The list of things to do as part of a push to reorganize following the formation of UCHealth-Estes Valley Medical Center is getting shorter for Park Hospital District board members following Thursday’s special meeting of the board of directors. While a final spending policy has yet to be approved, policies governing Colorado Open Records Act […]
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Baron’s book brings the Mars craze back to Earth
An expert on Martians landed in Estes Park recently. David Baron of Boulder, author of the just-released “The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America,” spoke at the Estes Park High School auditorium on Saturday night to a small but appreciative audience. The Estes Valley Library sponsored the event. If […]
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Going to France this summer? Here are two enchanting books
I am not a very good linguist. Foreign languages do not come easily to me. However, I always wanted to be bilingual. I spent my junior year of college in Madrid, Spain. At the end of the year, I could speak and read Spanish pretty well but I still had problems understanding people speaking to me. […]
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Legislative breakfast previewed issues of interest to older Coloradans
Legislative leaders gathered last week over eggs, bacon and orange juice to discuss issues of unique importance to older Coloradans and signaled they would work to extend a pilot program that allows property tax exemptions for senior citizens to be portable. That program, authorized by a law enacted earlier this year, applies only to 2025 […]
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Estes Park publisher offers books that describe transformation
Armin Lear Press publisher has issued two interesting and unique memoirs. The first is “Heart of a Stuntman: From Hollywood to Humanity” by Kevin Ball. There’s no denying that Ball has an ego, which is apparent throughout his story. But the twist is this: He took his ego and talents and did something wonderful. He […]
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Are you smarter than a fifth-grader? Summer scholars find errors in workbooks
Superintendent Ruby Bode smiled proudly at the Tuesday evening meeting of the Estes Park School Board as eight students shared their experiences completing the Summer Challenge, a workbook that engaged students to keep learning over the summer break. The students were awarded with prizes of Bobcat school “merch” for their achievements. “I challenged every student […]
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How a life in crisis led to rediscovering God
Not many people change their philosophy of God in midlife. But Ralph Patrick says he made that change in large part due to a personal spiritual pilgrimage to the Isle of Iona, Scotland. Patrick, 64, is the pastor at the Allenspark Community Church, where he says all are welcome, and no judgments are made. […]
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Meet the Estes Valley Voice team: Part 4 of 4
This is the last of a four-part “meet the Estes Valley Voice team of writers, editors, and creatives.” We are a merry band of journalists and news junkies who believe in the role of the media in sharing the community story and holding power to account. We are committed to in-depth news coverage of the […]
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‘Homesteading Big Owl’ was no mean feat
ALLENSPARK — It was standing-room-only at Tree Huggers Trading Co. on a recent Sunday afternoon in mid-November when locals gathered to talk about, Katherine G. Garetson, an early settler who wrote a book about her life in the mountains, “Homesteading Big Owl.” Katherine, who was nicknamed KG, was about as naïve as they come but […]
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Lee’s memoir explores what it means to be Indigenous
Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer based in New York City. He has a master of fine arts degree from Columbia University and teaches creative writing at Mercy University. His memoir, “Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity,” was recently published. It focuses in large part on Martha’s […]