El Mex-Kal Adds Outside Dining

Truth And Opinions

El Mex-Kal Family Mexican restaurant at 160 First Street in Estes Park recently completed a new outside deck/patio giving it an additional 30 or more seats for outside dining.

Owners of El Mex-Kal, Jesus and Anna Apodoca, teamed with owners of the Village Square shopping center, Jean and Mark Rissmiller to design and implement the addition. The design plans were done by local firm, Van Horn Engi- neering and the construction was done by Estes Valley Construction.

“Customers have been asking for outside dining to enjoy the beauty of the area and are very excited to have this addition” said Jesus. Come by and enjoy the many summer and fall dining options, very friendly staff, and say hello to the owners of El Mex-Kal to see for yourself why people are so excited.

I respect those that do their homework and form opinions with a factual, believable basis. Those persons that seek the truth from various sources will arrive at the proper conclusion. The truth is out there if one dedicates the time, effort and sometimes money to get to it. I believe that one needs to evaluate various sources of information to arrive at realistic conclusions. I believe that one must evaluate the credibility of all sources and not just assume one source to be correct.

You can’t totally buy into all the information that Fox News or CNN feeds you.

You have to read papers, magazines and books and watch a variety of news broadcasts to get a balanced view on any subject.

When I was in the newspaper industry in the 1960’s through the 1980’s, journalism was much more professional, objective and factual but still had allegiance to its ownership. My job, while employed by the Tribune Company, was on the money side of business, and we were at loggerheads with the editorial folks frequently over their presentation of the news. I controlled the classified department of the paper and did not want negative articles about car dealers, builders or other businesses. The editorial people, on the other hand, wanted to report the news regardless of its impact on our advertisers.

It seems in today’s media business that journalism is all about readership or viewership and has reverted to tabloid sensationalism. The terrible part of this scenario is that it works. The more outrageous the headline and story, the more the masses embrace it. Today’s network news organizations lead into their programs with tantalizing tidbits similar to the Enquirer and Globe publications. Meaty stories that take time or space to tell the entire story are less frequent and capture less attention. We as a people are fed instant bits of information, which are not necessarily supported by fact. We are a fast-paced society who swallows our news with our coffee and donuts.

I always encouraged my kids to have an opinion and a real basis for it. It is easy to fall in with the crowd and become a follower, but more difficult to take a stand if you don’t go along with the group. Find your truth, it is out there; but always keep an open mind to others’ thoughts. There may be some truth there also.

Truth is a constant; opinions are plentiful and variable. There are two sides to every story and somewhere in between is the truth. Webster defines truth as “that which is true; a statement, etc. that accords with fact or reality. ” It is my OPINION that TRUTH always wins.