our breath, and join Each participant will share their pera conversation about how we have spective, while learning about the excoped, and what perience of others, with the potential gives us hope to leave with stronger looking forconnections and a ward. shared sense of community.

This interactive program is participatory in nature, and attendees will “Livbe asked to engage ing with with and contribute Uncertainty” is to the conversation, with the theme of the their computer microphones and next Estes Park Community Conversa- video switched on. tion, an opportunity to learn and share EVRJP staff and volunteers will fawith others through a guided smallcilitate the conversation, as part of the group discussion. continuing Estes Valley Community The conversation will take place on Conversation series. Watch for more Wednesday, April 14, from 7 to 8:30 Community Conversations throughp.m., in a virtual (Zoom) format, coout the year. For more background on hosted by Estes Valley Restorative Jus- the conversation series, visit tice Partnership (EVRJP) and the Estes www.estes.org/communityValley Library. conversations, as well as To say the past 12 months have been www.estes.org/restorativejustice to marked by uncertainty is an underlearn more about EVRJP resources. statement. We have lived with a panRegistration is limited, and particidemic, economic impacts, social unpants should sign up in advance by rest, a contentious election and the Events Calendar at post-election season, wildfires, and estesvalleylibrary.org, which also inmore. Uncertainty lies ahead of us too. cludes additional information and a By sharing how we have coped, and by link to the Conversation Guide that hearing from others, we can find ways will be used. to strengthen our future encounters

Regarding RMNP Reservation System For 2021 Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the recent announcement that RMNP will return to a reservation system and timed entry in a couple of months. I am seeking a forum to discuss a potential RMNP visitation plan for Estes Valley residents during the timed entry months, late May-October 2021. I have been talking with other long time residents of Estes Park. We make up a very small percentage of the total number of visitors to the park on any given day during these months.

It seems there could be a system that is easily managed for the fulltime residents of Estes (and Grand Lake, for that matter).

I would like to propose (using Estes Park as the example) that any household that would qualify as an EVRPD pass holder by definition of land/home ownership or long term

lease of their primary residence might qualify for a punch card with a pre-determined number of visits per family during each of these months. Residents could show their Annual RMNP or Eagle pass and their EVRPD card to acquire/purchase a punch card to be presented at the gate for entry.

They can then use the punch card (or their EVRPD card if that makes more sense) on their dash when they park.

This is only a draft of a potential plan, and it could be tweaked if necessary to make things easier for park management and residents of the towns adjacent to RMNP. I hope to find a way to initiate this discussion to the benefit of all involved.

Thanks, Diane Grove

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Thursday, April 15, 5 to 6 p.m., via Zoom.

An EVCA advocate will lead a conversation on Shahida Arabi’s book, “Power: surviving and thriving after narcissistic abuse.” The three-part discussion continues on April 22 and 29.

Register at estesvalleylibrary.org.

AARP Tax Aide Volunteers from the AARP Tax Aide program are assisting with tax preparation. The service is especially for seniors and low-income tax filers with basic filing status. Appointments are required, along with Intake Forms to be completed and signed in advance.

Appointments at estesvalleylibrary.org or by calling (970) 586-8116.

FRIENDS & FOUNDATION Cliffhanger Used Books Cliffhanger Used Books, operated by the Library Friends & Foundation, offers gently-used books, movies, and music at discount prices. The store is open Mondays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. (closed on Tuesdays).

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Children ages 0 to 6 and their families can enjoy stories, songs, puppets and activities, online each week with new themes. Bunny Storytime is now online, along with many more storytime recordings on the library’s YouTube channel. (Look for the YouTube icon at the bottom of the homepage at estesvalleylibrary.org).

RESEARCH & PERFORMANCE Young Chautauqua Performances Saturday, April 3, 7-8:30 p.m., via Zoom.

After weeks of research and practice, local costumed performers present live first-person monologues as historic characters and answer questions.

Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org to receive the Zoom link.

COMMUNITY PARTNERS Seasonal Paid Parking: Virtual Office Hours Every Thursday from 11 a.m. to noon, via Zoom.

Do you have questions about paid parking in 2021? Visit with Matt Eisenberg, General Manager of The Car Park, who will explain how the payment and permit system will work in 8 of the downtown parking lots this summer. Register at estesvalleylibrary.org to receive the Zoom link.

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Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Library collections are open, along with five Internet computers and printing on the first floor. The second floor and all meeting and study rooms are closed for now. Curbside pick-up service and 24/7 outdoor Wi-Fi are available. Full details at estesvalleylibrary.org.

Curbside Service by Appointment Place holds in the catalog, then watch for an email notice, and schedule a convenient pick-up time. Full details at estesvalleylibrary.org.

VILLAGE CATALOG A Million Items in one Catalog Thanks to a partnership among the library, the Estes Park School District, and Eagle Rock School, library patrons and local students can search one unified catalog and request materials from the public library or from any of the school libraries. Materials will be delivered to the library location you regularly use. Full details at estesvalleylibrary.org.

STORYTIMES Bunny Storytime Now on YouTube.

TAX SEASON RESOURCES Tax Forms in Stock The library has a stock of basic federal and Colorado tax booklets. These include the federal and Colorado 1040 and 1040SR instructions and forms.

For those qualifying for Colorado’s Property Tax/Rent/Heat Rebate, there is a Form 104PTC Booklet.

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BOOK DISCUSSIONS Chamber Book Club: “Creating We” Friday, April 9, 11 a.m. to noon, via Zoom.

In “Creating We,” author Judith Glaser presents a vision for business leadership, explaining how good communication skills and a team-approach creates unity, commitment, and shared goals. Conversation facilitated by the Estes Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Donna Carlson. Sign up at estesvalleylibrary.org.

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The Significance Of Easter By: Brian Schaffer

In many traditions around the world people will be getting up early on Sunday morning to celebrate the risen Savior, Jesus Christ. Watching a sunrise come up over the mountains in Estes Park is a spectacular way to embrace the resurrected Son of God who rose from the dead on the third day. I believe the early morning correlates with the women who woke up while it was still dark to visit the tomb of their dear friend who they had grown to love. On their way, I’m sure they were grieving, crying, and sad because of his death, but as they got closer they saw the tomb was open. They rushed in and it was empty.

Jesus had risen from the dead just as he said he would. In their wonderment, an angel appeared to confirm he really was alive. They went from tears of sorrow to joyous laughter knowing that he was alive. They rushed back to tell the disciples and some of the men ran to check it out for themselves.

I especially like the experience Mary had on this day. Not the mother of Jesus, Mary, but another Mary who loved Jesus just as much. You see, before Jesus came into the picture she had lived a broken life and was far from God. Because of her relationship with Jesus, she believed who he said he was and what he said he could do, and it radically transformed her life from the inside out.

John 3:16-17 tells us that God so loved the world that he gave his one and only son that whoever would believe in him would not perish but have everlasting life. For Jesus did not come into the

world to condemn it, but to save it. This is why he came!

Jesus completed the work he was sent to do. He paid the ransom for the sin of the world.

Romans 8:1-2 tells us “There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death”.

The good news today is that we have a God who was concerned about the condition of man and sent his Son to endure the pain and suffering of crucifixion as a sacrificial payment for our sins.

Not only did he conqueror sin, death, and the grave through his resurrection, but he walked the earth 40 days, ascended to the heavens, sent the promised Holy Spirit and is preparing a place for those who believe in him and will soon return for His children.

James 4:14 talks of life being like a vapor that is here today and gone tomorrow. I’d like you to consider a similar comparison. I picture my life like a spool of thread. I’m a single thread being unwound a little each day. My life is fragile and can be easily broken. Just like a spool of thread, we don’t know by looking at the remaining thread how much is exactly left, but we know when we’re getting close to the end. With this in mind, I want to use every inch of my life wisely by weaving it into the things that matter most. I want to weave my life into the things of God that will last forever. Not the things that are temporary; that have no eternal significance.

Jesus had a spool of thread representing 33 years. He lived a purpose-filled life focused on a mission to save the world. He threaded his life into the broken fabric of society. We know from scripture that he had a heart for the lost and the least of these who were hungry, naked, sick, in prison, strangers, outcasts, and marginalized. He was a friend of those who didn’t have life figured out yet. He drew close to those who were far from the kingdom. He made the weak strong because they were threaded into a relationship with him.

He weaved together a network of followers to join him in fulfilling his mission which was to bring those who were far from God closer into a personal relationship with him.

That was 2,000 years ago. So, how does this work for us today?

Let me tell you a story about a man who by the age of 17 had experienced more tragedy in life than most. His home was filled with brokenness and a lack of trust in adults. His mom had divorced his Dad and entertained several men in the house that consequently treated him terribly. As soon as he could do it, he signed up for the Marines as a way to escape and channel his anger into something expected from a warrior. His life up to this point was weaved into evil places. And then he met a lady who loved him and who he could trust. He still had tons of things to work through and she tried to help him straighten out the mess he had made of his life, but she couldn’t do it on her own strength. His life was coming unraveled quickly and things weren’t looking good for his family. Through a mission of mercy, God threaded a follower of Christ into his wife’s life and through this relationship he was drawn close to his Heavenly Father. He began to understand that all people had sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, and that the wages of sin was death, but the gift of God was eternal life through Jesus Christ. He confessed with his mouth that Jesus was Lord and believed in his heart that God raised him from the dead and in the process of doing this there was a spiritual transformation that took place. His sins were forgiven and he was cleansed from all unrighteousness. Ephesians 2:13 was fulfilled in him that says, “You who once were far away have been brought

near by the blood of Christ”.

This man exchanged his spool of thread that represented his messed up life, for new life in Christ. The old was gone and behold all things were new. He was a new creation in Christ. He couldn’t change all the things of his past but just the way God worked things out he threaded him back into the brokenness of his extended family as a way of making amends. He began to love his family, forgive people, grow in the grace of God that produced love, joy, peace, patience, and so much more. 50 years later his life has turned out dramatically different because of the resurrection power at work in his life. It not only impacted his life but everyone he came in contact with.

His kids grew up as followers of Christ and now serving in their own communities. One of his boys lives in Estes Park and directs Crossroads Ministry. You see, this was my Dad’s story and how his life was radically transformed through the power of God. He lives with assurance that when his spool of thread comes to an end he knows life is not over, but just beginning in eternity with Jesus.

On several occasions I’ve had the privilege of sharing time with the lady who introduced my parents to a new way of living. She lives every day to the fullest, trusting that God will weave her life into the lives of broken people; people who are far from God. And, just as a master crafter weaves hundreds of threads together to create a beautiful work of art so God made something beautiful out of her life from all the people she has been in relationship with over the past 80 years. Knowing her story now, I ask you to consider the incredible difference one person or better yet one thread can make in the broken fabric of society. One life has the potential of touching so many others. God wants to transform you to transform your community. Will you allow Him to thread you into the places where there is brokenness and hurting people who need a touch from their Creator?! Abundant life is possible through the resurrection power made available to us, because of what happened on the first Easter celebration. Happy Easter!

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Easter Church Services

Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, 920 Big Thompson Ave., Estes Park, CO 80517, 970-586-8111 Weekly services: Saturday: 4:00 p.m. & 6:15 p.m.

(Memorial Day thru Labor Day Only) Sunday: 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

Monday - Thursday: 8:30 a.m.

Friday: Communion Service 8:30 a.m.

Easter Services: Easter Vigil, Saturday April 3, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. and Easter Sunday 8:00 a.m. & 10:00 a.m.

Estes Park Baptist Church, 2200 Mall Road.

Good Friday communion Service Friday, April 2 at 6:00 p.m Easter Sunday Service April 4 at 10:30 a.m.

Everyone welcome!

St. Francis Church. Good Friday Tour of the Stations of the Cross – open to the public.

Holy Week Schedule: Good Friday Tour - Stations of the Cross 12:00 Noon Friday, April 2 Easter Sunday Worship 9:30 a.m.

St. Francis is located at 3480 St. Francis Way (in Little Valley). Contact Rev.

Fr. Dennis L. Ryan III at 577-0601 if you have questions.

Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, 950 N. St Vrain, 970-586-4646 Welcome to all-visitors and locals, for Holy Week and Easter Services! (plenty of parking in south lot—behind church; please wear masks, but we have extras. Lots of social distancing space inside.)

Maundy Thursday, Holy Communion, 6:30 p.m.

Good Friday, Tenebrae ("darkness" liturgy recalling Christ's crucifixion), 6:30 p.m.

Good Friday Tour Of the Stations Of The Cross At St. Francis Church Join us to commemorate the walk that Jesus walked centuries ago. Our “Via Dolorosa” path meanders through the ‘stations of the cross’ – each stop describing the sequence of Jesus’ last walk to the cross. This is truly a spiritually unique gem of Estes Valley. Angels watch over the beautiful columbarium dispersed among the natural landscape.

The views from this peaceful path are impressive; sighting nearby mountain peaks, Dollar Lake, and the surrounding meadows. This short hike ends above the “Wall of Perpetual Memory” and now includes His Resurrection – the 15th station.

The church building is a replica of Italy’s century old St. Francis of Assisi Church. It was originally designed by

Father Bill Wells and the building started in 1979. This quaint chapel is open at any time to allow visitors the opportunity to pray and feel the presence of God. There is also a CD available focusing on the Stations of the Cross and showing “God in Nature” here in the Rockies.

If you would like to join this tour, meet in the lower parking lot of St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church at 11:45 Friday, April 2nd, located at 3480 St. Francis Way (in Little Valley). Contact Rev. Fr. Dennis L. Ryan III at 577-0601 if you have questions. Also join us Easter Sunday 9:00 am for morning prayer and/or 9:30 for Mass. Check us out at www.stfrancisestespark.com.

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Easter Sunday, Holy Communion 9:00 a.m.

Raise your voices in prayer, hymns, Scripture readings, and Christian fellowship with us!

Questions? check our website: mtcalvarvep.360unite.com. home email: pastor.jschultz@gmail.com Editor’s note: These are just some of the Easter church services available in the Estes Valley. We ran an announcement the past few weeks, asking for churches to send in their service information and the above churches are the ones we received.

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Dean Alan Haze Dean Alan Haze (72) of Estes Park, CO passed away Sunday, March 21st, 2021.

He was the only child of Laurence and Esther Haze.

Dean was born July 5th, 1949 in Hull, Iowa and grew up in Sheldon, Iowa. He graduated from Sheldon High School in 1967. He then went on to graduate with a degree in business administration from MorningSide College in Sioux City, Iowa.

Dean’s love of music was a continuous pursuit in his life; he had an extensive music collection and was wellversed in the history of contemporary music. He enjoyed playing his guitars and piano, and when he was younger he played the trumpet as a member of a jazz band. In addition to his knowledge of music, Dean also had great knowledge of computers and he often shared this expertise by building computers for both clients and friends. In his free time, he loved golfing, playing cards and meeting friends for coffee.

Most of Dean’s adult life was spent in Colorado. Having spent time as a small boy with his family in Estes Park, his dream of owning a home there became a reality in 2014, and the following years brought new experiences in Dean’s life. After adopting his dog Sophie, Dean spent countless hours at the dog park. The friendships cultivated there became exceedingly special to Dean and brought about the famous “Barker Gang.” Dean also found his way to the Estes Park Senior Center where he spent much of his time helping to serve the people in the community. The Senior Center was just one of many places where Dean

invested his time in others.

Dean was a man of many friends, from young children to the elderly. He had an infectious laugh and enjoyed lively conversations, and he especially loved a good banter. Those who knew him best have said that his sometimes sarcastic sense of humor could never really mask the truth about his nature, the fact that above all else, Dean was a very generous and kind soul. His many acts of kindness in the community were simply built into his daily routine. He cared deeply about others and always looked for a way to help people. He will be truly missed.

He is preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his companion of 16 years, Jenelle Jeffery, and her two sons, Taylor and Connor Heir. Dean’s final resting place will be in Sheldon, Iowa.

In remembrance of Dean's life, memorial donations can be made to the Estes Park Senior Center.

Jay Leo Winterford (aka Jacob Ray Pekarek) April 6, 1993 – March 10, 2021 Jay passed away unexpectedly on March 10, 2021, breaking the hearts of their family, friends, and all those who loved them. They were 27 years young.

Jay loved philosophy, the outdoors, camping, adventure and travel, earning Eagle and the Hornaday environmental award as a scout.

Jay was an honors student at Kingwood Park HS & at Trinity University (class of 2015), majoring in Math & Chemistry. Jay moved to Estes Park in March 2018, after living in Grapevine, Kingwood, & San Antonio TX, Spokane WA, Berkeley CA, and Zurich CH, and traveling to visit friends and family around the world.

Jay had a beautiful smile, big blue eyes, and a delightfully infectious laugh. The world has truly lost a gem.

Jay is survived by loving friends and family around the world, including

their mother Katy Withers and their father & step-mother Gary & Jeannie Pekarek. No memorial services are planned at this time. Please consider a donation in Jay's name to Out Boulder County, Boy Scouts of America, or The Carter Center. Please visit www.allnuttestespark.com to share a memory of Jay and leave a message for their family.

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Come work at the Recreation Center Year-round full-time Facility Maintenance Manager Year-round part-time- Front Desk Attendants at the Community Center evening or afternoon schedules available.

Lifeguards-Summer and year-round positions with part-time and full-time hours available.

Want to work outside this spring/summer?

Golf and Parks and Trails Ground Maintenance positions available with part-time or full-time hours.

If you love golf, come and work as a Ranger/Starter or as a Cart Attendant at one of our golf courses.

Do you have retail experience?

Pro Shop Supervisor and Pro Shop Attendant positions are available at the golf course and Lake Estes Marina Workers are needed for the Marina Shop. Part-time and Full-time hours are available.

Enjoy sharing your knowledge of Estes Park with visitors?

Join our team as a Lake Estes Park Greeter! Shifts are 8am-1pm and 1pm-5pm

Solitude Cabins & Lodge is looking for a person with excellent customer service skills.

• Line Cook - for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Experience preferred.

• Bartender - for dinner.

• Servers - for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

• Dishwasher - for breakfast.

Please apply at 900 Moraine

Shuttle Drivers

(Part-time, $15-17 hour)

Apply at: www.estesparktrolleys.com under the contact us page.

PARADISE ON THE RIVER IS LOOKING FOR PART TIME HOUSEKEEPERS 20 TO 25 HRS PER WEEK! $15/HR TO START + TIPS AND BONUS, AND FLEXIBLE SCHEDULING! WOULD PREFER EXPERIENCED BUT WILLING TO TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON. POSSIBLE HOUSING AVAILABLE. CALL KATHY TO SET UP INTERVIEW NOW! 970-586-5513

Local’s Grill Server

Year Round Position Send resume to localelk@gmail.com

VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT NUTRITION SERVICES STAFF TEAM LEADER The District is accepting applications for a nutrition services team leader.

Interested applicants must apply online at http://www.applitrack.com/estesschools/onlineapp/. Only online applications are accepted. See full posting at https://www.applitrack.com/estesschools/on lineapp/ School kitchen experience preferred.

Salary range is $14.17 - $16.02/hr 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

To apply go to evrpd.colorado.gov

The Historic Crags Lodge

Pre-guest arrival inspections.

Weekends required - flexible schedule. Willing to work hard and multi-task. Light lifting, light maintenance, touch-up cleaning. TV/WIFI knowledge. Teamwork, honesty and reliability a must. Apply in person 1692 Big Thompson Ave. # 101 $17.00 per hour.

Front Desk Service Agent Full time Pay based on experience Pick up application or call and ask for Kay. 970-577-7777 1885 Sketchbox Ln.

ESTES PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT R-3

EVRPD is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Part-Time Housekeeping Inspectors

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Housekeeping - Full Time Year Round, $14/hr w/ Benefits

Front Desk Agent - FT $15/hr with Benefits Apply online at Diamondresorts.com Stop by and see us or call us at

970-586-6066 300 Riverside Drive Estes Park, CO 80517 Equal Opportunity Employer

Come join our fast-paced and growing organization. This Office Manager and Property Manager role requires strong organization and communication skills to deliver quality customer service to the Estes Valley Community.

Hiring range is $38,000 to $42,000 for this full-time position and includes health, dental, vision, and PERA retirement benefits.

Knowledge of office management and property management is preferred.

Duties will include managing our front desk and office operations, accounts payable, and maintaining current compliance with various state, federal, and local programs for a 10 unit property.

Applications and full job description available at the EPHA office or on our website.

EstesHousing.Org 363 E Elkhorn Ave Suite 101 Estes Park, CO 80517 Or call 970-591-2535 for additional information Resumes are accepted and encouraged. Completed EPHA Employment Application MUST be submitted for consideration of employment.

Position open until April 9, 2021.

The Estes Park Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

Esthetician Needed

The Spa at Wildwood Inn has an immediate opening for a Licensed Esthetician per diem. The Day Spa is open all year and all appointments are by advance bookings only so there is a lot of flexibility in this position.

The Grubsteak Restaurant is looking for Cooks, Prep Cook, Bus, Host and Dishwashers. Please stop in for a application.

134 West Elkhorn ave.

We are looking for reliable employees who can work on days, nights, weekends, and holidays. Someone who takes pride in always doing their best, and treating every guest as if they were V.I.P. The candidate must be a team player, and have basic knowledge in Microsoft Office. Front desk experience is not required but a plus. Customer Service is one of the biggest industries in the world, and Hotels are everywhere in the world. Once you step foot into this door, the opportunities and paths are endless. Let this job be the building block of your resume, and open the door to your future! $14hr18hr D.O.E

We supply all the products, you work on as needed basis, working around your schedule so you will never sit around waiting for appointments.

It is a great way to earn extra cash!!

Call to set an appointment for this great second job opportunity.

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Join Our Team!

TELLER Full Time

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.

Excellent benefits including medical, dental, 401(K) and paid time off.

Please apply at : www.bankofcolorado.com Member FDIC

Della Terra is seeking dependable, energetic Staff for various positions.

PART-TIME BREAKFAST SERVER Prep work, food service, clean up. Shift 6am to 12pm Starting rate: $15/hr + tips.

PART-TIME/FULL-TIME NIGHT LINEN LAUNDRY & EVENT CLEANERS Laundry and clean up of event spaces.

Shift 5pm to 12:30am, Starting rate: $16/hr FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKER Primary responsibilities: Hot tubs, ACs, grounds.. Secondary: golf carts, fireplaces, appliances Starting rate: $16 but may increase depending on experience Send resumes to info@dellaterramountainchateau.com or apply in person at 3501 Fall River Road, Estes Park

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Front Desk Murphy's Hotels are looking for a person with excellent customer service skills and flexible hours.

Event Manager

Hosts Breakfast/Lunch Servers

Call Jenna 1-970-480-2955 for interview.

Full-Time, Part-Time, Seasonal & Year-Round Retail Associate Positions Available Now!

Please apply in person, by email, or on Facebook 124 E Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park mooseandmoose@outlook.com facebook.com/MooselyTees facebook.com/TheLazyMooseShop

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JOIN OUR TEAM!

Full details on employment opportunities and the application can be found at estes.org/jobs.

Communications Center Manager Equipment Operator I/II Streets Maintenance Worker (All Positions Full-Time)

Community Service Officer Parks Maintenance Worker (Seasonal)

The status of applications will be communicated via e-mail. By choice, the Town of Estes Park is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.

RESERVATIONIST

Full-Time, Four 10 Hour Days 9 AM - 7 PM. Reservation inquiries, cancellations. Answer guest service phones, create WO's, answer texts and emails. Excellent customer service and computer skills required. On call availability. $17.00 per hour. https://app.joinhomebase.com/loc/ estes-park-skyrun-vacationarentals/job/reservationist

Volunteer/Committee Board Positions (Volunteer) Full details on the positions and the application can be found at estes.org/volunteering.

- Community & Family Advisory Board - Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee - Parks Advisory Board - Transportation Advisory Board

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Youth Development Specialist

We are looking for high energy individuals to help foster a fun, safe and positive after school experience for kids ages 6-14 at the Estes Park Elementary School. You will assist in one or more of the following program areas: homework help, technology, sports, recreation and the arts. Must be 17 or older to apply.

Paid and volunteer opportunities are available. Apply at www.begreatlarimer.org/careers.

Fast-paced dental office looking to hire a experienced Dental Assistant (EDDA preferred) to join our team. Team member should be well organized with great attention to detail. Responsibilities include, but not limited to assist the dentist through 4-handed dentistry, sterilize and set up instruments, taking xrays, prepare patients for treatments. Excellent communication and computer skills a must. Offering benefits. Please submit resume to: elkridgedentistry131@gmail.com

Silver Saddle Inn

Now hiring: Breakfast Attendant Housekeepers General Laborers Laundry Attendant

Must be non-smoker.

Apply in person 1260 Big Thompson Avenue No calls

WE ARE LOOKING FOR AN ALL-STAR TO JOIN OUR TEAM. GREAT PEOPLE AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. We’re looking for a Branch Administrative Assistant to join our team.

The Rich Flanery Team has been serving Estes Park for over 23 years and is a leading lender in the region. You will be joining a team of professionals who love serving their Estes Park neighbors.

Email Sherry Flanery at SFlanery@mortgagesolutions.net to apply for this position.

Sherry Flanery Branch Manager

501 Saint Vrain Lane, Suite 101 Estes Park, CO 80517 rockymountainlender.com

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Employment Opportunity with Estes Park Housing Authority Spa receptionist position

Do you have interest in the world of wellness? Have great phone skills, computer skills, can multi task? P/T flex hours good pay, healthy atmosphere.

Contact estesriverretreat@gmail.com or call 970-586-6597

Rams Horn Village Resort has year round full time and part time positions available in our Guest Services/Housekeeping Department: Competitive pay based on experience, plus benefits package for full time employees. Great working environment in Estes Park’s only Gold Crown Resort.

Our business stays busy year round and 40 hours per week are available through the winter. We are looking for energetic, dependable people who are able to perform physical labor and who have strong customer service skills. Fridays and Saturdays are required. Fill out an application at Rams Horn Village Resort, 1565 Colo. Hwy 66. EEOE

Lead Shift - Front of House Line Cook and Prep Cook

The Ridgeline at Estes Park is hiring!

We have openings for Front Desk Clerks, Servers, Maintenance, Housekeepers and more. We offer competitive hourly rates, and associate discounts on meals, retail, and lodging.

Apply Online: dn.careers/epnews

Check Out Our Current Openings...

• Driver, PRN (as needed), starting wage $13.50.

Please apply on line at www.good-sam.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

$300 Retention Bonus paid out twice each year!

WorldMark Resorts invites you to apply for:

· Guest Services Associate / Front Desk - $15/hr · Housekeeper - $15/hr · Housekeeping Inspector - $16-$17/hr · Laundry Attendant - $13-$15/hr

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

Knowledge of routine and preventative maintenance for buildings, systems (plumbing, electrical, HVAC), appliance, landscaping, and equipment.

Construction trade skills are necessary to perform work and quality desired.

Resumes are accepted and encouraged. Completed EPHA Employment Application MUST be submitted for consideration of employment.

Position open until March 26, 2021.

The Estes Park Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

Full & Part Time positions.

We offer a fun and energetic team environment with great benefits.

To apply for any of these great opportunities, please go to our company website at

www.careers.wyndhamdestinations.com.

Search ‘Estes Park’.

970-577-7517

Kennel Assistant

Part-time - Receptionists Skills Call 970-586-4703 with any questions.

Must be available weekends and able to lift at least 50 pounds.

Housekeeping

Year Round & Seasonal Positions Available Housekeeping - Laundry - General Hotel Duties. Great hourly wage End of season bonus. E-mail wildwoodinnoffice@gmail.com or apply at 2801 Fall River Road

Animal Hospital of the Rockies LLC. 453 Pine River Ln

Help us Help Others Become a CAREGiver Starting at $16 per hour No Medical Background required Flexible Schedule Training and Local Support provided Rewarding & Meaningful Job! Apply online at HomeInstead.com/northerncolorado or call for more information 970‐494‐0289

Housekeeping Positions 2 full time, 1 part time Pay based on experience Pick up application or call and ask for Kay. 970-577-7777 1885 Sketchbox Ln.

Join Our Sweet Team!

Housekeeper

Murphy Hotels are looking for full time and part time house keepers Signing Bonus Possible!

Apply at Murphy’s Resort 1650 Big Thompson Av or call Jenna 1-970-480-2955 for interview.

We’re gearing up for the winter season and 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

Hiring range is $40,500 to $42,500 for this full-time position and includes health, dental, vision, and PERA retirement benefits.

A housing option is potentially available.

Applications and full job description available at the EPHA office or on our website.

EstesHousing.Org 363 E Elkhorn Ave Suite 101 Estes Park, CO 80517 Or call 970-591-2535 for additional information

P/T or F/T

for both locations Contact Armando at 970-402-9963 or email armando@smokindavesbbq.com to set up interview.

Are you looking to put your various maintenance skills to work in a long term career opportunity?

If so, Estes Park Housing Authority invites you to apply to our fast-paced and growing organization. This Maintenance Technician role requires strong and effective maintenance skills and abilities to manage the needs and improvements of our properties.

Do work that matters every day! Join the Harmony Foundation, an Estes Park drug & alcohol treatment facility, as a full-time Housekeeper. This year round position contributes directly to creating a clean and friendly environment for our clients & employees. If you are an early riser or get up a little later, we have a shift for you. Shifts are scheduled from 5:00 am to 1:30 pm or Noon to 8:30 pm. You will enjoy full-time benefits (medical, dental, & vision insurance), Paid Time Off, Paid Floating Holidays, & a 401k plan. Harmony is a tobacco free facility and pre-employment drug testing is required for candidates who are offered positions. Hourly rates begin at $15/hour. Send an email to hr@harmonyfoundationinc.com for an application.

STUFFED

is looking for FT or PT team members! Come to work in a fun atmosphere with over 1,300 styles of STUFFED animals! Must like working with the public. Work hours will be 10:00 - 5:00. Must be available to work weekends. No evenings. Please stop by 145 E. Elkhorn, or email info@4-stuffed.com

Full and Part Time Positions Available Now

Our business has two very busy, year round locations! We are looking for dependable, energetic, and friendly staff to join us. Must be able to do physical work and have great customer relations.

Weekends are required. All ages are welcome to apply.

Apply in person: The Old Fashion Candy Store 102 W Elkhorn Ave. Estes Park General Store 184 E Elkhorn Ave. www.estesparkgeneralstore.com/jobs

NOW HIRING!

Full-Time and Part-Time Positions Available for

• Front Desk • Housekeeping • Maintenance

Some Evenings and Weekends

Apply at, mail or email resume to: Fawn Valley Inn, 2760 Fall River Road, Estes Park, CO 80517 Email: Jamie@RockyMtnResorts.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF OPEN MEETING FOR HEARING ON PETITION FOR INCLUSION OF ADDITIONAL REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE UPPER THOMPSON SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of additional real property has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Upper Thompson Sanitation District. The Board of Directors has fixed Tuesday, the 20th day of April 2021, at the hour of 4:00 p.m., at 2196 Mall Road, Estes Park, Colorado 80517, as the date, time and place of an open meeting at which such Petition shall be heard.

The name and address of the Petitioner is: Charles & Christina Santagati 707 Ramshorn Drive Estes Park, CO 80517 The property to be included into the District is generally described as follows: Lot 83, Block 12, Carriage Hills 5th All interested parties may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE UPPER THOMPSON SANITATION DISTRICT. UPPER THOMPSON SANITATION DISTRICT By: Jack E. Reed, Chairman of the Board Published in: Estes Park News Published on: Friday, April 2, 2021

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